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10 head of cattle have apparently decided on a long-weekend road trip. The animals have gone missing from a farm east of Lucknow. There are 2 steers and 8 heifers in the bunch – including limo cross, Charolais and blacks. The owner, of course, would like to have them back. If you’ve got any information...
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Aggregate extraction needs to be balanced against the province’s need to maintain it’s best farmland for the purpose of farming. That was one of the principals the Christian Farmers Federation outlined to the provincial committee reviewing Ontario’s aggregate extraction regulations. The CFFO’s Nathan Stevens says they’ve identified a number of land use concerns when...
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The Ontario Federation of Agriculture wants the spring bear hunt back. The annual hunt was cancelled in 1999. Now the MNR is also cancelling it’s Bear Wise program. That includes the trapping and relocation of problem bears. OFA President Mark Wales says that program was ineffective at managing the problem anyway. Wales says bears...
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The National Farmers Union says the province has it’s priorities wrong when it comes to aggregates. NFU Ontario Coordinator Ann Slater told a provincial government committee this week the government needs to make the preservation of farmland a priority over the extraction of aggregate. Slater argues current provincial policies have it the other way...
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Another ATV has been stolen from a Perth County farm. This one was taken from a farm on line 64 west of Milverton. The machine went missing sometime between 8 Sunday evening and 9 Monday morning. The stolen machine is a 1995 Honda 400 with black step boards and an attachment for fastening a...
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Robin-Lee Norris – Miller Thomson LLP – Guelph There are ways for retiring farmers to pass their operations on to their children. But it takes planning. Robin-Lee Norris is with Miller Thomson LLP in Guelph. She works on estate planning for farmers. Norris says one of those ways is to get the next generation...
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It’s a good idea at a really bad time. That’s the OFA’s reaction to a provincial government review of the province’s Aggregate Resources Act. The hearings are scheduled for this month – prime planting season. The OFA’s Keith Currie says Ontario farmers are among the major stakeholders in making sure that Act is balanced....
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Having more on-farm grain storage capacity doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a good idea to use it every year. That’s according to Wes Thompson with Thompson’s Limited. He says the increased on-farm storage Statistics Canada reported recently is probably a reaction to the 2010 markets, which essentially told farmers to store their grain for better...
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A joy-ride in a Bruce County farmer’s field could become pretty expensive for the culprit. Police say sometime overnight Sunday a driver did ‘donuts’ in a field planted with seed corn. The field was in the 600 block of Concession 12 in Carrick Township. The person responsible could be charged with mischief and/or trespassing....
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An Associated Press story says millions of tons of wheat are rotting in India because the country has run out of warehouse space. According to AP, India can grow plenty of food but it cannot store or transport it well enough to feed it’s 1 point 2 billion people. K. V. Thomas is India’s...
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