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Prices Plunge: Beef farmers face falling prices this year
Prices Plunge: Beef farmers face falling prices this year

Prices Plunge: Beef farmers face falling prices this year

Date9/7/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: Prices Plunge: Beef farmers face falling prices this year.
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Food prices have been increasing rapidly in recent months and consumers will have to pay even more in the future, Ontario farmers warn. Joe Alexander,(...)
Food prices have been increasing rapidly in recent months and consumers will have to pay even more in the future, Ontario farmers warn. Joe Alexander,(...)
Darrell, Dick
5/30/1974
Walter Gimbel has seen grain prices plunge but he has faith that he'll survive
Walter Gimbel has seen grain prices plunge but he has faith that he'll survive
Beaty, Keith
12/1/1986
Borrowing money is the only way farmers are able to keep off welfare, according to Del Busche, whose income has dropped sharply with the falling price of grain
Borrowing money is the only way farmers are able to keep off welfare, according to Del Busche, whose income has dropped sharply with the falling price of grain
Ross, Fred
1/16/1970
Food prices are going up and city people will just have to get used to the idea, according to Ed Thompson, who farms 350 acres near Guelph. The farmer(...)
Food prices are going up and city people will just have to get used to the idea, according to Ed Thompson, who farms 350 acres near Guelph. The farmer(...)
Darrell, Dick
5/30/1974
Fall Time: Apple farmer Ben Falk, above, says farmers can't afford higher wages
Fall Time: Apple farmer Ben Falk, above, says farmers can't afford higher wages
Bock, Tony
10/1/1988
Bankrupt farmers
Bankrupt farmers
Toronto Star (Firm)
2/11/1985
Bart Johnson: President of the York Federation Agriculture says free trade will hurt farmers
Bart Johnson: President of the York Federation Agriculture says free trade will hurt farmers
Russell, Jim
1/29/1986
Two views: Agriculture Minister Jack Riddell (above) sees research helping farmers but Tony McQuail believes in returning to the old ways
Two views: Agriculture Minister Jack Riddell (above) sees research helping farmers but Tony McQuail believes in returning to the old ways
Beaty, Keith
11/11/1985
Uneven increase: Dairy farmers have seen stable income growth, while others have done variously better or worse than Ontario's average 13 percent hike in realized farm net income
Uneven increase: Dairy farmers have seen stable income growth, while others have done variously better or worse than Ontario's average 13 percent hike in realized farm net income
Russell, Jim
2/1/1983
Debt-ridden farmers: George Bothwell, left, and Jerry Riddell, both carry huge debts caused by high interest rates
Debt-ridden farmers: George Bothwell, left, and Jerry Riddell, both carry huge debts caused by high interest rates
Cooper, David
6/4/1981
Jim Hewson says his father's farm might as well be used for housing because soil quality has been depleted by tenant farmers
Jim Hewson says his father's farm might as well be used for housing because soil quality has been depleted by tenant farmers
Bradnam, Sue
1/25/1984
Debt-ridden farmers: George Bothwell, left, and Jerry Riddell, both carry huge debts caused by high interest rates
Debt-ridden farmers: George Bothwell, left, and Jerry Riddell, both carry huge debts caused by high interest rates
Cooper, David
6/4/1981