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1. 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

2. 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

3. A green light for new Ontario milk ingredient class

   ... existing classes into this class.”   There wasn’t a list in the posting of which milk products would be moved into the new ... increasingly difficult if not impossible for small dairy farms to operate in a overproduction/depressed milk prices world. ...

   Mary Baxter - Jan 22 2016 - 18:11 - 72 comments

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Egg quota sales drop significantly

    ... quota sales over the past five years may show the effect of a relatively new system for leasing production opportunities to willing ... wanted new farmers they have enough quota to start 60 new farms. They all got the quota for nothing and these rich farmers hide behind ...

    Mary Baxter - Dec 5 2014 - 16:38 - 15 comments