Insights and Stories on Ontario

Alberta, Ontario sugar beet producers hope for good year

Jul. 19, 2019 at 8:14 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Sugar beet farmers in Canada’s two main growing provinces are hoping for a good year, according to the leaders their respective provincial associations. Wet conditions extended planting in Ontario, said Rob McKerrall, chair of the Ontario Sugarbeet Growers’ Association (OSGA). “There was probably a third of the crop […]

Ontario’s slow rollout of weed outlets could help black market

Jul. 9, 2019 at 2:04 am CDT

By Moira Warburton

Former Ontario Tory ag critic returns to file as assistant

Jun. 30, 2019 at 2:26 am CDT

By GFM Staff

Ardent Mills sells Ontario bakery ingredient plant

Jun. 25, 2019 at 3:11 am CDT

By GFM Staff

Ginseng exports not in trouble as claimed

Jun. 12, 2019 at 3:55 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Ontario extends corn, soy, bean planting deadlines

Jun. 9, 2019 at 2:56 am CDT

Waterlogged Ontario farmers still waiting on a window to plant corn, soybeans and coloured and white beans ahead of crop insurance deadlines now have at least a couple of extra days. Agricorp, the province’s production insurance and farm program delivery agency, announced extensions Friday for several of its planting deadlines. […]

By GFM Staff

Former CGC assistant chief commissioner broke conflict rules

Jun. 3, 2019 at 3:45 pm CDT

Jim Smolik, a former Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) assistant chief and acting chief commissioner, contravened post-employment obligations under the federal Conflict of Interest Act while working for Cargill Canada. That’s according to a 24-page report released May 30 by Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion. Dion ruled Smolik […]

By Allan Dawson

Ontario chamber makes recommendations to boost cannabis sector

Apr. 18, 2019 at 9:15 pm CDT

Reuters –The Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) on Thursday made several recommendations that address issues affecting the province’s booming marijuana industry, including having a common excise stamp to help cannabis makers ship their products smoothly. The industry body also recommended bolstering Health Canada, the country’s health regulator, so that it […]

By Reuters

Abrupt mid-March shift into spring predicted

Feb. 26, 2019 at 8:51 pm CST

Winter conditions are expected to remain the norm across the Canadian Prairies through the middle of March, when a sudden pattern change brings an abrupt start to spring, according to the latest seasonal forecast from The Weather Network. The quick move from cold to warm conditions raises the risk of […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Ontario beef checkoff to rise by $1.50

Feb. 20, 2019 at 8:32 pm CST

Ontario beef farmers have approved an increase of $1.50 in checkoff per animal to fund an ambitious industry-wide marketing effort for Ontario beef. Producers at the Beef Farmers of Ontario (BFO) annual meeting in Mississauga on Wednesday voted 87 per cent in favour of the plan. A similar plan was […]

By John Greig

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Insights and Stories on Ontario

Alberta, Ontario sugar beet producers hope for good year

Ontario’s slow rollout of weed outlets could help black market

Former Ontario Tory ag critic returns to file as assistant

Ardent Mills sells Ontario bakery ingredient plant

Ginseng exports not in trouble as claimed

Ontario extends corn, soy, bean planting deadlines

Former CGC assistant chief commissioner broke conflict rules

Ontario chamber makes recommendations to boost cannabis sector

Abrupt mid-March shift into spring predicted

Ontario beef checkoff to rise by $1.50

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