Farm Products Marketing Commission
Commission cracks down on process vegetable buyer
Company admits it failed to pay growers and fees to board for 2011 tomato crop
High dollar cited as process vegetable returns sink
Exchange rates and a tomato carryover in California keep returns down, and some crop pricing must be resolved at arbitration
New hearings into pork marketing
The Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Appeal Tribunal’s decision to probe more deeply into how pigs are marketed in Ontario earns praise and criticism from the province’s pork producers
Photo: John Vander Burgt
Tribunal cuffs Commission
In the ongoing saga of the province’s beleaguered pork industry the Ontario Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs Appeal Tribunal has dealt another blow to the organization that oversees the province’s marketing boards
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Wheat chair a no show, says eastern growers can’t go
Disaffected District 10 growers cancel Thursday night’s meeting but vow to separate from province’s wheat board
‘Deemed undertaking’ blocks long awaited release of names
Government lawyer warns documents must not be shared with the media
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Open pork marketing on hold for now
Commission appointed committee continues to plan industry’s future
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Grain merger maintains momentum but more time needed
Following a meeting on Monday Corn Producers say their members are onside despite objections over low voter turnout
Photo: Dale Mountjoy
More pork players; more controversy
Ontario Pork is returning to the table while more pork districts are appealing the government’s actions