Bobolinks create farm landlord fears

A small black and white bird appears to have put fear into the hearts of landlords in Halton Region, west of Toronto. Campbellville’s Peter Lambrick, local director for the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA), says a number of farmers have told him that landlords are instructing them to rip up hayfields and plant crops. They fear that they will never be able to develop fields identified as Bobolink habitat.

Better Farming - January 2012