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PKI summary

Mary Baxter — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:43:13 -0400

A summary of Better Farming's news coverage of Pigeon King International

Complaint filed over Boulay pork bankruptcy

Mary Baxter — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:08:10 -0500

Québec couple complains of irregular handling of failure by trustee

Startup costs stall biodigester project

Mary Baxter — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:53:17 -0500

Company faces a whopping $900,000 to connect to the power grid

Ontario pork industry focused on the future

Mary Baxter — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:49:13 -0500

London Swine Conference celebrates 10 years with top industry speakers

Tribunal dismisses dairy farmer’s appeal

Mary Baxter — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:55:26 -0500

Farmer’s medical condition doesn’t exempt him from controversial quota assessment policy, appeal tribunal decides

Mother in the ‘middle’

Mary Baxter — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:46:09 -0500

INSIGHT — There is an old school yard game that was called “piggy in the middle” where two people try to keep the ball away from a third person.

It still gets played across the rural countryside on many farms today, but with a twist: the person in the middle, in most cases, is Mother.

Farm mothers frequently find themselves trapped “in the middle” as the go-between for family members who cannot communicate rationally with each other.

New Bt refuge rules

Mary Baxter — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:07:40 -0500

INSIGHT — Monsanto has just announced changes to its Bt refuge rules. Specifically if you do not follow the refuge as laid out by Monsanto you will not have access to their Bt genetics.

They plan to monitor growers. Growers who are not following the refuge rules will be sent a letter. Growers not in compliance will be monitored again next year. If in the second year you are found not to be in compliance then you will not be allowed to buy Monsanto Bt genetics.

Dairy Farmers tackle quota availability

Mary Baxter — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:25:34 -0500

Changes will affect participants in a new entrant assistance program

Barren budget

Mary Baxter — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:20:51 -0500

Minister overlooks farmers in today’s budget speech

photo: Jim Flaherty

Goat milk producers ponder change

Mary Baxter — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:38:22 -0500

Producers will consider whether to dissolve their organization at their annual meeting next week

Change apple, tender fruit and grape marketing strategy: report

Mary Baxter — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:52:28 -0500

“A lot of it is not new, but it’s not a bad thing to have it put in one package,” says Ontario Tender Fruit Producers Marketing Board chair