AgribusinessFederal and Ontario funding of nearly $22 million will help more than 130 agri-food businesses expand into new markets, with 925 jobs and up to $134 million in total investment expected.
CropsOntario's Jeff Cook topped the 2025-26 Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network with 163.2 bushels per acre and Laurent Van Arkel reached 108% of his field's yield potential, while participants averaged 112 bushels per acre in a difficult season.
AgribusinessThe Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation is funding 14 farm projects, led by tile drainage on thousands of acres in the James Bay, Timiskaming-Cochrane and Clay Belt regions to raise yields and bring more land into production.
CropsThe 107th International Plowing Match and Rural Expo closed in Bruce County, Ontario, on 26 September after five days of plowing classes, five parades and the crowning of a new Ontario Queen of the Furrow.
News reportPremier Doug Ford's 10 September cabinet shuffle moves Trevor Jones to labour and hands agriculture, food and agribusiness to Oosterhoff, whose Niagara West riding holds more than 1,600 farms, about 90% of Ontario's grapes and two-thirds of its tender fruit.
