Grey-Bruce and NFU urge pork producer plebiscite
Process ‘rammed down their throats’ say producers
Process ‘rammed down their throats’ say producers
A new report on Canada's cattle industry by the National Farmers' Union recommends banning packer ownership and control of cattle and refocusing the industry on serving the domestic market.
There’s “nothing scary” for agriculture in the province’s budget brought down in Queen’s Park on Tuesday, said a researcher for the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, the province’s largest farm group. “Base funding” has actually increased to $945.6 million from $876 million budgeted last year, said Jason Bent. The budget document said OMAFRA expenditures are expected to total more than $1.2 billion in the 2007-08 fiscal year, which starts Apr. 1.
There’s “nothing scary” for agriculture in the province’s budget brought down in Queen’s Park on Tuesday, said a researcher for the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, the province’s largest farm group. “Base funding” has actually increased to $945.6 million from $876 million budgeted last year, said Jason Bent. The budget document said OMAFRA expenditures are expected to total more than $1.2 billion in the 2007-08 fiscal year, which starts Apr. 1.
After a debate that president Geri Kamenz called “full and robust,” delegates to a special annual general meeting of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) on Wednesday agreed to ask the province to increase the farm business registration fee by $45.