Indoor turkey raising rule under fire
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’
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
Union wants farm workers included under Labour Relations Act
Photo: Ken Forth
Municipal Board gives go-ahead to Solaris project in East Hawkesbury
Solaris project operator criticizes province’s plan to ban solar parks on prime farmland
Tribunal cuffs Commission
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
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?
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
Disaffected District 10 growers cancel Thursday night’s meeting but vow to separate from province’s wheat board
NFU ‘completely out of touch’: Ritz
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
‘Reinstatement’ of local director only one of several issues cited















