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"It's my role to report. It's your role to press for reforms"

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

PED may have come from China

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Speculation that Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus hitchhiked from China to the United States got a boost from researc...
Monday, March 14, 2016

About 17,000 seasonal workers coming this year

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Approximately 17,000 seasonal workers from Mexico, Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad-Tobago and the Eastern Caribbean States are expect...

Maple syrup season ending

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Maple syrup production is ending after one of the shortest runs in recent years. Last year sap began to ru...
Saturday, March 12, 2016

New co-op seeks to export hay

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The Ontario Forage Council has formed the Ontario Forage and Hay Cooperative to look for export markets for hay.  Co-op chairman Fritz ...

FCC increases funding for young farmers

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Farm Credit Canada is adding $500 million to its fund to finance young farmers, bringing the total to $2 billion. ...

Commission approves Class 6 milk

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 The Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission has approved the marketing board’s proposal to create a new class for milk sales.  The Cl...
Friday, March 11, 2016

TPP will have minimal impact on dairy

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The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal will have only minimal impact on the Canadian dairy industry, says agricultural economist ...
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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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