SELLING AT THE ROADSIDE: It works but you have to deal with people

March 22, 2023 No comments

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

FOOD FRAUD: Found most often in expensive oils and honey

March 22, 2023 No comments

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

Ford is Canada’s favourite pickup truck

March 22, 2023 No comments

OTTAWA — No surprise, Detroit still dominates when it comes to a farmer’s most indispensable vehicle: the pickup truck. Read more

Farmers balk at Trudeau’s ‘voluntary’ fertilizer emission cuts (VIDEO 4:46)

March 21, 2023 No comments

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

HAVE A PLAN: three dairy farmers on exiting the industry

March 21, 2023 No comments

EASTERN ONTARIO — Twenty years ago, there were 6,000 dairy farms in Ontario ... Read more

Scammer tries to rip off farmer

March 20, 2023 No comments

Kijiji ad for $800 cultivator goes sideways quickly ... Read more

Farmer builds first methane digester to handle 10 farms

March 17, 2023 No comments

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

ACTION ON THE FARM: 19th annual Farmers Forum photo contest

March 17, 2023 No comments

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

Farming in Zambia is barely scratching the surface

March 17, 2023 No comments

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

OPINION: What’s easier? Helping a neighbour by phone to AI his pig or getting a government worker to process a form?

March 17, 2023 No comments

Having turned 65 this year I reached my target for applying for CPP (Canada Pension Plan) and OAS (Old Age Security) benefits. Read more

MASSIVE MANURE INJECTOR: Kills odour, covers 90 acres a day

March 16, 2023 No comments

Nelson Zandbergen Farmers Forum KEMPTVILLE — In just two cropping seasons, a massive, tractor-drawn manure tanker-injector system has displaced enough... Read more

RURAL REVOLUTION: The Lanark Landowners Association exploded onto the scene 20 years ago

March 15, 2023 No comments

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

OPINION: Making firewood, a productive winter workout

March 15, 2023 No comments

After retiring from keeping livestock five years ago, I needed something to do that would make the long winters go by quicker ... Read more

RJ Farms holds master breeder honours for both Holsteins, Jerseys

March 15, 2023 No comments

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