President’s Report

President’s Report March 2006

The Ides of March The Ides of March, the anniversary of the death of Julius Caesar and a difficult time financially for Canadian Agriculture. Last week the Ontario Government announced funding for agriculture. A total of $125 million is not

The federal election has been the focus for the last several weeks. We have been trying to bring agriculture to the forefront locally and nationwide. As you know, agriculture has been ignored over the years in this regard. This year,

It has been a very busy and involved year for your LFA. We had strong support for our trip to Queens Park on March 2, 2005. We were able to fill eight buses with all areas of Lambton county taking

Hope your fall harvest has gone well. The weather has been pretty favourable in our part of the county. Lambton Federation of Agriculture set up our backboard display at every Lambton County Fair. Feedback on the content of the display

Your Lambton Federation of Agriculture has again had a very busy year. Many of the activities of the year have been highlighted in the committee reports on the following pages. Some of the additional activities that we were involved with

The Lambton Federation of Agriculture again had a very active year. The following are some of the highlights. In November we made food donations to Petrolia and Forest food banks. We also attended a meeting with County Council regarding toxic

It appeared in April that spring seeding would be early this year and we would get a good start to our crops. Crops planted in later April look excellent but the spring seeding turned out to be a long drawn

Agricultural Policy Framework The April 1st deadline for implementing the Business Risk Management part of the Agricultural Policy Framework has come and gone. Provincial Agriculture Ministers have refused to sign onto the deal mostly at the insistence of their farm

The Lambton Federation of Agriculture again had a very active year. The following are some of the highlights. In November a presentation was made to the Prime Minister’s Task Force on Agriculture. Also in November a group of us attended

The summer season is upon us. The spring was a difficult one for getting crops to emerge properly. It’s always nice to see the crops finally getting the ground covered to help conserve moisture. Finally the announcement from the federal