LOCAL HEADLINES

The 85th anniversary of the Brant County Federation of Agriculture provided an evening of community, conviviality with good food on March 7.

Paris has long had the Paris Fair, but a seventh-generation local family created a new agriculture-themed landmark for this town.

One of the most significant “New Beginnings” for the Burford Agricultural Society (BAS) is the change of dates for the Burford Fair.

When carrots are harvested, it may be months before they reach the consumers.

The McLellan family of JaySar Farms and J & S Grains became a beloved highlight of the Brant County Federation of Agriculture (BCFA) 85th anniversary banquet in Burford on March 7.

The Canadian potato variety trial is an essential cross-country information gathering and testing practice that has been shaping the nation’s potato industry for decades.

An Ayr-area couple who established a new Jersey line 40 years ago joined Jersey Canada’s Honourary Life Member roster in March.

It’s often said that farming is in the blood. For Creek View Acres Brant owners, John Bisaillon and Christi Garneau, this seems to be the case.

The vision statement of the Ontario Apple Growers (OGA) reads: Ontario Apples – the first pick for healthy consumers. According to the OGA’s new chair, Chris Hedges of Vanessa, this came true for Ontario’s 2024 sales – and sales for the 2025 seem to be similarly promising.

Utilizing strategic woodlot management techniques rather than leaving your treed areas “to nature” can provide greater pleasure and income, insist two farmers affiliated with the Brant Woodlot Association (BWOA).

When Ag Day returned to Hagersville on June 6 as part of the town’s 150th anniversary celebrations, Larry Davis was there for the opening ceremonies, giving the official proclamation as town crier.

Brothers JJ and Dusty Hunter are “born and raised” farmers with what must be one of Canada’s better-known off farm careers.

Blaine, 27, and his brother, Brent, 31, grew up with ginseng, on Malecki Farms, located on Pleasant Ridge Road near Brantford.

On the first day of his second term as President of the US, Donald Trump announced that he would be imposing an additional 25% tariffs.

Over 100 4-H dairy members from both central and southern Ontario competed, with 15-year-old Coleman awarded reserve grand champion showman.

You could say that Corey Davis of Canning Produce, Paris, was born into growing one of the world’s oldest and nutritional foods.

The latest adaptations to help farmers were on display at the AgRobotics Demo Day at the Ontario Crops Research Station, Simcoe, in July.

In the world of Ontario hazelnuts, Glenridge Hazelnuts are the unquestioned real deal.

Humanity knows more about the stars above their heads than the soil beneath their feet says Nathan Knechtel of Black Swallow Living Soils.

For decades, locals around Ayr and Paris associated Moore Farms with strawberries. Their roadside strawberry field, located just off...