Hail storms threaten Ontario vegetables and farms
Severe hail in Holland Marsh and London areas could lift wholesale and retail prices for fresh vegetables. Damage totals top $1.5 million with 25 percent of Holland Marsh hit, risking farmer insolvency without aid while alternative suppliers push lettuce and carrot costs higher and markets adjust over days.
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Kettlery, Ont
Ontario
London
Holland Marsh
Ted
van der Zalm
Janet Ecker
William Davis
Eugene Scotch
Morris Huff
Ontario Crop Insurance Program
NFU fights to preserve Crow freight rate amid reform push
The National Farmers Union across Western Canada keeps up the battle to defend the Crow rate, arguing its removal would raise western transport costs by about 4.4 billion dollars by decade’s end. NFU warns higher shipping costs would hit farm incomes and small communities, while federal plans for new rate legislation proceed.
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Clyde Graham
Winnipeg
Maverick National Farmers Union
Canada
Saskatoon
NFU
Ted Strain
Jean-Luc Pepin
Clay Gilson
University of Manitoba
Pepin
Jack Skelton
NFA
Skelton
Gilson
CP Rail
CNR
Manitoba halts farm land ownership bill for session
Manitoba Agriculture Minister Bill Uruski says the controversial farm land protection bill will die on the order paper this session. He plans discussions with farm groups before reintroducing it next year and noted support for a 10 acre ownership cap for non farming corporations.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
Agriculture
Bill Uruski
Uruski
Strain research aims to decode stress effects on pigs
Agriculture Canada researchers at Lacombe Alberta study stress in pigs to gauge its impact on muscle quality and meat loss in Canada’s meat-packing industry. They plan a special stress sensitive pig line to speed experiments and predict pork color and wateriness under stress, aiding breeders and exporters.
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Lacombe
Alta
Agriculture Canada
Canada
Red Deer
Sinhe
Satter
Saskatchewan storm compensation for livestock losses
Regina Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Eric Berntson announced about 200000 will be paid to compensate farmers and ranchers in southwestern Saskatchewan who lost livestock in a May storm. He reported 627 producers lost 2045 cattle and calves 117 sheep and lambs and 56 horses and colts with a deductible rule set at 2000 or five percent of the inventory value. Payments are expected within a month after filing.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Eric Berntson
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