The Rural Voice, 1991-10, Page 5R.V.
"The government needs to decide to give
Canadian farmers the ability to main-
tain or expand a viable, prosperous
production and processing industry."
Inquiry sought into price spread, page 38
"Murphy farm is the world's largest
producer of pork, bringing in 1.1 million
hogs to market each year, about one per
cent of U.S. production."
Learning from the Americans, page 24
"It's pretty bad when we can wind down
our operation, go on welfare, and see our
standard of living go up."
Acres of anguish, see page 18
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BEHIND THE SCENES COVER
GISELE IRELAND 4
KEITH ROULSTON 6
ADRIAN VOS 8
BOB MERCER 10
features
FIELDS OF DREAMS, ACRES OF ANGUISH 18
CIDER: FRESH BOTTLE SUNSHINE 22
LEARNING FROM AMERICAN HOG FARMERS 24
MERVYN ERB: REPLACING THOSE FORK HANDLES 28
VOICE OF THE PAST: THE POOR POSTAL SERVICE 30
departments
FEEDBACK 2
DIAGNOSTICS 12
AGRILAW 14
MARKETS 16
RURAL LIVING 32
NOTEBOOK 34
CALENDAR 37
NEWS 38
ADVICE 40
WHAT'S NEW 41
BUSINESS CENTRE 43
CLASSIFIED 47
ADVERTISERS' INDEX 55
newsletters
PERTH COUNTY FEDERATION 48
RAINY RIVER FEDERATION 49
GREY COUNTY FEDERATION 50
PERTH PORK PRODUCERS 52
BRUCE COUNTY FEDERATION 54
HURON COUNTY FEDERATION 56
cover
DOZENS OF ROADSIDE STANDS, FARMERS' MARKETS AND SUPER-
MARKETS AROUND ONTARIO, HAVE BEEN TAKEN OVER BY BRIGHT
ORANGE PUMPKINS. CAN FRESH PUMPKIN PIE AND HALLOWE'EN
BE FAR BEHIND? PHOTO BY JIM FITZGERALD.
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