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Bovine secrets of
the ya-ya sisterhood
This sister act
is unprecedented. Jenna and Shanna James, of Russell, won the top two
honours in dairy showmanship at the 4-H regional show in Metcalfe
on Oct. 1. Shanna also had the
champion market lamb.
(Terry Meagher photo)
LEAD
STORY
EDITORIALS
- Keep your land grabs to yourself
The city of Ottawa didn't want
to steal land from 60 of its citizens. It wanted to force a
re-designation of land and have a few of its citizens suck up a
property value loss for the benefit of everyone else.
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to story
OPINION
- Give corn producers support of $60 an
acre
The province has failed its
farmers once again.
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to story
- Is Omega-3 super price super stupid?
Canadians have been inundated
with must-have Oemga-3 foods to fight heart disease....
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to story
ARTICLES
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Farmer convicted of illegal hunting
while sleeping
Two farmers have been convicted of hunting deer
without a license, although both men say they don't own guns...
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story
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Parent company threatens to close
CASCO in Cardinal
Corn Producers International, which owns
CASCO's Cardinal plant, is threatening to close its three Canadian
plants if the Canadian government places an anti-dumping duty (a
countervail) on U.S. corn imported to Canada.
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story
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Farm downsizes dairy to
focus on feathers
Robert Campbell farms the 7th
Concession just north of Perth and owes much of his destiny to the
fighting Scottish spirit of his forefathers.
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Farmers must back countervail or
face dire consequences
When corn producers called for
countervail against U.S. corn, they crossed the Rubicon, the river
from where there's no turning back.
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Stories for our subscribers:
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Higher property taxes hurt farm
economy- The heavy hand of Municipal Property Assessment
Corporation (MPAC) is threatening the prosperity of farming in
Ontario.
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Arnprior hung up on retirement lots -
Retirement lots have been banned in some parts of western Ontario for
years but when Toronto put the hammer down on the rest of the province
this summer, aging farmers around Arnprior erupted.
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Seaway ethanol plant gets new
lifeline - Seaway Valley Energy
Co-operative jumped a hurdle late last month in a meeting with the
department of Natural Resources and Ministry of Agriculture.
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Kemptville has 84 ag students -
There are 300 students enrolled this year at Kemptville College.
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He had his pick-up truck and mud to
play in - 18-year-old dies in freak farm accident.
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MP to introduce bill to save
agriculture - Kawartha Lakes MP Barry Devolin has a dream.
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Coyotes downsize sheep farm -
Get a rifle or buy a llama?
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Farm Credit and MPAC miles apart on
value of land - Farm Credit says farm land increased 1.5 per cent
in the last six months and three per cent in the six months before
that.
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Deer are destructive to crops, cars
and people - Deer are more than destructive to crops.
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AUCTIONS
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THEY
SAID IT:
"The bottom line is there's no
way in heck you can grow corn at that price."
-- Ontario Corn Producers Association economist Brian Doidge,
on corn prices of $110 a tonne.
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FARM FACTS:
Minimum price at which many
farmers would like to sell corn............$140/tonne The
highest price a producer could have earned if he pre-sold in
June......$125/tonne Minimum price at
which many farmers would like to sell soybeans....$300/tonne Current
price...........$220/tonne
(approx.) The highest price a
producer could have earned if he pre-sold in June......$320/tonne The
ratio in Canada of people to beef animals.................2:1
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