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Western corn rootworm larvae. (Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Ontario court rejects grower appeal on neonic rules

The group representing Ontario’s corn and soybean growers, seeking a stay on the province’s new restrictions for use of neonicotinoid seed treatments, won’t get its wish from the provincial Court of Appeal. The appeal court on Wednesday dismissed a March 9 application from Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) seeking an interpretation of the province’s new […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Soybeans

Court rejects Ont. growers’ bid for stay on neonic regs

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff October 23, 2015

The association for Ontario corn and soybean growers is “evaluating several options” after its request for a stay of the province’s new limits on neonicotinoid seed treatments was rejected. The Ontario Superior Court denied the request from Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) for a stay and interpretation on the neonic regulations, which became law in […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Soybeans

Ont. farmers file for stay of province’s neonic regs

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff June 29, 2015

Ontario’s corn and soybean grower group is taking the province’s planned regulations on the use and sale of pesticide-treated seed to court. Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) said Monday it filed a request late last week with the provincial Superior Court of Justice in Toronto, seeking a legal “interpretation” of the province’s rules on neonicotinoid-treated […] Read more

Grain Farmers of Ontario chair Mark Brock speaks with media Friday on the front lawn of MPP Deb Matthews’ riding office in London, Ont. (Ralph Pearce photo)

Corn, Crops, Soybeans

Pearce: GFO goes informative rather than inflammatory

By Ralph Pearce June 1, 2015

It’s not that farmers in Ontario aren’t frustrated and angry concerning legislation aimed at curbing the use of neonicotinoid seed treatments. They are. However, during a protest Friday in front of Ontario Deputy Premier Deb Matthews’ riding office in London, executives with the Grain Farmers of Ontario and roughly 35 farmers took a more proactive […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Soybeans

Neonic rules ‘unworkable’ for Ont. corn, soy growers

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 9, 2015

Ontario’s planned regulation to limit the use of neonicotinoid seed treatments might as well be a ban from where the organization sits representing the province’s corn and soy producers. After reviewing the draft regulation, which provincial officials posted March 23 for public comment until May 7, Grain Farmers of Ontario said Thursday it “strongly opposes […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Soybeans

Ont. ag minister to review GFO proposal on bee health, neonics

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 13, 2015

Ontario corn and soybean growers have secured a meeting with the provincial ag minister on the farmers’ proposed Plan B to balance crop pest control against bee health. Grain Farmers of Ontario said Thursday its representatives will meet March 26 with Agriculture Minister Jeff Leal to discuss the proposals laid out in GFO’s Ontario Pollinator […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Oats

Ont. oat, barley growers approve GFO entry

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 5, 2015

Ontario’s barley and oat growers have voted just over three-quarters in favour of representation by the province’s wheat, corn and soybean growers’ organization. Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) confirmed Monday that eligible growers voted 77 per cent in favour of the move in a November vote conducted by the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission. GFO […] Read more

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Ontario court rejects grower appeal on neonic rules

Court rejects Ont. growers’ bid for stay on neonic regs

Ont. farmers file for stay of province’s neonic regs

Pearce: GFO goes informative rather than inflammatory

Neonic rules ‘unworkable’ for Ont. corn, soy growers

Ont. ag minister to review GFO proposal on bee health, neonics

Ont. oat, barley growers approve GFO entry

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