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1. Ontario pork producers opt for sow stalls

   ... In her address as chair of the board, Cronin outlined five key priorities producers had for the board: Twenty-five per cent ... can't get the yields with organics . . . we never get half a crop of anything, we never get anything that bad.So I'm getting twice the price ...

   Mary Baxter - Mar 19 2014 - 19:44 - 35 comments

2. Wanted: more R&D dollars for Canada’s beef industry expansion

   ... , along with a collection of supporting documents, the five-year strategy followed about 18 months of talks among representatives of ... cattle prices when compared with high prices for most field crop commodities. Low cattle numbers have also meant less revenue for the ...

   Mary Baxter - Jan 9 2015 - 07:57 - 5 comments

3. Grower links grain price dip to season, financial crisis

   ... Weakened demand caused by a recession will cause a drop in crop values, Davis says. But he figures the federal Conservatives’ election ...

   Mary Baxter - Apr 5 2012 - 15:15 - 0 comments

4. Ontario praises trade deal but wants compensation for cheese makers

   ... Pugh says, noting one-quarter of the Canadian soybean crop heads to Europe. “This agreement should help in the maintenance of that ... Canada will acquire a quota volume equivalent to more than 80,000 tonnes. The industry sees a market opportunity for shipping hams and ...

   Mary Baxter - Oct 18 2013 - 18:08 - 12 comments

5. Bees buzz GFO annual meeting

   ... where insecticides are almost mandatory to growing a good crop and other places were they are not needed, if your a realively new ...

   Mary Baxter - Sep 9 2013 - 19:40 - 4 comments

6. Wheat producers in east revolt against their board

   ... district, meeting in Winchester, voted unanimously to call for a meeting with Whaley on June 11, says John Vanderspank, the ... It is about time the board had a wakeup call .After 2008 crop year with all the problems in the spring wheat and the board did nothing ...

   dstoneman - Apr 10 2012 - 11:51 - 5 comments

7. Province excludes fruit wineries from wine deal

   ... the Wine and Grape Strategy and investing $75 million over five years. Allowing VQA (Vintners Quality Alliance) wines to be sold at ... $99.2 million. That’s up from last year’s 66,014 tonne crop with the farm gate value at $88.6 million. Some other elements of the ...

   Mary Baxter - Dec 17 2013 - 17:38 - 7 comments

8. United States pulls plug on 2,4-D-glyphosate spray registration

   ... In Canada, the pesticide is used to control weeds in field corn and soybeans that have been genetically modified to resist the ... resolved in the next few months, in time for the 2016 crop use season.” Hassinger acknowledges the possibility that there could ...

   Mary Baxter - Nov 26 2015 - 17:57 - 0 comments

9. Greenhouse growers excluded from power generation program

   ... have proven they can significantly reduce the risks of crop failures by providing human controlled environments. Also by growing crops ...

   Mary Baxter - Jun 11 2011 - 09:02 - 2 comments

10. University of Guelph aims to improve relationship with Ontario’s agriculture community

    ... Mr. Campbell can not claim exclusivity for U of G in the field of ag research in this province. It should be noted that Trent University ... Who would ever think 10 years ago POT would be a legal crop to grow!This will open the door for young people to become farmers in a ...

    Mary Baxter - Jan 15 2016 - 11:43 - 7 comments