Ontario votes: No riding will be hit harder than this one by 25% Trump tariffs

Ontario votes: No riding will be hit harder than this one by 25% Trump tariffs
London Free Press
Voters in a Southwestern Ontario riding reliant on both the auto and farming industries, say tariffs are on their mind.
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Peavey Mart: Why a 90-store farm retail chain is disappearing

Peavey Mart: Why a 90-store farm retail chain is disappearing
London Free Press
The company’s sudden announcement begs the question: What is happening in the farm retail sector across the country?
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Bird flu hits seven London-area farms, 1 million birds impacted: Agency

London Free Press
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) reports seven commercial poultry locations in Southwestern Ontario have been affected by a highly contagious avian influenza since Dec. 14. Worry about bird flu has been ramping up because of a B.C. teen’s recent case and the spread of the virus to dairy herds in the United States. WHAT […]
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Drummond Island quarry to receive $10 million for upgrades

Interlochen Public Radio
A limestone quarry on Drummond Island in the eastern Upper Peninsula is receiving $10 million in federal funding to upgrade its operations.
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Brothers donate part of 150-year family farm to conservation agency

London Free Press
A family whose Elgin County farm goes back 150 years has donated part of the land to a conservation authority facing environmental challenges.
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Deep Breathe is one of about a dozen London and area industries to get funding from the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, each getting a share of $240,000 to use on innovation,

London Free Press
A London company developing technology that uses ultrasound to detect lung issues is now looking to use that same technology to detect internal bleeding, said Rob Arntfield, Deep Breathe chief executive and founder. Deep Breathe is one of about a dozen London and area industries to get funding from the
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Taking care

Interlochen Public Radio
Michigan is the Great Lakes state as you know. So naturally we have a lot of wetlands as well. They filter water, and mitigate flooding. But human activity, including large-scale farming, has greatly reduced them over the years. What might Congress do about that? Also, efforts here in northern Michigan
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Protection of wetlands could come down to farmers, says a new report

Interlochen Public Radio
Industrial agriculture in the Upper Midwest has been a driving force behind wetland loss. The farm bill might hold a solution.
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Farmer spent decades nurturing rare Carolinian forest, then gave it away

London Free Press
Some people count sheep to help them fall asleep. Paul DeCloet counts trees.
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OPP seek driver after rollover crash that flattened vehicle

London Free Press
Romayne Smith Fullerton was walking her dog with a friend in a wildlife preserve southwest of St. Thomas Tuesday morning when she heard an “enormous thump.”
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Mahon: A half century of secret farmland investor rumours

The Lucknow Sentinel
Whether there is old money from Europe, family or institutional, or whether it is someone growing through luck or leverage, whether it is money laundering or a distant pension plan, the rumours have always persisted, absent any real documentation
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Pearson: Self-sufficiency in food would do Canada good

London Free Press
When it comes to food and its cost, Canada is in a world of hurt.
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