Archive for February 6th, 2010
Is Quail Farming Right for You?
Image: Larry Hamrin, Flickr.com
Could quail be the next bird you raise on your farm? Long popular in Europe, quail is gaining ground in North America. Not enough so that you’ll see large-scale production of it that way you do with chickens, but just enough to make it a bit of a lucrative hobby. If you’re [...]
New Wind Farm in Western Ontario
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Manulife Financial has completed the process to provide $179 million in financing to support the construction and operation of a 78-megawatt wind farm that will be constructed in western Ontario by Invenergy Wind North America, called the Raleigh Wind Project. The electricity that will be generated by the wind farm will be [...]
Should You Buy Fertilizer Now?
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Over the past two years, high prices for potassium and phosphorus saw producers turning away from fertilizing, leading to a crash in the market. Now the potash industry is saying that the market is set to recover as farmers reinvest in soil nutrients after two years of going without. Are you [...]
