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September 2010 Blog Posts (10)

The CFFO Commentary: Competing Interests Arise in Land Use Planning Discussions

By Nathan Stevens

September 24, 2010




Good land use planning is critical for the success of agriculture. And with the current review of the Provincial Policy Statement underway, talks are heating up between farming organizations and those representing other interests in land use planning.



The CFFO is currently in dialogue with a collection of environmental groups, including Ontario Nature, Ducks Unlimited and Ecojustice,… Continue

Added by CFFO Blog on September 27, 2010 at 3:18am — No Comments

International Trucks Releases the Harley Davidson Lonestar Edition Video

Added by OntAG Admin on September 18, 2010 at 6:01am — No Comments

The CFFO Commentary: Agricultural Entrepreneur Puts Focus on Farming for the Motor City

By John Clement



September 17, 2010




I’m watching with interest a Detroit-based entrepreneur whose vision for his city could throw many of our paradigms about urban agriculture out the window. Seeing Detroit’s huge amount of vacant land as an opportunity, the entrepreneur is setting out to assemble large parcels of vacant inner-city land and create a large-scale, for-profit agricultural enterprise.



The entrepreneur in question is John Hantz, the… Continue

Added by CFFO Blog on September 17, 2010 at 9:47am — No Comments

Vision is what sets leaders apart from managers



Suzanne Deutsch

Farm economists are predicting agriculture will go through faster sharper cycles in years ahead. While…

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Added by CFBMC on September 15, 2010 at 4:00am — No Comments

The CFFO Commentary: A Cloud Forms on the Horizon of Ontario’s Green Energy Future

The CFFO Commentary: A Cloud Forms on the Horizon of Ontario’s Green Energy Future



By Nathan Stevens

September 10, 2010




Glenn Fox of the University of Guelph recently shared his critique on the implementation of Ontario’s Green Energy Policy. His thoughts on the subject point to a serious test of the Province’s commitment to the development of renewable energy over the coming year.



The rationale that has been used to support the development… Continue

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The CFFO Commentary: Future of Farming requires Accommodating Differing Views

By Jenny Denhartog

September 3, 2010

The steady decline in the number of family farms in Ontario has been…

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TELUS and L-SPARK launch Sovereign AI Accelerator to propel Canadian startups onto the world stage

TELUS and L-SPARK today announced a first-of-its-kind program designed to enable high-potential Canadian startups and scaleups to build, train and deploy advanced AI solutions on Canada's fastest and most powerful sovereign AI supercomputer. The TELUS Sovereign AI Accelerator will usher in a new wave of Canadian innovation by accelerating the go-to-market strategies and investment readiness of select businesses. The inaugural cohort includes ambitious Canadian companies developing breakthrough AI solutions across retail, healthcare, robotics, enterprise software and industrial automation: Airy3D  Airy3D's DepthIQ™ IP delivers simultaneous 2D images and 3D depth maps from a single passive image sensor – providing a compact, power-efficient, and cost-effective solution for use in robotics, automotive, industrial automation and consumer devices. Codalio  is an AI-driven product and application development platform that empowers startups and companies to launch MVPs and build scalable, e

DJI Agriculture Reveals Global Adoption of Agricultural Drones Cuts 51Mt in Carbon Emissions and Saves 410Mts of Water for Farmers Globally

DJI Agriculture, the global leader in innovative agricultural drone technology, today unveiled its fifth annual Agricultural Drone Industry Insight Report (2025/2026) at Agrishow 2026 in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil. The report highlights how global policies are trending toward liberalization, standardization, and strategic integration. Meanwhile, DJI Agriculture strengthened its network of 3,500 service and repair centers worldwide while advocating for standardized drone operations. By the end of 2025, over 600,000 DJI agricultural drones were already in use globally by more than 600,000 trained operators. The adoption of this technology has saved approximately 410 million tons of water--equivalent to the annual drinking water consumption of 740 million people--and cut carbon emissions by 51 million tons, equal to the annual carbon absorption capacity of 240 million trees. "Agricultural drones are no longer a novelty – they are essential farm equipment worldwide. In Brazil, DJI Drones are

Farmland Rents Lag Land Values

FCC’s latest economic analysis shows farmland rental rates are not keeping pace with rising land values, influencing how producers approach growth and investment.

Thank you for attending our Earth Day Farm Tours!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Earth Day farm tours in Prince Edward County. Celebrations like these are always more meaningful when shared.

“Too Much on the Line” campaign launched as new study reveals the cost of supply chain disruptions

A new economic analysis finds a single week of rail and port disruptions during peak export season costs Canada’s grain sector up to $540 million, largely in unrecoverable export sales.

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