Front Page

• Back to drawing board for ethanol costs
• Retailer, producers combine to give consumers the real deal

News

• Landowners continue to protect Van Hauve family
• Organic Essentials - Terrorist ducks and free-range sleeper cells?
• Merial recycling program benefits Eastern Ontario 4-H
• Farm Show clowns around - 79th annual March 14 - 16
• Volunteer Workshop Feb. 20
• Casco hanging tough until final countervail ruling
• Newest BSE case unlikely to affect trade: USDA
• NFU public forum Feb. 24
• Crysler Farm Show 1 day but innovation still rewarded

Op / Ed

• AgriGab - Time to act is now
• AgriView 1 - Tractor pull
• AgriView 2 - Who else but the OLA?

AgriFocus

• Farm community failing to make use of Internet
• Township sells, expands Internet service

Construction

• Canada Plan Service provides up-to-date builidng technology and farmstead management
• Covered feed bunk, accessible from 2 sides
• 60-cow freestall system
• Milkhouse with equipment room
• Build you rown roof trusses
• Roof dead load
• 2005 turns into solid year for dairy construction in Ontario despite predictions
• Ontario’s farm energy MOU reaches Second Phase
• Open end beef barn, mechanical feeding
• Concrete specifications

AgriBusiness

• Hendrick Seeds links buyers, sellers by Internet

MeetingMonth

• Innovator in health care, nutrition at Crop Day
• DFC Chair to address Dairy Days gatherings
• Lori Stahlbrand keynote Eco Farm Day speaker
• Sheep producers plan full day Feb. 25

AgriProfile

• Kemptville student receives Millennium Award

OMAF Update 1

• Management Articles - Feedlots - Don’t Sort....Source!
• Management Articles - Consider Frost Seeding!
• Management Articles - Shelled Corn as a Heating Fuel
• Information Articles - Occupational Health and Safety Act Information Sessions:
• Information Articles - Animal Care Helpline Service
• Informatin Articles - Canadian Agricultural Skills Service
• Information Articles - Agricultural Management Institute (AMI)
• Information Articles - Grower Pesticide Safety Courses and Exams

OMAF Update 2

• Nutrient Management Articles - Planning to build a livestock barn or manure storage facility in 2006?
• Nutrient Management Articles - Certification Requirements for Nutrient Management Regulation

OMAF Update 3

• Events - Premier Winter Woodlot Conference
• Events - Dairy Days in February
• Events - Eastern Ontario Crop Conference – February 23, 2006
• Events - Eco Farm Day Conference 2006
• Events - Eastern Ontario Sheep Day 2006
• Events - Design Seminars for Dairy Producers and Contractors
• Events - Eastern Ontario Beef Day – Saturday, March 11, 2006
• Events - London Swine Conference - April 5-6, 2005-11-23
• Organization News - Ecological Farming Courses Across Ontario

DateLine

• Country DateLine - Quinte & Area
• Country DateLine - Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes & Durham Area
• DateLine - Dundas County
• DateLine - Frontenac County
• DateLine - Glengarry
• DateLine - Lanark
• DateLine - Leeds
• DateLine - Ottawa
• DateLine - Russell County
• DateLine - Renfrew County
• DateLine - Stormont County
• DateLine - 2006 Regional / Provincial Events
• DateLine - 2006 Eastern Ontario Environment-al Farm Plan Workshops