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Farm Product Prices Up Year-Over-Year, Down Month-To-Month

The prices Canadian farmers were getting for their products was up in September from a year ago.

Statscan says the increase was 3 per cent.

The livestock and animal products index was up almost 20 per cent.

The crops index was down almost 11 per cent from September of 2013.

However, the month-over-month farm price index dropped.

It was down 3 point 2 per cent from August - making it the third decline in five months.

Both the crop and livestock and animal products indexes were down in September from August.

The crops index was down 4 and a half per cent - the livestock and animal products index was down point 2 per cent.

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Owen Sound Library session gets cyclists ready to roll

Dust off those handlebars and pump up those tires because cycling season is officially upon us! If your trusty two-wheeler is looking a bit more "rusty" than "ready," the Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public Library has just the thing to get you back on the road safely.