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The asks and thanks kept Huron Bruce MP Ben Lobb and Huron Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson alternating between smiles and serious nods at the Huron County Federation of Agriculture's MP/MPP and Local Politician Forum held March 31 in Holmesville...

There was a full house in the Keady Community Centre on March 25 as the Bruce County and Grey County Federations of Agriculture hosted their 15th annual politicians' day...

After digging out the calf hutches during the great Christmas snowstorm of 2022 and worrying about the health of his calves, Tyler Hendriks decided to adapt a section of a new storage shed into a calf barn for his Jersey calves...

A sixth generation beef farmer with a love of grass and a swath of advice told hundreds at a Spring Grazing meeting in Brussels to look in the mirror and be "linger grazers" if they want to raise healthy cows and have a great life..

Just weeks into retirement, former Gay Lea CEO Michael Barrett says he is "looking in the mirror" and seeing so many issues in the dairy industry that need addressing including the need for one voice, the futility of chasing windmills and the need ...

He is a retired doctor. She is a retired teacher. Now they grow native plants, "preaching" the good news of restoration when they sell them at the Kincardine Farmers' Market in conjunction with "choosing life" on what was once a heavily grazed farm.

Agricultural technology is always changing, and manure technology is no different. Building on a three-part video series on Manure Innovation, a "Manure Tour" went across Ontario and talked with 250 farmers about manure management and innovation...

Charlotte Campbell traded in her GTA (Greater Toronto Area) condo for a RR (Rural Route) Hen House and couldn't be happier for it.
"I miss nothing about the city," she said from her and husband Mike Rattan's Norwich-area farm. "Nothing, nothing...

"I support Wet'suwet'en strong" -- that's one of the many examples of solidarity slogans brandished on signs carried by non-Indigenous people at Indigenous sites of protest across Canada. Since the publication of the report of the ...

Goat arthritis and production goals topped the reason four goat producers keep or cull goats for their dairy goat herds.
Emily Franken of Teeswater, Willem Vendrig of Walton, Dave Passhier of Blyth and Michelle Bowering of Ilderon made up a panel ...

Families need to rethink themselves as "teams" when operating a family farm to utilize the expertise of each member because this increases productivity and efficiency, say relationship experts at Farm Credit Canada's Young Farmers Summit...

The Marshall clan is expanding through diversification into an innovative whole-milk dispensing machine and cheese production facility rather than upping numbers of dairy cattle and quota in order to move a five-generation farming operation into a sixth..

Mixing a bowl of flour, water and sourdough bread starter by hand is a sticky experience but it's the start of creating crusty, healthy sourdough bread at Red Hen Artisanale near Priceville...

The first full summer we were in our new garden, I saw a couple of fireflies. I was stunned. With all the streetlights, and new brilliant lighting systems on so many houses, it was a miracle...

Full of energy, curiosity and charisma, it's probably no surprise the former "nerd who worked for the military" became a successful businessman. But the journey did not come without stress, threat ...

Like so many small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, where climate change is compounding chronic poverty and the challenges of growing enough food for daily sustenance, farmer Asnakech Zema....

If all his dairy cows were under one roof, a rotary parlour would have been Ron Groen's first option but with two barns on the go, cost considerations made him choose robotic milkers.
"For us, it was about cost," ...

To invent something new and make change, you have to imagine how things can be different because saying "I want to make a difference" is useless if you don't actually make something different.
So says Mary Doyle, Founder of Rural on Purpose who ...

When 19th century American philosopher and poet Henry David Thoreau wrote those words, he'd just emerged from two years of self-imposed solitary living in a Massachusetts forest. His 1854 essay Life in the Woods is a record of what he called his...

Ash borer is just the start of future forest decimation with hemlock, butternut and beech trees also facing serious threat, concluded a forest study conducted by the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority (MVCA) as it was revealed 20 per cent...

Housing is a focal point for strong and healthy communities and a panel of experts shared how they are encouraging their municipalities and developers to provide homes for future generations.
"We should not be...

Preserving agriculture and resisting the push to develop land around Thornbury was a passionate discussion for members of the Grey County Federation of Agriculture (GCFA) at their annual meeting held October 13 at Walter's Falls.

Michelle Durnin says she is a risk taker who is willing to "try anything", an approach which has stood her in good stead as she launches a new women's work clothing business online.
Tired of wearing overalls that ...