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Genetic precision and new modes of action a focus for Bayer
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Genetic precision and new modes of action a focus for Bayer

Company aims to solve crop production, sustainability problems on farms

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Bayer is driving ahead with an array of investments designed to reckon with coming environmental, economic, and social issues in crop production.  Already spending approximately two billion Euros each year on agricultural science initiatives, the company is further emphasizing its investments in expectation of massive growth in several key areas – plant breeding, biotechnology, chemistry, […] Read more
“No Trespassing” signs aren’t required on farmland, but they are recommended so there’s no ambiguity.
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Bill 156 sees court challenge from animal activist groups

Special farmland provisions not new in law

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Last year’s passage of the Security of Trespass and Protecting Food Safety Act granted special protection to many Ontario livestock producers, but as attendees at the recent 2021 London Farm Show were reminded, it’s nothing new for farmland to be singled out under the law. Nonetheless, several provisions of the new law, Bill 156, are […] Read more
Deborah Vanberkel is a dairy farmer and psychotherapist who treats farmers.
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Rivoire award won by farmer and therapist

The Farmer Wellness Program has expanded to five counties

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Odessa dairy farmer Deborah Vanberkel recently won a national award for an initiative she started that combines both her professions – agriculture and psychotherapy. Working with the Lennox & Addington Federation of Agriculture (as well as the Ontario Federation of Agriculture), Vanberkel started the Farmer Wellness Program as a pilot in 2019. Now a permanent […] Read more
Ontario farmland value growth lower than national average
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Ontario farmland value growth lower than national average

Some areas of the province, especially around cities, saw higher farmland value increase

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A tight market for farmland in Canada and good crop prices continue to drive increasing land value, although the increase in Ontario in 2020 was lower than in 2019. Farm Credit Canada (FCC) recently released its 2020 farmland value report, which showed a 4.7 per cent increase in Ontario values, compared to a 6.7 per […] Read more
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Alberta ag lender drops rural business loans

AFSC not taking new applications for program

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A program offering term loans to small- and medium-sized businesses in rural Alberta is off the provincial ag lending agency’s menu. Alberta’s Agriculture Financial Services Corp. (AFSC) announced Thursday it had discontinued its Rural Business Loan Program effective immediately, so as to “concentrate its efforts on agricultural producers and agribusinesses.” The decision means no new […] Read more
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Editorial: Lessons from political speeches

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There’s rarely enough news in politician visits to farmer group meetings to justify a report. Sometimes there’s an announcement to be made and then they let the farm media know in advance that we need to pay attention. The script is usually similar: Tell farmers, with exact numbers, how many members they have in their […] Read more
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Species at Risk program opens soon

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The Species At Risk Farm Incentive Program is back for 2021. Eligible best management practices include activities around croplands, grasslands, shorelines, stream banks, wetlands and woodlands. Many opportunities are available to support critical habitat through SARFIP, including for example cross fencing for rotational grazing, watering systems for livestock, native tree planting, improved stream crossings, native […] Read more
Protesters think that rules for workers introduced by the province are inconsistent with federal guidelines and impractical.
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Ontario farmers protest strict regional worker COVID protocols

Inconsistent application of standards puts some farmers at a disadvantage

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Farmers reliant on foreign workers are becoming more active in protesting regional variations in worker protocols relating to COVID-19. They took their tractors to Simcoe streets recently to protest regional quarantine requirements and a federal switch in testing procedures.  Farmers in Haldimand and Norfolk counties are especially concerned with steps taken by their local medical […] Read more
When More is Not Better, by Roger Martin, was named one of the Financial Times’ top business books of 2020.
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Dismissing big lever economic thinking

Economies change in unpredictable ways and so will agriculture, says business professor

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The pursuit of efficiency in business has not produced the results that most people are looking for, says business professor and author Roger Martin. Martin, a professor emeritus at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, says that in complex systems like economies, not every direction has a healthy outcome and systems […] Read more
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Agri-Food network gets greater funding

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For the first time in its 10-year history, the Eastern Ontario Agri-Food Network (EOAN) has funding commitments from three municipalities in the region.  This year the United Counties of SDG and the City of Cornwall have joined with the United Counties of Prescott and Russell in making substantial financial commitments to the network to expand […] Read more

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