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1. Ag ministers discuss trade, insurance and emergency support

   ... by SUSAN MANN Trade matters were a major topic of discussion at this year’s federal/provincial/territorial ... world milk prices were at all time lows and small US dairy farms where disappearing faster than crab legs at a chinese Buffet there where ...

   Mary Baxter - Jul 20 2013 - 07:17 - 27 comments

2. Policy makers want farm input

   ... industry and government work together to foster “a modern, market-responsive agriculture and agri-food sector that is resilient, ... a friend or family in goverment. The small and medium size farms that does the work by itself and putting in long hours are given a pat on ...

   Mike Mulhern - Jun 8 2011 - 17:31 - 4 comments

3. Food and Beverage Ontario backs changes to province’s processing vegetable regulations

   ... vegetable regulations. Food and Beverage Ontario says in a July 18 letter to commission chair Geri Kamenz the proposal “will result in ... the "wave" of changes but there will be a greater number of farms that will get caught in the "undertow" and be swept away never to produce ...

   Mary Baxter - Aug 10 2016 - 16:12 - 16 comments

4. A rosy year ahead for Canadian agriculture

   ... by SUSAN MANN Last year was a very good year for Canadian agriculture with most sectors doing well and that ... to be 5 times that, or $3500.00 Yet, here we have 100 acre farms selling for what 400 brings there. Raube Beuerman reply ...

   Mary Baxter - Feb 19 2014 - 18:20 - 10 comments

5. Suspend wind development for now: OFA

   ... But Ontario Energy Minister Chris Bentley says in a prepared email statement supplied by his press secretary, Jennifer Kett, that ... McGuinty last February halted development of off shore wind farms but said it is pushing ahead with land based wind turbine projects. ...

   Mary Baxter - Jan 20 2012 - 19:21 - 7 comments

6. One on one with Ontario’s new agriculture minister

   ... Leal says 40 per cent of his riding is rural “and we have a very vibrant agricultural sector in Peterborough County. I’ve worked very ... or retirement fund. It will come down too what we want farms to be in the future - no risk means some poor business decisions will be ...

   Mary Baxter - Jun 26 2014 - 10:02 - 6 comments

7. 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

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. Barn fires are devastating to all involved says Farm & Food Care chair

   February 12, 2016 There have been a lot of news stories lately about barn fires in Ontario, and many of us know ... continue to reduce the risk of barn fires impacting Ontario farms and farmers. Sincerely, John Maaskant, chicken farmer, Chair of Farm ...

   Mary Baxter - Feb 12 2016 - 16:28 - 1 comment

10. Vets oppose ban on growth-promoting antibiotics

    ... Medical Association (OMA) for the last couple of months on a position paper, the Ontario Veterinary Medical Association (OVMA) does not ... sewer run off after a rain storm, that is not coming from farms it is all from cities and did you know that the cities are never fined ...

    Mary Baxter - Mar 20 2013 - 19:45 - 4 comments