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Hydro One has introduced a new program to provide electrical demand management incentives to qualifying Institutional, Commercial, Agricultural and Industrial customers — the PowerSaver Business Incentive Program. The program offers financial incentives to help customers in the commercial, industrial, agricultural

All categories of fertilizer and fuel showed significant price jumps from February to April, according to a survey of producers conducted by Keystone Agricultural Producers, the general farm organization in Manitoba. According to the KAP survey, fertilizer prices increased an

OFA Commentary #4205 Ontario agriculture’s leaders will soon be meeting face-to-face with the McGuinty Government’s Rural Caucus. These are the politicians who represent most Ontario farmers, and many rural residents who work at jobs that depend on the farming industry.

OFA Commentary #3505 Piece by piece, elements of what Ontario agriculture needs to succeed in the future are coming into place. Just recently we received a letter from Hon. Leona Dombrowsky, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs for Ontario,

OFA Commentary #3205 Efforts to bring affordable and adequate child care facilities to rural Ontario continues to be a focus of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. For years OFA and its local federations have worked to realize this dream, and

Ontario farmers and their organizations are seeing changes at the top of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) as Hon. Steve Peters moves to Labour and Hon. Leona Dombrowsky moves from Environment to Agriculture. “The Ontario Federation of

Ontario farmers with funds in their CAIS (Canadian Agriculture Income Stabilization) accounts can now access those dollars, news the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) welcomes, says President Ron Bonnett. The June 10th announcement was made possible when the federal and

Farmers know there are no quick and easy solutions to agriculture’s financial malaise. Fixing what currently ails agriculture is going to require input and co-operation from a multitude of sources, and the Ontario Federation of Agriculture is prepared to work

The Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) is calling on Premier Dalton McGuinty to commit his government to meet the long-term needs of Ontario farmers. This action is prompted by the recent provincial budget and its failure to address agriculture’s issues.