Seed Growers donate, review 2013 OVFS

OTTAWA — Directors of the Ottawa Valley Seed Growers Association approved several donations to agricultural organizations and the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario when they met in Kemptville recently.
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Recycling for used fertilizer jugs, pails

A popular recycling program for farmers is being expanded to include new products.
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Visit Minnesota for Precision Dairy 2013 Conference and Expo

The First USA Precision Dairy Conference and Expo to be held at the Mayo Center in Rochester, Minnesota, June 25-27 may signal a big change in thinking about dairy cattle management in the United States.
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A sweet year for maple producers

CHESTERVILLE — A good old-fashioned maple syrup season ran well into last month, wrapping up later in April than has occurred in many years.

Traditionally, April always was the biggest syrup-making month, says Brian Barkley, president of the Eastern Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association.
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See watershed authority before building

Environmental considerations should be among the first things examined when proposing new construction in the South Nation Conservation watershed, but unfortunately, they’re often the last.
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Farmers try to end GM alfalfa

ALEXANDRIA -

Local farmers and

consumers rallied

outside Pierre Lemieux’s

office to stop the release of

genetically modified (GM)

alfalfa which they say

threatens the future of

family farming across

Canada.
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Increased tire eco-fees roll farmers under

As of April 1, 2013, the Ontario Tire Stewardship, a program that has been in existence since 2009, under the Ontario Waste Diversion Act, implemented a new fee schedule for tire collection.
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Fickle Ontario standards hurting businesses seeking propane and gas installations, says rural MPP
Private member’s bill to rein in TSSA

Queen’s Park – Eastern Ontario MPP Jim McDonell has introduced Bill 61, the Technical Standards and Safety Amendment Act, 2013 that will address concerns expressed by numerous small Ontario businesses across the province regarding the Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA).
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COOL rule leaves pork producers cold

OTTAWA — The Canadian Pork Council submitted comments on April 11 on the proposed rule to amend Country of Origin Labelling regulations with the U.S. Department of Agriculture on behalf of Canada’s 7,000 hog producers.
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Forum: Resilience to climate change

GUELPH - Be creative, uncover social capital, protect farmland and support local agriculture. These tips were identified by agricultural and rural leaders at the 2013 Farmland Forum as key elements to building resilience to climate change and rising energy prices in rural Ontario.
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Restaurateurs win mozzarella price exemption
CDC announces concession in wake of tariff-free pizza kits

OTTAWA — The Canadian Dairy Commission has decided to grant restaurants access to fresh mozzarella cheese at American market prices instead of the higher regulated price that the national agency, as a vital cog in the supply management system, has been traditionally loathe to abandon.
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A 4-H club not to be forgotten

Taking part in 4-H is a great opportunity for hands on learning.
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Fracking potential explored

RUSSELL — On the coattails of April 22’s Earth Day, the news of a potential ‘fracking’ for shale gas in the Russell Township area has come to light.
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Local Food Act to die yet again?

TORONTO — The Local Food Act died on the order paper when former Premier Dalton McGuinty prorogued the Ontario legislature late last year.
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OFA’s take on the 2013 Ontario budget

The recent budget announcement contains encouraging signs for rural Ontario, according to the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA). But the next six months will be telling as we work with the Wynne government to move these budget items forward.
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‘Best budget since Rae’
Hillier’s satirical take on 2013 budget

QUEEN’SPARK—Randy Hillier, MPP for Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington, congratulated new Premiers Andrea Horwath and Kathleen Wynne, over their tabling of the most fiscally progressive budget Ontario has seen since Premier Rae.
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Grit supply management talk deflects attention from Hall-Findlay

St. Isidore - Nearly 150 residents of Glengarry Prescott Russell were in attendance at the GPR Federal Liberal Association’s discussion on ‘Let’s Talk Supply Management’ on March 28.
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