Front Page

• Shock greets OMAFRA changes
• Another setback for ethanol plant - Bank merger means further delay
• Maxville ethanol meeting cancelled - Co-op to meet in Kemptville only

AgriWeekly

• Dundas Federation report
• It's a case of black and white - AALP auction Feb.12
• Grenville 4-H registration March 6
• Hastings Farm Show chooses executive
• It's a hog eat hog world - Consultations on intensive farming practices
• First-ever agri-tourism conference - "Beyond the city lights"
• Straw Bale Building - Book launches in February
• Dairy sheep milk test participants sought

News

• AALP participants meet for second three-day seminar
• Amherst Island wants land use to reflect new realities
• North Glengarry barn fire claims life
• MacEwen Agricentre announces $1.4-million expansion
• Rabid raccoons suspected of hitchhiking into Ontario
• The cat’s out of the bag - Prince Edward wild animal sanctuary under siege
• VanClief announces $1-billion for farm safety net - Based on 60:40 Ottawa-province split, access to NISA eased
• Weekly updates mean timely Internet releases for area’s farm groups
• OMAFRA seeks farmer input on intensive operations - Road show visits Chesterville and Hastings
• Year 2000 OVFS only two months away
• "We’re not closed yet; we’re still open for business": OMAFRA’s MacMaster
• Small egg producers feel threatened by HACCP
• Chefs take GMOs off their menus
• Labelling biotech foods, how do we do it?

Op / Ed

• A PR problem
• IPM’s finest

AgriFocus

• GMOs: Are they a Pandora’s box or panacea?

AgriBusiness

• Focus on Farming and Rural Living

OMAFRA Update 1

• Ontario announces Healthy Futures Program
• Error noted in first batch of farm business registration forms
• Retail sales tax rebate on buildings materials now permanent
• Dairy herdsperson apprenticeship opportunity
• Volunteer action – Ontarians making a difference
• New dairy discussion list started
• EFP workshops this winter
• Send in your EFP claims
• Intensive agricultural operations in rural ontario consultation
• Domtar Forestry Centre releases calendar
• Ottawa Valley Farm Show Prize List available

OMAFRA Update 2

• Nutrient Management Planning
• Managing Herbicide Resistance
• On Pasture Parasite Control
• New ways to manage cattle lice populations

OMAFRA Update 3

• Educational Opportunities Cow Profitability Workshops
• Focus On Farming And Rural Living dates
• Kemptville Dairy Day
• Maxville Dairy Day
• Beef Beyond 2000......Choices, Challenges, Changes
• Low Cost Housing, Renovations And Expansions (Rescheduled)
• Planning your future in the dairy industry
• Free Stall Design And Housing Workshop (Date Change)
• Are you ready to retire from farming?
• Soil Fertility And Nutrient Management Workshops
• Grower Pesticide Safety Courses and Exams
• Kemptville Winter Woodlot Conference
• Fields of profit!!!
• OATI online courses and chat lines
• Taking control: whole farm planning and decision making
• News for those interested in organic farming
• Focus on Ecological Farming
• Training for Organic Farmers
• Dundas News