Come Visit Us at the 2017 International Plowing Match!

Posted on Sep 19th, 2017 by Jennifer Hannan

The Farm Team is participating in the 2017 International Plowing Match this week from September 19-23, 2017! We'd love for you to visit us at our booth in the Grain Farmers of Ontario VIP Tent. Location: 82823 North Line (County Rd 12) Walton, ON N0K 1Z0... 

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Disease-detecting tool could be in livestock producers’ hands by next year

Posted on Aug 15th, 2017 by Jennifer Hannan

A hand-held device capable of quickly identifying livestock diseases could be in the hands of Ontario producers next year, according to one of the instrument’s creators. “We’ve been negotiating with some manufacturing companies who are major players in this area,” Suresh Neethirajan, a University of Guelph engineering professor and director of the school’s BioNano Laboratory, told Farms.com. “Hopefully in a year or so farmers can see the product available.”... 

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Region’s farmers bucking provincial trends

Posted on Jun 26th, 2017 by Jennifer Hannan

WATERLOO REGION - Our farmers are Ontario's youngest. They work some of Ontario's smallest farms without an abundance of technology. Yet they earn more than most farmers, generating $564 million in annual revenues. "This is something to be proud of," said turkey farmer Mark Reusser, who helps direct the Waterloo Federation of Agriculture and the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. "It's kind of unique in Ontario to have such a concentrated area of intensively-farmed land."... 

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