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Farmers Stick it to
the City
Doug Healey on his so-called
'wetlands.' A land assessor calls it an 'evil' designation.
(Patrick Meagher photo)
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STORY
EDITORIALS
- Why the government doesn't take your
letters seriously
A family at the kitchen table
might think it has some impact writing to a member. But in truth the
card is only a minor irritant and much more needs to be done.
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ARTICLES
- Charolais gives birth to four calves
Allan Bruce didn't know it when he bought the seven
year old heifer, but she was about to give birth to quadruplets.
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Geri Kamenz ponders his OFA
Future
The already vice-president of the OFA is debating
whether or not he wants to run for the OFA elections later this year
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Upcoming Rural Summit struggles to
be more than a joke
Some area farmers believe that the
upcoming Ottawa Rural Summit will only encourage rural residents to
seek a bid to pull out of the amalgamated city.
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Shocked and Fined
New York dairy farm manure spill
kills up to 250,000 fish.
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Farmer will make at the year end.
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Dickson on the NFU and starting from
scratch- Farmers Forum's Cathy McNally sat down with
Renfrew County's NFU president, Kyle Dickson. Find out what he defines
as the biggest problem for farmers today.
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Trent Valley named Peterborough
Champion- Owner Gerald Coughlin has what it takes to win these
competitions.
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Belle is belle of Northumberland-
Five-year-old Birdholm Dragon Belle was named champion at last month's
Northumberland Holstein Show.
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Island Cow wins at Lennox and
Addington- Mike Walhout says he chooses type over anything else
when considering a show cow.
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The "Hillbilly" Legend-
Barney McCaffrey is more than a subsistence farmer from New York City:
he's family.
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Chocolate Peppermint geraniums are a
big hit- Logan Brazeau now has over 80 varieties of edible flowers
and herbs. The 16-year-old is now running his business full-time.
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"Tough it out"- Dairy
farmer Jim Kent says replacement dairy cows aren't worth much but
better days are ahead.
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"There are better days ahead.
Canadian cows still rule."
-- Jim Kent, full-time dairy replacement operation, near Gananoque
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FARM FACTS:
Amount of Ontario cattle
crossing U.S. border each day as of Aug. 2.................155 Amount
of Ontario cattle crossing U.S. border reach day prior to mad cow
crisis....4,000 Number of Ottawa-area
landowners who face 'significant wetlands' re-designation of their
farmland.............60 Projected
loss of value per acre after re-designation.......$467 Average
projected loss this year of an Ontario farmer if the U.S. border remained
closed to live Canadian cattle.......$783 Average
profit of an Ontario farmer in the best year (2001).......$9,617 Number
of litres of liquid manure that poured into an upstate New York river from
a dairy farm lagoon.....14 million Number
of fish killed by the spill.........200,000 to 250,000
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