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

It’s a no-brainer for Ontario to finally nix law that merges adjacent properties with same owners, legal expert says Read more

CORNWALL — The peak of apple picking in Ontario is in September, when the popular Honeycrisp apples are ready for harvest. Read more

Five years after his father died and cows and quota were sold, Jeremy Rose decided to take on the family farm WINCHESTER — Jeremy Rose may be a “new” dairy farmer at his family’s tranquil fa... Read more

The Richmond Fair made a comeback this year after a year of pandemic lockdowns. The Sept. 16-19 fair was back to the real deal with a midway, 4-H shows, horse and cattle shows and demolition... Read more

OTTAWA — There is a farm labour shortage around the world and in Canada. From relief milkers, to manual labourers to agronomists, crop specialists and veterinarians, the agriculture and food... Read more

WINCHESTER — The Winchester hockey arena has been rechristened the “Sam Ault Arena,” and the building is now adorned with a new mural celebrating the late local Ault Foods boss, an important... Read more

Nelson Zandbergen Farmers Forum EASTERN ONTARIO — Ontario’s two most popular crop assessment tours are projecting a provincial yield record for corn and possibly for soybeans. The recently c... Read more

ONTARIO — Rural Ontario stayed true to its Conservative roots winning 22 out of 25 ridings in Ontario farm country, in the recent federal election. Farmers Forum identified 25 rural ridings... Read more

Maynard van der Galien Renfrew County I have never been around work horses so I’m fascinated by my Old Order Mennonite neighbours who farm with horses and have no tractors. I often stop by t... Read more

Just reading in this newspaper about teenage drivers heading out on the road without licenses because the province can’t deal with the enormous backlog in testing created by the pandemic. Read more

BROKEN BOW, Nebraska — An online video hoax by a small group of Nebraska farmers has been circulating and scaring the life out of people. The series of short videos are narrated by farmers a... Read more

As a result of the pandemic, the cattle industry has been dealing with show cancellations for far too long. Cattle showmen had hoped for a revival of shows in 2021 but that didn’t happen. So... Read more

In 1893, 12 Eastern Ontario cheesemakers produced enough curds to prepare a “Mammoth” block of cheese that they sent by rail to the Chicago World’s Fair. The cheesemakers used 207,000 pounds... Read more

Eastern Ontario bull rider talks about breaking his ankle, getting nervous and loving the adrenaline rush ATHENS— Emerson Moulton, 28, grew up on a family farm with beef cattle and horses. H... Read more

METCALFE — Who loves a good rodeo more, the competitors or the spectators? Both are eager to attend the few shows taking place this season. Black Creek Rodeo Company is holding its third Kub... Read more

MAXVILLE — Owning his own farm was this Second World War veteran’s biggest dream. And Kenneth Jack made it happen. Seventy-five years later and Mylyn Farm is still operating, now owned by hi... Read more

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Valley Seed Growers Association recently awarded three post-secondary students with $2,500 scholarships each to pursue agricultural careers. Read more

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At the 2021 Ottawa Valley Seed Growers Association (OVSGA) annual meeting held in the Navan and Sarsfield area Aug. 17, the association thanked outgoing president Robert Dessaint for his lea... Read more

Patrick Meagher Farmers Forum TILLSONBURG — Jim Horvath has crashed a few times and clipped the tops of trees but it never occurred to him to retire. Until now. The 74-year-old crop duster h... Read more

Patrick Meagher Editor Canada’s main three federal political parties are drifting farther to the left. Use the year 2000 as a baseline and the Conservatives, Liberals and NDP are extreme. Wh... Read more

Irena Vélez Farmers Forum SEAFORTH — The year that the Seaforth Fair was supposed to celebrate its 175th anniversary, the world shut down. This year, one of Ontario’s oldest fairs will final... Read more

NORTH DUNDAS — Cooke Scales of Chesterville can make that gravity wagon or planter weigh itself, on the fly. And proprietors Matt and Hayley Cooke are now using their own in-house line of on... Read more

Irena Vélez Farmers Forum “The price of canola has almost doubled in one year,” says Darcy Smith, a Renfrew County canola farmer. But even at $500 per tonne, growers still prefer to grow soy... Read more

WINCHESTER — About 70 tractors rolled down Main street in Winchester Aug. 8 in what would have been the Dairyfest annual tractor parade. Dairyfest was cancelled last year and this year becau... Read more

VANKLEEK HILL — The local grain elevator is calling, eager to buy a farmer’s unsold crop. It’s a sure-fire indicator of that grower’s impending exploitation before prices take a sudden leap,... Read more

  OTTAWA — Catch the CFA’s National Agriculture Leaders Debate, sponsored by FHCP, Sept. 9th at 7 p.m. The livestreamed event (on YouTube) brings together the agriculture leaders... Read more

ONTARIO — Ontario’s non-supply-managed farmers appear to have the backs of their supply-managed brethren on the subject of keeping raw milk out of the hands of regular consumers. A recent Fa... Read more

MANOTICK — After starting the business from scratch and running it for 22 years, Robert Mitchell and wife Carmen Pérez sold their 23-greenhouse business to a Newcastle farming family. Read more

Eastern Ontario bull rider talks about breaking his ankle, getting nervous and loving the adrenaline rush ATHENS— Emerson Moulton, 28, grew up on a family farm with beef cattle and horses. H... Read more

Nelson Zandbergen Farmers Forum Almost entirely off the field by the third week of August, Eastern Ontario’s wheat harvest looked good overall. Eastern Ontario Crop Consultant Gilles Quesnel... Read more

Hugh and Dianne Fawcett (left side of pickup), at their Winchester farm, enjoyed an ample supply of sweet corn — ... Read more

Angela Dorie, Backroads — Walking into an area grocery store, a member of the Loblaws group, I was pleased to still see the signs up announcing that they sell produce from 450 Ontario farms;... Read more

ONTARIO — As commodity prices surged, Ontario farmers saw an 8% rise in cash receipts — nearly $600 million — during the first six months of 2021 compared with the same January to June perio... Read more

MOOREFIELD — A Wellington County dairy farmer says he is now facing charges related to the alleged production of raw milk for clientele participating in a cow-share arrangement. Brad and Don... Read more

As Canadians and residents of Ontario we are fortunate that all levels of government are required to protect the health of the people: the question is how the laws are applied to industrial... Read more

When you are not able to bring the people to the farm … you do the next best thing and bring the farm to the people. That is exactly what we did … and we brought breakfast too. Read more