From: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada News release February 10, 2021 – Ottawa, Ontario – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Today, the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, announced that 5,054 Canadian dairy farmers have already received their payments, totalling $267.1 million, under the second year of the Dairy Direct Payments Program. This represents roughly 51 % of the more … Read More

Source: Jackie Clark, Farms.com Dr. Peter Kotzeff, a veterinarian from Bruce County, has been named Innovative Farmer of the Year by the Innovative Farmers Association of Ontario (IFAO). “I have a very interesting land base with a lot of unique characteristics,” Kotzeff told Farms.com. Of the 2,200 acres he manages, one half is cash cropped, a quarter is grazed by … Read More

By Diego Flammini Canada’s federal minister of agriculture had some additional responsibilities placed in her portfolio. Marie-Claude Bibeau and other members of Trudeau’s cabinet received supplementary mandate letters on Jan. 15. These letters indicate “challenges that existed before the pandemic remain and others have been exacerbated” and that “nothing in this letter replaces any previous commitments or expectations.” Prime Minister Trudeau has added … Read More

COVID-19’s role in changing the world’s supply chains in 2020 can’t be overstated. Testing supply chains everywhere, COVID-19 exposures slowed or shuttered global manufacturing. Consumers consumed differently. The virus and its consequences, like food service shutdowns, turned shoppers into online aficionados as hobbies, home improvements, in-home dining and grocery hoarding assumed new importance. But other better-known forces also disrupted them. Geopolitical tensions … Read More

NEW DELHI — Tens of thousands of protesting Indian farmers called for a national farmers’ strike on Monday, the second in a week, to press for the quashing of three new laws on agricultural reform that they say will drive down crop prices and devastate their earnings. The farmers are camping along at least five major highways on the outskirts … Read More

By: Randall Van Wagner Now that the leaves have fallen off and the crops are in, we move into the season of erosion. It’s inevitable when soil is left bare and exposed. The main elements that cause the erosion are snow, ice, wind and, perhaps the most damaging, water. Water will take that precious topsoil out to the drains, creeks, … Read More

By Mahdi Al-Kaisi  The dry, warmer-than-normal growing season this year presents significant challenges for managing soil and crop residue this fall.  Excessively dry soil conditions this season make field preparation and tillage this fall challenging, even though a dry soil condition is preferred for conducting tillage operations. The advantage of having low soil moisture for tillage is a reduced impact … Read More

By: Diego Flammini Ontario pumpkin growers are pleased with how their yields are looking this year. Growers produce pumpkin and squash across 4,248 acres throughout the province, the 2016 Census of Agriculture said. Farms.com connected with some pumpkin producers to discuss the crop and how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed family pumpkin-picking experiences. Paul Brooks usually plants around 25 acres … Read More

By Mark Sulc Fall is a great time to take care of some very important aspects for managing forage hay fields and pastures. Below is a list of things that when done in the fall can help avoid big headaches this winter and next spring or even next summer. One of the most important things to do now is to … Read More

By Diego Flammini A Canadian ag organization has released what it would like to see Governor General Julie Payette mention in Wednesday’s throne speech. Grain Growers of Canada (GGC) published its ‘Speech from the Combine’ on Monday to demonstrate how agriculture can be part of Canada’s recovery from COVID-19, said Jeff Nielsen, the president of GGC. “Agriculture is poised to help … Read More