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10 groups across Canada will share in 100 thousand dollars to undertake farm safety projects. The money comes from Farm Credit Canada and the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association. It goes to charitable and non-profit organisations with projects aimed at improving safety in and around farms and agribusiness operations in Canada. It’s the second year...
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A project in B-C could have benefits for orchard operators in Ontario. The University of British Columbia will look at beneficial water management for irrigation that mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration in the orchards of the Okanagan and Fraser Valleys. The idea is to allow producers to improve their production efficiency and...
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A Guelph woman will be taking part in the Cattleman Young Leaders Development Program this year. Kimberly McCaw is one of 16 national mentorship recipients for 2012. The other Ontario recipient is Katie Wood from Fraserville in Eastern Ontario. Each of this year’s 12 recipients will be paired with an industry mentor for 8...
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Statistics Canada says farmers input costs went up 1 and a half per cent in the fourth quarter of 2011. Crop production cost increases of just over 2 and a half per cent were the biggest hikes for that three month period. Nationally, farm input prices were up 8 point 3 per cent from...
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A recent study suggests there’s still some work to be done in efficiently tracing cattle through the system. The Canadian Cattle Identification Agency has released the results of it’s most recent auction market research. The research evaluated the use of radio frequency identification tag collection and reporting software at auction markets in three Canadian...
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Rob Gordon calls it a natural evolution for the University of Guelph. Gordon is dean of the Ontario Agricultural College. He’s talking about the new Food Institute. It’s described as the first such group covering global issues in all aspects of food. University of Guelph President Alastair Summerlee says food raises issues in environmental...
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A program which helped a Bruce County town regain it’s full-service grocery store is being shut-down as part of the federal budget cuts. The River Village Co-Op Market in Teeswater was created with help from the Co-operative Development Initiative. Representatives of Canada’s co-operative movement are critical of the program’s end and the reduction of...
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A survey of the people who run the kitchens in Canadian restaurants have come out with their top ten hot menu trend for 2012. Locally produced and locally inspired dishes topped the list – again. Sustainable food items came in second. Gluten-free and food allergy conscious placed third. That one moved all the way...
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Farm Credit Canada says Ontario farmland price increases continue to climb. The increase in the last half of 2010 was 2 point 4 per cent. In the first half of 2011 it was 6 point 6 per cent. In the most recent reporting period – the last half of 2011 – FCC says the...
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Dr. Gord Surgeoner It’s a move that’s shocked a lot of people in the Ontario agriculture sector. The federal government has decided to shut down the third party delivery process for some of it’s program funding and centralise that operation in Ottawa. That essentially shuts down the Agricultural Adaptation Council here in Ontario. Doctor...
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