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"Interesting points...I don't think the timber industry is one to worry about....food…"

Roadrunner replied Jan 9, 2010 to .Foreign Interests.

7 Feb 1, 2010
Reply by Bristow

"I think it depends on the area...most elevators can handle some sample corn but want…"

Roadrunner replied Dec 5, 2009 to Sample Corn

1 Dec 5, 2009
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"The OFAH should be a strong ally to farmers.....do they know the farmers in the Banc…"

Roadrunner replied Oct 31, 2009 to Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters takes stand AGAINST farmers

6 Oct 31, 2009
Reply by Dale Ketcheson

"Here is the GM plan summed up after they say Supply Management won't work - their su…"

Roadrunner replied Oct 29, 2009 to Supply Management for Pigs

12 Nov 18, 2009
Reply by pigsrgr8

"At $80 per barrel....seems like the whole biofuel mania is starting again...."

Roadrunner replied Oct 29, 2009 to Ethanol Expansions

6 Oct 30, 2009
Reply by Joe Dales

"I vote yes....as farms get larger due to the economic realities...it leaves farmers…"

Roadrunner replied Oct 3, 2009 to Surplus farm houses

26 Dec 12, 2011
Reply by Robert Hillman

"I was talking to a friend and even the ginseng price has dropped to very low prices.…"

Roadrunner replied Oct 1, 2009 to Low crop prices in the Fall

4 Oct 1, 2009
Reply by Avia Eek

"I would like to see some information on how to market directly to consumers and who…"

Roadrunner replied Oct 1, 2009 to AgVisionTV.com Show Ideas, Comments and Discussion

13 Oct 21, 2009
Reply by Kevin Stewart

"Investments in Ontario's electricity grid will support renewable energy Minister of…"

Roadrunner replied Sep 24, 2009 to OFA opposes solar farm installations on farmland

13 Feb 21, 2010
Reply by newbie

"I think it is likely a little too late...time to do it was 40 years ago before the i…"

Roadrunner replied Sep 24, 2009 to Supply Management for Pigs

12 Nov 18, 2009
Reply by pigsrgr8

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Dairy farmer turned Liberal MP vows to be voice for tariff-hit Quebec region

Newly elected Liberal MP Daniel Gobeil says his experience as a dairy farmer and agricultural leader will help him be a voice in Ottawa for a Quebec region on the front lines of the Canada-U.S. trade war. The former president of Quebec’s dairy producers says he may already have contributed to Canada’s approach to the Trump administration, even before voters in Chicoutimi—Le Fjord elected him to Parliament in an Aug. 31 byelection. “My opinion was taken into account, even when I was still a candidate,” Gobeil said in an interview on Friday with The Canadian Press. Gobeil, who also served as vice-president of Dairy Farmers of Canada, said Prime Minister Mark Carney gave him a “receptive ear” during the campaign as Canada negotiated with the United States. And Gobeil said he spoke with Dominic LeBlanc, the minister responsible for Canada-U.S. trade, as Washington pressed Canada over its supply-management system, particularly in the dairy sector. Canada’s supply-management system regu

End of an era: Agricultural Campus water tower comes down after 70 years

For more than a century, water towers have been part of the landscape of the Agricultural Campus. The former Nova Scotia Agricultural College had 60,000 gallons of elevated water storage supplied by five wells on campus from as early as 1906. Following the 1946 science-building fire, the campus went through a major period of rebuilding and expansion in the early 50s. Students returned from their temporary Debert location in 1953 with the opening of Harlow Institute and a central heating plant. With a rising student population and an expanding campus, the current water tower was constructed in 1955, replacing the original tower that had stood for nearly five decades. The water tower, 110 ft high and holding 104,000 gallons, has become a familiar landmark for generations of NSAC students and alumni. The tower was not only a landmark, but an important part of the campus water system. The elevated tank provided water-storage capacity for the campus, including equalization and emergency

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