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Several major Agricorp deadlines coming up. April 30th is the deadline for Ontario producers to pay their 2012 AgriStability fee without penalty and to apply for the 2012 year. Then May 1st is the deadline for several production insurance elements. That includes application or change of coverage for most spring-seeded crops, fall-seeded grains and...
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The City of Waterloo’s new official plan suggests the city is seriously considering the implications of expanding their borders and taking land out of food production. Nathan Stevens of the Christian Farmers Federation says the new plan is more focused on urban intensification than outward expansion. However, he says rural and agricultural land within...
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Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food And Rural Affairs Ted McMeekin Ontario has backed off asking for federal participation in the provincial agricultural risk management programs. That’s according to provincial Agriculture Minister, Ted McMeekin. FPT-McMeekin-1 However, McMeekin says the province is going to stick with the risk management programs developed in collaboration with various Ontario...
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The slowdown of the prices farmers get for their commodities continued in February. Statistics Canada says the prices went up 3 point 4 per cent from February of 2011. The agency says that index has trended upwards since August of 2010. But the increase has been slowing since October of last year. Statscan says...
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Holstein Canada considers Genotyping an important growth area. President Glen McNeil says they’ll be launching a new service called GenoID in June. HOLSTEIN-McNeil-1 McNeil says the service will also be used to register animals and provide a genetic evaluation. Holstein Canada also has plans to expand their field service staff and commercialize the Canadian...
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The Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario calls it a definite step in the right direction. OMAFRA and the Ministry of Environment are apparently looking at alternative ways to regulate the management of agricultural waste water. And they appear willing to involve stakeholders in the process. The CFFO says the current approach has farmers needing...
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Proposed changes to the federal Fisheries Act are getting the thumbs up from the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. CFA President Ron Bonnett says it’s a chance to fully re-engage the agricultural community in conservation and the protection and enhancement of fish habitat. The Federation says the old rules didn’t recognize that farmers rely on...
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is toughening up it’s avian influenza rules dealing with domestic poultry. It’s added low pathogenicity H5 and H7 avian influenza viruses to the list of reportable diseases. Those viruses typically cause few or no visible signs of illness in infected birds. But they do have the potential to mutate...
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Ontario farmers could be planting record corn and soybean acres this year. Statistics Canada has released it’s early planting intentions survey. The survey says Ontario farmers expect to seed 2 point 24 million acres of corn for grain. That’s up almost 18 per cent from last year and would break the previous record of...
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A Huron County man is the new president of Holstein Canada. Glen McNeil of the Goderich area took over the organisation’s top spot at it’s recent annual meeting in Manitoba. McNeil moves up from the Board Chairman position. The two Ontario directors for Holstein Canada are John Buckley of Lindsay and Ron Sleeth of...
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