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Wet weather, now accompanied by the first significant snowfall for much of southern and western Ontario, is creating a new level of angst for a large number of farmers. Some soybean fields remain standing and the prospects of those fields seeing a winter wheat crop have likely disappeared with the turning of the calendar to[...]

Many a battle over rural resources and farm development has been waged between rural neighbours in the past 15 years -- ranging from legal challenges surrounding hog barn constructions to the development of gravel pits beneath arable land. In the latest such battle, a recent ruling by an Ontario Superior Court of Justice would appear[...]

The HayEast drive to get Prairie hay to livestock producers in parched regions of Ontario and Quebec is expected to continue past the expiry of its government funding. "Government funds have expired, but organizers are still assessing how many more farmers we can continue to help before the private donations run out," Mark Wales, president[...]

Need rain. Those were the two words that defined the biweekly meeting of certified crop advisors (CCAs) and extension personnel from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), held here Tuesday. Dry weather has been the rule during the past eight weeks, with most of the province receiving 40 to 60 per[...]

April weather has put a damper on the optimism brought on by a summer-like stretch in late March, and that damper has many farmers across southern Ontario questioning the value of early planting for corn. At the bi-weekly meeting here, crop advisors, dealers and provincial ministry extension personnel debated the merits of going early on[...]

What once appeared to be an early spring has gradually shifted to a more normal planting season across most of southern Ontario. At the bi-weekly meeting of certified crop advisors (CCAs) and provincial ag ministry personnel in Exeter, there was notable relief coming from reports of the percentages of corn and soybeans planted since the[...]

Warmer-than-normal temperatures in Ontario are reported to have helped the winter wheat crop in the province break dormancy earlier than usual. "There is certainly some wheat green up with growth dependent on the region of the province," said Peter Johnson, a cereals specialist for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture. However, while the crop has come[...]

Ontario farmers generating power for the provincial grid through roof-mounted solar panels, small ground-mounted panels or biogas digesters won't face added property taxes on those installations. The province on Wednesday announced "additional categories" of property tax assessment based on the size and location of privately-owned systems generating and selling power through its FIT and microFIT[...]