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Lee lauds technical education in address to Kemptville grads

By Nelson Zandbergen AgriNews Staff Writer KEMPTVILLE — The particular brand of education received at their alma mater would hold them in good stead for life, graduates heard from a prominent Ottawa businessman during commencement proceedings here May 25.

Addressing the gowned group who were set to receive diplomas and certificates ranging from agriculture to welding at the Kemptville Campus of the University of Guelph, Leonard Lee spotlighted the importance of practical and trades training in a country where, he joked, “Many people have difficulty screwing in a lightbulb.”

“I thank all of you for taking technical education because you’re needed,” declared the Lee Valley Tools and Veritas Tools founder. Added the smiling Order of Canada member, “I’m sure you’ll be happier than any unemployed BA. And don’t tell any university I said that. And you’ll contribute more to Canadian life in general as well as your own life because of your knowledge and ability and training in hand.”

Lee, a Royal Roads Military College graduate who also holds a Bachelor of Arts and Economics from Queen’s University as well as four honorary doctorates, pointed to the “primitive” beginnings of his own technical education — on the Saskatchewan farm where he was born in a log cabin built by his prairie homesteader father.

“We didn’t have electricity or running water or anything like that, but we still had a perfectly good life.

But my technical background was specifically: if anything is broken, you can repair it with wire and pliers,” he said. “If you find yourself in deep difficulty, try a hammer and nails,” he added, then quipped, “but if that doesn’t work, just use the hammer.”

It was in that environment that he learned the use of axes and bow or ‘swede’ saws, for cutting trees into pulpwood and cordwood the family sold. His father, who was a skilled carpenter

to the degree of being able to produce a wooden gravity box capable of carrying flax seed, passed on that woodworking acumen to his son.

“Even my primitive training was one of substantial benefit to me later in life,” Lee recounted. “I was able to convert my hobby into a business. And training also gave me the

confidence to problemsolve in tool design. The sharpening activity with the axes and swede saws gave me the courage to do research in the field, and I wrote a book on the subject that sold 120,000 copies so far. And I launched a hard cover volume of it in the Kemptville library today.”

Drawing a contrast with Europe, he noted that this

country doesn’t afford enough respect to people going into the trades and technical training, despite the “essential” nature those vocations. “In Canada , we try to discourage our children these days from becoming technicians and say they should go to university and get a bachelor Continued on page 3

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Above, Anneke Miedema — graduate of the agriculture equine option diploma program and recipient of the W.B. George Memorial Award— delivers the valedictory address to the 2012 graduating class at the Kemptville Campus of the University of Guelph. Below, piper Mike Durand leads the procession of graduates at the conclusion of the ceremony, followed by Dr. Robert Gordon (left) dean of the Ontario Agriculture College, University of Guelph, and Dr. Claude Naud, Kemptville Campus Director.

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RICKLAND HOLSTEINS - RICKERT BROS., LLC Eldorado (Fond du Lac County) Wisconsin Milking 900 cows RHA 28,000 milk and 1000 fat SCC: Consistently below 200,000 Jim Rickert and son Andrew are pictured here at the Wisconsin Public Service Farm Show.

Lee Continued from page 2 of something or other,” observed Lee. “Technicians maintain our infrastructure both nationally and in our communites. If we did not have electricians, or somebody to debug your computer or your water system or sewage system, we would be in big trouble.”

He opined, “Canadians seem to have forgotten .. their own origins and the importance of trades to the country.”

He also lauded the importance of technical co-op programs and proudly pointed to his own companies’ hiring of student machinists. “Now, a lot of companies don’t want

to do that, but a lot of companies don’t want to do a lot of things.”

He advised the group to do work they enjoy and “always choose job content over salary. If you can be creative in work you like, you can be far happier when you come home at night.”

The biggest laugh of the speech came when a child in the audience began wailing.

Lee looked up and replied, “You’re probably right.”

Dr. Claude Naud, Campus director, introduced Lee to the audience. Naud pointed out that, among the guest speaker’s honorifics and achievements, he had an agricultural connection as well: Lee is a former executive director of the Dairy Council of Canada, according to Naud.

“We’ve been using Udder Comfort™ for 4 years on the udders of all fresh animals, particularly two-year-olds. It’s gentle, convenient, and very effective,” says Jim Rickert.

Brothers Jim and Greg are partners in Rickert Brothers, LLC, home to the Rickland Holsteins, a high genomics herd sending 6 to 8 bulls a year to A.I. Jim’s son Andrew serves as full-time feed manager at the Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin dairy farm, where 900 cows are milked 3 times a day.

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By Pamela Pearson Agrinews Staff Writer OTTAWA - Taggart Miller Environmental Services (TMES) is considering a second contender site, after receiving “significant public input,” under the environmental assessment (EA) process for a Russell-based resource recovery and waste disposal facility for the Capital Region. TMES began the public consultation process in November 2010 as part of the initial EA that considered the initially proposed site, located north of the village of Russell, as a facility accepting industrial and commercial waste from the City of Ottawa.

Announced by the firm May 29, the second potential site would be located east of Boundary Road and south of Highway 417, in the City of Ottawa, near an existing industrial park.

TMES says that once the Terms of Reference for the EA are approved, they will compare the two possible sites and identify one of them as the preferred site for a further detailed study.

The first site option enraged many township residents because of its location and alleged negative effect on the surrounding environment. That site is an old brick quarry of

fractured shale, said to be one of the highest points in the township for water run off. Concerns over the impact on water quality and a local aquifer spurred unhappy residents to form the ‘Dump the Dump Committee’ to fight TMES. More recently, local concerns have also expanded to include the effect on wildlife habitat.

In a press release, TMES continues to state that the Russell facility, if approved, would provide “a complete and innovative solution for the recycling and diversion from disposal of nonhazardous industrial, commercial and institutional, construction and demolition materials, and the disposal of residual materials that are not recycled or otherwise diverted.”

Hubert Bourque, the company’s project manager, states, “Over the past 18 months, Taggart Miller has received significant public input through consultation activities. The public has asked the company what other sites we have looked at and told us they felt we should be looking at more than one site. We have also received input that we should also be looking for a site closer to major highways and with fewer neighbours in a more industrial setting.”

He explained, “We have listened to the comments from the public and as a result, we are adding a second site as an alternative for consideration under the EA process for this project.”

It is expected that the Terms of Reference for the latest EA study will receive approval by the end of 2012. The site comparison process to select a preferred site for further study could be completed in the first part of 2013.

Two open houses will be held to provide Russell Township residents with information about the proposed CRRRC sites. The first will be held on Wed., June 20 from 3 to 9 p.m at the Kinnaird Arena located at 1084 Concession St., Russell.

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New beef Code of Practice in works

By Lois Ann Baker Agrinews Staff Writer ASTERN ONTARIO — ThE NATIONAl FARm ANImAl CARE COuNCIl hAS RECENTly ASkEd bEEF FARmERS ANd OThERS INTERESTEd IN ANImAl CARE ANd wElFARE TO pROvIdE INpuT INTO ThE REdEvElOpmENT OF CANAdA’S bEEF CATTlE COdE OF pRACTICE ThROugh AN ONlINE SuRvEy. NFACC wAS CREATEd IN 2005 ANd ONE OF ITS FIRST ACTIvITIES wAS TO RENEw ThE COdE dEvElOpmENT pROCESS. “The first Code of Practice for the care and handling beef cattle was developed in 1991,” said Jackie Wepruk, General Manager & Project Coordinator for NFACC. When funding for the update was secured in 2009, the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association advised NFACC that it wanted to update the beef cattle code. This update has been in the works since

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September 2010.

“The response has been excellent,” said Wepruk.

Responses have come in from all across Canada and over 75 per cent have come from beef producers.

“We encourage producers to continue to provide their insights and views on the care and handling of beef cattle through the survey,” said Wepruk.

Included in the information gathered by the NFACC for the update is the priority welfare issues.

The Code Development Committee and the Scientists’ Committees collaborated to identify a final issues list.

The priority welfare issues list for the Code update includes painful procedures like branding, castration and dehorning, feedlot health and morbidity like respiratory disease, lameness and nutritional diseases, environmental and housing conditions including mud-effect on health and welfare and what is acceptable shelter, especially in extreme weather conditions and finally, weaning strategies. This list of issues would benefit from a

review of the available scientific literature and are not the only issues being addressed. The SC will review the literature for each issue and report on summarizing the consensus and identifying any gaps requiring further research.

This report is then used to develop recommendations around the issues. Other welfare topics will be covered by the Code Development Committee.

The survey will be available through June after which the information is used by the Beef Cattle Code Development Committee to develop the updated Code. Wepruk stressed that the privacy of individual respondents will be protected.

Ryder Lee, Manager of Federal and Provincial Relations for CCA said that this survey will be followed by a second survey specifically for beef producers.

Lee is encouraging anyone with an interest, especially beef producers, to get involved with the survey.

“You get out what you put in,” said Lee, “We’d sure like to hear from producers what they have for

answers for both surveys.”

The CCA will than take the lead in rolling out the new Code, by first bringing a draft to various groups to review. Arden Schneckenburger, County Councillor on the Advisory Committee to the OCA said that he expects to see a draft in the fall.

“This hasn’t been renewed since 1991,” said Schneckenburger, adding that new technology is a good reason to be looking at this update at this time.

“Farmers are not

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opposed to it,” he said, “It’s a good thing to always make sure that our Code of Practice is up to date.”

Lee expects the final document to be ready for distribution early next year.

The codes are meant as a reference document and education resource for enforcement personnel.

“While not following the Codes is not an offence in and of itself, following the Codes can be used as an insurance policy to demonstrate appropriate care,” said Wepruk. “The Codes serve to build a common understanding around animal care requirements and

recommended best practices.”

The Codes are publicly available from NFACC’s website and from the national commodity association. Print copies are also made available.

Beef cattle Codes aren’t the only ones being updated at this time. The NFACC is also looking at updating the care and handling of pigs, equine, mink, ranched fox, sheep, poultry and poultrylayers. Each groups national commodity for these species have been working with NFACC to further develop and update their Codes.

The Dundas 4H committee received a $1,600 cheque at their April 30 4-H Assoc. meeting, held at the Presbyterian Church in Winchester. The Dundas Federation of Agriculture and the Dundas Dairy Producers hosted a Dundas Farmers Gala in March at the Winchester arena and money raised from that event was presented to (from left) Paul Porteous, Dundas County 4H President, and Andreas Jampen, 4-H secretary/Treasurer, by Gala Committee members Jackie Pemberton and Deborah Patenaude.

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Editorial Lack of co-operation Here at The AgriNews, we love to hear about government cuts at all levels, municipal, provincial and federal because we generally believe governments are outrageously bloated and are spending us into the poor house.

We don’t acknowledge any sacred cows and feel all programs should be fair game in trying to get government spending under control… on the rare occasions when that’s attempted.

But even we wonder sometimes at the timing of some cuts when a government sets out on that course of action such as the one under the stewardship of Stephen Harper.

Case in point is the decision to discontinue the $4 million yearly Co-Operative Development Initiative under Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada which has provided financial support to new and emerging coops since 2003, helping to create more than 300 of them.

Co-ops are rural and agricultural mainstays instrumental in economic development and job creation. Consider for example the wildly successful St. Albert Cheese Factory, a co-op, the all encompassing Embrun Co-Op, and EastGen, the artificial insemination co-operative.

Combined, they employ hundreds of rural Eastern Ontario residents and create economic spinoffs in the multi millions.

Cutting the CDI comes at the same time the Canadian government has renewed support for the 2012 United Nations International Year of Cooperatives. Also at the same time, the government has decided to reduce in size – from about 100 staff to 15 - the Rural and Co-operatives Secretariat that administers programs related to co-ops. The optics on this one are a little fuzzy to say the least.

It all goes against to the government’s stated goal of creating jobs, promoting partnerships, and fostering innovation, says the Canadian Co-Operative Association, which can’t understand why the government would cut a program that costs very little and makes a difference to hundreds of communities across the country.

Counters Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz: “With some 9,000 coops, 18 million members, and net worth of $360 billion, I think co-ops have a great foundation to continue the work on their own.”

That may be true. But a little financial support from the government in a worthwhile cause such as expanding co-operatives shows the government to be an active partner that cause.

It’s a solid endorsement in the eyes of observers such as the UN and international investors looking to Canada for signs of economic innovation.

The littlest livestock Pity the poor honey bee. It’s the littlest livestock breed and the most maligned livestock breed.

The hard-working humble insect always seems to be in crisis, be it depletion of its foraging grounds, farm field pesticide treatments, two types of killer mites and other hive invaders… there’s always something interfering with the basic business of transforming nectar into one of man and womankind’s greatest foods.

Lately the Ontario Beekeepers’ Association has sounded the alarm about another condition… hundreds of honey bees in multiple hives with acute poisoning symptoms.

Beekeepers have reported the incidents to various agencies and OMAFRA inspectors have taken samples for analysis in an attempt to determine this latest cause of bee mortality.

Anecdotal observations, the Beekeepers say, show a strong link between the poisoning episodes and air seeding of treated corn. In all cases, surrounding fields have been seeded within a day of bee mortality.

Honey bees are among several creatures which play a large role in the pollination of crops across the province. What’s happening to them may also be happening to other non-managed pollinators, the Beekeepers warn. Depletion of natural pollinators could wreak havoc on crop production.

The association knows farmers are doing what they feel is required to get planting done in a timely manner and are concerned about inadvertently causing harm to pollinating insects.

The Beekeepers are asking that all parties involved work with concerned farmers – many of whom double as beekeepers - to find a solution.

The solution should put the honey bee first and meet all of its requirements which mainly means more respect and deference should be provided, more caution taken with farm practices, as the bee goes about its business of supplying us with the next best thing to maple syrup.

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AgriGab Roadkill rage I had a smart, sophisticated, highly informed woman – she’s my sister after all – seriously ask me the other day when spying cows – she knew what they were - while touring the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa if we’ll be eating “roadkill” under a proposed change to Canada’s meat inspection rules.

Roadkill is the clever if totally inaccurate buzzword adopted by the NDP and spun by the national media to describe a modification that would permit animals slaughtered on-farm in certain situations to be processed for human consumption.

That currently isn’t the case. Only meat from animals killed in licensed facilities is deemed fit for the dinner table. Perfectly safe-to-eat animals that can’t be transported because they’re lame or so ornery they pose a risk to workers end up as deadstock rendered into pet food and other products at a much lower return to the farmer.

“No, Julie,” I soothed. “We’ll be eating top quality meat even if the carcass arriving at the processing plant comes directly from the farm. The same safety guidelines will be enforced. I know you’re a national TV reporter but you shouldn’t believe everything the Opposition claims and that your colleagues put out as gospel.”

I should have reminded her but forgot that, while Canada has perhaps the safest food delivery system in the world, accidents happen no matter how tight the controls which have nothing to do with where an animal is slaughtered. I was thinking of the infamous Maple Leaf Foods listeria crisis of four years ago.

I’d like to say that Julie was thoroughly chastened but she wouldn’t be my sister if she was. I didn’t check, but she probably went back to the office and jumped on the roadkill bandwagon again. There’s a saying in the news business that isn’t totally exaggerated: Don’t let the facts stand in the way of a good story.

All this started a few weeks ago when Malcolm Allen, the NDP agriculture critic, went after the government on two related fronts.

“First, the Conservatives will let private inspectors monitor meat (for shame!) and now they’re essentially allowing roadkill-ready meat into the food supply,” Allen stated, terrorizing old people, young children and CBC reporters.

“Even scarier is the fact we won’t know how long animals have been dead before processing… or even that the meat will be inspected at all.”

Allen was quickly lambasted by Agriculture

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by Tom VanDusen Minister Gerry Ritz who rightly called the statements “outrageous rhetoric”. Also wading in was Tim O’Connor of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency who explained that cases would be rare when an animal is slaughtered on-farm and would always be under the supervision of a veterinarian to certify the euthanization method and make sure the meat is fit for human consumption.

The method would have to fall into line with humane treatment requirements and the Health of Animals Act; once the carcass was transferred to a processing plant in a specified time frame, it would be inspected again.

O’Connor noted the proposed amendment is still in the early stages and a decision to proceed must be posted in the Canada Gazette and go through public consultations. The role of private inspectors and veterinarians still isn’t fully defined, he added, pointing out that it’s a major hit to a small producer to lose most of the return on an animal because it gets injured.

The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association weighed into the debate by emphasizing that it’s better to dispatch an injured animal on-farm than to force it to undergo inhumane transport to a slaughterhouse.

Diseased animals won’t somehow sneak into the food chain because of the provision, the CCA’s John Masswohl insisted.

Canadian Federation of Agriculture president Ron Bonnett agreed the procedure would rarely be needed. On his own farm, Bonnett said he has 100-200 cattle around at any one time and, over 30 years, he would have turned to the proposed provision perhaps three times.

Hopefully, Julie, you can see that the meat producing and processing industry has this one under control despite the scary stories you’re hearing from the NDP and members of your own profession.

I hope, as my sister, you wouldn’t deny producers full income on an animal that’s perfectly safe for human consumption but had the misfortune of breaking a leg or resisting transport to a slaughter facility.

Don’t be afraid. The NDP bogeyman won’t get you!

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Kemptville graduates

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HE FOLLOWING IS A LISTING OF THE GRADUATES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH’S KEMPTVILLE CAMPUS, WHO RECEIVED THEIR DIPLOMAS FRI., MAY 25.

THE ASTERISK BEFORE SOME NAMES INDICATES GRADUATION WITH DISTINCTION: Associate Diplomas in Agriculture Sara Akkermans, Casselman Wray Austin Ambler, Lakefield Amber B. Archibald, Bethany Patrick Hugh Baird, Sunderland Angela Ann Beuermann, Bornholm *Jean Joseph Erick Jr Brutus, Gatineau, Quebec *Dirk Cornelissen, Chesterville Jacob F Dash, Tottenham Harrison Arthur J De Groot, Hammond William J. Dejong, Chesterville *William Ryan Garner, Thornloe Derek Chad Gates, Simcoe Jerrica Lee Harbert, Roseneath *Michael W Harrower, Arnprior Spencer William George Hill, Nepean Brandon Hollingsworth, Orono *Rachel Lee-Ann Jebson, Sunderland David Robert Jibb, Sunderland Cornelis Kieftenburg, Moorefield

*Erik Kressibucher, Beaverton *Baukje Leenstra, Boundary Creek, New Brunswick *Michael Maitland, Jasper Derek Merkley, Iroquois Aubrie Ann Mowat, Nepean Morgan O’Connor, Whitby Dave Paulas Overgaauw, Orangeville Andrew Frank Phillips, Avonmore Andrew James Ritchie, Elmvale Yvonne Irene Scheurman, Norwich Tom Schuurmans, Elmira Christopher Gregory Seed, New Liskeard Dylan Matthew Snowdon, Merrickville Jamie Steiner, Thurso, Quebec Michael James Streight, Oxford Station Matthew S. Tebworth, Tweed David Ross Toebes, Orillia Jeremy Van Schaik, Woodville Laura Rebecca Yeomans, Oakwood Associate Diploma in AgriFood Leadership Jessica Lea Morrison, Frankville *Devon Joseph Pires, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago *Ashley Lien Pulver, Carrying Place *Denise Elizabeth Rasmussen, Nepean *Bethany Mae Weir, Fitzroy Harbour Associate Diplomas in Agriculture, Equine Option Calina Amireault Proulx, Low, Quebec Joel Axel Dolson, Uxbridge

Sarah Dost, Cannington *Allison Corinna Dykxhoorn, Brownsville *Rebecca Elliott, Bowmanville Kristen Marianne Gill, Clinton Brittany Christine Jackson, Napanee Nathalie Kim Laberge, Orléans Kaitlin Lafrance, Rockland *Anneke Megan Miedema, Gloucester Nicolette Dawne Moffit, Guelph Guinevere Irene Elizabeth Whitehead, Picton Katarina Zaborski, Stoney Creek Associate Diplomas in Food, Nutrition and Risk Management *Robert Michael Clement, Kemptville *Rachelle Marie Dubois, Merrickville Alyssa Laura Lalonde, Ingleside Madisen Lipa, Murillo Sarah Moyneur, Curran Melanie Jessica Nolan, Hammond Tessy George Puriotu, Kottayam, India Ashley Sierra Seguin, Hammond *Lindsay Sheppard,

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Kemptville campus graduates Continued from page 7 The following students have completed the first two years of the Bachelor of Bio-Resource Management Equine Management Program at Kemptville Campus and will be moving to the main campus at the University of Guelph.

Danielle Adibe, Pembroke Allison Close, Elgin Caitlin Donegan, Oakville Nicole Durand, Beaverton Cassandra Eves, Newmarket Kirstin Filter, Burlington Brianna Guerin, Brockville Kristin Hall, Brooklin Victoria Irwin, Markham Kassie Joyce, St. Anns Kathryn Lefrancois, Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Quebec Jenna McKay, Manotick Brittney O’Donnell, Frederiction, New Brunswick Veronica Peacock, Bracebridge Kaleigh Phillips, Kitchener Teaghan Reid, Oshawa Samantha Seewald, Caledon East

Naomi Sermer, Thornhill Jade Sheiner, Boisbriand, Quebec Mia Tiidus, Fonthill Jena Tilley, Brighton Alyssa-Marie Turgeon, Mississauga Cecilia Zegers, Markham . MINISTER’S LEADERSHIP AWARD (OMAFRA), Bethany Weir EASTERN BREEDERS’ INCORPORATED AWARD, Rachel Jebson SHANE GILLAN MEMORIAL AWARD, William Ryan Garner ONTARIO AGRI BUSINESS AWARD, Allison Dykxhoorn PIONEER HI-BRED LIMITED AGRONOMY AWARD, Erick Brutus ALEX SKEPASTS’ AWARD, Christopher Seed GLEN SLATER AWARD, Baukje Leenstra PFIZER ANIMAL HEALTH AWARD, Allison Dykxhoorn JOHN VERSTEEG AWARD, Rachel Jebson ED WALLACE MEMORIAL AWARD, Michael Maitland THE JOHN & DIEN HAVEKES SCHOLARSHIP, Aubrie Mowat FARM CREDIT

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Ag Hall of Fame for beef breeder Newman

By Lois Ann Baker Agrinews Staff Writer ORTH GOWER — EasTERN ONTaRiO’s OWN JOHN NEWmaN Of NORTH GOWER Will bE iNducTEd iNTO THE ONTaRiO aGRiculTuRE Hall Of famE THis JuNE. Newman, who co-owns Jo-mar Farms with his, wife Marion, has been involved in the cattle industry for several decades after graduating from Kemptville College of Agriculture at just 17 years old. He purchased his farm in 1966 and started with finishing beef.

Later on, the farm became a cow-calf operation. The Newmans quickly became known for excellent pasture management, record keeping and the hybrid vigour of their herd. Jo-mar Farms is used as a teaching tool for students of both the Kemptville and Guelph campuses of the University of Guelph. The farm was also recognized for top stocker quality by Master Feeds and has received an OSCIA certificate for soil management and crop production.

During his time as a farmer, Newman was also a major in the Armed Forces and is the recipient of the Order of Military Merit.

Newman’s management and communication skills became a great asset to the larger beef industry. For 12 years he served on the Ontario Cattlemen’s Association Board. During his tenure, he was integral to the process of restructuring the organization and implementing a strategic plan designed to make the OCA a driver for excellence, sustainability and profitability.

When the BSE crisis threatened the future of Canadian beef in 2003, Newman became a spokesperson for Ontario beef. It was through his leadership as Chair of the Beef Information Centre that Canadian consumers confidence in beef was not only maintained but proven as Canada was the only country whose beef consumption increased during this time.

Newman is well know and respected as an effective spokesperson on behalf of beef producers not only across Ontario, but throughout Canada. He was a founding director of the

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Canadian Cattle Identification Agency, the agency that developed a cattle identification program. Newman spoke to groups across Canada to ensure they understood the importance of identification to animal health and market access, as some producers were resisting the ear tag identification.

Newman was on the board of the BIC and became Chair in 2005. That same year, he was an executive member of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association and a lead spokesperson for the Canadian Beef Industry. In 2009, Newman was appointed to the Canada Beef Working Group by CCA. The group was established to examine the feasibility of consolidating the three beef marketing and promotion organizations. In 2011, the hard work by the

group saw the amalgamation of the BIC, the Canadian Beef Export Federation and the National Checkoff Agency into Beef Canada Inc. Beef Canada Inc. is responsible for national beef marketing, promotion and research.

Newman and his wife Marion have raised five daughters and are grandparents to 11 and greatgrandparents to two. They are currently retired from active farming and live near the beef operation that they ran for decades.

Newman said this honour is the result of a lot of people across Canada who supported and mentored him for over thirty years.

“It’s partly theirs,” he said, “Especially for my own family and my wife, who worked beside me and worked on the farm. It’s a great honour, no question about it.”

Goat cheese at Chateau Laurier Paul and Grace Mussell, owners of Manotick’s Clarmelle On the Rideau goat farm, had samples of their feta and cream goat cheeses to please the pallet in Russell earlier this year. The very soft and light flavoured cream cheese is crafted

by Glengarry Fine Cheese in Lancaster and can be found being served at the Fairmount Chateau Laurier, to name only one location.

The Mussell’s flock of 300 includes Nubian, Alpine, Toggenberg and Saanen goats, which all feed from the surrounding fields. Both the goats and milk are hormone free. At the time of the photo, the operation was “expecting” 400 kids to be born this spring.

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Technical Updates

How is Your Cow Herd Spending its Money?

By: John Molenhuis Business Analysis and Cost of Production Program Lead - OMAFRA

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o one needs to be told that input costs have been increasing over time. It has many asking where they should be looking for cost savings and how they can trim costs.

Looking at where money is being spent can give an indication of where to start for cost savings. Chart 1 presents a breakdown of the main expense areas for the beef cow herd. You can rightly conclude that if you want to concentrate on an area of your costs that will yield the biggest bang for your management buck that it would be feed costs. Feed costs at almost 60% should demand a lot of time and attention and most likely already does.

With respect to feed costs, controlling them is easy to say, but how do you do it? The first question you need to ask is what am I feeding now; not just the different components of the ration but how much of each of these components. How many of you can accurately say how much you are feeding to your cow herd each year? Hopefully a lot of you can, but the reality for many is their records are not in good enough shape to tease that information out.

The beef producers in the Benchmark Beef study conducted by the University of Guelph reported a wide range of actual dry matter amount fed to their cattle. The average in the group fed 4.0 tonnes of dry matter (grain and forages) per cow per year. The range was 1.0 tonne to 6.0 tonnes. It would be safe to say the farm reporting only 1.0 tonne of dry matter fed per cow per year may not have accurately recorded the amount fed. A 5.0 tonne range is huge and knowing where you are on that range is important.

Effective record keeping is the key to getting the right information you need to make effective business decisions.

With today's access to handheld technology it would not take much effort to record amounts as they happen. There may even be an 'app' for that. Even the tried and true pen and paper method can be effective as long as you are diligent in recording and transferring the information in your complete records. Knowing where slippages or wastage may be happening can give you some of those early wins in making sure the feed you have is managed effectively.

As you enter the cropping season start recording now so

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you are not trying to do it by memory next winter.

If you are considering farm software, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development maintain an extensive listing of financial as well as production recordkeeping software.

Agricultural Software Listing http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/app68/agsoft. Also a search of the apps available for the smart phone platform you have may yield some handy tools as well.

Chart 1 was based on cost estimates in the Beef Cow Cost of Production Calculator which was recently updated and is available online at OMAFRA's Ontario Enterprise Budgets: http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/busdev/bear2000/Bud gets/oeb.htm Use the calculator to estimate your costs and it also allows you to test those "what ifs" for different production and expense factors to see what has the greatest impact on your bottom line.

Feed is your biggest expense; the place to start is knowing how much you are feeding. This is not to say you should ignore the other costs but management time should be devoted to the areas that will have the most impact first.

Pasture Planting Decisions By: Jack Kyle Grazier Specialist â&#x20AC;&#x201C; OMAFRA

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hat are you going to plant this spring for your pasture program? The first thing to plant is fence posts. By far the biggest gains in pasture management come from a rotational grazing system and fence allows you to do that effectively and conveniently.

Cattle should be trained to electric fence and once trained they will respect it and allow you to conveniently mange your pastures. A one or two wire electric fence should reliably contain livestock provided you are providing palatable quality forage in sufficient quantity to meet their needs.

Managed pastures will provide significantly more forage for your livestock over the grazing season and will allow you to minimize the impact of a dry summer on pasture growth. Once you have a rotational grazing system in place which benefits your livestock by increasing the forage productivity there are other steps that you can implement to enhance your grazing program.

Over seeding existing pastures with a legume will help to increase forage production and forage quality. Clovers (white clover 1-2 lbs/ac, red clover 3-5 lbs/ac) and trefoil (2-3 lbs/ac) are the preferred species for Ontario situations.

They can be broadcast early in the spring and should establish reasonably well provided there is good seed to soil contact and there is sufficient soil moisture to grow the seedling plants. Mixing some trefoil seed in the salt or mineral is another easy way to increase the legume content in a pasture.

If you are planting a new pasture consider how you are going to graze it - type of livestock, do you want early pasture, full grazing season or late fall for stockpile pasture?

Orchardgrass and meadow brome are excellent choices for early grazing through to early fall. Reed Canary grass is an excellent grazing species that does better than most species in moist soil and also does well in dry soils because of its large spreading root system. If you want to emphasize late fall grazing or even stockpiling for use into November and December then tall fescue would be the better choice.

Including legumes in the pasture mix is essential to get maximum production; alfalfa provides high quality forage and has good tolerance of summer heat and dry soil conditions. White clover is an excellent grazing species that also has the capability to spread through the pasture. The

clovers and alfalfa run the risk of causing bloat if they make up more than half of the animals diet, although with proper management you can go well beyond this level. If you can provide a long rest period for the pasture consider Birdsfoot trefoil as the legume. Trefoil has high tannin levels that act to prevent bloat. Trefoil does need to flower and set seed at some point during the year if you want the stand to last, so at some point you need to provide a long rest period for this to happen.

Annual crops may have a place in your pasture program, depending on when you want extra pasture consider sorghum sudan grass for July to early September grazing, summer seeded oats for September /October grazing and turnips or other brassicas for late September to November grazing. Corn is an option that works well for some producers; corn is very productive and can provide grazing from August through to mid winter. The corn will need to be strip grazed with a fresh strip given every 1-2 days and there is no re-growth with corn.

Soil fertility is critical for good plant growth. Soil tests should be taken every 3 years to give you a bench mark of soil fertility. Ideally, the pH will be above 6; if it is below 6 then follow the soil report recommendations for applying lime to correct the pH. Both the phosphorous and potassium soil tests should be in the medium range (P 15-20 ppm with the sodium bicarbonate test and K 100-120 ppm). If the soil fertility is below these levels you will see a response to additional fertility. If the pasture is predominately grass or contains less that 30% legume you will see a significant response to nitrogen. Applying 40-50 kg/ha of actual nitrogen will increase grass growth. This amount should be applied in early June and again in early July to get maximum response from the grasses.

Planting fence posts will provide the best opportunity to increase the yields from your pastures this year and in the coming years. A pasture system with a sufficient number of pastures or paddocks and quality perennial and annual forage will provide excellent returns to the livestock producer.

Managing weeds in an elongated spring By: Kristen Callow Weed Management Program Lead, Horticulture - OMAFRA

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he unusual weather this spring has and will continue to result in serious weed problems in all cropping systems. Many growers applied pre-emergent residual herbicides earlier than normal due to the warm, dry conditions in March. Subsequently, the weather has turned cooler and, in many places, wetter, which has slowed crop growth. Herbicides applied early have not been very effective, and many weeds have emerged.

It is therefore, advisable to apply a second pre-emergent residual herbicide in orchard systems and if possible tankmix the product with a contact herbicide, such as Aim, Ignite, Gramoxone or glyphosate (depends on crop and label) for emerged weeds. Hooded sprayers will likely be required, but a tank-mix will minimize the number of passes through the field.

For recently emerged or transplanted vegetable crops (onions, potatoes, carrots, etcetera), growers need to be extremely cautious on their herbicide selections. Pre-emergent residual herbicides are no longer an option at this point, therefore, post-emergent herbicides will have to be used â&#x20AC;Ś but the crop is stressed and will likely be more sensitive to herbicide applications. So be cautious and allow the crop time to recover before applying another post-emergent herbicide.

Complete weed control will be a challenge this year, but â&#x20AC;˘ Continued on Page 12

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Page 12 The AgriNews June, 2012 • Continued from Page 10 it is essential to control weeds throughout the critical weed free period to achieve good yields in all cropping systems.

The critical weed free period is defined as the length of time that the crop needs to remain weed free to limit yield reduction from weeds. Weeds emerging after the critical weed free period will not affect yield.

Programs and Services

Les programmes, les services et les ressources du ministère de l’Agriculture, de l’Alimentation et des Affaires rurales de l’Ontario sont également disponibles en français.

Mapping Information You Can Use Ag Maps Geographic Information Portal By: Adam Hayes Soil Management Specialist - Field Crops - OMAFRA

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he Ag Maps Geographic Information Portal is a new service launched this past fall by the Geomatics Unit of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. This new page on the OMAFRA website www.ontario.ca/agmaps offers a variety of soil map resources. There are four sections that provide a wide range of information.

1. Agricultural Information Atlas The Agricultural Information Atlas is an interactive mapping website. It serves as a tool to acquire agricultural information or to create maps. You can view maps with basic road and municipal information, aerial photography, Canada Land Inventory, hydraulic soil groups, tile drainage information, soil drainage, watersheds and more. It is as easy as clicking on and off the layers you are interested in seeing.

You can use the tools to measure length, area and to mark areas on the map. The maps can be printed out as well. These maps can be quite handy when you need a farm or field map.

2. Geospatial Data View and Downloads This part of the website allows the user to view the location on Google Maps of farm markets, OMAFRA offices, equipment dealers and more. The user may also download these files to their computers as a kml or shapefile.

3. Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Mapping The Canada Land Inventory maps, or CLI maps as they are often known, provide information on the soil capability class of land (Class 1 to 7) in Ontario. The map units are in colour and use the current road names.

4. OMAFRA Program Data Sets a. Drainage Mapping The drainage mapping section of the website provides information and links to the agricultural drainage data that OMAFRA maintains. b. Soil Mapping and Reports

Over 2,000 stories archived at www.agrinews.ca This section provides links to a page on the Soils Ontario project. The objective is to evolve the current soils data into a digital database that is spatially accurate throughout Ontario, consistent, and easily accessible in digital and paper format. A link is also provided to the Land Information Ontario website, which has significant soils data sets. Another link takes the user to the CANSIS website, which is maintained by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

This website has PDF versions of most of the Ontario soil maps and reports. Just click on the link that says "view the report". The final link takes you to the Service Ontario website where soil maps, reports and other soils related publications can be ordered. c. Land Use Data Sets This section discusses the Agricultural Operations Inventory project, which is complete on a portion of the province. It provides farm and land use information, such as fields, farmsteads, fencerows and ditches. Detailed information includes crop type, row direction, ditch and farmstead locations, livestock raised, irrigation and tillage method used. Also described in this section is the Agricultural Resource Inventory, which was produced in 1983. It provides a map of general land use at that time - urban, woodland, and cropland (corn system, grazing system, hay system, etc). The final link takes you to a page about Specialty Crops and Canada Land Inventory Mapping for the Feed-in Tariff Program.

These resources represent a lot of work that has gone into creating useful tools for many types of uses. Some of them are easy for farmers to use and others are targeted more toward planners, consultants and others who have the software to map out the data. A few of the resources are complete, many are being constantly updated and improved, while others are still in development.

- no loan processing fees The Young Farmer Loan enhances FCC's suite of existing products and services that support young producers, such as the FCC Transition Loan, FCC Business Planning Award, FCC Learning events and publications, FCC Go Ag! events, and FCC Management Software for both accounting and field management.

For more information on the FCC Young Farmer Loan, visit www.fcc.ca/youngfarmerloan

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number of the grant programs offered through South Nation Conservation cover the majority of the costs associated with planting projects. South Nation staff will help you apply for the grants, and arrange for the tree planting and site preparation by local professionals. Your property might qualify if it has any ONE of the following features: planting area over 2.5 acres; is along a water course; or is within the City of Ottawa.

Bareroot trees are also available for smaller projects Would you like to know how to manage your woodlot more sustainably? If so, the Woodlot Advisory Service may be for you. This service is free & voluntary to anyone who owns a minimum of 5 acres or more. For further information, please call Rose-Marie Chrétien at 877-9842948 OR rchretien@nation.on.ca. You may also our website at www.nation.on.ca/en/your-forests/.

Hay & Straw Buy / Sell Services

A Update On How To Register Check these resources out and see which ones are most useful for your situation.

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remises Identification Numbers can be obtained from the Provincial Premises Registry (PPR) now operated by approved service provider Angus GeoSolutions Inc. (AGSI). The PPR is the only official provincial registry for obtaining Ontario Premises Identification Numbers for agri-food businesses. Premises Identification numbers issued before April 1, 2012 are still valid.

Obtaining a Premises Identification Number for your agri-food business is an important step towards traceability in Ontario.

To register your premises or update your information, please contact AGSI: • Online: www.ontarioppr.ca • By phone: 1-855-697-7743 (MY PPR ID)

reminder of the Ontario Forage Council’s “Ontario Hay Listings” service: www.ontariohaylistings.ca.

This is a free listings service for people looking to buy or sell hay and straw. For more information or comments or questions, call 1.877.892.8663 or email info@ontariohaylistings.ca.

First Impression Community Exchange (FICE)

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irst Impression Community Exchange (FICE) is a program designed to help communities learn their strengths and challenges as seen through a visitor’s eyes. A positive impression is important to the local economic health and growth. Each visiting team of 5 – 6 people spend several hours gathering information about their impressions of the Downtown, Tourism or the Community in general and then prepare a report. The exchange community reciprocates with a similar visit and report-back. www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/rural/edr/fice/index.html

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oung and beginning farmers will find it easier to start and grow their farm businesses with the help of a new $500 million loan program, introduced by the federal government and FCC yesterday. This new loan offers qualified producers who are under 40 years of age loans of up to $500,000 to purchase or improve farmland and buildings. Producers between the ages of 18 and 39 make up approximately 16% of Canadian producers, according to the 2006 Census. The FCC Young Farmer Loan includes features and options that address this demographic, and support their long-term success.

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The AgriNews June, 2012 Page 13 before it’s officially accepted as a new breed. They will be taking a sample of bull’s semen in preparation for the possibility the cotwhat, although Straby says ton-tail one day becomes no problems have cropped recognized. up from inbreeding to date.

“There is interest all He has started the around,” said Straby, “It’s process of getting this new an experience not many breed recognized, but people get.” admitted it will take generations without anomalies

Cotton-tailed cattle find a new home

By Lois Ann Baker Agrinews Staff Writer HALLVILLE — An emerging new breed of “cotton-tailed” beef cattle has found new pastures to continue developing and growing into the future.

It’s not every day that a new breed of bovine comes along, but a fluffy mutation on Bruce Straby’s farm is the possible genesis of one.

In 1993 one of Straby’s cows gave birth to a cottontailed calf, and a few years later that calf bore another cotton-tail. That started him on the road to developing the breed.

Now ready to retire, Straby was looking for a place to house his cattle, specifically a like-minded farmer who would carry on the effort to bring the new breed to light. Luckily for Straby, his son bought a farm not far from where he was located and a portion of the cattle went there.

He’s also begun working with another farmer in Alymer, a young man that “just graduated with an education in animal science, and he is extremely interested.” Straby was very pleased to find this contact, as he is willing to show the

new breed to try to keep it going.

“That’s exactly what I was looking for,” said Straby. They are still in the planning stages and things are working out very well.

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better” animals, the biggest issue is that all two dozen cotton-tails are the inbred descendants of that single calf of 19 years ago.

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Exotic fare can be found at Bearbrook Farms

By Pamela Pearson Agrinews Staff Writer BEARBROOK - Walter and Inge Henn, owners of Bearbrook Game Meats Inc., have been farming since the early seventy’s.

Immigrant’s from Germany, Henn and his family bought land near the village of Bearbrook, on Russell Road in 1973, later to become known as Bearbrook Farm. The family have raised, slaughtered and sold exotic game meat over the years and expanded to include a bed and breakfast, a dining hall, conferences facilities, a large party pavilion, and petting zoo.

The Henn’s have s recently retired from the large-scale tourist business and his daughter Heidi has now taken over the scaleddown wild game and deli business. The family business also has a new location at 5396 Dunning Road, south-east of Navan, and offers a variety of meat products from beef and pork to buffalo, elk and wild boar; from chicken and duck to goose and pheasant. Sausages, ground meat, pepperettes,

cipalle and tourtieres are a few of the items also available.

Henn himself loves to cook and has begun a line of pre-made main course dinners aptly named “Wild Game to Go”. Buffalo stew with black currant sauce or emu meatballs are cooked on site, vacuum sealed and then frozen, as are the majority of their products.

Longtime employee Sharen Armstrong gave Agri-News a tour of the farm and explained that products are hormone and filler free. Animals which can been seen from afar include 55 buffalo –five with calves, 75 elk, 50 turkey’s, over 100 chickens, ducks, peacocks and fallow deer. All tours are free.

The business also ships in other exotic meats such as alligator, eel and kangaroo. Some of these are processed on site as well into pre-made items such as sausages.

Henn is also on the Ottawa Farmer’s Market Board of Directors and Bearbrook is a regular vendor at its market held on Sundays until

Shannon Peck of Bearbrook Game Meats Inc., near Vars, works the stand on Sun., May 27 at the Ottawa Farmer’s Market – Brewers Park selling wild game delicacies from wild boar sausages and buffalo salami to beef jerky and venison ragout, to name a few. All products, which are made at Bearbrook are hormone and filler free. This vendor can also be found at the St. Laurent Farmers Market on Sunday’s; Saturday’s at the Kanata, Carp and Main Street markets and Fridays at the Orleans Farmer’s Market.

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Highland cattle expelled from Toronto

by Catherine Thompson AgriNews Contributor TORMONT COUNTY — WheN The pReSideNT Of The CaNadiaN highlaNd CaTTle SOCieTY SaW a beaUTifUl piCTURe Of The hiSTORiC bReed ON The ROYal agRiCUlTURal WiNTeR faiR WebSiTe, She ThOUghT iT WaS SO iRONiC iT iS beiNg exClUded fROM The COMpeTiTiON ThiS fall.

Although the picture may have been pulled since, it was still posted on the website during this interview with Donna Lampron on May 28.

“You’d think they were the highlight,” she told The AgriNews. “I asked them why they were advertising a breed that was not being allowed in the show.”

“It saddens me a lot that we are being expelled. It’s the prestigious show in Canada. It means I’’ll have to go to the U.S. and other little local fairs. It’s the one show that is looked at all over the world,” Lampron continued.

Lampron has about 80 head of Highland cattle at a farm in North Stormont Township and has been showing the animals at the Royal Winter Fair every year since 2008, except in 2010 when many Canadian breeders were attending a Highland breeders gathering in Scotland.

Every year at the Royal, Lampron walked away with numerous ribbons for her cattle, and in 2011, she won

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best exhibitor, premium breeder while her bulls won grand champion and reserve grand champion and get of sire.

But on March 15 this year, Canadian Highland Cattle Society president Donna Lampron received a letter from Caitlin O’Neill, manager of the RAWF’s agricultural programs, citing “scheduling and stalling challenges” as a reason not to offer the society a show in Nov. 2012.

Lampron denies there was a lack of space in the 2011 show, because “the whole section beside us was empty all the time we were there.”

Instead Lampron believes that the big Hereford, Angus and Limousin breeders have been lobbying officials not to include the rare breeds.

Not only Highland cattle, but the Maine Anjou and Galloway breeds have been told not to return to the show.

She also disputes O’Neill’s statement that “the Highland show at the Royal over the past five years has had declining support from the Highland breeders of Canada and struggles to meet the minimum number of 40 head required for a show.”

“Every year we have come up with the minimum number of animals to show, although it is difficult because of the expense of fees, lack of prize money and expensive living arrangements which are part of the event,” Lampron differs.

On March 27, Lampron responded to O’Neill, protesting the decision and outlining the Scottish

Highland breed’s history as the oldest registered breed of cattle, that has been shown for years.

She says the cattle are popular with visitors to the Fair, because of their appearance, docility and their meat which is high in protein, iron and lower in cholesterol than most other breeds of beef making it a premium meat choice.

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Expelled Continued from page 19 The Highlands are easy to look after, being largely grass fed, except for finishing with grain and are very hardy, requiring no built shelter except for a windbreak that can be supplied by a stand of bush.

Lampron suggests there should be a maximum as well as a minimum number of entries to give everyone a chance to participate and equal opportunity to all breeders.

Setting a maximum number per breed would solve issues of stalling and scheduling, she says.

Although the issue of â&#x20AC;&#x153;dangerâ&#x20AC;? by having Highlands or so many cattle at the Fair was apparently raised, Lampron suggests â&#x20AC;&#x153;what is very dangerous are these big breeds and all the public and people walking around, especially on weekends! Is stopping the public from having access to the barns next on the big breedsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; list of demands?â&#x20AC;?

She acknowledges that some exhibitors might worry about walking beside Highlands because of their long horns, but insists these cattle are docile and use their horns mainly for scratching. The Galloways which donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have horns were also excluded from the show, she adds.

Lampron says the RAWFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s priority is to educate the public about modern agriculture and not to make the large breeds happy, adding â&#x20AC;&#x153;The RAWF is there for the community, the visitors and participants and should, if not already, have a mandate of exposing all breeds of animals that are part of Canadian agriculture.â&#x20AC;?

Although Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill suggested the Highland cattle have a continuing presence at the Royal through a commercial display space,

AdWatcher surfs the classifieds for you at www.agrinews.ca Lampron doubts there will now be an opportunity.

Lampron says excluding the Highlands from the Royal will hurt their market, because so many people at the Fair didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know they were available here in Canada. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the oldest registered breed in cattle,â&#x20AC;? she adds.

After the Canadian Highland Cattle Society offered to pay part of the entry expense, the members believed more breeders would be interested in showing at the Royal.

Lampron has already been approached by two breeders interested in this fallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s competition who will be disappointed by the Fair boardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision.

She says her letter of March 27 has not been answered, but she has written the Minister of Agriculture and will raise the issue with Stormont, Dundas and South Glengarry MP Guy Lauzon.

On May 30, Caitlin Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill explained, in an e-mail to the AgriNews, that the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair livestock show has had an increased number of entries and limited space over the last few years and something needed to be done about the situation.

As a result, â&#x20AC;&#x153;it was determined our prime goal should be to allocate sufficient space to our Junior shows (beef and dairy) as well as host cattle shows that have sufficient numbers to ensure a successful show. In reviewing show numbers for the past five years, it became clear that the Highland, Maine Anjou and Galloway breeds were struggling to attract enough entries for a truly national show.â&#x20AC;?

Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill added each of these breeds has been offered an animal display space so as to continue to have a presence at the fair and each breed association is being contacted with the offer. In addition, the Guernsey show was cancelled several years ago under similar circumstances.

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OMAFRA Connects Continued from page 12 Market Sen$e All youth ages 19-25

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earn how to take your product from conception to a consumer at a market. Learn the importance of an intentional business plan and how it can lead to success.

Hear others’ success stories through tours, presentations and networking. Explore, through workshops, succession planning, financial management and how to get your business up and running at a local market.

Event Date: June 21 23, 2012, Kemptville Campus, University of Guelph, Kemptville, ON Cost: $100 + HST = $113 (incl. accommodations, meals, tour travel and resource materials) Registration forms available at: http://www.4hontario.ca/youth/opportunities/conferences/marketsense.aspx For more information please contact: 4-H Ontario’s Coordinator, Sen$e Programs sense@4-hontario.ca 1-877-410-6748 x 485

Cost of Production Adjustments Reduce Swine Feeding Costs in the GrowerFinisher Barn

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he swine team at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food

and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) have provided management tips that swine producers can utilize to help reduce feed costs in the grower-finisher barn.

Since feed accounts for 65 to 75 per cent of the cost of raising a pig, and feed costs keep rising, it makes good business sense to reduce costs through proper feeder management.

Swine feeder management in the grower-finisher barn is about maintenance of and adjustments to feed systems for savings. Two per cent feed wastage can amount to six kilograms of feed. OMAFRA’s grower – finisher specialist created a seven-minute video that shows what producers can do to reduce feed waste and costs. The video highlights feeder management tips for improving feed usage in the grower-finisher barn.

The swine feeder management in the grower-finisher barn video is on OMAFRA’s website at Ontario.ca\swine.

New Video Series Delivers Farm Business Planning Expertise

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n January 4, 2012, the Agricultural Management Institute (AMI) launched the Farm Business eTeam Video Series - an online farm business planning resource. Each week for eight weeks, AMI will release a new video featuring insights from farmers and business experts.

The virtual team will help farmers review their past performance and plan

for the future, including financial management, cost of production, marketing, human resources, succession planning, and overall business planning.

Farmers can access the Farm Business eTeam Video Series in the comfort of their office at a time that's convenient and at no cost.

Visit www.TakeANewApproach. ca for more information and to watch the video series.

AMI is part of the Best Practices Suite of programs for Growing Forward, a federal-provincial-territorial government initiative.

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ntroducing the newly released Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) website.

AMIS is a G20 initiative. It is a global agricultural market information system that concerns itself with matters relating to wheat, maize (corn), rice and soybeans. It aims to enhance food market outlook information, by strengthening collaboration and dialogue among main producing, exporting and importing countries, commercial enterprises and international organizations.

AMIS aims to: • improve agricultural market information, analyses and forecasts at both national and international levels; • report on abnormal international market conditions, including structural weaknesses, as appropriate and strengthen global early warning capacity on these • Continued on Page 23

Biosolids are a nitrogen and phosphorous rich product of the wastewater treatment procpess.

Biosolids spread on agricultural land provides nitrogen to subsequent crops and builds up soil phosphorous. /Ĩ LJŽƵ ĂƌĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚ ŝŶ Į ŶĚŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ŵŽƌĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚŽǁ biosolids could work for you, please contact us!

Erik Apedaile, P.Ag. Tel: 613-260-2411 Toll Free 877-360-3830 Email: biosolids@apedaile.ca

LICENSED GRAIN ELEVATOR Corn and Soybean Dealer

We Offer: • Forward Contracts • Drying • Trucking • Storage

We Buy: • Corn • Soybeans • Barley

18408 Conc. 15, Maxville, Ont. marc@bourdon.ca Tel.: 613-527-2859 Fax: 613-527-3468

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OMAFRA Connects Continued from page 22 movements; â&#x20AC;˘ collect and analyse policy information, promote dialogue and responses, and international policy coordination; and â&#x20AC;˘ build data collection capacity in participating countries.

Visit the new website and check for updates at: www.amis-outlook.org

Factsheets and Publications

The following OMAFRA Publications and Factsheets are now available from www.serviceontario.ca/publications: Guide to Fruit Production, 2012-2013, Publication 360 [new title

for Pub 360]; the cost is $20.00; please recycle all former editions of Pub 360 and any supplements.

11-057: Rooftop Solar Installations on Rural Buildings, Agdex 768; New. 12-007: Hazelnuts in Ontario â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Biology and Potential Varieties, Agdex 240; New [first Factsheet in a new series on Hazelnuts] 12-009: Hazelnuts in Ontario â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Pests, Agdex 240; New [second Factsheet in the series] For a complete listing of OMAFRA products, please see our online catalogue at http://www.omafra.gov.o n.ca/english/products/index. html To order OMAFRA publications and factsheets: â&#x20AC;˘ Visit any OMAFRA

Resource Centre / Northern Ontario Regional Office or Service Ontario location â&#x20AC;˘ Visit the Service Ontario website at: www.serviceontario.ca/publications or call 1-800-6689938 â&#x20AC;˘ Visit the OMAFRA website at: www.ontario.ca/omafra or contact the Agricultural Information Contact Centre by calling: 1-877-424-1300

Phone Lines and Websites â&#x20AC;˘ OMAFRA Website: www.ontario.ca/omafra, Agricultural Information Contact Centre: 1-877-4241300 or e-mail ag.info.omafra@ontario.ca â&#x20AC;˘ Nutrient Management Line: 1-866-242-4460 or email

nman.omafra@ontario.ca â&#x20AC;˘ Growing Forward Information Line: 1-888479-3931 or e-mail growingforward@ontario.ca â&#x20AC;˘ The Farm Line: 1888-451-2903 - A confidential telephone emotional support and referral service provided to farmers and farm families in Ontario

Events

June 19 & 20 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ontario Pork Congress.

Mark your calendar and check for updates at http://www.porkcongress.on .ca/ July 8 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 25 - World Hereford Conference BC/Alberta/Saskatchewan/ Manitoba/Ontario For more information visit www.hereford.ca

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June 7 Hastings Federation of Agriculture Monthly Meeting Thurlow Community Centre, 516 Harmony Road, Hastings, ON 8:00 pm - Contact Judy Hagerman 613-4734444 / jlhagerman@sympatico.ca .

June 7 Prince Edward Winegrowers Association Executive Meeting Huff Estates Boardroom 6:30 to 8:30 pm. For more information call 613-921-7100 or email info@thecountywines.com June 13 Northumberland Cattlemenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association Monthly Meeting Warkworth Heritage Centre, Warkworth, ON 8 pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Contact Bonnie Wilson, Secretary, email nca.cattle@gmail.com June 14 Prince Edward Federation of Agriculture Meeting O.P.P. Office Boardroom, County Rd. 1, (Schoharie Road), Picton, ON 7:30 pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; All Welcome! Contact Patti Stacey at 613-476-3842 / pat.stacey@sympatico.ca â&#x20AC;˘ Continued on Page 24

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County Dateline â&#x20AC;˘ Continued from Page 23 June 16 Farmer to Farmer Workshop - Growing Asparagus Domestically and Commercially J & B Asparagus (Jack and Betty Ketcheson), Quinte West 9.30 am to 12 noon â&#x20AC;&#x201C; This workshop is aimed at people who would like to grow asparagus. For more information contact Louise Livingstone 613-395-4388 / louise@tubb.ca.

July 5 Hastings Federation of Agriculture Monthly Meeting Thurlow Community Centre, 516 Harmony Road, Hastings, ON 8:00 pm - Contact Judy Hagerman 613473-4444 / jlhagerman@sympatico.ca .

July 5 Prince Edward Winegrowers Association Executive Meeting Huff Estates Boardroom 6:30 to 8:30 pm. For more information call 613-921-7100 or email info@thecountywines.com July 7 to 10 Tweed Fair 27 Louisa St, (beside Community Centre), Tweed, ON For more information call 613-478-3903 / 613-4786292 (fair) or email sylvietweedfair@hotmail.com

Haliburton & Kawartha Lakes First Tuesday Monthly â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Kawartha Junior Farmers Meeting Lindsay Fairgrounds at 7 pm Membership is open for anyone aged 15-29. For more information visit kawarthajf@gmail.com Third Wednesday Monthly â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Victoria County Sheep Producers Meeting

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Sunderland Co-op Boardroom, Oakwood location, 7:30 pm. For more information contact Doug Walden 705-324-7478.

Lindsay Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market Victoria and Kent St. (Downtown Lindsay) every Saturday 7 am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1 pm starting May 5 to Oct. 31 For more information email bryguyc@hotmail.com or call 705-8781392 Bobcaygeon Farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Market Bobcaygeon Fair Grounds every Saturday 8 am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1 pm starting May 19th to Oct. 6 For more information contact Maicey Benjamin at 705-738-9426 June 16 4-H Region 3 Judge It Competition Bobcaygeon Fairgrounds Kawartha Lakes Haliburton is hosting the 2012 Region 3 Judge It Competition. Cost is $10. for registration (late entry Fee $15). Registrations are due to Evelyn Chambers (with payment) by May 25th. For more information email echambers@nexicom.net June 16 & 17 Central Ontario Beekeepersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Association â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2012 Beekeeping Workshops Kawartha Lakes Honey, 465 Colony Road, RR2, Bobcaygeon 8:30 am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4:00 pm June 16 Workshop #1: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Introductory Beekeepingâ&#x20AC;?

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The Coordinator, Volunteer Support cultivates and nurtures relationships with 4-H Volunteers in their Region; through the provision of both programmed and situational support, coaching and training to Volunteers in local Associations. This position focuses on the functional areas of public relations, retention of Volunteers, and risk management. The region involved is that of Region 2 which includes the Associations of Carleton, Dundas, Frontenac, Glengarry, Grenville, Lanark, Leeds, Prescott, Renfrew, Russell, and Stormont. This is a full time permanent position, and is based from D KRPH RIÂżFH 'XH WR WKH QDWXUH RI WKH position, the employee will be expected to work frequent evenings and weekends, and travel throughout the Region, as well as other parts of Ontario as required by the organization. Applications will be received until June 11, 2012.

Full job posting available at www.4-hontario.ca/careers

This beekeeping workshop consists of classroom sessions and hands-on lessons in the bee yard.

June 17 Workshop #2: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beekeeping and IPM

(Integrated Pest Management)â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Participants should have taken an Introductory Beekeeping workshop or course and/or have at least one season of â&#x20AC;˘ Continued on Page 25

FARM AUCTION SALE FRIDAY, JUNE 8TH AT 9:30AM

To be held on site at the former â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lanidracâ&#x20AC;? Farm #75 concession 9 St. Anne De Prescott, ON. (on the Ontario Quebec Border) GOOD HERD OF HOLSTEIN DAIRY CATTLE, 8 TRACTORS, BACKHOE, COMBINE, COMPLETE LINE OF MACHINERY, MILKING FEEDING AND STABLE EQUIPMENT, GRAIN SILOS, FEED, BIO DIGESTER AND MUCH MORE. Cattle: Good herd of Holstein dairy cattle consisting of 78 head including several purebreds with 52 cows calving at various times of the year, and 26 replacement heifers, Average production of 9232 kg. 4.2% fat 3.2% protein This herd has been sired by and are bred back to some of the top bulls.

Milking Feeding & Stable Equipment: DeLaval 800 gal. bulk tank, 2in. DeLaval Pipeline for 67 cows, 6 Duo-Vac milking units with harmony, 5hp DeLaval compressor, 6 Waikatoo scales, Badger Rolling Mill, Buhler 10ft. 8in. Auger on wheels, 2 Agri Metal straw choppers (1 for round bales 1 for sm. sq. bales), Houle Bale cart, 2 6ft. Ventac fans with thermostats, 5 18in. Bel-Air fans with thermostats, 5 steel calf pens, 5 calf hutches, 2 40ft. hay elavators (1 with undercarriage), 2 90ft. mow conveyors, 2 12ft. Jamesway manure agitators, 12ft. 4in. Houle manure pump, 2 stable cleaners including 200 ft. of Lajoie CW. Chain and 400ft. of Jamesway CCW chain (2 yrs. Old), stable stalls for 75 cows, 35 DeLaval water bowls, and many more stable related items too numerous to mention Expect 2 wagon loads of farm related items.

Tractors, Backhoe & Combine: M.F. 6180 Dynashift 4wd with cab and air (18.4x38 tires), M.F. 6150 4wd with cab and air (16.9 x 38 tires), this tractor sells with rear duals), M.F. 3690 4wd with cab and air, M.F. 481 2wd with ALO Q720 loader with shuttle shift, M.F. 2705 2wd with cab (20.8 x 38 tires), M.F. 1805 Articulated with cab, M.F. 275 (16.9 x 30 tires), Landini 8880 evolution 4wd with cab and air and ALO 640 loader, 2007 Case M Series ll backhoe complete with ditching bucket (nice cond.), Case 1688 4wd Combine (only 800 KUV RQ UHIXUELVKHG URWRU KUV RQ HQJLQH ZLWK $LU UHHO Ă&#x20AC;H[ KHDG +HDGHU ZDJRQ &DVH URZ FRUQ KHDG ZLWK SODVWLF QRVH FRQHV 3HWHUEXLOW ZKHHO WUXFN ZLWK JDO VXFNHU WDQN K\G UDPS Machinery: J.D. 1780 8 row corn planter with dry fert. and cross auger set up for no till beans complete with PRQLWRU 6XQĂ&#x20AC;RZHU IW 1R 7LOO 'ULOO ZLWK PRQLWRU LQ GLVNV 6XQĂ&#x20AC;RZHU +Y\ 'W\ 'LVK ZLWK +\G wings (68 disks like new), 24ft. Brillion hyd. fold roller, 12ft. Brillion roller, Bush-Hog hyd. fold disk (68 disks), .RQJVNLOGH IXUURZ VHPL PRXQW SORZ - ' UXQ JUDLQ GULOO ZLWK GG *V 6HW RI [ 7 UDLO VQDS on duals, Sukup portable seed cleaner on wheels, Houle B6 Rock fork, round bale clam, set of pallet forks, Market 12ft. Hyd. plastic auger, 21ft. Delatre Harrow with wings, 3pth Walco Rotary cutter, M.F. 3pth 8in. post hole auger, 4 good grain augers on wheels, 10in. by 60ft Hutcheson with side loading (very nice), 2 8in. by 52ft. %UDQGLWV LQ E\ IW )DUPNLQJ JDO SODVWLF ZDWHU WDQN RQ WUDQVSRUW 0 6 7 FURS VSUD\HU ZLWK Raven SCS controls foam markers and 90ft. boom (like new), ATC GPS, 3 gravity boxes on running gears, 1 WRQQH +RUVW WRQQH 5 - WRQQH 7XUQFR JUDYLW\ ER[ IRU IHUWLOL]HU ZLWK UXQQLQJ JHDU DQG +\G DXJHU 1 + WDQGHP PDQXUH VSUHDGHU ZLWK +\G HQG JDWH ,QJODQG SWK K\G ZRRG ZHQFK 0 ) VQRZ EORZHU ZLWK Hyd. shoot, Drummond 45000 watt pto. Driven trailer style generator, Vert air comp., Vert 3pth wood splitter, OUJ RXWGRRU ZRRG IXUQDFH 1 , GLVFELQHV UHG .URQH 93 PF URXQG EDOHU .URQH 6ZDGUR 7 double rake (like new), 2 M.F. 228 sm. sq. balers, Vicon RS 510T tedder, Anderson 580D trailer style Bale :UDSSHU JRRG URXQG EDOH ZDJRQV IW RQ WRQQH +RUVW UXQQLQJ JHDU IW RQ C WRQQH 1RUPDQG UXQQLQJ JHDU IW RQ WRQQH 5REHUJH UXQQLQJ JHDU IW Ă&#x20AC;DW WRS ZDJRQ URXQG EDOH IHHGHUV Feed: 125 wrapped round bales of hay, 500 sm. sq bales, 500 sm. sq. bales of straw, 50- 6ft lrg. sq bales of straw.

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Terms: Cash Cheque or Bank loan Canteen and washroom on site Photos available at www.encanshoude.com Sale Order: Registration: 8:00 A.M 9:30 A.M.: Auction starts with small items (1ring) 10:30 A.M.: Machinery to be sold with 2 auctioneers in 2 separate rings 12:00 P.M.: Bio digester equip and silos 1:00 P.M.: Stable equip feed followed by cattle For info call Jean Luc Cardinal (613) 551 6384 or email: fermelanidrac@aol.com Auctioneer:

Assistant auctioneer:

Rene Houde (2011) Inc.

Peter Ross Peter Ross Auction Services LTD.

7655 rue St. francois Sherbrooke Que. Tel: (819) 846-6267 Cell: (819) 820-4013 Fax: (819) 846-4918 Cell: (418) 226-8371 Website: www.encanshoude.com

Ingleide, ON Tel: (613) 537 8862 Cell: (613) 551 1164

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County Dateline â&#x20AC;˘ Continued from Page 24 beekeeping experience prior to attending. Please bring a bee hat and veil, a bee suit (eg. coveralls) and suitable footwear. Cost is OBA members $135.00 per person per workshop, non-members $145.00 per person per workshop. Lunch is provided with registration fee. Contact Lenka Petric at 705-944-5996 or macpet@nexicom.net for more information and to receive your registration package.

June 19 Kawartha Young Professionals Network (KYPN) Meeting â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Business Growth & Acquisitions/Mergers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Heather Richardson/Tina Connell Olympia Restaurant and & Banquet Room, 106 Kent St W., Lindsay. 5:30 - 7:30 pm For more information email info@klsbec.ca or call 705324-9411 ext. 1283.

Peterborough & Surrounding Area

Every Saturday Year Round - Peterborough District Farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Market, 7 am- 1 pm. Located on the corner of Lansdowne St and

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June 7 - 10 Millbrook Fair For more information contact 705-2779507 or email sheila.rogoski@lhins.on.ca June 14 & 21 Growing Your Farm Profits Workshop â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Business Development for Farm Business Douro Community Centre, East of Peterborough 10am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3pm A free two-day productive and fun workshop experience that will help you: Assess your current farm management practices. Get the family members on the same page by identifying the priorities that will increase results. Develop action plan steps to reach your farm business and your personal goals.

Access funds to meet your business goals. Register online www.ontariosoilcrop.org/workshops or contact Paul Reeds at 705-328-2710 or email at preeds@ontariosoilcrop.org June 15 & 22 Environmental Farm Plan â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Workshop Douro Community Centre, County Road 28 Douro. 10am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3pm. For more information contact Pat Learmonth, Peterborough County Environmental Farm Plan Workshop Leader 705-295-1590.

Ottawa June 13 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; National Farmers Union Local 362 (Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry Ottawa, PrescottRussell) Monthly Meeting Country Kitchen, Winchester, ON, 7:30 to 9:30pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; For more information contact Paul at paul@grazingdays.com or 613-898-9136

Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry 1st Wednesday of the month - Dundas Federation of Agriculture regular monthly meetings Nelson Laprade Centre,

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Frontenac Last Thursday of the month - Frontenac County Federation of Agriculture regular monthly meetings Glenburnie Church Hall, Glenburnie, ON 7:30 pm Please Contact Eileen Sleeth 613-353-2475 or email eilevale@kingston.net for meeting date confirmation.

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2nd Wednesday of the month - Grenville Federation of Agriculture regular monthly meetings Spencerville Council Chambers, Spencerville, ON 8 pm - Please contact Carol Wynands 613-9262579 or email a.wynands@sympatico.ca for meeting date confirmation.

June 29 & 30 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; East Gen Showcase & Grenville

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Lanark 2nd Thursday of the month - Lanark County Federation of Agriculture regular monthly meetings Beckwith Township Council Chambers, Blacks Corners - 8 pm 3rd Wednesday of the month - The National Farmers Union Lanark, Local 310 For information contact Hilary Moore 613259-5757

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donnaofa@nrtco.net 3rd Thursday of each month - Renfrew County Cattlemen Association Meetings Cobden Agricultural Hall, Cobden, ON 7:30 pm - Contact David McGonegal 613582-7031 or Donna Campbell 613-432-5568.

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Drain petition peril: Six landowners saddled with hefty engineer’s bill

by Nelson Zandbergen AgriNews Staff Writer UNBAR — BeRt GeeRtsmA sAys soUth DUNDAs towNship is tRyiNG to DRAiN him of $18,000 — Almost hAlf of A $41,000 eNGiNeeRiNG Bill thAt Also thReAteNs to soAk A few otheRs iN this RURAl NeiGhBoURhooD. That’s his share of a study he maintains should never have been commissioned because the drainage petition that sparked the matter was botched from the outset. The township has also assigned portions of the controversial bill to five other property owners, ranging down to several hundred dollars. Geertsma says the township’s drainage superintendent has taken the line that “ignorance of the law is no excuse.”

He has retained the services of respected agricultural lawyer Donald Good in his dispute with the municipality.

Should the hobby farmer prevail, township taxpayers may end up footing the $41,000 total cost of the 2011 report prepared

by SAI Engineering — on a drainage project that won’t proceed now anyway.

Intending an improvement to an approximately 2-km stretch of the Barkley branch connected to the Weeagar drain, Geertsma’s neighbouring brother, Jake, collected names on what appears to be the wrong part of the ‘Form 3’ supplied by the township office. The 13 listed individuals never saw the actual page they were supposed to sign, which would have included the printed proviso of liability for costs in connection with undertaking a drainage report, according to Bert Geertsma, who supplied The AgriNews with a copy of the document. Instead, the names wound up on the form’s first page

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that seems to be designated for a geographical description of the land involved.

“How could this form have been accepted by the office in the first place and not just handed back to be filled in properly?” asked the Froats Road resident. “This would have saved us all a lot of grief!” He also alleges the township clerk never signed off on the document, either, and that three of the listed properties lack the names of Bert Geertsma holds joint owners, a requirement the document he under the Drainage Act. SAI Engineering conduct- says was never a legitimate drainage ed an onsite meeting with affected landowners a year petition that has left ago and determined that six of him with an $18,000 them represented the legally township bill. required 60 per cent of the drainage area necessary to take the next step — the undertaking of the report. And that exercise came back with an estimate of more than $350,000 to clean out the branch.

The whopping price tag ended all interest by the signatories, most of whom withdrew their names at an official drainage meeting with council last January.

In a May 14th letter to Geertsma, township clerk Brenda

Brunt explained the next step in the petition procedure once a “valid” petition is rendered “insufficient” through a withdrawal of support. “Council decided to proceed no further. Thus, Section 10 states that the original petitioners are required to pay costs in connection with the petition and preliminary report,” wrote Brunt, who concluded by rejecting her correspondent’s other request that the township pay his lawyer’s fees.

The matter of the outstanding bill from the township has placed a strain on his relationship with his brother, Geertsma acknowledged, though he also alleged his sibling “was not advised of the [potential] costs” when he applied for the drainage form. “They set him up.”

“For me, as a resident of South Dundas, I’ll never darken their [the township’s] door again,” said Jake Geertsma, who’s looking at a $2,700 bill and who conceded the situation has put “a strain on the whole neighbourhood.”

He said a contractor had earlier provided him an estimate of cleaning out the entire branch in question at about $42,000 — $600 on his section — with permits to be sought through South Nation Conservation.

He never sought to have the branch reclassified as a fullfledged municipal drain, he said, declaring, “We don’t need an engineer; we need a high-hoe.”

“You’d think you could get it cleaned for the cost of the study,” said Lee Barkley, assessed a $15,000 share of the report cost. “It’s not pleasant. There aren’t that many of us that are in it.”

Barkley recounted initiating a similar process that garnered more names on the same branch in 1985, only to have the petition fall through when the price tag — approximately a tenth of today’s estimate — came back from the engineers at the time. Barkley’s share of that report 27 years ago set him back just $200, he said.

Nearly 80 years of age, he recalled that the branch last saw maintenance in the 1940s. The most recent report appeared to contemplate a much deeper excavation of the waterway, he said, when compared with his mid-1980s proposal.

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Lois Ann Baker Agrinews Staff Writer 4-H is turning 100 next year and officials are thinking it might be time for a change. 4-H Canada launched itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Embrace the Futureâ&#x20AC;? plan and is asking provinces to contact their membership to see how they feel about proposed changes to the age requirements and the possibility of a new updated logo.

Stephanie Craig, Senior Manager of Communications for 4-H Ontario, said the campaign

was about going forward and what is needed to keep the program relevant.

A consulting group was called in and a few suggestions were given to 4-H Canada. One of the pro-

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The other recommendation was about the logo. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not necessarily change, but update or modernize the logo,â&#x20AC;? said Craig. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What we did in Ontario was send out to all the members, vol-

Cow of the Year for Gillette Continued from page 3B The announcement took place at the Annual General Meeting during the 2012 National Holstein Convention in Brandon, MB. Representing the Patenaude family of Ferme Gillette, Embrun, ON was Louis Patenaude, who along with co-owner Toshiaki Yamada of T-Wave Holsteins, Hokkaido, Japan, were on hand to excitedly accept the award.

Gillette Blitz 2nd Wind, who traces back two generations to the 2003 Cow of the Year Winner â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Braedale Gypsy Grand (VG-88-5yr-CAN 37*) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; was a very deserving winner of Cow of the Year award as she exemplifies the true meaning of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Canadian Kind.â&#x20AC;? She not only has achieved show ring success herself, she

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New for the first time in the competitions 17-year history was the addition of a customized Cow of the Year statue which was presented to the owners of the winning Cow of the Year, in addition to also receiving a large framed print of 2nd Wind. A customized Cow of the Year statue will now be given to the winning Cow of the Year each year.

unteers, stakeholders and alumni that we had email addresses for, to ask what they think of the age change and if they would like to see the logo change.â&#x20AC;?

Craig said there wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a lot of background detail from 4-H Canada about how the logo would change. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if they were just thinking about it and throwing it out there, or what,â&#x20AC;? said Craig.

Craig said they received a lot of responses and although specific details havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been released on the survey, the majority of replies have been in favour of leaving the logo just the was it has been for the past 100 years.

Craig said that the logo has already gone through a slight change in the past. It used to have a black and gold outline which was dropped to the single colour logo used today.

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CDX, Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first national exclusively dairy event, coming to Stratford in 2013 S TRATFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201C; THE CANADIAN DAIRY XPO (CDX), A NEW LARGESCALE DAIRY EVENT AND A FIRST

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In addition to hundreds of dairy product and service providers in the tradeshow halls, the event will feature a world-class speaker program, live milking robot showdown, working cow showcase, and an evening networking social. All will take place in the new world-class Stratford Rotary Complex.

Plans for the inaugural CDX were unveiled May 31 at a press conference in Stratford. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Progressive and professional dairy producers will find significant return on their time investment at this event that is exclusively for the dairy industry,â&#x20AC;? says Jordon Underhill, one of the founders of CDX, said at the unveiling. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is a lot of pride in this vibrant sector and producers need a national stage to gather for technology and education transfer.â&#x20AC;?

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Talo Tamminga, who spent nine years as manager of Lely North America and introduced robotic milking to North America in 1999, is Underhillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s partner running CDX. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will operate in English, French and Dutch, the three major languages of the dairy industry in Canada,â&#x20AC;? says Tamminga. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve chosen Stratford as the home of the event as itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the hotspots of expansion in the Canadian dairy industry and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy to get to.â&#x20AC;?

Perth and surrounding counties make up one of the most important dairy regions in Canada. Within an hourâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drive of Stratford there are almost 3,000 medium- to largescale dairy operations and that number is growing. Other global dairy events, such as the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin, are overbooked with exhibitors.

They agree that there is an opportunity for a parallel Canadian dairy event.

Major industry partners have already signed on with CDX, a testament to the void CDX is filling in the Canadian marketplace. EastGen, a division of Semex

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Other Founding Partners that have made three-year commitments to the project include Jaylor, Grand Valley Fortifiers and POST Farms.

Jack Rodenburg from DairyLogix has over 34 years experience in dairy extension work. He will bring his global experience to coordinating the Dairy Classroom at CDX. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s producers are business professionals who require continuing education to keep them competitive and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;in the knowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; on the latest industry trends and technologies. We will implement a split format of speakers and workshops where

producers earn CDX Credits.â&#x20AC;?

In addition, CDX is in the process of assembling a steering committee comprised of progressive producers and CDX Founding Partners. This committee will give CDX management input and direction on all facets of CDX to ensure continuous improvement and national growth of the project. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is refreshing to see a new professional initiative for our Canadian dairy industry,â&#x20AC;? says Alain Lajeunesse, manager, market development and communications, Holstein Canada. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like the two-day format with a 100 per cent focus on dairy.

The Canadian Dairy XPO should appeal to all types of dairy producers across the country and beyond.â&#x20AC;?

ROI Event Management, manager of CDX, is a Canadian company that exclusively builds and manages specialized agricultural tradeshows. The emerging company based in Port Rowan, ON currently owns and manages the largest horticultural trade show in Canada. Get updates at www.dairyxpo.ca as momentum builds for the inaugural Canadian Dairy XPO, February 6-7, 2013.

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These two young students have focused their post-secondary education in the agricultural field as well as become involved in activities where they have taken a leadership role.

Courtney Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill comes from Erinsville and attends the University of Guelph focusing on Bachelor of Science in Agriculture. As an active 4-H member in Lennox and Addington County, Courtney has and continues to take on all executive roles for her dairy and judging clubs. The leadership continues through

her sporting events of soccer and hockey where she has been the captain of the Stone Mills Girls hockey team as well as Most Dedicated Player for three years.

She plans to continue being involved in university clubs, including the judging club where she has had the opportunity to travel the country judging on behalf of the university. Public relations in a breed association or AI company are her main career goals while planning to build their Neillcrest herd with high type animals.

Chris Albrecht also attends the University of Guelph in the Bachelor of Science in Agriculture program. This Wellesley, Ontario native has been involved in numerous activities including Secretary, Vice-President and President of the Maple View Mennonite Youth Group and the Wilmot-Wellesley 4-H Dairy club. This experience continued with becoming Alumni/Student Relations Director for the U of G College Royal and then receiving the Most Outstanding Executive Member award for the College Royal. For 2013, Chris will be the Secretary of the College Royal. He has built inner strength with mission trips to Louisiana to assist with Hurricane Katrina victims and worked at bible camps in Thunder Bay and Manitoulin Island. His goals include attending OVC to become a large animal veterinarian.

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DELAVAL ACTIVITY SYSTEMS, WHICH MONITOR COWS’ ACTIVITY HELPING DAIRY PRODUCERS KNOW WHEN COWS ARE READY TO BE INSEMINATED.

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bines the technical expertise of DeLaval representatives and dealers – which includes product sales and installation – with the reproductive expertise of Genex staff. Both organizations support dairy producers in profitably managing their operations.

“The DeLaval Activity system equips producers with reliable data to help them make informed breeding decisions,” says Christian Poggensee, DeLaval Regional President of North America.

“Combining this innovative tool with the A.I. expertise of Genex equals a win-win for the dairy producer.”

The system analyzes individual cow activity levels – high activity identifies heats and low activity may indicate health issues. The system’s ability to detect estrus early and accurately facilitates timely artificial insemination and helps lower reproduction costs by reducing days open and

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The activity system even detects weak heat signs, the so-called “silent heats.”

The DeLaval system includes a collar mounted activity meter which collects and transmits activity data from each cow, every hour, 24 hours a day, via a wireless link to an antenna.

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Horse industry under siege

By Pamela Pearson AgriNews Staff Writer USSELL â&#x20AC;&#x201C; EQUINE VETERINARIAN DR. GARTH HENRY, OWNER OF RUSSELL EQUINE VETERINARY SERVICE, IS A BREEDER OF STANDARDBRED RACE HORSES ON HIS HAMSTAN FARM. HENRY IS WELL

will feel the loss because the industry is not sustainable without the large investment of cash that the slots provide.

Henry reintroduced to the current Minister of Government and Consumer Services a 2008 report â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Its all about leadership: strategic vision and direction for the Ontario horse racing and breeding industry by Stanley Sadinsky â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which states that the horse industry is â&#x20AC;&#x153;labour intensive and supports approximately 55,000 full and part-time jobs, many of which are in the agriculture sector of Ontario and would be difficult to replace.â&#x20AC;? Funded by the government, the report â&#x20AC;&#x153;sat in a corner to collect dust,â&#x20AC;? according to the veterinarian, who says if it had been read at the time, there may not be the situation facing the industry today.

McGuinty now claims there are only about 5,500 affected positions.

In 1998, the deal made with the tracks and the province was not a subsidy program as the government now says, but a revenue one â&#x20AC;&#x201D; worth $3.4 billion dollars. Seventy-five percent of revenue from the slots go into the pockets of the government. The other 25 per cent is divided between track owners and other

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With Ontario Lottery Gaming (OLG)â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s announced removal of slot machines from those facilities, Henry began in earnest to research how the withdrawal would affect not only his business, but how it would trickle down into the lives of thousands.

Henry states that everyone from track owners to equipment suppliers and farmers

Dr. Garth Henry and Danielle Johnston stand with two Standardbred mares, from left Cumin First and Dark Secrets, each with their four-month-old colts, in one of the grazing fields at Russell Equine. This is seven-year-old Dark Secrets second colt, the first sold for $110,000 in 2011. Russell Equine, located on Route 100, north of Russell is a breeding, training and veterinary farm for standard bred horses, the majority of them race horses.

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Henry has met with the minister, questioning what the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan is for the employees whose livelihoods could be lost. He was told that there is a retraining program planned, however Henry believes it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do much good. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The people who work in this industry are specialized and retraining them and the cost of that retraining wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be much of savings to the government if any at all. The government currently has this industry in place which brings in billions â&#x20AC;&#x201D; why would they want to get rid of it? The closing of tracks

will happen if this is pulled out from under the horse racing industry.â&#x20AC;?

Although a small piece of the pie with twelve employees on Hamstan and eight in the clinic, including two fulltime veterinarians, the doctor is a man of business who has invested heavily in the industry because it is was a fairly stable one.

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The family at Jobo Farms From left, Alex and Julie Oosterhof, Evelina and Henry Oosterhof, Lindsay and Steve Oosterhof, and family matriarch Johanna Oosterhof, at Jobo Farmsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; May 25 open house event showcasing their new robotic dairy barn.

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Oosterhofs make leap from tie-stall to robotic free-stall

By Nelson Zandbergen AgriNews Staff Writer ORTH AUGUSTA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; BOWING TWICE

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â&#x20AC;&#x201D; RECENTLY MOVING THE 80-HEAD PRODUCTION HERD FROM A TRADITIONAL TIE-STALL BARN INTO A MODERN FREE-STALL FACILITY COMPLETE WITH A PAIR OF ROBOTS THAT MILK THE PUREBRED

HOLSTEINS

WITHOUT HUMAN INTERVENTION.

? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big step for us, life-changing,â&#x20AC;? said Alex Oosterhof, one of the family partners at Jobo Farms, begun by his parents in the mid-1950s. ?â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is set up so one man can do the operation in the barn,â&#x20AC;? he said during a May 25 open house showcasing the spacious and airy new structure measuring 124-by-196 feet. It was only seven weeks earlier, on April 4, that the cows took up residence in their free-ranging new home that features six rows of stalls lined with comfortable â&#x20AC;&#x153;waterbedâ&#x20AC;? liners from Murphy Sales & Service of Brinston. ?

Situated near one end of the barn are two Lely Astronaut A4â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, the latest generation of milking robots from Dutch-based Lely sold through Dundas Agri-Systems, also of Brinston.? Alexâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nephew,

Steve Oosterhof, herdsman at Jobo, said the process of training the cows to approach the robots for regular milking went â&#x20AC;&#x153;really wellâ&#x20AC;? after move-in.

The process required somebody to be in the barn 24 hours a day for the first three weeks to compel the herd â&#x20AC;&#x201C; then divided in two groups for training purposes â&#x20AC;&#x201C; toward a fixed entry stall accompanying each robot. By that point, about 80 per cent of the herd had caught on, and a gate dividing the barn in two was removed to merge them into a single group, allowing each bovine to choose between either robot.

Today, â&#x20AC;&#x153;maybe 7 or 8 need a little reminder,â&#x20AC;? said Steve, adding the prompt can be as simple as walking up to the straggler and looking at her, causing the animal to amble over to the robot on her own accord. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most of them are coming on their own,â&#x20AC;? he noted, observing that â&#x20AC;&#x153;cows are creatures of habit.â&#x20AC;? Daily chores are still necessary in the ultra-modern facility but performed by one person. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Definitely thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a labour savings already. And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flexible labour. One guy can run the barn by himself.â&#x20AC;? The person assigned chores that day â&#x20AC;&#x153;gets up at 5:15 or 5:30 in the morningâ&#x20AC;? and heads over to the facility, explained Steve, whose father, Henry Oosterhof, is another partner in the operation. ?

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Page 12B The AgriNews June, 2012 Continued from page 11B The first task of the day involves checking the computer monitor to see which cows have gone 15 hours without milking, then walking out to remind the handful of tardy ones of their obligations. A shovel is kept handy to quickly scrape out the waterbed stalls while tending the herd during this time; the manure falls onto the concrete floor and is eventually swept up by the automated Houle alley scrapers. ?

Feeding is accomplished with a tow-behind Keenan TMR mixer dispensing a mixture of haylage, corn silage, high-moisture corn and protein pellets. The family chose the Keenan model for its processing technology that creates â&#x20AC;&#x153;muzzle-widthâ&#x20AC;? feed without pulverizing into â&#x20AC;&#x153;finesâ&#x20AC;? or dust. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I saw it at the Ottawa Farm Show and I liked it,â&#x20AC;? said Alex. ?Rather than drive up the centre of the barn while feeding, the structure is laid out with perimeter mangers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; two alleys on the outside, which leaves the cattle together in the centre. Job continues to use three tower silos and hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t gone the bunker route.

They also continue to feed some dry hay to their dry cows.

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to the cows. The red unit is most droid-like of all the robots in the barn, appearing part Dalek from Dr. Who, part R2D2 of Star Wars. Since the switch to the new facility, production has increased about two litres daily per cow to 36 litres, according to Steve. ? â&#x20AC;&#x153;And the air is so much better in here,â&#x20AC;? remarked Alex, standing beside one of the wide-open turkey curtains punctuating the exterior walls of the expansive barn. ?

The setup is a far cry from Joboâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s humble start, when cofounders Johanna Oosterhof and her late husband, Bert, milked all of 10 cows by hand at the property off Jellyby Road. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We started in 1954,â&#x20AC;? she recounted. ?The farm built its last new barn â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a traditional tie-stall with haymow above â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in the early 1970s, but it had become â&#x20AC;&#x153;too crampedâ&#x20AC;? and could no longer contain all of Joboâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cattle, some of them having to be stabled at neighbouring farms in recent years, according to Alex. Originally, the family began talking about building a new heifer barn about five years ago, said Steve, which eventually morphed into the wholesale upgrade undertaken instead. Once they decided to build a new free-stall barn, the next step was choosing between

a milking parlour or robots.

Steve admitted he was skeptical of the robotic option at first but was won over. ?

The project, which broke ground last August, included the installation of a new cementlined manure lagoon.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s enough room in the new barn for a production herd of 120, and the Oosterhofs are gradually acquiring quota each month with an eye to reaching that number someday in the future. ? â&#x20AC;&#x153;All change is for the good,â&#x20AC;? he said happily. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been blessed with good health â&#x20AC;Ś and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good life we have here.â&#x20AC;?

Two thirds of a triplet trio, Claire (left) and Kate Henderson accompanied their dairy-farmer dad, Andrew Henderson, during a visiting to the May 25 open house at Jobo Farms in North Augusta. Hailing from Kenora Farms in Spencerville, the twoyear-old girls also have a brother who similarly took part in a tour of the Oosterhof familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s impressive new barn.

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By Martha Tanner AgriNews Contributor ANSDOWNE NOT QUITE FOUR YEARS OLD, COHEN SMITH IS OBLIVIOUS TO THE MANTLE OF POSSIBILITY THAT LIES ON HIS LIT-

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More likely is the explanation offered by his uncle William, who maintains that his namesake bought the 150-acre property on County Road 3 in the 1880s. Since then the family has collected â&#x20AC;&#x153;sideways and downâ&#x20AC;?, so that Goldendale Farm, now covers about 500 acres, with

another 300 acres owned and 250 more rented.

Together, the Smiths â&#x20AC;&#x201C; first cousins Brian and William, Brianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son Jason and Williamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sons Luke and Jeff â&#x20AC;&#x201C; have a dairy herd of almost 230 Holsteins and milk around 90 head.

They cash crop about 300 tonnes of corn and almost as many of soybeans, and grow most of their own feed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re self-sufficient,â&#x20AC;? says Jason proudly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t buy crops other than our concentrates, and mineral supplements.â&#x20AC;?

The farm has grown by leaps and bounds since its humble beginnings as means of subsistence for Williamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Marguretâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s growing family. The couple immigrated to Canada with their young sons, John and Thomas, the latter born in 1863. Daughter Margaret, born in 1865, was their first daughter and their first child born in Canada.

According to the 1881 Census of Canada, she was followed by Sarah, Mary, Jane, Ann, Ross and John, the youngest born in 1880.

That the farm has supported six generations of the same family is as much as testament to the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strong ties to the land and to each other, as to its ability to grow and to change.

Each generation has introduced some innovation to the farm that the next generation has built on.

Or, as Jeff says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every generation has built something worth continuing.â&#x20AC;?

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The Goldendale partners credit the success of their six generation farm to strong family ties and innovation contributed by each generation. From left are William Smith, his sons Jeff and Luke, Jason Smith holding his son, Cohen, and Brian Smith, Jason’s father and first cousin of William.

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Page 16B The AgriNews June, 2012 Continued from page 14B expecting a daughter in “If you stay still, you October. don’t create new cash flow,” On the other side of the adds Jason. “You end up farm yard is the house that stalling out.” came with the property, Of William and built in the 1880s, where Marguret’s nine children, it Ralph once lived. William was Ross who carried on lives across the road and farming and who, in 1911, Brian is just down the road registered the prefix a bit. It’s a close arrange“Goldendale” for its ment, but it works.

Holsteins. “They wanted Everyone has a role. the prefix ‘Twin Jason and his dad take care Elms’, since we had two of the cows, while Jeff elm trees at the end of our takes care of the ration and driveway, on each side, but is “one hell of a mechanic,” it was already taken,” says according to Jason.

Jason. “Storytellers from “Breakdowns for a farm the past said that can make or break you,” Goldendale originated from says Jason. “You can go Ross’s wife, who had goldfrom planting 300 acres of en brown hair, but no one corn to standing still waitknows if it’s true.” ing for a part to be delivRoss and Harriet ered. Jeff can fix anything.”

“Luella” Summers raised Luke raises the calves nine children on the farm, and “does all the hard including twins Omar and work”, and William milks Ralph, who would become every morning at 6 a.m. “If the next owners of he wasn’t there at 6 a.m. I Goldendale. Omar and would think the world had Ralph farmed together all gone off its axis,” laughs their lives and later in partJason. nership with their respec“One of the reasons that tive sons, Brian and we’ve stuck together is that William, born only a couple we do get time off,” says of months apart. It was in William. “There are five of 1947 when Omar and us, so we take turns on the Ralph officially took over weekend. We get every from their father, who had other Sunday off and every died in 1944, and when fourth weekend.

Omar built the little white “And we’ve never really farmhouse where his grand- had to have hired help, son, Jason, now lives with except for the one winter his wife, Katrina, their son, when my dad had tubercuCohen and an unlikely farm losis and had to go to the dog, Marty, an aged Boston sanatorium.” terrier who showed up at It was Omar and Ralph the farm one day and still who started to modernize gets the cows up every and expand Goldendale, morning. The couple is partly out of necessity as

the farm was by then supporting two families. In 1950 they built a new hip roof barn and added a 40foot extension in 1957. In 1969 they erected the first of three silos and in 1975 built another wing onto the barn so that they could milk 85 cows. In 1980, their sons Brian and William became official partners in

Goldendale.

Eventually they made the decision to keep the herd indoors, adding a new ventilation system that changes the air in the barn every 45 seconds, comfort stalls and floor mats. The decision was part of an overall vision to improve the quality of the herd and the level of production. The

Searchable archive at www.agrinews.ca ventilated side in the summer and housing system provides a wouldn’t drink all day.” consistent environment “Now our cow longevity year-round, as well as and efficiency is a lot highassuring a consistent intake er,” attests Jason. for the herd and consistent Six years ago, the partmilk production. nership of Brian, William, “We used to let the cows Jason, Luke and Jeff bought in and out,” remarks Jeff, another 237-acre farm west “but they wouldn’t eat their of their property, from a ration when they came in neighbour who was retiring. and they would get hot outContinued on page 22B

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Ottawa Valley 2012 seed show results OTTAWA - One hundred and eighty-five exhibitors showed 527 entries at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pedigreed Seed Show during the the Ottwa Valley Farm Show.

This was an increase both in the number of exhibitors, up from 182 last year, and entries, up from 462 in 2011.

The following are the top placings in each class: CLASS 1 - OATS 1.Dave Duncan, Pakenham, ON, Lanark 2. Reuben Stone, Cobden, ON, Renfrew 3. John Sutherland, Seeleys Bay, ON, Frontenac CLASS 3 - BARLEY -2 ROW 1. Gary Gordon, Inverary, ON. Frontenac 2. Alex Oosterhof, North Augusta, ON, Grenville 3. Schultz Farms, Douglas, ON, Renfrew CLASS 4 - BARLEY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 6 ROW Gary Gordon, Inverary, ON, Frontenac 2. Andrew Allan, Perth, ON, Lanark 3. Jim Tims, Almonte, ON, Lanark CLASS 5 - SPRING WHEAT 1. John Oeschger, Vars, ON, Russell 2. Tibben Farms, Brinston, ON, Dundas 3. Andrew Dawson, Lanark, ON, Lanark CLASS 6 - SOFT WIN-

TER WHEAT 1. Francis Henderson, Brinston, ON, Dundas 2. Ian Porteous, Winchester, ON, Dundas CLASS 7 - HARD WINTER WHEAT 1. Jim Tims, Almonte, ON, Lanark 2. Skyevegan Farms Ltd., Dunvegan, ON, Glengarry 3. Ross Hawkins, Elgin, ON, Leeds CLASS 8 - SUNFLOWERS 1. Barclay Dick & Son Farm Supply, Douglas, ON, Renfrew 2. David Reid, Renfrew, ON, Renfrew CLASS 10 - BUCKWHEAT 1. Barclay Dick & Son Farm Supply, Douglas, ON, Renfrew 2. Reuben Stone, Cobden, ON, Renfrew CLASS 14- FORAGE PEAS 1. David Reid, Renfrew, ON, Renfrew 2. Larry Reaburn, Westmeath, ON, Renfrew CLASS 13 - SOYBEANS 1. John & Jeannette Devries, Williamsburg, ON, Dundas 2. Skyevegan Farms Ltd., Dunvegan, ON, Glengarry 3. Tibben Farms Inc., Brinston, ON, Dundas CLASS 14 - WHITE FIELD BEANS 1. Bruce and Brian Hudson, Kinburn, ON, Carleton

CLASS 16 - CANOLA 1. Barclay Dick & Son Farm Supply, Douglas, ON, Renfrew 2. Harold MacPhail, Almonte, ON, Lanark CLASS 17 - RED CLOVER 1. Bruce and Brian Hudson, Kinburn, ON, Carleton 2. Harold MacPhail, Almonte, ON, Lanark 3. Bill Duncan, Pakenham, ON, Lanark CLASS 19 - TIMOTHY 1. Jim Murphy, Kinburn, ON, Carleton 2. Wilsonia Farm, Fournier, ON, Prescott 3. David Reid, Renfrew, ON, Renfrew CLASS 20 - ALFALFA 5. David Reid, Renfrew, ON, Renfrew CLASS 21 - FIRST CUT ALFALFA (85% or more alfalfa) 1. Gary Gordon, Inverary, ON, Frontenac 2. Normand and Denis Leger, St. Isidore, ON, Prescott 3. Ferme Dlasept, St. Albert, ON, Russell CLASS 22 - First Cut Legume Other than Alfalfa 1. Nandale Farms Ltd., Pakenham, ON, Lanark 2. Normand & Denis Leger, St.Isidore, ON, Prescott 3. Francis Henderson, Brinston, ON, Dundas Continued on p;age 20B

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Page 20B The AgriNews June, 2012 Continued from page 19B CLASS 23 - FIRST CUT LEGUME AND GRASS 1. Dwyre Farm, Elgin, ON, Leeds 2. Normand & Denis Leger, St.Isidore, ON, Prescott 3. Ferme Dlasept, St.Albert, ON, Russell CLASS 24 - FIRST CUT GRASS (85% or more grass) 1. Dwyre Farm, Elgin, ON, Leeds 2. Gary Gordon, Inverary, ON, Frontenac 3. Claude Proc, Pakenham, ON, Lanark CLASS 25 - SECOND CUT ALFALFA OR OTHER LEGUME (85% or more legume) 1. Nandale Farms Ltd., Pakenham, ON, Lanark 2. Dwyre Farm, Elgin, ON, Leeds 3. Gary Gordon, Inverary, ON, Frontenac CLASS 26 SECOND CUT MIXED LEGUME AND GRASS (80% & 20% either way) 1. Gary Gordon, Inverary, ON, Frontenac 2. Nandale Farms Ltd., Pakenham, ON, Lanark 3. Claude Proc, Pakenham, ON, Lanark CLASS 27 - LARGE SQUARE OR ROUND BALE HAY -1ST cut 1. Bernard Grady, Crysler, ON, Stormont 2. Normand and Denis Leger, St. Isidore, ON, Prescott 3. Gary Gordon, Inverary, ON, Frontenac CLASS 28 - LARGE SQUARE OR ROUND BALE HAY - 2ND cut 1. Gary Gordon, Inverary, ON, Frontenac

2. Christian Baumgartner, Navan, ON, Russell 3. Normand & Denis Leger, St. Isidore, ON, Prescott CLASS 29 - HAYLAGE 1. Gary Gordon, Inverary, ON, Frontenac 2. Glen Peever, Cobden, ON, Renfrew 3. BarbaraAnn/Michel/Kevin Glaude, Berwick, ON, Stormont CLASS 30A - BALED HALAGE 1st Cut 1. Francis Henderson, Brinston, ON, Dundas 2. Ferme Dlasept, St. Albert, ON, Russell 3. Ian Porteous, Winchester, ON, Dundas CLASS 30B - BALED HALAGE 2nd Cut 1. Normand and Denis Leger, St. Isidore, ON, Prescott 2. Gunnebrooke Farm Ltd., Elgin, ON, Leeds 3. Fernand Menard, Russell, ON, Russell CLASS 31 - OAT AND/OR BARLEY SILAGE 1. Gunnebrooke Farm Ltd., Elgin, ON, Leeds 2. BarbaraAnn/Michel/Kevin Glaude, Berwick, ON, Stormont CLASS 32A PROCESSED CORN SILAGE 1. Gunnebrooke Farm Ltd., Elgin, ON, Leeds 2. Ken Overvest, Alfred, ON, Prescott 3. Tomlyn Farms, Cobden, ON, Renfrew CLASS 32B - NOT PROCESSED CORN SILAGE 1. BarbaraAnn/Michel/Kevin Glaude, Berwick, ON, Stormont 2. Francis Henderson, Brinston, ON, Dundas

AdWatcher surfs the classifieds for you at www.agrinews.ca 3. Steele Acre Farms Inc., L’Orignal, ON, Prescott CLASS 33 - GRAIN CORN 1. Tibben Farms Inc., Brinston, ON, P9855, Dundas 2. Tibben Farms Inc., Brinston, ON, 37Y14, Dundas 3. Robert Campbell, Perth, ON, Lanark CLASS 34 - SHELLED CORN 1. Laurier Bruyere, Embrun, ON, Russell 2. Taylea Farms, Perth, ON, Lanark 3. David and Allan Hess, Kemptville, ON, Grenville CLASS 35 - POTATOES 20 tubers, table stock 1. Russell Sortberg, Elgin, ON, Leeds 2. Gary Gordon, Inverary, ON, Yukon Gold, Frontenac 3. Gary Gordon, Inverary, ON, Superior, Frontenac CLASS 36 - SPECIAL SHELLED CORN BIN CLASS 1. Rosevine Farms, Berwick, ON, Stormont 2. Gunnebrooke Farm Ltd., Elgin, ON, Leeds 3. 3. Ferme des 4 Guindon, Hammond, ON, Russell CLASS 37 - BEST SHEAF OF CEREAL GRAIN 1. Ray Halpenny, Almonte, ON, Lanark CLASS 38 - HAY QUALITY COMPETITION 1. Gary Gordon, Inverary, ON, Frontenac 2. Jim Tims, Almonte, ON, Lanark 3. David Reid, Renfrew, ON, Renfrew CLASS 39A - SPECIAL EXPORT HAY 1ST CUT 1. Nandale Farms Ltd., Pakenham, ON, Lanark

2. JA-AR Farms, Beachburg, ON, Renfrew 3. Jim Tims, Almonte, ON, Lanark CLASS 39B - SPECIAL EXPORT HAY 2ND CUT 1. Nandale Farms, Pakenham, ON, Lanark 2. Steele Acre Farms Inc., L’Orignal, ON, Prescott 3. JA-AR Farms, Beachburg, ON, Renfrew 4-H CLUB CLASSES CLASS 40 - POTATOES 1. Kathryn Stanton, Pakenham, ON, Carleton 2. Paul Boyd, Carp, ON, Carleton 3. Ben Gordon, Inverary, ON, Frontenac

CLASS 41 - OATS 1. Ben Gordon, Inverary, ON, Frontenac 2. Kyle Wilson, Fournier, ON, Prescott 3. Erika Wilson, Fournier, ON, Prescott CLASS 42 - BARLEY 2 ROW 1. Ben Gordon, Inverary, ON, Frontenac 2. Lindsay Gordon, Inverary, ON, Frontenac 3. Curtis Schultz, Douglas, ON, Renfrew CLASS 43 BARLEY 6 ROW 1. Lindsay Gordon, Inverary, ON, Frontenac 2. Aidan Reid, Renfrew,

ON, Renfrew 3. Ben Gordon, Inverary, ON, Frontenac CLASS 44 - SPRING WHEAT 1. Frank Haerle, St.I sidore, ON, Prescott 2. Michael Sullivan, Kinburn, ON, Carleton 3. Megan Styles, Kinburn, ON, Carleton CLASS 46 - SOYBEANS 1. Frank Haerle, St. Isidore, ON, Prescott 2. William Baumgartner, Navan, ON, Russell 3. Erika Wilson, Fournier, ON, Prescott Continued on page 21B

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Seed Show results Continued from page 20B CLASS 47 - GRAIN CORN 1. Erika Wilson, Fournier, ON, Prescott 2. Thomas Puenter, Chesterville, ON, Dundas 3. Lindsay Gordon, Inverary, ON, Frontenac CLASS 48 - BEST SHEAF OF CEREAL GRAIN 1. Kerin Hudson, Kinburn, ON, Carleton 2. Sandra Hudson, Kinburn, ON, Carleton CLASS 49 - 4-H COUNTY EXHIBIT, Open to any 4-H club 1. Russell Co. Woodworking Club, Russell 2. Alex and Victoria Mesianos, Brockville, ON, Leeds 3. Quilting Club, Leeds CLASS 50 - 4-H MEMBER EXHIBIT 1. Jr. Michelle Journeaux, Dalkeith, ON, Glengarry 1. Sr. Anna Scheitel,

Williamstown, ON, Glengarry CLASS 51 - PROJECT SPECIFIC TO 4-H 1. Jr. Anna Doyle, Kingston, ON, Frontenac 2. Jr. Kaleb Carkner, Mallorytown, ON, Leeds 3. Jr. Jamie Schultz, Douglas, ON, Renfrew 1. Sr. Jennifer Clement, Inverary, ON, Frontenac 2. Sr. Megan Kaiser, Perth Road, ON, Frontenac 3.Sr. Melanie Martin, Hartington, ON, Frontenac CLASS 52 - A â&#x20AC;&#x153;MEâ&#x20AC;?

POSTER 1. Jr. Sheldon Shane, Lyn, ON, Leeds 2. Jr. Rebecca MacIntosh, Apple Hill, ON, Glengarry 3. Jr. Kate Pasco, Williamstown, ON, Glengarry 1. Sr. Crystal Vogel, Apple Hill, ON, Stormont 2. Sr. Robyn RochonKaiser, Kinburn, ON, Carleton 3. Sr. Glen Smith, Winchester, ON, Dundas

CLASS 53 - POSTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY 1. Jr. Sarah Jane Doyle, Kingston, ON, Frontenac 2. Jr. Alexander Carkner, Mallorytown, ON, Leeds 3. Jr. Kaleb Carkner, Mallorytown, ON, Leeds 1. Sr. Jennifer Clement, Inverary, ON, Frontenac 2. Sr. Brittany Carkner, Mallorytown, ON, Leeds CLASS 54 - COLLECTION OF 10 WEED SPECIMENS 1. Jr. Caitlin Jampen, Mountain, ON, Dundas 2. Jr. Kathrin Haerle, St.Isidore, ON, Prescott 3. Jr. Hilary Voith, Battersea, ON, Frontenac 1. Sr. Katherine Palmer, Mountain, ON, Dundas 2. Sr. Robyn RochonKaiser, Kinburn, ON, Carleton 3. Sr. Lindsay Gordon, Inverary, ON, Frontenac CLASS 55 - FIELD CROP SEEDS 1. Jr. Megan Styles, Kinburn, ON, Carleton

CLASS 56 - ANY ARTICLE OF WOODWORKING 1. Jr. Brad McLean, Winchester, ON, Dundas 2. Jr. Claudine Baumgartner, Russell ON, Russell 3. Jr. Sam Finlay, Mountain, ON, Dundas 1. Sr. Carley Shane, Lyn, ON, Leeds 2. Sr. Jannah Vanderlaan, Williamsburg, ON, Dundas CLASS 57 - SEWING 1. Jr. Erica Wilson, Fournier, ON, Prescott 2. Jr. Kyle Wilson, Fournier, ON, Prescott 3. Jr. Sydney Devries, Finch, ON, Stormont CLASS 58 - ANY CRAFT ITEM 1. Jr. Maddison Barkley, Inkerman, ON, Dundas 2. Jr. Melissa Brisson, Embrun, ON, Russell 3. Jr. Lianne Quesnel, Vars, ON, Russell 1. Sr. Robyn RochonKaiser, Kinburn, ON, Carleton CLASS 59 - ANY ITEM STITCHERY 1. Jr. Erika Wilson, Fournier, ON, Prescott 2. Jr. Emma Wilson, Apple

Hill, ON, Glengarry 3. Jr. Kaleb Carkner, Mallorytown, ON, Leeds 1. Sr. Robyn RochonKaiser, Kinburn, ON, Carleton CLASS 60 ONE PAGE FROM A SCRAPBOOK 1. Jr. Caitlin Jampen, Mountain, ON, Dundas 2. Jr. Kathrin Haerle, St.Isidore, ON, Prescott 3. Jr. Hilary Voith, Battersea, ON, Frontenac 1. Sr. Katherine Palmer, Mountain, ON, Dundas 2. Sr. Robyn RochonKaiser, Kinburn, ON, Carleton 3. Sr. Lindsay Gordon, Inverary, ON, Frontenac CLASS 61 A 4-H PROJECT BOOK 1. Jr. Caitlin Jampen, Mountain, ON, Dundas 2. Jr. Kyleigh Jampen, Mountain, ON, Dundas 3. Jr. Thomas Puenter, Chesterville, ON, Dundas 1. Sr. Anna Scheitel, Williamstown, ON, Glengarry 2. Sr. Danielle Bissonnette, Alexandria, ON, Glengarry 3. Sr. Jill Kirkwood, Winchester, ON, Dundas CLASS 62 1ST CUT HAY

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Jason Smith tends to some of the 90 milking cows in the Holstein herd of over 200 on Goldendale Farm in Lansdowne.

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Cohen Smith, 3, the sixth generation of the Smith family on the home farm, Goldendale Holsteins, visits with Goldendale Bolton Beauty under the watchful eye of his mother, Katrina.

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Six generations at Goldendale

Goldendale Outside Peg, the cow featured on the big Goldendale sign at the end of the laneway, was the catalyst for the improved milking herd, whose classification includes four Excellent, 50 Very Good, 35 Good Plus and five Good.

Sired by Comestar Outside in 1999, Peg (EX-

Continued from page 14B They fixed up the old freestall barn and built a silo and a new coverall building, and tile drained 190 acres. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when we really started to get into cash cropping,â&#x20AC;? says William. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We needed a

place to keep our heifers in the winter. Until we bought the farm, we had boarded the heifers out, some as far away as Brockville.â&#x20AC;?

Now with five families to support, the farm continues to improve. All reproduction is done by artificial

insemination on the farm, and last year the Smiths sold their first embryos to Japan. They are constantly working on improving the herd, and flush four or five of their best cows each year.

Jason says that

90) produced 61,061 kgs in five lactations, earning one Super 3 award and Superior lactation awards three years in a row.

In 1991 Goldendale earned its first Master Breeder Shield, the most prestigious form of recognition from Holstein Canada, and is currently approaching the top ten for its sec-

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The average for the twice-daily milked herd last year was 10,617 kg of milk, four per cent fat, 3.3 per cent protein, for Breed Class Averages of 230-234235.

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Searchable archive at www.agrinews.ca Continued from page 22B have come in six generations.

It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem that long ago that Omar and Ralph still used horses on the farm. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had two work horses our dads insisted on keeping because in the winter they could take the sleigh to spread manure,â&#x20AC;? recalls William. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you think about it, I guess it was a tiddlywinks operation, but it was big at the time.â&#x20AC;?

What hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t changed in six generations is a strong work ethic, a deep family bond and a shared commitment to the farm where before- and after-school chores were a part of life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never worked anywhere else,â&#x20AC;? says Jeff.

Luke, who attended the agriculture program at Kemptville College with his cousin, Jason, admits that he hated school and has always liked working on the farm.

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Jason Smith, 32, a fifth generation dairy farmer, visits with Goldendale Bolton Beauty, one of the upcoming stars of Goldendale Holsteins in Lansdowne. farming. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty remarkable,â&#x20AC;? agrees William. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always wanted to farm,â&#x20AC;? notes Jason, adding that he would be happy if Cohen chose to follow in his footstep. But it will be his sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the way my father raised me; he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s available, you have to work for itâ&#x20AC;?, but he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t force me. I was always told, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Never worry. There will always be a job on the farmâ&#x20AC;?.â&#x20AC;?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too early to tell if Cohen will follow in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, but the signs

are there. Brian is an official Holstein Canada judge and Jason has reached the level of aspiring judge.

Young Cohen can name the two best young genetics on the farm. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Beauty,â&#x20AC;? he says, reaching his fingers up to the touch the soft muzzle of the yearling Goldendale Bolton Beauty. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Black Magic,â&#x20AC;? pointing to Goldendale Alex Black Magic.

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