The days are becoming longer, brighter and as the snow melts a busy planting season looms ahead for Ontario’s farming community. Many of us have waited in anticipation for the warmer temperatures and spent the winter months planning our crops, ordering inputs and ensuring our equipment is ready for when spring’s favourable weather gives us the green light.
Emma Butler is a full-time wife, mother, farmer and entrepreneur from Croton, Ontario. She and her husband Josh raise beef, lamb, chicken, and crops as well as own and operate their on-farm retail store, J&E Meats.
Sheep farming at Ewetopia Farms has become extremely busy over the last 48 hours. It seems all our sheep have decided to have their lambs at the same time. Just when we think "that was the last one", another one goes into labour.
Manitoba Agriculture - Manitoba, Dry Bean Update Feb. 2022
When our brooder room gets full, we need somewhere to put the chickens to grow out, so this year, since we got our greenhouse house up, we figured this would be a great place for them.
WASHINGTON, March 8, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will host the first public meeting of the inaugural Federal Advisory Committee for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production on March 23-24, 2022. The public – including urban producers – is encouraged to attend.
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Farmers are doing what they can to get the fuel they need for planting season at the best price possible. Wisconsin farmer John Eron says he’s glad they installed more on-farm fuel storage in the early 2000’s. “We’re in good shape to get us through spring but you know, we’re definitely going to have to purchase fuel for the fall harvests. I’m hoping we can make it through side-dress time […]
A bill meant to streamline river flooding prevention and repair measures in Missouri was introduced to a state Senate committee Monday. The bill’s sponsor, Missouri Senator Dan Hegeman, testified on behalf of his flood resiliency bill before the Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources committee saying it would protect Missourians from a repeat of the $20 billion of damage caused by the 2019 flood. “It’s my hope that using this […]
