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Ontario’s environment minister assures that farmers won’t have to pay a new fee on bagged fertilizer slated to start in July

‘They make is sound like an epidemic,’ says Larry Miller of a recent World Society for the Protection of Animals’ report whose numbers suggest less than 0.5 per cent of animals die in transit each year

OSMA and OFA Cooperating on the Removal of Problem Predators

It’s too soon for an increase, says farm leader
photo: Henry Stevens

‘Conflict of interest’ and urgent predator problems cited by OSMA director for agency’s departure from OFA task force team

An earlier lack of buyers had producers worried Ontario’s largest pork processor would close but things have changed
 

Growers have demonstrated innovative initiatives to conserve water needed for crops but fear they will drown in Environment Ministry bureaucracy

Ministry of highways buried waste asphalt on farm near Teviotdale in the 1960s

Veterinarians seeking cause of lamb and goat abortions

Grain Farmers contest adds cash to bragging rights for spring wheat producers

Reduction of Australian and New Zealand flock sizes could mean new opportunities but barriers to expansion are many say those in the industry

Feed company is fighting an Ontario Superior Court decision requiring it, along with others, to hand over more than $2 million for conspiring against one of its dealers

Council’s operations depended heavily on federal funding

Ontario's agriculture minister has released her decision on pork marketing, complete with big changes to Ontario Pork and a shortened time frame to plan details

photo: Carol Mitchell

Turkey producer must pay a hefty fine for not following the right steps to transfer quota

Small operators complain they can’t keep up with new regulations and paperwork

Photo: Ernie Hardeman

‘We are at the mercy of a global market here,’ says farm labour committee’s chair

photo: Ken Forth

Government loans aid expansion, but existing plants are already below capacity

Letter to the editor: Company representative challenges quarry coverage

Although creditors want the place sold three local local realtors say they haven't been approached to sell it