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It's a hit!
Who would believe you could sell a
lot of ice cream in November? Dairy farmers Amy and her mother, Norma
Winters, have been on a crusade selling real ice cream with real cow
ingredients from real local cows. Here they are in the cold outside the
Finch arena, east of Winchester, on November 24, handing out their third
order. (Kaytlie Bellmore photo)
LEAD
STORY
EDITORIALS
- The deer hunter, the trial, and the
end of reason
Lanark County crop farmer John
Vanderspank will not appeal his conviction for illegal deer hunting.
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OPINION
- Will Ontario's Minister of
Agriculture kindly identify herself
It's beginning to look as if
the Honourable Leona Dombrowsky, Ontario's new Minister of
Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, likely majored in Avoidance
101.
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ARTICLES
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LLA faces set back as leader is
voted out
The Lanark Landowners Association is facing its
first set back since the landowner movement was formed in early 2003.
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Ottawa has no plan to fix farming
The solution to the farm income crisis
across Canada is too elusive even for our federal farm leadership.
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Stories for our subscribers:
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What's up at WTO? - A quick
guide to who wants what. The World Trade Organization talks this month
in Hong Kong have the objective to eliminate trade barriers.
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Greed rules at WTO talks - The
World Trade Organization (WTO) is all about getting more market share
at someone else's expenses.
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The comeback kid - Winning the
conformation competition in the 4-H dairy show at the Royal was an
emotional moment for Justin Crowley.
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Iroquois farmer is female NFU head -
To ensure a female presence in leadership, the National Farmers Union
has elected Iroquois crop farmer Colleen Ross as the new women's
president.
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Processors report record profits
while farm income at 100-year low - Canadian food processors are
reporting record profits or near record profits, while Canadian net
farm income, adjusted for inflation, is now at a 100-year low....
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Wrong coloured margarine bust hits
Quebec City - Quebec City's Wal-Marts
were targeted by officials of the province's Ministry of Agriculture
who confiscated 72 tubs of illegal margarine worth $179.
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OFA revenue for one year reaches
$8.35 million - Ontario's biggest farm lobby group, the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture, earned $8.35 million for the fiscal year
ending August 31.
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Corn producers slam new money -
The federal government has come up with $755 million in emergency
relief for grain and oil seed farmers but Ontario's unified voice
isn't happy with the program.
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Schoutens win appeal against DFO -
The Agriculture, Food and Rural Appeal Tribunal has ordered Dairy
Farmers Of Ontario (DFO) to adjust Arnold and Adrian Schouten's number
of Quota days to 32 for July and make financial adjustments...
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N.Y. farm to pay $2.5M fine - A
Northern New York state dairy farm operating without a proper permit
is expected to face a fine of at least US $2.5 million after liquid
manure poured into a river killing more than 250,000 fish.
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Sell your cow's colostrum for $1 per
litre - Hundreds of freezers have been placed in milk houses
across Ontario by Saskatoon Colostrum, which buys surplus colostrum
from first and second milking.
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Rotary parlour could milk 700 cows
per day - For innovation and smarts in new barn construction,
you'll find it hard to beat the van Lindenberg freestall, breezeway
and rotary milking parlour.
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NFU vehement in protest against
terminator technology - There are three issues at the top of the
agenda for the National Farmers Union.
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Ottawa rural summit deliver? -
The Ottawa Rural Summit concluded its second day on a high.
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Allison Argue wins Queen's Guineas
- Allison Argue has done it all. She's won the prestigious beef
championship at Orangeville and two years running, including this
year, took top prize money at Ontario's biggest junior beef show,
Strawfest.
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THEY
SAID IT:
"They are political events that
are occurring that could seriously impact our efforts."
-- Ag Minister Andy Mitchell, on protecting supply management
at WTO talks
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FARM FACTS:
Minimum fine for a New York
dairy farm after liquid manure poured into a river.......US $10 per fish
killed Amount an Ontario farmer will
spend on a methane digester to power two farms......$600,000 amount
of John Vanderspank's legal fees on top of being fined $600 for illegal
hunting...........$4,000. Number of
months before the U.S. border is expected to open to all live Canadian
cattle..............6 to 8
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