The Rural Voice, 1988-08, Page 3R.V.
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editor: Lise Gunby
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Gisele Ireland
Keith Roulston
Cord Wainman
Wayne Kelly
Eloise Calhoun
Iris Brown
Sarah Borowski
Mary -Lou Weiser -Hamilton
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Bob Reid
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columns
EDITOR'S DESK 2
FEEDBACK 4
GORD WAINMAN 12
ADRIAN VOS ... 14
GISELE IRELAND 18
KEITH ROULSTON 12
features
Senator Herb Sparrow
delivers The Message
at Conservation Farming '88—
WMG photo (see news department)
• THE FRANCHISE KING OF THE BEEF INDUSTRY 22
• THE GOOD AND THE BAD OF BIOTECHNOLOGY 26
• WEATHER STRESS ON CORN 30
• RIGHT TO FARM: THE ISSUE AND THE PROPOSED BILL 33
• THE WEAVER FAMILY MUSEUM 36
• VOICE FROM THE PAST, PART FOUR 38
departments
GRAIN MARKETS 20
NEWS 40
NOTEBOOK 48
CALENDAR 50
RURAL LIVING 54
ADVICE 56
WHAT'S NEW 60
BUSINESS CENTRE 67
ADVERTISERS' INDEX 79
newsletters
RAINY RIVER FEDERATION 72
GREY COUNTY FEDERATION 74
PERTH PORK PRODUCERS 76
BRUCE COUNTY FEDERATION 78
HURON COUNTY FEDERATION 80
cover: BRUCE COUNTY SCENE, photo by W. Merle Gunby
AUGUST 1988 1