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1. Ontario ramps up mechanical inspection for some farm trucks

   ... bus industry were consulted on the changes, said Woozageer. Farmers were not consulted because they're not considered a primary ... at well-over 70 tonnes, and in some cases at even over 80 tonnes. At that weight, these rigs are, as consumer advocate Ralph Nader ...

   Mary Baxter - Jan 23 2015 - 15:39 - 14 comments

2. FCC targets young farmers with loan program

   ... 14, 2012 $500 million program offers young farmers half a million dollars each to buy or improve a farm ... before. The farm crash and bankruptcies of the 70's and 80's may soon repeat. Once interest rates rise to a more normal level, many ...

   dstoneman - Apr 14 2012 - 09:23 - 29 comments

3. Dairy 'sellout' becomes key rural election issue

   ... controls, particularly for dairy. In response, Dairy Farmers of Canada has been waging an expensive lobby and advertising campaign ... Thank God for pasteurization. For SM chicken, 30% to 80% of the raw chicken sold at retail stores is contaminated with salmonella, ...

   dstoneman - Aug 12 2015 - 21:12 - 25 comments

4. Hydro grid unfit for microFIT

   ... is a former tobacco grower near Simcoe and a director of Farmers for Economic Opportunity, a company created by former tobacco growers ... systems because the authority had set a payment rate of 80.2 cents a kilowatt. In August 2010 the authority changed the rate for ...

   editor - Feb 15 2011 - 09:54 - 54 comments

5. Mitchell processor owes millions

   ... interview, Ontario Pork board chair Amy Cronin says pork farmers have all been paid for the pigs they shipped to Great Lakes Specialty ... funny. It is hard to understand someone in business for 80+ yrs. with many price fluctuations could not have had a back up plan or ...

   Mary Baxter - Jun 13 2014 - 18:37 - 20 comments

6. Behind the Lines - November 2009

   ... this issue, we proudly introduce Better Farming, a new magazine produced by experienced writers and editors and dedicated to the interests of the farmers of Ontario.” Ten years ago this month, those words introduced ...

   WebMaster - Nov 1 2012 - 13:10

7. New ag minister’s neonicotinoid restriction announcement catches Grain Farmers off guard

   ... 7, 2014 by SUSAN MANN Grain farmers and the pesticide industry were caught off guard by Ontario ... in other posts before Stephen, the Green Energy Act and over 80 unwilling wind turbine host municipalities had a huge impact on the outcome ...

   dstoneman - Jul 7 2014 - 18:37 - 71 comments

8. Kellogg announces closure of London plant

   ... Pa. about tomato processing in Leamington. It has farmers and politicians puzzling over a growing trend as major food processors ... Cumming points out that his friend in England milks 80 cows and that from 2006 to 2009, he received minus $107 in subsidies for ...

   Mary Baxter - Dec 10 2013 - 21:05 - 35 comments

9. Big farms generate the lion’s share of farm product sales in Canada

   ... are big economies of scale in farming that just encourage farmers to continue to get bigger,” Sparling adds. Technology, such as bigger ... with feces which is only partly washed off, so that 30% to 80% of the birds sold at retail meat counters in Ontario are still contaminated ...

   Mary Baxter - Jan 24 2014 - 16:54 - 20 comments

10. McCabe running for OFA’s top job

    ... provincial national or international. I have represented farmers on every scale," says the farmer who describes himself as being ... --- pushing for 80 cents kwh for solar leave the burden on the livestock and grain farms too ...

    editor - Oct 19 2010 - 10:24 - 27 comments