FARMERS
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Dairy farmers advised to stop adding palm oil to feed as butter controversy heats up
After news coverage of butter becoming harder to melt, possibly due to palm oil additives in cattle feed, the Dairy…
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Not so sweet season for B.C. farmers, cherry pickers due to weather and COVID-19
The cherries on Sukhdeep Brar’s 100-acre orchard in Summerland, B.C., are just a few weeks out from ripening. But if…
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“The floriculture sector was hit the hardest”
COVID-19 restrictions have hobbled flower and plant sellers during their busiest season. Some Canadian flower farmers had to grapple with…
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$50M fund looks to help defray costs of quarantine for temporary foreign workers
The federal government announced $50 million on Monday to help farmers and fish processors who are bringing in temporary foreign…
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Go home and stay home, Trudeau tells Canadians as government warns of COVID-19 enforcement measures
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pleading with Canadians to follow public health guidelines on COVID-19, warning that stiff enforcement measures…
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How Canadian farmers can go from climate change polluters to a key part of the solution
After trudging through the thick layer of snow blanketing his farmland, Brent Preston shovels some aside and begins digging into…
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City program helps homeowners create pollinator gardens in Toronto
While most homeowners are raking autumn leaves, Mike Perozak is helping his neighbours in downtown Toronto prepare their gardens to…
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Better fertilizer use by farmers saves money and the environment
Bouncing through a durum wheat field south of Regina on an all-terrain vehicle, with a shovel strapped to the vehicle’s back and…
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Saskatchewan farmers convert old grain bins into unlikely tourist cabins
Nothing says “Saskatchewan” quite like spending a night inside an old grain bin. In recent years two families in the…
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Farmers, grocers ‘relieved’ that Ontario Food Terminal will stay in Etobicoke
Farmers and grocers who rely on the Ontario Food Terminal in Etobicoke for their businesses can breathe a sigh of relief — the facility…
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Worst year ever? Farmers finally planting in southwestern Ontario
Farmers across southwestern Ontario are racing to their fields in hopes they’re dry enough to finally plant much-delayed crops, but…
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What U.S. flooding could mean for Canada’s Prairie farmers
Flooding across the U.S. agricultural belt continues to thwart the planting of key crops in that country — something that could help some Canadian farmers fetch…
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Farmers, grocers fear the worst as province launches review of Ontario Food Terminal
From the outside, it looks like a relatively normal day at the Ontario Food Terminal in Etobicoke. On the inside,…
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