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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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The rallying cry
About 1,500 farmers demonstrated at
Ottawa's Department of Agriculture head office Feb. 21. The new Minister
of Agriculture, Chuck Strahl, showed up and met privately with six
farmers, including Ontario Federation of Agriculture vice-president Geri
Kamenz, of Spencerville, and North Gower crop farmer Dwight Foster.
(Patrick Meagher
photo)
LEAD
STORY
EDITORIALS
- A plan now or else? Or else what?
Life on the other side of the St.
Lawrence just keeps looking better. Wrote an American farm writer last
month: "Only in America can we go into a year with some of the
worst drought conditions in 17 years and come out looking pretty good,
revenue-wise..."
Go
to story
OPINION
- Are you our champion, Mr. Strahl?
(An excerpt from Ontario Federation of
Agriculture Vice-President Geri Kamenz's address to protestors and the
new Minister of Agriculture, Feb. 21)
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to story
ARTICLES
- Supply management is best for beef
industry, Beswick says
Wendy Beswick has a plan to save Ontario's beef farming by taking
control over price and production.
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story
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Ontario needs 500 new farmers a year
but we get 10 or fewer, says Doner
Remy Levac refused to shut down his mobile cheese
factory, a covered trailer that makes house calls. The 20,000 grain
producers in Ontario have a common age of 62 to 63 years. In any other
industry, these individuals would be contemplating retirement, as they
are nearing the end of a 40-year career.
Go to
story
Stories for our subscribers:
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WTO talks slanted against farmers,
NFU president says- Colleen Ross has harsh words for Canada's boy
scout negotiators at the World Trade Talks in Hong Kong. "We're
candy asses," said the Canadian woman's president of the National
Farmers Union. "We give away more than we ever get. We want to be
seen as team players."
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Randy Hillier named president of
Ontario Landowners' Association- The first convention of the
Ontario Landowners' Association drew 140 people and enough politicians
for the movement to hammer home its claim that it's now
mainstream.
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Hay shortage- Kingston to Perth- There's
a shortage of hay from Kingston to Perth, says Alvin Dobbie, of Hay
Connect. Small beef farms and horse farms are most in need of hay,
says Dobbie, who runs a telephone service connecting buyers with
sellers.
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Analyst anticipates rise in corn
price- Corn prices could increase after March 15, while wheat is
already on the move and the best price for soybeans has passed by,
says marketing commodity advisor John DePutter.
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Illogical trade decision will cost
dairy producers $500 million: Laforge- Canadian dairy
producers are going to lose $500 million- about $30,000 for every
producer- unless a decision by the Canadian International Trade
Tribunal (CITT) is reversed. The president of Dairy Farmers of Canada
(DFC), Jacques Laforge, wants the government to invoke Article 28 of
the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade and put a cap on protein
concentrates coming into the country from Europe.
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Fire kills 42 cows- Gilles
Trudeau had to be restrained from returning to a burning barn that
killed 42 of his 60 Holstein cows in an early morning fire last
month.
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THEY
SAID IT:
"We don't have a cheap energy policy
in this country. We don't have a cheap casino policy in this country. We
don't have a cheap cable television policy and we certainly don't have a
cheap car policy. But cheap food lives on and we need to get rid of
it." -Dresden Farmer Phil
Shaw to demonstrators at Ottawa rally Feb. 21. CLASSIFIED
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FARM FACTS:
Amount that a $4,400 Ontario truck load of
corn would be worth if it were owned by a U.S.
farmer...... $7,421 Estimated
number of farmers required each year to replace retiring grain and oilseed
farmers in Ontario..............500 Estimated
number of new farmers in grains and oilseeds in each of the last 3 years
in Ontario.... 10 or fewer Average
price of Ontario cull cows at sale barns..$0.25 per pound The
average loss to each Canadian dairy farmer following a Canadian
International Trade Tribunal decision Jan. 31....$30,000
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