CHESTERVILLE—In spite of difficult economic times local Farm Credit Canada staff were able to collect almost 20,000 pounds of food to fight rural hunger in SD&G Prescott-Russell and Grenville County communities.
KEMPTVILLE – The Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario has invited Glen Rabenberg to be the keynote speaker at the EFAO’s Annual General Meeting at the Branch Restaurant, Clothier St., Kemptville, at 10 a.m. Sat., Nov. 14.
HARROWSMITH - Following a busy and successful year of support for farmers and aspiring farmers, the National Farmers Union New Farm Project will hold its second annual Fall Gathering, Sat., Nov. 21.
Friday, October 23, was a big day for the Nyentap family at Marvellane Farms.
NORTH STORMONT - A 43-year-old Cornwall man has been charged with careless driving after his 1997 GMC pickup truck collided head-on with a passenger vehicle while trying to pass a farm tractor on Highway 138 Wed., Oct. 28. The accident left one person dead and five injured.
MILLBROOK – It was cold, raining, and blustery Friday evening, October 23rd, but that didn’t stop the sixty plus people from making their way to 400 Stewart Line, where the Stewart Barn is located.
OTTAWA - The first tender for the Hog Farm Transition Program, originally scheduled for Oct. 28, will be delayed until Nov. 4. The $75-million program is funded by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and administered by the Canadian Pork Council.
CHESTERVILLE - Several hundred additional dead cattle seem to be disappearing without a trace each month, as the province’s two largest deadstock haulers are reporting a substantial decline in bovine carcasses picked up from Ontario farms.
CHESTERVILLE — Hand-held microphones haven’t been pried from the fingers of truckers, farmers and even amateur enthusiasts who chat over old-fashioned two-way and CB radios while behind the wheel. At least not quite yet.
INKERMAN -Skeletal steel girders are rising behind the wooden 1950s-era feed mill here, as the operators have recently begun a near-total rebuild of the facility over the next 18 months.
GUELPH - Two SD&G club members are the winners of the "Design 4-H Ontario’s Holiday Greetings" Contest. Sydney DeVries, 12, of Finch, who most recently participated in the Avonmore Achievers 4-H Calf Club is the winner of the contest’s junior division (right).