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Ontario farmers and their organizations are seeing changes at the top of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) as Hon. Steve Peters moves to Labour and Hon. Leona Dombrowsky moves from Environment to Agriculture. “The Ontario Federation of

Ontario farmers with funds in their CAIS (Canadian Agriculture Income Stabilization) accounts can now access those dollars, news the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) welcomes, says President Ron Bonnett. The June 10th announcement was made possible when the federal and

Farmers know there are no quick and easy solutions to agriculture’s financial malaise. Fixing what currently ails agriculture is going to require input and co-operation from a multitude of sources, and the Ontario Federation of Agriculture is prepared to work

The Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) is calling on Premier Dalton McGuinty to commit his government to meet the long-term needs of Ontario farmers. This action is prompted by the recent provincial budget and its failure to address agriculture’s issues.

A valuable tool for telling agriculture’s economic story. In 1991, Hon. Ralph Ferguson (M.P.) had his staff prepare a document to illustrate the share of the consumer’s dollar that farmers received. The resulting document was donated to the Centre for

OFA Commentary #1705 Without a doubt, Ontario agriculture’s Unified Voice initiative is having a major impact on governments and farmers alike. At the most recent meeting of the group, there was unanimous agreement that when agriculture works together, good things

On a neatly manicured dairy farm just east of here in Bruce County, Canada’s Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food (AAFC), Hon. Andy Mitchell, announced more than $57 million in funding for the next generation of Environmental Farm Plans for Ontario