Farmers face unintended consequences of new federal housing tax
by Crispin Colvin, Vice President
Ontario Federation of Agriculture
Canada is in the midst of a housing crisis, and different levels of government are introducing various measures...
Ontario farmers welcome federal budget announcements
submitted by Rachelle Kerr, Communications Coordinator
Ontario Federation of Agriculture
This week’s federal budget contained several good news announcements for Ontario farmers dealing with rising costs...
Farmers urged to keep safety top of mind as planting season approaches
by Jackie Kelly-Pemberton, Director Ontario Federation of Agriculture
Spring is just around the corner and that means farmers will soon be hitting the fields to...
Attention farmers: You could win cash
Everyone knows that farming is a grueling lifestyle, filled with long hours, back breaking work, and financial risk. In celebration of Agriculture Day, the...
Christmas blizzard stopped trucks, forces farmers to dump 1.7 million litres of milk
by Nelson Zandbergen,
Courtesy of Farmers Forum
Ontario dairy farmers dumped about 1.7 million litres of milk due to the Christmas weekend blizzard that left roads...
Claude’s Gardening and Landscaping Forum
I was recently asked why plants that are brought in for the winter often shed some or all of their leaves.
The spider plant that...
Claude’s Gardening & Landscaping Forum
Dear Claude,
Dealing with a bumpy lawn. We have a well-established lawn (20 Years) on a clay soil. The lot is about 12,500sq feet (minus...
Reducing emissions without hobbling our ability to produce food is a must
Tyler Brooks,
Director of Communications and Stakeholder Relations,
Ontario Federation of Agriculture
Empty grocery store shelves in the Netherlands have made headlines recently, as farmers blocked food...
Ontario is losing 319 acres of farmland every day
Ontario Federation of Agriculture
That is the average daily loss of farmland, according to data from the latest Census of Agriculture that was released last...
What would Mother Nature do?
by Rachel Gill
Here's a scary story to tell around the campfire this summer: Almost half of the world’s fertile soil has disappeared in the...