TORONTO — Hundreds of inspectors across the province will soon be visiting manufacturing operations and farms to ensure that they are in compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Ac... Read more
OTTAWA — The Senate recently debated a farmer-promoted bill to exempt grain-drying and barn-heating from the federal carbon tax. But the bill is getting push-back from a British Columbia sen... Read more
ONTARIO — Black-legged tick territory appears largely unchanged in Ontario this year, based on the latest information from the province, although the blood-sucking species has... Read more
OTTAWA — The federal carbon tax jumped another 30% in April ... for buyers of natural gas, which includes for barn heating and grain drying, that translates into a carbon-tax burden of 12.4... Read more
A 19-hour trip in an electric transport truck would take 69 hours — including 50 hours for recharging ... Read more
The spring of 2023 has been a rough ride down for farmers watching grain prices and waiting for an opportunity to make sales. Read more
OTTAWA — Realized net income for Canadian farmers fell 9.5% to $12.5 billion in 2022 as growth in expenses outpaced the rise in farm cash receipts, according to data recently released by Sta... Read more
OTTAWA, May 25 (Reuters) – Canadian beef exporters will have full access to the Taiwanese market in a few weeks, a Canadian government spokesperson said on Thursday, after the countrie... Read more
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency takes action to address forever chemicals in the environment OTTAWA — In keeping with its mandate to protect the health and safety of Canadians and... Read more
DRUMMONDVILLED – To help agricultural producers make their operations more sustainable, the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Marie-Claude Bibeau, announced that a new intake of the Agr... Read more
GUELPH — The National Farmers Union – Ontario (NFU-O), Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA), and the Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario (CFFO), along with numerous commodity and agri... Read more
Nelson Zandbergen Farmers Forum TORONTO — It’s been impossible for farmers to carve out housing lots on their prime agricultural land since the retirement-lot allowance ended decades ago in... Read more
OTTAWA — Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health, and Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, recently announced a $1 million investment in Bioimaging Research Solutions Inc... Read more
TORONTO — A judge’s dismissal of a class action lawsuit launched on behalf of Canadian cattle producers hurt by the BSE crisis 20 years ago will be the subject of an appeal to be heard in a... Read more
Angela Dorie Farmers Forum A few days ago I was scanning through Premier Doug Ford’s latest offering, Bill 97 (aka “ Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act”). I was looking for reference... Read more
OTTAWA — Ottawa is one of the world’s largest rural cities with about 1,200 farms and thousands of acres of cropland and pasture. Read more
Despite how busy everyone is, farmers don’t seem to mind to stop and talk with you. Two I’ve had the good fortune to interrupt lately are both living local legends. Let me tell you about the... Read more
I’m fed up with all the negative news and stories about high food prices. Enough! The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) leadership said government workers earning $40,000 to $65,000 a... Read more
A voice of reason was heard from the Hill. It was not God. It was the House of Commons Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food. In a 57-page report, the committee concluded that farmer... Read more
