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Researchers are looking into whether the discovery is an isolated case

Ontario Federation of Agriculture vice-president blames tardy delivery of deposit notices

Defined AgriStability takes precedence over risk management program

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‘We’re defending our position with scientific evidence,’ says the chairman of the Ontario Sugar Beet Growers Association

Canadian Pork Council head says challenge is ‘retaining what we have’ by increasing home-grown consumption here

Photo: Jurgen Preugschas

The doors are open and projects are going ahead despite its parent company’s decision to seek bankruptcy protection last week, says Cover-All Buildings of Ontario’s general manager

Wilma Jeffray calls agriculture minister’s review of hog marketing ‘door of opportunity to state what we believe will best serve the industry’
 

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Program uses pizza to teach students about agriculture

photo: Marijke Van Andel

‘Lack of enthusiasm’ cited in decision to leave fledgling organization

Omission shocks farm leaders

Rising interest isn’t the main concern, counters a third: farmers are ‘worried about losing the farm’

Ontario cattle producers say any money for the troubled sector is good news but without the details, it’s hard to know how funding for a national research cluster will affect them

‘We want our options open for anything that has a food grade requirement,’ Parrish and Heimbecker spokesman says

‘We don’t get a lot of incidents where they end up in court,’ ministry official says

American and Mexican produce displayed in Foodland Ontario baskets nets fine of nearly $2,000

Ontario Greenhouse Growers say ‘dumping’ cost growers $66 million over three years

 No cost savings seen by moving to Guelph, says bean board chair

‘There is some level of bias in the ministry about the existence of a marketing structure in pork,’ says producer’s agent

photo: Elbert van Donkersgoed

  Letter To The Editor: I disagree that a marketing board gets in the way as some have claimed, says the president of the Perth County Pork Producers Association

Photo: Gerald Kolkman

Base seed variety approvals on science, not politics, says federal ag minister; ‘regardless of what we think here, if the markets are shut down farmers are going to lose money,’ says NDP ag critic

photo: Gerry Ritz