Rural Life
A man was taken to hospital with non life-threatening injuries following a collision involving a tractor and a train in Ontario, Canada.
Agri-Business
AgriLand visited a vineyard in Niagara, Ontario. In order to be classified as a Niagara wine the grapes must be produced in Niagara.
A major seaway, the Great Lakes, 15 locks and 183m later the Canadian maize travelling to Ireland crosses the Atlantic Ocean.
Tillage
The tallest grain bin in the picture above holds 2,000t. It belongs to Cribit Seeds - a company which trials varieties and processes seeds.
It seems that there is demand for straw across the water. Straw in Canada has risen in price from 5c/lb to 15c/lb in the past year.
Having just landed in Ontario, it has become clear that the domestic market is an extremely important one to the country.
There's a lot we could learn from the Grain Farmers of Ontario. Randy Jackiw outlined that weather conditions last year caused incidences of mycotoxins.
