A group of 12 farmers were fined for crossing the border without proper export documents when they delivered grain into the United States July 10, 1996. They were each fined $2,500 last week for removing vehicles that had been seized by Canada Customs. Nine farmers from that group were also fined $5,000 each for failing […] Read more
Stories by Kevin Miller
Banned BST in Canada: MP
The dairy growth hormone bovine somatotropin is being imported by some individual dairy producers even though it has not been licensed for use in Canada, a Bloc QuŽbecois MP alleged last week. Jean-Guy ChrŽtien, BQ agriculture spokesperson, said the border is porous and the product flows in from the United States, where BST has been […] Read more
