http://www.farms.com Farms.com Copyright � 2008 Farms.com, Ltd. All Rights Reserved. The corporate sponsor of this week’s Brier, biotechnology company Monsanto, is under intense scrutiny from environmental, consumer and farmer groups in Nova Scotia, and across Canada and the world. http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28844 http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28844 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:03:43 GMT http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28844_thumb.jpg http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28844_thumb.jpg 40 40 Apiculturists, breathe easy. A hold on the importation of queen bees from Hawaii, linked to the discovery of a virulent parasitic mite, is to be lifted. http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28836 http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28836 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:21:35 GMT http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28836_thumb.jpg http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28836_thumb.jpg 40 40 A push to get the Dalton McGuinty government to approve a major expansion of the greenbelt westward through Brant County and in other directions in southern Ontario is gaining fresh energy with the entry of new groups and controversial development activities. http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28835 http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28835 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:10:53 GMT http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28835_thumb.jpg http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28835_thumb.jpg 40 40 Canada has confirmed its 17th case of mad cow disease, a finding that will delay any upgrade to its international risk status by one year, a top industry official said on Wednesday. http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28834 http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28834 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:06:25 GMT http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28834_thumb.jpg http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28834_thumb.jpg 40 40 From the Western Fair Farm Show http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28803 http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28803 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:49:21 GMT Cheminova Canada has picked up registration for a Group 2 broadleaf herbicide for use in cereals and grass crops. http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28798 http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28798 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:03:16 GMT http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28798_thumb.jpg http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28798_thumb.jpg 40 40 P & H Foods of Hanover is working with the Turkey Farmers of Ontario and the national organization on supply and prices. http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28778 http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28778 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:38:15 GMT http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28778_thumb.jpg http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28778_thumb.jpg 40 40 Ontario veal farmers must now wait to learn whether their industry will be regulated by a marketing board. http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28777 http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28777 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:28:02 GMT http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28777_thumb.jpg http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28777_thumb.jpg 40 40 Researcher Dr, Gaëtan Tremblay offered farmers at Eastern Ontario Dairy Days in Kemptville, a farm-grown forage alternative to adding unpalatable anionic salts to rations during the transition period. http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28751 http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28751 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:22:01 GMT http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28751_thumb.jpg http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28751_thumb.jpg 40 40 It was a glorious spring-like day in Toronto as I made my way to Queens Park to listen to the provincial government’s Throne Speech. http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28747 http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28747 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:03:34 GMT http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28747_thumb.jpg http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28747_thumb.jpg 40 40 Price pace information will now be included in the Canadian Wheat Board's monthly Pool Return Outlook. http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28739 http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28739 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:49:11 GMT http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28739_thumb.jpg http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28739_thumb.jpg 40 40 Canada's wind energy market has attracted NextEra Energy, a big American player, which has set its sights on growth in Ontario, citing policies like the province's 'feed-in tariff' that guarantees prices and long-term contracts http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28735 http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28735 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:09:33 GMT http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28735_thumb.jpg http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28735_thumb.jpg 40 40 The Government of Canada is helping Canadian organic farmers and food processors deliver the highest quality organic food to consumers at home and abroad. http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28715 http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28715 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:11:53 GMT http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28715_thumb.jpg http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28715_thumb.jpg 40 40 The Ontario Agricultural Sustainability Coalition (OASC) came together last fall to deal with the crisis facing many sectors of our industry. It consists of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28706 http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28706 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:38:19 GMT http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28706_thumb.jpg http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28706_thumb.jpg 40 40 The federal budget contains $75 million to address the removal of specified risk material from over thirty month (OTM) cattle. http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28701 http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28701 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:19:34 GMT http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28701_thumb.jpg http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28701_thumb.jpg 40 40 As Canada and China mark the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations, the Canadian Wheat Board is celebrating nearly 50 years of trade with the economic giant. http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28700 http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28700 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:19:06 GMT http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28700_thumb.jpg http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28700_thumb.jpg 40 40 Tory MP Larry Miller demonstrated to a gathering of agriculture commodity group representatives Friday that he understands the problems they are facing because, as a farmer, he's faced many of the same circumstances himself. http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28699 http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28699 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:18:47 GMT http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28699_thumb.jpg http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28699_thumb.jpg 40 40 Andy King had just turned his back to the mountain when it happened. http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28697 http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28697 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:14:11 GMT http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28697_thumb.jpg http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28697_thumb.jpg 40 40 Pork producers attending their annual meeting here are looking for China to be the next major market to open fully to U.S. pork following word this week that certificate problems with Russia have been solved and exports could start soon to that country http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28686 http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28686 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:09:21 GMT http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28686_thumb.jpg http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28686_thumb.jpg 40 40 The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) today expressed its serious disappointment with the federal government’s failure to expand and extend its very successful ecoENERGY for Renewable Power Program in the 2010 federal budget. http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28660 http://www.farms.com/FarmsPages/ENews/NewsDetails/tabid/189/Default.aspx?NewsID=28660 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:39:46 GMT http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28660_thumb.jpg http://www.farms.com/Portals/0/Images/News/28660_thumb.jpg 40 40