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PED ON THE WANE IN ONTARIO . . . FARM EQUIPMENT AUCTION . . . INVITATION TO ATTEND FARMERS’ MARKET SPECIAL EVENT . . . FRACKING PANEL TO INCLUDE LAW EXPERT

PED ON THE WANE IN ONTARIO
Source: Better Farming
Despite having the most confirmed cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea of any province in Canada, Ontario is gradually winning the battle against the piglet-killing disease, says the provinces’s deputy chief veterinarian. (read more)

FARM EQUIPMENT AUCTION
Source: NSFA
Retirement auction for Bonnie Sutherland (River John Holsteins), Friday May 9, at 12 noon. Selling all equipment including: late model John Deere tractors, hay/forage equipment, tillage, barn equipment, tools, etc. For a complete auction listing in the coming days (items will be added daily), or to register for live internet bidding please go to the Jardine Auctioneers website. (read more)

INVITATION TO ATTEND FARMERS’ MARKET SPECIAL EVENT
Source: ThinkFarm
Please accept this invitation to attend Cultivating Economy, a celebratory event and the official release of the 2013 Nova Scotia Farmers’ Market Economic Impact Study. Hosted by Farmers’ Markets of Nova Scotia on Thursday, May 22, 9:30am in the Upper Courtyard of the Brewery Building (1496 Lower Water Street, Halifax). (read more)

FRACKING PANEL TO INCLUDE LAW EXPERT
Source: The Chronicle Herald
Nova Scotia’s Hydraulic Fracturing Review Expert Panel is adding a legal expert. A release from panel chairman David Wheeler, the president of Cape Breton University, said the decision comes following feedback from stakeholders and subsequent discussion by the panel. Constance MacIntosh, the director of Dalhousie University’s Health Law Institute and an associate professor with the Schulich School of Law at Dal, joins the panel. (read more)