ONTARIO SAW 152 BARN FIRES IN 2021
TORONTO — Ontario had 152 barn fires and record damages of just over $54 million in 2021, according to the most current statistics from the Ontario Fi... Read more
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The animal police took his cattle, did not charge him, but are still after him
Beef farmer wins another round with PAWS trying to stick him with foster-farm bill Read more
FEDERALLY-INSPECTED SLAUGHTERHOUSE SUSPENDED OPERATIONS, CFIA reports
Federally-inspected slaughterhouse suspended operations, CFIA reports Nelson Zandbergen Farmers Forum TORONTO — Farmer-owned TruHarvest Meats in Toron... Read more
GREENHOUSES, NURSERIES AND FLOWER PRODUCERS – report top Ontario farm income
Greenhouses, nurseries and flower producers report top Ontario farm income Farmers Forum staff OTTAWA — Total farm income increased in the first year... Read more
EMPLOYMENT DROPPED IN CANADA DURING COVID but not on farms
Nelson Zandbergen Farmer Forum OTTAWA — The number of farm employees in Canada held steady during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic while non-fa... Read more
THE SUPER-RICH AND THEIR BAD IDEAS
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
90 % OF RURAL CANADA WORRIES ABOUT GETTING PROPER HEALTH CARE
ONTARIO — The vast majority of rural Canadians are worried about the healthcare system, and to an even greater degree than other parts of the country,... Read more
FARMERS AT HIGHER RISK OF SUICIDE: Beware of stress, psychotherapist warns
Farmers at much higher risk of suicide Beware of chronic stress, heavy workload, psychotherapist warns Patrick Meagher Farmers Forum A Western Ontario... Read more
OPINION: My big 2022 victory, no pesky houseflies in the house — none
Maynard van der Galien Renfrew County Back in September I asked an acquaintance, who lives in the country but doesn’t farm, if they had the usual numb... Read more
GRAIN ELEVATOR CHALLENGES: Handling grain shrink, contract executions, quality anomalies
SIMCOE COUNTY — Everyone who handles, conditions, and stores grain knows that there are more than a few challenges in the business ... Read more
TRAGEDY TO TRIUMPH: Paralyzed after accident, farm boy back in the combine
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
OPINION: Cynicism has the floor
Patrick Meagher Editor Last year was a year of lows. We went from having little confidence in our leaders and experts to having even less. We don’t tr... Read more
LAND OF MILK ‘N HONEY: Dairy farmer sells debt-ridden business, now sells prize-winning honey
MOREWOOD — Glenn Smirle hasn’t looked back since trading in his Holsteins for honeybees six years ago. Read more
OPINION: Ignoring science has damaged trust in world’s scientific institutions
John Tierney Fraser Institute There have been worse plagues than COVID, but none has ever done so much damage to the world’s scientific institutions.... Read more
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FLASHBACK: Remembering the ’emergency’
OTTAWA — Farmers Forum staff found kids, hugs, dogs, donuts and friendly truckers during the heyday of the Freedom Convoy in downtown Ottawa. Read more
BIGGEST CASE IN CANADA: Mainstream media ignores vaccine mandate court challenge
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his ministers have been saying for months that they have been following the science and the advice of their... Read more
SHOCK: Not charged but animal police took his cows anyway and billed him $400K in boarding fees — He fought back and won. They appeal
Animal police take man’s cows, charge him $375,000 for housing them elsewhere; Tribunal slashes fee, says cows were not in distress but the animal pol... Read more
VIDEO (7:58): 310 biogas facilities planned for Canadian dairy farmers to hit ‘net-zero’
CANADA — Canada's dairy farmers are planning to transform much of their cow manure into green energy as a key part of the industry's pledge to be 'net... Read more
If this is unceded, unsurrendered native territory, Do I own my land?
“Unceded territory” terminology is being used flippantly — a native land claim will not take away your farm, historian says Read more
