LONDON — Amid avian flu concerns, the Poultry Industry Council (PIC) and Western Fair Association (WFA) in London have cancelled this month’s National Poultry Show – Industry Open Hous... Read more
ROEBUCK — Farmers who were among about 50 people who showed up for a provincial all-candidates meeting in Leeds-Grenville last month were generally optimistic about government. Read more
BRINSTON — Dundas Agri Systems has merged into the AgriHub Group of Companies — a collection of several like-minded agri-businesses in Canada and the U.S. Local customers should notice no ch... Read more
CHESTERVILLE — By all accounts, the 2022 crop will be the most expensive ever put in the ground. Farmers are hearing that cost of production for some has hit $1,000 per acre. Derks Elevator... Read more
Affordable energy advocate explains why fuel prices are high and how to change that Read more
ONTARIO — Do you know an Ontario beef farmer who exemplifies good stewardship practices and conservation leadership? Or maybe that farmer is you? Nominate them for the Environmental Stewards... Read more
NAVAN — A devastating wind storm pounded Ontario and Quebec and was especially nasty around Peterborough and Ottawa. Read more
NORTH LANCASTER — While reports suggest the spread of Avian flu might be slowing down, the three afflicted Glengarry County farms could be receiving shipments of new chicks to refill their b... Read more
GUELPH — A mid-sized Eastern Ontario dairy processor and dairy goat farm operator has paid $5 million to the Dairy Farmers of Ontario for under reporting the milk it purchased for its premiu... Read more
Maynard van der Galien Renfrew County American poet Robert Frost penned the popular expression “Good fences make good neighbours” in his poem The Mending Wall back in 1914. In the poem he qu... Read more
Canadian agriculture continued a trend of whopping net income growth in the second year of the pandemic. The farms of the nation earned 46% more in “realized net come” to hit $13.5 billion i... Read more
Nelson Zandbergen Farmers Forum ONTARIO — Farmers lost 1,938 animals to predators last year and collected over $737,500 from the province in compensation, with coyotes again accounting for t... Read more
It’s the third consecutive year that the University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College has ranked fifth worldwide — and first in Canada — for its excellence in veterinary science. The Wo... Read more
Parents of toddlers are concerned these days about baby formula shortages due to a combination of factors. A major recall in the United States affecting the top manufacturer of baby formula,... Read more
CANADA — Food prices in April of this year were up 9.7% over April 2021, according to Statistics Canada, the largest year-over-year increase for store-bought groceries since September 1981.... Read more
Nelson Zandbergen Farmers Forum ROEBUCK — Ford government cabinet minister Steve Clark defended plans for a jail at the former Kemptville College campus and absorbed a potshot or two over hi... Read more
Locals pose in front of the Brinstion post office, southeast of Kemptville, in 1908. Postal service in Canada in 1908 operated under the name The Royal Canadian Mail. It was in this year tha... Read more
Nelson Zandbergen Farmers Forum Analysis High-flying billionaires and political elites return this month to Davos, Switzerland, to gather as the planet’s most exclusive club — the World Econ... Read more
Food supply chain hangovers due the pandemic and the global impact of the invasion of Ukraine have enticed many to question the global nature of our food systems. Some are suggesting we need... Read more
Earthworms are getting more credit than they deserve. A recent Irish study found a rapid nutrient transfer from earthworms to plants but it has been wrongly reported that earthworms can repl... Read more
BLYTH — In life, bachelor farmers Cliff and Don Schultz diligently cultivated a Blyth-area cash-cropping and beef farm, as well as an impressive tractor and toy tractor collection. In death,... Read more
CAMBRIDGE — A collection of Cockshutt tractors was sold at auction last month, including a Cockshutt 1555 White Tractor that sold for over $11,000. Read more
VANCOUVER — If governments in Canada want to help seniors who want to continue working, they should remove barriers that discourage them from remaining in the workforce, finds a new study re... Read more
OTTAWA — A 1.9% decrease in the number of farms operations led to a 3.5% decline in the number of farm operators in Canada since 2016, according to figures in the new 2021 Census of Canadian... Read more
Consumers can now scan QR codes on packaged beef cuts and get all the information they need about the meat’s nutritional value, storage requirements, and cooking tips. Read more
NORTH PERTH — The driver of a farm tractor faces alcohol-impaired driving charges after being stopped by police shortly after midnight in Monkton, May 11th. A Perth County OPP officer observ... Read more
GERMANY — The agricultural ministers of the G7 countries recently met with their Ukrainian counterpart to discuss global food security in light of Russia’s invasion of that country. Canada’s... Read more
NORTH PERTH — One person was injured after a motorist drove through a cloud of dust and into the rear end of a farm tractor on Perth Line 86 in the Municipality of North Perth. The driver th... Read more
Statistics Canada reports that Canadian farms continue to grow larger in terms of sales and number of employees, while smaller and mid-sized farms are on the decline. The recently released 2... Read more
TORONTO — Despite current challenges, two thirds of Canadian farmers are feeling cautiously optimistic about the future, according to an Ipsos Canada poll commissioned by RBC. The RBC Agricu... Read more
Farmers are eager to hire drone servicing companies to spray their fields but are less eager to buy the drones themselves, says a Western Ontario drone company. Read more
Over the past decade, the global elite’s obsession with climate change has taken away from the many other major problems facing the planet — shown most dramatically by the invasion of Ukrain... Read more
