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Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Chicken production curbed

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For the first time in decades, Ontario is going to reduce chicken production this fall. The allocation from the national agency is two p...

Federal-provincial help for beef and hog farmers

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The federal and provincial governments are offering up to $10 million to help beef and hog farmers experiencing difficulty getting their liv...

Arend Flinkert dead at 83

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Arend Flinkert, at one time owner of the largest dairy herd in Ontario, has died. He was 83. He overcame a number of challenges, incl...
Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Meat workers staying home

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Between 30 and 50 per cent of workers for meat packers in the United States are staying home, says the United Food and Commercial Workers Un...

Grocers held the line on beef prices

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Kevin Grier says supermarkets held the line on beef prices while what they paid at wholesale cost them much more after the COVID-19 pandemic...

Feds open food donation program

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The federal government has opened its promised $50-million surplus food program to applications from those needing the food. Agricult...

Maple Leaf launches 50/50 meat/plant protein products

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Maple Leaf Foods Inc. is launching a line of products that are half meat, half plant protein. They will be available in all of Canada’s ...
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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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