BRANTFORD — In solidarity with British Columbia dairy farms affected by flooding last month, the Holstein Canada board has voted to put $25,000 into a joint effort benefiting those producers... Read more

As I sat there in the middle of our extensive garden we had painstakingly planned and planted, with what seemed like a thousand pieces of an irrigation system in my lap, I realized for the f... Read more

As the global nitrogen fertilizer shortage worsens and prices continue to rise, farmers wonder how much it will affect their next planting season. Read more

Four on-farm store owners talk about mistakes made, good advice, bad advice and when they knew they were going to make it Starting an on-farm business is risky with inevitable hiccups along... Read more

“It is tiresome, but it is reality now. It’s one of those things that doesn’t affect you every day. We’re so busy here, some days I forget about it completely until I see someone with a mask... Read more

Local officials proudly pose with road construction equipment in the Camden East area, north of Napanee around 1900. Most roads were earth roads. The best roads were covered with gravel and... Read more

CHESTERVILLE — Three Eastern Ontario farmers managed to pull off “double-cropped” soybeans this fall — harvesting a crop planted in mid-summer after a yield of winter wheat from the same lan... Read more

EASTERN ONTARIO — The combines made quick progress on Eastern Ontario’s bountiful cornfields in mid-November. Read more

Morrisburg high school students dressed up for the annual shot in typical fashion of the times ... Read more

Farmers Forum staff The risk of bone fractures in the elderly is reduced by 33 per cent when they are consuming enough cheese, yoghurt and milk, concludes a recent study published in the Bri... Read more

This whole past year has given us a steady diet of bad news about supply chain issues, with hungry factories, tight inventories, shipping bottlenecks, resource shortages and thousands of peo... Read more

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What does a now-deceased international drug lord and a hippopotamus have in common? And why should a farmer care? Read more

Collingwood-area crop farmer Keith Currie has stepped down from the Ontario Federation of Agriculture after 20 years, including four as president. Read more

Nelson Zandbergen Farmers Forum A domestic labour shortage continues to burden agriculture but for those who need full-time year round help, foreign labour has been a gratifying solution. Th... Read more

  OTTAWA — 2021 has been a challenging year that included ongoing COVID restrictions, supply chain interruptions, rising prices, a labour shortage, and a higher carbon tax. So, Farmers... Read more

TILLSONBURG — As COVID restrictions continue, just about everyone is looking forward to a return to normal; not a new normal but the old normal. Read more

Nelson Zandbergen Farmers Forum WINCHESTER — Luke Mollema’s vintage “walk-behind” tractor turns heads when taken on parade as it has no seat. It’s a two-wheel unit that is also not so easy t... Read more

Irena Vélez Farmers Forum In 2018, there were only 13,000 insured acres of adzuki beans grown in Ontario. This year there were 80 producers growing 15,700 insured acres, according to Agrico... Read more

CAMPBELLFORD — Thirty-four consigned Blonde d’Aquitaine cattle went on the block Oct. 23 at the 21st annual ‘Cream of the Crop’ sale, yielding an average $2,514 per head. Read more

As Ontario farmers try to harvest a big crop, they continue to struggle to find equipment, parts and supplies as global supply chains are disrupted in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more

Nelson Zandbergen Farmers Forum SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO — The soybean harvest didn’t break any speed records in  Southwestern Ontario this fall as a significant portion of the crop remained stu... Read more

SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO — With about half the crop in the bin by the first week of November, southwestern Ontario’s 2021 corn harvest was looking very good, though too early to calculate an ove... Read more

METCALFE — It was a bittersweet return of the beloved Metcalfe Fair ... Read more

SOUTH MOUNTAIN — Call it the little peach tree that could. It had no business sprouting out of a peach pit in the old compost pile ... Read more

Thanksgiving sales make up a whopping 36 per cent of the Ontario turkey market, says Brian Ricker, a turkey farmer in Dunnville and chair of the Turkey Farmers of Ontario board. Read more

Nelson Zandbergen Farmers Forum GLENGARRY COUNTY — A domestic labour shortage continues to burden agriculture — exacerbated through the pandemic — as many farmers can’t find local labourers... Read more

Ottawa Valley Seed Growers Guest Column What’s up with the farm show? That is the number one question we are being asked. And the answer … it is now business as normal. Directors of the Otta... Read more

Fall just wouldn’t be the same without this bright-orange vegetable. And this year’s pumpkin harvest is looking great so far. Read more

Nelson Zandbergen Farmers Forum EASTERN ONTARIO — Corporate land investors are starting to make waves in the Eastern Ontario farmland marketplace. Though he wasn’t involved in the transactio... Read more

EASTERN ONTARIO — The corn harvest was off to a slow start amid wet conditions in Eastern Ontario as some producers were forced to wait until Oct. 27 to get into their first field. In Morewo... Read more

The railway arrived in 1887 and it didn’t take long for the Apple Hill train station, north of Cornwall, to bustle with traffic. By 1910, every Wednesday farmers lined-up to move their produ... Read more

LONDON — Farm and Food Care Ontario recently held its third Breakfast from the Farm event this year and it was again sold out. The Saturday, Oct. 2 event included 520 vehicles (with three to... Read more

GUELPH — Ontario farmers took out 5.3 million acres in production insurance in 2021, the same as last year, according to Agricorp, provider of the provincial crop insurance program. Insured... Read more

Nelson Zandbergen farmers forum CHATHAM — Farmers report experiencing chronic stress more than the general population and when the pressure gets to be too much, they’re not apt to seek the h... Read more

Dr. Jeff Sleeth is a long-hauler. The Kingston veterinarian treats cattle and horses, always travelling rural roads to visit clients on the farm as an intrinsic part of the job. Read more

Ottawa Valley Seed Growers Guest Column What’s in a photo? A good photo will give you a feeling – make you happy, angry, frustrated or simply inform. It may need a caption, or more often it... Read more

Ed Hand Farmers Forum LONDON — Ontario’s farmers may soon have another option when it comes to provincial farm organizations. Currently, farmers have a choice of three; the Ontario Federatio... Read more

Hank Daniszewski Farmers Forum Southwestern Ontario farmers are generally confident of a substantial, perhaps even record soybean yields. “It looks like it’s going to be a great crop …... Read more

Farmers Forum staff OTTAWA — Almost 1,500 news media companies in Canada received money from the Liberal government’s $61 million pre-election “emergency relief” fund, including farm publica... Read more