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1. Ontario farm groups press feds for risk management funding

   ... the Canadian dollar hitting par with the U.S. dollar last year. Crews compares the gap in support from federal safety net programs to ... province’s particular needs. Ontario is the most diverse farming province in Canada and that means it has unique needs, such as the ...

   Mary Baxter - Apr 5 2012 - 16:00 - 1 comment

2. Pizza offers taste of farm life

   ... menu? Pizza, of course. It can be hard to make eight-year-olds listen, especially for an entire day. But Marijke Van Andel, a ... Pizza Perfect to be held three days, but two seems to work better for the available volunteer base, says Switzer. BF   ...

   Mary Baxter - Apr 11 2012 - 15:56 - 0 comments

3. Provinces press federal government for details about compensation for cheese producers

   ... speak from both sides of their mouth ? No one does it better than our Premier and Ag Minister . Well almost no one else . I can ...

   Mary Baxter - Dec 18 2013 - 21:29 - 2 comments

4. Omnibus bill will erode compensation for predator kills: Hardeman

   ... not attend.  “I’ve been bringing this out for the better part of a week and I’ve had no comment from the minister that what I ...

   Mary Baxter - Apr 11 2012 - 16:15 - 0 comments

5. Neonic control proposal provokes strong reactions in Ontario’s farm community

   ... side .2 with neonics and one without. The non-neonic was 5% better yield , which I realize may be genetic but with a good rotation on ... grain farmer and i consider them to be the Anti Christ to my farming business. Sean McGivern reply ...

   Mary Baxter - Nov 25 2014 - 19:45 - 13 comments

6. Canada’s pork industry to explore feasibility of hog hedging program

   ... a margin account and for one contract of hogs it’s US $1,300 or close to CND $1,600.” Covering the margin accounts for 30 per ... implication was that Canadian hog farmers would have been better off not hedging hogs but hedging currency instead. The same result ...

   Mary Baxter - Jul 10 2015 - 15:57 - 2 comments

7. Solar rules too restrictive say Ontario’s Fruit and Vegetable Growers

   ... field crops Here's a better idea.... get rid of the whole fiasco of a program and stop gouging hydro ...

   Mary Baxter - May 4 2011 - 16:22 - 3 comments

8. Northern producer wants slaughter rules changed

   ... deal with Ontario,” he says, noting southern Ontario is 1,200 miles away. The closest urban centre to him is Thunder Bay, a four-hour ... one way. It’s not an agricultural centre so he can’t get farming supplies there. Rhyner says he’d like to sell chickens and add ...

   Mary Baxter - Apr 10 2012 - 16:21 - 2 comments

9. Wage hike spells disaster for growers

   ... if the provincial government doesn’t offset next year’s planned minimum wage increase, concludes a report commissioned by the ... a forced transfer of wealth that make the offshore workers better off than the farmers. Thanks alot McGuinty !! reply ...

   Mary Baxter - Apr 10 2012 - 14:18 - 6 comments

10. Green energy bill short on details

    ... roofs or fences, adding these are the kind of safeguards the farming community is looking for in the legislation. Noting farmers are in ...

    Mary Baxter - Apr 5 2012 - 15:54 - 0 comments