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Ontario’s ACC wants to expand in the West, but only into crops that aren’t covered now, says Jaye Atkins
Farmers taking out cash advances on their crops this year will see some changes in who is administering the programs. As the Canadian Canola Growers Association expands its administration to take over the crops formerly handled by the Canadian Wheat Board, a new player has emerged to manage the program for several commodities in OntarioAnalysis: It usually takes a year to draft new Farm Bill but the cost of failure may be too high to bear
(Reuters) U.S. lawmakers are short on time and money to make the biggest cuts in agriculture in a generation and failure risks unintentionally driving up food prices and adding to an already onerous deficit. Fractious Republicans and Democrats may wait until the last minute to agree to significant cuts to farm supports amid historically highWith a phase-out of sow stalls almost inevitable, producers need to start evaluating different systems
When the new Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs is published in draft form this summer, it will very likely include a requirement that sow stalls be phased out over a period of time. Producers will be able to house sows in stalls for a period after breeding, in order to
