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1. Dairy farmers wait for processors' response on policy reforms

   ... 2015 by SUSAN MANN Dairy farmers will be getting a formal response next week from processors on proposed ... Media didn't cover the price decrease paid to farmers announced last week. ...

   Mary Baxter - Jan 16 2015 - 16:18 - 15 comments

2. Canadian Constitution Foundation puts decision to pursue raw milk case on hold

   ... milk and milk products. Graham Lloyd, Dairy Farmers of Ontario general counsel and communications director, couldn’t be ... I believe the whole story is about upholding the conviction of a man found guilty of illegally ...

   Mary Baxter - Mar 18 2014 - 17:46 - 32 comments

3. Location sticking point for ethanol plant

   July 28, 2011 While local and area farmers would benefit, Oshawa residents and civic leaders oppose the proposed ... The other thing too many ethanol supporters try to cover up is that since we are, if my information is correct, a net importer of ...

   Mary Baxter - Jul 29 2011 - 12:15 - 18 comments

4. Supply management under the gun – again

   ... differences with our US counterparts.It meant an almost 80 million in savings for Canadian businesses. The CBC did a followup a year ... In a recent column by Ian Cummings in Ontario Farmer magazine, he mentions how the US manufacturer of BST delivered the Canadian ...

   Mary Baxter - May 9 2014 - 17:27 - 14 comments

5. Regulatory details of Canada’s new Agricultural Growth Act will be key say farm groups

   ... assent Feb. 25. Ontario farmer Ann Slater, National Farmers Union vice president (policy), says there are many regulations that ... growing the crop for.” For example, grain grown as a cover crop or for plow down doesn’t need a specific variety. “So if I buy ...

   Mary Baxter - Apr 10 2015 - 13:11 - 3 comments

6. Dairy Farmers tackle quota availability

   ... stay firm. In milk, three dairy processors control 80 % of the market and three retailers control 90 % of the market. 4,000 dairy ... farmers have some market power, so they can be sure to cover their costs and make some money. Or, over supply the market by 10% and ...

   Mary Baxter - Apr 11 2012 - 15:10 - 41 comments

7. Tribunal vice-chair dumps on Manitoulin chicken maverick’s ‘manifesto’

   ... MONEY FROM THE SHEEP !!THEN AFTER REDUCED THE QUOTA'S TO COVER WHAT THEY SOLD ,NOW TALK ABOUT BREAKING THE LAW OR RULES !! BUT THAT IS ... A FARMER GROUP !! SICK ,BUT THE DFO SHEEP BOUGHT THE WHOLE STORY ,WE GOT MILLIONS IN DAMAGES !!THANKS BETTER FARMING FOR PRINTING THE ...

   editor - Dec 26 2014 - 11:40 - 63 comments

8. Cattlemen’s income shrinks along with industry

   ... delegates to the annual convention of the newly renamed Beef Farmers of Ontario soundly defeated a proposal to increase by $1 the $3 a head ... to pay, nothing else matters. The consumer isn't there to cover your costs of production, because they, being consumers, are in the ...

   editor - Feb 22 2013 - 17:31 - 14 comments

9. Chicken board moving slowly on new entrant plan

   ... kg a month extra for 2 days compared to a 40 kg owner gets 80 kg for a month. They put a lottery up for a couple of people to start ... fools. That could be an another appropriate headline to this story. This is a far worse investment than the land that Mr. Van dyk's ...

   dstoneman - Dec 4 2012 - 10:08 - 29 comments

10. No plans to revise drain laws says ag ministry

    ... for the Ontario Federation of Agriculture and National Farmers Union (Ontario branch) say they’re still wading through the report. ... Some farmers in the farm magazine stories set back brag about their largeness of scale and yields while ...

    Mary Baxter - Sep 30 2010 - 23:14 - 7 comments