News

• Cashing in on the double helix 50 years after its discovery
• Depleted herd numbers indicate beef turnaround
• Fifth Town Artisan Cheese wins Premier’s $100G Innovation Award
• South Nation Conservation takes township to court over culvert removal
• Landowners pin hopes for change on Hillier leadership gambit
• Brinston wind developer lauds legislation; seeks local approval
• Buyers beware: Stranded barns may not be able to be rebuilt
• Plowing Fore A Cure Tournament June 17
• Seed Growers invest $100,000 in dairy research centre
• Juinior Farmers donate $50,000 to community projects - Lanark Junor Farmers seek members
• GFA thanks Geri, Heather Kamenz
• Flu threat for Dundas County fruit, vegetable producer
• Windmill manufacturer recalls blades; 10 U.S. installations affected
• First-ever Maritimer heads EBI
• OFA supports harmonized tax, wants farm exemption
• Ontario farmland values increasing, up 1.9% in second half of 2008

Op / Ed

• AgriGab - Don’t walk away, Renée
• AgriView - What's sauce for the goose...
• AgriView - More regulatory poop
• Letter to the Editor - Don't put goats' horns on pigs

AgriFocus

• Refuge RR coping with influx of horses from Québec tracks

CropWatch

• Good planting conditions, heavy winterkill

AgriProfile

• "It’s time to talk about what organic farming is, not what it is not": COG’s Colin Lundy

AgriBusiness

• $480,500 loan expands Powerbase Energy’s biogas production system
• Spencerville farmer will end grid dependence with Powerbase biodigester
• Managing your farm’s financial wealth - Preferred shares – looking for investment income in an uncertain market.
• GreenField-led ethanol project one of 16 to receive funding

OMAFRA Update 1

• Making More Money in Dairy Production ...Is it possible ?
• Manure Testing - – What is my Manure Really Worth?

OMAFRA Update 2

• Alfalfa Winter Injury
• Can We Manage Alfalfa Stem Fineness With Varieties and Seeding Rate?
• Choosing the Right Cover Crop

OMAFRA Update 3

• Top Five Missing Items From Submitted Nutrient Management Strategies
• Manure Testing – Is It Really Worth the Mess?
• Organization News - Events
• New or Recently Released Publications