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The Rural Voice, 1994-03, Page 51 Cover Once farmers just had to worry about production, then came the requirement for better financial management skills, and now marketing skills are being emphasized. The challenge for farmers in the future is to take advantage of a wealth of new information -gathering technology to fine tune production and cut costs. Page 18 Newsletters Perth County Federation 50 Rainy River Federation 51 Grey County Federation 52 Perth Pork Producers 53 Bruce County Federation 54 Huron County Federation 56 The interior of this magazine is made from 65 per cent recycled paper. Both it and the cover may be fully recycled. r THE RURAL VOICE Subscription Form 1 year at $16.05 1 2 years at $26.75 To: (Includes 7 % GST) (U.S., add $5 a year) Address: Postal Code: Mail to: 1 Please enclose payment. The Rural Voice Box 429, 136 Queen Street Blyth, Ontario NOM 1H0 IURALIOICE THE MAGAZINE OF THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY How can a more aggressive marketing effort and value- added production of farm goods help re -invigorate the rural economy? Market Grey -Bruce, sponsored by the Federations of Agriculture in the two counties, brought in speakers like Kate Finley Woodruff to stimulate ideas. Page 28 Columns Behind the Scenes Cover Gisele Ireland 4 Keith Roulston 6 Adrian Vos 8 Robert Mercer 10 Features Harvesting information 18 Computer Networking on the Farm. 22 I'd Really Like to Boot My Computer 26 Market Grey -Bruce 28 If Only the Chicken Could Talk 33 Russia Picks Up the Pieces 35 Book Review 37 Rural Living Recipes 38 Gardening 41 Home decorating 43 Departments Feedback 2 Water Matters 12 Agrilaw 14 Markets 16 Advice 44 News 45 Business Centre 46 Classified 48 Calendar 49 Advertisers Index 55 MARCH 1994 1