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Ontario and Africa: Ontario farmers are suffering from the world battle over agricultural subsidies while Mozambicans struggle to feed themselves
Ontario and Africa: Ontario farmers are suffering from the world battle over agricultural subsidies while Mozambicans struggle to feed themselves

Ontario and Africa: Ontario farmers are suffering from the world battle over agricultural subsidies while Mozambicans struggle to feed themselves

Date4/23/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: Ontario and Africa: Ontario farmers are suffering from the world battle over agricultural subsidies while Mozambicans struggle to feed themselves.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0006436F
Rich soil, poor farmers: Although southwestern Ontario's comfields seem to stretch endlessly, some farmers say they are often tempted just to walk away from their upprofitable livelihood
Rich soil, poor farmers: Although southwestern Ontario's comfields seem to stretch endlessly, some farmers say they are often tempted just to walk away from their upprofitable livelihood
9/17/1974
PM tightwalks. Low bidders: About 500 farmers took over a farm-liquidation auction near Palmerston. They conducted the auction themselves and bought about $100,000 worth of equipment for $19.81
PM tightwalks. Low bidders: About 500 farmers took over a farm-liquidation auction near Palmerston. They conducted the auction themselves and bought about $100,000 worth of equipment for $19.81
2/9/1983
Uneven increase: Dairy farmers have seen stable income growth, while others have done variously better or worse than Ontario's average 13 percent hike in realized farm net income
Uneven increase: Dairy farmers have seen stable income growth, while others have done variously better or worse than Ontario's average 13 percent hike in realized farm net income
2/1/1983
Railway subsidies boodle : how the Tory government supports its supporters
Railway subsidies boodle : how the Tory government supports its supporters
1887
Rich Loopholes: Law professor Neil Brooks says tax subsidies for business meals, lobbying and advertising cost the government billions in revenue each year.
Rich Loopholes: Law professor Neil Brooks says tax subsidies for business meals, lobbying and advertising cost the government billions in revenue each year.
3/13/1991
Cheaper cars: Mel Stein, president of AHA, says it's his state-of-the-art Brampton plant, not subsidies, that allows him to sell strech limousines more cheeply than his U
Cheaper cars: Mel Stein, president of AHA, says it's his state-of-the-art Brampton plant, not subsidies, that allows him to sell strech limousines more cheeply than his U
9/20/1989
Jack Riddell: Agriculture minister wants provinces to be tough on subsidies
Jack Riddell: Agriculture minister wants provinces to be tough on subsidies
7/2/1985
The farmer's boy
The farmer's boy
1881
Grinding their Grain into a gray flour they call Perdue porridge, farmers in the east-central Saskatchewan community of Perdue yesterday work with a j(...)
Grinding their Grain into a gray flour they call Perdue porridge, farmers in the east-central Saskatchewan community of Perdue yesterday work with a j(...)
2/23/1970
Farmers want to be assured they can earn living, says writer Margaret Weiers
Farmers want to be assured they can earn living, says writer Margaret Weiers
8/18/1976
Horse power: Because of the shortage of mechanical parts and the lack of availability of machines themselves, many Polish farmers still use the horse and cart for much of their work
Horse power: Because of the shortage of mechanical parts and the lack of availability of machines themselves, many Polish farmers still use the horse and cart for much of their work
8/24/1981
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,(...)
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,(...)
5/30/1974