New dairy directors elected Wednesday, November 9, 2011 by SUSAN MANNThere will be some new faces around the Dairy Farmers of Ontario board table next year after elections for region directors were held in two areas recently.In Region 8 (Oxford and Waterloo counties) Murray Sherk was elected after incumbent board member John Palmer didn’t seek re-election. Doug Matheson challenged him for the position. Palmer first joined the board in 2000.Steven Runnalls was elected in Region 12 (districts of Northern Ontario and Haliburton). He ran against incumbent board member Frank Haasen, who first joined the board in 2008.In Region 4 (Hastings, Lennox and Addington, Northumberland and Prince Edward counties), incumbent board member Sid Atkinson was acclaimed. He first joined the board in 2004.The three board members will serve four-year terms starting in January 2012. If there isn’t a request for a recount, the board will declare the members elected at the November board meeting later this month. BF Conference board report tackles ethanol Notable young farmers sought
A new front in the repair access debate Friday, March 6, 2026 Iowa lawmakers have pushed the right‑to‑repair conversation into new territory with House File 2529, a bill that focuses specifically on diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) systems—the single most common cause of emissions-related downtime on modern farm machinery. The bill would require... Read this article online
March 8 is International Women’s Day Friday, March 6, 2026 Across the United States and Canada, women are taking on increasingly visible roles in agriculture—managing farms, leading ag-tech startups, advancing research, and strengthening the rural economies that feed both nations. Their work reflects a shift in an industry once defined... Read this article online
Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry to Visit Toronto and Southwestern Ontario Tuesday, March 3, 2026 The Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry will be in Toronto and Southwestern Ontario later this week as part of its ongoing study on the role of Canada’s agriculture and agri‑food sector in strengthening national food security. The fact‑finding mission is scheduled for... Read this article online
AgriStability Program Updated to Include Pasture-Related Feed Costs Beginning in 2026 Monday, March 2, 2026 In case you missed it last week, the Honourable Heath MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, announced that pasture-related feed costs will be added as an allowable expense under AgriStability starting with the 2026 program year. The update addresses rising operational... Read this article online
Bringing more Food and Ingredient Processing Back to Canadian Soil Monday, March 2, 2026 Protein Industries Canada has announced the second cohort of nine companies participating in its Program, an initiative designed to bring more food and ingredient processing back to Canadian soil and expand the nation’s value‑added agriculture sector. The selected companies span the... Read this article online