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By Al Lowe
Contributor

By Gary Sliworsky
OMAFRA Rep.

Where do you see your farm business in 5, 10 or 20 years? Do you have a plan that will help you reach your business goals? Do you know where to begin?

This week, my Ottawa staff joined me in the riding so that they could meet some of the people we work for. It was a busy week, but I think they enjoyed their time.

It’s not an outdoor shop. It’s not a boat show. It is a fishing show. And the people of Shreveport went out of their way to welcome over 100,000 out of towners to the 2009 Bass Classic.

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

By Al Lowe
Contributor

By Gary Sliworsky
OMAFRA Rep.

By Jack Elliott
Correspondent

This week my offices received a number of calls about the price of gas in our riding.

What a difference a week makes. A week ago Sunday, the sun shone brightly and the mercury moved above 0 making us all believe that winter was approaching its conclusion. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, it remained warm and instead of receiving snow we received rain.
On Monday, I walked to work early in the morning and literally skated across the intersections. By mid afternoon, the pebble in most parking lots would have made for excellent curling conditions for the Northern Ontario Men’s Bonspiel.