NEWS
22-year-old Kinburn dairy farmer killed in ATV accident on farm
Nelson Zandbergen KINBURN — A tractor parade paid tribute to a young dairyman killed in a single-vehicle ATV accident on the family farm on April 16. ... Read more
Diversify and expand: New Cochrane dairy owners continue home delivery, expand to vegetables at Ter Kadamba Farm
Nelson Zandbergen RUSSELL — There’s a new milkman at the wheel of a delivery van on a decades-old Ottawa-area milk route previously operated for gener... Read more
Police raid raw milk farms
Nelson Zandbergen MOOREFIELD — Backed up by police, OMAFRA officials seized evidence at two Wellington County farms producing raw milk for a cow-share... Read more
My argument for raw milk: You can get marijuana in Canada but not raw milk, says former illegal Renfrew County milk man Mike Ilgert
Nelson Zandbergen RENFREW — Former illegal raw milk producer Michael Ilgert expressed sympathy for the latest operators to run afoul of the provincial... Read more
Cougars kill three times on Ontario farms last year
One attack in Hastings County ONTARIO — Not long ago, cougars were classed as extinct in Ontario. Today, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural... Read more
How to handle that tiny worm that can wreak havoc on corn. Act now.
By Paige Miller Grain Farmers of Ontario Here is your Bt-resistant corn rootworm wake up call. This tiny little worm can wreak havoc on your corn, but... Read more
OPINION: No matter how busy we were, lunch was always at 12-noon sharp
Renfrew County Maynard van der Galien Food was always important in our family when I was growing up. We ate a hearty breakfast in the morning, a big d... Read more
OPINION: My solution to cussing at downed internet service
The Road Less Gravelled Denis Grignon Shhh. Listen, closely. OK, you may have to open a window to hear it. (Don’t worry. Flies and mosquitoes won’t st... Read more
OPINION: We need a national farm dog day
Backroads Angela Dorle Talking to an egg customer about our respective farm dogs, I realized that I had never heard of a National Farm Dog Day here. I... Read more
OPINION: From pandemic to brave new world
Patrick Meagher Editor There is a never-ending chorus of contradictions about the pandemic and the mess that we’ve been in for one year. Look at how p... Read more
