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Rural store owner ponders exit after 78 years on job

by Nelson Zandbergen and Carolyn Thompson Goddard AgriNews OOSE CREEK — ShOpKEEpER ClaudE pROvOSt, 93, adMitS hiS

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Retirement beckons after 78 years on the job as local retailer to this rural village.

The owner’s continuing career within the quaint, red-brick establishment has been interrupted only by his service overseas during the Second World War. While the world has changed around Provost Store and Art Gallery through the decades, things have stayed quite original inside — lifted straight out of the early 20th Century or Anne of Green Gables.

Upright, keen, and spry as a man 30 years his junior, the fluently bilingual

Provost has travelled through time with the operation since it first became his workplace in the late 1930s. But the store and his home next door are now for sale, he says, and the bachelor is preparing for life beyond the counter. He was planning for a mid-January visit by a prospective buyer interested in the combined property when he spoke to The AgriNews earlier in the month.

“The reason being, I’ll be 94 in March, you know, and I can’t go on much longer,” says Provost, whose long retail run was once chronicled by the Ottawa Citizen in 2005. (“They found it something quite spectacular at the time,” he quips of that earlier article, acknowledging that yet another decade has since passed, “and I’m still here.”)

But Provost also sounds torn at giving up the business as well as the house

where he has resided the last 70 years, admitting he would find it difficult to give a “definite answer” to a purchase offer. “I don’t know what to do; I have no place to go, and I hate to part with this. I’m enjoying that lifestyle, doing what I want to do.”

The idea of moving into a retirement home and “being catered to … doesn’t appeal to me that much, not yet anyway,” he adds. At the same time, he can’t see himself living alone in his own private home anymore if the store changes hands.

“I’m beyond that stage.”

He observes that between his age and that of his primary employee, now in her 60s, the operation depends entirely on their continued good health, “which could come to an abrupt end anytime, whether we like it or not.”

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Provost Store and Art Gallery proprietor Claude Provost stands behind the chocolate bar display that has remained in the same place through his 78-year career as shopkeeper at the Moose Creek establishment.

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Small fish, big pond One of the many touchy issues raised in Marc Godbout’s thorough 174-page report on the future of Alfred College is the organic status of the campus dairy farm.

Godbout doesn’t think the status is helpful in continuing and in expanding Alfred’s agricultural education and training role. Eastern Ontario organic guru Tom Manley would beg to differ; not only is Manley the region’s leading organic processor, he’s chairman of Alfred’s Community Advisory Committee.

Godbout is the facilitator appointed by the provincial government after the University of Guelph said it was pulling up stakes at Alfred. At the same time, U of G said it was washing its hands of Kemptville Campus; Lyle Vanclief was appointed facilitator at Kemptville.

OMAFRA Minister Jeff Leal has announced he’ll have official responses to the two reports by the end of January. At that time, Leal may comment on Alfred’s organic operation, starting with a ruling on whether the campus will continue to have a dairy farm of any kind.

“Organic status will be addressed with future campus management and the eventual operator of the farm,” Manley says. In the meantime, let’s avoid speculation that Alfred may lose its organic status.”

He maintains a discussion of the organic element can wait until broader issues are settled such as funding and a governance structure.

The regional agricultural community views the organic mission of the farm as having a distancing effect, not a relationship-building effect, Godbout says in his report containing 57 recommendations. That’s because, with few exceptions, all of the farms in the region are conventional.

Four of the recommendations pertain directly to the experimental dairy, including that the herd be transferred from U of G to a new Alfred Centre for Agri-Food Training, that the quota be transferred from Dairy Farmers of Ontario, and that management of the farm be outsourced to a third party.

The fourth recommendation is that priority be given to a study analyzing “multiple impacts” of maintaining organic as opposed to converting to conventional.

Manley counters: “Should a research and teaching farm focus on the mainstream majority audience or should it focus on tomorrow’s opportunities?” He cites emerging organic markets in what is the fastest growing segment of Canadian agriculture.

He suggests the greatest need for agricultural education, research and innovation is among young farmers more open to new ideas such as organic.

Is the weak relationship between Alfred and local farmers detected by Godbout caused by organic status or by something else? Manley wonders.

In fact, he contends, Alfred Campus has been “generally absent” in Eastern Ontario, poorly connected to Prescott-Russell counties government and to regional economic development.

“I believe this disconnect is caused by its very exclusive status as a campus of the University of Guelph with a very limited mandate of post secondary education, with no mandate or resources in extension, technical support, farm outreach, or trades training.”

He maintains Ontario doesn’t need another conventional dairy teaching farm, “even in French”. Alfred can’t compete with Elora and Macdonald College in Montreal – less than an hour away.

Dad was a farmer With the four words above, dairy producer and agricultural reporter Ian Cumming summed up his father’s life in a rollicking eulogy delivered Dec. 20 at the Presbyterian Church in Lancaster.

His father, Donald MacNaughton Cumming, 92, had passed away four days earlier as he was preparing to do the milking and barn chores.

Like most farmers, age alone didn’t deter him from his lifelong mission.

It may or may not have been physically true, but in every other sense of the expression, the elder Cumming died with his boots on. Ian put it most eloquently: “His life’s story, his actions, his accomplishments, relationships, interests, what he picked up and read every day, what he talked and inquired about with his family, what he fought for and against with intensity, indeed his very soul are defined by those four words.”

Even recently, close observers found daunting the reading that MacNaughton could “inhale in a day, his memory, his analysis of the present and future, and keeping abreast of the work being done at his sons’ and grandsons’ dairy farms.” The night before he died, he was on Skype with his granddaughter and great-granddaughter in Australia.

His biggest agricultural achievement was nurturing and improving the Ayshire breed. Ian quoted documentation that 95 per cent of Ayrshires in the world today descended from bloodlines bred by MacNaughton and his clan.

The proud son went on to offer a series of anecdotes and observations on a life well and fully lived that had the crowded church both tearful and cheerful.

“I got up to milk the next morning, and the next, and the next Because dad was a farmer.”

Oh, that any consummate farmer could be remembered in a similar way!

AgriGab Here we go again!

Gangway! Almost exactly at the end of 2014, Taggart Miller Environmental Services delivered an Environmental Assessment Report – probably in one of their larger trucks – concerning a proposed waste disposal centre that would make a strongman buckle at the knees.

Four fat volumes of general information and review, and two more volumes of scientific data; in all some 3,817 pages of justification for a glorified dump in rural southeast Ottawa at the corner of Boundary and Devine roads.

Yes, this is the same Taggart Miller that, four years ago, began lobbying for the project in North Russell Township, on a site that’s a combination of protected aggregate and prime agricultural land. It happened to be right behind my house, but that’s not the only reason I was happy to see it move on.

Faced with a barrage of unrelenting opposition, the company switched directions – by about 2 km – and began making a case for the 400-acre Boundary site.

Now Taggart Miller says the second site beats North Russell hands down when assessing nine environmental components, from surface water to agricultural impact. The EA is all about convincing the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change there are no valid reasons not to let the project known as the Capital Region Resource Recovery Centre (CRRRC) proceed at the new preferred location.

(As an aside, isn’t it interesting how the government worked the very hot climate change topic into the traditional ministry title? One office wag joked it won’t be long before OMAFRA becomes OMAFRACC… the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Rural Affairs and Climate Change.)

Opponents scrutinizing the colossal report have until Feb. 20 to register official comments. There’ll be another opportunity to comment following a review by the MOECC, with a final ministry decision on the Taggart Miller proposal to be made in 30 weeks.

While thinking people on all sides of the issue may instinctively agree that both Boundary and North Russell are irresponsible places to install a garbage dump, the project is driven by policy and by greed. It’s provincial policy to establish sufficient sites to handle industrial and institutional waste, and there’s big money to be made for any company who gets into the business.

In preparing to file an objection, Russell’s Harry Baker, president of the Citizens Environmental Stewardship Association (East of Ottawa), is investigating a portion of the EA. Baker is working with members of Dump This Dump 2, a citizens committee based at Carlsbad Springs in trying to block the

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He says resisting is an uphill battle partly because of the government’s determination to permit such facilities. However, volunteers dedicated to the cause have no intention of giving up the fight.

Objections to Boundary are similar to what they were to North Russell: Site instability, potential water contamination, an overload of truck traffic, noise, habitat destruction, residential property devaluation, and undermining of the rural lifestyle.

The Taggart Miller EA notes the majority of the Boundary site was historically cleared for agriculture. A substantial portion has since been allowed to re-vegetate; the entire site is “quite constrained” for farming due to poor drainage.

As for potential effects of the CRRRC on off-site agriculture, the EA contends that existing guidelines indicate there’s sufficient distance between livestock operations and the landfill to ensure compatibility.

In fact, the proponent claims, the setbacks in place exceed requirements.

In addition, no potential loss of productivity to croplands due to CRRRC infrastructure improvements, runoff or other actions has been identified.

The EA also suggests there should be no conflict between traffic destined to the proposed waste site and the seasonal movement of farm machinery on neighbouring roads If approved, the Boundary site would handle up to 450,000 tonnes of heavy-duty waste annually from across Ottawa, Eastern Ontario and beyond, much of it to be land-filled. The mix would include everything from construction materials to hospital discards.

Since Taggart Miller launched its project, Lafleche Environmental has established a waste transfer station in Russell about two kms from Boundary, with final disposal done at Moose Creek, 60 km to the east. The landfill there is underused, even with refuse entering from all over Eastern Ontario.

Many opponents feel Lafleche got the jump on Taggart Miller and the latter’s project can’t be justified. Isn’t it enough with one major commercial garbage processor at the east-end of the National Capital?

Some observers have a sinking feeling it doesn’t work that way, that provincial navel gazers might see it as a plus to cluster landfill and salvage sites, the same way fast food joints stick together in one part of town.

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Provost Continued from page 3 holds out. And from day to day, anything can happen, and I may have to give up,” Provost also says, reflecting on his consideration of a sale at this time.

The store operates at a loss, he concedes, saying he continues to run the place as a community service, using his own personal funds to keep the operation afloat. But he doesn’t mind, pointing out that “a lot of people don’t want this place to close at all costs.” Residents would otherwise have to drive to Casselman or Maxville for a litre of milk or other staple items. “Everybody runs of goods every now and then; the women, they’ll be baking, and all of a sudden they don’t have Tenderflake lard or raisins, and it’s convenient.”

He recalls a time when there were two general stores in Moose Creek, a pair of butcher shops, and two or three smaller grocers. Only Provost’s store remains.

In its heyday, it was the type of country general

store at the centre of a rural community. It was here that groceries, hardware, farming supplies, clothing or dry goods could be purchased, news exchanged, stories swapped with perhaps a game or two of checkers played on a warm summer’s evening.

Today, the store is still set up with a main grocery counter and an opposing textile counter — complete with shelving for old-fashioned bolts of cloth.

Eventually the cloth salesmen stopped coming around, and bolts are now but a memory in empty spaces once peered over by practical female homemakers.

The owner remembers when all foodstuffs were sold in bulk from behind the main counter, since replaced by modern groceries on shelves at his back. In the days before air conditioning, bananas took only a day or two to turn black in the summer heat, he recalls.

The back of the store also features its original hardware and paint counter, just beyond the owner’s unique offering of Moose Creek t-shirts and sweats.

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Provost’s Store and Art Gallery, in Moose Creek.

Customers have sent him photos of themselves wearing the local fashion at locations around the world.

According to Provost, the Cockburn brothers of Crysler built the present general store in 1875, next to an earlier structure constructed by William Urquhart of Dunvegan. In the early days of the “new store,” there was a dance hall above the “old store” warehouse next door. The Urquhart building was

demolished in 1980, the same year that Provost erected his Art Gallery addition.

In the early 1900s, William Fawcett and son George took over the store, briefly sold it to a Hawkesbury man in the 1920s, but returned as owners a few years later.

In 1931, Provost’s parents rented from the Fawcetts then purchased the operation, carrying a full line of supplies including yard

goods, footwear, clothes, suits, dresses, hats, hardware, paint and groceries.

Provost, who started full-time at the store as a 16 year old, recalled that supplies would arrive by horse-drawn sleigh or wagon, after being picked up at the Moose Creek train station. Groceries were shipped by rail from Montreal once a month in either wooden boxes or cartons. Nails and sugar came in 100 lb. containers and raisins in 60 lb. wooden kegs. Molasses arrived in a 1,300 lb puncheons, which slid through the back door and down into the basement for storage.

Customers would purchase molasses by pail or jug with containers filled from a tap located on the side of the container.

Provost has watched as horse sheds at the back of the store and a row of horse hitches have disappeared. He’s also observed how times have changed the spending habits of customers. In the days before routine commutes into the city, rural residents went to “town” for all their shopping.

The store was then open

three nights a week until 10 p.m. Wooden stools throughout the store were occupied by people either waiting to be served or waiting for family members to be finished shopping in town. A single stool from that by-gone era now sits in a place of honour at the front of the store, but along the outside walls of the store are many of the original shelves and drawers that have served customers since it was built in the late 1800s.

The master storyteller recounts how the centre of the store featured a pair of wood furnaces and men sat for hours on nail kegs along the back counter exchanging news or stories, occasionally taking aim at the nearby tobacco spitoon.

One mainstay of the operation has been the location of the chocolate bar display at the front of the store. Many elderly customers eager to reminisce about the past are delighted to see the talisman of their youth in the same spot, according to Provost, purveyor of not just goods but memories of a time that was.

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His driver, also still alive and living in Brighton, Ont., similarly received the French Legion of Honour Medal.

The pair remain in regular contact, and Provost said he recently congratulated the other man for receiving the

Provost shows the French Legion of Honour Medal he received last month.

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prized medal, not realizing he was about to get one himself.

France is offering the status to many World War II veterans who saw action in that country. The bachelor Provost said his old regiment asked him to apply last fall.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know why,â&#x20AC;? he said modestly.

About 15 years ago, France awarded the same honour to many foreign World War I vets still surviving at that time. Provostâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s late father, William, served in the Great War.

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At the old-time general store where he has worked daily for 78 years â&#x20AC;&#x201D; except for his service in World War II â&#x20AC;&#x201D; France bestowed him with the highest military honour granted to foreigners.

Lieut-Col. Lallemande dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Priesen, French liaison to the Canadian Armed Forces, personally pinned the Legion dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;honneur Medal on the 93year-old veteran during the Dec. 2 ceremony at Provost Store and Art Gallery. The Frenchman also had in tow several members of the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa, the local shopkeeperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former regiment, including its president, Chris Murphy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is not something they normally do,â&#x20AC;? Provost,

at his usual post behind the counter, said of the personal presentation at his place of business, adding with a tone of awe, â&#x20AC;&#x153;For him to come here to greet a lowly private â&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;?

But a lowly private he is no more. Provostâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s honour comes with the rank of Knight of the French National Order of the Legion of Honour.

Provost said he was honoured by the â&#x20AC;&#x153;impressiveâ&#x20AC;? visit of uniformed soldiers

who showed up for the event â&#x20AC;&#x201D; organized with the help of long-time employee Heather Rolfe â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in the adjoining art gallery. The establishment features a framed original map carried by Pte. Provost as he landed in France in 1944, nine days after D-Day, moving with Canadian forces through France, Belgium, and Germany. He spent a final year in Holland before returning home in 1946.

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Vanclief also suggests that some deteriorating structures should be demolished to reduce overhead and costs.

North Grenville was one of only three entities that expressed an â&#x20AC;&#x153;interest in managing and operating some or all of the campusâ&#x20AC;? during the proposal period ending Oct. 30, according to the report. The other two

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The former federal agriculture minister was appointed by the Wynne government last July to come up with options for the facility after the public outcry that greeted the U of Gâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surprise announcement earlier in the year. In his report, drawn up after four months of consultations, Vanclief bluntly acknowledges receiving zero proposals from â&#x20AC;&#x153;educational providersâ&#x20AC;? that might revive diploma programs and agricultural education

or research programming at the facility. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Meetings, discussions and correspondence with eight university and college educational institutions in Canada and the U.S. did not generate a commitment at this time in providing or managing academic diploma programs on the Kemptville Campus.

Possible providers indicated that the current small numbers of students are insufficient to secure their interest in developing a financially feasibility proposal for academic programs on the Campus,â&#x20AC;? he writes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Private or out-of-province institutions could also not commit at this time to providing academic programs because funding approval from MTCU [Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities] for their academic programs could take considerable time.â&#x20AC;?

Vancliefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s research turned up only one â&#x20AC;&#x153;potentialâ&#x20AC;? agricultural education contender in the foreseeable future â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;an international agricultural school for foreign students operated by a private company and funded by the students and government of that country.â&#x20AC;?

He recommends the province and North Grenville negotiate the

transfer of the siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;ongoing management and operationâ&#x20AC;? to a wholly owned municipal corporation, along with â&#x20AC;&#x153;eventual divestitureâ&#x20AC;? of land and buildings â&#x20AC;Ś in order to renew and redevelop the Campus into an educational

and multi-purpose community hub that meets the needs of Eastern Ontario.â&#x20AC;?

He also calls for provincial funding to assist with the three to five-year transition.

While he weighs the idea of having the current owner, the Agriculture

Research Institute of Ontario (ARIO), undertake such a redevelopment itself, he advises it may not fit with ARIOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mandate â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;since no provider of academic agricultural programs has been identified and agricultural research will likely not continue on the campus.â&#x20AC;? But he does suggest a role for ARIO in selling off certain campus

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Interpretation of Tables & Results Interpretation of Table 1. Notes: Varieties with resistance genes for races of the Phytophthora root rot organism in Ontario Yellow (Y), Imperfect Yellow (IY), Gray (GR), Buff (BF), Brown (BR), Black (BL), or Imperfect Black (IBL).

Hilum colour may also be Light (L). Yellow hilum soybeans are usually the only type accepted for the export market. In certain years discolouration of the hilum of IY varieties can occur and as a result the soybeans may not be acceptable for export markets.

Seeds per Kilogram This is an estimate of the relative number of seeds of a particular variety in a kilogram of seed based on a 1-2 years of data from all locations where a variety was tested.

Since seed size can vary from year to year and from seed lot to seed lot these figures should be used as a rough guide only. The actual seed size reported on each seed lot should be used to calculate seeding rate.

Phytophthora Root Rot % Plant Loss Based on three year average in a field heavily infested with Phytophthora. Not all races of Phytophthora root rot are found at these sites. The relative ranking of varieties for plant loss may differ in fields that have other races present.

Disease Testing Information Phytophthora root rot testing is carried out on clay soils infested with common races of Phytophthora at Woodslee.

White Mold variety ratings will be listed on the web at www.Gosoy.ca as they become available. SCN tests are done in collaboration with variety sponsors and the SCN Resistant Variety Development project. For further information, contact soyinfo@oopscc.org.

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Interpretation of Results (Tables 2 to 6) Days from Planting to Maturity Maturity is affected by planting date and the area where a variety is being grown. Varieties are rated as being mature when 95% of the pods on the plants are ripe. Normally, 3-10 additional drying days are needed before the crop is dry enough for combining. A 2-year average is shown.

Yield Index Varieties can only be compared within each test area.

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area. Small index differences may not be meaningful. In Tables 2-4, the yield index for each location and for the average of all locations is based on 2-3 years of testing. In Tables 5-6, the Clay and Loam Averages are based on 3 years of testing. Yield index averaged over locations and years will be a more reliable indicator of yield potential than performance from one single location or single year.

Plant Height An indicator of the amount of plant growth, it is measured at maturity as the length of the stem from the base of the plant at soil level to its tip. A 2-year average is shown.

Lodging A visual estimate at maturity of the standability of the crop. A value of 1 is equivalent to a crop standing completely upright, while a 5 represents a crop entirely flat.

Within a test area, varieties with lower values are less prone to lodging. A 2-year average is shown.

Testing Methods In each trial, varieties were replicated in a suitable experimental design and received equal fertility, weed control and management.

All trials were planted and harvested by machine. Tests were separated into conventional herbicide and glyphosate herbicide treated plots. Prior to harvest, plant height and lodging scores were obtained. The grain harvested from each plot was weighed and the yield of soybeans was calculated in tonnes/hectare at 13% moisture.

Food Soybean Varieties (F) The Conventional and Food soybean variety trials were combined for the first time in 2006. All conventional and food varieties were grown in the same test sites in all three years for which data is presented.

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On Jan. 31, workshops will be held concerning diversifying into organic crops for profits, rotations

Vanclief Continued from page 8 were healthcare providers willing to take on that role on parts of the campus.

Vanclief also details other potential users of the facilities that have come forward, though not in an ownership capacity, leading him to favour a multipurpose approach. Among others, a local school board has also proposed building a school on the site, he reveals, and a local hospital raised the idea of opening a community wellness centre. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In my view, there is a combination of interested parties that could lease most or all of the facilities on the Campus which would ensure benefits to many regional, community and agricultural needs and an active presence of the Campus in the area. A

and marketing by Wally Hamm; the fibreshed development model for livestock value chain diversity by Jennifer Osborn and Becky Porlier; backyard farms: stories of challenges, sourcing, survival, with Everdale as lead presenter, and CitySeed Farm and Little City Farm as co-presenters, habitats and environments of native pollinators in the city by Fran Freeman; and designing advanced permaculture systems by Brad Peterson.

On Feb. 1, workshops will be held on: raising your kids on an organic farm by Naomi and Keschia Krucker from ManoRun Farm, also members of Meeting Place Farm and Orchard Hill Farm; taste and tenacity-varietal fruit trials in a perennial growing system by Pat Kozowyk from Baba Link Farm; basics of heirloom

local, independent, government-based, non-profit organization would likely be best positioned to work with multiple partners to ensure its success. The biggest challenge will be the ability to secure a provider or providers for specific or general agricultural academic education that would lead to a diploma-granting status.â&#x20AC;?

Because some of the proposed uses are mutually exclusive, the facilitator also recommends the creation of a campus master plan.

The Kemptville College Renewal Task Force welcomed the release of Vancliefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 35-page report to Ontario Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Minister Jeff Leal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We appreciate and are thankful for the work of Mr. Vanclief in consulting with the community over the past five months,â&#x20AC;? said Marty Derks, Task Force Chair. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On behalf of the Task

garlic diversification by Zach Loeks; Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Environmental Bill of Rights: a tool for growing organic friendly laws and policies by Ellen Schwartzel; organic certification demystified and how to read organic labels in the retail store and know what they mean by Kelly Monaghan and Maureen Kirkpatrick; living your fruit-growing dream: the small orchardistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basic guide to success by Susan Poizner; your best decisionmaking tool and recordkeeping 101 by David Cohlmeyer; and various other workshops throughout the day. The free Sat. and Sun. Expo features over 160 booths that include grain traders, certifiers, equipment manufacturers and nutrient suppliers.

View their website at www.guelphorganicconf.ca.

Force, I would like to thank Mr. Vanclief and the many individuals and groups that have worked hard to get us to this point.â&#x20AC;?

While diplomatic in tone, the facilitatorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s report does take the U of G to task for halting facility rentals in November, a move that expelled the Eastern Ontario/Western Quebec Championship Holstein Show and led to a change of venue for next monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eastern Ontario Crop Days â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to the North Grenville Municipal Centre.

In another development, the municipality released the full text of its original submission to Vanclief earlier this month. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s available on the North Grenville website. North Grenville has previously identified four â&#x20AC;&#x153;potentialâ&#x20AC;? partners for the campus â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Olds College, Vermont Technical College, Trent University, and Algonquin College.

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Beef Cow Winter Feed Utilization Tom Hamilton Beef Program Lead, Production Systems/OMAFRA

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n Ontario, most beef cows are fed a significant amount of conserved forage during winter. While extending the grazing season with stockpiled grass and annual forage crops has reduced the length of the feeding season on many farms, there is still a lot of baling and chopping done in preparation for winter! Harvesting, storing and delivering the herd’s winter rations are major expenses, up to 50 % of the cost of keeping a cow. Even small improvements in the system can result in significant savings. After all of the effort and expense of creating the feed inventory, ensuring that it is being efficiently utilized by the animals is the critical last step.

Efficient feed utilization includes: • Matching the quality of the forages to the right animal group • Monitoring feed disappearance • Minimizing feed wastage • Comparing the amount of feed offered to what the cows should be consuming The better we understand how feed is being utilized, the more effectively we can manage the winter feeding program.

Feeds and Feed Terminology Nutritionists use a variety of terms when talking about feeds and feeding. It’s important to have a working knowledge of them in order to be able to use the information presented in lab analysis reports and animal requirement tables, as well as general feeding management. A list of some of these terms and their meanings are presented in Table 1.

Table 1. Feeding Terms and Definitions • As Fed Basis: the weight of a sample of feed as it is offered to an animal, including the moisture that is contained within the feed.

• Dry Matter Basis: the weight of a sample of feed after the moisture has been evaporated out of it in a drying oven.

• Dry Matter Intake: the amount of dry material that the animal consumes. The cow’s capacity to eat forage is primarily determined by the physical volume of the rumen and how quickly food is processed along the digestive tract. Within the range of moisture levels of typical stored forages, dry matter intake is remains constant. With wetter feeds, cows just drink less water.

• Bunk space: the amount of room available for each cow to eat at a feeding location (feed bunk, bale feeder or uncontained bale or stack) when all are eating at the same time.

• Free choice: the animals have feed available to them for most of the day.

• Limit fed: the animals are provided with a specific amount of feed during each feeding period, which is less than what they would eat on a free choice basis.

• Feed Offered: the total amount of feed which is taken out of storage and placed in feeders or feeding locations.

• Feed Consumed: the amount of feed which is actually eaten by the animals, not including wastage, or refusals.

• Feed Wastage: feed which is offered but cannot be consumed because it is tramped into mud and bedding, and/or soiled by manure or urine.

• Feed Refusal: feed which is offered but not consumed prior to offering new feed.

• Feed Disappearance: the total amount of feed which is

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taken out of storage and offered to the animals which is not recovered and available to be fed at a later time.

Dry Matter Good feeding management starts with an accurate prediction of how much of a particular feed the cows are expected to be consuming in a particular situation. In order to do this, the first thing we need to deal with is whether we are referring to feed intake and nutrient content on an As Fed basis (AF) or a Dry Matter basis (DM).

All feeds contain at least some moisture. But since nutrients such as energy, protein and minerals are only contained within the dry matter, the amount of nutrients the cow gets is solely determined by the amount of dry matter she consumes. The cow adjusts to the amount of moisture in the feed by regulating how much water she drinks – the higher the proportion of water in the feed, the less the cow drinks. In general, the maximum amount of forage a cow can consume is based on her capacity to intake dry matter, and is independent of moisture content.

Example Dry Matter Calculations “Dry” bales of hay typically contain about 15% moisture and 85% dry matter, while wrapped baleage may contain around 45% moisture and 55% dry matter. Let's assume we weigh a 4 ft X 5 ft bale of dry hay and get a reading of 850 lbs … this is the As Fed weight of the bale.

So what does this information mean? Assuming the bale contains 85% DM …

The amount of dry material in this bale is: 850lbs AF X 85% DM = 723 lbs of DM The amount of moisture in the bale is: 850lbs AF X 15% moisture = 127 lbs of moisture If this same forage had been baled “green” and wrapped up as a 4 ft X 5 ft bale of silage, its scale weight would be much greater, say 1300 lbs (it’s As Fed weight). However, the actual amount of dry material would still be the same (723 lbs), and all of the extra weight would be from additional moisture. In this case: The total amount of moisture in the silage bale would be: 1300 lbs AF - 723 lbs of DM = 577 lbs of moisture.

The % of dry matter in the silage bale would be: 723 lbs / 1300 lbs X 100% = 56% DM. The % of moisture in the bale would be: 577 lbs / 1300 lbs X 100% = 44% moisture Assuming the above hay and silage bales contain identical plant material (species, degree of maturity etc.), a cow’s intake of dry matter would be quite similar regardless of whether she is fed the dry bale or the silage bale, although there may be a slight decrease in dry matter intake (DMI) over time for the ensiled feed. Of course, the total scale weight of feed consumed by the cows would be much greater when fed the baleage.

So if we want to measure the nutritional value of a feed, relate it to animal requirements, and be able to compare it to other feeds, it is essential that we deal with nutrient content on a DM basis. Likewise, if we want to evaluate the feed intake of animals in terms of nutrients supplied, we have to convert scale weights (as fed basis) to dry matter intake (DMI).

Feed Intake Estimates Knowing the expected feed intake for a group of animals is an essential step in evaluating diets and feeding systems. Feed intake of beef cows is affected by a number of factors, including body size, body condition, physiological state (dry, lactating, pregnancy etc.) the palatability and digestibility of the feed, and the environmental temperature.

Table 2 contains some useful guidelines for the forage dry matter intake capacity of beef cows as a % of their body weight.

Table 2. Forage Intake Capacity of Beef Cows 1, 2 1 Hibbard, C. A. and T. A. Thrift. 1992. J. Anim. Sci. 70:(Suppl. 2). (Abstr.).

2 assumes that protein requirements are met in total diet

Forage intake increases as quality increases. This is due to a combination of both increased palatability and improved digestibility of the better forage, which speeds up rate of passage through the digestive tract.

Let's look at the expected intake of a 1400 lb dry cow in good body condition being fed average quality hay on a free choice basis…

DMI = 1400 lbs X 2.2% = 30.8 lbs of dry matter Since this is on a dry matter basis, we have to convert to it to an as fed basis in order to relate it to the actual weight of hay being consumed. If this is the same hay we looked at earlier, it would contain 85% DM. So… As Fed weight = 30.8 lbs DM / 85%DM = 36.2 lbs of hay as fed What would happen if we were feeding the same quality forage but it had been wrapped instead of dried down?

The cow would still consume about the same amount of dry matter (30.8 lbs), but the actual weight of feed consume would be much higher.

As Fed weight = 30.8 lbs DM / 56% DM = 55 lbs of silage as fed Other Factors Affecting Dry Matter Intake For any specific feeding situation, environmental factors such as air temperature and yard condition can impact dry matter intake, in addition to animal class and forage quality. Some environmental adjustment factors are given in Table 3.

Table 3. Dry Matter Intake Adjustments for Environmental Factors1

1 NRC 1987. Adapted from Predicting Feed Intake of Food Producing Animals

Feed Intake vs. Feed Disappearance When farmers talk about the amount they are feeding their cows, they are usually referring to the amount of forage offered and which disappears from the inventory. This will always be larger than what the cows are actually consuming. The difference is due to several factors, including: • the wastage of forage as it is being moved from storage • feed tramped into the ground or bedding, • feed soiled by manure or urine, • feed which is left uneaten until the next lot of feed is delivered, • inedible crusts on bales which may be removed prior to feeding.

It’s important to have a good idea of how feed disappearance matches up with the expected intake of the cows.

If the gap is too wide, after adjusting for typical wastage, there may be some issues with the feeding system that can be corrected in order to save feed and therefore money. If actual feed intake is significantly lower than Continued on page 16

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Page 16 The AgriNews January, 2015 • Continued from page 14 anticipated, after accounting for wastage, there may be an issue with the quality of the forage. Table 4 has some guidelines for evaluating various levels of feed disappearance.

Table 4. Interpretation of the Difference between Observed Forage Disappearance and Predicted Intake1

1 forages fed to beef cows under typical on farm conditions 2 (Observed disappearance - Predicted intake ) / Predicted intake X 100

Here's an example of a feeding scenario: • 50 cow management group • Cows average 1500 lbs, in good body condition, dry, mid third of pregnancy • Average daily temperature is -5 C, feeding area is sheltered from the prevailing wind • Ground conditions are dry Being offered 4’ X 4’ dry hay bales which weigh 600 lbs • Hay was tested and is 84% DM with 54% TDN (DM basis) What is the expected dry matter feed intake of these cows?

Basic cow dry matter intake: DMI = Cow wt. X % DMI (per lb of cow wt.)

DMI = 1500 lbs X 2.2% DMI = 33 lbs Adjustment for daily air temperature = 1.05 Adjustment for mud = 1.00 Cow DMI adjusted for environment: DMI = 33 lbs X 1.05 X 1.00 DMI = 34.7 lbs What is the expected actual (as fed) amount of hay which would be consumed by these cows? We need to convert our estimated DM intake to an AF basis for the hay been offered.

As Fed Intake = DMI lbs / % DM in the hay AF Intake = 34.7 lbs / 84% DM AF Intake = 41.3 lbs So we would expect each cow to consume about 41.3 lbs of hay per day. For the feeding group of 50 cows this would be: 41.3 lbs X 50 hd = 2065 lbs of hay Converting this to bale of hay, 2065 lbs / 600 lbs = 3.44 bales of hay per day The group is being fed an average of 4.0 bales per day, with a very minimal amount left in the feeders. How does this feed disappearance match up with what is expected?

Let’s look at it on a per hd basis …

Feed disappearance/hd = 4.0 bales X 600 lbs / 50 hd = 48 lbs/hd/day We had estimated the hay disappearance for this group as 41.3 lbs/hd/d. The difference between disappearances estimated intake: Difference = disappearance - estimated intake = 48 lbs - 41.3 lbs = 6.7 lbs On a percentage basis this would be: Difference / estimated intake X 100% 6.7 lbs / 41.3 lbs X 100% = 16% This indicates that about 16% of the feed which is being offered is not actually being eaten by the cows. This falls under the Medium utilization category (Table 4), so there is likely significant room for improvement. It would be a good idea to closely observe the cows’ feeding behaviour and see how much hay is being pulled out of the feeder and lost on the ground, as well as how much forage is being left uneaten in the feeders. In trials, hay wastage when feeding round bales has been measured from 5% to 40%, with the higher range occurring when the bales are rolled out on the ground. You can compare the design of your feeders with those evaluated in a feed wastage trial.

The Bottom Line Examining the winter feed utilization of your cow herd is an excellent management tool. Comparing the amount of feed you are going through to what is expected for your situation gives you the information needed to evaluate the feeding system and take corrective action if needed. Since feed accounts for such a large portion of overall costs, it’s important to ensure that “disappearance” matches up well with cow requirements.

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.

On November 27th the 2014 Premier’s Award was presented to Kaley’s Acres of Castleton for converting former tobacco fields into a successful kale production operation.

The Minister’s Award was presented to A. Driedger Farms Inc. of Wheatley for developing a self-propelled tomato harvesting machine that speeds up harvesting by 19 per cent, while preserving the quality of the fruit.

Three Leaders in Innovation Awards were also presented to: • The Rheault Distillery of Hearst for its quadruple-distilled wheat-based alcohol made using northern Ontario grains, which are particularly well-suited to vodka production because of their higher sugar content.

• The Garlic Box of Hensall for bringing back Ontario’s commercial garlic production. By developing a range of value-added products such as oils, salts, condiments and seasonings, all made with locally grown garlic, and by flash-freezing whole peeled cloves. The Garlic Box is providing customers with Ontario garlic year-round.

• Truly Green Farms of Dresden for running a 22.5-acre carbon neutral greenhouse, which uses the carbon dioxide that GreenField Ethanol emits. Not only does using the CO2 promote tomato growth, it ensures that 15,000 metric tonnes of planet-warming gases stay out of the atmosphere each year.

To see other Premier’s Award winners and for more information visit: ontario.ca/agrifoodinnovation

Changes to Farm Licence Plate Requirements

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tarting January 1, 2015, vehicle owners wishing to purchase or attach farm plates to a new commercial vehicle over 3000 kg will need to provide documentation to demonstrate that they have a farm business.

Only those clients purchasing or attaching new farm plates to a vehicle will be required to show proof of farm business as of January 1, 2015. The new requirements will not affect any current farm plate owners who are renewing their farm plates.

What documentation do I have to show to prove I have a farm business?

Your Farm Business Registration (FBR) number is proof that you run a farm business. Any one of the following documents will prove that you have an FBR: • A farm organization membership card; • A Gross Farm Income Exemption Certificate; • A letter from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Appeal Tribunal indicating religious exemption; • A letter from Agricorp with your FBR number; or • A letter from the Indian Agriculture Program of Ontario confirming that the producer has met the FBR eligibility requirements.

Why is the Ministry of Transportation making these changes?

Ontario’s Auditor General (OAG), in its 2012 annual report on the Drive Clean Program and the 2013 annual

www.agrinews.ca report on ServiceOntario, noted an increasing number of vehicles with farm plates and was concerned that no verification is required to obtain farm plates. In both audit reports, the OAG recommended the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) review the requirements for obtaining a farm plate, to ensure that no abuse of the system was taking place.

As a result, MTO is implementing new requirements for issuing or attaching farm plates to a commercial vehicle.

This will ensure that only qualified farmers obtain farm plates and receive the benefits associated with having a farm plate.

For more information: About the Farm Business Registration program, please contact Agricorp. Their Contact Centre is open Monday to Friday, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and can be reached by calling 1-888-247-4999 or TTY: 1-877-275-1380. Their email address is: contact@agricorp.com.

About farm licence plates, visit a Service Ontario location near you or contact them at https://www.ontario.ca/serviceontario or by phone at 1800-387-3445.

Environmental Farm Plan Workshop - 2015

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ree Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) fourth edition workshops are now being offered across Ontario.

Farmers are invited to participate to create or update their EFP and learn more about cost-sharing opportunities available. Register Online at www.ontariosoilcrop.org

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tart the business planning process by attending this free two-day interactive workshop. You will: assess business management practices, determine priorities and key goals, develop realistic action plans and learn about cost-share funding opportunities. Register online at www.ontariosoilcrop.org

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Study supports increased setbacks: WCO

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The nacelle houses the generating components in a wind turbine such as the generator, gear box, drive train and brake assembly.

EDP is working closely with the manufacturer, Siemens Canada, to “determine the best method and schedule for replacement of this part.” Siemens will

cover the cost “as this is a repair that is being made to a product that is under warranty,” Renz explained.

The wind power developer anticipated that the work will occur over the next few months and take between two to three weeks to complete.

While the affected ‘T110’ tower — the most northerly unit located on the Thurler farm in the Municipality of South Dundas — will remain offline until the repair is completed, the remaining nine turbines will continue operating without having to shut down for the duration of the fix.

Renz is confident that their excellent partnership with Siemens Canada will ensure that “once the repair window has been selected and the repairs commenced we shall be up and running at full capacity (10 turbines) in no time.”

that noise from wind turbines may annoy some people but isn’t associated with ill effects on sleep, health or stress levels and quality of life.

However, Health Canada did find a “statistically significant” rise in the amount of annoyance when noise levels exceed ut 35 dBA. But WCO points out that Ontario’s 550-metre

minimum setback standard is premised on allowing people to be exposed above that threshold, to a maximum of 40 dBA. “On this basis, the high levels of annoyance identified in the Health Canada study qualify as a serious health risk that should require immediate action by provincial and federal health authorities,” posits the organization. “These findings suggest that the Ontario guidelines for audible turbine noise and their relat-

ed 550 metre setbacks from occupied residences, can no longer be considered safe as they are based on the 40 dBA standard that is not supported by Health Canada research. Action is needed to be improved to provide adequate protection for residents being exposed to wind turbine noise.”

Health Canada’s study and report on the controversial was more than two years in the making.

It’s available online at www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewhsemt/noise-bruit/turbineeoliennes/index-eng.php

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DSCIA Awards â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Farmer of the Year, 2014

DSCIA Awards â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Innovative Farmer of the Year, 2014

South Dundas dairy famers Albert and Linda Harbers were named the recipients of Dundas Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Farmer of the Year Award, Dec. 3, at the Dundas Soil and Crop Improvement Association AGM in Chesterville.

Photo right: Albert Harbers receives the accompanying plaques from Dundas Federation of Agriculture President Jackie Pemberton.

Smokie Ridge Vineyards operator Paul LeBlanc (right) and his wife Deborah were honoured as the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Innovative Farmer of the Year. DSCIA President Warren Schneckenburger presents the accompanying plaques to the recipient.

High yields in Dundas County Award of Merit

Richard Burton (left) receives the 2014 Award of Merit from DSCIA President Warren Schneckenburger.

Conservation Award

Brian and Liz Van Den Berg receive the Soil and Conservation Award from Schneckenburger.

Garry Brugans (right) presented the annual high corn yield awards at the DSCIA awards. From left, a Harvex representative, Peter Byvelds of Holland Vale Holsteins (3rd place with 213.08 bushels per acre); Mark Tibben of Tibben Farms (2nd place with 219.87 bushels per acre); Andrew Byvelds of Bycrest Farms with 244.84 bushels per acre); and Dekalb rep Sean Cochrane.

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During the mid 1980s to the late 1990s, he held the local Pioneer Seed dealership, supplying local growers with leading hybrids to the area. As a result, farmers realized huge gains in yield. It was also in this era

when forage inoculants were introduced to local dairy farmers.

Further representing farmers with honesty and integrity, the recipient is a past chair of the OFFIR Appeal Board and FIAP Appeal Board.

Still active in the community, he currently serves

on his church, is active at the curling club and the District Canadian Club.

What became Cedar Lodge Farms in the mid 1950s has now grown and expanded to include several thousand acres operated by son Arden, his wife Rhonda, and grandson, Warren. The tradition of

serving the farming community has been passed down to the next generations. Arden Schneckenburger has also been very active with many farm organizations.

Today, the elder Schneckenburger remains active at the farm, visiting daily to oversee operations.

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The Morrisburg residentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s local organization â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Dundas County Soil and Crop Improvement Association (DSCIA) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; acknowledged the Ontario honour for Schneckenburger at its annual general meeting last month. Though the award was officially conferred last March in London, DSCIA president Warren Schneckenburgen had the distinction of introducing the recipient â&#x20AC;&#x201D; his grandfather â&#x20AC;&#x201D; on their home county soil, Dec. 3, in Chesterville.

An immigrant to Canada, the elder Schneckeburger settled with wife, Evelyn, on a dairy farm near Morrisburg. On that farm they raised three children â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Andy, Arden and Steven â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and ran a Jersey herd recognized as one of the highest producing at the time. He became active in the St. Lawrence Jersey Club, also serving as president at one point.

The Jersey herd was later dispersed and the farm began to expand and focus on crops, mainly corn. During the early

1970s, he saw the need for a grassroots organization to represent the corn growers of Ontario. After a couple of failed attempts to form such an organization, persistency and dedication led to success, and the Ontario Corn Producer Association was formed. A founding director, Schneckeburger has also served as Treasurer and 2nd VicePresident of the OCPA. He has also committed his time to representing local beef farmers, as a feedlot comprises part of the Schneckenburger farm operation. The former president of the Dundas Cattlemenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association has also served as Provincial Director for the Ontario Cattlemenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association.

He has been a president of the Dundas Federation of Agriculture and prior to that served as township director.

Other awards and accolades picked up by the recipient include: Dundas Farmer of the Year (1967), Eastern Ontario SCIA Award of Merit (1985) and the Bicentennial Certificate of Merit from OMAF (1984).

Very active for many years in the DSCIA, he was a director and president of the organizaton. A man with a passion for farming and soil conservation, the Schneckenburger farm was one of the very first to plant soybeans notill. The farm has also won Conservation Awards

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Dairy XPO 2015 exclusive preview

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FebRuARy,” STATeS bRIAn O’COnnOR, geneRAl mAnAgeR OF eASTgen, A PROuD FOunDIng PARTneR OF CDX. Marc Comtois, from Comestar Holsteins in Victoriaville, Que., (milking 300 cows) will make the trek to Stratford this Feb. Comtois says, “If you’re running an innovative operation, you can’t afford to not be there, to see and learn how to better your operation.” He will also participate in a proeACh

ducer panel, a new feature running daily in the Maizex Dairy Classroom, Feb. 4, that will feature a group of pedigree savvy producers who have played on the world stage of genetic trade. Joining Comtois on this panel are John Crowley, Glenn Barkey, Jen Vander Meulen and Curtis McNeil.

Attending producers looking to market their onfarm genetic programs should bring their listings and business cards to post on the new Zoetis Genetic Marketplace board, to be located in the Britespan Cow Coliseum. The second day of the classroom will feature a panel of well known and respected organic dairy producers.

Hot topics will include dairy crossbreeding, Jersey cow efficiency and ag commodity trading.

Returning traditional favourite Dr. Joep Driessen, founder of Cow

Signals, will be speaking both mornings on Robot and FeedingSignals and then host a virtual on-farm CowSignals workshops in the classroom during the afternoon sessions. The second day’s virtual session has been organized exclusively for women visiting the CDX. A separate play area for young children has been reserved during this unique event.

“Women have a natural instinct for understanding and observing animal behaviour. With the help of female Purina CowSignals certified reps, we hope to highlight and build on that skill set during the session,” states Joep.

The ever-popular Britespan Cow Coliseum, presented by John Deere, will welcome almost 40 cows this year. Flooded with new features, there will be a live Component Breed Showcase, Dairy Crossbreed Showcase and a large herd innovation

demo presented by DeLaval Canada. DeLaval Corporate will make CDX a launch site for two intelligent innovations. The Teat Spray Robot (TSR) and the Body Condition Scoring (BCS) system will both make their North American debuts at CDX. “We made a decision to align a corporate presence at CDX as a means to share with the Canadian dairy community groundbreaking precision products,” states Jean-Francois Lambert, branch manager, DeLaval Canada. The Britespan Cow Coliseum will also boast another elite dairy daughter genetic pen and an additional milking robot. This is the place to see and compare the latest genetics and innovations to hit the marketplace.

Themed halls include TMR & Forage Superstore and Hay & Forage Hall.

Compare 12 brands of TMR mixers, the latest hay

equipment, attachments, telehandlers, skid steers and much more.

Enjoy great food at the Junior Farmers Feed located in the Hay & Forage Hall and 4-H-made grilled cheese and milkshakes at the Elanco Skyview Café, located in Hall 2.

CheeseFEST on Wed. evening starts at 4 p.m. and will feature local cheese buffets, spirits, live entertainment, ice carving sculptures, a ceremony for the 10 Founding Partners and 4-H fundraising.

CDX Founder and General Manager Jordon Underhill states that 350 qualified dairy exhibitors will represent 29 countries and they expect close to 15,000 dairy producers from across the country and beyond. “We will bring our strongest offer to Canadian dairy producers this February. My team, along with the support of unwavering partners and sponsors, have created a fresh program and strong value proposition for attending producers.

Producers today are intelligent and busy; with that in mind, we heavily invested in our programming and our parking,” Parking hurdles appear to be resolved through a collaboration of Canadian Dairy XPO management and City of Stratford officials. Sixty acres of onsite parking will be available with four separate access points into these parking lots. Hotel shuttles, police officials and parking directors have been solidified to ensure attending producers can efficiently get in and out of CDX 2015. Visit the website for detailed maps of parking options and entry points.

Canadian Dairy XPO will be held Wed., Feb. 4, and Thurs., Feb. 5, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days, at the Stratford Rotary Complex, Stratford, Ont. For more details, call 226381-0282, or www.dairyxpo.ca . The CDX has become the largest dairy stage in Canada, so bring the family; you won’t want to miss the action!

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Dundas Soil & Crop recognizes excellence

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ImpRoVEmEnT aSSoCIaTIon HoSTED ITS aGm anD awaRDS HERE DEC. 3, RECoGnIzInG THE CounTy’S bEST foR 2014. farmer of the year Albert And Linda Harbers of Fredwill Farms were conferred with the 2014 Farmer of the Year Award.

Established in 1951 by Albert’s grandparents, the farm was transferred to Albert’s father in 1966 and then purchased by Albert and Linda in 1987.

The fifth of six children, Albert worked alongside his father for a decade. At that time they were milking 40 cows in a tie-stall barn with 250 acres of land. With a focus on profitability the farm improved and expanded.

Today the milking herd numbers 80 and the land base is 650 acres. In 2009 a new freestall barn and milking parlour were built to make room for the next generation. Sons Andrew,

a graduate of Kemptville College, and James, a graduate of Lakeland College in Alberta, are now responsible for the cropping and milking herd.

All forages for the herd are grown on the farm and the remainder is cash-cropped.

Their balanced crop rotation includes corn, soybeans, wheat and alfalfa.

The farm has a nutrient management plan and also grows some no-till crops.

Albert has been a member of the Dundas local Milk Committee for several years and now serves as chairman. award of merit Richard Burton was recipient of the Dundas Soil and Crop Improvement Association’s 2014 Award of Merit, at the organization’s AGM last month in Chesterville.

Employed at New Life Mills, he was cited for his help establishing several Eastern Ontario broiler operations, making the whole process much easier for new entrants to the industry. He assists with all aspects of set-up — from

putting the farmer in touch with equipment reps and building suppliers, to the acquisition of Chicken Farmers of Ontario production quota. Burton himself is a CFO district committee rep, and he and his wife run a broiler operation of their own.

Innovative farmer Deborah and Paul LeBlanc of Smokie Ridge Vineyards were named the winner of the Dundas County Innovative Farmer Award. After confirming that vines can survive local winters in the Russell area, the couple purchased a farm on Cameron Road in North Dundas.

The operation now boasts 10,000 hybrid vines on 10 acres. And the owners have built a new winemaking, storage and store.

They offer weekend tours and wine tasting.

Not to be content with establishing his own winery, the former Canadian Armed Forces member is now pursuing a new designated wine region east of Prince Edward County to be called the Frontenac

Arch. When successful this region will have VQA status which will allow sales in liquor stores without excessive fees and taxes.

Future plans also include a horse stable and a restaurant.

The vineyard is family owned and operated.

Other family members involved in the vineyard include Paul’s brother-inlaw, and his mother and father — until his father’s passing earlier this year.

Conservation Brian and Liz Van Den Berg took home the Soil and Conservation Award.

Bergridge farm consists of 265 acres growing corn, soybeans and alfalfa and pasture. With a milking herd of 45 cows, 21 acres of corn silage and 30 acres of corn are grown for high moisture corn, while excess corn is sold.

The farm produces 100 acres of soybeans as well.

This past year, they bought a new corn planter; the same unit will be employed to no-till plant

soybeans into corn stubble.

All soybean acres are chisel plowed after manure application to prepare for corn or new alfalfa seeding. Alfalfa stands are rotated into corn after three years of production.

To establish the hay seedings the alfalfa, orchard grass mix is seeded with a conventional seed drill with oats as a companion crop followed with a land packer, resulting in a very aggressive initial growth and excellent green feed in the first cut for the dry cow ration.

High corn yields Garry Brugmans introduced the high corn-yield awards, marvelling that production “seems to go up every year.”

Even in the shortened growing season of 2014, winner Bycrest Farms managed to pull off 244.84 bushels to the acre. Tibben Farms harvested 219.87 bushels for second, with Holland Vale Holsteins placed third with 213.08.

Also placing were David Chambers (183.58), Garry Brugmans (209.49), John and Ryan Devries (209.48), Charlie Farlinger (202.22), and Norm Tinkler (185.39).

FCC among best employers Farm Credit Canada (FCC) continues to be ranked as one of the best employers in Canada for the 12th year in a row.

FCC took 14th spot on the list of best employers in Canada, released by Aon Hewitt. The annual list is based on the results of the 2014 Aon Hewitt survey that gauges employee engagement in participating companies. This year, 259 organizations took part in the survey.

"FCC has a unique role to play as a catalyst for Canada’s agriculture industry, and our employees are a huge part of that,” said Michael Hoffort, FCC president and CEO.

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3 Delivery pits makes for shorter lines

At the opening of the Menzies McRae and Family trail, (family members, front, from left), Karstie McRae, Gregor McRae and wife Shelagh, Laurie McRae Bingley, Viola McRae, and Kevan and Randy McRae, and Eliot McRae and wife Joanne.

Officials (back, from left) North Stormont Mayor Dennis Fife, SNC Past President Lawrence Levere, SNC general manager Dennis O’Grady, SNC board member Doug Thompson, Lafleche Environmental’s Dale Phippen, Deputy Mayor Bill McGimpsey, SD&G Warden Eric Duncan, MPP Jim McDonell, North Stormont Director of Economic Development J. Alex Gibson.

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The trail traverses a public right-of-way on land owned by Viola McRae, following a line regularly walked by her late dairy-farmer husband, Menzies, who died five years ago.

SNC credited McRae with the generous offer that made the trail’s current location possible.

Lafleche Environmental

Inc. funded the construction of the trail.

After three years of working closely with the township, and following legal agreements, surveys, permits, funding, designs and contractors, the trail was officially completed in December.

A dedicated group of Moose Creek residents will manage the trail, with support from North Stormont and SNC to maintain and improve trail signage, garbage receptacles, annual hazard tree inspections, park benches and interpretive signage along the 902-metre stretch.

The site features a mixed forest dominated by soft maples, hemlock, cedars and yellow birch.

Early spring wildflowers are abundant along the trail including trilliums, Dutchman’s britches, trout lily, hepatica and violets.

The diverse habitat also offers great birdwatching opportunities.

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Finch’s Greg Hanna makes music: Second album to be released in 2015 Pamela Pearson AgriNews Contributor ASHVILLE — TAkINg wITH HIm

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HANNA, wHo grEw EASTErN oNTArIo, SpECIfICALLy THE fINCH ArEA, Now rESIdES IN NASHVILLE wITH wIfE SHErEE ANd THEIr Two dAugHTErS. Hanna’s first self-titled album was released in 2009 under his record label Pheromone Records LLC in both the United States and Canada. It includes radio hits such as It’s a Man’s Job and Makin’ Love Real.

Hanna spent most of 2013 touring, being featured in both radio and television interviews but told AgriNews, one of the best events he participated in was the Country Music Awards (CMA) Music Fest, held in Nashville on the Chevy Stage, right in front of the Ryman Auditorium, home of the Grand Old up IN

Opry (or as Hanna refers to it as the Mother Church of country music). “That was one of those ‘pinch me’ moments, giving me a sense of accomplishment at a whole other level,” he said.

Other past career highlights include touring with Toby Keith, Trace Adkins, Dwight Yoakam and appearing on the American reality television program Nashville Star 3. Hanna has also been nominated twice by the Canadian Country Music Association once in 1998 for Independent Male Artist of the Year Award, and in 2011 for Rising Star Award.

This past year Hanna returned to the studio to begin working on a second CD, and feature song, Gimme More Money (released in July). Most recently, he released his version of the Wayne Rostad classic Christmas in the Valley. Rostad is also an Ottawa Valley country musician known not only for his music, but the CBC television show On The Road Again. During the 2013 Christmas season, Hanna released his comical

Nekked As A Reindeer featuring Brad Mates from the Canadian band Emerson Drive.

Gimme More Money is also Hanna’s fifth song to be made into a music video, or ‘mini movie’, as Hanna calls it. “I take the wheel as far as producing the video goes but am now also getting my hands wet on the production side.” Hanna referred to this experience as being similar to that of songwriting “It’s nice to start something out and then watch how it turns out.

The first line of Gimme More Money says ‘in the parking lot at the county fair’ — so that’s where we staged the shoot. It is always a fun experience.”

AgriNews asked Hanna who his musical influences have been over the years and he listed musicians from George Jones and Motley Crue, to Kim Mitchell and Bryan Adams, claiming Okie From Muskogee by Merle Haggard was one of the first songs he learned to play.

Hanna, when at Tagwi Secondary School, was also a member of the band Off

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Pictured above, Country musician Greg Hanna, orignally from Finch, now based in Nashville, came home to play the Russell Fair.

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The Dead End. “We played all the top 40s rock, ‘70’s rock and some up-tempo country. I also played the Legion Halls and fairs, and we also had a ‘pure’ country band named Combination Country.”

Hanna continued that he pretty much cut his musical teeth on country music at the Chesterville Legion where he played every second Saturday of the month.

After Tagwi, Hanna moved to London to study

Music Business and Recording Engineering.

Upon graduation, he recorded his first Pro EP with Canadian producer Jack Richardson, known for his work with The Guess Who and Bob Seger. Other recording partnerships include Buddy Cannon, an award-winning producer who has worked with artists such as Kenny Chesney, Sara Evans and George Strait. Hanna also has worked with Chris Farren, producer for Deanna Carter

E. Ontario performer making inroads in L.A. and Toronto Veteran Eastern Ontario recording artist Cory M. Coons (right) has begun working with Torontobased Danie Cortese Entertainment to promote his new EP Share A Little Time. The roots-rock musician aims to reach a wider audience and build a strong foundation for his career, which recently received a boost when he won the Producer’s Choice Award for Studio Album of the Year at the 2014 L.A. Music Awards. The rural Dundas County resident appears with L.A. Music Awards founder Al Bouman (left) at the Tinseltown ceremony. See Coons’s website — www.corymcoons.com.

and Paul Brandt, and with songwriter and long-time friend/co-writer/co-producer Kim Tribble.

Hanna remarked that the musicians he works with currently are mostly Nashville-based, but when in Canada he will sometimes call upon the ‘401 crew’ from back-in-the-day when playing ‘the club scene’.

When reflecting on his new songs and how they differ from his older material, Continued on page 28

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Ag Hall gets a Trillium boost

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From left, Paul Allan, President of South Mountain Fair, Anna Smail, Fair Grant Coordinator, and Stormont, Dundas and South Glengarry MPP Jim McDonell, celebrate the Fair’s recently awarded $88,000 Ontario Trillium Grant. The Mountain Township Agricultural Society’s Agricultural Hall will reap the benefit of a major renovation, matched by funds the Society will raise from the sale of residential lots on the South Mountain fairgrounds.

Boost for beef

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But it’s a turnaround for the beef, though not without its challenges.

In the last decade “the lack of profit has forced many beef farmers to quit,” says Beef Farmers of Ontario Communications Manager LeaAnne Wuermli. The Association currently has 19,000 members, though the number of farms has gradually dropped from 13,464 in 2001 to 7,105 in 2011.

According to Wuermli, the decrease in animals has a lot to do with the BSC outbreak in 2003, but moreso with the intense droughts occurring throughout the Southern States, which is detrimental to maintaining and increasing herd sizes. These and other factors have contributed to a 20% decrease in beef supply in Canada since 2005, and an 11% decrease in the U.S. That’s a drop from 410,000 heads in 2004 to a mere 289,300 in 2014 in Ontario alone.

“It’s really a problem with supply and demand,” Wuermli states. The Cattlemen’s Association of Ontario is working on a solution, however. Over the next 10-20 years, the Association hopes to gradually rebuild the herd by putting focus on Northern Ontario. She explains that since land prices are more affordable, the hope is that beginner producers will be enticed to start a business of their own up north. The Association intends to provide opportunities for these young farmers, partnering with the government to discern whether these are viable options and providing an economic model. According to Wuermli, this concept has been under construction for years, and by the time it is over, the hope is that the

Ontario herd will be rebuilt by 100,000 heads. Until then, the farming community presses on.

Though life-long beef producer Dan O’Brien has 160 bovines currently on his farm, he and many others are under pressure due to the influx of prices per pound of their animals. In the last year alone, the cost of beef has increased from $1.52 to $2.38/lb, and when each animal weighs roughly 800 pounds, the 86-cent increase is astonishing.

But it’s not just the increase in price that farmers have to worry about. Since the beef cattle market spreads over all of Canada and the United States, O’Brien and other Canadian producers must compete against American farmers at auctions, having a disadvantage because of the lower dollar value. Since our southern neighbours have the dollar advantage, local cattlemen are finding it difficult to find and purchase calves to grow their herds.

The decrease in animals is also having an effect on the food industry. Greg Vandellen, owner of Greg’s Quality Meats in Winchester, says that he is not filling his counters as much with beef as he did a few years ago.

Even the beef he does stock is supplied by producers out west, due to the decrease in beef farmers in the area. He is, however, currently hoping to set up a connection with someone local. Vandellen can, nonetheless, order whichever cuts of beef his customers request, though he is mostly stocking varying cuts of chicken, pork, and fish nowadays. Luckily for him, and many others in his circumstances, Vandellen says that though he is selling less beef, the sales remain the same because of the inflated prices. If anything, the shop owner says it’s made people more aware of the quantity of food they eat, and more importantly, throw away!

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“Instead of ordering a 4-5 lb beef roast, customers are ordering 1½-2 lb roasts,” greatly reducing the amount of food that is headed for the trash.

Not only is smarter consumption a better choice for consumers’ wallets, it is also a healthier choice. “That’s the one thing that always catches me,” O’Brien enthuses about the health value of beef.

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farms/dEEr Park farms, London. angus - female division Junior division calf champion: Brad Gilchrist, with GF Mercedes 942B; Reserve - Kemp Brothers Farms, Blackstock, Ont. with Kemp Brothers Freedom 70B. intermediate division calf champion: Sunset Acres, Kemptville, with Sunset Madame Pride; Reserve - Denver Bolton, Lansdowne, Ont. with Polestar Queen Lilly. senior division female calf champion: Willowside Angus, Ron and Nancy Cochrane, Thornton, Ont. with Willowside Windfall 1B; Reserve Whiskey Lane Livestock, Indian River, Ont. with Whiskey Lane Lady 10B.

Heifer Junior division yearling champion: Vos Vegas Farms with Vos Vegas Queen Of Hearts 30A; Reserve Yearling Enright Farms, Renfrew, Ont. with PVF Blackbird 3212. intermediate division yearling champion: Earley Livestock, Kerwood, Ont. with Earley Miss New Deal 14A: Reserve- Thom Hickey, Omemee, Ont. with Cedarhill Pistol Annie 24A. senior division yearling champion: Premier Livestock, Hasson Livestock, Milverton, ON with OSU Empress 3100; Reserve Yearling - Enright Farms, Vos Vegas Farms with EF VOS Annie K 16A.

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Stonewood Grange of Selwyn, Ont. placed 2nd in Breeders Herd, 3rd in Progeny of Dam class, and their intermediate bull calf, Stonewood Buerhle 9B, took home Grand Champion.

Whiskey Lane Livestock placed 2nd in the Get of Sire class, took home Intermediate Division Calf Champion with WLL Ballerina 27B, and Reserve Intermediate bull calf with WLL Bourbon 21B. Kayla Boot of Bath, Ont. won Reserve in with Bayview Acres Tea Time 3B, and also Junior Yearling Heifer Grand with Tay-Down Miss Hereford AAA 3A Grant Elmhirst’s Elm-Lodge Bell of the Ball 14B received Senior Division Calf Champion.

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“These crops are important to the grain industry in our province and we are keen to provide value to Ontario’s barley and oat farmers in the areas of research, market development, and advocacy.”

The Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission invited barley and oat farmers to participate in an expression of opinion vote in Nov., 2014. The result was very positive with 77 per cent of voters in favour of representation by Grain Farmers of Ontario.

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Commission has begun the process required to make the regulatory changes.

This includes a posting on the government regulatory registry for 45 days to allow additional comments on the addition of barley and oats. The intent is to have allregulatory amendments finalized for July 1, 2015. Under the amended regulations, farmers selling barley and oats to licensed elevators or mills will be required to pay a license fee to Grain Farmers of Ontario. Farm fed and farmer to farmer sales of barley and oats will not attract any licence fees, which is consistent with the current treatment of corn, soybeans, and wheat.

Barley and oat farmers are encouraged to attend Grain Farmers of Ontario’s annual district grain committee meetings held across the province throughout the month of January.

Information about these meetings can be found at www.gfo.ca.

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Page 28 The AgriNews January, 2015 When it comes to performing, Hanna told AgriNews, that he doesn’t really get nervous anymore.

“There are times when any continued from page 24 artist can get unsettled before Hanna stated that the creative a show, but for myself, as process is continually evolvsoon as I step out under the ing for him, but in many lights and see everyone out ways still remains the same, front — it is all good.” as he, like many artists, still When asked what advice like to 'put their own stamp he would give to those starton it.’ ing out in the industry, Hanna “I believe that all music reiterated a phrase that had evolves with the times, and been instilled from an early because of that all artists will age by his parents, Garry and make slightly different music Kay, to never give up. “It’s than the last. For me it was easy to say, but so true.” said never about the songwriting, Hanna. “Follow your dreams as I was just focusing mainly and you will make them on getting up on the stage come true, one way or anothand being a star. I knew that er. I can’t thank my Mom there were songwriters that and Dad enough for the supwrote the hits, and there were port they have given me artists that sang them, but through the years.” Hanna when I first visited Nashville, reminisced about a time that began to change. I was when after Sunday dinner at thrown into the songwriting his grandparents, he was community and was menwatching the Family Brown tored by some of the best show. “I was just a little guy songwriters Nashville had to and I just knew. From that offer. From that point on it point on I searched for the was a do-by-doing process musical ladder, and eventual— one that I grew to love.” It ly started up on the first was because of this educarung. There is no set in stone tion, Hanna noted that every way to get there, everyone project since has a slightly has their own path, just work different sound but that ‘true’ hard and don’t be afraid to artists will stay ‘true’ to their fall, and you’ll figure it out.” sound, always intertwining a familiarity into whatever he/she records.”

He continued, “I keep two things in mind when I’m writing and recording for a new record. First, we must have big fun on the up-tempos, and secondly, melt a little on the ballads. I am proud of all of my records because they are pieces of my soul poured out in a studio. The songs released on radio are ones that we feel will hit home for most listeners and fans to which they can relate.”

AgriNews also asked Hanna about his thoughts on how music is distributed today (digital) versus formats of the past such as CDs and vinyl. He stated that musicians must evolve to their industry, but in the end, opined that the internet has influenced how consumers listen, digest, watch, and buy music. “I think selling music online is great. If someone wants your music they can get it immediately, just with a touch of a button, but it is the music piracy and free streaming that makes it hard for the music business to stay alive, as they themselves are trying to catch up to the digital era we live in for consuming information, but still has a way to go to. CDs and DVDs could disappear very soon, just like the cassettes of the ‘80s did. Vinyl will always be cool to the audiophiles of the world, and it definitely has its own cool sound — I don’t think that’ll go away, but it won’t ever be the standard again either.”

Hanna

www.agrinews.ca In closing, Hanna reflected on what he felt has been his ‘most fun performance’.

He explained that playing with who’s who of country music, whether in studio, arena, fair or festival, the ride has “made for a pretty fulfilling career and cool story, but I must say, I still love the ones that get me close to the old stompin’ ground the most. Living in Nashville, 21 hours away from Finch, means we don’t see friends and family that much, so when there is a chance to come home, and play a show as well, that rates at the top of the favourite list for me.”

Hanna’s last Canadian concert was this past Canada Day in London. “It was a great show. The park was packed and London is like my second home since I hung my hat there during and after college.” Closer to Finch, Hanna has been the opening act twice at the Russell Fair (Terri Clark, 2010 and April Wine, 2012), the Cornwall Rib Fest, and headlined the 2014 Maxville Fair in June. “It’s always awesome to get home to see family and everyone I grew up with... and of course it’s do what I do best.”

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Dairy farmers produce a ‘Baby New Year’

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She let her parents, Robert and Brittany, attend a New Year’s Eve party in Chesterville before making her debut at Winchester District Memorial Hospital (WDMH) on Jan.1.

“She gave us an hour’s sleep before Brittany began feeling labour pains,” says proud father Robert Thurler, a day after the momentous occasion.

The young couple rang in 2015 at the residence of friends Colin Shay (Brittany’s cousin) and Shaelyn McCadden, before returning home to the extended Thurler family dairy farm on Snowbird Rd. in South Dundas.

“We got home from the party at 2 a.m. and headed to the hospital three hours later,” he says.

Lilah tipped the scales at 6 lbs., 7 oz. when, at 12:26 p.m., she became the first baby of 2015 at the local hospital — as highlighted by the institution itself in a New Year’s press release.

The new arrival has racked up some other firsts as well.

She’s her parents’ firstborn and the first grandchild for Robert’s parents, Nick and Lynne Thurler.

Not that Lilah was first in punctuality, however. “She was supposed to be a Christmas baby,” explains her smiling mother.

Firstborn

Robert and Brittany Thurler show off their new daughter Lilah, born New Year’s Day at Winchester District Memorial Hospital. The couple’s firstborn was also the first arrival of 2015 in the Eastern Ontario hospital’s maternity ward.

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anada is the world’s top agriCulture trader when Compared to all other Countries on a per Capita basis, aCCording to Farm Credit Canada’s (FCC) annual report on global trade.

“When viewing Canada’s agriculture trade numbers through the lens of this country’s population, a clear picture emerges,” said J.P. Gervais, FCC’s chief agricultural economist. “It shows the agriculture sector is more important to Canada than all other countries, including the United States, Australia and the European Union.”

“This is significant because it points to strong opportunities and a bright future for Canadian agriculture,” said Gervais, in releasing the FCC Ag Economics: A 2014 Look at Global Trade report.

The report takes the combined value of all agriculture exports and imports from each of the major agriculture trading countries and divides that number by each country’s respective population.

In 2013, the value of Canada’s agriculture imports and exports was more than US$2,100 per person, followed by Australia at about US$1,900 per person.

While China and India do not rank high on the per capita agriculture trade spectrum, the significance of these emerging

economies – with huge and growing populations – should not be ignored, Gervais cautioned.

“The combination of rising household incomes and population growth in India and China present major market opportunities for Canadian exports of beef, pork and pulse crops,” Gervais said. “Canada appears well positioned as an important agriculture trader in the world and the expansion of trade relations will only help to sustain and build on that.”

The report shows Canada as the fifth largest agriculture exporter in the world – behind the European Union, United States, Brazil and China – and the sixth largest agriculture importer. Canada’s imports are mainly driven by relatively high household incomes and a year-round demand for fresh fruits and vegetables, which is partly met by foreign exporters.

“This report confirms that agriculture is and will continue to be a major contributor to Canada’s growth and prosperity,” Gervais said.

FCC has produced a four-part video series on international agriculture trade and Canada’s place in the world markets. To view these videos and read the full report, visit www.fcc.ca/GlobalTrade or read the latest FCC Ag Economist blog post at www.fcc.ca/AgEconomist.

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Royal Winter Fair Holstein winners

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Oscar Dupasquier and Ferme Blondin, St-Placide QC), won Grand Champion with the senior three -year-old Blondin Destry Sally. Reserve Champion went to MS-SRP Absolute Pro-Red-Et, a four-year-old owned by Mike Garrow, Kevin and Barb Ziemba, Cable, Ohio, USA. Honourable Mention went to the junior three -year-old Blondin Artie Saphyr, owned

by Ferme Blondin. Ferme Blondin competes regularly in the Eastern Ontario-Western Quebec Holstein circuit.

The following are show results in order from first place (with owners included. Last month’s edition omitted the owners.)

Junior calf Larochelle Artie Landy owned by Ferme Larochelle S.E.N.C; Delcreek Spank The Monkey owned by Peter Rylaarsdam; Beslea Sterling Merci owned by Beslea Farms Ltd; Deslacs Barbwire Almira Red Deslacs Holsteins; Jolibois Fidelity Aussie owned by Ferme Rolandale ENR; Jolibois Felicity Aussie owned by Ferme Rolandale ENR; Jolibois Absolute Fantasy owned by Ferme Rolandale ENR; Jolibois Fairy Aussie owned by Ferme Rolandale ENR; Woodfield Excursion Lily owned by Morview Holsteins. intermediate calf Blondin Lotus Sweety owned by Ferme Blondin; Larochelle Reality Sofyah owned by Ferme Larochelle S.E.N.C; Pierstein Ladd P Tempete owned by Pierre Boulet, Lindsay J. Bowen, Kevin Jay Doeberiener; Larochelle Reality Sofija owned by Ferme Larochelle S.E.N.C, Isabelle Morin; MS Hot N Heavenly-Red-Et owned

by Triple-T Holsteins, Mike Heath, Will Iager; Caniel Spagetti Chipper owned by Ferme Drouin and Fils; Roycham Ric Red Florence owned by bernadale Holstein, J. Guy Thompson and Son; Kirklea Adonis Potato Bug owned by robert D. Macdonald. senior calf Eastwest LJ Destry Mcintosh ET owned by Alana Mckinven, Amelie and Charlotte Borba; Larochelle Reality Sofiona owned by Ferme Larochelle S.E.N.C; Whiskey River Destry Shadow owned by Vale-O-Skene Holsteins; Desnette Estelle Ladd P owned by Camflat Holsteins; Deslacs Chipper Cat Red owned by Deslacs Holstein; Montdale Fantasy Pumpkin owned by Montdale Holsteins, Mountain Echo Holsteins, Starrise Holsteins; Jolibois Fantasme Absolute owned by Ferme Rolandale ENR; Earincliffe Redliner Denise owned by Scott Brethet; Morview Sym Madotty Red owned

by Morview Holsteins. yearling Our-Favorite RLNR Truth-Red owned by Frank and Diane Borba, Frank and Carol Borba; Larochelle Reality Sofiana owned by Ferme Larochelle S.E.N.C ; Larochelle Reality Sopha owned by Routina Holstein; Oguilantin Gt Hvezda Elody Red owned by Deslacs Holstein, Donald Dubois and France Le ; Jolibois Famous Ladd P owned by Ferme Rolandale ENR. Junior yearling Roylier Ladd Lizianne owned by Britney

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by Ferme Rolandale ENR; Haldrey Audacity Revue owned by Haldrey Farms Ltd. intermediate yearling Sejane Camden Vania owned by Michel Larrivee, Ferme Sejane Holstein. senior yearling Karnvilla Ladd Karma owned by D.W. Karn Farms Inc; Etel Tania Destry Red owned by Ferme Etel Holstein ; Jolibois Flore Contender owned by Ferme Rolandale ENR; Jolibois Floralie Contender owned by Ferme Rolandale ENR; Eastwest LJ Destry Mckeena owned by Lookout Holsteins, Steve Glaude, Chanmar Farms.

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Milking yearling Jolibois Flora Contender owned by Ferme Rolandale ENR; Deslacs Talent Alyana Red owned by Deslacs Holstein; Milksource BST Terry-Red-Et owned by Milksource Genetics; Crestomere Rl Lovable owned by Everett Simanton.

Junior 2 -year-old Crescentmead Sweetie Pie-Red owned

by Milksource Genetics, Grady Wendorf ; Lookout Elmbridge Lil Red owned by Peter Tuytel, Jr, Frank and Diane Borba, Lookout Holsteins; Blondin Redliner Rosetta owned by Ferme Blondin; Fortale Barbwire Pomlie owned by Ferme Intense Inc, Nelson E. Ziehlsdorff; Walkerbrae Shiraz Renita owned

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by Deslacs Holstein; Monchoix Destry Dawn owned by Harold and Lois Wright, Todd Wright, Mckenzie Wright.

Junior 3 -year-old Blondin Artie Saphyr owned by Ferme Blondin; Garhaven Burns Natalie owned by Gary B. and Dorothy J. Hunt. senior 3 -year-old Blondin Destry Sally owned by Oscar Dupasquier, Ferme Blondin; Khw Regment Apple C-Red-Etn owned by Deslacs Holsteins, Ferme Laitiere Rayon D’or; Mount Elm Royce Jalapeno owned by Neil and Bryan Anderson, Claremount Holsteins, Emilane Holsteins.

Vale-O-Skene Holsteins, Gary Troup; Valleyriver Secure Ericka owned by Lookout Holsteins, Frank A. and Diane Borba; Lookout Elmbridge Lady Rouge owned by Peter Tuytel, Jr, Lookout Holsteins, Carlos I Herrera.

Frank and Dianne Borba; Deslacs Touchdown Em Red owned by Deslacs Holstein; Deslacs Touchdown Emy Red owned by Dynamite Genetics; Morview Invasion Sasha Red owned by Morview Holsteins.. intermediate champion Blondin Destry Sally; Reserve: Blondin Artie Saphyr; Honourable Mention: Khw Regment Apple C-Red-Etn. 4 -year-old MS-Srp Absolute Pro-Red-Et owned by Mike Garrow, Kevin and Barb Ziemba; Valleyriver Stirling Fan owned by Glenvue Holsteins, Valleyriver Farms Ltd; MS Glad Ray More Fun - Red owned by Cooper Galton; Morview Clover Madina Red owned by Morview Holsteins; Morview Sequence Madonna Red owned by Morview Holsteins.

Mature Blondin Redman Seisme, owned by Milk Source LLC; Blondin Mr Burns Laurence owned by Carlos Paliano, Belfontaine Genetics Inc, Carlos I Herrera Juan Jairo Macias; Greenlea Ad Share-Red-Et owned by Lookout, Elmbridge.

Breeder’s Herd, Overall Premier Breeder Banner Ferme Blondin, St-Placide Qc; Deslacs Holstein, Victoriaville, Qc; Morview Holsteins, Hawkestone, On.

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Demand, prices for organic grains remain strong in Ontario

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rganic grain traders, buyers and prOcessOrs are paying tOp dOllar fOr cOrn, sOybeans and many Other grains and expect this trend tO cOntinue.

“Depending on test weight and the shipping period, we expect to pay $12 to $14.50 per bushel for organic corn in 2015,” says Rita Felder, owner and CEO of Field Farms Marketing near Petrolia, Ont. Tom Manley, President of Homestead Organics near Cornwall, and Dan Bewersdorff, Organic Grain Program Director of Herbruck’s of Saranac, MI, will be offering similar prices. Although Herbruck’s is based in western Michigan they source from Ont. as well as MI, IL, OH and ID. Even with organic yields being lower than conventional, Manley estimates that for 100 acres of organic corn, farmers could increase their profit by $700 to $1,360 per acre versus conventional.

And it’s not just corn. “I need a lot more of everything,” says Manley, “growing niche products such as hops, millet or hemp isn’t necessary.

There are very strong markets for soybeans, corn, wheat, barley and oats,” he adds. All three buyers expect organic soybean prices to be in the range of $29 to $34 per bushel.

“In my 17 years in organic, the prices have never been so high.

They’re two to three times that of conventional,” boasts Manley. “It’s very lucrative.”

Demand for organic grains is being driven by consumer demand for organic food in a wide variety of categories. As the largest organic egg producer in the United States with over one million chickens, Herbruck’s sees this trend firsthand. “The demand for organic eggs is growing so then the demand for organic grain grows too,” claims Bewersdorff. “What we can offer growers is a good, solid, established market.”

With strong demand and prices two to three times that of conventional, why aren’t farmers lining up to

convert?

“It’s a big step and requires people to change how they have been farming for the last two generations,” says Bewersdorff.

Felder notes that, “many conventional farmers have also taken on jobs off the farm. Their plates are already quite full without adding the learning curve of converting to organic.”

In my 17 years in organic, the prices have never been so high.

They’re two to three times that of conventional,” boasts Manley.

“It’s very lucrative.”

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“When a farmer is operating a thousand acres and it’s profitable, there is that idea of ‘if it’s not broken, why change?’ ” asserts Tom. “It’s very sad that farmers aren’t converting.

Consumers want more organic, and farmers are missing an opportunity to step up to the plate,” he adds.

Personal reasons have often been a key motivator in becoming organic.

Felder notes that many organic farmers, “have experienced health challenges in their families and started re-thinking chemical applications.” She also finds that, “family farms are sometimes looking for an income boost so they can include more family members in the operation.”

The three-year transition period to organic farming is often seen as a significant hurdle.

“The transition period scares people away,” says Manley. “They’re concerned about poor yields, weed control and nutrient management and even when the fear is not substantiated,” he claims.

For larger operations, Bewersdorff recommends that producers look to a section of their operation that they can break off.

“Find someone in the operation who has an interest in organics, break off a piece of the farm and let them

operate that smaller piece as organic,” he recommends. “You can gain experience and learn from this without the stress of converting the entire operation,” he adds.

One important note is that farmers can receive premiums for their crops during transition, by selling into non-GMO markets.

Prices are not as high as organic, but still offer a premium versus conventional.

Another big piece of the puzzle is education. “A lot of mainstream agricultural education is focused on conventional methods,” notes Felder.

“For farmers contemplating organic production we tell them to go to the Guelph Organic Conference, attend the sessions and talk to other organic farmers,” says Felder. “It’s a very important platform for the organic sector,” she adds.

“Farmers and motivated consumers can talk directly to buyers, traders, feed processers as well as established organic grain growers,” notes Tomas Nimmo, manager of the Guelph Organic Conference & Expo.

“We just want the light bulb to go on in people’s heads about the organic cropping option,” says Nimmo. “We’re not talking about hundreds of bushels or even just truckloads being handled by the traders in the show – we’re talking millions,” he emphasizes.

Felder, Manley and Bewrsdorff are just three of the multiple organic grain trader-processors that will be on hand at the Guelph Organic Conference, Jan. 29-Feb. 1. Nimmo, at last count, expects almost a dozen. Confirmed are Nature's Path, Organic Meadow (grain division), SunOpta Grains & Food Group, Sunrise Foods, Field Farms Marketing, Beechwood Agri-Services, Herbruck’s/Great Lakes Organic Feed, Homestead Organics, Ontario Grain Products, Roger Rivest Marketing, Everbest Organics and potentially others.

—Tom Manley is the owner of Homestead Organics.

A truck is being loaded with soybeans after being processed at Holmestead Organics in Berwick. Tom Manley, the owner, says the prices for organic grains including corn and soybean are almost three times higher than conventional grains.

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Junior Eastern Ontario calf takes home Honourable Mention at national show

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Chabot and the Intermediate heifer calf also placed first in their class at the Fair’s 4-H TD Dairy Classic confirmation and won Champion Calf.

The Grand Champion Holstein was RF Goldwyn Hailey owned by Gen-Com Holstein Ltee-Bon-Conseil, QC). Reserve Champion was Lovhill Goldwyn Katrysha owned by Jeffrey Jet Butler, Milksource Genetics Chebanse, IL, USA; and Honourable Mention, Jacobs Goldwyn Valana, is owned by Ferme Jacobs Inc., Cap-Sante, QC. The competition of over 300 holsteins was judge by THe

Quebec-based judges Donald Dubois, Princeville, and Joel Lepage, Amqui, on Nov. 13.

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(Peter Rylaarsdam); 29th Mapel Wood Goldwyn Glitter (Cormdale Genetics Inc, T & L Cattle Ltd, AlBe-Ro Land & Cattle, Agriber Societa Agricola, Bethany). summer yearling 2nd Calbrett Mccutchen Lila (Trikili Holsteins, Glenburnie); 8th Dubeau Brokaw Voodoo Child (Velthuis Farms Ltd, Embrun); 11th Claircrest Sid Dare Devil (Clair E. Petherick, Campbellford); 12th Eastside Lewisdale So Amazing (Mernmac Farms Ltd, Barrvalley Holsteins, Cobden); 16th Mount Elm Loves To Dance (Cormdale Genetics Inc.); 18th Crovalley Sid Athlete (Crovalley Holsteins); 21st Kingsway Gold Chip Arabella (Kingsway Farms). junior yearling 13th Crovalley Gold Akitkat (Crovalley Holsteins); 25th Willowlane Goldwyn Sambucca (Brian Continued on page 35

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Royal Ag Winter Fair Continued from page 34 Slaughter, Warwick Twp); 26th Crovalley Atwood Patricia (Crovalley Holsteins). intermediate yearling 1st Devans Remark Dempsey (Robert D. Macdonald, Bethany Macdonald, Dalkeith); 10th Glennholme Goldwyn Katch (Glennholme Holsteins, Signature Holsteins, Todd Edwards, Carp); 14th Gillette Mascalese Celeste (Ferme Gillette Inc.); 18th Boreraig Barbs Tribute (Herbert Henderson, Donald Mccrimmon, Signature Holsteins, Emma Farlinger); 19th Gendarra Goldn Revolver (Gendarra Farm, Bailieboro); 21st Crovalley Lavanguard Adele (Crovalley Holsteins). senior yearling 9th Claircrest Stanley Marvelous (Clair E. Petherick, Campbellford).

Junior Breeders herd 8th Delcreek Holsteins; 9th Kingsway Farms; 10th Crovalley Holsteins; 12th Claircrest.

Junior Champions Grand Champion Solid Gold De Gsun Disco-ET ( M. Heath, E. Kueffner, L. Bowen, K. Doeberiener, West Salem, OH); Reserve: Stranshome Gold AnniceET (Connor Butler, Chebanse, IL.); Honourable: Belfast Doorman Lovestruck (Vogue Cattle Co., Cormdale, Silver Cap, Blackrock Livestock, Embrun). premier exhibitor-Junior Ferme Petitclerc St-basile, QC. premier Breeder-Junior Comestar Holstein, Victoriaville, QC. milking division: yearling 8th Sunnylodge Goldwyn Linda (Michael J. Garrow, Sunnylodge Farms Inc, Jamie & Petra Black, Chesterville); 11th Kingsway Windhammer Alga (Kingsway Farms); 13th Hendercroft Goldwyn Vent (Herbert Henderson); 19th Hendercroft Atwood Simba (Herbert Henderson); 21st Crovalley Sid Alba (Crovalley Holsteins).

Junior 2-year-old 17th Ploegsway Braxton Lust (John Vanderploeg, Keene); 19th Mount Elm Bank Avista (Vale-O-Skene Holsteins, Gary Troup, Little Britain). senior 2-year-old 14th Kingsway Goldwyn Dallas

(Kingsway Farms, Trentward Farms); 16th Merlholme Lauthority Deanna (Donnanview Farms Ltd, Kingsway Farms, Riverdown Holsteins).

Junior 3-year-old 4th Kingsway Tenacious Rochelle (Milksource Genetics, Hastings); 11th Kingsway Dundee Pauly D (Trent Valley Holsteins, Peterborough); 13th Jeffshaven Goldwyn Bambi (Jeffshaven Farms, Roseneath). senior 3-year-old 5th River Dale Mr Sam Ella (Kingsway Farms, Millen Farms, Riverdown Holsteins, Hazbro Holsteins); 16th Kingsway Sanchez Armadillo (Kingsway Farms).

Intermediate Champion: Brookvilla Goldwyn Brooks (Pierre Boulet, Milk Source Llc, Kaukauna, WI); Reserve: Charwill Attic Marcy (Gen-Com Holstein Ltee., Nd-Bon-Conseil, QC); Honourabl Mention: Bosdale Gold Luster (Beckridge Holsteins, Oscar Dupasquier, Quality Holsteins, Agriber Societa Agricola, Vaughan).

4-year-old 3rd Kingsway Sanchez Arangatang, Best Bred and Owned (Kingsway Farms); 8th Mcintosh Xmas T (Jason David Mell, Trent Valley Holsteins) 5-year-old; 7th Knonaudale Jasmine (Kingsway Farms, Knonaudale Farms Inc, Trentward Farms); 12th Tomalynn Goldwyn Superstar (Tomalynn Farms, Omemee); 9th Crovalley Lheros Vixen (Crovalley Holsteins). longtime production Class 5th Kingsway Dundee Drum Stick (Kingsway Farms, Trentward Farms); 6th Crovalley Goldwyn Autumn (Crovalley Holsteins).

Breeders herd 2nd Kingsway Farms; 4th Crovalley Holsteins. overall premier exhibitor and Breeder Ferme Jacobs, Cap-sante, QC. dairy herdsman awards The Dairy Herdsman Award is given to an exhibitor who has shown significant efforts to care for their livestock while at the show. Four farms in total received the award of which three were from Eastern Ontario. They are Lorivale Farms, Marmora; Delcreek Holsteins, Winchester; and Charlyn Farms of Warwick Township.

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300 holsteins was judge by Quebec-based judges Donald Dubois, Princeville, and Joel Lepage, Amqui, on Nov. 13. Eastern Ontario placings are as follows: Junior 3rd Seavalley Atwood Yantzys (Signature Holsteins, Seavalley Holsteins, Emma Farlinger, Cassie Carr.

Campbellford); 5th Idee Goldchip Lucky (Jordan Blais, Mikael Leclerc, Keven Moffet, St. Isidore, QC); 11th Belfast Doorman Lust (David R. Dyment, Mike Heath, Embrun); 12th Petitclerc Atwood Alexine (Fricosons Holsteins, Riverdown

Holsteins, Metcalfe); 13th Glengarry Doorman Aubrey (Glengarry Stock Farms Inc., Apple Hill); 15th Crovalley Gold Chip Valencia (Crovalley Holsteins, Hastings); 17th Crovalley Aftershock Rhahs Eh To Aw (Crovalley Holsteins); 18th Kingsway Mccuthen Aratats Ah Tow (Kingsway Farms, Hastings). intermediate 1st Belfast Doorman Lovestruck (Vogue Cattle Co, Cormdale, Silver Cap Blackrock Livestock, Embrun); 8th Delcreek Little Minion (Peter Rylaarsdam, Winchester); 14th Kingsway Airlift Gosling (Kingsway Farms); 19th Ronbeth Chelios Sadie (Ronbeth Holsteins, Loval Farms, Warkworth).

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Black & White Holstein Continued from page 35 Senior 4th Redlodge Saloon Avenue (Redlodge Farms Inc, Fabienne Kagi,) Finch; 9th Robrook Windbrook Beauty (Ferme Gillette Inc, Mary Inn Holstein, Embrun); 14th Kingsway Goldwyn Lipsmack (Kingsway Farms); 15th Kingsway Goldwyn Elsie (Kingsway Farms, Millen Farms); 17th Crovalley Sid Rain (Crovalley Holsteins); 24th Hendercroft Gold Chip Change (Herbert Henderson, Ashton); 28th Delcreek Sneaky Sneaky (Peter Rylaarsdam); 29th Mapel Wood Goldwyn Glitter (Cormdale Genetics Inc, T & L Cattle Ltd, Al-Be-Ro Land & Cattle, Agriber Societa Agricola, Bethany).

Summer Yearling 2nd Calbrett Mccutchen Lila (Trikili Holsteins, Glenburnie); 8th Dubeau Brokaw Voodoo Child (Velthuis Farms Ltd, Embrun); 11th Claircrest Sid Dare Devil (Clair E. Petherick, Campbellford); 12th Eastside Lewisdale So Amazing (Mernmac Farms Ltd, Barrvalley Holsteins, Cobden); 16th Mount Elm Loves To Dance (Cormdale Genetics Inc.); 18th Crovalley Sid Athlete (Crovalley Holsteins); 21st Kingsway Gold Chip Arabella (Kingsway Farms).

Junior Yearling 13th Crovalley Gold Akitkat (Crovalley Holsteins); 25th Willowlane Goldwyn Sambucca (Brian Slaughter, Warwick Twp); 26th Crovalley Atwood Patricia (Crovalley Holsteins).

Intermediate Yearling 1st Devans Remark Dempsey (Robert

www.agrinews.ca D. Macdonald, Bethany Macdonald, Dalkeith); 10th Glennholme Goldwyn Katch (Glennholme Holsteins, Signature Holsteins, Todd Edwards, Carp); 14th Gillette Mascalese Celeste (Ferme Gillette Inc.); 18th Boreraig Barbs Tribute (Herbert Henderson, Donald Mccrimmon, Signature Holsteins, Emma Farlinger); 19th Gendarra Goldn Revolver (Gendarra Farm, Bailieboro); 21st Crovalley Lavanguard Adele (Crovalley Holsteins).

Senior Yearling 9th Claircrest Stanley Marvelous (Clair E. Petherick, Campbellford).

Junior Breeders Herd: 8th Delcreek Holsteins; 9th Kingsway Farms; 10th Crovalley Holsteins; 12th Claircrest.

Junior Champion: Solid Gold De Gsun Disco-ET ( M. Heath, E. Kueffner, L. Bowen, K. Doeberiener, West Salem, OH); Reserve: Stranshome Gold Annice-ET (Connor Butler, Chebanse, IL.); Honourable: Belfast Doorman Lovestruck ( Vogue Cattle Co., Cormdale, Silver Cap, Blackrock Livestock, Embrun).

Milking Yearling 8th Sunnylodge Goldwyn Linda (Michael J. Garrow, Sunnylodge Farms Inc, Jamie & Petra Black, Chesterville); 11th Kingsway Windhammer Alga (Kingsway Farms); 13th Hendercroft Goldwyn Vent (Herbert Henderson); 19th Hendercroft Atwood Simba (Herbert Henderson); 21st Crovalley Sid Alba (Crovalley Holsteins).

Junior 2-year-old 17th Ploegsway Braxton Lust (John Vanderploeg, Keene); 19th Mount Elm Bank Avista (Vale-O-Skene Holsteins,

Gary Troup, Little Britain).

Senior 2-year-old 14th Kingsway Goldwyn Dallas (Kingsway Farms, Trentward Farms); 16th Merlholme Lauthority Deanna (Donnanview Farms Ltd, Kingsway Farms, Riverdown Holsteins).

Junior 3-year-old 4th Kingsway Tenacious Rochelle (Milksource Genetics, Hastings); 11th

Kingsway Dundee Pauly D (Trent Valley Holsteins, Peterborough); 13th Jeffshaven Goldwyn Bambi (Jeffshaven Farms, Roseneath).

Senior 3-year-old 5th River Dale Mr Sam Ella (Kingsway Farms, Millen Farms, Riverdown Holsteins, Hazbro Holsteins); 16th Kingsway Sanchez Armadillo (Kingsway Farms).

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DateLine East Region January 7 & 14 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 costshare funding opportunities. For more information and to register visitwww.ontariosoilcrop.org January 7 Peterborough SCIA Annual Meeting, 10:30 am, Douro Community Centre.

Tom Barrie, Bowmanville on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Crop production using crop rotationâ&#x20AC;?. H-3 Peter Doris, OMAFRA January 8 Stormont SCIA Annual Meeting, 3063 Forward Rd. S, Chesterville, ON 10 am Gary Derk's Soybean Roasting, rebuilt. Lunch and meeting at Papa Gus, Chesterville.

January 8 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 613476-3842 or email princeedwardfarmers@gmail.com January 13 Peterborough County Cattlemenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Annual General Meeting, Douro Community Centre, Douro-Dummer, ON 7:30pm Guest Speaker Jamie Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Shea will present to the group a collection of pictures and stories from his year working in Russia as a consultant and manager on a large beef operation where Canadian Angus heifers had earlier been imported to begin a cow-calf to finish operation and the trials, tribulations and success that come with a fascinating year. For further information contact: President Garnet Toms â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 705-652-0092 or a Cattlemenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Director.

January 14 Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association, Simcoe Local Tiny Rod and Gun Club, Perkinsield ON 8:30am - 3:30pm Each year, the Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association (OMSPA) holds local winter information days for area producers. The agenda for each meeting includes an OMAFRA presentation on maple-related activities (e.g.

Food Safety Monitoring) during the past year, and information regarding other Foods of Plant Origin programs.

Upwards of 1,000 maple producers attended the eleven sessions in January/February 2014.

January 14 Pollinator Health, Public Consultation Meeting, Kingston Public Meeting

9am - 12pm Pollinator Health: A Proposal for Enhancing Pollinator Health and Reducing the Use of Neonicotinoid Pesticides in Ontario Registration and feedback information: http://www.omafra. gov.on.ca/english/pollinator/meetingreg.htm January 14 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 costshare funding opportunities. For more information and to register visitwww.ontariosoilcrop.org

January 15 & 22 Environmental Farm Plan (EFP), Roblin, 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 16 Durham Region Cattlemenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association Annual Meeting & Beef Dinner, Nestleton Community Centre, 3971 Ontario 7A, Nestleton Station, ON 6:00 - Social Time, Trade Show 6:30 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Roast Beef Dinner by the Yellowlees Family. Guest Speaker: Jamie Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Shea â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Continued on page 38

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DateLine Managing Cattle Annual Meeting; Review of 2014 Business; Beef Farmers of Ontario Update â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Dan Ferguson and Dan Darling; Election of Durham Region Cattlemen Directors; Election of Advisory Councillor and Alternate; Appointment of delegates to the BFO annual meeting.

Tickets: $30.00/person; $45.00/two (includes supper and one 2015 Association membership). To order tickets contact the secretary: Mary Ann Found (905) 436-2528 email: drcasecretary@foundfamilyfarm.ca Please speak for your tickets prior to January 9th, 2015 to determine the number of meals to order.

January 20 & 27 Environmental Farm Plan (EFP), Lindsay, 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

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January 22 Environmental Farm Plan (EFP), Brighton, 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 22 Environmental Farm Plan (EFP), Roblin, 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.

January 24 Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association, Algoma Local Gilbertson's Pancake House, Richards Each year, the Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association (OMSPA) holds local winter information days for area producers. The agenda for each

meeting includes an OMAFRA presentation on maple-related activities (e.g. Food Safety Monitoring) during the past year, and information regarding other Foods of Plant Origin programs.

Upwards of 1,000 maple producers attended the eleven sessions in January/February 2014.

January 27 Environmental Farm Plan (EFP), Lindsay, 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 29 Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association, Quinte Local Tyendinga Recreational Hall, Shannonville ON Each year, the Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association (OMSPA) holds local winter information days for area producers. The agenda for each meeting includes an

OMAFRA presentation on maple-related activities (e.g. Food Safety Monitoring) during the past year, and information regarding other Foods of Plant Origin programs.

Upwards of 1,000 maple producers attended the eleven sessions in January/February 2014.

January 29 Environmental Farm Plan (EFP), Brighton, 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 30 Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association Information, Haliburton/Kawartha Local Buckhorn Community Centre, Buckhorn, ON Each year, the Ontario Continued on page 39

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DateLine Continued from page 38 Maple Syrup Producers Association (OMSPA) holds local winter information days for area producers. The agenda for each meeting includes an OMAFRA presentation on maple-related activities (e.g.

Food Safety Monitoring) during the past year, and information regarding other Foods of Plant Origin programs. Upwards of 1,000 maple producers attended the eleven sessions in January/February 2014.

January 31 Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association Information Session, McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Corners Agricultural Hall, 194 Camerons Road, McDonalds Corners, ON Each year, the Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association (OMSPA) holds local winter information days for area producers. The agenda for each meeting includes an OMAFRA presentation on maple-related activities (e.g.

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February 7 Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association Information Session, Ottawa Valley Local Mapleton Pancake House Hardwood Lake ON Each year, the Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association (OMSPA) holds local winter information days for area producers. The agenda for each meeting includes an OMAFRA presentation on maple-related activities (e.g.

Food Safety Monitoring) during the past year, and information regarding other Foods of Plant Origin programs. Upwards of 1,000 maple producers attended the eleven sessions in January/February 2014.

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A Year in review with Sevita International

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his pasT growing season was diffiCulT for Many easTern

onTario farMers due To one MoTher naTure. This year MoTher naTure gave us a Mild spring, a Cooler Than norMal suMMer, and a flip floppy fall ThaT ConMain faCTor,

sequenTly Challenged a loT of growers.

Planting for most Eastern Ontario growers was a quite a task! Planting was delayed, but as the growing season progressed, the soybeans were growing well and then Mother Nature came at us with another twist: white mould.

Although some fields only had a small patch or two, others got hit hard. Many growers became very concerned with the quality of their soybeans and the effect of the mould on their yield and return.

And let’s not forget the frost! On September 19th, 2014, some Eastern Ontario growers woke up to a major early season frost. The growers that were most affected by this were those that were

growing higher heat unit varieties. These varieties had not had the ideal growing conditions throughout the season to begin with and were now facing frost.

Soybean harvest began in full force at the end of September. After a beautiful first two weeks in October with harvesting opportunities almost every day, we began to get a lot of rain and snow. This made getting out into the fields somewhat more difficult.

As product arrived to our Inkerman Sandy Row export plant and Baker Road seed plant, it became evident that the main issues due to a tough growing season were green beans, mud tagging and high moisture. However, we were able to still give growers their premium while providing international buyers with a consistently high-quality product.

Overall, this past year, was a challenging growing season. We thank our dedicated growers for their patience and diligence to preserve our high quality soybeans and give us a reasonably successful 2014 growing season.

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Local food highlighted in Cornwall

by Carolyn Thompson Goddard AgriNews Contributor ornwall — The Mindful Cookery in Cornwall hosTed a “Mingle and Tingle neTworking evenT” sponsored by all Things food bouffe 360 and The easTern onTario food neTwork. The deC. 7

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All Things Food/Bouffe 360 is conducting a Food Hub feasibility study in Eastern Ontario, which according to coordinator

Kat Rendek will provide important information on how to promote local food producers and should be completed in early 2015.

A food hub would provide support to infrastructure needed by local food producers including storage and distribution of their products.

Sylvie Paquette of the Eastern Ontario Food Network asks that “if you feel that local food is important, please take action by sending a letter, an email or making a phone call to your local councillor to ask for their support for the Eastern Ontario Food Network and All Things Food”.

Joey Gault, co-owner of

The Mindful Cookery where the networking event was held, “feels local food tastes better and wants to bring in as much local food as possible” to his store on Pitt Street in Cornwall. He is looking forward to increasing the number of local suppliers next year.

Rendek reports that All Things Food/Bouffee 360, working with a number of community partners, are planning a dinner and seminar on local food security to be held Jan. 29, 5 to 8:30 p.m. at The Agape Centre in Cornwall.

Contact Rendek at info@allthingsfoodbouffe360.ca for more information.

“Growing IP is a good and rewarding challenge that we love taking on!”

Ian, Travis & Adrian Greydanus, Greydafton Farms (Grower), Grafton, Ontario

Contact act your PROSeeds RSM: David Guy From left, Sylvie Paquette (Eastern Ontario Food Network), Kat Rendek (Coordinator All Things Food/Bouffe 360) are pictured with Joey Gault and Rachel Roy of The Mindful Cookery during a “Mingle and Tingle Networking Event” held in Cornwall recently.

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Winchester’s annual Parade of Lights last month featured a variety of trailers, tractors and equipment festooned with lights, including this colourfully lit-up John Deere machine. Winchester was one of the first Eastern Ontario villages to organize an evening parade of lights. This was the 18th edition.

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After selling that part of their business, they purchased an additional 50acre farm nearby and although they’d both always been passionate about land stewardship, they felt they now finally had the time and experience they needed to develop a teaching farm.

Their new property, which included some areas of marginal crop land, had been badly neglected for the past 15 years, so they set about cleaning up debris, removing invasive species and investigating what might be best suited to this type of land.

“During our hours of research, we became aware of the dire need of our bees and butterflies and also native habitat. We farmers who have lived in the area most of our adult lives were shocked to find that there are 13 species which are at risk in our area, that most of our turtles are endangered and that two local birds are on the highpriority list because of loss of habitat,” explains Shelley. “We realized that if we wanted to be called ‘stewards of the land’, we had better step up and do something.”

So they got to work.

Their first SARFIP project was to design and develop windbreaks by planting native trees on the property. Subsequently, they created a pollinator habitat by planting meadow and native tall grasses, trees, shrubs and flowers so that pollinators will be able to feed, breed and establish colonies.

They’ve also built bat boxes on their property as habitats for the Little Brown Bat, an endangered species in Ontario. Bats are essential for maintaining healthy ecosystems as they eat a lot of insects, includ-

OSCIA and funded by Environment Canada and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry.

The program aims to help farmers adopt Best Management Practices (BMPs) to enhance the farm operation, while supporting local species at risk, improving forests, grasslands, wetlands and wildlife.

To be eligible to participate in SARFIP, Ontario farm businesses must have a completed Environmental Farm Plan (EFP).

Candidates can then select eligible BMP categories from the SARFIP list that relate to an action identified in their farm’s EFP Action Plan.

SARFIP is currently available for the 2014-2015 cropping season and the claim deadline has been extended to January 15, 2015. Potential applicants can download an application and forms at, www.ontariosoilcrop.org/pr ograms/species_at_risk.htm

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Partnerships have been key in all of their efforts, says Shelley, citing help the Spruits received, in addition to their SARFIP funding, from Michelle Cavanagh of the South Nation Conservation Authority and Brandan Jacobs of Ontario East Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS).

“It has been a steep learning curve for us but everyone has been incredibly helpful and encouraging,” she says. “Tony and I are honoured to be a part of something that is so much bigger than us. We believe that we must take responsibility for the degradation of our ecosystem and, as farmers, we can make positive changes that will affect generations to come.”

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Fournier egg farmers are faces of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aprilâ&#x20AC;? in 2015 Faces of Farming calendar

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thINg IN hER lIFE chaNgEd. shE FEll qUIckly IN lOvE WIth thE FaRmER â&#x20AC;&#x201C; aNd hIs FaRm lIFE. dEcadEs latER, lyNN aNd daNIEl lONgtIN aRE thIRd-gENERatION Egg FaRmERs WIth daUghtERs JEssIca, vĂŠRONIqUE aNd valĂŠRIE makINg Up thE FOURth gENERatION OF Egg FaRmINg ON thE samE hOmE FaRm.

In 2015, Lynn and her daughters appear in the 10th anniversary Faces of Farming calendar, published

by Farm & Food Care Ontario. Their page is sponsored by Egg Farmers of Ontario and they are featured for the month of April.

Lynn and Daniel met at a youth retreat in 1985. In the earlier stages of their relationship, they both worked off the farm. Daniel started working on the farm with his father in 1992. Eight years later, Lynn and Daniel bought the farm.

Today, Lynn, Jessica, VĂŠronique and ValĂŠrie all play an active role in the

family business. Currently, the farm is home to 17,000 laying hens, which lay about 120,000 eggs per week.

Every day, family members take responsibilities for touring the barns to check the birds, ensuring that the hens have constant access to feed and water and gathering the eggs â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which is a three-hour process. This requires collecting the eggs that come out of the barn and stacking them on flats in a cooler until a truck comes to pick them up weekly. The family works closely with a nutritionist to monitor the health of the birds and to improve production. They have one employee helping them as well.

The Longtins are content with where the farm is at today. Day-to-day everything runs very smoothly, and everyone strategizes their schedules in order to share the workload. The family believes in keeping things simple and doing what already works. In 2015, the family will be celebrating 15 years of owning the farm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; an exciting milestone for this hard-

working family.

Lynn and her daughters also work off the farm.

Lynn has been a school bus driver for eight years now and loves the interaction with the children in her community. Jessica, the oldest of the sisters, led the way when she took the nutrition, diĂŠtĂŠtique et sciences des aliments program at the University of Guelph, Alfred Campus. This program led to a rewarding job as a dietician technician and food service supervisor at a continuing-care facility in Ottawa where she has been employed for six years.

Since then, Jessica has obtained a full-time job at The Ottawa Hospital as a food service supervisor.

Jessicaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s younger sisters, VĂŠronique and ValĂŠrie, followed in her footsteps and both completed the same course. VĂŠronique was employed as a kitchen supervisor at a nursing home in Ottawa but she is now back to school and enjoying life as a full-time student at La CitĂŠ. ValĂŠrie is a food services supervisor at The Ottawa Hospital, General Campus. Lynn, Jessica, VĂŠronique and

Faces of Farming calendar profile â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Lynn, Jessica, VĂŠronique, and ValĂŠrie.

ValĂŠrie all enjoy being able to work on and off the farm.

Husband and father Daniel is a councillor on Egg Farmers of Ontario.

His wife and daughters are quick to compliment him for his abilities to manage the farm successfully, tak-

ing care of the paperwork and ensuring the farm keeps up with industry trends and changes.

When theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not farming, the family spends their time outdoors as much as possible. Daniel and Lynn spend most weekends of the

summer camping. The family also own a woodland area where they can go walking and snowshoeing through the forest.

Those interested in learning more about the Longtins can visit www.farmfoodcare.org.

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2 OF 8 HAY BALERS 70538 W NH BB9060 3â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x3â&#x20AC;&#x2122; big square baler......$79,000 $69,900 73138 B NH 268 hay baler ................... $1,950 $1,200 2 OF 18 BLADES 69219 T Fisher 60547 B Wilson 3 OF 70536 73604 71905

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snow blade, Alo ........ $2,400 snow pusher, SS....... $1,900

$1,600 $1,200

12 ROUND BALERS W Class 46 round baler ............... $9,000 $7,900 B JD 410 round baler ............... $1,900 $900 W NH BR740 round baler ............... $15,900 $13,000

2 OF 10 CULTIVATORS 73586 W Case IH 12â&#x20AC;&#x2122;. ............................ $1,950 $1,550 74438 W Wilrich Quad 4 33â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Deep tillage ......... $21,500 $17,900 2 OF 12 DISC HARROWS 73107 B Kewanee 12â&#x20AC;&#x2122; disc harrow ............... $2,850 74255 W Kewanee 14â&#x20AC;&#x2122; disc harrow ............... $4,750

$1,400 $3,950

1 OF 3 FORAGE HARVESTERES 74209 W NH 892 forage harvester ....... $2,900

$2,000

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$6,900 $700 $7,100

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10 AUGERS W Brandt 13X71 Grain Auger .............. $9,800 W Market 12â&#x20AC;&#x2122; plastic fertilizer auger .... $1,200 W Farm King 13X70 with hopper ............... $9,500 20 HAYBINES/DISCBINES B JD 1209 haybine ..................... $1,900 W MF 166 discbine .................... $3,900 W NH 1431 discbine .................... $11,900 W NH 1432 discbine .................... $10,900

$1,200 $2,500 $9,950 $9,950

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8 MISC. UNITS OF MANY 68519 B Laurin 995 Cab for Case 995 ..... $995 67973 W NH 27 forage blower ............ $975 70467 W Picus round bale chopper .... $10,900 72109 W Onan PRO 5000 generator, gas powered .... $595 55235 W Aerway 8â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 3 pt hitch aerator....... $4,800 68157 W Hyster C610B vibrating roller, diesel .... $5,000 71763 W Big Jim 16â&#x20AC;&#x2122; land packer ............... $3,500 73721 T Forage King HB100 bale basket ............... $2,950

$500 $500 $8,900 $300 $2,800 $3,000 $2,900 $1,950

2 OF 28 SNOW BLOWERS 68786 T Smyth 96â&#x20AC;? S/A Hyd Rot ...................... $1,900 63409 B BWM 104â&#x20AC;? S/A 1000 rpm ................. $1,800

$1,500 $1,350

1 OF 6 PLOWS 65054 W Kongskilde 300 Auto reset semi-mnt 4F ....... $2,400

$1,600

1 OF 17 UTILITY TRAILERS 72970 T Featherlite 24â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Float trailer................ $5,900

$5,000

1 OF 23 MOWERS 73287 T Rousseau ;/ SWK Ă&#x20AC; DLO RIIVHW ........ $6,900

$4,500

1 OF 5 WAGONS 72644 W Horst

$2,950

285 15 ton HD......................... $3,500

1 OF 3 SPREADERS 73793 B NH 307

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$3,900

17 RAKES/TEDDERS W H&S HAYMAKER2 KD\ Ă&#x20AC; XIIHU .................. $3,950 W Kuhn 502T hay tedder................. $4,250 W Kvernalands 9042T rotary rake ................ $2,950 W NH 256 hay rake .................... $2,200 W Ziegler HR.6.5 6 spinner tedder........ $8,900

$2,650 $3,250 $2,200 $1,800 $7,900

1 OF 7 PLANTERS/SEEDERS 68958 W JD 8250 seed drill ................... $1,900

$1,500

2 OF 10 HORSE TRAILERS 67304 T McBride 2 Horse goose neck trailer ..... $4,200 70014 T Titan 2 Horse slant load, dressing Rm.. $6,900

$2,500 $5,800

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4 OF 72688 72690 72776 73216

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13 SPRAYERS W Vicon LS3010T 501 gal sprayer ......... $4,900 $2,700 W Hardi Nav 550 45â&#x20AC;&#x2122; boom EC S/A ...... $7,900 $4,900 W Hardi TR500 45â&#x20AC;&#x2122; boom Man FM T/A F&R... $6,900 $3,100 W Hardi Nav 575 50â&#x20AC;&#x2122; boom EC S/A F&R ... $14,900 $12,900

83 TRACTORS W IH 886 2wd, tractor, cab ....... $12,900 $7,500 B JD 1640 tractor, loader............ $11,900 $10,000 W MF 6255 4wd, loader, cab, tractor .. $32,900 $28,900 W White 2-105 2wd, tractor, cab ....... $9,800 $6,500 W White 700 4wd, loader, cab, tractor .. $10,900 $8,900 B White 2-45 tractor, loader............ $7,900 $6,500 W NH 8160 4wd P/S 2 rem & Stoll ldr ... $25,000 $21,900 W Cockshutt 1365 4wd open & ldr & fork .... $8,900 $7,100 W Allis 160 2wd open ......................... $5,795 $4,795

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Michael Bols, Recipient of the 2014 Earl Vander Meulen Memorial Award

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ichael Bols, of Russell, ont., is the 2014 Recipient of the eaRl VandeR Meulen MeMoRial awaRd. like eaRl, Mike was Raised on a JeRsey faRM and fRoM a laRge faMily with 11 BRotheRs and sisteRs.

Thirty years ago, Mike and his wife Monique bought the farm and Drentex Jerseys from his family. Mike credits his love for Jerseys to his late father and to the legendary Ron Sharpe who instilled in him his enthusiasm for high-quality genetics and the show ring.

In 1996, due to respiratory problems, Mike was advised by doctors to sell his high-producing herd and quota which he unwilling did. However, two years later and with a clean

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bill of health, his passion for the Jersey breed and dairy farming remained. In late 1998, he started all over again to rebuild a high-quality herd, not a challenge that many people would undertake. Since then, there have been many Drentex All-Canadian nominations and after 15 years of rebuilding, 40 per cent of the Drentex herd is classified Excellent. The addition of Jenna James as a partner in the Drentex herd is evidence of Mikeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s confidence in the future and the perspective of youth.

With a herd classification average of 88.1 points, he and Jenna are well on their way to reaching his goal of having 50 percent of the herd classified as Excellent.

Mike is an outgoing and enthusiastic person, full of positive comments no mat-

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ter the situation and is always up for a challenge and willing to give it his all. He is actively involved in his community where he has been a 4-H volunteer, director and president of the Russell Agricultural Society, president of the Russell Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Broomball Assoc., president of the Russell Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ball Hockey Assoc., a director of the Russell Federation of Agriculture, an active member of the Russell Curling Club and is currently a director on the Board of the Embrun Agricultural Co-operative.

Mike has devoted countless hours to the betterment of the Jersey cattle industry. He has been a director and chair of the St. Lawrence Valley Jersey Club, a director on the Jersey Ontario board for nine years and president of Jersey Ontario in 2011. For many years, he has chaired the Russell Fair Livestock Committee and the Eastern Ontario/Western Quebec Championship Show. Mike is also an enthusiastic sup-

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porter of several local and county dairy shows and provides numerous 4-H members with calves for their 4-H projects.

Like Earl, Mike embodies the legacy of family and love of the farm where Thanksgiving dinner at Drentex Farms is a gettogether of over 100 people in Mikeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s immediate family with lots of food, fun and games. Mike and Monique take great pride in the accomplishments of their three children and are overjoyed with the recent addition of two granddaughters.

Mike thrives on being surrounded by children and youth who are attracted to his zany and cheerful personality. You can see the joy on his face as he hands out ribbons, trophies and candy to young participants at the Eastern Ontario Calf Rally. Mikeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s big, bright smile says it all, much as Earlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s did.

Black & White Holstein continued from page 36 intermediate champion: Brookvilla Goldwyn Brooks (Pierre Boulet, Milk Source Llc, Kaukauna, WI); Reserve: Charwill Attic Marcy (Gen-Com Holstein Ltee., Nd-Bon-Conseil, QC); Honourabl Mention: Bosdale Gold Luster (Beckridge Holsteins, Oscar Dupasquier, Quality Holsteins, Agriber Societa Agricola, Vaughan).

4-year-old 3rd Kingsway Sanchez Arangatang (Kingsway Farms); 8th Mcintosh Xmas T (Jason David Mell, Trent Valley Holsteins).

5-year-old 7th Knonaudale

Jasmine (Kingsway Farms, Knonaudale Farms Inc, Trentward Farms); 12th Tomalynn Goldwyn Superstar (Tomalynn Farms, Omemee); 9th Crovalley Lheros Vixen (Crovalley Holsteins). longtime production class 5th Kingsway Dundee Drum Stick (Kingsway Farms, Trentward Farms); 6th Crovalley Goldwyn Autumn (Crovalley Holsteins).

Breeders herd 2nd Kingsway Farms; 4th Crovalley Holsteins.

Best Bred and owned 4 -year-old 1st Kingsway Sanchez Arangatang (Kingsway Farms).

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Rotational grazing, fencing projects improve bottom line while benefitting wildlife

by Katie Burt Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association Special to The AgriNews hris Knight is a

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Cattleman with 80 purebred blaCK angus and 30 years in the beef industry.

Knight owns Clear CreeK farms, an operation just 5 Km from the farm of his father ViCtor where he got his start in farming. suCh a riCh history of liVing off the land in ChathamKentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Carolinian Zone gaVe Knight a great appreCiation for biodiVersity.

After learning Clear Creekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s woodlot was home to several species at risk, Knight began to immediately seek out ways to use Best Management Practices (BMPs) on his farm to be a better steward to the land.

In the fall of 2013, he took an Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) workshop, delivered by the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association (OSCIA), where he was inspired by the water-centred look at his operation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It lets you look at your farm in different ways and in ways that society is increasingly looking at agriculture, especially with all the emphasis on water quality,â&#x20AC;? Knight says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think protecting the Great Lakes is an important issue that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to have to face shortly.â&#x20AC;?

Armed with information about his farmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s environmental needs, Knight set out to seek funding opportunities to refine the rotational grazing system already used on his farm. He found his answer in an advertisement

for the Species at Risk Farm Incentive Program (SARFIP) delivered by OSCIA, offering cost-share to farmers who were willing to implement BMPs that had significant benefit to species at risk.

Knight was able to use SARFIP funding to extend his rotational grazing fence.

So far, the project has been a win-win for the farmer and the species at risk that reside in the grasslands alongside his beef herd. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had done [rotational grazing] before last year, but not to the extent we do now.

We move our cattle every day, sometimes twice a day,â&#x20AC;? Knight says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going really well. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeing a huge increase in stocking capacity on the land and a huge benefit to species at risk such as Bobolink and pollinators.â&#x20AC;?

Improvements are visible. The Carolinian Canada Coalition, who wrote a letter of support for Knightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2014 fencing project, noted an â&#x20AC;&#x153;astounding concentration of about 12 breeding pairs of Bobolinkâ&#x20AC;?.

Knight was also able to implement a BMP to install permanent fencing to prevent cattle access to his Carolinian woodlot, which houses many native and rare species. He was also a significant proponent in getting his father Victor on board to fence cattle from forested areas and installing a remote watering system through SARFIP. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think [the project] was the right thing to do,â&#x20AC;?

Knight says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Agriculture can benefit the environment more than harm it if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s done properly. I would definitely recommend [SARFIP]; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a way to

improve your farming operationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bottom line while enhancing and protecting wildlife and biodiversity on your farm.â&#x20AC;?

SARFIPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s claim deadline has been changed to Jan. 15, 2015. Farm businesses are eligible to receive up to $20,000 in cost-share for implementing projects from the program guide; projects completed after Apr. 1, 2014 can be submitted. Spring tree planting projects are also eligible. For more information about the types of projects covered and for application packages, please visit: www.ontariosoilcrop.org/en/p rograms/species_at_risk.htm

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Cow comfort in spades at Sonibrand Holsteins

Unique, wide stalls with suspended chain crossbars covered in plastic sheaths are among the special cow comforts at Sonibrand Holsteins in St. Isidore, which hosted an open barn last month showcasing its Lely robotic barn expansion. The structure also features chopped straw and lime bedding that is automatically dropped in by conveyor, using a system custom designed by Rene Buhlmann, one of the partners in the family dairy farm. In photo right are (from left) farmers Arnold Kuratli, his daughter Sonja Buhlman and husband Rene, who estimated the value of the project at $1.9-million — except they did so much of the construction work themselves, their actual investment was about $1.3-million

“… makes fresh cows more comfortable. That’s important!”

— Ashley Schlender

Troy and Ashley and sons Trent, 6, and Duke, 3.

NEVER REST DAIRY Troy and Ashley Schlender, Watertown, Wis. Robotic Milking — 220 cows 90 lbs/cow/day — SCC 100 to 150,000

Dog dies after chasing horses

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ccording to mediA reports, it All begAn with A strAy dog chAsing some horses on dec. 1 And led to A neighbourhood’s outrAge over the cAnine’s subsequent deAth. The AgriNews hAs leArned the demise of thAt dog hAs now prompted An ospcA investigAtion.

According to Constable Joel Doiron of the SD&G OPP, officers responded Dec. 1 to a complaint and turned the matter over to the Township of South Stormont.

According to media reports, the township’s animal control officer, Herb Waldroff, may have shot the stray.

A mid-December public

statement from the Township advised it was “aware of the most unfortunate incident that took place concerning the death of an alleged aggressive and stray dog. Due to an ongoing investigation the township cannot comment any further at this time.”

An email from Mayor Jim Bancroft of South Stormont suggests that “council will have staff recommendations shortly for us to move forward,” while Waldroff refused to comment when contacted.

Alison Cross, Marketing and Communications Director for the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, confirmed her agency is investigating.

Ashley Schlender has been using Udder Comfort™ for several years, including now as the growing herd milks with 2 double-box robots.

“We start fresh cows by fetching them to the robot 3x/day, training them to milk automatically. That’s when we apply Udder Comfort,” she explains.

Troy and Ashley are 3rd generation dairy farmers, forming Never Rest Dairy in 2006 and milking with robots since June 2014 with SCC under 150,000, making 90 lbs/cow/day.

“Udder Comfort makes fresh cows more comfortable. That’s important in any system, especially training new cows and 2-year-olds to the robot.”

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For external application to the udder only, after milking, as an essential component of udder management. Always wash and dry teats thoroughly before milking.

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