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Landowner loses bid to shift drainage costs to Highway 401
May 17th, 2012

An Oxford County farmer asked the Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Appeal Tribunal to increase the assessment of drainage costs to the Ontario Ministry of Transportation related to a widening of Highway 401.  An engineer's report had been prepared for various improvements to the Laister... Read more »

NEB: Independence of the Regulator - The Canadian Story
May 16th, 2012

In a speech to the World Forum on Energy Regulation, Gaetan Caron, Chair and CEO of the National Energy Board (NEB) had this to about the independence of the NEB from industry: The easiest topic to cover in my presentation is that of independence from the industry we regulate. The Board and its st... Read more »

Soybean quality dispute goes to Ontario Court of Appeal
May 11th, 2012

The Court of Appeal for Ontario recently released a decision in a case involving a Chatham area farm operation and Thompsons Limited related to quality grading of soybeans.  For more than two decades, the farm operation, "Triple P", had purchased crop inputs from Thompsons and Thompsons ha... Read more »

$16,000 Fine for Keeping Cattle and Manure in Hay Storage Structure
May 8th, 2012

Ontario Ministry of the Environment Press Release: Thames Sales Yard Ltd And Thomas Vanrabaeys Fined $16,000 For Manure Management Violations LONDON - On November 17, 2011, Thames Sales Yard Ltd. was convicted of two violations under the Nutrient Management Act for keeping cattle and manure in... Read more »

Is clearing of trees a normal farm practice?
April 27th, 2012

The Supreme Court of British Columbia is going to be dealing with the question of whether a farmer can be restrained from clearing trees on his property in spite of normal farm practices legislation.  A B.C. farmer purchased a Nanaimo property in 2006.  In December, 2005, the Regional Dist... Read more »

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