Urban Cowboy
Owen Roberts
Monthly Archives: May 2009
Income report is Ontario farmers’ biggest public relations challenge
Rising income will be farmers’ biggest challenge in attracting concessions from all levels of government. Within days of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture issuing a statement about farmers’ economic struggles and frustrations, Statistics Canada released its 2008 farm income report … Continue reading
Big boost from Ottawa for young speakers’ program
Friday afternoon from the national 4-H annual conference in PEI came an announcement that Ottawa was giving $3 million-plus to the Canadian 4-H Council. That’s great news for 4-H, as well as for the Canadian Young Speakers for Agriculture (CYSA) … Continue reading
Summer of discontent shaping up for farmers
The Ontario Federation of Agriculture is threatening more protests if farmers’ concerns continue being ignored. I write about their grievances in this week’s Urban Cowboy column in the Guelph Mercury. We continue to look to agriculture to pull us out … Continue reading
