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Indoor turkey raising rule under fire

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It’s about more than turkeys, say outdoor raising supporters who fear other marketing boards will require that birds be kept indoors as well

 

 


Pigeon King escalated to ‘criminal investigation’

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Police still gathering evidence more than a year after pigeon breeding scheme collapses

Photo: The former Pigeon King International was headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario.


Date set for ag worker labour law hearing

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Union wants farm workers included under Labour Relations Act

Photo: Ken Forth


Municipal Board gives go-ahead to Solaris project in East Hawkesbury

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Solaris project operator criticizes province’s plan to ban solar parks on prime farmland


Tribunal cuffs Commission

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In the ongoing saga of the province’s beleaguered pork industry the Ontario Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs Appeal Tribunal has dealt another blow to the organization that oversees the province’s marketing boards

Photo:  Elbert van Donkersgoed


New limits on stray voltage

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After being forced to get rid of his cows and fight bureaucracy for more than three decades farmer satisfied with new provincial stray voltage maximum

Photo: Lee Montgomery


Local foods campaign missing its mark?

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Brenda Lammens, chair of the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association, says major retailers aren’t interested in local foods ‘until they’ve got the imports off the shelves’

Photo: Brenda Lammens


Wheat chair a no show, says eastern growers can’t go

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Disaffected District 10 growers cancel Thursday night’s meeting but vow to separate from province’s wheat board


NFU ‘completely out of touch’: Ritz

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Federal ag minister blasts the farm organization for its call to end captive supply in the cattle industry

Photo: Gerry Ritz


Wheat producers in east revolt against their board

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‘Reinstatement’ of local director only one of several issues cited
 


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