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Copyright ©
2001 Eastern Ontario Farmers Forum Inc. All Rights Reserved |
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AUGUST 2001
FARM FACTS
- Percentage increase in gross fertilizer profits for Agrium Inc
over the past year. . . 28
- Percentage by which consumption of nitrogen, potash and
phosphate were down. . . 5
- Number of years Eastern Breeders took to pay off $2 million
for joining Semex Alliance . . . 3
- Amount of OCA budget that will go to the Cattle feeders
Association . . . $450,000
- Number of litres a dairy ewe produces
over 210 days . . . 600
- Rates paid for sheep milk
per litre in Ontario . . . $1.20-
$2.00
- Ideal per cent range of dry matter for harvesting corn silage
. . . 30-40
- Number of new outbreaks of hoof and mouth reported every day
in Great Britain . . .3
- Chances the OMAFRA nitrogen response index measuring pollution
works . . .0
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