Local farmer frustrated with second call to OSPCA
JASON PARKS STAFF WRITER For the second time in three years, a young farming family has had a complaint filed against them by a passer-by regarding the state of a…
Agriculture
Local producers first to net sale from online grain trading application
JASON PARKS STAFF WRITER A local grain and corn grower became the first farm in the world to sell a load of corn through an emerging blockchain-based technology that could…
Early, lengthy load restrictions a concern for local farmer
JASON PARKS STAFF WRITER A Prince Edward County farmer who grows non-genetically modified soybeans described his struggles of getting his produce to market to the committee of the whole Thursday….
Homecoming harvest a celebratory affair for county farming couple
JASON PARKS STAFF WRITER The corn harvest at Reynolds Farms just north of the Picton had an extra set of hands late last month as a good crop was taken…
China soybean tariffs a concern for Canadian farmers
JASON PARKS STAFF WRITER Weather is always a concern for local grain and oilseed producers but all that hot air currently emanating from the south has put the bite on…
Commission asks council to look into load restriction rules for agricultural sector
CHAD IBBOTSON STAFF WRITER The County’s Community and Economic Development Commission (CEDC) is recommending that council investigate ways local farmers can maintain access to markets during half load periods…