Nelson Zandbergen Farmers Forum TORONTO — It’s been impossible for farmers to carve out housing lots on their prime agricultural land since the retirement-lot allowance ended decades ago in... Read more

Nelson Zandbergen Farmers Forum ST. THOMAS — Thousands of farmland acres and billions of taxpayer dollars will be sacrificed to a new Volkswagen electric vehicle battery plant in St. Thomas.... Read more

Farmers Forum staff GUELPH — The mental health of rural Ontarians — particularly rural women — took a unique hit amid the lockdowns and other disruptive measures imposed during the COVID-19... Read more

Farmers Forum staff ELORA — A longtime local 4-H leader and farm organization volunteer from the Ottawa Valley was recognized for “telling the story” of agriculture and food in her community... Read more

Prescott-Russell gets biggest crop insurance claims for corn, soybeans James Pascual Farmers Forum staff GUELPH — Even though the 2022 crop yields were slightly above average for Ontario cor... Read more

James Pascual Farmers Forum staff OTTAWA — Farmers should not be forced to reduce fertilizer use if that reduces yield, argues a report released this month by the House of Commons Committee... Read more

TORONTO — Displaced Dutch, European and New Zealand farmers should come to Canada as policymakers in their home countries drive them out of business, advises the Royal Bank of Canada and oth... Read more

FRANKFORD — Quinte West dairy farmer Maurice Suurdt appears to have some more time to restart production at his Frankford-area operation after DFO’s end-of-February deadline came and went ..... Read more

Dutch journalist argues climate change fearmongering is an attack on freedom ... Read more

OTTAWA — A farm isn’t “sustainable” — to use the current buzzword — if that farm is unprofitable ... Read more

IVY LEA — Kemptville College’s class of ’73 will mark their 50th anniversary with an April 27 reunion in the 1000 Islands ... Read more

BURLINGTON — A semi-truck driver who fatally ran over an animal-rights protester in 2020 as he hauled a load of pigs into a Burlington pork-processing plant will pay a $2,000 fine ... Read more

HALIFAX — Canadian consumers aren’t too keen on having the government intervene in the grocery marketplace as a solution to high food inflation ... Read more

The average value for cultivated land in Ontario increased by 19.4 % in 2022, according to the Farm Credit Canada farmland values report ... Read more

For the most part, the farm organizations have seemingly resigned themselves to reluctant acceptance of the Liberal government’s strong-arm tactics even though they might not agree with the... Read more

Nelson Zandbergen Farmers Forum OTTAWA — Last month, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau assured farmers at the Canadian Federation of Agriculture’s annual general meeting in Ottawa that his gover... Read more

Ottawa backs off on fertilizer restrictions, CFA president says Farmers Forum staff OTTAWA — While many Ontario farmers fear that government regulations will come down hard on fertilizer use... Read more

Nelson Zandbergen Farmers Forum OTTAWA — Parliament passed a carbon-tax exemption for grain-drying and barn-heating on March 29, sending private member’s Bill C-234 to the Senate for final a... Read more

AYLMER — A Western Ontario teenager was killed after getting caught in an auger at Elgin Feeds in Elgin County on  March 15. Read more

ONTARIO — The number of Ontario public servants paid six figures continues to rise ... Read more

NORWOOD — A Peterborough area sheep farm, with a niche market in genetics, is the latest recipient of the Ontario Sheep Pasture Award for their expertise in pasture management for their floc... Read more

Farmers Forum staff OTTAWA — The Trudeau regime has set up a “fertilizer working group” to help develop a plan for “voluntary” fertilizer emissions cuts in agriculture, a plan that includes... Read more

Farmland most pricey in Perth and Oxford Farmers Forum staff PERTH — Southwestern Ontario farmland values surged 51 % between 2020 and 2022 and hit a median value of $23,000 per acre, accord... Read more

LYNDHURST — As the world’s second oldest profession, turning your land and labour into cash money has been the perennial problem in agriculture for thousands of years. Read more

OTTAWA — No surprise, Detroit still dominates when it comes to a farmer’s most indispensable vehicle: the pickup truck. Read more

Milk man In 1960, Bob Dainard travelled door-to-door in Lindsay, Ontario, bringing milk and butter often to each house on a street. At each delivery he would blow a whistle to let homeowners... Read more

EASTERN ONTARIO — Twenty years ago, there were 6,000 dairy farms in Ontario ... Read more

Kijiji ad for $800 cultivator goes sideways quickly ... Read more

CAMBRIDGE — Cassi Brunsveld loves to take photos on her Cambridge-area family farm and of her three-year-old son Conrad who would rather be doing chores than playing in the sandbox.  Read more

Wrestling down my deeply-rooted training against eating with my fingers, I broke off a small chunk of the thick, white mush on my plate, following the example of my host. Read more

Having turned 65 this year I reached my target for applying for CPP (Canada Pension Plan) and OAS (Old Age Security) benefits. Read more

CORBYVILLE — Rare is the farm that wins a master breeder shield in more than one dairy breed, but the Jarrell family managed it earlier this year. Read more

STRATFORD — When Dunnville dairy farmer Jerry Huigen publicly dumped 30,000 litres of over-quota milk at the end of January, it inspired another Ontario dairy-farm family to collect almost a... Read more

Jeff Waldroff OVSGA President Guest Column OTTAWA — On behalf of the Directors of the Ottawa Valley Seed Growers Association, I invite everyone to visit the 2023 Ottawa Valley Farm Show. We... Read more

OTTAWA — Re-emerging from a three-year hiatus, the Ottawa Valley Farm Show returns this month to the EY Centre, next to Ottawa’s international airport. Read more

Increasing costs and government disconnect on fertilizer ... Read more

One of the most interesting things that has happened in the corn market during the winter of 2023 is that China has reached an agreement with Brazil to allow Brazilian corn to flow into the... Read more

FERGUS — Is it time to liberate modern farm machines from the 40 km/h maximum speed limit that applies to them when on the road in Ontario? Read more

Nelson Zandbergen Farmers Forum AILSA CRAIG — With another growing season just around the corner, crop farmer concerns vary but the biggest worries are about costs. Many crop farmers are con... Read more

AG Canada no longer backs farming, backs wild prediction of future climate Patrick Meagher Farmers Forum OTTAWA — Agriculture Canada no longer appears to have the farmers’ backs. That’s the... Read more

CANADA IS BROKEN: 76 per cent of rural people agree and a survey of one week of news reveals they have good reasons   Patrick Meagher Farmers Forum An online Leger poll of 1,554 Canadia... Read more

Farmers Forum staff TORONTO — The 2020 law governing Ontario’s animal police needs to be changed to treat farm livestock differently from house pets, according to one of 17 resolutions passe... Read more

Federal gov’t is making bad decisions, environmental economist argues ... Read more

Farmers Forum staff OTTAWA — The farmers’ lender, Farm Credit Canada, paid bonuses to every senior manager in all three years of the pandemic, records show. The Regina-based lender was one o... Read more

LINDSAY —  Believing it’s wrong to build on prime agricultural land, cash-cropper Doug Shaw says he flatly refused a housing developer’s $10-million offer for his Lindsay-area farm. Read more

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government’s response to the war in Ukraine has come at the expense of Canadian farmers on two fronts: added fertilizer costs and — as it turns out — potential lost chic... Read more