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1. Group fears feds will chop supply management

   ... to market their grain either on the open market or through a voluntary wheat board. The bill calls for an interim board of directors to be ... by many. Supply management has been great for the family farms of yesterday,but this is today.Many will choose to leave the industry but ...

   Mary Baxter - Oct 20 2011 - 06:31 - 10 comments

2. Canadian dairy farmers take steps to recapture specialty markets

   ... prices. Senior vice president Dominique Benoit says in a telephone interview “we have been very clear for many months now that ... banks typically don't lend more than $3,000 per cow to dairy farms which, on a 150 cow dairy farm, would amount to $450,000, yet many ...

   Mary Baxter - May 12 2016 - 17:40 - 16 comments

3. Sheep on the lam

   April 3, 2012 A flock of sheep scheduled for destruction by the Canadian Food Inspection ... are always unfortunate it is vital that government and industry can work together on the basis of sound science to protect the long ... libertarians. Now I am starting to get it. It is these small farms that are going to be our life line when this capitalist market economy ...

   Mary Baxter - Apr 3 2012 - 19:59 - 11 comments

4. Scrapie confirmed on Northumberland farm

   ... 30, 2012 Nine sheep have been removed from a farm where 31others disappeared a month ago Photo: Montana Jones ... comments stem from that pool of ignorance. FACT: Other farms that have experienced this same CFIA process are ALL encouraged to send ...

   editor - May 1 2012 - 10:30 - 16 comments

5. Proposed AgriStability cuts alarm Ontario farm groups

   ... Cronin by SUSAN MANN A coalition of Ontario farm groups is concerned the federal government may be ... race for land, ignoring that areas with few supply managed farms, like Chatham-Kent, are experiencing the same set of circumstances. Cash ...

   Mary Baxter - Jun 21 2012 - 12:01 - 3 comments

6. Farm Credit reports a good fiscal year

   ... how much of its $513.4 million profit it will forward as a dividend to the federal government, but according to approved policy it can ... energy, and grains, pork and beef. Many like to talk about a farms net worth as a measure of its financial health. I think that a better ...

   Mary Baxter - Jul 30 2013 - 11:35 - 6 comments

7. Wales wins top job at Ontario’s largest general farm organization

   ... Monday. Wales polled 129 votes to McCabe’s 128 on a second ballot. Huron cashcropper Wayne Black was eliminated in the first ... policy over the last 50 years which has encouraged larger farms and fewer farmers. To elect MPP’s in rural ridings that are OFA policy ...

   editor - Nov 21 2011 - 17:11 - 14 comments

8. Raw milk cow shares ruled legal

   ... Schmidt and raw milk advocate wins his day in court and a recent survey indicates more than one third of Canada’s dairy producers ... Salmonella, Campylobacter, etc). My grandparents grew up on farms and always drank raw milk. They both lived to be over 100 years old ...

   Mary Baxter - Apr 10 2012 - 14:57 - 11 comments

9. Chicken Farmers of Ontario holds firm on small flock size

   ... can raise without quota. McGivern says he received a letter by email Friday night from Chicken Farmers denying the Practical ... FARM, Please read their whole letter on our web site www.practicalfarmersontario.ca Sean McGivern PFO reply ...

   Mary Baxter - Jan 23 2013 - 17:42 - 46 comments

10. Accreditation eludes NFU-O

    ... supported NFU-O’s application for accreditation during a tribunal hearing Dec. 14. “We know the government thinks we bring a unique ... refer to a "corporation formed through legislation". Most farms are owned by individuals, not corporations, and even if a corporation ...

    Mary Baxter - Dec 21 2012 - 14:32 - 11 comments