SELLING AT THE ROADSIDE: It works but you have to deal with people
LYNDHURST — As the world’s second oldest profession, turning your land and labour into cash money has been the perennial problem in agriculture for th... Read more
LYNDHURST — As the world’s second oldest profession, turning your land and labour into cash money has been the perennial problem in agriculture for th... Read more
Farmers Forum staff OTTAWA — Food fraud worldwide is on the rise and was found in Canada most often in expensive cooking oil and honey, accordi... Read more
OTTAWA — No surprise, Detroit still dominates when it comes to a farmer’s most indispensable vehicle: the pickup truck. Read more
OTTAWA — At the Ottawa Valley Farm Show, Farmers Forum asked farmers for their take on the prime minister's recent assurance that his government's fer... Read more
EASTERN ONTARIO — Twenty years ago, there were 6,000 dairy farms in Ontario ... Read more
Kijiji ad for $800 cultivator goes sideways quickly ... Read more
BRINSTON — A multi-million-dollar silo digester that can handle manure from about 10 dairy farms is nearing completion on Thurler Farms, southwest of... Read more
CAMBRIDGE — Cassi Brunsveld loves to take photos on her Cambridge-area family farm and of her three-year-old son Conrad who would rather be doing chor... Read more
Wrestling down my deeply-rooted training against eating with my fingers, I broke off a small chunk of the thick, white mush on my plate, following the... Read more
Having turned 65 this year I reached my target for applying for CPP (Canada Pension Plan) and OAS (Old Age Security) benefits. Read more
Nelson Zandbergen Farmers Forum KEMPTVILLE — In just two cropping seasons, a massive, tractor-drawn manure tanker-injector system has displaced enough... Read more
It was 20 years ago this month when a small group of about 15 rural property owners and farmers in Lanark County met to unload their burdens about esc... Read more
After retiring from keeping livestock five years ago, I needed something to do that would make the long winters go by quicker ... Read more
CORBYVILLE — Rare is the farm that wins a master breeder shield in more than one dairy breed, but the Jarrell family managed it earlier this year. Read more
Dr. David Legates, at the international conference of climate change in Orlando, Florida, speaks of the benefits of nitrogen fertilizer. Read more
Patrick Meagher Farmers Forum The Public Order Emergency Commission report on the Emergencies Act was released Feb. 17 and it reeked like a pun... Read more
Nelson Zandbergen Farmers Forum SPENCERVILLE — Not so long ago, the prevailing wisdom suggested that everyone loved cute Jersey cows, just not quite e... Read more
The World Economic Forum is not your friend unless you’re close to a billionaire or a president James Pascual Farmers Forum Canada was back at the Wor... Read more
Farmers at much higher risk of suicide Beware of chronic stress, heavy workload, psychotherapist warns Patrick Meagher Farmers Forum A Western Ontario... Read more
WALLACETOWN — At age 20 and fresh out of Ridgetown College, where he studied agriculture, Garrett Dieleman was one of many up-and-coming farmers in th... Read more
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