GUELPH, ON / LONGUEUIL, QC [February 27, 2026] – As planning advances for Alto, the proposed high-speed rail corridor linking Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Quebec City, Canadian farm leaders are urging to suspend the project.

GUELPH, ON [February 20, 2026] – Ontario farmers remain confident in their own ability to weather economic challenges but are increasingly concerned about the outlook for the broader agricultural sector, according to the results of the latest annual Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) Farm Business Confidence Survey.

The Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario, Fertilizer Canada, Grain Farmers of Ontario, the Ontario Agri Business Association, the Ontario Federation of Agriculture along with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness have renewed the Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) for the 4R Nutrient Stewardship program for a third term.

Drew Spoelstra of Binbrook has been acclaimed to a third one-year term as president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA), the leading voice for 38,000 farm families in the province. Returning to the OFA executive with Spoelstra for a second year in the two Vice President positions are Sara Wood and Ethan Wallace. Paul Maurice was re-elected as Executive Member.

Six exceptional individuals pursuing careers and leadership roles in Ontario’s agriculture sector have been recognized by the Ontario Federation of Agriculture with scholarship awards of $2,000 each.

Nine Ontario veterinary medicine and veterinary technology students were announced as the first-ever recipients of a scholarship created by Ontario farmers to support the next generation of animal health professionals.

GUELPH, ON [September 16, 2025] – The Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) welcomes two new and one returning director to its board table following elections in three of its zones. Larry Davis of Burford was re-elected as the provincial director for Zone 3, representing farmers in Brant, Halidmand and Norfolk. Davis, an OFA director since 1989, farms with his wife and son, growing crops and raising sheep. Davis ran against chicken and beef farmer Henry Lise and beef and crop farmer Steve Sickle.

With summer in full swing, so too is the sweet season of Ontario fruits — fresh from the orchard, grove, bush, field or vineyard.

Ontario farms produce more than 200 different food and farm products, giving consumers a wide range of options for filling their shopping carts and dinner plates with local food all year long. Some are long-time favourites; others, like sweet potato, watermelon, or Asian greens, are more commonly thought to grow elsewhere.

A second year of funding for a cost-share program to support marketing projects promoting Ontario farmers at farmers’ markets across the province has been approved. The Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) will be contributing another $50,000 to Farmers’ Markets Ontario (FMO).