PALMERSTON - Throughout 2021, Snobelen Farms is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
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4-H paint club meets
WELLINGTON COUNTY - The 4-H Acrylic Painting Club held their fifth meeting on April 15.
OFA Viewpoint: MZOs jeopardize productivity and sustainability of Ontario farmland
Do you know where your food comes from? It’s a simple question with a surprisingly complex answer. Our food security and the economies that rely on it are dependent on a complicated agricultural supply chain – one that starts on the farm and ends at the dinner table.
Metz Community Giant Pumpkin Challenge 2021 is underway
METZ - The 16th Annual Giant Pumpkin Challenge will be held in 2021.
OFA Viewpoint: OFA encourages farmers to make this year’s planting season safe and productive
As the days start to get warmer, farm equipment across the province will begin hitting the roadways for planting season. Many farmers spend a lot of time on the road throughout the spring, travelling long distances between fields and back to their farms.
Ontario beef farmers applaud funding for processing facilities
GUELPH – The Beef Farmers of Ontario (BFO) are pleased with the $12.2 million in financial…
First 4-H Poultry Club meeting held
WELLINGTON COUNTY – The Wellington 4-H Poultry Club its first meeting on Zoom on April 6.…
Province provides PPE funds for farmers and agri-business
WOODSTOCK — The Ontario government is providing $10 million to allow more farmers and agri-food…
Painting club focuses on comet
WELLINGTON COUNTY – The 4-H acrylic painting club held its fourth meeting on Thursday April…
Poultry club learns about eggs
WELLINGTON COUNTY – In our first meeting of the 4-H Poultry Club, we learned about how the…
OFA Viewpoint: OFA invests surplus budget funds to provide support for local agriculture federations
An important aspect of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) has always been our grassroots engagement through county and regional federations across the province.
4-H Acrylic Painting Club meets
WELLINGTON COUNTY - The third 4-H Acrylic Painting Club meeting was held on April 1.
OMAFRA Report: Pest monitoring network running for 2021 season
A weekly report prepared by the staff of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs…
Traditional Arthur Fall Fair cancelled; organizers moving to virtual format
ARTHUR – For the second year in a row, the traditional Arthur Fall Fair will be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, organizers will be providing a virtual fair this year, "with the possibility of a few in-person" events/exhibits.
Drayton Fair cancelled again – but some events will carry on
MAPLETON - For the second year in a row the Drayton Fair is cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, officials note, many of the society’s traditional events will still take place.