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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Barn parties to test McGuinty

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The rural-urban divide in the recent provincial election could get its first test over the Ontario Fire Marshall's Office and its crusad...
Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Press barred from chicken meeting

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The Chicken Farmers of Ontario marketing board has postponed its Industry Insight 2011 meeting from Oct. 24 to Nov. 14. Notice of...
Friday, October 21, 2011

Maple Lodge fined 22 times

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Maple Lodge Farms Ltd. was hit with 22 fines totaling $122,400 for transportation violations caught by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. ...
Thursday, October 20, 2011

McMeekin's the new ag. minister

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Ted McMeekin of Waterdown is the new agriculture minister in Ontario following the election election defeat of both women who held ...

Longo's leads in innovation

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Farmers who want to know what’s coming in food retailing ought to visit a Longo’s supermarket. “They are considered the most...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Hog marketers

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After a long battle, the Ontario Pork marketing board lost its monopoly on selling market-ready hogs. The pork board remains responsible f...

Schneider plant closing

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Maple Leaf Foods Inc. has decided to close the J.M. Schneider Inc. meat-packing plant in Kitchener as part of a massive restructuring of its...
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Jim Romahn
Journalist who has been reporting on agriculture since 1963; winner of more than 100 awards, including two Govenor- General Awards for Public Service in Journalism plus an honourable mention as one of five finalists plus the 1987 Michener-Deacon fellowship to study and report on biotechnology research in agriculture.
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