Ontario Agriculture

The network for agriculture in Ontario, Canada

Welcome To OntAg

Welcome to the Ontario Agriculture Community Online Website.

www.ontag.farms.com

We hope that you find the information and community interaction valuable to your farm or agriculture organization.

Please feel free to invite anyone that you think will want to visit or participate in the site.

Our objective is to build a valuable information and networking online resource that helps everyone involved in Ontario Agriculture.

You can participate in a number of ways on this website:

1. Visit and check out all of the public information presented by other OntAg members. You do not need to sign in and become a member to do this.

2. Become an OntAg member yourself, either as yourself, using an Alias name, or as your farm name or organization.
You can then share information or and use the posting tools such as the chat forums or comment on the Expert Blogs, add events, post photos or videos etc..

Please take a minute to review the OntAg Rules page , we want to have a community of mutual respect and good taste...we don't want to have to moderate all of the content but if there is a problem, bring it to our attention and we will deal with it.

We also have links to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. We will do everything we can to respect and protect everyone's privacy but we also encourage you to do everything you can to protect your own personal information.

Thanks again for visiting and let us know how we can make this site more valuable to you in your Ontario Agriculture Activities.

Regards,


Joe Dales
Farms.com Ltd
877-438-5729 x5013
joe.dales@farms.com

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

Depopulation could destabilize food systems

It’s difficult to argue that climate change isn’t the most pressing threat to our agri-food sector. Farmers, processors, distributors, retailers and transporters have all been forced to adapt in real time to extreme weather events, shifting growing seasons and volatile conditions. From droughts to floods to wildfires, climate change has tested the resilience of every link in the food supply chain. Yet, for all the challenges the sector has faced – and will continue to face – due to climate pressures, it has managed to cope reasonably well. Investments in technology, new crop varieties, smarter logistics and infrastructure upgrades have helped absorb many of the shocks. But there is another looming threat – quieter, slower, and far more difficult to reverse – that few in the industry appear prepared for: depopulation. At its core, the food industry is built on one assumption: that there will always be more mouths to feed. Growth in population has long been a proxy for market growth.

Labour shortages create dragnet for agri-food

Canadian agriculture and agri-food consistently punch above their weight. Agriculture and agri-food contribute $111 billion per year – more than $30 million per day – to the Canadian economy, or over six per cent of our GDP. However, there are still more than 16,000 job vacancies on Canadian farms, and this labour crisis is resulting in avoidable financial strain. With that considered, you would think that smoothing out the regulatory red tape – especially on access to labour for farmers – should be highest priority for federal and provincial governments when the shortage is both critical and chronic, proven with many years of data and evidence. When COVID-19 challenged supply chains, action was taken to secure our food supply, but this level of urgency and priority for the sector appears to have come to an end. Producers and workers need new solutions Agriculture is theoretically prioritized in the immigration regulations, but it continues to be squeezed by on all sides. Agriculture

Syngenta brings new fungicide to Canadian potato growers

The Orondis Advanced premix combines a Group 29 and Group 49

Mastering Controlled Burns -- Essential Safety Tips for Farmers

Controlled burns can improve soil health and manage vegetation, but they require careful planning and strict safety measures.

Carney heading to China to talk ag and other issues

Prime Minister Carney is expected to discuss ag when he visits China next week

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