Insights and Stories on Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show

Kate Hyatt of Bayer CropScience at the firm's booth at COFS 25. Photo: Sarah McGoldrick

Crops News

Dekalb’s blast from the past

Sep. 12, 2025 at 11:25 am CDT

Bayer celebrated the brand’s greatest seed hits at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show

Panellists talk about how connections to farmers help make sure their products will resonate. Jesse Wiebe, left, moderated the panel that included Colin Yates, left, Shari van de Pol and Matt Stevens. Photo: John Greig

Ag tech success potential improved with farmer connections

Sep. 11, 2025 at 10:30 am CDT

By John Greig

Versatile's Fury HS150 high-speed disc on the show grounds at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show on Sept. 10, 2025. Photo: Greg Berg

Versatile brings updated Fury line of high-speed discs to Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show

Sep. 11, 2025 at 10:18 am CDT

By Greg Berg

Jocelyn Smith, an assistant professor of field crop entomology at the University of Guelph, shared ongoing challenges facing farmers as pest-resistant crops continue to emerge in Ontario at Canada's Outdoor Farm Show.

Improving calf health, fighting pesticide resistance highlighted at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show

Sep. 10, 2025 at 1:53 pm CDT

Haggerty AgRobotics has added a new electric tractor, coined the ‘Monarch,’ to its fleet of agricultural robots. Photo: Diana Martin

Electric tractor wins innovation award at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show

Sep. 10, 2025 at 1:39 pm CDT

Donna Boyd, Agricultural Manufacturers of Canada president, back left, and Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show’s man in black, Rob O’Connor, show director, emceed the Innovation Program Awards on Sept. 8, 2025, the night before the Farm Show opened. Chuck Baresich, Haggarty AgRobotics founder, back centre, won in the Equipment category. Behnam Abbasian, BioFerScience, back right, won in the Livestock category. Kristine White, Spornado CEO and co-founder, front left, took home the Agronomics award. LaSalle Agri Inc., Marketing Coordinator Amin Phoenix, accepted the Environmental Sustainability award, and Bruna Mion, Lactanet dairy production expert, captured the Business Solutions award.

Innovators honoured ahead of Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show 2025

Sep. 9, 2025 at 11:09 am CDT

Glacier FarmMedia – The Innovations Program Awards recognized the best and brightest in agricultural equipment and innovation ahead of Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show 2025. The ceremony, held Monday night at the show site outside Woodstock, honoured winners across five categories: agronomics, business solutions, environmental sustainability, equipment and livestock. Find more […]

Rob O'Connor kicks off the 2024 edition of COFS near Woodstock. Photo: File

Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show to feature agtech, international presence

Aug. 25, 2025 at 2:20 pm CDT

Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show 2025 opens in September. Show director Rob O’Connnor explains what’s new and what’s returning.

By Jonah Grignon

Lester Martin stands with the Uddermatic automated calf feeding system that he designed. This is the second year that a fully operating system – feeding Martin’s own veal calves from his Mildmay-area farm – has been in place at the Dairy Innovation Centre during Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show. Photo: Stew Slater

Labour savings only the beginning with automated calf feeders

Sep. 13, 2024 at 4:13 pm CDT

Labour savings are the main reason dairy and veal producers express interest in automated calf feeding systems. But once installed, producers find the systems have other benefits too.

By Stew Slater

Students and employers prepare for changing agriculture landscape

Sep. 13, 2024 at 1:12 pm CDT

Students, employers and educators explored diverse options in agricultural careers at Canada's Outdoor Farm Show 2024 during the show's Career Crawl.

By Kristy Nudds

Startup eyes leather waste for livestock proteins at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show 2024

Sep. 12, 2024 at 9:33 am CDT

UMA Systems Inc. has a proprietary process for turning waste into protein supplements, and is looking for Canadian customers.