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oCT. 22 â&#x20AC;&#x153;WomEN IN agRICulTuREâ&#x20AC;? luNCHEoN HERE. Organized by Chesterville Scotiabank small business advisor Lynsey Eikelboom, the occasion featured a small panel of women farmers and professionals in front of about 40 people gathered at Winchelsea Events. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all farmers here,â&#x20AC;? noted emcee Dundas Federation of Agriculture President Jacqueline KellyPemberton, who polled the audience on their connection to farming â&#x20AC;&#x201D; whether they were raised on a farm, became farmers through marriage, worked in agriculture but not on a farm per se, handled the bookkeeping on a farm, farmed with multiple families, and if they worked both on and off the farm.

Kelly-Pemberton posed a series of questions to the panel.

How do you balance family and farming? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s society, more and more, that a lot of young men out there are seeing the women taking another role outside the farm and â&#x20AC;Ś they realize itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not strictly the womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role to raise the kids and keep the house,â&#x20AC;? observed Amy Sanders, a married mother of three who was raised on a dairy farm but works today as a chartered professional accountant with Collins Barrow.

Farm couples are sharing domestic duties more these days, she suggested, adding, â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of young families have a wife who works off the farm so it does fall to the father to help raise the children as well.â&#x20AC;?

She also advised that farm couples â&#x20AC;&#x153;utilize the grandparents,â&#x20AC;? as well as

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Women Continued from page 2 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to give and take,â&#x20AC;? advised Joanne Havekes, who grew up in the city and â&#x20AC;&#x153;never dreamtâ&#x20AC;? of living on a farm until she married her dairy-farmer husband 25 years ago.

With a farm to run, one partner â&#x20AC;&#x153;has to stay home, and one has to do the running aroundâ&#x20AC;? to events like childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hockey games and school functions, the Mountain resident said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They have to talk it over and balance it.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Utilize your time very wisely,â&#x20AC;? Adrie Pol advised.

Pol, who grew up on a dairy farm in Holland and today co-owns a 60-cow operation that she and her husband established a dozen years ago in North Dundas, remarked, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Define whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very important to you. So my house isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the cleanest, but at least laundryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s done, yâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;know, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not after the kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; rooms all the time anymore. I close their doors.â&#x20AC;?

Added Pol, who also holds a job at a local bank, â&#x20AC;&#x153;If they come out to the

The AgriNews December, 2014 Page 3 barn, the calf pens are cleaned. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a lot happier with that than having their rooms cleaned. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got food on the table, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got beds to sleep in,â&#x20AC;? she said, if not â&#x20AC;&#x153;a spotless house.â&#x20AC;?

Who was an influential role model for you growing up â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or now â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and why?

Pol pointed to her mother, â&#x20AC;&#x153;a very hard-working woman who moved here in 1980 from Holland. She had no family, no friends, didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know anybody here.

And my mom did everything.â&#x20AC;?

Havekes credited her mother-in-law with helping her adjust to life on the farm and across a linguistic divide. A francophone, she â&#x20AC;&#x153;barely spokeâ&#x20AC;? English at the time of her marriage.

Soon after meeting her future mother in law, Havekes said the older woman advised her to date her son for a year before marrying. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do the four seasons before you judge anything,â&#x20AC;? Havekes recounted of that sage wisdom. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t judge the first month, or donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t judge the first weekâ&#x20AC;Ś. I still admire my mother-in-law because

she raised a big family. For her to sit down and say this to me, she is my role model.â&#x20AC;?

Sanders also gave the vote to her own mother, saying she sparked her own interest in accounting as bookkeeper at her home farm. Sanders was also inspired by the many female volunteers in the community, she said.

What would you say is the biggest struggle for yourself or women in agriculture as you see it?

Pol immediately pinpointed the initial attitude of visiting salesmen â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which turned out to be quite a topic â&#x20AC;&#x201D; saying a vendor entered the Pol family farmyard and asked first for her husband. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that drive you crazy?â&#x20AC;? she asked, as knowing laughs of exasperation rippled through the audience. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It only happened once,â&#x20AC;? added Pol, highlighting her 50 per cent ownership of the farm. She and her husband came up with a policy: â&#x20AC;&#x153;If a person that drove in the laneway didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t acknowledge both of us, we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do business with them.â&#x20AC;?

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Generally, sales staff are more enlightened today, just a dozen years later, she acknowledged. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I drive the tractors just like my husband â&#x20AC;Ś and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m the one that actually writes the cheques!â&#x20AC;? Pol exclaimed.

Kelly-Pemberton asked the audience if they had similar encounters with those in the sales profession. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the boss?â&#x20AC;? responded a woman from

the crowd, repeating the stereotypical opening line.

She added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I experienced that the other day.â&#x20AC;?

Havekes suggested that women immediately â&#x20AC;&#x153;voice their opinionâ&#x20AC;? to salesmen still engaging in that faux pas and let them know theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re full partners in the farm.

Sanders noted a â&#x20AC;&#x153;changing landscapeâ&#x20AC;? in which many agribusiness jobs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from fertilizer reps to electricians â&#x20AC;&#x201D; are now held by

women. With continued advances in technology and automation, farming no longer requires masculine â&#x20AC;&#x153;brute force,â&#x20AC;? she said.

From the audience, regional OFA director Eleanor Renaud piped up with a recent anecdote of attempting to buy a tractor weeks earlier for the 1,000acre farm she owns independently. Yet the salesman â&#x20AC;&#x153;still only wanted to talk to the boyfriend,â&#x20AC;? she declared Continued on page 7

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Regulations hit the fan There’s a new organization clamoring for attention among the tangled growth of Ontario farm lobby groups.

This one is actually a grouping of influential groups called Farm Action Now. It’s a task force of organizations across the sector formed to “evaluate the fate of Ontario agriculture”, particularly when it comes to over-regulation.

There’s nothing wrong with farm groups banding together to work towards a common goal. It’s happened before and we wish this new group well.

A broad consultation process is being launched on the impact of agricultural restrictions on communities to include farmers and beekeepers, rural municipal representatives, industry, environmental groups and chambers of commerce.

“We’re all in this together,” says Ray Duc, chair of Ontario Fruit & Vegetable Growers, one of the driving forces behind FAN. “This isn’t just about farmers. It’s about the future of Ontario as a whole.”

Unfortunately, the group has come out of the gate with a contradiction in its mandate, on the one hand, espousing limitation of prohibitive regulations while, on the other hand, calling for introduction of another taxpayer-funded bureaucratic layer, an agricultural commissioner.

That person would advise the government on the implications of existing and new regulations and “help grow the agricultural sector.”

Isn’t that the role of the plethora of farm groups that already meet regularly with the OMAFRA minister, groups such as the ones implicated in Farm Action Now… Grain Farmers of Ontario, Ontario Bean Growers, Ontario Canola Growers, the Fruit & Vegetable Growers, and Ontario Pork?

GFO chair Gerry Van Ankum warns the provincial government is about to announce “the most restrictive measures yet.” FAN wants to halt policies and practices that restrict growth and “threaten the future” of the sector.

There’s nothing wrong with FAN’s stated practical goal: To develop a farmer-driven, science-based blueprint on the future of agriculture in this province. Apparently, a plan is already in development to evaluate the challenges with government policy and process.

We’re surprised that something like that doesn’t already exist. But certainly we don’t have to develop a whole new bureaucratic structure to shepherd such a blueprint through government.

There must be enough staff across the farm groups to take on that role with leadership from their boards and committees.

Let’s start simplifying the process by eliminating the need for an agricultural commissioner.

Take it from the top Speaking of influential farm lobby groups (see preceding commentary), the one usually considered to be Ontario’s most powerful general purpose agricultural organization has experienced an upset at the top.

The 37,000-member Ontario Federation of Agriculture held its 79th annual meeting and convention Nov. 24-25, including executive elections. Lambton County grain farmer and long-time board member Don McCabe was elected president for one year, defeating incumbent Mark Wales, an Elgin County farmer who served in the position for three years.

Three years is a long time at the top of the OFA. Wales had a good run. He’ll remain on the board of directors representing Zone 4.

The OFA membership will continue to experience stable, steady-asshe-goes leadership. McCabe and Wales aren’t exactly interchangeable, but both are seasoned, knowledgeable farmers and agricultural policy wonks not known to be loose cannons.

We’re not suggesting there should be a loose cannon in the position.

But it does tend to liven things up for the farm news media.

In other executive positions, 250 voting delegates re-elected Simcoe County crop farmer Keith Currie as one of two vice-presidents and Northern Ontario dairy farmer Peggy Brekveld gained the second VP seat. Brekveld was also picked as a director-at-large along with Bruce County sheep farmer Pat Jilesen. Waterloo County turkey farmer Mark Reusser was also elected to the executive.

Gone from central command is Zone 8 representative Debra PrettyStraathof, a former vice-president, leaving Eastern Ontario with no executive representation.

We’ll get by as long as the new exec remembers that what’s good for Western Ontario isn’t always good for the east. Eastern zone representatives will help see to that.

AgriGab Winds of change As Wolfe-Islander ferry passengers can attest, the most dramatic change that has occurred in decades on this idyllic enclave off Kingston has been the arrival of some 90 wind turbines.

Majestically –at least in my mind - they dominate the landscape, towering above church steeples and silos formerly the tallest Wolfe Island structures.

On a bitingly cold November Saturday, I joined the ferry crowd for the short haul out on Lake Ontario I hadn’t made in a while, landing at Marysville, the island hub of commerce and general activity.

Yes, wind turbines are controversial, seen by many as a health hazard, a costly noisy nuisance and general blight on the landscape undermining property values.

There’s another school of thought, largely represented on Wolfe Island, that turbines are good economically and as clean energy producers.

I’ve swung between both camps, swinging back lately to the belief that, overall, industrial windmills are beneficial to the rural Ontario economy.

This position was bolstered by my presence in October at the annual Canadian Wind Energy Association Conference held in Montreal. There, I learned of surging cross-Canada economic development associated with this energy sector.

In addition, recent studies by the University of Guelph and Health Canada respectively, have determined there’s no scientific proof backing oft-stated claims turbines depreciate property and cause various ailments. U of G researcher Dr. Richard Vyn is conducting a new property value survey on Wolfe Island.

But turbines per se aren’t what lured me to Wolfe Island. As on at least one other occasion, it was popular Wolfe Islander John Posthumus who this time welcomed a large crowd to the local United Church Hall to help him celebrate his 90th birthday.

A WWII Dutch Resistance member who helped shelter downed Allied airmen, Posthumus has always shown a lot of resilience and determination.

Retired from dairy farming, he’s a past Frontenac County Farmer of the Year, former member of several agricultural organizations, and was nominated for induction into the Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame.

While he didn’t make the final cut for the Hall of Fame, John is proud to have been nominated. He received a plaque from the Ottawa Valley Seed Growers Association commemorating the nomination.

Reception guests were treated to a full spread of sandwiches and desserts, Posthumus’ home-pressed apple cider, and birthday cake; the man of the hour

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The United Church is a quick walk – and even quicker drive – from the ferry terminal.

The church has been important in Posthumus’s life, the place where he got married to late wife Saakje in 1958 after arriving in Canada in 1949. She passed away 14 years ago and was laid to rest out of the same church.

The couple produced seven children. As evidenced at the party, they’re responsible for a whole flock of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

After arriving on Wolfe Island, Posthumus and family members accumulated 1,300 acres of cropland and raised as many as 300 dairy cows and veal calves. They’re staunch supporters of the island’s newest paying crop, wind turbines. Could that be in part because windmills are in their Dutch roots?

Among artifacts and photos displayed in Posthumus’s honour was a vintage spinning wheel recalling his proficiency in the craft. While he still takes the odd spin to relax or demonstrate, at one point that ability was almost a matter of life or death.

He started out back in 1943. He got hold of a small spinning wheel and taught himself how to use it. In war-torn Holland, he’d spin wool for area farmers in return for cash or food stamps.

During the war, John went underground to avoid being pressed into service by the occupying Germans, or being forced to work in a munitions factory. He became part of a group of about 30 Resistance fighters.

When John was asked to smile for a birthday photo, he held back. He said it’s hard to be happy when he recalls the ones who didn’t make it through the war.

“He thinks about those times more as he gets older,” said youngest Posthumus sibling Sally Panetta. “At times, when he’s alone, the memories are almost haunting.”

Fit and looking dapper in a new charcoal suit, rose attached to the lapel, John issued a bold invitation to friends and family members, many of whom arrived like me on the Wolfe-Islander.

“I look forward to seeing you all back here 10 years from now.” Few in the hall doubted it was a distinct possibility.

I’ll be back before that to once again admire the sleek, elegant, cash and energy-producing turbines of Wolfe Island.

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The Winchester milk processor has also made several contributions to the phosphorus trading program, to reduce the phosphorus load in the South Nation River and its tributaries. It all started in 19982000, when Parmalat Canada first contributed $150,000 to the CWP for implementation of best management practices and to improve water quality.

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Women Continued from page 3 with outrage, loudly concluding: â&#x20AC;&#x153;What the fuhuh!â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I actually told him, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m writing the cheque, so hello! And he was a young salesman.â&#x20AC;?

Another woman in the audience said she lets the salesman go through the motion of drawing up a deal in those circumstances, then complains about her mistreatment and withdraws from the dealership. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I guarantee heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll never do that to another woman again.â&#x20AC;?

What is the biggest success for you on the farm or in your career?

Sanders claimed her reputation with farm owners as her biggest success. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of time I have a new farm client thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s had a bad experience with their previous accountant, and it really helps when I ... can identify what they really need. If I give them one good piece of advice, that kind of seals it.â&#x20AC;?

Havekes pointed to her quarter century of marriage and three children. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that is my biggest reward â&#x20AC;Ś to still be totally in love with my husband and to enjoy our kids.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;For me, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the fact weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still farming after 12 years, after starting totally on our own,â&#x20AC;? said Pol. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People tell me, not many people do it. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not saying itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy; I have to give up a lot of things, but I can honestly say we did it on our own, starting from nothing.â&#x20AC;?

When Pol acknowledged that her family had also received help from their good neighbours â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Joanne and John Havekes â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kelly-Pemberton seized on the importance of community support: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we need to be a little more relaxed and say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I need helpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and get out there and talk to your neighbours.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Farmers are such a proud bunch,â&#x20AC;? Sanders observed in reply. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can break their right arms before they ask for help.â&#x20AC;?

What is the most important advice you would want to share with fellow women in agriculture, or the best piece of advice you were ever told, or advice for women starting a career in agriculture? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pick up anything new [skills on the farm] because then youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re stuck with it for life,â&#x20AC;? responded Pol, highlighting the example of a skidsteer loader acquired by her familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

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Her husband has offered to teach her how to operate the machine. But with a smile, Pol said she always replies, â&#x20AC;&#x153;No, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s alright.

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing a good job. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The reason I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pick it up is because once I do that, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Adrie, can you get a bale of hay with the loader?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can relate to that, so much so,â&#x20AC;? added KellyPemberton as the crowd chuckled.

In a similar vein, Havekes evoked a slight gasp from a corner of the room when she reported receiving early advice to not start milking. The Havekes family ran a dairy herd up until last year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do not milk, I am proud to say now,â&#x20AC;? she said, confirming she had taken the advice. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Near the end I would do it once in a while, but never a full milking, because my husband always came back home at night and was always up to go to the barn. I would do chores, I would feed, I would do everything. I would put milkers on the cows, but I would not milk.â&#x20AC;?

Havekes also generally advised that, in life, â&#x20AC;&#x153;the grass is not greener on the other side.â&#x20AC;? Head down to CHEO for a reality check if you ever doubt it, she suggested. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think you just take your life in stages, and you adjust to that, and then you move onto the next thing,â&#x20AC;?

Sanders said in reply to the question. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be afraid to ask for help.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;As women, we are providers, whether naturally or ingrained in us, we want to please and provide for our families and stuff,â&#x20AC;? noted Kelly-Pemberton. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And we do say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;yesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; a lot to a lot of things.â&#x20AC;? She consequently advised women to be aware that â&#x20AC;&#x153;when you say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;yesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to one thing, you say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;noâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to something else.â&#x20AC;?

Family and â&#x20AC;&#x153;things close to your heartâ&#x20AC;? end up on the backburner otherwise, she said.

An audience member recommended that family be put ahead of farm, prompting Kelly-Pemberton to note that a â&#x20AC;&#x153;happy mixâ&#x20AC;? of sacrifices are still necessary to stay in business.

On that notion, Pol commented, â&#x20AC;&#x153;My train of thought was always that this is my and my husbandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice of life, not our kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x201D; even though they love it â&#x20AC;&#x201D; so I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to take away everything from them.â&#x20AC;?

Havekes said she and her husband always made a point of getting away from

the farm â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and their children â&#x20AC;&#x201D; on their anniversary.

Succession planning Discussion also turned to matters of succession planning, and the dynamics facing women who marry into a farm family still owned by their husbandsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; parents. They may go for years knowing that neither they nor their husbands have official title to any property â&#x20AC;&#x201D; often even the house in which they reside.

One woman in the audience spoke of the sensitivity of undertaking home renovations, under the micro-

scope of parents and other siblings and their spouses on the farm.

Negotiations to turn a farm over to the next generation may take years.

In sorting out the interests of different siblings, parents should strive for â&#x20AC;&#x153;fairnessâ&#x20AC;? rather than â&#x20AC;&#x153;equal treatmentâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; recognizing thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not necessarily the same concept â&#x20AC;&#x201D; according to Sanders.

Kelly-Pemberton advised that the â&#x20AC;&#x153;prime age to encourage successionâ&#x20AC;? is between 30 and 45 years old for the generation wanting to take over.

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Second printing for E. Ontario authorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Avonmore book

by Nelson Zandbergen AgriNews Staff Writer VONMORE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; LOcAL AuthOR MuRRAy BARkLEyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

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Barkleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s self-published re-issue of Speaking of Avonmore: History, Heroes, Happenings and Humour in the life of a (Not Very) Typical Ontario Village has had no trouble finding buyers since the initial shipment of softcover books arrived in the village last month.

With no advance promotion, more than 60 copies were snapped up by the second week of November.

The titleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original run of 650 hardcovers sold out six years ago, following a 2006 launch party attended by hundreds of wellwishers in the community at the time.

After that resounding success, Barkley â&#x20AC;&#x153;thought the market was saturated.â&#x20AC;? But the public response to the bookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s re-release shows â&#x20AC;&#x153;still a lot of zip out there,â&#x20AC;? he adds with a tone of satisfaction.

Local Author Murray Barkley has released a softcover edition of his 2006 title, Speaking of Avonmore: History, Heroes, Happenings and Humour in the life of a (Not Very) Typical Ontario Village.

He took delivery of 101 paperbacks from print-ondemand service blurb.ca this fall. Sales to date have prompted another order of the same quantity, which Barkley expects to receive shortly.

At 386 pages, the new edition contains all of the content of the original, sandwiched between glossy covers featuring a 1908 photo of Avonmoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main street crowded with shoppers

drawn to a special Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day promotion at W.J. McCartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Good Luck Store.â&#x20AC;?

The â&#x20AC;&#x153;mainly light-hearted look at the villageâ&#x20AC;? is filled with 40 chaptersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; worth of non-fiction historical articles, stories and anecdotes of Avonmore, in addition to speeches the author previously delivered at various community functions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just like Charlie Farquharson, only better because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s real!â&#x20AC;?

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The collection sketches the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading citizens and unique characters through the years â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with the author himself indirectly figuring as one of them.

Barkley was, of course, a key community organizer who helped fight the intended closures of both the Avonmore Post Office and Roxmore Public School in the 1990s â&#x20AC;&#x201D; both chronicled in the book.

He penned Speaking of Avonmore during his tenure as the third-generation proprietor of the village general store that still bears his family surname. (He sold Barkleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Store to new owners earlier this year.) At his retail post behind the tiller, the articulate PhD in history feasted on ample amusing material now preserved in the chapter â&#x20AC;&#x153;Over the Counter (and off the Wall!).â&#x20AC;?

The appendix features Avonmoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sports Wall of Fame.

But a broader history of the area beyond is reflected in the book, too, with one of the best-written synopsis to be found on the â&#x20AC;&#x153;wizard of Williamsburg,â&#x20AC;? Dr. Mahlon Locke.

The bookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s initial release helped as a fundraiser for the then-unbuilt North Stormont Place community centre in the village.

This time around, half of the profits from sales until Christmas will be donated to assist operations at the centre.

At $19.95 each, Barkley touts copies as popular gifts for anyone who has ever lived in the Avonmore area,

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Buy copies now at Barkleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Store (613-3465765), from the author directly (613-346-2350), or check out the supply at the Esso station in Monkland.

Barkley was also set to have a display at the upcoming Avonmore Christmas Craft Show, Dec. 6-7. Online shoppers may also avail themselves of the tome by visiting blurb.ca (or blurb.com/bookstore in the U.S.) But expect more from the erudite retired shopkeeper in the not too distant future.

Halfway finished a follow-up to the current book, he suggests the second volume will be ready for publication in about two years. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also spearheading a new Avonmore historical 2016 calendar, themed around local agriculture and sports, and anticipates a fall 2015 release for that project.

And further down the road, Barkley hints he may have a work of fiction in the hopper as well.

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Maple producers talk strategy

by Carolyn Thompson Goddard AgriNews Contributor OOSE CREEK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; NEaRly 100

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EaStERN ONtaRiO MaplE day NOv. 22 at SaNd ROad MaplE FaRM. Bryan Exley, president of the Eastern Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association (OMSPA), reviewed the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s various activities of 2014.

With the focus on promoting local producers and syrup, association members attended â&#x20AC;&#x153;Breakfast on the Farmâ&#x20AC;? held near Avonmore, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Food Lovers Food Dayâ&#x20AC;? at Upper Canada Village, other agricultural events in Eastern Ontario and are in the planning stages for their participation in IPM 2015 to be held Sept. 2015 in North

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During his presentation, Exley commented on marketing strategies, including a taste-testing display that pitted maple syrup against pancake syrup. Ray Bonenberg, president of Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association, spoke of the marketing work that has been done in order to assist producers in promoting their product and introduced the theme of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tapping into the Future.â&#x20AC;?

He reported that a comprehensive marketing study has identified target maple syrup consumers, the development of a new logo and a move to more professional marketing strategies.

On the marketing side, OMSPA wants to promote its members as stewards of the forest, a tree planting program in the near future,

4-H Ontario to mark centennial ROCKWOOD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; This month, at 4-H Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head office in Rockwood, the official launch of the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 100th Anniversary took place with a small gathering of the 4-H Ontario community.

4-H Ontario staff, members of the 100th Anniversary Planning Committee, Ontario 4-H Council Board of Directors and Ontario 4-H Foundation Trustees, representatives from supporters and sponsors of the Anniversary and local politicians were to be in attendance to share the plans for the upcoming centennial year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;4-H Ontario is excited to celebrate 100 years of youth leadership development across the province,â&#x20AC;? said Debra Brown, executive director, 4-H Ontario. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Over the years the 4-H program has grown through the dedication and commitment of members, volunteers and staff, and we look forward to recognizing this success throughout our 4H communities over the course of the coming year.â&#x20AC;?

The event also launched the Century Celebrations Grant Program, providing financial support of $500 for each region and $250 to local celebrations. Through this program, each region of 4-H Ontario will be able to apply for a $500 grant, while each 4-H Association will have the opportunity to apply for a $250 grant â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all funds to assist with local celebrations.

While many regional and local events will also be taking place, provincial celebrations include: â&#x20AC;˘ A commemorative anniversary calendar â&#x20AC;˘ Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wonderland celebration day for members, volunteers & alumni â&#x20AC;˘ Gala dinner in conjunction with the 2015 International Plowing Match in Eastern Ontario â&#x20AC;˘ A historical publication â&#x20AC;˘ Special 100th Anniversary displays â&#x20AC;˘ Support & toolkits for local celebrations â&#x20AC;˘ Special branded items in the 4-H Ontario MiniStore Many of these items were to be on hand to view and purchase from the 4-H Ontario MiniStore during this launch event.

and online resources such as websites and social media.

Bonenberg concluded his presentation by providing the statistic that approximately 60% of the syrup sold annually in Ontario is imported from outside the province, noting the lessexpensive Quebec syrup especially in the Eastern Ontario marketplace.

Bryan Exley and Angela Coleman, respectively President and Director of the Eastern Local of the Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association, display new marketing tools that were introduced at the Eastern Ontario Maple Day at the Sand Road Maple Farm.

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Building an Ontario bio-economy

Different approach needed for OSPCA

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The Editor: Over the last few years, several articles have exposed the OSPCAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actions in the rural areas of Ontario.

People have become infuriated and are now on the defensive with this group and their approach. The situation could not be worse (breaking into a house over the tartar on a farm dogâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teeth). The OSPCA says they are concerned with the animals, but in the process what they have created is a war.

Some people read the stories and find them comical, but in reality there is a real problem brewing.

This whole situation has bothered me and got me thinking.

I could not help but remember when the Provincial Ministry of Labour began their crackdown on dangerous construction sites. There had been many accidents and a few deaths on commercial and residential construction job sites. I was farming and building houses at the same time. I had not seen an inspector in 25 years of construction. It was a joke. Then the crackdown began.

Over the course of a few months I had an inspector visiting one of my job sites every month. At first I was frightened that I was going to be taken away in handcuffs from taking many safety shortcuts.

The inspectorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s approach could be summarized as, â&#x20AC;&#x153;youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve really got some problems here. Can we discuss where you can improve?â&#x20AC;? The inspector pointed out many problems and suggested solutions. I fixed up the easy ones, but again, the inspector came back a month later. I had thought the first inspection was a fluke and they were not going to â&#x20AC;&#x153;hassleâ&#x20AC;? me again. Boy was I wrong.

This time they were a little more curt with me, but still maintained a tone of â&#x20AC;&#x153;how can we make this better?â&#x20AC;? They commented on my improvements but noted some continuing

problems. This time, I got serious about safety.

Most of the things I improved cost nothing but a few hours to make things better. For example, instead of no safety railings, I built a proper temporary railing, with top, mid and floor rails. I wrote up a safety policy.

I put up a few homemade warning signs. I ordered some easily installed railing base blocks that made railings very quick to install and remove. The next inspection came and the inspector was floored by my change in attitude.

They were very impressed with my adoption of new procedures and products that improved the safety on my job site. They even asked if they could refer a few other contractors to come see some of my unique solutions to my safety shortcomings.

I did not see them again for many months, each time their inspections were quicker and found very little to â&#x20AC;&#x153;hassleâ&#x20AC;? me about. At no time in this whole learning procedure for me was the term â&#x20AC;&#x153;fine youâ&#x20AC;? used. I have thought about this a lot and come to the conclusion that their goal must have been â&#x20AC;&#x153;how do we make the job site safer?â&#x20AC;? With just a few visits, I became a very safe contractor, and no longer feared the inspector. Their â&#x20AC;&#x153;hasslingâ&#x20AC;? became a productive and welcomed second opinion regarding the safety condition of my job site.

They were now welcome on my job site. I got to know a few of the inspectors well and we routinely discussed the topic of their approach to improving safety. One inspectorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s response was â&#x20AC;&#x153;the inspectors that were hired had to have some background in construction, this enabled us to properly understand your situation.â&#x20AC;?

The OSPCA has created such hatred in the rural areas; I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think anything will repair the animosity. My advice to any level of government trying to improve a situation, especially fiercely independent farmers: carefully analyze your goal and decide how you think you can achieve what you set out to do. Carrots and education work better than sticks and fines.

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OFA is working diligently with industry partners and farmers to create a healthy bio-economy that includes processing plants and advanced technologies that can add important links to our expanding value chain.

One goal is to attract and build bio-processing plants in Ontario to process biomass such as corn stalks and wheat straw residue into cellulosic sugar.

Cellulosic sugar is another source of sugar from the farm that can be used to produce products including fuels and chemicals. Through extensive market development research and consulting Ontario farmers, the OFA knows thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of interest in our province to create markets for our biomass products.

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The growth of Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s agriculture and food industry was the focus of this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting, with a significant portion of the agenda dedicated to leadership elections and discussions on grassroots resolutions. McCabe, a corn, soybean and wheat farmer from Inwood, Ont., was voted president over incumbent Mark Wales.

Wales, an Elgin County farmer, served as OFA president for three years and will remain on the OFA board of directors as the elected representative from Zone 4.

Simcoe County crop farmer Keith Currie was reelected OFA vice-president, and Northern Ontario dairy farmer Peggy Brekveld was also elected as an OFA vice-president. Peggy was also voted director-at-large for a three-year term. Sheep farmer and Bruce County Federation of Agriculture president Pat Jileson joins the OFA board as directorat-large for a two-year

don mcCabe term. Mark Reusser, Waterloo County turkey farmer, was later elected by the board as its fourth executive member. New to the OFA board, Mark Kunkel will be representing Northern Ontario as Zone 15 director. The OFAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Board of Directors is made up of 18 positions representing regions across Ontario.

As part of the convention, OFA delegates raised $8,024 in a silent auction fundraiser, with proceeds donated to Agri-Skills Abroad. Scotiabank, an OFA benefit partner and sponsor, donated an additional $5,000 to make a total contribution of $13,024 to the international effort focusing on important projects in Haiti.

The Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) is the largest general farm organization in Ontario, representing 37,000 farm families across the province. As a dynamic farmer-led organization based in Guelph, the OFA works to represent and champion the interests of Ontario farmers through government relations, farm policy recommendations, research, lobby efforts, community representation, media relations and more. OFA is the leading advocate for Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s farmers and is Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s voice of the farmer.

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The interest in cutting and baling corn stalks, or corn stover was encouraging. The demonstrations, hosted by the OFA and numerous farmers, included the latest equipment for chopping, baling and stacking corn stover.

Impressive results of a recent report from Iowa farmers currently producing bales of corn stover for cellulosic sugar production were shared with participants.

Corn stover, traditionally used for livestock bedding and cattle feed, has huge potential in Ontario for large scale harvesting. Corn stalks are composed of 47% sugar. Increased corn yields in recent years have improved the amount of stover remaining after the grain is harvested. The ratio of grain corn production to corn stover is 1:1. That means one tonne of harvested grain corn will leave one tonne of corn stover. With that kind of yield, and a sustainable harvest protocol to ensure enough residue is left for the soilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needs, Ontario farmers are potentially leaving a lot of money in the field.

Iowa farmers reported net profits of $36 per acre from corn stover sales for cellulosic ethanol production.

New market development opportunities are always welcome in Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s agri-food industry. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s huge potential for an Ontario bio-mass processing industry, and the resulting economic spin offs and jobs. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got farmers ready and waiting to provide the feedstock. Now, we just need the processors and technology to extend the value chain. The OFA is working closely with industry, partnering to host events like the demonstrations this fall and appealing to all levels of government to assist in drawing processing companies to our rural neighbourhoods. Ontario is poised for a bio-economy boom and agriculture is the cornerstone. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Don McCabe is President of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture

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Programs and Services

Recognizing Agri-Food Innovation Excellence in Ontario

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ntario is celebrating innovators who are contributing to the success of the province’s agri-food sector.

The Premier's Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence program encourages the development of our rural communities, farms, agri-food processors and agrifood organizations by adding value to existing products, creating jobs and driving economic growth.

The program recognizes up to 50 Provincial Award recipients across the province who receive a plaque, wordmark and a gate sign, as well as $5,000. The top five awards will be chosen from among this pool of 50 recipients and was to be announced late November.

Top awards include: • one Premier’s Award winner (valued at $75,000 could be combined with provincial award); • one Minister’s Award winner (valued at $50,000 could be combined with provincial award); and, • three Leaders in Innovation Awards (valued at $25,000 each could combined with the provincial award).

The program is open to farmers, primary producers, processors, or agri-food related organizations. Details on the 2015 intake will be available in January.

This year’s recipients are being celebrated and honoured at eight events taking place across Ontario this month. For the list of recipients who have received awards to date visit: ontario.ca/agrifoodinnovation

Expanding Agricultural Production Insurance

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ntario is proposing amendments to the Crop Insurance Act, 1996, that would, if passed, allow more types of agricultural products to be covered by production insurance.

Production insurance is part of a suite of business risk management programs designed to help farmers manage losses due to events like weather, pests and disease. The costs of these programs are predictable, stable and shared by producers and the provincial and federal governments.

Currently, production insurance is available for almost 90 commercially grown crops, including grains, oilseeds and certain fruits and vegetables. However, Ontario is the only province in Canada without the authority to expand production insurance beyond crops to the broader agricultural sector.

If passed, the proposed Agriculture Insurance Act would give Ontario the authority to expand insurance to support the agri-food industry in the event of unexpected loss of production for agriculture products.

Expanding the number of products eligible for production insurance and strengthening the agri-food industry is part of the government’s economic plan for Ontario. The four-part plan is building Ontario up by investing in people’s talents and skills, building new public infrastructure like roads and transit, creating a dynamic, supportive environment where business thrives and building a secure savings plan so everyone can afford to retire.

For more information go to: http://bit.ly/1uNYHVo

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Festivals and Events in Ontario Guide

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estivals & Events Ontario (FEO) will be producing the 2015 edition of the Festivals & Events in Ontario Guide in partnership with the Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation (OTMPC).

This digest-sized publication will have a 12-month shelf-life and will list festivals and events taking place from April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016. Distribution of 250,000 copies, with an estimated readership of more than 500,000, is scheduled to begin early March 2015 and will be available for download in a web edition on the www.festivalsandeventsontario.ca and www.ontariotravel.net websites. The printed guides will be available through a broad distribution network, including the Festivals & Events Ontario website and office, the Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation website, information centres, call centres and associated tourism related channels throughout the province.

Submitting Your Event / Selection Criteria Get noticed by thousands of festival and event goers.

Visit the OTMPC partner website at www.tourismpartners.com and submit or update your event listing(s) by Friday, December 12, 2014. Approved listings will be featured on the recently re-designed consumer site, ontariotravel.net.

Simple two-step process: 1. Log-in to your account on www.tourismpartners.com 2. Select Manage Events and follow the steps to update or add events for your organization NOTE: you will need to submit an image (min.

1920x800 pixels, JPEG format, max 4MB, landscape orientation; no collages, logos or text) that reflects the visitor experience If you do not have an account, please REGISTER first on www.tourismpartners.com. Once you have been approved, you can log-in and submit your events. If you have any questions or need assistance, email info@tourismpartners.com.

Nominate an Outstanding Young Farmer for 2015

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ntario’s Outstanding Young Farmers Program (OYF) is designed to recognize farmers and farm couples who exemplify excellence in their profession.

Anyone can nominate a young farmer/farm couple for the regional recognition award and title of Ontario’s Outstanding Young Farmer as long as they meet the program eligibility requirements.

Nominations for the 2015 Award are due by December 15, 2014 and are available at: http://www.oyfontario.ca/nominations.html.

The OYF program begins each year with the nomination of farmers at the local level. Anyone can nominate a young farmer/farm couple for the regional recognition award and title of Ontario’s Outstanding Young Farmer as long as they meet the following program eligibility requirements: • Must be between the ages of 18 and 39 • Be farm operators • Derive a minimum of two-thirds of their income from farming If these eligibility requirements are met, a nomination form must be fully completed and returned to the OOYF

Coordinator by the deadline in order to be eligible for review. The Coordinator will then contact the nominees and provide them with more details on the program and an application form.

Completed application forms are sent to a preliminary judging panel, consisting of past OOYF winners who select the top five or six candidates based on the following criteria: • progress in agriculture career • extent of soil, water and energy conservation practices • crop and/or livestock production history • financial and management practices • contribution to the well-being of the community, province and nation The top candidates will be asked to participate in an interview and presentation process at the regional event where the regional winner will be selected.

The winner of the regional competition is invited to represent the region at the National Conference to be recognized for their achievements and be judged by a distinguished panel which selects the two honourees to receive Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmer Award.

Ontario Agriculture Roadshow

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s part of our continuing commitment to farm and agribusiness, Binder Dijker Otte (BDO) is pleased to invite you to a complimentary special information session with lunch on key topics that are affecting the farming industry. Chris Koch of ifican.ca will be the keynote speaker.

We are pleased to offer this session at the following locations: December 8 - Alvinston: Brooke Alvinston Inwood Community Centre December 9 - Walkerton: Walkerton Knights of Columbus Hall December 10 - Mitchell: Mitchell Golf & Country Club December 11 - Woodstock: Quality Hotel & Suites December 12 - Kingsville: Kingsville Arena Complex December 15 - Fergus: Fergus Community Hall December 16 - Lindsay: Lindsay Golf & Country Club December 18 - Manotick: Carleton Golf & Yacht Club For more information go to: http://bit.ly/1xc0fFw

OMAFRA Nutrient Management Courses Now Available Online

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he Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) offers a range of training courses to provide information on nutrient management and the Nutrient Management Act (NMA). These courses are now available online. OMAFRA’s training courses give learners the tools to safely manage nutrients while protecting the environment.

Take our courses to become a government-certified Nutrient Management Planner or Consultant. Our eLearning format allows you to learn on your own time and at your own pace. The newest eLearning course Introduction to Nutrient Management - provides a basic understanding of nutrient management best management practices. This course will be of interest to a wider audience beyond those who require certification. Visit the Continued on page 14

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DFO marks 50 years at The Royal

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First place for an ag rant video was awarded to Michelle Arsenault for her thoughts on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Keepinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;-it-local with

Verburg family â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Â dairy farmers since 1960 in the Township of Athens. Four generations of the family work on the 85-head Holstein farm to this day.

The Verburgs won the contest; however, all contestants received $1,000 for a charity of their choice.

Selected this year were The Daily Bread and WorldRenewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Canadian Foodgrains Bank. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ontario is home to almost 4,000 dairy farms,

each family owned and operated. We have a commitment to all Ontario dairy farmers and a mandate to provide leadership and excellence in the production and marketing of Canadian milk,â&#x20AC;? said Bill Emmott, Chair, Dairy Farmers of Ontario. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a solid 50-year track record of doing just that.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are proud of the fact that we contribute more than $5-billion dollars to Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economy, pro-

Ontario Applesâ&#x20AC;? and Melisa Luymes won second for her rant on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Who Cares About Agriculture?â&#x20AC;? First place in each category received $1,000 and second place received $300.

Jeff Leal, Minister of Ontario Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, also submitted a video on

the important contributions agriculture makes to Ontario.

All videos can be viewed on OFAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s YouTube channel. The â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Reelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Farm Video Challenge was organized

by OFAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Proud to Lead Committee and sponsored by Farm Credit Canada, OFA and the Bruce County Federation of Agriculture.

viding some of the safest and highest quality milk in the world.â&#x20AC;?

DFO has participated in The Royal for 50 years, where the marketing entity takes part in compelling and innovative campaigns that raise the profile of the Canadian dairy industry.

DFO launched its popular Milk Calendar at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Royal, among a wide range of activities, including cheese competitions and a quilting contest.

Emmott said the DFO was honoured to again be part of The Royal â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the largest combined indoor agricultural fair and international equestrian competition in the world.

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Canada-Ontario Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) Start the business planning process by attending this FREE two-day interactive workshop.

You will: â&#x20AC;˘ Assess business management practices â&#x20AC;˘ Determine priorities and key goals â&#x20AC;˘ Develop realistic action plans â&#x20AC;˘ Learn about cost-share funding opportunities

Producers are invited to attend free EFP (Fourth Edition) Workshops to learn more about: â&#x20AC;˘ Best management practices â&#x20AC;˘ Develop an action plan for their farm â&#x20AC;˘ Learn about cost-share funding opportunities

GYFP Workshops

EFP Workshops

All workshops 10am - 3 pm Bloomfield Jan. 7 & 14 Elginburg Jan. 12 & 19 Whitby Jan. 14 & 21 Kemptville Feb. 4 & 11 Lanark Feb. 18 & 25 Sunderland Feb. 19 & 26 Avonmore Feb. 26 & Mar. 5 Alfred (FRENCH) Mar. 2 & 9 Lindsay Mar. 17 & 24 Napanee Mar. 18 & 25 Stittsville Mar 23 & 30

All workshops 10am - 3 pm Whitby Jan. 9 & 16 Roblin Jan. 15 & 22 Alfred (FRENCH) Jan. 19 & 26 Lindsay Jan. 20 & 27 Chesterville Jan. 21 & 28 Brighton Jan. 22 & 29 Douglas Jan. 23 & 30 Sunderland Feb. 5 & 12 Alexandria Feb. 12 & 19 Spencerville Feb. 16 & 23 Elginburg Feb. 20 & 27

Biosecurity and Food Safety Workshops Biosecurity workshops are a good place to start addressing your on-farm biosecurity program.

For Biosecurity Workshop times check OSCIA website

Register Online at www.ontariosoilcrop.org

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Contact the University of Guelph Ridgetown Campus for more information: Toll Free: 1-855-648-1444 or email: mmcdonal@uoguelph.ca

www.agrinews.ca • Education, Marketing and Outreach New Resource: “Best Practices for Local Food - A Guide for Municipalities” Bringing More Local Food to Universities and Hospitals More Fresh, Local Ontario Food Coming to a Cafeteria Near You

Environmental Farm Plan Resources Workshop - December 9 Follow Us on Twitter & 16, Navan, Ontario OMAF and MRA - Agriculture, Food, Rural Affairs -

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REE Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) workshops are now being offered across Eastern Ontario. Farmers are invited to participate to create or update their EFP and learn more about cost-sharing opportunities available.

EFP Workshop - Navan: Day 1 - December 9, 2014 Day 2 - December 16, 2014 Exact location to be confirmed. Please register at http://bit.ly/11KQMNI

Local Food Fund

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ollowing a successful launch and high interest in the Local Food Fund, the program was temporarily paused on July 1, 2014, while the ministry undertook a review of the fund’s design.

The review provided an opportunity to look at ways to improve the fund’s objectives and make any necessary adjustments needed to best target and support Ontario's local food initiatives.

The program review is now complete and the ministry will begin accepting new applications on November 24, 2014.

To date, five intakes have been completed and 112 projects have been approved, representing a provincial commitment of more than $16.6-million.

To be considered eligible, an application must be submitted between 9:00 a.m. on November 24, 2014 and 11:59 p.m. on January 16, 2015.

The program application and guidebook will be available on the Local Food Fund website on November 24, 2014 http://bit.ly/1kbumXH.

Local Food Act, 2013 The Legislative Assembly of Ontario recently passed Bill 36, Local Food Act, 2013. The Act fits into the Ministry's broader local food strategy. The purposes of the Local Food Act, 2013, are to foster successful and resilient local food economies and systems in Ontario, help increase awareness of local food in Ontario and develop new markets for local food.

The new legislation - the first of its kind in Canada will help build Ontario's economy, create more jobs and expand the agri-food sector, by making more local food available in markets, schools, cafeterias, grocery stores and restaurants throughout the province.

The Act will also: Help increase access to local food, improve food literacy in respect of local food, and encourage increased use of local food, by requiring the Minister to establish aspirational local food goals and targets in consultation with organizations that have an interest.

Proclaim a Local Food Week that will take place annually, beginning the first Monday in June.

Bill 36 also amended the Taxation Act, 2007 to create a non-refundable tax credit of 25 per cent for farmers who donate their agricultural products to eligible community food programs such as food banks.

• Bill to Promote Local Food Passes Final Vote • Read Bill 36, Local Food Act, 2013 • Local Food Fund The Local Food Fund is a key component of the government’s Local Food strategy and is designed to support innovative projects that celebrate local food and economic growth in Ontario.

The Fund supports projects in four categories: • Regional and Local Food Networks • Enhanced Technologies, Capacity and/or Minor Capital • Research and Best Practices

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Fact Sheets and Publications

To order OMAFRA publications and factsheets: • Visit any OMAFRA Resource Centre / Northern Ontario Regional Office or ServiceOntario location http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/offices/ouroffices.html • Visit the ServiceOntario website at: www.serviceontario.ca/publications or call 1-800-668-9938 • Visit the OMAFRA website at: http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/products/index. html or contact the Agricultural Information Contact Centre by calling: 1-877-424-1300

Publication 384: Protection Guide for Turfgrass A big part of managing turf is knowing which crop protection products to use. OMAFRA Publication 384, Protection Guide for Turfgrass, contains information on products registered for turfgrass for insects, disease and weed control and is intended for professional turfgrass managers in Ontario. Whether you are a sod farmer, a golf course superintendent, a lawn care operator, or a sports field manager, this is a great resource for your shop shelf. http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/pub384/p38 4order.htm

Publication 812: Field Crop Protection Guide OMAF Publication 812, Field Crop Protection Guide, is the source of pest control information for field crops. The easy-to-read tables provide information and comments on insect and disease control products for the major field crops including best control options for integrated pest management for each insect and disease. Publication 812 is a companion to Publication 811, Agronomy Guide for Field Crops. http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/pub812/p81 2toc.html

Publication 838: Vegetable Crop Protection

Guide OMAF Publication 838, Vegetable Crop Protection Guide, is the source of pest control information for commercial field vegetable production in Ontario. Easy-to-read tables provide information on pest control products for managing insects, diseases, and other pests of Ontario vegetable crops. To order or download PDF: http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/vegpubs/veg pubs.htm

Publication 841: Guide to Nursery and Landscape Plant Production and IPM Publication 841 is a must for those professional horticulturalists involved in the production and maintenance of outdoor ornamentals. This publication contains detailed information on nutrition, water quality, diseases, insects and timing for monitoring. This publication is a companion guide to Publication 840, Crop Protection Guide for Nursery and Landscape Plants.

This publication replaces Publication 383, Nursery & Landscape Plant Production and IPM. Please recycle any copies of Publication 383. http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/pub841/p841or der.htm

Publication 370: Guide to Greenhouse Floriculture Production OMAF Publication 370, Guide to Greenhouse Floriculture Production, provides extensive information on nutrition and pest management of greenhouse floriculture crops. http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/pub370/p37 0order.htm

Publication 835: Crop Protection Guide for Greenhouse Vegetables Publication 835 is the source of pest control information for greenhouse vegetable crops. Easy-to-read tables provide information on products that are registered for management of pests and diseases. The publication gives guidance on how these products can be compatibly used with biological control agents in integrated pest management (IPM) programs. http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/pub835/p83 5order.htm

Electronic Bulletins and Newsletters

Ag Business Update http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/busdev/news/inde x.html Virtual Beef http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/livestock/beef/new s.html Pork News and Views Newsletter http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/livestock/swine/ne ws.html CropPest Ontario http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/field/news/n ews_croppest.html CEPTOR - Animal Health News http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/livestock/ceptor/ne ws.html ONVegetables (Vegetable Viewpoint) http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/hort/news/ne ws_vegview.html Ontario Berry Grower http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/hort/news/ne ws_berrygrower.html Hort Matters Newsletter http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/hort/news/ne ws_hortmatt.html On Organic http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/organic/new s/news-organic.html

Phone Lines and Websites

• OMAFRA Website: www.ontario.ca/omafra • Agricultural Information Contact Centre: 1-877-4241300 or e-mail ag.info.omafra@ontario.ca • Foodland Ontario - For recipes straight from our kitchen to yours: http://www.foodland.gov.on.ca/english/index.html

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St-Albert wins for best cheddar in the Empire New store officially opens

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Not only did the co-op open its new factory-front store as the final piece of the rebuilding effort in November, it also repeated as Grand Champion Cheddar winner in the British Empire Cheese competition.

For the second consecutive year, St-Albertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cheddar was judged the best in the empire â&#x20AC;&#x201D; beating out reserve champion Parmalat Canada for the Ross Lain Memorial Trophy at the competitionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 87th edition in Belleville.

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co-opâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entry in the extra mature class (24 to 36 months of age) that took top honours and awarded the points necessary for the overall win.

Judges nibbled 250 samples from across the country and even from overseas, before deciding on final results across multiple categories. There were sections for cheddar (6), specialty cheese (18) and butter (2). â&#x20AC;&#x153;Winning the Grand Champion title is quite an achievement, but winning it two years in a row, Wow!â&#x20AC;? exclaimed St-Albert Cheese General Manager Eric Lafontaine on the co-op website. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have to mention the extraordinary devotion of our employees, who make our cheese with love, and based on a recipe developed by five generations of master cheese makers.â&#x20AC;?

The co-op touts a tradition of making its cheddar from 100 per cent milk, bucking an industry trend toward more synthetic

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Other placings for the Winchester operation at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Royal Winter Fair included 8th in the class of Pasta, Filata; 7th

in Firm Cheese â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Black Diamond Havarti.

Empire Cheese & Butter Co-Op, Campbellford, placed 2nd in the Flavoured Cheese class with their Carmalized Onion in Medium White Cheddar, followed by Parmalat Winchester in 3rd with Double Smoked Cheddar.

In the open class Paramalt placed first with President Spreadable Feta.

In the Butter division, Butter Parmalat Winchester won Grand Champion Butter with 98.30 points for their Salted, Five Prints.

Following in second was the Stirling Creamery Ltd. Stirling, with their European Style 84 Salted with 98.25 points.

Parmalat also placed first in the Innovative five prints class.

ingredients, modified dairy products and artificial flavours. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is one of the things that we do here at St-Albert, and it is part of our standards,â&#x20AC;? said Lafontaine. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The co-operative belongs to dairy producers, so we have no choice, which is just as

well!â&#x20AC;?

And those popular products are available now in the handsome 9,000-squarefoot retail and restaurant at the factory site, whose doors opened Nov. 3.

At 76,000 square feet in total, the new plant is 30 per cent larger than the old one, and capable of seven times the cheese output.

The rebuild and expansion was worth over $30-million.

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Eastern Ontario dairy youth excel at Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most prestigious 4-H dairy show

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Island, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia represented their respective counties or provinces held Nov. 8 to Nov. 10. at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair.

Fifty one teams arrived on the Saturday to set up their displays, interact with visitors to the Royal and educate young fairgoers about caring for calves and

life on a dairy farm.

Veteran 4-H members displayed a high level of leadership by assisting the younger, first-time members throughout the competition.

4-H members competed individually in both showmanship and conformation competitions, as well as in teams for Best Exhibit, Reserve Champion in the confirmation calf class went to Jessica Brown of Frontenac with the first place Holstein Summer Yearling Calbrett McCutchen Lila, middle left. Belfast Doorman Lovestruck, shown by Alex Chabot of Russell, won Grand Champion Calf, middle right, at the TD Canadian 4-H Dairy Classic.

First place finisher, in the Holstein calf conformation class of the TD Canadian 4H Dairy Classic was Belfast Doorman Lovestruck, middle left, shown by Alex Chabot of Russell. Middle right is Kenny McRae of Prescott, who placed first as Senior Showperson and was named Grand Champion Showperson.

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Best Group of Three Calves and Premier County.

Showmanship Judge Jeff West of Beeton, Ont., and his associate, Thierry Jaton of Compton, Que., put 4-H members through the paces during showmanship heats on the evening of Nov. 9 and in the finals the next morning.

From a tremendously strong group of winning showpersons in the Junior, Intermediate and Senior categories, Kenny McRae

of Prescott, first place Senior Showperson, was named Grand Champion Showperson. Cameron Stockdale of Peterborough, who was second Senior Showperson, was named Reserve Champion and Alana McKinven of Quebec South West, who placed first in Intermediate showmanship, was Honourable Mention.

By mid-morning, the conformation classes began entering the ring.

Conformation Judge Chris

Lahmers of Marysville, Ohio, began placing the many heats and classes of top 4-H Holsteins, Jerseys and other colour breeds from across the country.

Judge Lahmers liked what he saw in the Holstein Intermediate calf class and made the first place finisher, Belfast Doorman Lovestruck, shown by Alex Chabot of Russell, his Grand Champion for the day.

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4-H classic Continued from page 16 Reserve Champion went to Jessica Brown of Frontenac with the first place Holstein Summer Yearling Calbrett McCutchen Lila, while Quebec Centreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Maxime Montplaisir claimed Honourable Mention with second place Holstein Summer Yearling, Milibro Aftershock Roseluka.

Other placings in Showmanship for Eastern Ontario 4-Hâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ers include: Junior: 5th Olivia Nafziger (Perth), 6th Isabel Bennett (Northumberland), 8th Melissa Brisson (Russell), 10th Connor Halpenny (Grenville), 11th Aimiee VanLoon (Stormont), 13th Megan Gut (Prescott).

Intermediate: 5th Jenna Hedden (Renfrew), 6th Matthew Forestell (Northumberland), 7th Jessica Sills (Hastings), 10th Brendan Velthuis (Carleton); 11th Tessa Bowles (Lanark), 15th Derek Van de Walle (Perth), 18th Lilly Dickson (Frontenac); 19th Simon Beaulieu (Prescott), Senior: 12th Vanessa Crowley (Peterborough), 14th Jessica Brown (Frontenac); 14th Iris Wolfensberger (Stormont) Confirmation placings are as follows: Holstein Junior Calf: 2nd Seawayvalley Atwood Yantzyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pride (Cassie Carr Northumberland), 4th Glengarry Doorman Aubrey (Rebecca MacIntosh, Glengarry), 5th Ulmar Doo rman Elmie ( Derek Knill, Perth), 8th Dell Creek Yipee Ki Yay (Iris Wolfensberger, Stormont), 11th Sildajack Barbwire Sparkle (Melissa Brisson, Russell), 14th

The AgriNews December, 2014 Page 17 Riverdown Fever Olivia Lynn (Cassidy Reaney, Carleton). 19th Verspeek Lavanguard Moondance (Mikayla Verspeek, Dundas).

Intermediate Calf: 6th Delcreek Little Minon (Dayna Snowdon, Dundas), 10th Greenlark Foxy Diana (Jenna Hedden, Renfrew), 12th Riverdown Atwood Jiggalo (Justin Velthuis, Carleton), 15th Brownland Sid Lynn (Jill Brown, Lennix Addington), 18th Donnanview GG Wannabe (Rachel Patenaude, Russell).

Senior Calf: 1st Goldwyn Lipstic (Jessica Sills, Hastings), 2nd Kingsway Goldwyn Elsie (Matthew Forestell, Northumberland), 6th Bonnie Brae Amazed Gewn (Kennie Mcrae, Prescott), 9th Donnanview McCutchen Fashion (Ryley Brownson, Hastings), 13th Chanmar McCuthchen Daisy Duke (Steve Gaude, Glengarry), 15th Embrdale Dina Sid (Carrie Davis, Peterborough), 16th Crovalley Sid Rain (Vanessa Crowley, Peterborough), 18th Hendercroft Gold Chip Change (Chad Henderson, Carleton).

Summer Yearlings: 1st Calbrett McCutchen Lila (Jessica Brown, Frontenac), 6th Dubeau Brokaw VooDoo Child (Brendan Velthuis, Carleton), 9th Crovalley Sid Athlete (Dawson Turcotte, Peterborough), Mel125 Goldstar Classy (Paul Patenaude, Russell), Carldot Atwood Liza (Celeste Cook, Perth).

Junior Yearlings: 1st Crovalley Atwood Patricia (Ryan Crowley, Peterborough), 4th Vanderway Snowin L Red (Cameron Stockdale, Peterborough). 15th

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Jeffshaven Dempsy Discovery (Sarah Jeffs, Northumberland).

Jersey Calves: 2nd Morningmist Verbatim Ginger 21 (Kristen Portena, Perth), 8th Hollylane R Gold Echo (Brianna Dracup, Hastings), 11th Avonlea Venture Kate (Taylor Vandermeulen, Northumberland), 12th Hollylane R Gold Cinder (Alison Flett, Dundas). 17th Payneside Jerseylicious (Aimee VanLoon, Stormont), 19th Valley Avon Kyros Eurelia (Janine Spichtig, Stormont).

Jersey Yearlings: 1st: Riview Verbatim Sophie

(Katie Babcook, Frontenac), 2nd Hometown Impression Butterfly (Krystina Jones, Lennox Addington), 3rd Hollylane Response Chalou (Courtney Ray, Hastings), 11th Hollylane Jackknife Zulu (Bryce Seaborn, Northumberland), 17 Payneside Red Parka (Cassidy Smith, Stormont).

Ayrshire, Guernsey, Milking Shorthorn, Brown Swiss: 2nd Rosayre Dreamers Revenge ( Jeremy Rose, Dundas), 8th Forever Schoon Pearlina (Graceson Bergeron, Russell), 13th Eastwind Jitsue Maggi (Jakob Vogel, Glengarry).

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4-H dairy continued from page 17 The Best Exhibit is one of the most sought-after titles at the TD Canadian 4H Dairy Classic. On Sunday and Monday, the exhibits were judged for cleanliness, interaction with members of the public, signage and the overall display. Carleton County was declared the winner on Monday afternoon with Lambton and Waterloo following closely behind in second and third respectively, with just a third of a point separating the runners up.

Quebec Centre was the winner of the Group of Three followed by Northumberland in second spot.

For the fourth year in a row, Durham West team defeated their Premier County title, winning the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bill Edelstein Bowlâ&#x20AC;? for most points in showmanship, conformation and best exhibit.

For the third year, the Stewart family was on hand to present the Bertram and Hazel Stewart 4-H Dairy Youth Education Award and Bursary. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deserving recipient was Rebecca Redner of Northumberland.

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Placing fifth in the 4-H Go For The Gold competition at the 2014 Royal Winter Agricultural Fair, on Nov. 8, was Russell County. This event tests membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; knowledge of 4-H project materials, agriculture and food, to name a few. From left: Melissa Brisson Shelley Nyentap, Mark Nyentap, and Vicki Brisson. Placing First was Kawartha Lakes - Haliburton, followed by Halton, Huron, Elgin and Temiskaming in sixth.

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A royal goat show

Pictured left is Grand Champion Showperson of the 2014 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair TD Youth Goat Show Kassidy Cavanagh, of Grenville County with Grand Champion Doe (Alpine breed), Howcroft SDR Kaldrin. The Reserve Grand Champion Doe was a Saanen breed, Lady, shown by Madalyn Mcclean, Northumberland County.

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Junior Barrow Auction.

Eastern Ontario placing included: Senior Showmanship: 4th Victoria Van Herk and 12th Antonia DeGroot.

Junior Showmanship: 1st. Daryn Van Herk, 2nd Ty DeGroot, 3rd Jake De Groot, 8th Shawn Van Herk.

Winning the Champion Inter-County Group of Three class was Jake, Antonia and Ty DeGroot.

Daryn Van Herk received Junior Showman, followed by Ty DeGroot.

Victoria Van Herk tied for 3rd in the Zoetis Quiz Competition.

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Blondin wins grand at national red and white show

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FaiR was The hOsT TO The NaTiONal Red aNd whiTe hOlsTeiN shOw, held iN The sCOTiabaNk RiNg OF exCelleNCe ON NOv. 13. exhibiTOR Callum mCkiNveN (FeRme blONdiN, sTPlaCide, Que.), wON gRaNd ChamPiON wiTh The seNiOR ThRee-yeaROld blONdiN desTRy sally.

Reserve Champion went to MS-SRP Absolute Pro-Red-Et, a four year old, exhibited by Kevin Moore (Morview Holsteins, Oro-Medonte, Ont). Honourable Mention went to the junior threeyear-old Blondin Artie Saphyr, exhibited by Kim CĂ´tĂŠ. Blondin competes regularly in the Eastern Ontario-Western Quebec Holstein circuit.

The following are show results in order from first place.

Junior Calf: Larochelle Artie Landy exhibited by Brianne Brown; Delcreek Spank The Monkey exhibited by Rolland Dubois; Beslea Sterling Merci exhibited

by Rolland Dubois; Deslacs Barbwire Almira Red exhibited by Rolland Dubois; Jolibois Fidelity Aussie exhibited by Rolland Dubois; Jolibois Felicity Aussie exhibited

by Rolland Dubois; Jolibois Absolute Fantasy Exhibited by Kevin Moore; Jolibois Fairy Aussie exhibited by Jonathan Rylaarsdam; Woodfield Excursion Lily exhibited by Stephane Tourigny. intermediate Calf: Blondin Lotus Sweety exhibited by Kim CĂ´tĂŠ; Larochelle Reality Sofyah exhibited by Bloyce Thompson; Pierstein Ladd P Tempete exhibited by Jennifer Thomas; Larochelle Reality Sofija exhibited by Claudel Drouin; Ms Hot N Heavenly-Red-Et exhibited by Isabelle Morin; Caniel Spagetti Chipper exhibited by Isabelle Morin; Roycham Ric Red Florence exhibited by Pierre Boulet; Kirklea Adonis Potato Bug exhibited by Bethany MacDonald. senior Calf: Eastwest Lj Destry Mcintosh Et exhibited by Rolland Dubois; Larochelle Reality Sofiona exhibited

by Kevin Moore; Whiskey River Destry Shadow exhibited by Callum Mckinven; Desnette

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by Isabelle Morin; Deslacs Chipper Cat Red exhibited

by Gord Black; Montdale Fantasy Pumpkin exhibited by William Troup; Jolibois Fantasme Absolute exhibited by Scott Brethet; Earincliffe Redliner Denise exhibited

by Carl Desrochers; Morview Sym Madotty Red exhibited by Stephane Tourigny. yearling: Our-Favorite Rlnr Truth-Red exhibited

by Isabelle Morin; Larochelle Reality Sofiana exhibited by Rolland Dubois; Larochelle Reality Sopha exhibited by Cindy Routhier; Oguilantin GT Hvezda Elody Red exhibited by ; Jolibois Famous Ladd P exhibited by Stephane Tourigny.

Junior yearling: Roylier Ladd Lizianne exhibited by Stephane Tourigny; Vanderway Snowin L Red exhibited

by Britney Hill; Blondin Ladd P Wonderwoman exhibited by William Troup; Aleah

Trinitrotoluene Secure exhibited by Dave Jenkins; Deslacs Barbwire Libia Red exhibited by Rolland Dubois; Haldrey Audacity Revue exhibited

by Kim CĂ´tĂŠ ; Deslacs Hvezda Alyta Red exhibited by Kyle Stockdale; Deslacs Hvezda Aslana Red exhibited by Stephane Tourigny; Jolibois Farah Destry exhibited by Stephane Tourigny. intermediate yearling: Sejane Camden Vania exhibited by Michel Larrivee. senior yearling: Karnvilla Ladd Karma exhibited by Cedrick Guimond; Etel Tania Destry Red exhibited by Dean Karn; Jolibois Flore Contender exhibited by Steve Glaude; Jolibois Floralie Contender exhibited by Rolland Dubois; Eastwest LJ Destry Mckeena exhibited by Rolland Dubois.

Junior breeders herd: Freme Larochelle S.E.N.C. St. Lazare, QC; 2nd - Deslacs Holstein.

Junior Champion: Roylier Ladd Lizianne; Reserve: Eastwest Lj Destry Mcintosh ET; Honourable Mention: OurFavorite Rlnr Truth-Red. milking yearling: Jolibois Flora Contender exhibited by Rolland Dubois; Deslacs Talent Alyana Red exhibited by Jamie Endvick; Milksource BST TerryRed-Et exhibited by Stephane Tourigny; Crestomere Rl Lovable exhibited by Everette Simanton.

Junior 2-year-old: Crescentmead Sweetie Pie-Red exhibited by Callum Mckinven ; Lookout Elmbridge Lil Red exhibited by James Walker; Blondin Redliner Rosetta exhibited by Jamie Endvick; Fortale Barbwire Pomlie exhibited by Kevin Moore; Walkerbrae Shiraz Renita exhibited by Ferme Intense; Morview Larson Madeline Red exhibited

by Kim CĂ´tĂŠ.

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Holstein red and white Continued from page 19 Senior 2-year-old: Deslacs Redliner Alina Red exhibited by Rolland Dubois; Jolibois Contender Feather Red exhibited by Stephane Tourigny; Deslacs Contender Antille Red exhibited by John Dortmans; Monchoix Destry Dawn exhibited

by Stephane Tourigny.

Junior 3-year-old: Blondin Artie Saphyr exhibited by Kim CĂ´tĂŠ; Garhaven Burns Natalie exhibited by Tim Hunt.

Senior 3-year-old: Blondin Destry Sally exhibited by Callum Mckinven; Khw Regment Apple C-Red-Etn exhibited by Guillaume Trottier; Mount Elm Royce Jalapeno exhibited

by Stephane Tourigny; Valleyriver Secure Ericka exhibited by William Troup; Lookout Elmbridge Lady Rouge exhibited by Kim CĂ´tĂŠ; Deslacs Touchdown Em Red exhibited by Kevin

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Mature Cow: Blondin Redman Seisme, exhibited by Patrice Fontaine; Blondin Mr Burns Laurence exhibited by Callum Mckinven; Greenlea Ad Share-RedEt exhibited by Jamie Endvick.

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According to van den Burg, it was discovered that the vacuum method of sap extraction, for at least part of the flow season, was

pulling water from the ground via the roots and stem of the tree through the tap hole as opposed from only within the tree itself.

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The â&#x20AC;&#x153;sap from saplingsâ&#x20AC;? phrase comes from the discovery that the optimum diameter for this type of tapping is between two and four inches.

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Tapping Continued from page 21 the tree, and a less than two-inch diameter tree will not produce enough sap. van den Burg reported that both multi- and single-stem saplings can be tapped for many years, with the multistem yielding significantly more sap.

Whether the tree has single or multiple stems (more than one trunk) the procedure for procuring sap from a small-diameter maple tree begins with the “top” being sliced and tapped a few feet above ground level. An attached vacuum tube draws the sap into a typical pipeline network. The following year, the top of a single stem-tree has to be re-cut, while in the case of a multi-stem tree, it is as simple as moving on to the next stem on the same sapling.

While the amount of sap collected per tree in this manner is significantly lower than a conventional maple bush, this is more than offset by a ten-fold production increase by

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One acre of high-density, small-diameter maple bush would produce the same amount of sap as about 10 acres of a mature traditional sugarbush, she reported.

This method of tapping, she added, could open new land to maple sap production, be implemented in dense, naturally regenerating maple stands or assist in maple syrup production after significant storm damage in a conventional sugarbush. This recalls the concern felt by the maple syrup producers and consumers following the ice

storm that ravaged this area in 1998.

Another key advantage of the method is the ability to harvest sap within a decade of planting as opposed to waiting the approximately 40 years for a maple tree to reach the needed diameter for conventional tapping.

She emphasized that the research is in its early stages, and there are still a number of areas to investigate. While the commercial use of this method remains a few years away yet, best practices guidelines should be released in 2016.

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They were also worried about the price of soybeans and corn due to the unstable market. In 2013, there were above average yields and the price was much higher than this year but the price has levelled off to a respectable amount, too low for some perhaps.

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all but come to an end and this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s yield is just an average of 1.2-1.5 tons per acre recorded from Finch up to Picton. Fife Agricultural Services reported an average year with a yield of 1.3 tons per acre of soybean.

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Crops Continued from page 23 ty and needed very little drying.

They also reported about five per cent of the yield was subjected to white mold and had to be graded as three or four. In the Finch area, there is about five per cent of the crop still on the field. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were really surprised by this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crop,â&#x20AC;? said Scott Fife. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t look good early with the weather but it turned out to be an average year.â&#x20AC;?

VandenBosch Elevators in Chesterville reported similar observations but they had all the beans off and a yield of around 1.3 to 1.5 tons per acre.

Some of the beans early on came in at around 18% moisture content and they also reported about 5% with white mold but it was not considered a major problem. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We dried about 50 per cent of our beans but the rest were fine,â&#x20AC;? reported Stan VandenBosch.

In Picton, at Reynolds Bros Farms Ltd., reports were similar with the yield

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just down slightly compared to the FinchChesterville area with about 1.25 tons per acre.

Although the moisture content was lower at 14 to 16 per cent, their Identity

Preserved (IP) beans had to wait in the field until they reached a consistent 14 per cent. There remained about 10 per cent of the crop still on the fields due to inclement weather, just

prior to the final weekend of November. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Soybeans have been a disappointment this year,â&#x20AC;? according to Lloyd Crowe referring to the yield, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The weather played a role in the

lack of yield.â&#x20AC;?

Corn Corn quality was good this year in the Finch area with a yield of four to 4.5 tons per acre. Despite the weather woes and negative expectations Fife Agricultural Services had a surprisingly good crop.

The moisture content was between 25 and 26 per cent in the early crop but has since dropped to around 20 per cent and the quality has been good with the lower grade being only around 2 to 3 per cent.

As of the end of November, Fife said there was between a quarter to a third of the crop still on the fields in the area but it â&#x20AC;&#x153;should be off this weekendâ&#x20AC;? (Nov. 29-30). â&#x20AC;&#x153;The corn crop was a little worrisome after the late September frost but it has been a surprising good quality and yield as well,â&#x20AC;? remarked Fife.

VandenBosch Elevators reported that the corn yield was way better than they expected due to the late planting season and the frost experienced on Sept.

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They reported an average of four tons per acre

www.agrinews.ca yield, which is an average year according to VandenBosch. The quality was good as they produced 95 per cent of the cop as grade two but they had some that were grade four and five probably due to drainage issues.

Moisture content measured around 23 to 25 per cent but the later in the season the drier. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The corn yield was better than we expected because of the Sept. 21, frost but was not a problem,â&#x20AC;? said VandenBosch.

Reynolds Bros Farms Ltd. in Picton were bringing in 220 bushels per acre, which is a slightly higher yield compared to the Finch-Chesterville area but the moisture content was pretty much the same at 23 to 25 per cent. The quality was good, according to Crowe.

When asked about the price of corn Crowe immediately exclaimed, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s half of what it should be!â&#x20AC;?

The price for corn currently on during the week of Nov. 23-29 ranged from $160 to $180 per ton in the Chesterville area and around $200 per ton in Picton.

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Agri-Food Innovation Excellence recognized

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Eastern Ontario recipients of the annual Premierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence were honoured Nov. 12 in Ottawa and Nov. 10 in Colbourne for their contributions to the creation of new products, adding value to existing products, helping support job creation, and building economic growth in Ontario.

Among 50 regional agrifood innovation awards announced across the province, those honoured included: â&#x20AC;˘ Beauâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s All Natural Brewing Company, Vankleek Hill â&#x20AC;˘ Champion Mushrooms Ltd., Moose Creek â&#x20AC;˘ Feather Weight Farm Inc., Sarsfield

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â&#x20AC;˘ Ferme Avicole Laviolette, St-Isidore â&#x20AC;˘ Glengarry Cheesemaking Inc., Lancaster â&#x20AC;˘ Rainbow Heritage Garden, Cobden â&#x20AC;˘ Harwood Estate Vineyards Inc., Hillier â&#x20AC;˘ Johnstonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cranberry Marsh & Muskoka Lakes Winery, Bala â&#x20AC;˘ Kaleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Acres, Castleton â&#x20AC;˘ La Cultura Salumi Inc., Trenton â&#x20AC;˘ Pyramid Farm and Ferments, Picton Since 2007, a total of 375 producers, processors and agri-food organizations have received a Premierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence. beauâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all natural brewing Company In seven years, Beauâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s All-Natural Brewing Company has gone from struggling startup to exceeding $12-million in annual sales. Part of that

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Beauâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s uses 100 per cent recycled paper products, delivers its spent grains to farmers to use as feed and insists on crown-capped bottles, which can be reused more times than bottles with twist-off caps. All its beer is organic, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find solar panels on the breweryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s roof.

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supply could get a whole lot more local, thanks to growing techniques perfected by Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Champion Mushrooms. Until recently, it took Shu Lin and Yu Xuan Lin 55 days to produce a crop, and yields were relatively low. So the two started tweaking their process. They opted to grow the mushrooms on smaller logs and changed the shape of the logs to improve nutrient absorption. They also adjusted the humidity levels at key phases in the growing process. As a result, the growing time has shrunk to 15 days, and labour and production costs are down.

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codes. At Feather Weight Farms, tracing chickens all the way to the consumer has never been easier or faster. The new, automated traceability system it has implemented eliminates paper and keying errors.

Printed bar codes and data guns make it simple to track each batch of chickens and transfer documents down the supply chain. At the same time, they cut the cost of recording flock data.

If a recall was ever required, it would take a mere three hours - a fraction of the 24 hours required by a paper-based system. For Feather Weight owner Robert Laplante, his customers, and the consumers who enjoy his chicken, the system creates peace of mind all the way through the value chain.

ferme avicole laviolette Each egg that leaves Ferme Avicole Laviolette has food safety stamped all over it â&#x20AC;&#x201D; quite literally. In 2012, Marcel Laviolette decided that marking each carton with a traceability code wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enough.

Instead, he implemented an automated system that marks every egg with an alphanumeric code. The HACCP-certified producer is the first in Ontario to implement such a comprehensive traceability system.

Because the code reveals the production date, batch date and producer number, any recall is fast and accurate. For consumers, the code on each egg spells a visible commitment to quality and accountability.

For the local egg producers that use Lavioletteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grading station, it means a boost in sales and profits.

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Bearing fruit at Champion Mushrooms Carolyn Thompson Goddard AgriNews Contributor

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Owner Shu Lin poses for the camera with his Regional 2014 Premierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Award for Agri-Food Innovation just outside his North Stormont oyster mushroom plant.

Champion Mushrooms Ltd received the award in recognition of his research and resulting innovations for improved production. Below, the product, ready for harvest.

mushrooms Ltd. of moose Creek in north stormont has reCeived a regionaL 2014 premierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s award for agri-food innovation, one of two regionaL winners from

stormont dundas and gLengarry.

Owner and general manager Shu Lin developed a two-stage process for â&#x20AC;&#x153;growingâ&#x20AC;? his oyster mushrooms.

The first stage is to the make the â&#x20AC;&#x153;logâ&#x20AC;? by filling a plastic bag with sawdust, steam cleaning it to remove 100 per cent of the bacteria and then inserting the spawn or mushroom seed.

For the next forty to fortyfive days the bag will sit on shelving until it has turned completely white, signifying the end of the first stage of production.

When the bag, containing the spawn is completely

white it is moved to another area of the growing centre and an incision made on the top of the bag to let light, air and moisture in so that the mushroom can grow for the next fifteen days when it will be ready to harvest.

According to Lin, this is a critical time for the development of the mushroom.

He has found that 15 degrees Celsius enables the fungi to grow slower so the quality is good. Lin also

mentioned the possibility of water contamination and how the amount of water has to be controlled to guard against disease.

When ready, the mushrooms are harvested, packaged, placed in cold storage where they remain until picked up by the wholesalers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; all on the same day.

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Awards Continued from page 26 Glengarry Cheesemaking Inc. You know youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing something right when you can call yourself a Global Supreme Champion. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exactly the prize that Margaret Peters won at the 2013 Global Cheese Making Competition in Somerset, U.K. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; becoming the first Canadian company to win this award in the competitionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 153 year history. The secret? First, Glengarry Cheesemaking starts with high-quality local milk. Next, Peters uses a passive hightemperature, short-time pasteurizer - one of the first of its kind in Ontario. Imported from Sweden, it offers a safer and more energy-efficient alternative to conventional systems. Glengarryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other innovation is using a unique, European-designed flow system to age its cheeses. As a

result, it can produce a number of different specialty cheeses, including the awardwinning Lankaaster Aged Loaf.

Rainbow Heritage Garden When Zach Loeks and Kylah Dobson wanted a better way to store the fruits and vegetables that they produce, they set their sights low.

Inspired by European wine and cheese caves, they carved a 600-square-foot root cellar into a nearby hillside.

Excavated 16 feet below grade, the cellar takes advantage of cooler underground temperatures to keep their harvest fresh. To add a little extra refrigeration power, Loeks and Dobson harvest a hundred cubic feet of ice each February. The cellar can hold 20,000 pounds of produce, as well as 15 customers hungry for fresh veggies.

Completed in 2011, their investment has already paid for itself. Today, spoilage rates at Rainbow Heritage Garden have dropped 90 per cent, while the farmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Root

www.agrinews.ca Cellar Daysâ&#x20AC;? draw big crowds.

Harwood Estate Vineyards Inc. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good for the environment and the community can also be great for business. Just ask Harwood Estate Vineyards. The vineyard is 100 per cent solarpowered, eliminating monthly energy bills that previously were up to $2,000. Nor do the green practices stop here.

In partnership with Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the progressive vineyard introduced experimental pest control strategies such as pheromone

disruptors and cover crops.

To conserve water supplies and ensure irrigation during dry periods, Harwood Estate also installed a catchment system that harvests 85,000 litres of rainwater each year.

Finally, the company only hires locally, supporting the local community and economy. Thanks to these measures, Harwood Estate has cut its costs, helped the planet and generated a whole lot of good will.

Johnstonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cranberry Marsh & Muskoka Lakes Winery Until recently, the folks at Johnstonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cranberry Marsh

& Muskoka Lakes Winery were forced to compost 20,000 pounds of perfectly good fruit each year. Because consumers prefer bright red cranberries, the growers were discarding white, pink and light-coloured berries. Then they got to thinking. They had already produced a successful red cranberry wine.

Why not put their wasted fruit to equally good use? It took some doing, but after a lot of experimentation the first-ever white cranberry wine was born. Nowadays, those 20,000 pounds of would-be compost are transformed into 6,000 litres of

award-winning fruit wine thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sold at the farm, online and through the LCBO. Now thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something worth raising your glass to.

Kaleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Acres These days, more and more nutrition-conscious consumers are reaching for kale. And what tastier way to enjoy it than in the form of chips? In 2009, Draupadi and Adrian Quinn converted 10 acres of former tobacco fields into kale production. The hardy crop has an exceptionally long growing season that extends right until December.

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Tiny oyster mushrooms begin to grow out of the log, to begin the second stage of production.

Champion Continued from page 27 produced each week at the Highway 138 location.

When asked about what happens to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;logâ&#x20AC;? after the mushrooms are harvested, Lin replied that the bags are sent to Lafleche Environmental whose machines remove the com-

post from the plastic bag.

The compost can be sold and the plastic bag disposed of.

Champion Mushrooms Ltd. is well placed to become an important Eastern Ontario oyster mushroom supplier to wholesalers, with the results of years of research and innovation bearing fruit.

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Margaret Peters, right, owner of Glengarry Cheesemaking Inc., displays the company's Premier's Award for AgriFood Innovation Excellence, and Head cheesemaker Wilma Klein-Swormink holds a loaf of their award winning aged Lankaaster cheese.

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Awards Continued from page 28 The real magic however happens in the 5,000-squarefoot on-farm processing facility. Here, the nutrient-packed leaves are transformed into five different flavours of raw, guilt-free snacks. Annual sales have sky rocketed, and the operation employs 15 seasonal and year-round workers. With demand strong and growing, the Quinns are now planning to open a 20,000-square-foot processing plant down the road that will process 20 tonnes of kale a week.

La Cultura Salumi Inc. In the countryside midway between Belleville and Trenton, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find a taste of the old world at La Cultura

Salumi. Here, in a state-ofthe-art facility, founder Frank Abballe uses Italian dry ageing and artisan techniques to produce cured meats that would make nonna proud. It all starts with free-range water buffalo. The lean meat naturally has 80 per cent less saturated fat than beef and 25 per cent less cholesterol. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s processed using a low-sodium technique that cuts salt content by 50 per cent without sacrificing texture or taste. La Cultura Salumiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lip-smacking lineup includes carpaccio, culatello, fiocco and more. Now, Abballe is working with local producers to extend the product range even further.

Pyramid Farm and Ferments Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lots of innovation fermenting - quite literally in Prince Edward County

these days. At Pyramid Farm and Ferments, Alex Currie and Jenna Empey have revived the lost art of making sauerkraut, sauerruben and other fermented vegetables.

Drawing on traditional Ukrainian recipes from the 1900s, the pair has successfully commercialized a lactobacillus-based fermentation process. No vinegar or chemicals are required. Only cabbage, beets and other locally grown veggies go into their products. The result?

Handcrafted products that the LCBO Food and Drink magazine calls â&#x20AC;&#x153;winter musthaves.â&#x20AC;? Currie and Empey have doubled their income between 2012 and 2013. To keep up with booming demand, they are now planning new fermentation tanks to expand their production capacity eight fold.

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Neonic regulation to kick in July 1, 2015 E ASTERN ONTARIO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; BEEkEEpERS mAy BE hAppy BuT ImpORTANT SEcTORS Of ONTARO AgRIcul-

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As anticipated, the proposed regulations wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t kick in for the coming spring planting season.

Instead, Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Minister Jeff Leal says the new regime will come into effect â&#x20AC;&#x201D; if approved â&#x20AC;&#x201D; on July 1, 2015. Public input will be sought this month and in January, following the provinceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s release of a discussion paper on the provincial Environmental and Regulatory Registries, triggering a 60-day consultation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our agricultural industry depends on safe, healthy lands to be productive. This is why Ontario farmers have taken significant action to reduce pesticide use, reducing overall usage by some 45 per cent in the past three decades. We know there is more that can be done, and we will work with farmers to protect the environment and grow the agricultural sector,â&#x20AC;? says Leal.

As justification for the proposed measures, Lealâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ministry is touting the federal Pest Management Regulatory Agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s discovery of a link between planting corn and soybean seeds treated with â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;neonicsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and bee deaths in Ontario.

The province aims to: â&#x20AC;˘ Work towards a goal of 80 per cent reduction in the number of acres planted with neonicotinoid-treated corn and soybean seed by 2017

â&#x20AC;˘ Reduce the over-winter honeybee mortality rate to 15 per cent by 2020 â&#x20AC;˘ Establish a comprehensive Pollinator Health Action Plan.

During the brutally cold winter of 2013-14, bee deaths in Ontario reached their highest recorded level at 58 per cent, according to the Provincial Winter Loss Survey.

The province says scientific evidence shows that neonicotinoids harm bees by disrupting their ability to feed, navigate and reproduce, making them more susceptible to bacterium, virus, or other microorganisms that can cause disease.

But in an op/ed reacting to the news, OFA President Don McCabe noted â&#x20AC;&#x153;cause for concernâ&#x20AC;? and implied that Ontario was deviating from science-based policy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One thing about pollinator health that we know is that it is a complex subject, affected by many different factors. We also know that the science around pollinator health is not definitive,â&#x20AC;? McCabe wrote Nov. 28. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are many theories and there is evidence to suggest pollinator health is impacted by a combination of several factors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;However, while intending to carefully evaluate and address all of these impacts on bee health, the Ontario government has singled out one of the potential factors and proposes to establish regulations on it. The proposal is to dramatically restrict the use of modern seed treatmentâ&#x20AC;Ś. â&#x20AC;&#x153; McCabe continued, also noting his organization â&#x20AC;&#x153;has always advocated for sound, evidencebased decisions when it comes to regulations that affect our farm businesses.â&#x20AC;?

He went on to encourage OFA members to â&#x20AC;&#x153;speak up for an evidence based regulatory environment.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We congratulate Ontario for its decision to control these systemic neurotoxin pesticides,â&#x20AC;? says Beatrice Olivastri, Chief Executive Officer, Friends of the Earth Canada, in stark contrast to Ontario â&#x20AC;&#x153;Clearly, Ontario is reading the science and has decided itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to act to protect our pollinators.â&#x20AC;?

The development carries forward with Premier Kathleen Wynneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;mandate papersâ&#x20AC;? to the Agriculture and Food Ministry in September, which gave marching orders to develop neonic regulations for the 2016 seeding year.

At the time, Ontario Beekeepersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Association treasurer Julie White acknowledged her organization was â&#x20AC;&#x153;disappointedâ&#x20AC;? at the delay but understood the difficulty because of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;very tight time frameâ&#x20AC;? involved.

Over 30 Ontario beekeepers have joined a class-action lawsuit launched against Bayer and Syngenta in connection with bee losses they attribute to the use of neonics in agriculture.

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The ministry considers the animalsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; grazing, rooting and predation behaviours damaging to the natural environment.

Be certain of your target, advises the ministry, which recommends aiming for the shoulder on a broadside boar, or up and between the shoulders if the animal is moving toward or away from the shooter. Dark grey to black or brown in colour, the boars may weigh up to 90 kg. They have thick, bristly hair, and some may have tusks.

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while each 4-H Association will have the opportunity to apply for a $250 grant â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all funds to assist with local celebrations.

While many regional and local events will also be taking place, provincialcelebrations include: â&#x20AC;˘ A commemorative anniversary calendar â&#x20AC;˘ Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wonderland celebration day for members, volunteers & alumni

â&#x20AC;˘ Gala dinner in conjunction with the 2015 International Plowing Match in Eastern Ontario â&#x20AC;˘ An historical publication â&#x20AC;˘ Special 100th Anniversary displays â&#x20AC;˘ Support and toolkits for local celebrations â&#x20AC;˘ Special branded items in the 4-H Ontario MiniStore.

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the hutch out of the bedding. The hutch is then pushed inside the canopy, allowing easy cleaning of the area where the hutches were sitting.

Skis can be attached, allowing the whole canopy to be moved by a tractor to a clean area. The calf canopy is a sheltered feed and pen area where calves can freely roam and eat without exposure to adverse weather. The calf canopies come in customizable sizes, helping serve the needs of

Celebrate Dundas ag, March 28 WINCHESTER â&#x20AC;&#x201D; To celebrate all things farming, Dundas agricultural groups are planning a March 28, 2015 Gala to be at the Joel Steele Community Centre in Winchester.

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4-H alumni Sarah and Kevin Wolters have come up with the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Calf Canopy,â&#x20AC;? available through S+K Agro Solutions.

ducers, 4-H, Dundas Cattlemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association, Dundas Junior Farmers and the Chesterville Fair Board are taking the lead in organizing this event which will support the Dundas County Food Bank.

According to Jackie Pemberton of the Dundas Federation of Agriculture, this event will be â&#x20AC;&#x153;an evening of great food (Winchelsea Events), entertainment (illusionist Benoit Lavallee, Three of Diamonds

Productions)â&#x20AC;? as well as a live and silent auction.

The theme for the evening will be to recognize the 100th anniversary in 2015 of 4H. Tickets will be available early in 2015 and farm businesses, organizations or the general public are encouraged to book a table for the event. For more information contact the Dundas Federation of Agriculture.

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and second runner-up was Maxwell Archer from Mt. Pleasant, Ontario.

This year marked the 30th anniversary of CYSAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s public speaking competition.

David Imrie, who produced and hosted a weekly half-hour farm show on CTV Kitchener television for approximately 16 years, emceed the anniversary luncheon.

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Open every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

until Christmas and by appointment, the IPM store has dozens of fun and practical gift ideas . From sweatshirts and walking sticks to jewelry and water bottles, the IPM 2015 store will carry a large selection of stocking stuffers and stylish apparel in sizes to fit the whole family. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were able to take advantage of Christmas sales when we launched the IPM cookbook last December and are confident our collection of clothing and gift items will be just as popular,â&#x20AC;? says Kathy McIntyre, co-chair of the IPM 2015 souvenir committee. Cookbook and

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Since the first competition held at the Royal Winter Fair in honour of the International Year of the Youth in 1985, it has become the premier public speaking event in Canada for young people interested in agriculture, with more than 900 participants in total over the years.

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South Dundas) to St. Raphaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (in the Township of South Glengarry). Sites near those communities would also see new pumping stations erected â&#x20AC;&#x201D; among the 70 that will go up along the 4,500-km route to pump western crude to eastern Canadian refineries and export terminals.

According to engineers at a public open house Nov. 20 in South Dundas, each pumping station will employ four or five electric pumps of 6,500-hp each to move the crude along at about 6 to 8 km/h. Subject to approval from the National Energy Board, $12-billion in conversion and extension work could begin in 2016, wrapping up in 2018.

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Dundas 4-H celebrates excellence at year end

Turbine firms gearing up for another round Nelson Zandbergen AgriNews Staff Writer TORMONT & DUNDAS COUNTIES — SOME fAMIlIAR COR-

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pORATE NAMES ARE ONE STEp ClOSER TO DEvElOpINg MORE wIND pROjECTS IN

DUNDAS AND STORMONT COUNTIES.

Recognized as the top novices in the Club, at the annual awards night, Nov. 22, from left, Cassidy Porteous (1st), Riley Jampen (2nd), James Verspeek (3rd). The awards took place at The Gathering House in Chesterville.

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While the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) has not yet issued a formal Request for Proposals (RFP) for more wind-power projects in the

province, it has recently released a list of companies officially accepted as qualified to compete once the request is issued.

Province-wide, a total of 300 megawatts of new wind power production will be up for grabs.

EDP Renewables Canada Ltd. — builders of the 10-turbine project near Brinston — and Invenergy, which once proposed a project in the

South Mountain area, were listed among the “qualified applicants” on Nov. 4. EDP is also known to have optioned land around Chesterville and Winchester.

Qualified firms are eligible to compete in the OPA’s new “Large Renewable Procurement” (LRP) process that has replaced the old ‘FIT’ program for large wind and solar farms.

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implementing the procurement process still require the province’s approval before the competition kicks off.

The OPA released draft versions for stakeholder and public review on Nov. 17.

The upcoming round of LRP contract offers will also comprise projects totalling 140 megawatts of solar, 75 megawatts of waterpower and 50 megawatts of bioenergy, across Ontario.

Recognized as the Club’s top juniors, from left, Bruce Porteous (1st), Fabienne Puenter (2nd) and Peyton VanDenBroek (3rd).

WESTEEL WIDE-CORR The Club’s top intermediates included, from left, Patrick Jampen (1st), Denver Bolton (2nd) and Reuben VanDenBroek (3rd).

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Kelly Somerville (absent, Holly’s twin sister) came second among the seniors; the second-year U. of Guelph Animal Biology student was also awarded the $400 Dundas 4-H Association Scholarship Award.

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DateLine East Region December 11 Prince Edward Federation of Agriculture Monthly Director Meeting, OPP Office Boardroom, County Rd. 1, (Schoharie Road), Picton, ON, 7:30pm - 10pm All Welcome! Contact Patti Stacey at 613-476-3842 or email princeedwardfarmers@gmail.com January 8, 2015 Prince Edward Federation of Agriculture Monthly Director Meeting, OPP Office Boardroom, County Rd. 1, (Schoharie Road), Picton, ON All Welcome! Contact Patti Stacey at 613-476-3842 or email princeedwardfarmers@gmail.com

Ava Rd, Brantford, ON, 6pm - 12am Cocktails 6pm Dinner 7pm DJ, Dancing, Photo Booth, Cash Bar Tickets $75 per person January 7 & 14, 2015 Growing Your Farm Profits â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Workshop, Bloomfield, ON, 10am â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3pm Start the business planning process by attending this Free two-day interactive workshop. You will: Assess business management practices. Determine priorities and key goals. Learn about cost share funding opportunities. For more information and to register visitwww.ontariosoilcrop.org

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You will: Assess business management practices, determine priorities and key goals, develop realistic action plans, learn about cost share funding opportunities. Register online at www.ontariosoilcrop.org January 9 & 16, 2015 Environmental Farm Plan (EFP), Whitby, ON, Canada Environmental Farm Plan

(EFP) Whitby ON, 10am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3pm. Producers are invited to attend free EFP (Fourth Edition) Workshops to learn more about: Best management practices. Develop an action plan for their farm.

Learn about cost-share funding opportunities. For more information and to register visit www.ontariosoilcrop.org January 12 - 16, 2015 OMAFRA Primary Drainage Course Wellington County Library, Marden Branch, 7368 Wellington County Road 30, Guelph, ON The Primary Drainage Course provides learners with the knowledge and skills necessary to understand common surveying terms, establish drainage slopes, grade changes and depths,and ensure installations comply with the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Drainage Guide for Continued on page 35

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DateLine Continued from page 34 Ontario’. As per Regulation 18 of the Agricultural Tile Drainage Installation Act, the primary course includes instruction and practice in surveying and in the principles that apply to the installation of drainage works.

This course is one of the mandatory requirements for an operator to upgrade from a Class “C” to a Class “B” Machine Operator Licence.

Course Topic Includes: Roles, Responsibilities, and Requirements Measuring Design Installation. Date: January 12-16, 2015 Cost: A fee of$325.00 (includes HST) must be paid at the time of registration. The fee covers the cost of the course and exam. Lunches are also provided. Duration: 5 Days. Enrolment is limited so please register early

to ensure your spot.

Individuals who require the course to upgrade their operator licence will be given priority. Registrations from other individuals will be considered if space is available. What to Bring: Suitable clothing for outside field work, calculators tripods, levels, rods and laser equipment (primarily laser surveying rods) if possible. Examination: exams will be written on the last day of the course.

Accomodations: Each person is responsible for their own accommodations.

To register: The $325.00 (includes HST) fee must be paid at the time of registration. Call 519-674-1500 x63590 or register online at: www.ontariosoilcrop.org

Trait Stewardship Responsibilities Notice to Farmers Monsanto Company is a member of Excellence Through Stewardship® (ETS). Monsanto products are commercialized in accordance with ETS Product Launch Stewardship Guidance, and in compliance with Monsanto’s Policy for Commercialization of Biotechnology-Derived Plant Products in Commodity Crops. Commercialized products have been approved for import into key export markets with functioning regulatory systems. Any crop or material produced from this product can only be exported to, or used, processed or sold in countries where all necessary regulatory approvals have been granted. It is a violation of national and international law to move material containing biotech traits across boundaries into nations where import is not permitted. Growers should talk to their grain handler or product purchaser to confirm their buying position for this product. Excellence Through Stewardship® is a registered trademark of Excellence Through Stewardship.

ALWAYS READ AND FOLLOW PESTICIDE LABEL DIRECTIONS. Roundup Ready® crops contain genes that confer tolerance to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup® brand agricultural herbicides. Roundup® brand agricultural herbicides will kill crops that are not tolerant to glyphosate. Acceleron® seed treatment technology for canola contains the active ingredients difenoconazole, metalaxyl (M and S isomers), fludioxonil, and thiamethoxam. Acceleron® seed treatment technology for soybeans (fungicides only) is a combination of three separate individually registered products, which together contain the active ingredients fluxapyroxad, pyraclostrobin and metalaxyl. Acceleron® seed treatment technology for soybeans (fungicides and insecticide) is a combination of four separate individually registered products, which together contain the active ingredients fluxapyroxad, pyraclostrobin, metalaxyl and imidacloprid. Acceleron® seed treatment technology for corn (fungicides only) is a combination of three separate individually-registered products, which together contain the active ingredients metalaxyl, trifloxystrobin and ipconazole. Acceleron® seed treatment technology for corn (fungicides and insecticide) is a combination of four separate individually-registered products, which together contain the active ingredients metalaxyl, trifloxystrobin, ipconazole, and clothianidin. Acceleron® seed treatment technology for corn with Poncho®/VoTivo™ (fungicides, insecticide and nematicide) is a combination of five separate individually-registered products, which together contain the active ingredients metalaxyl, trifloxystrobin, ipconazole, clothianidin and Bacillus firmus strain I-5821. Acceleron®, Acceleron and Design®, DEKALB and Design®, DEKALB®, Genuity and Design®, Genuity®, RIB Complete and Design®, RIB Complete®, Roundup Ready 2 Technology and Design®, Roundup Ready 2 Yield®, Roundup Ready®, Roundup Transorb®, Roundup WeatherMAX®, Roundup®, SmartStax and Design®, SmartStax®, Transorb®, VT Double PRO® and VT Triple PRO® are trademarks of Monsanto Technology LLC. Used under license. LibertyLink® and the Water Droplet Design are trademarks of Bayer. Used under license. Herculex® is a registered trademark of Dow AgroSciences LLC. Used under license. Poncho® and Votivo™ are trademarks of Bayer.

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A 42-inch diameter pipeline section frames the room near Iroquois, where TransCanada Corporation recently conducted one of its community consultations abou the Energy East Pipeline project.

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Pipeline Continued from page 32 From its farthest western point in Hardisty, Alberta, the substance will take 27 days to reach Saint John, said Tim Duboyce, spokesperson for the project, during TransCanadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nov. 20 open house event that drew numerous local residents to the Matilda Hall.

Part of consultations initiated by the company, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expected the NEB will follow up with its own public consultative process while reviewing TransCanadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Oct. 30 filing for project approval.

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The Iroquois-area was also slated to host another TransCanada open house early this month regarding its proposed new gas pipeline running 250 km between the village and Markham, Ont. That $1.5-billion project is intended to bolster natural capacity in the Toronto to Montreal corridor.

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CP Rail forces re-route of snowmobile trails

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The policy has dumped a significant obstacle onto three NSVA trails â&#x20AC;&#x201D; around Winchester, Chesterville and Finch.

NSVA President Graham Duke says theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re now scrambling to re-route two of those trails over to railway crossings located on public roads, around Winchester and Finch.

But in Chesterville, the organization sees no other solution except to close a local segment â&#x20AC;&#x201D; known as trail 51 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; entirely. Fiftyone emerges from the other side of County Rd. 43, south of the village.

Northbound, it sends sledders through a corner of Chesterville, over the dam and then through Vanden Bosch farmland to cross the railway and exit north of the village parallel with County Rd. 7.

Eliminating the trail would prevent snowmobilers from getting any closer to Chesterville than just the other side of Kittle Rd. (unless they drive on the road).

Duke explained that the confluence of the river and railway crossing rules out a workaround for the problem in Chesterville.

A regional umbrella organization representing a handful of local snowmobile clubs, much of the NSVAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 370 km trail network traverses private property, under agreement with the landowners. Trails intersect six CP rail lines at six spots from Mountain to Finch, with five of those on private property, according to Duke.

In Winchester, he says, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking at chopping that portion of trail 32 that crosses the CP Rail line just east of St. Lawrence Street.

Instead, the trail would be re-routed from just south of Holmes Rd., crossing over County Rd. 31 to connect

with north-south trail 34 near Maple Ridge. Thirtyfour ultimately crosses the rail line on the public road allowance at Helmer Rd. before linking back toward Winchester.

Using a road crossing is also the strategy for northsouth trail 63 near Finch.

Instead of crossing the tracks at a field just west of the village, snowmobiles would be directed east a short stint over to the regular crossing on County Rd. 12. A short new connecting section, somewhere north of Finch Feed & Seed, is envisioned to accomplish the detour.

Duke says the issue appears not to affect trails further to the south, which may cross CN trails. And he adds the NVSA appears to be the only organization to have run into this problem with CP, anywhere in the province.

He says heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trying to find out if thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s anything that might persuade the company to continue allowing snowmobiles access to the existing crossings on private property. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been asking, what do we need to do?â&#x20AC;? he says, adding a company rep was not returning his calls or emails.

He says heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heard the company may want $1,700 per crossing just to start the paperwork on possibly studying the idea of safety upgrades.

Duke says the Association knows of no train-snowmobile incidents ever occurring on its trails, though he surmises the rail company may be acting to reduce liability.

CPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stance regarding the upcoming snowmobile

season first came to light this past summer, he says.

And while he says some sledding enthusiasts have suggested that club members simply continue to use the crossings anyway, Duke disagrees with that idea, noting they could find themselves charged with trespassing by the company.

The AgriNews received no reply from CP Railâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s media relations.

The NVSAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s logistical challenge comes on top of its financial pressures, arising from an extraordinarily long 2013-14 season. Its 480 members enjoyed prime trail conditions from around Christmas until the end of March. And like municipalities, that blew a hole in the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s winter maintenance budget.

The NVSA runs three trail groomers as needed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We budgeted $60,000 for fuel, maintenance and repair last year, but spent $97,000,â&#x20AC;? says Duke. The overrun included a $5,000 repair prompted by the breakdown of one of the groomer tractors, he added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As long as it kept snowing, we had to keep grooming,â&#x20AC;? he says.

And another long, cold winter appears to be on the way.

To help rebuild the coffers, the organization has been holding fundraisers, including a well attended silent auction and dance organized by Karen Parker of Chesterville.

A number of local businesses donated some nice items to the auction. The event raised $3,036 for the cause.

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Farming’s a family affair on local sheep farm

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After all, when other girls were asking their parents for Barbie dolls, Colleen had a Fisher Price toy farm at the top of her wish list.

Today, farming is both a job and a way of life for Colleen Acres and her husband Dwayne Bazinet.

They’re sheep farmers with 400 ewes, along with growing corn, barley and soybeans, and raising beef cattle, chickens, and turkeys.

Three generations of the Acres family have raised sheep at Maple Meadow Farms near Osgoode outside of Ottawa, but Colleen and Dwayne, along with their three children ages nine to 16, are the first to make sheep farming their primary source of income.

And although they sold their farm to their daughter and son-in-law in 2007, Dwayne and Laura Acres are still involved in the family business and in the sheep industry.

The Acres/Bazinet family are shown recently when they hosted a Farm & Food Care food writers’ tour.

They include, from left, Laura Acres, niece Rhiannah Gallagher, Dwayne Acres, Taylor and Kieran Bazinet, Colleen Acres, Dwayne and Mitchell Bazinet.

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“This truly is a family farm and everybody pitches in and helps when needed,” says Colleen.

Industry involvement is also a key part of that effort. Colleen herself is a director on the Canadian Sheep Breeders’ Association, a local 4-H sheep club leader and serves as chair for her district sheep producer association.

Her father is the pastchair of Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers, a

national co-op that markets wool globally on behalf of Canadian sheep farmers, and in 2010, he was inducted into the Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame for his vision and leadership in the sheep industry.

Animal welfare is a big priority on the farm. Maple Meadow is part of industry health programs to help keep the flock free of disease, and everything they feed their animals is grown on the farm.

“As farmers, it is our

The flock in Maple Meadow’s new fabric covered barn. responsibility to understand the needs of our animals and be aware of how to provide those needs in a caring and environmentally-conscious way,” she believes.

A new fabric-covered barn was built two years ago which has greatly improved the flow and quality of the air inside the building. It also offers protection to the youngest lambs against wild animals, such as coyotes, who pose a serious threat to the flock.

“Most of our animals are raised at least partially on

pasture, and predators are one of the most limiting factors we face,” explains Colleen, adding that they’re limited in what they can do to protect their livestock.

In addition to the new barn, they’ve installed electric fencing, and they have guard dogs, donkeys and a llama that patrol the fields and protect the flock.

“If they sense danger, they’ll round the sheep up into a corner and protect them,” says Colleen. “We haven’t had any kills yet this fall, but it is very heartbreaking and financially

difficult to face when it does happen.”

The 700-800 lambs they raise every year are sold both for meat to local consumers and butcher shops, and to other sheep farmers as breeding animals.

All lambs are identified at birth with an ear tag, which is read by an automatic sorting machine in the barn when it comes time to determine whether the animals have reached the right weight to go to market.

It will also sort out any animals that might have been given antibiotics to treat sickness to ensure that they don’t go to market, which Colleen says is an important part of ensuring consumers receive a safe product.

Down the road, she would love to see more Ontario lamb available in the large grocery chain stores.

Ontario sheep farmers don’t currently produce enough lamb to meet consumer demand – demand that is growing steadily as immigration changes the province’s demographics and Ontarians expand their culinary horizons.

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JCB partners with Reis

by Jeff Moore AgriNews Staff Writer INCHESTER—R EIS E quIpmENT WHo SEllS aNd SERvIC ES C aSE I NTERNaTIoNal , N EW H ollaNd C oNSTRuCTIoN , m C C oRmICk , C laaS , k obElCo aNd YaNmaR agRICulTuRE EquIp -

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Reis with three locations in Winchester, Carp and St. Bernardin welcomed the opportunity and it has paid off as the JCB brand has taken off worldwide.

JCB started as a oneman garage with a tipping trailer manufacturing business in 1945 by

then owner Joseph Cyril Bamford, from Uttoxeter, a small town in England, and now has a worldwide workforce of 11,000 employees.

JCB manufactures backhoes, compaction equipment, compact track loaders, hydraulic excavators, teletrucks, light equipment, rough terrain forklifts, skid steer loaders, telescopic handlers, wheel loaders, utility vehicles and recently a variety of tractors and they have a wide variety of attachments for any use.

JCB, known mainly for its industrial identity, came to Reis because they mostly had dealerships in major cities, which weren’t convenient for the agricultural customers and were looking to get out into the rural areas.

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Hugh Hodgins, general sales manager for Reis Equipment, says he is excited and happy to have a partnership with JCB and looks forward to showing their line of agricultural and construction equipment at their three locations.

Reis Equipment in Winchester, Carp and St, Bernardin welcomed the JCB line of agricultural and construction equipment to their lineup approximately a year ago and it has turned out to be a good partnership. Pictured above is a shovel that sits under the JCB sign at Reis Equipment in Winchester; also on display below were skid steers and other small attachments and small shovels.

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Bigger is Ideal

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Contractor Gerald W. Clarke founded ideal Pipe, formerly known as Ideal Drain Tile. As contractor, Clarke installed millions of metres of municipal and farm drainage pipe.

He had a vision to manufacture higher quality and more readily available pipe products so began

manufacturing HDPE plastic drainage pipe in 1979.

Ideal Pipe began manufacturing pipe in South Western Ont., and since has built production plants in Eastern Ontario (Winchester) and Western Manitoba. Their head office is located in Thorndale, Ont. They offer many different diameter sizes, which range from two inch to 16 inch regular tile pipe and they also make a smooth wall industrial pipe used for sanitized sewer systems and storm systems.

They also manufacture regular plastic culvert ranging from six inch to 36 inch diameter as well as all sizes of fittings.

The expansion project is a big one among the $9.5-million in total building permits issued by the Township of North Dundas in August.

Ideal Pipe’s main competitor in Eastern Ontario is Armtec (formerly Big O), who manufacture their product in Quebec but also maintain a yard in Chesterville — located in the same township.

Ideal Pipe in Winchester is expanding their HDPE plastic pipe manufacturing plant with a 100 x 120 ft. new building plus an additional 35 x 100 ft. office space. The plant could possibly contain four production lines.

Pictured here is part of the plant that is under construction by McDonald Bros. Construction, which began in Moore photo late Sept., and is to be completed by Spring 2015.

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GIL-TEX HOLSTEINS, TURLOCK, CALIFORNIA Teixeira family: Gilbert and Linda, Robert, Lindsey Milking 750 cows: 24,000M 3.8F 3.3P SCC 140,000 (2-farm average) 6 Calif.State Grand Champions; Bred 200+ EX Gilbert Teixeira (left) was awarded the 73rd Klussendorf trophy during the 2014 World Dairy Expo. It is the top U.S. award for dairy showmanship. The passion for dairy at Gil-Tex continues from Gil and Linda to the next generation: Robert and Lindsey. As a youth showman, Robert (right) was the recipient of the first-ever Merle Howard showmanship award 10 years ago at the 2004 Expo.

Gilbert Teixeira instilled a love of dairy in the next generation, working from his youth to founding Gil-Tex Holsteins.

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