EAST: August 2022 crop report
The region accumulated 1,900 CHUs from May 1st to July 31st – 50 CHUs more than normal. Read more
Meet Me on Main Street returns
News
Ontario plants record corn acres
OTTAWA — Ontario farmers planted their highest grain corn and second-highest soybean acreages this spring, according to StatCan’s 2022 June field crop... Read more
Chicken production to increase to meet demand
BURLINGTON — Amid higher prices for other meats, Canadian consumers are flocking to chicken. Read more
Beef farmer vs. animal police
Tribunal judgement saves farmer from almost $400,000 bill after beef animals removed for no reason Read more
Disappearing farmland? Not in Eastern Ontario
EASTERN ONTARIO — Disappearing farmland? Not in Eastern Ontario. While Statistics Canada reports that Ontario farmland is disappearing at a rate of 31... Read more
Grain farmers want compensation for purchasing Russian fertilizer
OTTAWA — Grain Farmers of Ontario and their Quebec counterparts are among the leading agricultural groups demanding farmers be compensated for the 35%... Read more
Pride Seeds enthusiastic salesman Ron Ferguson dies at 73
OSGOODE — Like his hero Gordie Howe, the late Ron Ferguson was a long-time star in his field. Read more
Net-zero or bust: Dairy groups support it but not sure how to get there
ONTARIO — Yes, milk will be produced with “net-zero” carbon emissions by 2050, a goal publicized earlier this year and recently reaffirmed by the Dair... Read more
FEATURES
PRICIEST BEEF ON PLANET: Eastern Ontario farmer sells Wagyu cuts for $25 per lb.
Nelson Zandbergen Farmers Forum OSGOODE — The most discerning beef buyers have begun beating a path to an Eastern Ontario dairy farm to satiate their... Read more
WHAT GREAT RESET? A pile of socialist baloney promoted by the ultra-rich of the World Economic Forum that wants to take away your property
Nelson Zandbergen Farmers Forum Analysis High-flying billionaires and political elites return this month to Davos, Switzerland, to gather as the plane... Read more
Chesterville family died aboard Titanic 110 years ago
Betty Vanden Bosch has never been able to watch that last Titanic blockbuster movie, complete with its highly realistic portrayal of the maritime trag... Read more
How the freedom convoy was misunderstood
Patrick Meagher Farmers Forum analysis Now that the dust has settled on the Freedom Convoy, what are we to make of it? If you believe the Liberal-NDP... Read more
