By Pat Jilesen, Director, Ontario Federation of Agriculture Ontario is ripe with agri-food opportunities for farmers, food processors and entrepreneurs. The Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) is a strong promoter of farming…
Commentaries
Read OFA’s weekly commentaries for our position and activities on the current issues and legislation impacting Ontario’s agriculture sector.
Three ways to keep Canada competitive
By Debra Pretty-Straathof, Director, Ontario Federation of Agriculture In a recent submission to the federal government, the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) outlined a plan to ensure Canada’s competitiveness… through our agri-food…
Ontario farmers take proactive approach to phosphorus reduction
By Louis Roesch, Director, Ontario Federation of Agriculture Farmers and community partners are taking action to keep waterways safe with a science-based approach. Four new on-farm test sites will be added this…
Water management more important with extreme weather
By Jackie Kelly-Pemberton, Director, Ontario Federation of Agriculture On any given day, farmers are talking about the weather. It dictates what we do across all seasons and dominates our thoughts and conversations…
New OFA community resource helps drive local economic development
By Brent Royce, Director, Ontario Federation of Agriculture Every community across Ontario has dreamed up, created and carried out interesting programs and events to support their local agri-food sector. These local initiatives…
OFA outlines priorities to new provincial ministers
By Peggy Brekveld, Vice President, Ontario Federation of Agriculture As the new PC government sits at Queen’s Park for the first time, the Premier is expected to provide direction to each new…
Early days in assessing cancelled cap and trade
By Drew Spoelstra, Executive Member, Ontario Federation of Agriculture Weather, climate and trade are all hot topics in Ontario right now. The recent elimination of Ontario’s cap and trade program is leading…
Water regulations drown out simple rule-making
By Mark Wales, Director, Ontario Federation of Agriculture Farmers in Ontario are governed by nearly every ministry. We answer to provincial and federal regulations, most provincial ministries and our local municipalities. We…
CFA represents agriculture’s interests in trade discussions
By Drew Spoelstra, Executive Member, Ontario Federation of Agriculture In the complicated world that is the current state of affairs in international trade and tariffs, the agricultural industry needs strong advocates to…
Let’s get to work on ag and rural
By Steve Brackenridge, Director, Ontario Federation of Agriculture Queen’s Park will have an interesting array of veteran and new politicians when the PC party takes the reigns under Premier-designate Doug Ford and…