Agriculture | QNetNews.ca

What does the TPP mean for the Quinte region?

October 9, 2015 at 11:30 am

By Tara Henley BELLEVILLE – Local farmers say they’re nervous after Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s announcement this week that Canada has become a founding member of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The 12-country trading[…]

Local

Prince Edward County gets award for community marketing

October 1, 2015 at 2:06 pm

By Justin Medve BELLEVILLE — The Economic Developers Association of Canada has given Prince Edward County its most prestigious marketing award. The county was recognized for a video called Progress Redefined that was produced for it by[…]

Local

Beekeepers and grain farmers at odds over government announcement

November 27, 2014 at 4:02 pm

By Greg Murphy BELLEVILLE – Grain farmers in Ontario say they aren’t happy with an announcement from the Ontario government this week to reduce the use of neonicotinoid pesticides by[…]

Featured · Local - Feature

Apple and grape crops coming in despite challenging weather

October 7, 2014 at 8:39 am

By Michelle Poirier BELLEVILLE/PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY – The apple and grape crop are being harvested on time, despite the cold winter and cool summer weather that provided a challenge to[…]

Local

Belleville Farmers’ Market lacking customers

June 19, 2014 at 1:28 pm

By Tara Henley BELLEVILLE – The Belleville Farmers’ Market is in a “downhill spiral” due to the lack of customers as well as vendors, many kiosk owners say. However, the[…]

Photojournalism · The Pioneer

Frank Meyers Farm Update

March 6, 2014 at 3:01 pm

Video by Matt Desouza (mattdesouzaphoto.com) Frank Meyers speaks to The Pioneer during week seven about the ongoing protest surrounding the expropriation of his farm. No related posts.

Local

Local pig farmers need to keep it clean

February 6, 2014 at 3:54 pm

By Morgan Davy CODRINGTON – Local pig farmers need to take extreme precautions to save their herds from a deadly virus spreading quickly across the province, an industry official said[…]

Local

Local pig farmers need to keep it clean

February 4, 2014 at 4:07 pm

By Morgan Davy BELLEVILLE – Local pig farmers need to take extreme precautions to save their herds from a deadly virus spreading quickly across the province, an industry official said[…]

Featured · Local

Protesters still braving the cold at the Meyers farm

January 28, 2014 at 3:56 pm

By Tyson Leonard QUINTE WEST – It’s nearly minus-25C and the snowbanks are three feet high, but Margarat Collins-Clapp is getting ready to spend another day camped out on the[…]

Local

NDP MP weighs in on Meyers’s farm expropriation

January 28, 2014 at 10:37 am

By Tyson Leonard BELLEVILLE – New Democratic Party MP Paul Dewar says Quinte West farmer Frank Meyers should get his farm back. The land has been expropriated by the Department of[…]

Top Stories