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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

   ... with respect to phosphorus and nitrate and in the top five most polluted with respect to potassium and copper,” the study’s ... 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. So far, he’s found that to obtain results from five traps over a 100-acre farm as required by the new regulations, he must set ...

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

4. Sparks fly over Huron County severance

   ... 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 ... a big risk to produce.The farmer in one area may have a bad crop so what, the companies get the food from someware else in the world and ...

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

5. Environmental Protection Agency rules ethanol is green

   ... Renewable Fuels Association, says the introduction of a five per cent federal blended transportation fuel requirement is likely to have ... 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. 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 ... For example, one of these times, sombody is going to call for a vote to support supply management, and unlike every similar vote in ...

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

7. Couple withdraws land severance application

   ... the Provincial Policy Statement, which it does every five years, he says. “We’re not going out asking them to open it up and ... 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

8. 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

9. Coalition aims to turn acknowledgment into a commitment

   ... production insurance to help maintain reference margins. A crop farmer gets production insurance and this is added back as eligible income ... while he make hundreds of thousands from the cows. And they call this a whole farm program. Why bother with all the meetings. If you owe ...

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

10. Canadian apple growers raise concerns over genetically engineered varieties

    ... product. By way of contrast, genetic modification used for crop protection, such as enabling corn to withstand the application of a ... the ten-thousandth time, it is: (A) impossible to "name-call" when the offending poster offers no name (B) impossible to dignify ...

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