In hopes of pressing the federal government to include property rights in the Canadian constitution, association president Randy Hillier says some dairy farmers will dump their milk to do their part in the protest.

"Farmers will stop shipping produce," he said. "We have a number of dairy farmers who will stop shipping milk. We have truckers and other groups."

Farm strikes will begin after September and will start at county levels, beginning in Lanark, he said. The 1,000-member association is fighting all levels of government and the increasing number of laws that effect rural landowners, including the Ontario nutrient management act, new and restrictive rural water regulations and provincial land use restrictions that prevent owners from building, developing or even cutting trails on their lands. Land use restrictions can be slapped on land owners for numerous reasons including cases of a rare bird spotted on the property.

If there is no government cooperation with the landowners’ association over the next three months, it will "trigger rotating and escalating farm strikes," Hillier said in a public statement. "Cash crop farmers will stop shipment of grains and cereal crops. Livestock will be kept at pasture, not abattoirs. With our affiliated truckers, farmers will setup picket lines with tractors and transports at key border and access points and major arteries to limit imported food from crossing the picket lines. Food will only be available at the farmers’ gate."

The Lanark Landowners’ Association has organized five road blockades this year, including blocking off Wellington Street in front of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa to hold a mock livestock sale.