Ag edition: Spring Cleaning

In the agricultural sector there are off-shoot businesses that provide specialized services to area farmers. Take, for example, seed cleaning. “If you’re not in the farming community it does take some explanation,” said Ken Wyant. He has been in the business for 40...

Ag edition: Meat and Potatoes

A pick-up truck inches along the backroads bordering Mulmur and Melancthon. Bert Tupling is at the wheel waving at passing cars and stopping to chat with a cousin. He seems to know everyone on these roads around Honeywood but not as many as he used to, he says. The...
Biggest work sector wearing too many hats

Biggest work sector wearing too many hats

There are more than 2,000 farms encompassing more than 500,000 acres in Simcoe County, according to Warden Basil Clarke. That makes agriculture one of the biggest work sectors in the county, but Clarke says only 20 per cent of farm businesses are actually showing a...

Ag edition: Mother of all Vinegars

Behind the austere exterior of Reinhart Foods in Stayner is a warm and nurturing environment providing perfect conditions for accelerating the natural process of making vinegar. It is home to Canada’s largest vinegar production facility, and one of the largest in...