By Connor LynchOTTAWA — For years, when livestock farmers needed certain antibiotics, they could just pop down to the feed store and pick some up. That changed in 2018 when Health Canada loc... Read more
By Tom Van DusenOXFORD STATION – She’s a federal public servant, he’s an Ottawa software designer. Marie Saverimuttu and Richard Deslandes share much in common… but not in their day jobs. Wh... Read more
By Tom Van DusenOXFORD STATION – She’s a federal public servant, he’s an Ottawa software designer. Marie Saverimuttu and Richard Deslandes share much in common… but not in their day jobs. Wh... Read more
As of September 28 at 4 p.m., Western Ontario had at least 11,761 cases of COVID-19 and there had been at least 513 deaths associated with it. By September 25 at 4 p.m., Western Ontari... Read more
As of September 28 at 4 p.m., Eastern Ontario had at least 7,522 cases of COVID-19 and at least 568 deaths. By September 25 at 4 p.m., Eastern Ontario had at least 7,265 cases of COVID... Read more
They say there’s no such thing as a free lunch, but there is such a thing as free farmland, so long as you’re willing to go up north to get it. Giving away land is nothing new in rural Canad... Read more
MISSISSAUGA — Oxford County is still the dairy capital of Ontario, according to the latest numbers from Dairy Farmers of Ontario. By July of this year, the county’s 306 producers had cranked... Read more
Electricity bills have increased more than 50 per cent since 2001 in Ontario, according to a Fraser Institute report. The increase was largely due to the Green Energy Act of 2009 which enfor... Read more
MISSISSAUGA — Oxford County is still the dairy capital of Ontario, according to the latest numbers from Dairy Farmers of Ontario. By July of this year, the county’s 306 producers had cranked... Read more
By Connor LynchHEARST — Going north to farm can be a daunting proposition but a promising one, given Northern Ontario’s comparatively inexpensive and plentiful land. But finding a farm or so... Read more
By Connor LynchGUELPH — Most farmers would probably not assume that their personal information is subject to freedom of information requests. They got a rude awakening in July, when an anony... Read more
Canadian tractor sales jumped 42.1 per cent this July compared to July 2019, according to an Association of Equipment Manufacturers’ report. However, this increase is due to the sales decrea... Read more
By Connor LynchHEARST — Going north to farm can be a daunting proposition but a promising one, given Northern Ontario’s comparatively inexpensive and plentiful land. But finding a farm or so... Read more
By Connor LynchGUELPH — Most farmers would probably not assume that their personal information is subject to freedom of information requests. They got a rude awakening in July, when an anony... Read more
By Connor LynchTORONTO — Hot and dry has been the story of Ontario’s growing season, and will be the harvest story as well, said Environment Canada senior climatologist David Phillips. Summe... Read more
So far, up to 25 % of restaurants in the country have now closed for the season and perhaps for good. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce expects 60 % of restaurants to close permanently by Nov... Read more
Canadian agriculture has come through COVID-19 and the associated lockdowns pretty well, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.Despite “images of dumped milk and shuttered restaura... Read more
On March 11, when the WHO proclaimed that COVID-19 was a pandemic, I was working in Nova Scotia. We had planned to work with veterinary clinics to run seminars for dairy farmers all week. We... Read more
Farm safety is a ubiquitous topic these days. But how much good has all the talk and awareness done? According to a study to be published in the medical journal Preventive Medicine, next mon... Read more
By Connor LynchTORONTO — Hot and dry has been the story of Ontario’s growing season, and will be the harvest story as well, said Environment Canada senior climatologist David Phillips. Summe... Read more
KEMPTVILLE — The former Kemptville agricultural college will be home to a 235-bed prison. The prison is to be built on about 182 acres owned by the province and on the site of what was the f... Read more
Canadian agriculture has come through COVID-19 and the associated lockdowns pretty well, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.Despite “images of dumped milk and shuttered restaura... Read more
Since it’s more dangerous for a healthy child to ride a bicycle to school than it is to be in school in this pandemic, healthy children can go to school.But you might think the fires of hell... Read more
Many people tell me that we really shouldn’t be sending our kids back to school. I have a lot of educators and health care types in my family and they warn darkly that the virus is bound to... Read more
Vegetable gardens are now as richly productive as they are going to get and the urge to preserve the bounty is in full swing. We’ve had some let downs this year, largely, we believe to the s... Read more
OTTAWA — Despite the world preparing for its largest ever corn and soybean crops, Canada and Ontario yields will not break any records. But yields are expected to be up, at least over last y... Read more
KEMPTVILLE — The former Kemptville agricultural college will be home to a 235-bed prison. The prison is to be built on about 182 acres owned by the province and on the site of what was the f... Read more
