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1. Farmers struggle to expand Ontario beef herd

   ... Lucknow-area cow-calf operator Elliott Miller said his 80-cow herd wouldn’t likely be where it is without the help of a neighbouring ... parents do in seeing that new-born calf or harvesting that crop,” Pallister said, describing “the things that really turn the parents ...

   Mary Baxter - Jan 7 2016 - 18:07 - 0 comments

2. Greenhouse wastewater discharges provoke legislation debate

   ... use of proper systems to match fertilizer applications with crop requirements. The greenhouse association’s board also approved a policy ...

   Mary Baxter - May 18 2012 - 12:20 - 1 comment

3. Grain Farmers unfazed by court ruling

   ... seed but many are not yet finished harvesting this year’s crop, and the pressure is on to order seed for next year’s growing season. ... cart ahead of the horse, he said, and may well discourage life science companies from even bringing new products into the province. ...

   Mary Baxter - Nov 4 2015 - 06:09 - 3 comments

4. Sparks fly over Huron County severance

   ... be respectful of each other if they’re going to save rural life. “If we don’t protect our rural areas and get some people living on ... from they got their money.If you are lucky and got a good crop there,s alot of people in the end made alot of money off all the food the ...

   Mary Baxter - May 19 2011 - 18:31 - 9 comments

5. Environmental Protection Agency rules ethanol is green

   ... from grain-based feedstock. For 2010, the agency has set out the required production volume of renewable fuels at 12.95 billion gallons, ... about corn ethanol’s impact on indirect land use — the crop’s potential to displace food-based agricultural production and trigger ...

   editor - Apr 10 2012 - 15:19 - 5 comments

6. Review of land use plans prioritizes protection of agricultural land

   ... systems along with prime farmland, rural areas and specialty crop areas. BF   Description (Tag):  land use ...

   Mary Baxter - Dec 10 2015 - 09:29 - 0 comments

7. Ontario farm groups finalize long-term vision for agriculture

   ... sell . That would be like an organic farmer selling his crop at the same price as GMO crops . reply ... is educated as too the benefits of stalls in making the life of a sow more humane they have no issues with them. Its the PETA type ...

   Mary Baxter - Jul 5 2013 - 12:24 - 26 comments

8. Couple withdraws land severance application

   ... it does every five years, he says. “We’re not going out asking them to open it up and look at it. This is a scheduled review.” ... using for our horses and our neighbor, a dairy farmer and crop farmer, would very much like to buy it and farm it so it does not go to ...

   Mary Baxter - Oct 27 2011 - 13:59 - 7 comments

9. Coalition aims to turn acknowledgment into a commitment

   ... the works. Farmers are too busy, she explains, pointing out it’s in the middle of the farming season and an increasing number of the ... production insurance to help maintain reference margins. A crop farmer gets production insurance and this is added back as eligible income ...

   dstoneman - Jul 15 2010 - 16:37 - 15 comments

10. Canadian apple growers raise concerns over genetically engineered varieties

    ... modified apples, have the potential for longer shelf life, won’t affect organic growers and doesn’t have to be grown in ... product. By way of contrast, genetic modification used for crop protection, such as enabling corn to withstand the application of a ...

    Mary Baxter - Mar 25 2015 - 09:52 - 52 comments