JUNE  2004

The Groniger family from left: Scott (suffering hockey playoff injury), 14; Jessie, 14; Tim and wife Diane; Luke, 13; and LIvia, 13. 

Patrick Meagher photo

 LEAD STORY 

• Farming from scratch
  Not even Tim Groniger’s father thought he was going to make a go of it but the tenacious Groniger proved everyone wrong
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EDITORIALS 

• Tolerating environmental extremists and other nuts
  Flawed science makes it hard to tell fact from fiction
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 ARTICLES 

• 'Griz' Adam dies
  34-year-old farmer dies four days after wedding

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1991 KCAT Grad Photo 

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• Roller coaster robotics 
  One year after installing two robots on Allensite Farms
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• Rural Revolution plans farm strikes
  May 24 Rally most recent protest
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  THEY SAID IT:       
"We have to consider herd reduction. People don’t want to hear it and we don’t want to say it. But we will have to face it."
— Beef farmer Henry VanderByl

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  FARM FACTS:
Number of cattle to be tested for BSE annually in Canada..................30,000

Number of cattle tested last year........................3,000

Prediction by vice-president of Canadian Beef Export Federation, Cam Daniels, on when U.S. border will open for Canadian beef..........................July

Beef now crossing the border......................liver, boneless beef cuts and trim under 30 months

Number of public comments the US Department of Agriculture must examine before making decision to open the US border...................1,300

Ranking, by U.S. and Canada, of opening border in 2003 and now................top priority