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1. Canada’s new ag minister brings an East Coast perspective

   ... to be decided in the next two years. MacAulay is a 69-year-old former P.E.I farmer first sworn into a cabinet post in 1993 as ... trade because my main concern is supporting the family farms and eating healthy food. I can't find fiddleheads from the Maritimes but ...

   Mary Baxter - Nov 5 2015 - 09:35 - 3 comments

2. Industry churns butter stock solutions

   ... stock surplus is dwindling for now but the country’s industry is having trouble agreeing with how best to prevent future excess ... wrestled with above normal butter stock levels for more than a year and has been unable to agree on a plan to bring them back down. In ... by people in the know---cut quota and get rid of more family farms. Bernie reply ...

   Mary Baxter - Jul 5 2010 - 15:13 - 2 comments

3. Ontario liberals propose local food legislation

   September 19, 2012 A bill has been in the works since last spring but farm leaders want more ... says the Local Food Act would support a leading provincial industry that annually contributes more than $33 billion to the economy and ... working to create an environment where family scale, diverse farms can coexist alongside larger specialized farming neighbors. The PFO ...

   Mary Baxter - Sep 20 2012 - 07:15 - 13 comments

4. Update: Embattled pork producers await go ahead on federal sow cull

   ... sow cull program are required to keep breeding stock out of a barn for three years. However, they can use the barn as a nursery or as a ... 2007. Hog numbers are also down, with about 13 million on farms in April compared to 14.7 during the same month last year. That marks a ...

   dstoneman - Apr 5 2012 - 14:06 - 0 comments

5. Town hall meeting to highlight livestock woes

   ... John Nyenhuis by BETTER FARMING STAFF A grassroots livestock group in Perth County plans to take pork and beef issues ... Farmers Matter.  The website devoted to the meeting, www.farmersmatter.ca was put on the Internet a few days ago. “We are ...

   dstoneman - Oct 24 2010 - 15:40 - 2 comments

6. Farm product prices jump

   March 6, 2012 But be prepared for a slowdown in the rate of increase for grain and oilseed crops, predicts ag ... leaseing back till later and they want to set up dairy farms so they can ship the produce back home without quota. Thats a great way ...

   Mary Baxter - Mar 6 2012 - 17:22 - 3 comments

7. Wynne anxious to get started as agriculture minister

   ... as the province’s minister of agriculture. Speaking to a group of agriculture and rural journalists earlier today, Wynne said that ... in earlier years, there might be one or two or a dozen pork farms that will remain not as hobbies, what then what are we really saying ...

   Mary Baxter - Feb 22 2013 - 17:26 - 98 comments

8. Canada’s livestock traceability initiative presents a daunting task

   ... Thursday October 16, 2014 Canadian farmers should see a fully traceable, national records system for livestock by late 2015 or early ... requires records for the movement of breeding stock on to farms. What began with metal ear tags and paper records for scrapies ...

   Mary Baxter - Oct 16 2014 - 15:23 - 0 comments

9. More farmers vie for OFA’s top seat

   October 31, 2011 A farmer from Lambton County and another from Huron County declare their ... president he has broad based support from people across the industry and province. “They have faith in how I present myself. They have ... given income for spending 200 days a year away from their farms on OFA business, who takes up the slack manual and managemment work on ...

   Mary Baxter - Nov 1 2011 - 18:09 - 1 comment

10. Ontario farm registration fee increase moves to next step

    ... by SUSAN MANN Farmers have until Nov. 2 to comment on a controversial proposal to increase the farm business registration fee to $195 ... all the while with their hand out asking for more. If 85% of farms belong to this useless organization then they deserve what they get. ...

    Mary Baxter - Apr 10 2012 - 14:06 - 5 comments