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1. Keep container sizes the same say processors

   ... The agency asked stakeholders in May and June for their ideas on the timing of the change. “A regulatory impact analysis ... Food processing plants buy 34 per cent of Canada’s farm production, Food Processors of Canada says in a press release. Since 2007, ...

   Mary Baxter - Nov 9 2012 - 18:25 - 0 comments

2. Grocery stores caught in price squeeze

   ... the study says. Fresh fruit and vegetables increased by four to six per cent in the first quarter of this year compared to 2013 and ... management screws consumers and is a financial bully in the farm community. A "bad" OFA member is quite content to let some farmers be ...

   editor - May 23 2014 - 17:10 - 10 comments

3. Hog producers debate organization's future directions

   ... that if producers don’t take the steps now to change their organization the Provincial Farm Products Marketing Commission will. At a meeting last month the ...

   Mary Baxter - Apr 5 2012 - 14:22 - 0 comments

4. Ontario Egg cases merged

   ... was subsequently filed in 2010, well before the Act’s two-year deadline. Lauwers also dismissed the assertion that the proposed ... regulatory bodies across Canada, including the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission. Bourdeau is also being sued by L.H. ...

   Mary Baxter - Dec 8 2011 - 14:39 - 1 comment

5. Award winning beef program hits hard times

   ... or antibiotics, seemed destined for success. The venture had four shareholders: Bob Kerr, a cattle producer based in Chatham, Amos Brielmann ... spokesman Brent Ross says one claim was filed against Kerr Farm Sales under the beef cattle protection program several weeks ago and an ...

   Mary Baxter - Apr 5 2012 - 15:39 - 0 comments

6. DFO confirms Huron Perth election results

   ... and accountability,” says Wydeven, who is in his last year of being on the Perth Dairy Producer Committee. “I’m not saying the ... can't seem to grasp the concept that if they lowered the farm gate price of milk, they wouldn't need to spend even a fraction of this ...

   Mary Baxter - Nov 28 2013 - 19:38 - 3 comments

7. Take the money and leave

   ... no details, it is a joke that farmers will have money in their hands in time to save any farms,” said one of the many producers who ... Hog production was historically the most profitable of farm business. Hog farmers were very proud of the profits they were making. ...

   Mary Baxter - Apr 10 2012 - 13:45 - 4 comments

8. Soybean board says good-bye to merger

   ... of farmers drawn from all three commodity groups developed four different options for producers to consider. These options were presented ... take place as was scheduled to happen in 2008. (The Ontario Farm Product Marketing Commission, which oversees all three organizations, ...

   editor - Jan 10 2011 - 16:04

9. Ontario SPCA delays Hanover branch office closure, local federation goes ahead with alternative plan

   ... to run annually. “It would be hard to say because every year would be different depending on the number of animals the officers for ... abuse the first call should be to OPP who could work with farm organizations,livestock assoc's and accredited vet to resolve the issues . ...

   dstoneman - Mar 5 2013 - 21:22 - 2 comments

10. Ontario’s race tracks face uncertain future says association

    ... horse racing tracks could cost the province $1 billion a year and put 60,000 full-and part-time jobs in jeopardy, says the president of ... hay farmers, feed stores, tack shops, blacksmiths and farm accountants (like yourself) all have a stake at keeping the slots ...

    Mary Baxter - Mar 13 2012 - 17:09 - 7 comments