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1. Survey results reflect interest rate worries say two farm leaders

   ... “We are still in the same crisis that we were in last year only worse,” she says. “That’s what people call me about. They don’t ... to acquire considerably larger amounts of credit. Then by using this new value as the CENTRAL item of security,FCC greatly increased the ...

   Mary Baxter - Mar 25 2010 - 21:24 - 6 comments

2. Weanling pig pricing saga

   ... as is what appears to have happened with COOL, then using the same input variables to calculate value on both sides of the change ... worse, is the fact that these overproduction subsidies are only available to Canadian livestock producers who "dump" the excess on the ...

   Mary Baxter - Nov 25 2015 - 10:10 - 30 comments

3. OSPCA pulls out of Grey-Bruce

   ... Dewar says the OSPCA is a non-profit charity that only receives a government education grant of about $500,000 a year for officer ... animal welfare is not inherently special. They succeed by using a very simple formula: 1. They are professionals who are trained to ...

   Mary Baxter - Feb 22 2013 - 23:04 - 6 comments

4. Ritz promotes government agenda at London Chamber of Commerce meeting

   ... “Upon its implementation, Canada will be one of the only developed countries in the world to have preferential access to the ... reply Since, by using dairy farmer "logic", Canadian dairy farmers are losing money by selling ...

   Mary Baxter - Feb 19 2014 - 15:32 - 3 comments

5. ‘We will contact the federal government again if needed’

   ... shoulder or head by now but the crop on Vuckovic Farms is only two to four feet tall, says Henry Van Ankum, Grain Farmers of Ontario ... Plain and simple todays farmers are modern using todays methods reply ...

   Mary Baxter - Jul 24 2012 - 21:11 - 10 comments

6. Ground current plagues Ontario farms says electrical expert

   ... companies investigating problems on a farm are measuring only voltage “they are looking for the wrong thing.” Furthermore, he ... practice and look what the utilities are doing today, there using earth as a return conductor. Lorne Lantz reply ...

   Mary Baxter - Dec 6 2012 - 12:19 - 1 comment

7. Quota exemption for Ontario’s small chicken farmers

   ... breeds can’t be covered by the processing form since they only exist in small “backyard” flocks as they have done for their entire ... is best to leave commercial broiler production (anyone using standard commercial breed) to those individuals with quota who can supply ...

   Mary Baxter - Apr 5 2012 - 15:36 - 70 comments

8. Canada’s livestock traceability initiative presents a daunting task

   ... ALGIE     UPDATE: Thursday October 16, 2014 Canadian farmers should see a fully traceable, national records system for ... individual animals appear to have been met. Current tags using radio-frequency identification technology “appear to work reasonably ...

   Mary Baxter - Oct 16 2014 - 15:23 - 0 comments

9. Ontario farmland values rise 46 per cent

   ... paid for it in 2006 and it was purchased by a dairy farmer> Only a dairy farmer could afford to pay my asking price. And guess who the ... farm level. we need to find a better way forward and using the same thinking got us to this point will not move farming forward ...

   Mary Baxter - Sep 27 2012 - 16:32 - 29 comments

10. Abnormally dry

    ... Ontario, the province’s crop insurance administrator has only received a typical number of damage reports for this time of year. ... lakes and rivers. “There are areas where farmers are using ponds and even with drip irrigation, once your pond runs out, you’re ...

    Mary Baxter - Aug 11 2016 - 12:27 - 2 comments