Utah dairy farmers take on the power company Sunday, March 4, 2012 Dairy farmers located near a giant power project in Utah have won a strategic battle in a long-standing legal fight against a local power plant and the stray voltage they claim it produces.Utah's Court of Appeals ruled in January that expert witness Dr. Andy Keeter would be allowed to testify. According to KSL.com, the website for a local television station, the trial judge had ruled that testimony by the key expert witness on behalf of more than a dozen farmers was inadmissible because other expert witnesses disagreed with his methodology. Intermountain Power Agency is considering taking the ruling to a higher court. Another key defendant is the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.Some of the area's farmers came to Utah nearly two decades ago from New England.The timing and location of a jury trial remain uncertain. Farmers assert they will never get a fair trial in Delta, where so many jobs depend upon the power plant. BF The puzzling death of two agricultural workers Are James Herriot's days over?
Drew Spoelstra re-elected OFA president Wednesday, November 27, 2024 Drew Spoelstra has been re-elected to a second one-year term as president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA). Spoelstra is a dairy and crop farmer from Binbrook in the southeast corner of the city of Hamilton, Ontario. He has been on the OFA board as the director,... Read this article online
The Southwestern Ontario Pork Conference is coming! Wednesday, November 27, 2024 Coming this February 19, 2025, it’s the 61st annual , held at the Ridgetown Campus of the University of Guelph. This year’s conference is “,” with new ideas in competitiveness, benchmarking, and so much more! “It’s all about keeping the producers informed in a social... Read this article online
Growing technology for growing food Wednesday, November 27, 2024 Keeping abreast of new technologies and utilizing them can help propel Canadian agriculture’s status within the global market. Photo: Scharfsinn86/iStock/Getty Images Plus photo Farmers know that new technologies could make life on the farm more efficient and hopefully provide better... Read this article online
Topigs Norsvin Canada names new Business Development Representative Tuesday, November 26, 2024 Topigs Norsvin Canada Inc. has announced the appointment of Pieter Van Den Boogaard as a Business Development Representative with its Eastern Canada Business Development Team. Topigs Norsvin Canada is a leading swine genetics supplier in North America. Van Den Boogaard grew up on a... Read this article online
Alveo Technologies enters agreement with CDC Tuesday, November 26, 2024 Alveo Technologies, Inc.—a leader in molecular sensing and diagnostics with its proprietary IntelliSense molecular detection technology—has announced it received an agreement issued by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on a competitive basis to develop a... Read this article online