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A whole lot of chicken
and eggs
John Beking has re-opened
his poultry farm, south of Kemptville, after closing down for 10 weeks. He
tore down the old barn and put up two new ones to house 16,500 laying
hens. (Patrick Meagher
photo)
LEAD
STORY
EDITORIALS
- How Americans Wage Economic
War
The U.S. will do anything to
keep Canadian cattle from crossing the border and our government is
doing little to help farmers out.
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story
OPINION
- Canada Encouraged
R-CALF
It’s the Montana-based
R-CALF ranchers who are responsible for keeping the border shut. And
they’ve done a good job.
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ARTICLES
- Sewage from toilets dumped into rivers
without penalty
Fines not slapped on any
of the 224 municipal groups responsible for sewage dumped into
streams and rivers.
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Seven dead cattle litter Cardinal
fields
OMAF investigating the death
of the cattle, but owner won't co-operate.
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Ontario ban on farm severances is
"madness"
Renfrew County lawyer Mel
O'Brien says the policy is baseless and will only depopulate the
countryside.
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Zoning change to give power back
to property owners
The provincial
government may soon have to ask Augusta Township property owners for
permission when re-zoning land.
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Poultry farm enhances appeal with
roam-free
Image is everything for poultry
farmer John Beking who recently built two farms for roam-free chickens.
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Stories for our
subscribers:
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Ontario to plant fewer acres of corn but
no change with soybeans- The intended
acres for planting this year has changed, according to StatsCan.
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OFA spends $35, 000 to boost image - Ontario
Federation of Agriculture working with communications firm to send clear
message to their members.
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New KCAT director wants to see life skills
training - New Kemptville College director Michael Gross
shares his philosophy of education.
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Feds breathe new life into the EFP - The Environmental Farm Plan program that was dropped last year
has been rejuvenated with a $57 million federal grant.
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Little premium for some organic products -
Organic Canadian fruit and vegetable
farms aren’t getting much more for their produce than conventional
farms, reports Statistics Canada.
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13-year-old Holstein still pumps out milk -
Daisy is one sturdy cow who has pumped out more than 125, 000 kilograms
of milk in her lifetime.
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Top managers treat cows like
family - Swiss immigrant family says if you want to keep a
good herd, you have to keep your eye on the cattle.
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Taste test reveals people prefer to
have cow's milk rather than goat's milk - But goat's milk
finding niche in North American market.
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Dr. Doolittle wants to save his farm animal
sanctuary - Andy Parent of Kemptville has been taking in abandoned
animals for more than two years, but he's running out of
resources...
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Farmer's Market defies health unit- Carleton
Place's operator refuses to give vendors' names to the health
unit.
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Your favourite columnists: - Agronomist
John Madill, Agronomist Paul Sullivan and Veterinarian Dr. Robert
Tremblay.
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THEY SAID IT:
"Canadian farmers fix everything.
They are world champions in fixing old parts."
— Swiss immigrant and Russell County dairy
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FARM FACTS:
Number of members in the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture..............39,000
Number of members last
year..........40,000
Number of times that municipal or
commercial sewage was dumped into streams or rivers in eastern Ontario in
2004…......
..224
Number of times that dumped
sewage was raw and untreated…............85
Number of manure spills from
farms in eastern Ontario in 2004…....
........2
Amount a farm can get for an
environmental farm plan…...................$30,000
Amount that the 2005 Canadian
crop index dropped in 2005…......22.6 per cent
Amount that the overall 2005 commodity price
index dropped in 2005...2.9 per cent
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