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1. Ontario’s ag industry braces for slots fallout

   March 16, 2012 Scrapping a provincial slots-racetrack agreement will hurt mainstream agriculture, ... making a living. What will happen at some of those bigger farms?” She says the Ontario racing industry is the most highly regarded ...

   Mary Baxter - Mar 18 2012 - 09:27 - 29 comments

2. TPP vital to Canada's pork industry says pork council chair

   ... Canadian Pork Council chair Rick Bergmann said Monday. A federation of nine provincial pork producers’ associations, the ... relations campaign  “to tell the story of how dairy farms contribute to building vibrant communities across the country,” a May ...

   Mary Baxter - May 29 2015 - 10:23 - 7 comments

3. New twist in Ontario’s General Farm Organization saga

   ... by SUSAN MANN Ontario farmers without a farm business registration number may soon be temporarily exempt from needing ... and lobby governments for the best interests of family farms. Ernie Hardeman, Progressive Conservative agriculture critic, ...

   editor - Nov 10 2012 - 06:50 - 15 comments

4. Regulatory details of Canada’s new Agricultural Growth Act will be key say farm groups

   ... in the House of Commons in December 2013 and passed almost a year later on Nov. 24, 2014. The Senate passed it on Feb. 24 and it received ... the Act enables farmers to save and reuse seed on their own farms. Jennifer Pfenning, Organic Council of Ontario chair, says allowing ...

   Mary Baxter - Apr 10 2015 - 13:11 - 3 comments

5. Pizza cheese kits keep on coming

   ... 19, 2013 by SUSAN MANN A dairy farmers’ organization has taken another step this month to convince ... in comparison to US consumers, when the number of dairy farms is a fraction of what it was 40 years ago, and when Ontario Pork passes a ...

   Mary Baxter - Apr 19 2013 - 18:06 - 44 comments

6. New provincial budget mirrors pre-election spending plans

   ... or located their businesses in the province both made a comeback in Monday’s provincial budget but not everyone applauds the ... Quebec, the two provinces that have the most supply managed farms,(the bulk of the quota) are the poorest performing provinces economically ...

   dstoneman - Jul 14 2014 - 20:35 - 3 comments

7. Farm groups anticipate border changes will reduce some costs

   ... of Agriculture president Ron Bonnett says the plans contain a number of measures they’ve been requesting for several years, including ... is getting screwed up here doesn,t matter if its for the farms or the household.It only helps the big companies make more money for ...

   Mary Baxter - Dec 8 2011 - 18:20 - 3 comments

8. Canadian farm equipment sales drop in 2015

   ... sales decline this year is significant. “There is a very close tie with the commodity prices, specifically with corn and ... Do you still own two farms? reply This ...

   Mary Baxter - Sep 29 2015 - 14:44 - 10 comments

9. I side with single desk selling

   ...   Letter To The Editor: I disagree that a marketing board gets in the way as some have claimed, says the president of ... the industry lowered slaughter house wages and drove family farms out. there use to be 6 packers on marion street there is none in winnipeg ...

   dstoneman - Apr 11 2012 - 15:53 - 8 comments

10. Hunger striker eases back slowly into routine

    ... says it was easy to give up food to reach his goal of a meeting with Ontario’s premier by SUSAN MANN ... market. Eggs and meat chickens are sold by dozens of small farms in Ontario. Most dairy farmers drink their own unpasturized milk,farmers ...

    Mary Baxter - Nov 9 2011 - 17:06 - 5 comments