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A vineyard at Naramata in B.C.’s Okanagan Valley. (File photo by Dave Bedard)

B.C. again waives ag income threshold for farm properties

Some farms otherwise risked property tax reclassification

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News June 19, 2021

British Columbia farmers who’ve taken pandemic-induced losses in farm income will be able to keep their farm properties classified as such for another tax year. The province on Monday announced that for the second year running, it will waive the minimum farm income thresholds normally required for B.C. properties to be classified as farms for […] Read more

Agricultural workers gather on Dec. 2, 2020, whilst blocking the Panamericana Sur highway at Villacuri, Peru, during a protest over a long-standing but controversial agrarian law. (Photo: Reuters/Sebastian Castaneda)

Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Reuters

Peru farm protests grip country, turn deadly

'There are no harvests, there is nothing'

By Maria Cervantes, GFM Network News December 3, 2020

Lima | Reuters — Protests by farm workers demanding better wages in Peru raged on for a fourth day Thursday, spreading north into key agricultural areas of the Andean nation, derailing harvests of some crops, snarling transport of produce and leaving at least one dead. Peruvian interim President Francisco Sagasti called the death of a […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Ontario investigating 17 temp agencies after virus outbreaks on farms

"We stand firm against exploitation in our province"

By Allison Martell, Rod Nickel, GFM Network News July 3, 2020

Toronto/Winnipeg | Reuters — Ontario is investigating 17 temporary recruitment agencies, the province’s labour ministry said, after health officials warned that agencies that move workers from farm to farm could be contributing to COVID-19 outbreaks. Canadian farms rely on some 60,000 people who come to Canada on temporary work permits every year, typically living and […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Cow-Calf, Features

Home for the winter at Morsan Farms

By Debbie Furber December 29, 2017

The three-mile stroll down a country road shortly after sunup on a crisp morning in late October went off as planned and the trail of silage from the feed wagon enticed the group of 700 cows straight into the stubble field where they will spend the winter. It was a good start to the day […] Read more

Cow-Calf, News, News Roundup

Eastern beef research facilities get an upgrade

Research: News Roundup from the August 2017 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff August 28, 2017

A $15.5 million injection into the University of Guelph’s Elora research farm is expected to produce a world-leading beef research facility. Meat science researcher and nutritionist Dr. Ira Mandel says the new facility will allow the university to amalgamate the beef research herds from New Liskeard and Guelph. “We’re going to have a much larger […] Read more

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B.C. again waives ag income threshold for farm properties

Peru farm protests grip country, turn deadly

Ontario investigating 17 temp agencies after virus outbreaks on farms

Home for the winter at Morsan Farms

Eastern beef research facilities get an upgrade

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