Brandt Agricultural Products has recently launched a new purpose-built dozer blade attachment, suitable for 4WD tractors. The new unit is available in a variety of blade widths, heights and lugging configurations, designed to make it easy for farmers to find the right blade for their operation. The goal of this product-line addition is to enable... Read More
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Peggy Brekveld has been elected as the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA)'s 32nd president, and third female president in the organization's history. Brekveld will also hold the position of OFA's director-at-large. Brekveld, of Thunder Bay, Ont., operates a dairy farm with her husband and five children, milking around 75 cows. The new president didn't originally... Read More
Consultations are starting this week on the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Crops' draft code of practice for Canadian grain farmers. The voluntary code, which has been named "Responsible Grain," was developed to define and promote the sustainability and social responsibility practices followed by grain farmers across Canada, with the goal of building trust among consumers... Read More
The Ontario Federation of Agriculture's board of directors has elected Thunder Bay, Ont., dairy farmer Peggy Brekveld as its new president. Brekveld takes over from Keith Currie who has led the general farm organization for the past four years. For the first time in OFA history, the president and executive committee was elected by the... Read More
The Alberta Wheat and Barley Commissions have decided to cancel the upcoming Prairie Cereals Summit (PCS), due to current Alberta health and safety protocols regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. PCS was set for December 9 and 10, 2020. There will be no online format for the conference portion this year, however Alberta Barley's Annual General Meeting... Read More
Ontario Premier Doug Food offered a sincere thank you to the province's farmers for helping maintain Ontarians' confidence in their food supply during COVID-19. "You've all pulled your weight and then some during this crisis and I appreciate that," said Ford during his opening remarks as he helped kick off the virtual 2020 Ontario Federation... Read More
The Canada-United Kingdom transitional trade deal announced in a virtual press conference on Saturday by Prime Ministers Justin Trudeau and Boris Johnson and their respective trade ministers is a "welcome stop gap measure, but it is not enough," says the president of the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance (CAFTA). The deal — which requires Parliamentary approval... Read More
Around eight in every 10 Canadians support the broad idea of a one per cent tax on people who have more than $20 million in net assets, according to poll results published by Abacus Data this week. The survey results coincide with calls from certain politicians in Ottawa to move ahead with a so-called "wealth... Read More
McDonald's has added the Quarter Pounder burger to the list of offerings sourced from sustainable sources, as certified by the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef standards. In order to use the CRSB logo, a minimum of 30 per cent of the beef used in McDonald’s Quarter Pounder burgers will be sourced from certified sustainable sources,... Read More
Buhler Industries is making another move to streamline production of its Farm King equipment lineup, on the heels of closing its plant in Fargo, North Dakota, in September. After moving production from Fargo to an existing plant at Willmar, Minnesota earlier this year to increase efficiency and reduce overhead costs, Buhler now plans to cease... Read More