MAY 2003  ISSUE

 LEAD STORY 

•  Shock and Awe                                                There are 26 civil servants earning more than $100,000 at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Deputy minister Frank Ingratta tops the list earning $202,000.
  

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EDITORIALS 

• Ms. congeniality woos the farm vote Ontario Minister of Agriculture Helen Johns should be judged on her ability to work for farmers, not on her ability to be nice in public writes editor Terry Meagher.
• FULL EDITORIAL
  

 ARTICLES 

• Canada has head-in-sand ag policy
  For the sake of argument,   By John Phillips
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• Ripping off U of G                                     University of Guelph says grant cuts and high rents will close Barr arena at Kemptville College. Some rent charges to U of G make it appear that the "accountants are in Disneyland," insider says.
  FULL STORY
   
• Lindsay plant will expand deer and elk processing
  Company hopes smoked deer meat will be a hit.
  FULL STORY
  
• Favorite smells of summer? 
  The answer is freshly cut hay, of course.                   
  FULL STORY
   
• New hall of famer was youth symbol 
  Ernest Miller died in 1997. 
  FULL STORY
  
• Highest producing herds in Ontario are from Eastern Ontario 
  Harry and John Nooyen are once again number one. 
  FULL STORY
  
• Mike Hall is an innovator 
  and now he is president of Dairy Herd Improvement 
  FULL STORY

                                           Mike Hall

 FARM FACTS 

• The monthly compendium
  A relevant list of local facts and stats that will curl your lips and raise an eyebrow. FARM FACTS