Ontario Agriculture

The network for agriculture in Ontario, Canada

All Events in Virtual (Zoom) (2)

February 10Thursday

  • 2022 ONFARM Forum

    February 10, 2022 from 9am to 12pm – Virtual (Zoom) Registration is open for 2022 ONFARM Forum OSCIA is pleased to host the On-Farm Applied Research and Monitoring (ONFARM) Forum on Thursday, February 10. The virtual Forum will provide an opportunity Organized by Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association | Type: virtual, conference

February 9Thursday

  • 2023 ONFARM Forum

    February 9, 2023 from 9am to 12pm – Virtual (Zoom) Register today for the virtual 2023 ONFARM Forum! Join the Ontario Soil & Crop Improvement Association (OSCIA) on Thursday, February 9th to celebrate three seasons of on-farm research through the Organized by Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association | Type: virtual, conference

Popular Event Types

View All

May 2023
SMTWTFS
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031
       
June 2023
SMTWTFS
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
252627282930
       

Agriculture Headlines from Farms.com Canada East News - click on title for full story

Alberta ag minister, ag critic hang onto seats in election

Alberta’s incumbent agriculture minister and official opposition ag critic both appear set to return to the legislature as Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservatives (UCP) are expected to form a majority government. At about 1 a.m. Alberta time on Tuesday, Smith’s UCP was elected or leading in 49 of 87 constituencies; all remaining 38 went to Rachel Notley’s New Democrats (NDP). The two parties had held 60 and 23 seats respectively before Monday’s election. Nate Horner, the UCP’s most recent minister for agriculture and irrigation, easily held his riding of Drumheller-Stettler on Monday night, drawing 15,274 votes with all polls reporting. His NDP challenger Juliet Franklin followed with 2,684 votes.

Bill C-234 Update (Extending the Carbon Tax Exemption on Farm Fuels)

Bill C-234 seeks to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act to extend the exemption for qualifying farming fuel to marketable natural gas and propane.

Ontario Corn, Soy Planting Nearing Finish

Outside of rains received last Friday and Saturday, conditions have generally been excellent for field work over the past week which has allowed planting to continue or wrap-up at a quick pace for most parts of the province, according to the latest OMAFRA field crop report released Friday. 

FCC Offers Support to Financially Battered Hog Producers

Farm Credit Canada is making special financial provisions available to hard-hit domestic hog producers. 

Farmers pressure Doug Ford government to reverse course on housing plan

Under pressure from farmers, Premier Doug Ford's government is considering backing off from proposals that would allow more housing to be built on Ontario's dwindling farmland, CBC News has learned.

© 2023   Created by Darren Marsland.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service