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Representatives of BASF Agricultural Solutions Canada, the Palmerston & District Hospital Foundation and the community show off their Growing Home with BASF first-place prize cheque for $25,000. Contributed
News

Palmerston & District Hospital Foundation receives $25,000 prize from BASF

BASF Growing Home win edges Foundation closer to MRI campaign goal

By Diana Martin 5 days ago
BASF Agricultural Solutions Canada’s Growing Home with BASF presented the Palmerston & District Hospital Foundation with a $25,000 prize on Sept. 26.

David and Penny Chapman, co-founders of Chapman's Ice Cream, in Markdale, On., frame employees representing the 800-strong company workforce during a $27 million Invest Ontario contribution to add to the manufacturer's $200 million expansion expected to open in May-June 2026. Photo Diana Martin
News

Invest Ontario sweetens Chapman’s Ice Cream’s $200 million expansion

New facility will incorporate robotics with an eye on future international market potential

By Diana Martin September 24, 2025
Chapman’s Ice Cream’s growth at the Markdale, Ontario, facility will add three new production lines, 200 jobs, and continue its support of the Canadian dairy sector and rural economy.

Rural housing report sees complex problem, varied solutions for Ontario
News

Rural housing report sees complex problem, varied solutions for Ontario

Greenbelt Foundation study shows support for solutions dependent on level of pressure on farmland

By Stew Slater June 18, 2025
The Greenbelt Foundation recently released a report delving into what it calls “the pressing issue of housing shortages for farm families, on-farm workers and agri-business employees in Ontario’s rural areas

China moves to develop rural economy with plan to boost farmers’ income
News

China moves to develop rural economy with plan to boost farmers’ income

By Reuters October 24, 2024
China's agriculture ministry outlined measures on Thursday for provincial governments to boost farmers' income by developing the rural economy, including efforts to spur employment of migrant workers.

Photo: File
Markets/Business, News

U.S. to spend $7.3 billion on rural clean energy projects

By Leah Douglas September 6, 2024
Reuters – President Joe Biden’s administration on Thursday said the U.S. will spend $7.3 billion from 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act to fund clean energy projects helmed by rural electric cooperatives. […] Read more


Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) chair Brendan Byrne, left, and Crosby Devitt, GFO CEO, discuss issues such as carbon tax exemptions, fertilizer tariffs, increasing input and inflation costs, and concerns about agriculture land protection.
Crops, News

GFO members bring land planning and protection concerns to annual meeting

Fertilizer and carbon tax relief remain ongoing issues

By Diana Martin October 7, 2023
Grain farmer concerns on land use and planning gained traction against ongoing fertilizer pricing and carbon tax issues. Brendan Byrne, Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) chair, and CEO Crosby Devitt […] Read more

A view of the “Bridge of No Return” from the South Korean side of the DMZ between North and South Korea. (Bob Hilscher/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Machinery

North Korea’s Kim demands more farmland to boost food production

By Hyonhee Shin March 2, 2023
Seoul | Reuters — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered improvements to infrastructure and expansion of farmland to ramp up food production, state media said on Thursday, amid warnings […] Read more

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari speaks at the Dakar summit under the theme “Nourrir l’Afrique” (Feed Africa) hosted by the African Development Bank and the African Union Commission on Jan. 25, 2023. (Photo: Reuters/Ngouda Dione)
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Development partners commit US$30 billion to food production in Africa

Continent facing record-level hunger

By Bate Felix January 28, 2023
Dakar | Reuters — Development partners have committed US$30 billion to boost food production in Africa over the next five years, the president of the African Development Bank said on […] Read more


Undated image of a participant at the fall ag fair at Rocklyn, Ont., about 40 km southeast of Owen Sound. (Ontario Visited video screengrab via YouTube)

Ontario trims minimum memberships for ag, hort societies

Eligibility thresholds for provincial operating grants lowered

By Dave Bedard January 3, 2023
Rules taking effect with the new year are expected to make it easier for Ontario agricultural and horticultural societies to qualify for provincial grants in the face of a membership […] Read more

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Machinery

CRTC asks big telcos to share network with smaller rural players

Big firms also told to negotiate wholesale access rates

By Reuters October 19, 2022
Reuters — Canada’s top wireless firms will now be required to accept requests for access to their networks from smaller companies, particularly those serving rural areas, and also to negotiate […] Read more

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