Spreading the word on Ontario hay listings

The Ontario Forage Council launched the Ontario Hay Listing Service in July 2008 and has attracted close to 470,000 hits to date from across Canada, the USA and destinations as far away as the Middle East, China, Jordan and United Kingdom. We have responded to the needs of both hay producers and purchasers, who have both […] Read more

Crossing Canada with a Massey pulling a farmhouse

John Varty and his fiancée Molly Daley are driving across Canada in an effort to speak to farmers about the issues that concern them, and to bring those concerns to urbanites. They’re doing it in an unusual fashion — towing a "farmhouse" behind a Massey Ferguson 1660 — more details here. They will be posting […] Read more



CWB announces initial payments

CWB, formerly the Canadian Wheat Board, has announced 2012-13 initial payments for farmers who contract wheat, durum and malting barley to its Early Delivery Pool and Harvest Pool. In a statement, CWB said the Government of Canada continues to guarantee most of the initial payments and approves the basic levels at which they are set. […] Read more


Dueling events to mark dual market

The Canadian Wheat Board, at least as we’ve known it since 1943, comes to an end at midnight on Tuesday, July 31. At least three events are planned, each with a different perspective. CWB officials, who have already stopped using the organization’s old name, hold a news conference Tuesday morning to mark the "historic move […] Read more



Ontario farmer continues dairy fight

An Ontario dairy farmer is appealing his conviction of producing, selling and distributing raw milk to the Ontario Court of Appeal. Michael Schmidt, who farms northwest of Toronto, was charged in 2006 following an undercover police sting operation into his dairy business, which supplied 150 families with raw milk. Each family had paid $300 for […] Read more



Churchill shipments expected to remain high

Exports from the Port of Churchill are expected to remain high, as grain companies have used up nearly all of the incentive money offered by the federal government. The port will also be busy exporting new commodities this year. "There’s a very small percentage of the incentive remaining for this year, and there’s upwards of […] Read more