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1. Don’t downplay animal welfare concerns expert warns

   ... associate professor of animal welfare Suzanne Millman said a 2007 survey of U.S. public opinion ranked animal well-being far lower than ... photos and videos of them being abused and housed in factory farms is very upsetting. I know I would pay alot more money for humanley ...

   Mary Baxter - Apr 1 2011 - 16:26 - 1 comment

2. New cheese export program a factor in boosting Ontario dairy farmers’ quota

   ... New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island), will be getting a 1.5 per cent quota increase effective April 1. “The (quota) issuance is in ... organization representing farmers living on 12,529 farms. Paul says cheese was exported in the past through export programs ...

   Mary Baxter - Mar 27 2014 - 16:41 - 6 comments

3. Meat producers win COOL victory

   ... by BETTER FARMING STAFF You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. That's the adage summoned by ... Those are homes, those are employees that have lost their farms and their jobs.” Travis Toews, president of the Canadian ...

   dstoneman - Nov 18 2011 - 17:24 - 0 comments

4. Ontario’s soaring land costs means fewer farmers and hurdles for new farmers: NFU

   September 11, 2012 A new report indicates farmland land value increases of more than 20 per cent ... equipment he saw there “is common on the Prairies” where farms are 5,000 to 20,000 acres. Wales says another factor driving land ...

   Mary Baxter - Sep 11 2012 - 17:24 - 4 comments

5. Survey results reflect interest rate worries say two farm leaders

   ... Rising interest isn’t the main concern, counters a third: farmers are ‘worried about losing the farm’ by ... from people who are desperate because they’re losing their farms. “We are still in the same crisis that we were in last year only ...

   Mary Baxter - Mar 25 2010 - 21:24 - 6 comments

6. Farm employer group ‘delighted’ by Supreme Court ruling

   ... has ruled. The decision , released Friday, elated a group that represents farm employers and disappointed the United Food and ... One undeniable truth is that farms are dangerous places to work, and it is reflected by the WSIB premiums ...

   Mary Baxter - Apr 29 2011 - 16:20 - 4 comments

7. P&H scraps port deal

   ... JIM ALGIE Without dredging, the port of Owen Sound has a limited future in Ontario’s Great Lakes grain trade, Parrish & Heimbecker ... elevator became impractical for ship access, grain from area farms would have to find other paths to market. Outbound grain in Owen ...

   Mary Baxter - Jan 30 2014 - 08:55 - 1 comment

8. Permanently protect farmland in the Greater Golden Horseshoe: report

   ... Horseshoe as areas waiting to be developed for housing but a unique partnership between the Ontario Federation of Agriculture and an ... less land to produce food on the sooner farmers & family farms will get what they need to survive . Have you ever seen a shortage of ...

   Mary Baxter - Nov 25 2015 - 17:34 - 10 comments

9. Several farm organizations on this year’s Sunshine list

   ... additional pay period in the 2014 calendar year. “This is a rare occurrence that happens once every 11 years.” Other factors include ... several dozen doctors, dentists and lawyers, some living on farms, some not. About the only singularly-identifiable employee of any ...

   Mary Baxter - Mar 30 2015 - 20:33 - 36 comments

10. Ag reps give Liberal budget a thumbs up

    ... the importance of the entire sector. And that’s a good thing for the industry.” In the past, “agriculture and food has ... on-farm processing or doing value-added businesses on their farms. “The key on that one is that’s a job creator,” he says, noting if ...

    Mary Baxter - May 3 2013 - 16:04 - 8 comments