John Deere and Hagie have announced some changes to their 2019 high-clearance sprayers. The main changes are new engines and dual product spraying on the upcoming model year machines. The […] Read more
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Updates for John Deere/Hagie High-Clearance Sprayers
A conversation with Lawrence MacAulay
Farmtario editor John Greig recently talked to Canada’s Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay about trade, reaching ambitious export goals and Canadian’s agriculture rising prominence as an engine of […] Read more
Bringing high-tech down to earth
These Exeter-area brothers have embraced multi-hybrid planting — but so far results are mixed
When farmers Mike and Geoff Strang went looking for a new planter, they weren’t content with buying the latest technology off the shelf. They took their new Kinze 3600Tr planter […] Read more
A multi-hybrid planter rebuild
How do you take a split hybrid, twin row planter and make it plant dual hybrids one in the front planter row and one in the back? It takes ingenuity, […] Read more
Tracking farm tax reductions
Why have some counties managed to get farm tax rate reductions, while others have not?
Ontario farmers are starting to get tax relief from the massive increases in the value of their land, but the amount of tax relief varies. The reduction of the farm […] Read more
OPINION: How the MacAulay farm was kept running
More than 3,000 Liberal party members gathered in Halifax April 20-22 for their national policy convention. It was a chance for the party members to gather their thoughts and begin […] Read more
Welcome to Farmtario
Republished from our inaugural, April 30, 2018 issue of Farmtario I hope you are enjoying your first edition of Farmtario. A lot of work has gone into planning and creating […] Read more
Breaking down barriers to export success
Bringing more small and medium-sized businesses to where they are comfortable exporting can help drive agri-food growth
Canadian agriculture has huge opportunity, but the heavy lifting to meet a federal government goal of increasing exports to $75 billion by 2025, has barely begun. A recent gathering of […] Read more
Day-to-day work around the farm doesn’t have to be painful
Here are some tips to avoid injury by evaluating activities and preparing for them
Farmers take their aches and pains as part of their work, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Understanding factors that contribute to on-farm injury can be a start […] Read more
Ontario sets ag equipment export record
Ontario led the country last year in agriculture equipment manufacturing, breaking the national export sales record. About $773 million worth of implement equipment was sold from Ontario in 2017, driven […] Read more