The one constant in the world wide grain markets over the past year has been strong Chinese import demand for both grains and oilseeds. We’ve seen weather markets like La Nina drought in Sou... Read more
Predictions are perilous but producers bullish on price and some analysts see even higher corn and soybean prices Hank Daniszewski DRESDEN — It’s been a while since Ontario farmers approache... Read more
Canadian taxpayers will spend $691 million over the next decade helping to “drive innovation and market development” for the nation’s 4,800 supply-managed chicken, turkey a... Read more
80 Trinidadian migrant workers make the best of it stranded on a Simcoe-area farm Hank Daniszewski SIMCOE — Their first Canadian winter proved to be a little better than anticipated for abou... Read more
It would require 800 railcars of oil each day to replace it By Steve Kell As Canadians, we enjoy a plentiful and secure supply of petroleum products which allows us the luxury of not really... Read more
WEST PERTH — Police are looking for witnesses after a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle that never stopped in the Municipality of West Perth. The passenger side mirror of an unidentified white... Read more
Patrick Meagher KINGSTON — An animal activist, who filmed himself on at least three Ontario mink farms, has been found not guilty of breaking and entering causing mischief. Malcolm Klimowic... Read more
EASTERN ONTARIO — The rise of farmland prices in Central East and Eastern Ontario outpaced the province as a whole last year, according to Farm Credit Canada’s annual report on farmland valu... Read more
ONTARIO — Ontario farmland prices increased 4.7 per cent in 2020, according to Farm Credit Canada. But five Southwestern Ontario counties saw no increase in prices. Essex, Lambton, Kent, Elg... Read more
Norfolk vegetable growers rally with 250 tractors Nelson Zandbergen NORFOLK — The ramped-up regulatory burden on bringing temporary foreign workers to the farm had Simcoe-area vegetable grow... Read more
QUINTE WEST — A vehicle trespassing on a farm property drew the attention of law enforcement and led to the arrest of a driver who possessed suspected methamphetamine, according to Quinte We... Read more
Michigan will not close pipeline, insists Sarnia mayor; optimism in the air but much at stake Nelson Zandbergen SARNIA — The Michigan governor has threatened to close an important fuel pipel... Read more
ONTARIO — Ontario grain-drying operators are grappling with the compounding dual cost implications of the Supreme Court’s thumbs-up to the federal carbon tax and a recalcitrant Michigan gove... Read more
FINCH — The operators of a 29-turbine wind project in North Stormont are offering area residents funding for window coverings to avoid flicker shadow. They will also stop the turbine blades... Read more
81 investigations into wild pig sightings launched in Eastern and Southern Ontario since January 2020 Ontario is taking a stand against a menace that is destroying crops, threatening livesto... Read more
OSGOODE — While last year’s season coincided with “some big dips and dives” in the price of lamb, sheep producer Colleen Acres says this second Easter of the pandemic has seen a rebound with... Read more
There are now two dairy farmers across the water from Kingston where there were once 139 farms and four humming cheese factories By Connor Lynch WOLFE ISLAND — Wolfe Island is 30,000-acres... Read more
By Ed Hand ALEXANDRIA — Clear cutting is dividing the residents of North Glengarry as the township grapples with its draft bylaw. “I haven’t navigated such a touchy subject since I’ve been... Read more
OTTAWA — So far, 9,682 Canadian dairy farmers have registered for Dairy Direct Payment Program compensation this year, federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Marie-Claude Bibeau annou... Read more
WOODSTOCK — The Ontario government is spending $10 million to allow more farmers and agri-food operators to purchase personal protective equipment, enhance cleaning and disinfection and rede... Read more
KITCHENER — The federal government is injecting up to $12.2 million into 42 Ontario meat processing companies to bolster worker safety measures and to make facility improvements that will bo... Read more
By Nelson Zandbergen OTTAWA — Lest an election snuff out the effort, this minority parliament may yet produce a welcome respite from the controversial carbon tax now charged on propane and n... Read more
Vertical indoor factory herb farming is here and some traditional farmers don’t like it By Hank Daniszewski and Nelson Zandbergen GUELPH – A huge warehouse bathed in pink LED light and fille... Read more
CRAMAHE TOWNSHIP — A mobile generator worth $30,000 was stolen from a Durham Street South construction site east of the town of Colborne. The building contractor noticed the theft after arr... Read more
GUELPH-ERAMOSA — A motorist was arrested in Guelph-Eramosa Township after he was spotted driving a red passenger vehicle “aggressively” through a farm field, damaging the property in the pro... Read more
