Bureaucracy stifling Ontario fruit industry
Grower says anti-farm policies will lead to fewer labour-intensive orchards, vineyards Read more
Grower says anti-farm policies will lead to fewer labour-intensive orchards, vineyards Read more
Farmers Forum staff OTTAWA — Thousands of Canadians marched on Sept. 20 in opposition to gender ideology taught in the classrooms. The 1 Million... Read more
GREEN VALLEY — A 69-year-old Glengarry County farmer died Sept. 6 when he was thrown from a tractor while hauling a load of hay on the road that after... Read more
ST. THOMAS, September 18, 2023 – Today, Sollio Agriculture, the Agri-business Division of Sollio Cooperative Group, inaugurated CRF Agritech, a new co... Read more
Mixed farming in a post-modern world Kingston-area farm has beef, broilers, crops, dairy, hogs, horse stable and on-farm store Charles Summers Farmers... Read more
Legal process was the punishment Beef farmer wins but the stress was exhausting, the herd is gone and he has legal bills to pay Nelson Zandbergen Farm... Read more
Dairy expands to bulls and beef He breeds and raises beef and beef-dairy crosses Nelson Zandbergen Farmers Forum KARS — The bull calves born at... Read more
Robotic weeder saves farmer time and money Nelson Zandbergen Farmers Forum NEW LISKEARD — A weed-controlling robot has saved garlic farmer Doug Inglis... Read more
SUCCESS STORY New dairy farmer program gives farmer a future for his family Nelson Zandbergen Farmers Forum ATHENS — Nearly four years a... Read more
The infamous plow that went the wrong way A few weeks ago there was an artist’s painting on Facebook of a farmer walking beside a one-furrow wal... Read more
Phew! August is over August has never been my favourite month. Besides the usual signal of the end of summer, it has always been the month that I seem... Read more
Farmers Forum staff SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO — Despite a cooler and wetter summer than average, the weather outlook for Southwestern Ontario happily sugge... Read more
Farmers Forum staff GUELPH — Sheep producers will pay 22 % more in licensing check-off fees after the Ontario Sheep Farmers (OSF) board imposed its fi... Read more
Listowel pork couple employ 15, supply organic, conventional markets Read more
Cyber attacks on the rise but this one has a twist: Activists demand public apology, not money ... Read more
Artificial intelligence has come to agronomy with the recent launch of ‘Norm,’ an “AI ag advisor,” introduced by U.S. based Farmers Business Network. Read more
The fire in the eyes of Sarah White (name changed) matched the intensity in her voice as she described the turmoil ripping through her hospital ... Read more
GUELPH — Predators killed 2,347 livestock in one year, from April 2021 to March 2022, and farmers collected over $893,000 from the province in compens... 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
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
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