Dr. Adrian Correndo says that collaboration has been fundamental to the University of Guelph’s Elora Management Trial as it nears its 51st year of harvests. The trial began in 1976 and has since ...

Food waste (retail and consumer discards), food loss (production and processing losses), and other by-products have been garnering attention as an opportunity for nutrient circularity and ...

Canadian agriculture is under pressure to diversify its international markets amid ongoing tariff uncertainty with major trading partners. Since 2017, farmers across the country have enjoyed nearly ...

For many Ontario farmers, the way the industry looks today — strong general farm organizations, formal revenue insurance programs, farmer-driven environmental stewardship and a growing local-food ...

Even with the ever-expanding market for crop-management technology, nothing can replace having boots on the ground and eyes on your crop. Scouting crops is one of the easiest ways for producers to ...

Technology has become a normal part of today’s swine farm operations, be it automated feeders, ventilation control, or herd-management software. The same shift is happening on the feed side with tools ...

Nitrogen underpins canola yield, quality and profitability, but it is also one of the most difficult nutrients to manage. Soil behaviour, weather, timing and placement all influence how much of the ...

Improving efficiency is a shared goal across the egg sector as producers look to cut costs and shrink their environmental footprint. One emerging opportunity is to keep laying hens productive for ...

The Government of Canada has moved Alto — a proposed high-speed passenger rail network between Toronto and Quebec City — into its development and pre-construction phase, with work not expected to ...

The following is adapted from a recent address by Peggy Brekveld to OMAFA’s Program Analytics and Reporting Unit, delivered as part of events marking the United Nation’s International Year of the ...

When exploring opportunities for farm growth, limited land availability and rising purchase prices often leave farmland leases as the primary option for expansion. Farming unowned land comes with ...

Ontario sheep producers have the opportunity to grow flocks to meet the rising lamb demand and reduce dependence on imported product. At the same time, many farms are losing lambs and ewes to ...