OXFORD COUNTY A new air exchanger that is designed to use the energy from warm air in a poultry barn to heat cold air coming in from outside is saving one chicken farm money on electric... Read more
By Tom Collins GUELPH While winter wheat numbers are down significantly across the province, the number of acres planted in Eastern Ontario is up a little over last year. OMAFRA forage s... Read more
WOODHOUSE A metal stake that was intentionally placed in a farmers field caused $10,000 in damage to a John Deere combine when the farmer ran over it during soybean harvest in early Dec... Read more
By Jerry Agar Id like to ask Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne why my son should choose to set up his business in Ontario. He graduated in December from Texas Christian University in Fort Wo... Read more
GUELPH Quietly toiling away in the barn and in ag circles to better the Jersey breed could earn one youth a bit of fanfare this March. At its annual general meeting, Jersey Canada will p... Read more
Eat this By Tom Collins CAMPBELLFORD Three entrepreneurial brothers are hoping to start selling crickets to farmers as a food source for livestock. Next Millennium Farms, the first crick... Read more
By Patrick Meagher What are the things about people we really like? We could say its their good jokes or their good looks. It could be their charisma, or maybe its just that theyre fun... Read more
A farmer looking to get farm plates for a new commercial vehicle over 3,000 kilograms is now required to prove to the Ministry of Transportation that he has a farm business. The change wil... Read more
By Tom Collins OTTAWA Those who bring their children and grandchildren to the Ottawa Valley Farm Show each year may be a little disappointed with the timing of this years event. Usually... Read more
OTTAWA Eastern Ontario corn growers saw a small increase in yields for 2014 over 2013, while soybean growers saw a significant drop, according to numbers from Agricorp. The average corn... Read more
TAVISTOCK A University of Illinois professor will be asking dairy farmers: Are you leaving money on the table? Dr. Mike Hutjens will be a keynote speaker at the 2015 Herd Management Conf... Read more
PETROLIA A farmer has been charged with criminal negligence causing death after a car slammed into a tractor and trailer. On Nov. 14, a Volkswagen car collided with the tractor and trail... Read more
Carp farmer loses arms in accident, now recovering in hospital By Brandy Harrison CARP A Carp dairy farmer who lost both arms in a tragic farm accident in mid-December is on the road to... Read more
OTTAWA A group of scam artists has been targeting Ottawa Valley Farm Show exhibitors. A group called National Travel Associates contacted exhibitors, offering blocks of rooms at low pric... Read more
By Tom Collins RIDGETOWN All data collected by high-tech farm equipment is being sent to satellites in the sky for research purposes, but farmers are concerned about who has access to th... Read more
WASHINGTON Global bumper crops of soybeans means soybean prices will drop to US$10 per bushel, forecasts the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The USDA reports that the Uni... Read more
GUELPH Wind turbines have little impact on property values, says a new study from a University of Guelph assistant professor and a Health Canada policy analyst. The study, titled The Eff... Read more
ATLANTA A cola giant is trying its hand at the milk industry, offering a pumped-up milk product for double the price of competing bottles of milk and saying the new product will be so pop... Read more
Farm deaths drop in 2014 By Tom Collins Last year was one of the least deadly for Ontario farmers. There were 11 on-farm farm-related deaths in the province, down from 19 in 2013 and a dra... Read more
Sell the college By Patrick Meagher KEMPTVILLE After five months of discussion, the provinces facilitator charged with determining on the future of Kemptville College recommended what t... Read more
Halloween starts now By Brandy Harrison KITCHENER The Christmas decorations are barely packed away but fear junkie John Snyder is thinking of Halloween. “This is our full-time job... Read more
MANITOULIN ISLAND An Ontario chicken farmer isnt giving up his quest for more quota and has asked the provincial ag minister to force a farm tribunal to listen to his request. Its an a... Read more
By Steve Kell Ontarios cash crop sector is pleased that the 2014 growing season is now behind us. As one farmer pointed out to me: “I hope that we talk about 2014 for a long time, b... Read more
LUCKNOW A group of farmers who say large wind farms are unconstitutional has had their appeals dismissed by a panel of three Divisional Court judges. This is the first appeal to reach th... Read more
OTTAWA Canadian families will pay less in taxes this year thanks to federal tax changes, says the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. But Ontarians arent so lucky. Starting in 2017, the prov... Read more
REGINA, SASK. Farm Credit Canada, Canadas leading agriculture lender, is forecasting an accelerated economy for the latter part of 2015 and another good year for farming. “Interes... Read more
By Tom Collins GUELPH The Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) is so annoyed with the province of Ontario that it has boycotted the provincial meetings on neonicotinoids and set up its own tas... Read more
By Maynard van der Galien Waste and carelessness dont seem to bother some people. Every winter I see sparkling new, riding lawn mowers parked by the house. Its fairly common to see motor... Read more
The other lobby groups The OLA and the PFO are not accredited farm organizations Ontario Landowners Association President: Tom Black, sheep, beef, egg, and crop farmer from Stittsville, in... Read more
By Parker Gallant According to the Globe and Mail, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says her province “is ready to shield Canada from the economic tsunami caused by declining oil price... Read more
Sell strawberries from June to October By Brandy Harrison OTTAWA Last years bumper crop of fresh-picked strawberries that lasted well into September has Larry Shouldice racking his brai... Read more
GEORGIA A U.S. corn farmer has done something that Ontario farmers could only imagine: break 500 bushels per acre for corn. Georgia farmer Randy Dowdy set a new record in the National Co... Read more
PETROLIA Organic grain traders, buyers and processors are paying top dollar for corn, soybeans and many other grains and expect the trend to continue. “Depending on test weight and... Read more
HALDIMAND COUNTY The OPP is on the lookout for a thief with sticky soybean fingers. Police say someone harvested and stole 40 acres of soybeans on Nov. 4 from a field on Rainham Road in... Read more
By Tom Collins BRANTFORD The chair of the Dairy Farmers of Ontario (DFO) is poised to step down at the groups annual general meeting on Jan. 15, saying he always gave himself a time-lim... Read more
March 1: Sean Humphries, 50, died while riding his snowmobile after he cut through a farmers field at Lambton Shores, east of Sarnia, at 11 p.m. and drove into a parked combine. March 5:... Read more
Six new Master Breeders in Eastern Ontario By Brandy Harrison and Tom Collins GUELPH Sticking with proven, high-production and true-type cow families has earned six Eastern... Read more
Egg Farmers of Ontario general manager Harry Pelissero wants to increase quota for its members, writes Jim Romahn on his Agri 007 online blog site. Romahn says Pelissero has emailed a secr... Read more
PUSLINCH TOWNSHIP A tractor-trailer filled with eight Kubota mid-sized tractors was stolen Dec. 13 from a trucking company lot in Puslinch Township, south of Guelph. A green 2004 Freight... Read more
By Ian Cumming Dad, farmer that he was, died just as he got up at milking time early on Tuesday morning Dec. 16. There wasnt his usual alarm clock beeping and feet instantly on the floor,... Read more
OTTAWA Some farmers would rather forget 2014, thanks to planting delays, harvesting delays and a significant drop in commodity prices. But after all the complaining down at coffee colleg... Read more
WATERLOO Ontario had almost eight times the number of cases of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDV) in 2014 than the rest of the country combined. There were a total of 69 cases of PED... Read more
By Tom Collins The man they call Peter No-Till is stepping away from his job, but will still be involved in agriculture. OMAFRA cereals specialist Peter Johnson is retiring on Feb. 4, exac... Read more
OTTAWA Former prime minister Brian Mulroney has said its time to end supply management in Canada for both the dairy and poultry industries. “We should give some thought to the con... Read more
Ontario farm lobbies Christian Farmers Fed. of Ont. President: Lorne Small, a Wellington County sheep and rabbit farmer Election: Acclaimed Dec. 2 Top achievement of 2014: Impacting provin... Read more
By Patrick Meagher Minister of Agriculture Jeff Leal says the issue of neonicotinoid seeds is an important one for farmers. In a five-minute conversation with Farmers Forum, the public mee... Read more
HASTINGS A woman who helped kidnap 31 sheep that were under quarantine pled guilty of transporting an animal under quarantine. Fifty-four-year-old Suzanne Atkinson, an Ontario Farmer fre... Read more
WATERLOO Ontario had almost eight times the number of cases of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDV) in 2014 than the rest of the country combined. There were a total of 69 cases of PED... Read more
MORRIS-TURNBERRY A beef farmer, pinned by the bucket of a skid steer, is Ontarios first on-farm, farm-related fatality of 2015. Police say 41-year-old David Johnston was working underne... Read more
By Gord Hawley The Big Bang. That was the door slamming shut on 2014. Did you have a successful year? A profitable year? Did you reduce your debts? Did you increase your assets and net wor... Read more
