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1. Big changes to Ontario’s dairy quota policy

   ... Dairy quota policy changes being introduced next month in Ontario could boost the amount of quota available for farmers to buy on the ... prohibiting mergers at the Ontario Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Appeal Tribunal. The two farmers had bought an on-going dairy ...

   Mary Baxter - Jul 14 2015 - 16:45 - 18 comments

2. Holland Marsh growers protest energy plant proposal

   ... is one of Canada's largest vegetable producing areas. The Ontario Power Authority wants to build a power generation plant nearby and ... Leona Dombrowsky, minister of agriculture, food and rural affairs. “This is about sustainability,” Reaume says. At the OPA, ...

   Mary Baxter - Apr 5 2012 - 15:14 - 2 comments

3. Boar tracking a wild proposition says producer

   ... said there are only a handful of wild boar producers in Ontario. Most stopped producing the animals when the Ontario government in 2005 ... should be outlawed because some poor fool got in the way of a boar getting his want to reproduce on with a good looking sow,(TO ...

   Mary Baxter - Mar 12 2015 - 16:19 - 3 comments

4. Field Crop Report for Wednesday October 29, 2014

   ... The OMAFRA Field Crops team has completed a survey of the Ontario corn crop to determine ear mould incidence and mycotoxins levels in the ... late planted and/or frost injured fields where husk cover is tight may be at risk for mould and DON levels to increase. ...

   Mary Baxter - Oct 30 2014 - 13:02 - 0 comments

5. Wind turbines and combines share fiery traits

   ... there are protocols established with the department that cover fires and other events associated with the turbines. For example, he ... Kevin and Amanda agreed that this wind fiasco is bad for Ontario residents. Considering how often these 2 agree, it speaks volumes about ...

   Mary Baxter - Apr 9 2013 - 11:33 - 8 comments

6. Liberals and Progressive Conservatives respond to Grain Farmers of Ontario wish list

   ... a provincial election scheduled for June, Grain Farmers of Ontario published five “smart growth” policy recommendations for provincial ... with you that the cap for individual farmers has become way too high. In fact I suggest if true transparency of the program was ...

   Mary Baxter - May 17 2014 - 16:20 - 7 comments

7. New Canadian interprovincial free trade deal a boon to farmers say industry associations

   ... list,” she said. “But certainly we hope that for Ontario farmers, they’ll be able to benefit from this initiative to the ... Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec reached a three-way agreement to make it easier for customers to buy wines made in each ... to Jeff Leal, Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. BF   Description (Tag):  ...

   Mary Baxter - Aug 3 2016 - 19:48 - 0 comments

8. Update: Embattled pork producers await go ahead on federal sow cull

   ... the federally mandated culling of sows can actually begin in Ontario says a member of a provincial committee organizing the program’s ... must be found to do that. The federal money won’t cover processing costs, food inspection or transportation to food banks, he ...

   dstoneman - Apr 5 2012 - 14:06 - 0 comments

9. Producers call pig code ‘unrealistic’

   ... how they care for and handle pigs is unrealistic. Ontario Pork says about 65 producers and industry representatives listened to ... where mixed and sized from stalls and they fought all the way there and where pretty cut up.When we start mixing sows all the time bad ...

   Mary Baxter - Jul 5 2013 - 12:23 - 3 comments

10. Grain Farmers director resigns after two months

    ... by BETTER FARMING STAFF Grain Farmers of Ontario isn’t wasting any time replacing director Arden Schneckenberger, ... - Wasn’t it to have a Chair with experience leading the way? It can’t be. The current chair does not yet have a vision or a plan or ...

    dstoneman - Mar 27 2010 - 10:33 - 6 comments