There are new timelines in place for apple-industry negotiations for apples for juicing.
The Ontario Apple Growers marketing board and processors have until Aug. 31 to strike a deal for the upcoming harvest.
If negotiations fail, they are to submit a list of names for an arbitration board to the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission.
Then each side is to submit final offers on the issues which remain outstanding and the arbitration board has until Sept. 15 to choose which of the offers it will forward to the commission which has the final say.
