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Farmers
Forum Second Annual Photo Contest
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| "I can't
believe I ate the whole
thing!"
First Place: Judy Caird of Sydenham, Ont.
"A boy and his cow at
rest" Second place:
Dawn Patterson, of Osgoode, Ont.
"Geesey gaggles" Third
Place: Achim Mohssen of Picton, Ont.
"The bovine and the
feminine" Fourth Place:
Brenda Lane of Peterborough, Ont.
"Mirage with
Merlin"
Fifth Place:
Laurie Maus of Dunvegan, Ont.
"Ginger"
Sixth Place: Mark Lemke of Petewawa, Ont.
"Sunset over farm" Seventh
Place: Rita Dessaint of Sarsfield, Ont.
"Let's take a ride, eh?" Eighth
Place: Ian & Diana de Zeeuw, Lyn, Ont.
"Yaaaaawn, is it morning
already?" Ninth Place: Cora Beking of
Kemptville, Ont.
"The sun's setting
sunflower" Tenth Place:
Cora Beking of Kemptville, Ont.
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True Grit:
Grassroots protest shuts down food terminals
This was Wellington Street in front
of Parliament Hill on Wednesday, April 5, when thousands of farmers poured
into downtown Ottawa. A police officer counted 283 tractors parked in the
street. Grassroots farmers ramped up their protest by later blockading
food and fuel distribution terminals. Go to
story
(Patrick Meagher
photo)
LEAD
STORY
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Questionable budget
Grassroots farmers have questions about the new
federal budget announced May 2. North Gower crop farmer Dwight Foster,
one of the leaders involved in the recent tractor rallies and
protests, is disappointed.
Go to
story
EDITORIALS
- Canada loves the protesting farmer
You've gotta love those 150 farmers for
sticking to their guns and slowing traffic at three Ottawa food distribution
terminals.
Go
to story
OPINION
- Farming re-invents itself as a hobby
In
response to ever lower prices, farm families have diversified into
off-farm occupations. Today more than half of farm family income is
sourced
off-farm.
Go
to story
- Perspective: With 500 acres you lose
$50,000
To
say that we have too many farmers if also saying that our farmer are
not big enough, too inefficient. Do the
math.
Go
to story
ARTICLES
- Good morning Mr. Prime Minister
If Prime Minister Stephen
Harper had looked out over his front yard he would have witnessed a
historic first in farm politics -- about 100 tractors filing past the
front gate of 24 Sussex Drive and a group of sign-waving farmers on
the street.
Go to
story
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Farmer blockade runs day and night
Eastern Ontario farmers had talked about ramping up
their protests for five years. This year they did.
Go to
story
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Farmers erupt after Wheeler says
forget about family farms
When Assistant Deputy Minister Jim Wheeler told
farmers that the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs is
not about advocating for farmers but supporting the agri-food sector,
it created a firestorm.
Go to
story
Stories for our subscribers:
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Burnt River farmer killed- A
68-year-old farmer was killed after being pinned between two farm vehicles.
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Van Donersgoed leaves CFFO to work
for city Elbert Van Donersgoed made his last appearance
representing the Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario at a Rural
Development Conference in Collingwood.
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Quebec program is bankrupt- Wake
up and smell the coffee -- The Quebec farm subsidy program has run out
of money.
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Canadian groups help defeat corn
countervail- The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) had
ruled that the $200 million in unprocessed grain corn coming into
Canada is not injurious to Canadian farmers.
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Can't farm it, can't sell it for
development- Ron Bowker is caught between a rock and a hard
place. Four years ago he tried to expand his farm of 65 Jersey milking
cows.
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Chicken farmer assaulted,
landowners' president says- Chicken farmer Shawn Carmichael was
treated at hospital on May 1 for bruises after an incident at the
Canadian Food Inspection Agency head office.
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Contractor delays Cornwall ethanol
plant- Prosperity in the oil patch has set back construction
of the Seaway Valley Farmers' Energy Cooperative ethanol plant.
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Ottawa throws cash at rural affairs
office- Ottawa City council unanimously voted to open a
citizen's advisory committee for rural affairs.
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Bill Schouten inducted into Agriculture
Hall of Fame- A Dutch immigrant who began one of the most successful
dairy and cash crop operations in Canada will be inducted into the
Ontario Agriculture Hall of Fame June 11.
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Leads County had Ontario's top herd-
Leo Baumann began testing with Dairy Herd Improvement (DHI) only
three years ago. His success has been phenomenal.
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Top Holstein herds in the east- Twelve
of the top producing Holstein herds in Ontario are east of
Toronto.
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THEY
SAID IT:
"When Bombardier needs money they
don't run an airplane down Highway 401. They just pick up the phone." --
Frontenac County Federation of Agriculture president John Williamson CLASSIFIED
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FARM FACTS:
Number of farmers at Parliament Hill
protest on April 5.......7,200 to10,000 Number of Ontario
food distribution terminals blockaded by farmers ....5 Number of
food terminals blockaded in Ottawa.......3 Number
of protesting farmers in Ottawa playing poker at midnight.......6 Number
of Ottawa fuel distribution terminals blockaded.......2 Number
of tractors that rallied in front of the Prime Minister's house.......10
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