OCTOBER  2003

Cow-calf operator Dave Davidson, from Durham County, wore this cow mask to a rally on Parliament Hill Sept. 17. A sign underneath reads: "I'm not mad."

 LEAD STORY 

• Open border delayed                                                       
  The United States Department of Agriculture is expected to announce a ruling "any day" to open the U.S. border between November and mid-February to live Canadian cattle under 30 months of age for slaughter.
  Go to story

EDITORIALS 

• Liberals tell lies and TV has been too cosy
   Go to story

 ARTICLES 

• Cull cows a big problem
  
  Desperately low prices have turned Canada's cow and bull cull into cattlemen's biggest problem. Go to story
   
• Beef man blasts Liberal machine                                                               
  Henry Vanerdbyl lets his fury fall on the Liberal government. Go to story
   
• My $100,000 loss due to mad cow          The mad cow crisis is a $100,000 problem for Allan Simpson.
  Go to story 

• West asked to surrender trade benefit
  With the failure of recent World Trade Organization (WTO) meetings in Cancun, Mexico, the world's New Economy gave little thought to the consequences.   Go to story

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  THEY SAID IT:       
"We made the presentation simple. A bull became a cow with a deep voice."
— Member of provincial taskforce on cull cattle, Charlie Gracey, on presenting a cull-cow solution to federal government.

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  FARM FACTS:

Percentage of Ontario gas to be ethanol, says Premier-elect McGuinty.........10

Number of full-time students enrolled at Kemptville College............326