Ontario’s 2025 Excellence in Agriculture Award recognizes farmers, food processors, businesses, and industry organizations that promote excellence, sustainability, and long-term competitiveness across 12 categories.
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Nominations open for Excellence in Agriculture Award
Provincial award recognizes outstanding achievement of Ontario’s agri-food leaders
Canada has a reputation as a trusted, reliable supplier of soybeans
Ongoing efforts from national organization are helping Canada stand out amid global trade uncertainty
Despite global trade uncertainty, Canada’s reputation as a trusted and reliable supplier of soybeans is attracting the attention of existing and potential trade partners from around the world.
Government to invest $1.4 million into farming in Clay Belt
Agriculture minister says government is unleashing northern region’s agricultural potential
The Ontario government is investing in several project in Northern Ontario’s Clay Belt to help spur economic opportunities for the area’s agricultural communities.
Farming on the floodplain
How Latvian cattle farmers improve biodiversity with traditional grazing system
A farming couple in Latvia share how they raise Charolais beef cattle on mixed woodland-grassland meadows that flood regularly.
Environmental offsetting contributes to land consolidation: report
Farmers’ access to land both domestically and internationally is being consolidated into the hands of few owners
Carbon offsets, tree planting, and other green initiatives are now significant contributors to the consolidation of farmland and displacement of farmers around the globe, according to a report from agriculture and environmental think-tank International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES).
Brewing sustainability through land conservation
GoodLot Farmstead Brewing Parnters with Credit Valley Conservation and Wilder Climate Solutions to raise funds for land protection initiatives.
GoodLot Farmstead Brewing is teaming up with Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) Foundation and Wilder Climate Solutions to launch Tree Hug, a beer crafted from the sap of Canada’s national tree, the sugar maple
Extension needed for better water management
Ontario Farmland Trust conference highlights gaps in agri-environmental programming
Many barriers exist for implementing on-farm environmental improvement projects.
Mounting housing pressure puts farmland at risk
Canada’s soil health and farmland cannot get lost in the political shuffle as candidates bandy words on expanding housing
Canada’s 2025 federal election is coming. Soil health and farmland cannot get lost in the shuffle as political candidates bandy words on expanding housing.
Reports showcase Canada’s environmental edge in cereal production
Reports from Cereals Canada highlight the relatively small environmental footprint of Canadian non-durum wheat, durum wheat, barley, and oats, when compared to top producing countries.
New program aims to reduce phosphorus loading in Lake Erie
Lake Erie Enhanced Analysis of Agriculture Practices will use data-driven approach
The newly launched Lake Erie Enhanced Analysis of Agriculture Practices (LEEAAP) research program aims to reduce phosphorus loading from agricultural fields into Lake Erie. The Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement […] Read more