Avril, 2008
- EDITORIAL: The Seven Bank Accounts of a Farmer — # 5: Politics
- Quebec dairy giant s prove unstoppable
- Canada through other eyes
- Giving new Canadians a leg up in agriculture
- Agriculture minister a two-sided coin
- Ayer’s Cliff QFA donates money to local causes
- Farming a lifelong dream for Townships Master Breeder
- A new way to deal with over-quota syrup
- Maple in Japan: a real craze
- Pride in the profession and pleasure in our products
- A government vision for the future of Q uéb ec agriculture and agri-food
- Heat detection is still relevant
- Editorial
- Budget promises diversification and support for young farmers
- Centralized quota sales delayed until the fall at poultry AGM
- A project to buy back potato production surpluses is on the table
- Marcel Ostiguy takes over from Guy Coulombe in pork crisis
- Market gardeners have few means to work with
- Sté phane Dion supports food sovereignty
- Disturbing changes announced for commercial crop sector
- Majority vote for recapitalization at Levinoff-Colbex
Mars, 2008
- The Seven Bank Accounts of a Farmer — # 4: Friends and Neighbours
- Exclusive interview with Quebec’s Minister of Agriculture
- Continued: Exclusive I nterview with Quebec Minister of Agriculture ,
- Grazing in Saskatoon in January?!
- The top cow in the world—right here in Chateauguay Valley!
- Pronovost Commission kicks up dust outside Quebec
- Morgan Farms dedicated to organic agriculture
- Yesterday, today and tomorrow: innovating to feed our people
- EDITORIAL: The CAAAQ—a cold shower
- A bleak forecast for Quebec farm income
- Budget gives $72 million over two years for farmers
- UPA president calls CAAAQ a “flawed diagnosis of agriculture”
- The Financière agricole explains
- Dairy producers ready for battle
- Marketing boards are in jeopardy, says FPAQ president
- Young farmers have mixed reaction on CAAAQ’s farm succession
- A gentle hand is always best
- St atus tags: helping to get rid of paperwork
Février, 2008
- Thank you, Laurent Pellerin
- Commission calls for a more “open” agriculture
- Dung beetles: working for you!
- Provincial realities, federal frameworks
- André Cécyre, Veterinarian
- A good workman checks his tools
- A thriving agri-food industry in the Outaouais
- Federal advance payments due in April
- Editorial
- Positions become entrenched amongst market gardeners
- First meeting between Lacasse and Lessard
- Quebec milk is not a loss leader
- Pork producers sound the alarm
- Recycling farm plastics in the Townships
- Canada responds to WTO on sensitive products
Janvier, 2008
- EDITORIAL: QFA EDITORIAL
- Producers call for government intervention in livestock crisis
- Liberals and Conservatives in a battle for the rural vote
- A new Director of Operations for QFA!
- The devil is in the details when you’re in the dairy barn
- Changes to vaccination protocol at specialized auctions
- Verified Beef Production: the Canadian on-farm food safety program
- A season-by-season list for a successful farm transfer
- Teaching agriculture as early as pre-school
- U.S. Farm Bill passes the Senate
- Editorial
- A new vaccination protocol for feeder calves
- Private-forest owners banking on woodlot management
- Beef imports on the rise
- People do not understand the residuality principle, says forestry president
- The TAQ can’t look at new evidence
Decembre, 2007
- WTO : t he t ail w agging the d og
- CAIS gets replaced as ag policy grows forward
- Armchair a ccess to i nformation from La Financière Agricole
- A beef production centre of expertise
- Advance Payments Program
- A guide for preconditioning and backgrounding feeder calves
- EDITORIAL: The imaginary forest
- The beef market in crisis
- Charest asked to intervene on forestry
- Producers not recognized in veterinary law
- Pork federation develops a new business model
- UPA urges government to deal with the rising loonie
- High-speed internet service for only $50 per year!
- Quebec gets the flexibility it needs
- Office québécois de la langue…anglaise?
Novembre, 2007
- EDITORIAL: QFA EDITORIAL
- 50 years for QFA
- Farmers must work together, says CFA leader
- Macdonald prof explains the coming boom in biofuels
- Producers hoping for a failure at the WTO
- QFA Young Farmer Profile: Jason Beard
- You only have a few more weeks to request your subsidy!
- Terres humaines Collection, No. III, February, 2007
- The agri-food industry in Laurentides pays off
- Highway 30 route still hotly contested
- Outaouais-Laurentides Regional Congress
- Billette s laughterhouse employees want to do their part
- Government should intervene for sustainable development, says the UPA
- EDITORIAL: Staying in business is also part of sustainable development
- Distress calls on the rise again in Eastern Townships
- No improvement in sight for farmers
- Laurent Pellerin argues the case for food sovereignty
- Rabaska “the worst of all the possible options”
- Canadian Federation of Agriculture is deeply concerned
Octobre, 2007
- EDITORIAL: QFA EDITORIAL
- CFIA regulations raise many questions
- QFA welcomes African farm leaders
- Will t he Bloc decide the fate of the prairie farmer?
- DEVOTION TO DAIRY
- Is a grazing coach for you?
- “We have become globalized in spite of ourselves,” says Aminata Traoré
- Free markets don’t work with farming, says John Ralston Saul
- Coulombe will have to deal with the pork crisis
- Liberalization is destroying agriculture and the planet, says Hervé Kempf
- Working towards forest certification
- The U.S. lifts its embargo on cattle over 30 months old
- EDITORIAL: The industry must regain its sense of collective action
- Province gives money to fight blue-green algae
- FARM PROPERTY TAXES
- Quebec cheesemakers recognized for their excellence
- Sweet pearl millet for ethanol and fodder
- Made-to-m easure t raining for p roducers
- A new year begins when feeder calves arrive in the feedlot
- Sheep producers: solutions that will save you time!
Septembre, 2007
- EDITORIAL: Public Policy Making 101
- QFA urges CAAAQ to pave the way for a bright er future
- Harper stands up for supply management
- New agriculture minister knows the field
- Don’t skimp on the first meal!
- United front against COOL
- Feeder calves: specialized auctions have begun
- Public conference on food sovereignty
- Harper won’t budge on supply management
- EDITORIAL: An outstretched hand
- NAFTA: reducing trade obstacles for pork
- Recycling farm plastics is catching on
- Secret negotiations for milk ingredients
- Panel rulings will be binding on internal trade
- Perhaps you are a beef farmer and you need to take a complete inventory of your cattle. Or you may be a sheep producer who must do numerous weighing and you own an electronic scale.
- Sweet pearl millet for ethanol and fodder
- Resilience
Juillet/Aout, 2007
- What’s in a catchphrase?
- Quebec producer’s BSE class-action suit will be heard
- Sherbrooke Market brings back the old in a new way
- Pinning the tail on the supply management donkey
- DEVOTION TO DAIRY
- Five crucial weeks for supply management
- Quebec wants positive results at WTO
- An increase of 24 million pounds of maple syrup quota
- Quebec won’t budge on yellow margarine
- Agriculture in the Gaspésie-Les-Îles region
- EDITORIAL: Can Canada follow Norway and Iceland at the WTO?
- Canada’s BSE regulations more strict than the U.S.
- The Charest government sticks to plans made for Autoroute 30
- Autoroute 30 “a major slap in the face,” says Mario Dumont
- Measures that focus on quality
- Bio fuels and SRM: f or a sustainable global solution.
- Managing your alfalfa cuts: how to combine productivity with longevity
Juin, 2007
- G rains are food, not fuel
- Census tells Canada what farmers already know
- Pontiac feedlot operator thinks big
- Supply management a “ reasonable sacrifice ” ?
- A legacy of lamb farming in the Eastern Townships
- EDITORIAL: Choosing the right label
- Million dollar fine for out-of-province syrup buyers
- Supply management at risk, even if WTO talks fail
- Dairy producers continue to fight milk ingredients
- Little talk of agriculture, some talk of forestry
- Charlevoix lamb will soon have it’s own appellation
- Auditor general finds that producers waited a long time
- Farm property taxes
- Quebec products at Longo’s in Ontario
- Is heating my sugarhouse floor feasible?
- Sweet pearl millet for ethanol and fodder
- SRM: collateral damage resulting from new regulations
- SRM: Farmers’ responsibilities
Mai, 2007
- EDITORIAL: QFA EDITORIAL
- Canada puts more money into biofuels
- Former QFA president starts politics in good company
- A new provincial minister of agriculture
- When should you start grazing and ‘training’ your grass?
- Commission on the Future of Agriculture hears from producers in Estrie
- UPA approves of new cabinet
- Chocolate milk imports a disturbing trend
- Turkey production: industry keeps growing
- Editorial
- Milk quota ceiling price will be $25,000 in 30 months
- All slaughterhouses have signed cull agreement
- Poultry producers: import increase is unacceptable
- New feathers
- Beef producers steer the course at AGM
- A herd update is important for cow-calf producers!
- Agri-tourism: is it for you?
- Aim for flavour and you’re sure to please!
Avril, 2007
- EDITORIAL: QFA Editorial:
- Rural Quebec votes against Liberals
- Farming on the rugged North Shore
- Gambling or grazing?
- Montérégie: a powerhouse for Quebec agri-food
- Conservatives promise one billion for agriculture
- Ottawa increases the exemption on capital gains
- A light at the end of the tunnel
- A good crop of farm-oriented MNAs
- Kamouraska: farm syndicalists set the facts straight
- A shortage of organic maple syrup
- The UPA and market gardeners get involved
- Minority government not a bad thing for rural areas
- Farmers strongly opposed to pipeline corridor
- Variable taxation option remains unused
- Vaccination program a must for cow-calf operators
Mars, 2007
- EDITORIAL: QFA Editorial:
- Future of agriculture commission on hold for Quebec election
- Advocate readership survey a great success!
- Transport hay—there’s rules to follow
- Making the most of every day
- The Conservatives’ Big Cheese
- Grass-based food is the natural way, says Utah nutritionist
- Employees accept Olymel’s offer
- Vallée-Jonction plant will stay, says Olymel
- Discounts and milk ingredients under the gun
- Canadian agriculture policy: Canadian products are a must
- Ottawa responds dairy producers’ wishes
- CAAAQ: farmers demand changes
- Budget: Quebec eliminates tax on capital
- EDITORIAL: What if we did have a choice?
- 25 th a nniversary of the Joint P lan
- Want to save time on your reports? ATQ has solutions for you!
Février, 2007
- EDITORIAL: QFA EDITORIAL :
- Strahl relaxes imports and criticizes farm bill
- Mad cow disease strikes again
- Farming the tradition on Calumet Island
- On the Good Ship Conservative
- Ross and Alleda Nixon: a Townships V alentine
- Gaspé f arm develops fish compost
- Transport hay—there’s rules to follow
- Drumondville’s Billette abattoir begins restructuring
- Land-use plans must be revised soon
- EDITORIAL: A wager on the future…of agriculture
- What direction will the Farm Bill take?
- Last fall’s feeder calf prices lower than 2005
- A c oordination c ouncil for market gardeners
- Will the Doha round get back on track in 2007?
- Workers still say no to Olymel
- Vaccination protocol changes for feeder calves
- Municipal services tax account and property tax supplements issued in mid-2006
- Credit on 2007 municipal taxes
- Farm property taxes―Mission Accomplished!
Janvier, 2007
- EDITORIAL: QFA EDITORIAL
- U.S. looking to lift ban on older cattle imports
- QFA discusses English-language services with La Financière Agricole
- Time to be heard!
- Times they are a-changing
- Africa is capable of feeding its people
- Outaouais region participates in Meritas PATBQ 2006
- Something new in the b ull t est s tations of the Outaouais and Quebec
- Vallières and Strahl are back to square one
- One year of marketing beef by the carcass
- Dairy producers satisfied with increased support price
- Private bush lots are not out of the woods
- Fruit and vegetable l abelling becomes a big issue
- Harper keeps his promise on Mirabel farmland
- Producing pork and grain: why is it cheaper in the U.S.?
- Pork industry at a crossroads
- The return of rural letter carriers !
Decembre, 2006
- QFA Editorial:
- Alpacas of the Eastern Townships
- More cash for beef co-ops
- UPA and FQM want tighter guidelines on wind power development
- UPA’s 82 nd Annual Congress
- 30 barrels of oil—or switchgrass?
- Few promises from Chuck Strahl
- It’s better to raise cattle in Quebec!
- UPA supports the FPLQ on quota holdbacks
- Golden nematodes: farmers wait before destroying their crop
- Opposition to permanent snowmobile trails
- “Be careful with our agriculture!”
- How is your forage quality?
- Ovine tag pilot project—conclusions of the final report
Novembre, 2006
- EDITORIAL: QFA EDITORIAL :
- QFA board members change
- AgVision TV host delights QFA members
- Ayer’s Cliff QFA has a new president
- QFA plans for the future
- A major drop in the farm-income index
- Liberalization of trade for specific grains at CWB
- EDITORIAL: Autoroute 30—going the wrong way!
- The UPA faces the federal finance committee
- Ten-metre buffer strips approved in Nicolet-Yamaska
- Quebec insures the Oka Abbey will stay agricultural
- A year of change in Outaouais-Laurentindes
- Pork federation requests a one-year suspension
- The FPLQ rethinks its position on quota holdbacks
- The UPA and Ultramar reach an agreement on Lévis pipeline
- Traceability of food products: Quebec has the expertise!
- The 2006 census of etablished young farmers is underway
Octobre, 2006
- Bouchard hired to “bloc” pork producers
- Abitibi forestry workers left out in the cold
- Farm Tips & Tools
- Eastern Townships farmers beware of giant wolves
- Planning the family—and the family farm—for the next generation
- Commission on the Future of Agriculture
- No progress on agriculture at WTO public forum
- DEALING WITH STRESS IN FARMING
- The Canadian Wheat Board could lose supply management
- Only MRCs have the right to expropriate for snowmobile trails
- Income Stabilization—Harper and Strahl to be flooded with postcards
- Farm income crisis is up-staged by windmills at Saint-Hyacinthe UPA
- Is Ottawa giving Quebec its fair share?
- EDITORIAL: A change of tone
- Challenging words at Agricultural Credit confederation
- Shawville Fair
- Sheep pilot project—mid-term results
- ATQ briefs
- A complete package of advisory services!
Septembre, 2006
- FPLQ to loan 10 kilos of quota to new recruits
- Canadian fruits and vegetables accused of terrorism
- EDITORIAL: Laurent Pellerin
- A better control over egg surpluses
- Federal and provincial ministries agree on nematode problem
- Nematodes under close scrutiny
- Pork prices: the FPPQ denounces slaughterhouses
- Farm income on the decline
- Long-awaited truce in sight on maple syrup
- Dairy substitutes—supply management’s Trojan Horse?
- “Ear tag retention” pilot project: some very interesting results!
- An effective measure for monitoring avian influenza
- N ew farm property tax credit p rogram
- A CD-ROM on the environmental management of cow-calf operations
- The Outaouais Advisory Network prepares for “launching”
- Extra hunting on whitetail deer
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EDITORIAL: Forget food—produce energy!
Oil: $100/ Barrel, Gas: $2/ litre, Electricity: $1/kilowatt---HOORAY!!!
Gib Drury
Juillet/Aout, 2006
- EDITORIAL: Where do they get their information?
- Federal government renews support for QFA
- WTO talks fail in Geneva
- Conservatives send farmers back to school for the fall
- Rivière-du-Loup wind power project in question
- A $550 million “welfare program”
- Organic meat producers want more exposure
- Research labs are a necessity, say federations
- CFA demands a long-term agriculture policy
- The Harper government injects $11 million into biofuels
- A good year for apples!
- Who’s “picking” the apple profits?
- A new slaughterhouse for Bécancour in December
- Kilometres of windbreaks planted in the Outaouais
- Notice of Request for dissolution
- Less costs and less worries in Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Juin, 2006
- EDITORIAL: Farmers—the eternal optimists
- UPA continues to call for compensations
- Federal cash promised to Canada’s farmers
- EDITORIAL: The Table filière — renewed momentum
- For the UPA—satisfaction, mixed with worry about taxation
- Trees to link economy and ecology together
- Are mailboxes on the road to extinction?
- The UPA rebuilds bridges with municipalities
- Wind power: “It’s total anarchy.”
- “Our joint plans are necessary more than ever,” says wood producers’ president
- The head of the WTO puts pressure on Canada
- Recycling or disposing of animal carcasses
- Protecting our agricultural heritage
- Are your cattle still drinking from the stream? Don’t wait.
- Successful achievements for private woodlots
Mai, 2006
- EDITORIAL: A short history of subsidies and supply management
- FCC Business Planning Awards set young farmers on the right track
- WTO leaders can only agree to disagree
- Escorts required for large farm vehicles
- Pellerin challenges government to act on dairy imports
- Special category for milk concentrates a “stupid” suggestion
- Private wood producers want to keep supply rights
- Wood producers’ federation concerned about financing work
- “Zero for Quebec” in federal budget, says Pellerin
- No harm caused by American corn
- The growth of organic farming in the Outaouais
- Subscribe now to MAPAQ’s early-warning network!
- Make way for reserved designations and added-value claims
- Reminder! 2006-2007 property taxes
- Agricultural leaders appeal to the Prime Minister
Avril, 2006
- Farmers speak to Ottawa with one voice
- Another world of farming
- Stand and be counted: the 2006 Census of Agriculture
- EDITORIAL: Patience has its limits!
- Wood federation must increase its fees
- Apple producers meet with Vallières
- Agricultural product exporters are worried
- Milk producers again reject a price ceiling of $26,000
- Municipalities are still taking the government to the cleaners, says Pellerin
- Another milk quota cut expected
- Private woodlot owners can now carry forward their tax on income over four years
- Good news for private woodlot owners, says wood producers’ president
Mars, 2006
- Quebec is free from bird flu—for now
- QFA member profile: Michael Knight
- QFA across Quebec
- Snowmobiles and ATVs
- Annual meeting of the CFA
- EDITORIAL: A proud heritage
- Quebec will advance $42 million in April.
- FPMQ elects its first female president
- Market gardeners federation sends out a cry for help
- A breeze of optimism for farmers at Mirabel
- The Conservatives considering retrocession on Mirabel land
- “A law with some teeth” for protected appellations
Février, 2006
- EDITORIAL: Editorial
- UPA International Development seeks to help rural families across the globe
- Going against the grain
- QFA receives funding from Canadian Heritage
- Highlights of UPA General Council meeting
- “No need to worry” about BSE case, say officials
- Farmers aren’t scared of Conservatives
- Overestimated reimbursement for U.S. corn
- Not everyone is happy with RMAQ’s egg exchange program
- Quebec still hasn’t chosen a date for meeting on private forests
- Eleven Gaspé residents asking for syrup quotas
- Beekeepers feel stung by imported honey
- Pork producers’ president: “We are going through an unprecedented crisis”
- Farm Safety Week will target silos
- Warning: Silo use can be hazardous to your health
- EDITORIAL: We go further together
Janvier, 2006
- EDITORIAL: Editorial
- Putting down community roots
- Producers finally get their fair share
- EDITORIAL: Peace in the countryside
- The Doha round survives and supply management is saved– for now
- A win-win solution for farm taxation
- An acceptable compromise on farmland taxation
- $75 surcharge per tonne on American corn
- Corn market is looking for new balance
- Will the CDC keep its promise?
- A good example of cooperative zoning
- Pork moratorium lifted
Decembre, 2005
- EDITORIAL: Tax Revolt – Gandhi Style
- “Nothing comes on its own” says Pellerin
- The QFA on its way—annual general meeting 2005
- Field storage of solid manure still in the spotlight
- Unequivocal support for corn producers
- Bob Friesen demanding a farm bill to stop the income crisis
- $755 million for the grain sector
- The UPA’s 81 st General Congress
- Quebec’s Minister of Agriculture questioned about farmland protection
- Guaranteed volumes for poultry also apply to Lilydale
- A win-win agreement for the Colbex-Levinoff abattoir
Novembre, 2005
- EDITORIAL: Gut Feelings
- Environmental regulations tighten for producers
- Will Canada sacrifice supply management at the World Trade Organization?
- Certification to be ahead of standards for Boeuf Qualité Plus
- Information tour about the purchase of the Colbex abattoir for beef producers
- EDITORIAL: Patience has its limits
- Lower Saint-Lawrence deplores the lack of support to private forests in regional plans
- The Financière agricole will help support syrup inventory
- Single desk for cull cows worries abattoirs
- Windmills run into trouble at the Lower Saint-Lawrence AGM
- No systematic blocking of snowmobile trails in the Outaouais-Laurentides
- WTO agreement before December looks doubtful
Octobre, 2005
- EDITORIAL: “Oh, What a Feeling” – Co-operation
- The UPA proposes a two per cent annual indexation for the 2005-2010 financing plan
- Debate still rages over dairy terms
- Princeville must lower the tax evaluation of a sheep breeder
- From Disneyworld to Hong Kong
- Back to normal for feeder calves in specialized auctions
- Generalized protest movement against the expansion of Highway 30
- Producers could take leadership in riparian buffer strips
- $600 per hectare to develop shores
- Terroir must be reserved for geographical tradenames according to the UPA
- Concentration of abattoirs a strong trend
Septembre, 2005
- Slaughterhouse and processing plant in motion
- 31-month-old cow causes uproar in the US
- A corn war would hurt Quebec producers
- Farm taxation: Blocking trails is not out of the question
- Public hearings on expansion of Highway 30
- Maple syrup: an authorized buyer caught red-handed
- No illegal entry for yellow margarine in Quebec
- A new MAPAQ form for the floor price of cull cows
- EDITORIAL: This fall is the last hope for municipal taxation
- Wheat sales agency getting organized
Juillet/Aout, 2005
- EDITORIAL: Editorial
- R-CALF wants back in the courts
- Yellow margarine could spread into Quebec
- Concentration requires efficient regulation on the price of milk
- Progressive return to North American prices after embargo lift
- Farm income in 2004: some relief for tired producers
- The agreement is signed on food wheat
- Cash crop producers prepare for war on municipal taxation
- The CFA and producers are asking for a true partnership
- Closing of Smurfit-Stone mill has devastating impact
- $55 million for the beef sector