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Walter Gimbel has seen grain prices plunge but he has faith that he'll survive
Walter Gimbel has seen grain prices plunge but he has faith that he'll survive

Walter Gimbel has seen grain prices plunge but he has faith that he'll survive

Date12/1/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: Walter Gimbel has seen grain prices plunge but he has faith that he'll survive.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0023134F
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Food prices have been increasing rapidly in recent months and consumers will have to pay even more in the future, Ontario farmers warn. Joe Alexander,(...)
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Like his grandfather, Brampton's Bill Brander raises cattle and grows grain on family acres, ignoring factories edging property
Like his grandfather, Brampton's Bill Brander raises cattle and grows grain on family acres, ignoring factories edging property
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Wheat farmer Joseph Rennick glumly stalks snow-covered railway track running alongside elevators bursting with grain that no one wants to buy. After 3(...)
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Jim Hewson says his father's farm might as well be used for housing because soil quality has been depleted by tenant farmers
Jim Hewson says his father's farm might as well be used for housing because soil quality has been depleted by tenant farmers
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One who made it: A former trophy manufacturer, Doug Long moved to a Mono Mills farm 12 years ago to raise Black Angus, 'I've seen a lot of guys go belly up, he says
One who made it: A former trophy manufacturer, Doug Long moved to a Mono Mills farm 12 years ago to raise Black Angus, 'I've seen a lot of guys go belly up, he says
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Paying the price
Paying the price
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Why shouldn't we be allowed to sell our land to whoever pays the best price? ask Jerry and Jackie Utter, of Stoney Creek. They're angered by the provi(...)
Why shouldn't we be allowed to sell our land to whoever pays the best price? ask Jerry and Jackie Utter, of Stoney Creek. They're angered by the provi(...)
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