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A new study on the feasability of growing biomass in Ontario is set to be released this week. The Business Case for Growing Biomass in Ontario report is from the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association, as well as Erie Innovation and Sarnia Research Park. The report will be...
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Outdoor Shows Founder Ginty Jocius A 100 thousand dollar contribution has been made to the Ontario Agricultural College in the name of the late Ginty Jocius. Jocius created Canada’s Outdoor Shows in 1994. That’s the parent company for Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show and Canada’s Equine Expo. The contribution was made by Glacier Media, the...
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The President of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association says he’s pleased with a recent Conference Board of Canada report. The report was pretty positive about the virtues of ethanol. Tim Haig says he never had any doubts about the energy source. HAIG-Ethanol-1 The Conference Board report says ethanol production doesn’t drive up the price...
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A National Research Council report in the U-S is critical of that country’s biofuels efforts. The report says the U-S is going to have a tough time meeting mandates for production of next generation biofuels and making biofuels cost-effective anytime soon. U-S Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack disagrees. VILSACK-Bio-1 Vilsack argues the biofuels industry is...
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It’s a market the canola industry estimates could be worth about 450 million dollars a year. A recent U-S EPA decision means all approved Canadian biofuel and biofuel feedstock, including canola, meets the requirements of the U-S Renewable Fuels Standard program. That program was implemented in 2010. But part of the program’s methodology affected...
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The shift to green energy options from the products of primary production shouldn’t be a surprise. That’s according to Ontario Federation of Agriculture Vice President Don McCabe – who argues farmers have always been resourceful and committed to protecting the environment. McCabe says that’s why the Federation is examining the use of agricultural biomass...
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The Ontario Federation of Agriculture is lobbying the provincial government to establish an effective and efficient energy system in Ontario. Federation vice-president Don McCabe says everyone in Ontario, including farmers, needs to have access to sustainable, affordable energy generated through socially and environmentally responsible methods. MCCABE-Energy-1 McCabe says access to reliable, efficient and competitively...
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There’s a call for broad deliberations regarding this province’s energy policy. It comes from Nathan Stevens, Research and Policy Advisor for the Christian Farmers Federation. He argues the Ontario energy mix needs to have viable alternatives to non-renewable resources. STEVENS-Energy-1 Stevens says it remains to be seen what opportunities and challenges will come with...
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One Essex County farmer believes heating greenhouses with biomass is no longer experimental. Dean Tiessen has 37 acres of greenhouses. He’s spent several years experimenting with miscanthus as a heat source and says it’s time has come. TIESSEN-Miscanthus-1 Tiessen says it takes about 20 acres of miscanthus to heat each acre of greenhouse. He...
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A compromise on the ethanol issue is being proposed by some U-S Senators. The deal would see the so-called blenders’ credit for ethanol end July 31st – rather than December 31st. Politicians looking for ways to cut the U-S deficit say that’s a savings of about 1 point 3 billion dollars. While losing the...
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