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The number of tree species in Huron County's forests is "catastrophically low" reveals a condensed report of the Forest Health Project released April 9.
"Most of our trees are upland and downland Maples," says Erin Gouthro, who has been working...
When Cadmus Delorme grew up in Southern Saskatchewan on the Cowessess First Nation reservation, he did not know or believe he was a farmer. Neither did his father or grandfather.
"I remember every spring and fall, a non-Indigenous person ...
Jamie Visser's personalized beef-farming "reality TV" has become a valued virtual component of his operation.
Theft at a second, distanced property put security cameras on the Oxford County-based farmer's radar. But it's the real-time visual...
It's not always easy to accept, the aging thing. Barbara McLean is experiencing that as an older shepherd, managing her small flock near Holstein, on a farm that took a lifetime to reclaim, restore and rejuvenate into the pastoral perfection ...
Lindsay Partridge says she loves Liberty horse training because it helps riders get better at understanding themselves, their horse and the language that connects them.
Speaking on Horse Day on January 7 at Grey Bruce Farmers Week held in Elmwood...
Calling himself a "frustrated farmer", the president of Lactalis Canada which is the country's largest milk processor, said the company is all about defending dairy farmers against negative comments because the milk...
Nahneebahweequay's life exemplifies the nuanced complexity of combined Indigenous/colonial history, and the importance of recording and recognizing it along the path to truth and reconciliation.
"We should know her story," ...
Luke Hartung's ancestors were some of the first settlers to arrive in Perth County in the 1830s and it's not hard to imagine how proud they would be that the better life they imagined for their children and children's children is exemplified in Luke...
Road safety isn't very exciting until it is and no one ever calls the police for a good time which is why farmers need to follow the rules, no matter how desperate they are to get the crops off...
Ontario beef farmers saw record cattle prices in 2023, a trend that is expected to continue into 2024. Beef Farmers of Ontario president Jack Chaffe and Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs chief economist Steve Duff who ...
Bailey's Local Foods is an online farmers' market offering consumers coordinated virtual access to the equivalent of 150 local farmgate stands, combined with the convenience of one-stop shopping and delivery...
There is a significant oversupply of aggregates and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is failing to adequately inspect aggregate operations, reveals a fact sheet on the Auditor General's Report on gravel mining in Ontario...
With all the rain, snow and pressure from thousands of tires, fixing the long laneways leading to the Gordon family's new dairy barn outside of Thedford was the order of business days after their open house...
Kevin Aitken of Grey County wanted to expand his beef herd but couldn't find more land to rent. Blake Vince of Kent County wanted cattle to improve his land without purchasing an entire herd or building a barn. The like-minded duo formed ...
A dairy producer watching his herd may only notice a quarter of the cows that are actually lame in his barn due to familiarity and limited practice using locomotion scoring.
Necessity truly was the mother of invention for Red Dragon Dairy. Its pivot from sheep and goat milk production into sheep cheese-making and retail was driven initially by the 'PDQ' (pretty darned quick) need to do something with 2,500 litres ...
Farmers, you are doing a great job! That was the message a full house of rural leaders, farmers and mental health advocates heard at Four Winds Barn in Brussels at the launch of S.H.E.D....
Tom Smith, owner of Atwood Resources Inc. (formerly Atwood Pet Food) is passionate about two aspects of his work: keeping the environment clean by recycling, and keeping it clean by ...
Still farming and raising dairy sheep in their retirement, Eric and Elisabeth Bzikot of Conn have now written a book about sheep dairying for the next generation of ...
*A farmer known for his commitment to dairy farming, the former Seaforth Farmers Cooperative, Gay Lea and the Canadian Foodgrains Bank has been awarded the ...
Research has begun at the new Elora Swine Research Facility with a study on improving mammary development in gilts in late gestation with the ultimate goal of increasing milk production in subsequent lactations.
It was a grey, early-November day just south of Woodstock, what old-timers might have referred to as a raw north-western breeze embedded with a miserable hint of chilly drizzle.
When the first bison came to Northwind Bison near Moorefield, Shane and Amanda Stege used to grab a couple of pails and sit in the field to watch them. The animals were young and kept their distance.
Jennifer Osborn of All Sorts Acres has been farming sheep for 15 years and in her struggle to find a market for their wool, she has created an entirely new product and one that farmers will love...