Provincial cattlemen’s association president says parts of proposal supported at annual general meeting ‘just wouldn’t work’

Photo: Wilma Jeffray, Ontario Pork's chair, speaks to the press during a lunch at Queen's Park Wednesday featuring pork.

Stage set for another hearing in June in East Hawkesbury Township

Photo: Farmers were out in full force last February to protest a proposal to put a solar farm on 300 acres of prime farmland in eastern Ontario.

Not a basis for developing policy, says Farm Environmental Coalition leader

Photo: John Fitzgibbon

Clarification: Tuesday May 12, 2009 8:45 a.m.

Weed found in Essex County

Concerns about workers’ health and overcrowding add another dimension

Group wants controversial quota transfer assessments eliminated

Photo: Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz (left) and Jurgen Preugschas, president of the Canadian Pork Council dish out hot pork at a free lunch on Parliament Hill intended to promote pork.

Municipalities need a way to raise money says mayor

Dealers search for options as major lender bows out