Premier/ag minister talks about agriculture and Ontario’s new budget
‘We’ve heard consistently from the agri-food community that we need to more as a government to support local food and the buying of local food’: Wynne
photo: Kathleen Wynne
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Ag reps give Liberal budget a thumbs up
From the halls of university to Ontario farm fields, the response is mostly positive to the treatment of agriculture in the province’s new budget
Processing tomato prices disappoint growers
Arbitrator supports Ontario processors’ offers
photo: John Lugtigheid
Canadian Retail Council jumps the gun on sow stalls says CPC official
Ontario Pork plans to discuss a mandatory ban on sow gestation crates this month
photo: Rick Bergmann
Federal reforms tread lightly on seasonal ag worker program
Canada’s seasonal agriculture worker program escapes nearly unscathed from federal reforms intended to clamp down on the use of temporary foreign workers
DFO’s new entrant program requires applicants to advance cash
Applicants for the new producer program can expect to pay $1,000 up front plus a $10,000 deposit to bid on the quota exchange
Pizza cheese kits keep on coming
Canada’s dairy farmers want an advance decision from a federal authority about the kits’ duty free status but it’s not yet clear if they're allowed to make such a request
Tribunal slams NFU
Ontario Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Appeal Tribunal concludes outsiders were pulling Ontario farm organization’s strings
Letter to the editor
'It concerns this reader that the comparison between wind turbines and combines may be misleading.'
Ontario farm values vault to new heights
‘I think it’s a big tax grab,’ says one farm owner of his property’s value increasing by nearly 50 per cent; a recent FCC report suggests values continue to climb
Study looks at future uses for Delhi research station
Proposed uses may include a water research institute and an agri-food innovation centre
Russians plan audit of Canadian meat plants
Canada’s third-largest pork buyer slashes the number of pork and beef processors it will accept product from because of ractopamine concerns
GMO-alfalfa protest united farmers and consumers, say organizers
‘Organic farmers would be undermined if genetically modified alfalfa goes ahead,’ says Ontario NFU coordinator
A conversation with Mark Lynas
Controversial British writer tells Better Farming why he radically changed his perspective on GMOs, and why GMO alfalfa in Canada is no big deal
photo: Mark Lynas
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