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Europe’s farm chief will propose spending part of the unused EU agriculture budget to help countries finance rural development projects, including support for dairy industries and improved Internet access. Speaking to bloc farm ministers, EU agriculture commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel said up to 1.5 billion euros ( US$ 2 billion) could behandedout for certain schemes

Deep ditches don’t drain

After enduring a slaphappy September due to mosquitoes, at least one southern Manitoba farmer has had his fill of poorly designed farm drains. John Duvenaud blames drains and ditches that are dug too deep to properly function for creating a fertile breeding grounds for the pests. The risk of West Nile virus makes that hazardous