Rural

LISTOWEL – Perth County is synonymous with agriculture; and animals are at the heart of it. Since…

The Listowel Fair Tractor Pull returns for its 40th year during summer’s biggest weekend in Perth County. 

Listowel’s Discovery Week students were in town June 3 to 6, observing at the Listowel Memorial Hospital as well as with the Listowel Wingham & Area Family Health Team at the Fisher Primary Care Clinic in Listowel.

Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry students out of Western University made their way to Wingham and Listowel a few weeks ago for Discovery Week 2024, which marks the 26th anniversary of the partnership.

The Global Pet Foods SuperDogs wowed their way into the audience’s hearts in Teeswater during a show here on June 19.

The RCMP Musical Ride trotted into Teeswater on June 19, bringing an estimated 4,500 spectators to the small farming town.

HOWICK – Council here approved application MV01-2024 to reduce the Minimum Distance Separation II (MDS) from 535ft to 450ft for the construction of a new broiler barn for Tim and Cheryl Mulder.

June is National Dairy Month, and if you’ve ever set foot in Perth County (or anywhere in midwestern Ontario for that matter), you know dairy farms aren’t hard to come by.

The Middle Maitland Rejuvenation Committee took Ms Crawford’s class from North Perth Westfield Elementary School on an outdoor education event on  April 22 in honour of Earth Day.

For the first time in 50 years, Murray Elliott is not reporting to work at Molesworth Farm Supply.

During the warmer months in midwestern Ontario, a tractor rolling along one of the many farm fields in the area is not an uncommon sight. For decades, the operators of these massive machines used their talents to drive in straight lines – not because it looks pretty in a photo, but to be efficient

The Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority (SVCA) had a busy and successful year, with plenty of challenges in 2023; 2024 promises more of the same.