Hay East winds down, feed shortage continues
Organizers of the grassroots feed relief program say the effects of last summer’s drought are far from over
Ontario Cattlemen's Association
Forage insurance flaw worries producers
The dubious performance of the provincial production insurance program promises to be a hot topic at this week’s Ontario Cattlemen’s Association annual meeting
Cattlemen’s Association considers a name change
by BETTER FARMING STAFF
The Ontario Cattlemen’s Association is considering a name change.
Depending on how delegates vote at the organization’s annual meeting in February, the association, which got its start in 1963 as the Ontario Beef Improvement Association, could be known as Beef Farmers of Ontario.
The name change would unite the association’s two brands, Ontario Cattlemen’s and Make it Ontario Beef, “to connect to the broadest possible audience,” Dan Darling, the organization’s president, told delegates to the beef industry convention in London today.
Spectre of drought in Ontario motivates aid request
In Temiskaming you can fit your arm up to the elbow in the soil cracks, says one farm leader. Yet not all are convinced it’s time to say ‘uncle’
Ontario producers weather cull plant closure
Alternatives exist in Ontario and the U.S. where processing costs are lower, says a spokesperson with the Ontario Cattlemen's Association
New regulations proposed for Ontario’s Animal Health Act
Livestock groups plan to file comments about the two proposed regulations
Farm groups want more details about RMP enrolment
Ontario’s horticulture sector enrolment numbers to be released in 2012
‘How can the farmers force somebody to pay them on time?’
Citing dwindling number of beef buyers, Grey-Bruce feeder coops argue farmers shouldn’t have to enforce financial protection rules
Cattle producers rally around new research funds
Ontario cattle producers say any money for the troubled sector is good news but without the details, it’s hard to know how funding for a national research cluster will affect them
Sales barn operator convictions termed a ‘coincidence’
‘We don’t get a lot of incidents where they end up in court,’ ministry official says
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