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
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
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
OTTAWA — The newly released 2021 Census of Agriculture counted 189,874 farms in Canada, down 1.9% from the 193,492 farms of five years earlier. Still, the decline in farm numbers has slowed.... Read more
ONTARIO — After a delayed start to the planting season, the province’s farmers were making quick progress on the task in the second week of May. OMAFRA’s May 11 crop report estim... Read more
TORONTO — With the election campaign underway, Rocco Rossi, President and CEO of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, says his organization wants to hear from the political parties on the... Read more
TORONTO — After a two-year in-person hiatus, The Royal will be back bigger than ever to celebrate its 100th anniversary this fall. The event is scheduled Nov. 4-13 at Toronto’s Exhibition Pl... Read more
Farmers now have until June 30 to enroll in AgriStability. It’s the fourth year that the federal government has extended the deadline to sign up for the risk-management program. The original... Read more
GUELPH — Syngenta’s Operation Pollinator program continues to grow in Ontario with a spring initiative for farmers engaged in soil health and water quality research through an On-Farm Applie... Read more
GUELPH — Ahead of the June provincial election, the Grain Farmers of Ontario is calling on the next government to provide relief from escalating crop input costs as well as the carbon tax im... Read more
Election season is upon us. With the provincial election taking place on June 2, parties are releasing platforms and making promises. The question for CFFO and our members is where agricultu... 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