Spraying Clearview Herbicide & Gateway Adjuvant
The Township of North Dundas, as well as the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry (SDG) began spraying roadsides with pesticides to control...
OFA and partners searching for sustainable solutions for deadstock
by Paul Maurice,
Director, Ontario Federation of Agriculture
For livestock farmers, it’s an unfortunate reality that sometimes, animals die on the farm from causes beyond human...
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...
Three tax filing changes farmers should know about
by Clint Cameron, OFA
Tax season is coming up and while it’s always important to stay on top of deadlines and new rules, there are...
Farm shows are chance to meet, learn and reconnect
by Andrea McCoy-Naperstkow, Director, OFA
Even though the weather hasn’t caught up to the calendar just yet, we’ve just turned the corner into spring. It...
Farmers appreciate consumer trust in food system
by Ethan Wallace, OFA
Canadian consumers continue to have a high level of trust in our food system and many of their key concerns mirror...
Billowy stands of an Invisible Invasive
by Fred Schueler, Fragile Inheritance Natural History
In June, 2009, the vegetation around a small pond we had dug in 1983, formerly dominated by Meadowsweet...
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’s sowing…
April's weather can be all over the place! In the space of a week, it can go from sunny and warm, to rainy and...
Sustainability: Local Food
by Joselyn Morley
The topic of sustainability can be overwhelming. It's easy to get tangled up in big ideas, and overwhelming concepts. Trying to live...