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Ag ministers withdraw AgriStability reference margin limit

Mar. 25, 2021 at 5:25 pm CDT

In a move expected to provide $95 million in additional farm support per year, Canada’s ag ministers have agreed to remove the reference margin limit from the AgriStability farm income stabilization program. “That’s it! The ‘reference margin limit’ of the #AgriStability program is over! And it will be retroactive to […]

Provinces’ feet held to fire on AgriStability

Jan. 19, 2021 at 6:09 pm CST

By Allan Dawson

Ontario draws new legal lines against on-farm trespass

Dec. 2, 2019 at 8:14 pm CST

By GFM Staff

Juror urges judge to uphold US$80M Roundup verdict

Jul. 9, 2019 at 1:41 am CDT

By Tina Bellon

Judge to slash US$80 million Roundup jury verdict

Jul. 2, 2019 at 9:22 pm CDT

By Tina Bellon

U.S. jury says Bayer must pay $80 million to man in Roundup cancer trial

Mar. 28, 2019 at 4:04 pm CDT

San Francisco/New York | Reuters –– A U.S. jury on Wednesday awarded US$80 million to a man who claimed his use of Bayer’s glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup caused his cancer, in the latest legal setback for the company facing thousands of similar lawsuits. The jury in San Francisco federal court said […]

By Alexandria Sage Tina Bellon

Second U.S. jury finds Bayer’s Roundup caused cancer

Mar. 19, 2019 at 4:47 pm CDT

Reuters — A U.S. jury on Tuesday found Bayer’s glyphosate-based Roundup herbicide caused cancer, a blow to the company eight months after another jury issued a US$289 million verdict over similar claims in a different case. Tuesday’s unanimous jury decision in San Francisco federal court, which came after five days […]

By Jim Christie Tina Bellon

Ontario plugs holes in wildlife compensation plan

Sep. 12, 2018 at 4:59 am CDT

Ontario’s agriculture ministry has patched a glitch in its wildlife damage compensation program, in which farmers’ claims risked rejection over the validity of their farm business registrations. “We heard livestock farmers’ concerns with the program so we’re making the first changes effective immediately,” Agriculture Minister Ernie Hardeman said in a […]