Diego Flammini Staff Writer Farms.com As farmers harvest their cash crops, they may be thinking about the next planting season. Thorough soil and residue management in the fall can help producers get a head start for the spring season, said Justin Render, a product specialist with Kinze Manufacturing. “It helps set the stage for next year’s crop,” he told Farms.com. … Read More

From the Statistics Canada report, released on May 28 Realized net income decreased 2.5% in 2017 to $8.3 billion, the first decline since 2013 and only the second decrease since 2009. Realized net income is the difference between a farmer’s cash receipts and operating expenses, minus depreciation, plus income in kind. Rising depreciation charges, together with slightly higher operating expenses, … Read More

Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario Commentary By Paul Bootsma, CFFO Manager of Field Services Scientists agree that there are some boundaries in the earth’s ecology that cannot be crossed. One of those is the level of nutrients in our freshwater bodies. The amount of nutrients, particularly phosphorus and nitrogen that we put into our lakes, rivers, and watersheds has reached … Read More

Asparagus season is here!  Many consumers wait all year for fresh asparagus.  Did you know that here in Chatham-Kent we are the number two producer of asparagus in all of Ontario?   Thanks go to the Asparagus Farmers of Ontario (www.asparagus.on.ca) for the valuable information they provided for this article. Asparagus is a spring vegetable and a member of the Lily family, which … Read More

Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario Commentary By Suzanne Armstrong, CFFO Director of Research and Policy Soil health and water quality issues continue to be high on the government’s agenda. Several years of consultations, working groups and revised drafts have now resulted in two major documents: the recently completed Canada-Ontario Lake Erie Action Plan, which addresses phosphorus loss, and the soon-to-be … Read More