A weekly report prepared by the staff of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs…
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Outdoor Farm Show
Organizers of the Canadian Outdoor Farm Show held in Woodstock last week expected over 40,000…
Walter Grose: Volunteering for farm safety
The death of three farm workers near Drayton in a manure tank accident about a decade ago focused…
Arboretum hosts fall workshops
The Arboretum at the University of Guelph will feature two new fall…
Horse races back at Erin Fair
Horse races are back at the annual fall fair here. The horses are taking back the track on Oct. 8,…
Wild ride at Fergus Fall Fair
Sophia and Aiden Battaglia seemed to have a blast on the slide ride on Sept. 16 at the Fergus Fall…
Bee deaths impact 2013 plantings
Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) is interested in, and following, the recent updates surrounding the…
Agriculture scholarships awarded at Grand River Raceway
Grand River Raceway and the board of directors of the Grand River Agricultural Society (GRAS)…
Farm and home safety day
Centre Wellington councillor Walt Visser reminded council recently that Sept. 29 is Farm and Home…
International Plowing Match underway
The International Plowing Match runs this week from Sept. 18 to 22 in Roseville, west of Cambridge.…
Fair time in Harriston
The Harriston-Minto Fall Fair drew good crowds and provided plenty of entertainment from Sept. 14…
Prized pet
Sastri Fisk-Beharry of Durham picked up a chest full of medals with his pal, Angus at the mutt show…
Fur and feathers at the fair
Harriston-Minto Agricultural Society president Laverne Stinson, dressed for the Fur and Feather Fun…
Fun first
Taylor Greenwood, with Clementine, came second in her first year of competition at the Fergus Fall…
Future farmer?
Dawson Milne of Fergus takes a turn plowing through the corn inside the farm education tent at the…