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1. Ontario’s farm community responds to provincial government budget

   ... with the support she has received from farm leaders and farmers “who believe as I do that agriculture deserves to be held up as a ... it will be dropped to $525 million. “It’s designed to cover some of the costs that downloading dumped on the municipalities,” he ...

   Mary Baxter - May 1 2014 - 21:03 - 0 comments

2. Use of milk protein imports in cheese production on the rise

   ... by SUSAN MANN Canadian dairy farmers are losing $220 million a year due to imports of a concentrated protein ... The way Canadian dairy farmers tell the story, imported diafiltered milk lowers the standards of, and/or taste of, ...

   Mary Baxter - Apr 20 2016 - 09:35 - 7 comments

3. Workshop aims to help those new to farming

   September 9, 2008 New farmers looking to ease themselves into the business will be able to take ... MANN FarmStart is planning to offer a course for new farmers later this fall or winter that includes experienced farmers telling ... about what should be added to the workbook. The course will cover basic terminology, an outline of who the players are and how to use ...

   Mary Baxter - Apr 5 2012 - 14:50 - 0 comments

4. Ontario minister wants feds to consider disaster relief for farmers wrestling drought

   ... process to provide disaster relief for livestock and other farmers affected by dry weather. Mark Cripps, McMeekin’s press secretary, ... reasonable prices, {using the normal amount of hay needed to cover these herds over the winter}amounts that would be needed to maintain ...

   Mary Baxter - Jul 31 2012 - 20:49 - 13 comments

5. Spectre of drought in Ontario motivates aid request

   ... has been short of rain. Most of the area has received 60 to 80 per cent of average rainfall. In a portion of the Niagara area there has ... and other risk management programs are inadequate to cover the true scope of the disaster. “That can’t be determined until the ...

   Mary Baxter - Jul 20 2012 - 16:58 - 14 comments

6. Latest scrapie results for quarantined Northumberland farm published

   ... A printed note found in the barn claimed a group named the Farmers’ Peace Corps had taken the animals. Provincial police are ... will have in-depth coverage of this issue in its June/July magazine issue. BF Letter to the editor ...

   Mary Baxter - May 4 2012 - 17:11 - 0 comments

7. Clifford raw milk cow share investigated

   ... doesn’t know when the investigation will be concluded. Farmers and their families can drink unpasteurized milk from their own farms. ... going after the Amish is "not a good news story" in the eyes of the general public reply ...

   Mary Baxter - Sep 27 2012 - 21:23 - 15 comments

8. Ontario government sticks to schedule for neonic regulation changes

   ... seeds early this summer despite a request by Grain Farmers of Ontario to extend the consultation deadline to June 30. The ... perfectly. For example, in today's London Free Press, a story outlined how GFO wants an extension to the time period for comments about ...

   Mary Baxter - Apr 30 2015 - 13:06 - 35 comments

9. Ontario farm groups to launch sustainable farm plan

   ... are: Ontario Federation of Agriculture, the Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario, the Presidents’ Council, the Ontario Soil and ... a Country . Will there be an Ontario price/premium to help cover the cost ? reply ...

   Mary Baxter - Sep 15 2015 - 12:04 - 6 comments

10. No answers in sight for stalled MicroFIT developer

    ... ground mounted solar projects that qualify for the 80.2 cents a kilowatt-hour rate. The rate for ground-mounted solar projects is ... the December 2010 rule change with interest-free loans to cover up to 80 per cent of the project costs until those projects are ...

    Mary Baxter - Nov 18 2011 - 17:20 - 4 comments