Agriculture Press Release Top Stories 

Agri-food sector asking for PM to find “immediate” solution to rail service disruption

February 18, 2020February 18, 2020 Louise Sproule Ontario

The agri-food sector is calling for a fast solution for the disruption of rail service. Here is a copy of

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Agriculture Press Release 

Proposed bill will exempt qualifying farmers from paying carbon tax on gasoline, diesel fuel, propane and natural gas

February 18, 2020 Press Release Ontario

Today, Philip Lawrence, Conservative Member of Parliament for Northumberland—Peterborough South, tabled in the House of Commons his Private Members Bill

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Agriculture Events 

Cultivating change: Agro and Franco Conference March 12 in Alfred

February 18, 2020February 25, 2020 Press Release Alfred

The third edition of the Agro et Franco Conference of l’Union des cultivateurs franco-ontariens (UCFO) will be held at Alfred

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Agriculture Environment News 

Chronic Wasting Disease has a long life in the natural environment

February 4, 2020 James Morgan Argenteuil, Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Ontario, Quebec biology, Chronic Wasting Disease, de la Faune, deer, et des Parcs, hunting, Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Québec Ministère des Forêts

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is difficult, if not impossible, to eliminate. The debilitating neurological disease that leads to death in

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Agriculture Business Life News 

Veterinarians Without Borders volunteers assisting farmers in west Africa

January 21, 2020 James Morgan Prescott-Russell, Russell Township agriculture, development, farming, Veterinarians Without Borders, volunteering, women

Two veterinarians from the region are taking their skills to a different part of the world. Dr. Ingrid Van der

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Agriculture Business Food & Drink Local Business Top Stories 

McCaig Honey: Sweet victories at Toronto’s Royal Ag Fair

January 16, 2020January 14, 2020 Barbara Lehtiniemi Dalkeith, North Glengarry

John McCaig of Dalkeith’s McCaig Honey is still celebrating the company’s award wins at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair last

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Agriculture Business Economy Energy Local Business News Politics Top Stories 

CN strike, propane shortage, and poor conditions complicate drying local corn crop

November 25, 2019November 26, 2019 James Morgan Champlain, La Nation, Maxville, Moose Creek, North Glengarry, Ontario, Prescott-Russell, St-Isidore, Stormont-Dundas-Glengarry, Vankleek Hill Canadian National Railways, CN, corn, drying, fuel, harvest, propane, strike, transportation, weather

A strike at Canadian National Railways (CN), combined with poor weather and crop drying conditions has caused considerable problems for

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Agriculture Education Environment News 

ESCRH composting initiative

November 4, 2019 Jean-Michel Tweed Hawkesbury

École Secondaire Catholique Régional de Hawkesbury (ESCRH) has started a new composting and gardening initiative. In 2017, the school’s Club

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Agriculture Environment News Top Stories 

Grenville-sur-la-Rouge to ban domestic deer farming

October 28, 2019November 5, 2019 James Morgan Argenteuil, Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Quebec Chronic Wasting Disease, deer farming, municipal government

A draft by-law in Grenville-sur-la-Rouge will ban deer farming in most of the municipality if it is adopted. Council gave

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Agriculture News Top Stories 

Liberal, NDP candidates speak at ag federation meeting

October 2, 2019October 1, 2019 James Morgan Fournier, La Nation, Ontario, Prescott-Russell agriculture, farming, federal election 2019, francis drouin, Glengarry-Prescott-Russell, Konstantine Malakos, Ontario Federation of Agriculture, Prescott County Federation of Agriculture

The politics of agriculture were front and centre at the annual general meeting of the Prescott County Federation of Agriculture

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