Front Page

• Cash strapped cash croppers take protest to Ottawa - 1200 converge on Parliament Hill
• Protesters corner MP - Extract promises from GPR's Don Boudria
• Renfrew rallies ’round Ramble

News

• Andy Cavanagh finishes 4-H career on a high note - Wins Jersey judging at World Dairy Expo
• Yields low, corn still needs drying down - Mild dry fall only bright spot
• Ferme Lolisee exhibits champion Holstein in Eastern Ontario-Western Quebec Show
• Ministerial mainstays missing from OFA meeting
• Funding shortage could sink EFP
• Corn auger causes latest EO farm fatality
• Eastern Ontario Farm Safety meeting in Kemptville Nov. 23 - New machinery safety CD will be on display
• Sophisticated scams can leave farmers holding the (marijuana) bag
• Quebec ethanol plant won’t hurt Seaway’s performance
• Everything was just Grand
• Harvestore sponsors dairy tour
• Eastern Ontario ecological farmers host provincial annual - November 18 in Dixons Corners
• Federal funds help Alfred College train Congolese agro-veterinary engineers - $345,000 from Department for International Cooperation
• Leadership and change - AALP Class 8 hears message of anticipating change
• Sustaining rural Canada topic for AIC annual - Conference in Guelph July 8 - 11 2001
• Project SOY in its fifth year
• Ideal opportunities for crafters at International Ploughing Match 2001
• Few surprises for manure management
• SNC analyzes groundwater quality
• Microbials combat feed mold

Op / Ed

• AgriGab - Up in smoke
• AgriView 1 - Irony you could cut with a knife
• AgriView 2 - Jet engines drown out common sense
• Boudria writes to Hardeman - Wants province to respond to price-yield crisis

AgriFocus

• Nuts! - Scarcity rather than plenty will determine value of EO crop

AgriBusiness

• Dream becomes a reality - Kelly Fawcett completes Eastern Ontario Holstein Directory
• Meyer Lab picks up where Kemptville leaves off

Federation News

• Federation briefed on nutrient management plans
• Dudley Shannon steps down as Frontenac Federation president
• Jordan more receptive to farm issues than Runciman - Farm mediation service explained
• Federations lay out farm issues for candidates - S-D meeting parallels others across Eastern Ontario

Agrifeature

• Smart, habitual, cunning - Eastern Ontario coyote numbers rising
• Call goes out for bounties

AgriProfile

• On the hustings in Prince Edward - Hastings
• Vanclief seeks fourth term
• CA’s Jim Graham seeks to unseat Vanclief
• Provincial veteran Dennis Timbrell carries Tory banner

OMAFRA Update 1

• Herbicide resistance
• Can you see the forest for the trees$$$
• Checking back to plan ahead

OMAFRA Update 2

• Grower Pesticide Safety Course Certification for 2001
• Wetland Habitat Fund
• Pilot to return unwanted livestock medicine
• Ontario launches groundwater monitoring network
• Tax cuts announced in federal mini budget
• EFP funds available on a first-come basis
• Food safety legislation consultation
• Information kit developed to assist farmers facing financial difficulty and stress
• Completed computer model keys in on water quality
• Parmalat presents $50,000 To Clean Water Program
• Beyond The City Lights
• Rabbit seminar
• Organic initiatives: exploring opportunities for organic fruit and vegetable production
• Upcoming Soil and Crop Improvement Association annual meetings
• North Grenville Agricultural Wrap Recycling Days
• Dundas Holstein Club And EBI Annual Meeting

OMAFRA Update 3

• Eastern Ontario Results from the Scotiabank Hays Classic
• Agricultural Adaptation: A Co-Operative Approach
• Ag-Management Conference scheduled for November
• Pathways To Rural Sustainability