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Alfalfa was still being harvested in mid to late September this year as some farmers were taking off their fourth cut and again it was a good crop due to the preferable weather. The rule of thumb, however, is to have the last crop off at least six weeks before the first frost of the season, which is usually around the first of September.

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Soybeans Soybeans being harvested now have an average to above average yield and due to the late warm sunny weather saved the plants from white mould spreading from plant to plant. The different seed varieties however resulted in green stalks and the beans harvested to date have been good. Aphids were not an issue this year and in most cases were not treated with insecticides.

The yield is from 45-55 bushels per acre with some farmers seeing slightly better. The moisture was around 10% before the rain in late September. That rain will not affect the crop but farmers will have to wait for the soil to dry before getting back to the harvest. corn Early contract for cereal corn has begun but for the most part corn will need some drying before the main harvest. Corn yields for this season will be average to good in bushel weights despite the lack of a frost in September. Corn sileage yielded a good result. cereals Cereals exceeded expectations this growing season with higher than average yield ranging from good to exceptional.

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Editorial Standing tall From that now famous phone call to Florida three years ago when Stormont County farmer Jeff Waldroff asked Jim Brownell to chair the 2015 International Plowing Match, the massive undertaking was almost guaranteed to be a success.

After all, Waldroff is a long-time executive member of the Ontario Plowmen’s Association, owner/operator of the IPM, who has been assigned many times to help erect the tented city.

And Brownell is a retired provincial and municipal politician known for his community connections, his love of local history, and his relentless work ethic.

There was no way if Brownell took on the challenge – which he did – that he was going to do it at half speed. Despite the constant pain from an arthritic back, Brownell gave it everything he had. There’s no doubt he’ll be paying physically for some time to come.

And there was no way with Waldroff leading the charge on the tented city, both as OPA site boss and as co-chair of the local committee, that the heart of the 2015 IPM wasn’t going to be close to perfection.

Not only was he instrumental in landing the IPM and erecting the tented city, but Waldroff remained occupied days after it ended Sept, 26 dismantling the infrastructure and preparing it for shipment to next year’s site in Wellington County.

Jeff may be standing up physically, but a lot of important chores have been allowed to slide back at the Waldroff farm. There’s some catching up to do.

Because of the high regard in which both men are held and motivated by community pride, high caliber volunteers flocked to the task at hand.

Qualified people in key positions gave the 2015 IPM organization a very professional feel.

North Stormont Township in which the Kagi farm, site of the 2015 IPM, is located, embraced the effort. During the five-day show, Mayor Dennis Fife was everywhere, from the podium welcoming visitors, to the front gate, to traffic duty.

All that the Brownell/Waldroff partnership needed was the weather… and they got that in spades.

While Waldroff declines to compare “his” 2015 IPM to others he has known, there’s no doubt it ranks close to the top of the heap.

The tented city was expertly laid out, the host tents such as heritage, antiques, lifestyles and United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry were visitor magnets. The tractor-drawn wagons deftly ferried passengers around the tented city and to parking and plowing areas.

Who didn’t stand a little taller when regional music stars Greg Hanna and Kelli Trottier packed the seats at the main stage?

And who didn’t stand a little taller when Waldroff was invited to lead the throng in the singing of “O Canada” during opening ceremonies.

Celebratory times The organization hasn’t always been considerate of its senior volunteer leaders, but 4-H Ontario still has a history worth celebrating.

And celebrate it did during a close-to six hour 100th Anniversary Gala Dinner held in Cornwall Sept. 26, right after the 2015 International Plowing Match wrapped at Finch.

Rooms in the Cornwall Civic Complex were elegantly decorated, close to 400 guests were handsomely turned out, the podium was loaded with impressive speakers, there was a silent auction to peruse, entertainment by the North Gower-based Gallagher Family, and Ontario beef and the trimmings to dig into.

Celebrating A Century of 4-H in Ontario, a new book filled with statistics and stories about 4-H families was introduced and copies presented to key gala sponsors.

A show of hands indicated most of the people in the room had past or present connections with 4-H. Another show of hands revealed that many also had ties with OMAFRA which managed 4-H in the province until 2000.

Yes, it was a marathon love-in, finally rolling to a stop at 11:15 p.m., with speaker after speaker rising to extol the virtues and accomplishments of 4-H. And there are many of both. Overall, the theme of the night was that, even though numbers of members and clubs have declined dramatically since the 1970s, 4-H remains relevant in today’s breakneck social media world.

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Strolling the match Well, wasn’t that a pleasure! The 2015 International Plowing Match, that is.

Under perfect skies, I strolled the match from end to end, from side to side, for five days. I should have been doing less strolling and spending more time in the booth I was staffing for the Ottawa Valley Farm Show, but I have a short attention span.

Knowing that untold fascinating attractions lurked out there in the tented city, it was hard to confine myself to a 10 x 10 ft. booth in the Farming for the Future tent for any longer than 45 minutes at a time.

It would be like travelling to Las Vegas and remaining in the suburbs without ever venturing onto The Strip. Of course, the lures are different.

While Vegas has bright lights, non-stop gambling and Celine Dion, the tented city offers the Dancing Tractors, farm machinery and Tammy McRae in the beer tent.

For those not in the know, Tammy is a very talented, home-grown singer backed by an expert band. Celine Dion is… never mind, you probably already know who she is.

Sept. 22-26. It was day after day of briskness in the morning followed by sunny, warm and dry. The wonderful weather put a smile on everybody’s face and a good word on their lips. Exhibitor, competitor, entertainer, visitor, school kid, IPM volunteer… to a man, woman, and child, everybody was delighted to be there.

And everybody was trying to take credit for the weather, as if he or she brought it with them, including Charles Leduc, president of the Ontario Plowmen’s Association which sponsors the IPM. Charles had a pretty good story. With FrancoOntarian flair, he told me he had a date with Mother Nature leading up to the big event and was able to convince her to be on her best behaviour.

“I don’t know what you said or did to persuade her, and maybe I don’t want to know, but it certainly worked,” I allowed as we toured the IPM site, part of the Kagi farm outside Finch.

No, this wasn’t your Vegas crowd. Here, white stretch pants, loud blouses and a ton of bling – and that’s just the guys – were replaced by sturdy shoes, plaid shirts and tractor caps.

The IPM crow is salt of the earth. At one point, I noticed an elderly couple clearly from the farm taking a hesitant walk out behind one of the sales tents.

It turns out they were test driving two new pairs of insoles.

“Watch out,” I joked with the dealer, “those two could walk off with your merchandise.”

She wasn’t concerned: “The day farmers leave

without paying for something is the day our society as we know it will have come to an end.”

The IPM takes flak from purists who feel the so-called “flea market” component of the tented city has gained too much prominence. I don’t see it that way. I like the mix. It keeps things interesting. And, hey, farmers need boots, sheets and mixed candy as much as the rest of society!

There were variations but my daily drill at the IPM went like this: One minute, I was munching on a $3.50 jumbo hot dog; I’d grab a free apple in the education tent then pick up a free bag of popcorn at Conservative candidate Guy Lauzon’s information stand. I love you Guy, I’d quip, but I love your popcorn even more.

Then I’d admire the antique equipment, and take a peek inside the colourful quilt tent, and the informative heritage tent; I was a regular at the main stage too. Along the way, I bought a potato motif brass belt buckle for $10 and a die-cast Farmall 350 model for $30.

Every day, I’d have tea and a home-baked treat for $2 in the lifestyles tent and check out the entertainment in the beer tent known as the Final Furrow, basically the end of the road.

I’d always forget to check out the plowing until it was too late. The show ended without me ever getting to the plowing fields which would be quite embarrassing except that I know there are many others in the same boat.

We tend to take it for granted because it’s been a reliable part of rural Ontario life for so long, but the IPM is a big deal.

It’s the largest travelling plowing competition and agricultural products and services showcase in North America, picking up and relocating the infrastructure to a different Ontario community every September.

The logistics are mind-boggling. The event is owned by the OPA but it wouldn’t get done without the dedication of up to 1,000 local volunteers in the hosting community. The host is picked three years in advance from communities which petition the OPA for the opportunity to stage the show.

And what an opportunity it turned out to be in 2015 for the good folks of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry!

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IPM Continued from page 3 â&#x20AC;&#x153;The weather, the people, the hospitality, everything.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never been a better way to show what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all about, how proud we are to be from our area, and I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell you how proud I am to represent â&#x20AC;Ś such wonderful people that put this all together. Awesome, awesome job, thank you.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to thank the community, a community of municipalities of people, of landowners, led by the Kagi family, who embraced this project from the get-go,â&#x20AC;? declared an effusive Brownell. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right from the outset, they embraced this project, rose to the occasion, and I can say that we all are very, very proud of how this community has stepped to the plate and performed and showcased our community to the world. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so pleased and blessed that that happened.â&#x20AC;?

Brownell said he relied upon â&#x20AC;&#x153;an incredible team of directors and of chairs and cochairsâ&#x20AC;? who have met since April 2012. He recalled it was Ontario Plowmenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association (OPA) Past President Jeff Waldroff who invited him to serve as event chair earlier that year, calling him up while he was on vacation in Florida. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so glad that I did. I have worked on so many committees in my life, but to meet the incredible teams that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve met on this journey, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no words how I can say how I feel today.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m truly, truly, blessed.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thanks a million to all of you â&#x20AC;Ś for making our IPM

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Shifting to a new spot in Ontario each year, the IPM falls under the auspices of the OPA but relies heavily on local volunteer support and organization from within each host community. The undertaking involves not only accommodating actual plowing matches but also preparing for the 90-odd-acre agricultural and rural lifestyles trade show â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or Tented City â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that goes along with it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was a good match, believe me,â&#x20AC;? commented OPA President Charles Leduc at the closing ceremonies. The Moose Creek resident lauded Brownell and his team for a â&#x20AC;&#x153;spectacular job.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;To build something like that ... you have to believe in the people and let them do their work. That way they make me look good,â&#x20AC;? quipped Leduc. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to try and copy this match,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Armin Kagi, owner of the alfalfa field on which this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tented City was sited, described the experience as â&#x20AC;&#x153;almost overwhelming.â&#x20AC;?

Kagi served as Honorary Mayor of the City, while his wife, Monica, was First Lady.

Expressing thanks on behalf of all the involved landowners within the approximately 1,000-acre footprint of the entire IPM operation, he also marvelled at â&#x20AC;&#x153;how well it turned out. And this is all thanks to the organizers, the volunteers, everybody who made the IPM possible.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think we could have asked for any better weather,â&#x20AC;? remarked 20142015 Queen of the Furrow Laura Price of Simcoe, who was accompanied to the podium by her incoming replace-

ment, Grenville Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kathryn Chant, now tasked with promoting the 2016 IPM. In addition to the volunteers, Price also highlighted â&#x20AC;&#x153;the great group of sponsorsâ&#x20AC;? that supported the Finch IPM. Local MP Guy Lauzon, MPP Jim McDonell, and 2015 IPM Chair Jim Brownell exchanged respective federal, provincial and IPM flags with their counterparts visiting from the area of next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event, located in the Township of Minto, Wellington County, near the village of Harriston.

Lauzon pointed out he predicted this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s IPM would be â&#x20AC;&#x153;the most successful ever.

And I think youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll agree my prediction was correct.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Congratulations on a job well done,â&#x20AC;? said McDonell, who quibbled with Lauzonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s claim of credit for five sunny days in a row. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always sunny in SD&G. Everybody knows that,â&#x20AC;? declared the smiling MPP. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This has been a great week down hereâ&#x20AC;Ś. You guys have just done a wonderful job,â&#x20AC;? said Perth-Wellington MPP Randy Pettapiece. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure the folks in Wellington County are going to at least match you or do a little better, I think,â&#x20AC;? the visiting MPP half-jokingly added.

2016 IPM Chair Ronald Faulkner noted that more than 80 volunteers from his upcoming event attended the Finch IPM â&#x20AC;&#x153;to learn from you, and to continue with your wonderful hospitality, personality and friendships.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Please come and see us, we would like to repay you for your hospitality and friendship.â&#x20AC;?

The 2015 IPM teemed with daytime activity as visi-

Ontario Minister of Agriculture Jeff Leal, Township of North Stormont Mayor Dennis Fife, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and North Dundas Mayor and SD&G Warden Eric Duncan applaud at the opening ceremonies at the IPM on Tues., Sept. 22.

Vetter photo tors perused hundreds of indoor and outdoor commercial displays as well as a multitude of food vendors, historical displays and educational demonstrations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a good show for us. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve made two or three really good connections, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been brilliant for that,â&#x20AC;? said Matt Cooke, co-owner of Cooke Scales, of the business networking opportunities at the event. The Morewoodarea company rented its firstever booth at an IPM this year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m glad we came,â&#x20AC;?

Cooke added.

Another vendor remarked, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the weather, but â&#x20AC;Ś people are happy and talkative.â&#x20AC;?

Visitors also took in the plowing competitions occurring on several sites in the vicinity of Concession 3-4.

Among those making furrows were Bellevilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jeanne and Kim Hadwen of Merryville Farms, who

hitched up a new pair of equines this year: Six-year-old Dolly and Loretta stood tall as the IPMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only team of mules â&#x20AC;&#x201D; siblings produced by crossing a Belgian draft horse with a mammoth donkey. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve enjoyed the eastern hospitality. Everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been great,â&#x20AC;? said Jeanne Hadwen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve treated us very nice at the Newington fairgrounds,â&#x20AC;? she added, referring to the stabling facilities used by horseplowing teams competing at the IPM. The Finch Arena â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which also saw its share of activity during the IPM, including the Queen of the Furrow banquet â&#x20AC;&#x201D; similarly hosted the plowing awards on Sept. 25.

In a couple of signature events unique to this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s IPM, country music sensation Greg Hanna returned to his Finch hometown and performed to a packed house on the main stage Sept. 26.

Another of Finchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s native sons wowed local audiences at the same venue when he placed third in another IPM first: The auctioneersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; challenge. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always wanted to be an auctioneer since I was 12 years old,â&#x20AC;? said Chad Simmons, 19, after the competition. Simmons said he learned his trade on the job with an auto auction firm. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a good group of guys I competed against,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Simmons assisted when the 1948 Ford tractor restored

by North Dundas District High School students hit the auction block. The machine, donated by businessman David Brown, fetched $6,400 in a sale to a Morrisburg buyer. Proceeds were set to go to Winchester District Memorial Hospital.

Excess money from the IPM â&#x20AC;&#x201D; yet to be determined â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will be used for a legacy fund in support of local hospitals.

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Hydro undercurrent to Premier Wynne’s IPM visit

by Candice Vetter AgriNews Staff Writer INCH — WHIle vIsItINg FINCH aNd tHe INterNatIoNal PloWINg MatCH aNd rural exPo last MoNtH PreMIer KatHleeN WyNNe CouldN’t uNPlug

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Leaders of four provincial parties attended the IPM and addressed the crowd at the Sept. 22 opening ceremonies.

Wynne spoke early in the event, as did Minister of Agriculture Jeff Leal. They

talked about the strength of rural Ontario, although Leal’s comment that his parliamentary assistant was from downtown Toronto did not seem to impress the audience.

While the premier made an initial plea for a nonpartisan start to the festivities, Conservative leader Patrick Brown and NDP leader Andrea Horwath both took swipes at the government’s plan to privatize Hydro One, while Green Party leader Mike Schreiner also touched on the subject.

All three leaders were opposed and their

comments struck a chord with the audience.

The public criticism clearly displeased the premier and her muttering, red-clad caucus members.

The references wouldn’t go away though, as nonpoliticians picked up the theme with devastating humour.

Hydro One was a major sponsor of the IPM, including providing power and poles and wire installation to the event.

When it was Hydro One representative’s Greg Townes’s turn to speak, he admitted to feeling he was a “hot potato.” That was

From left, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown and NDP leader Andrea Horwath, speaking at the opening of the IPM. The atmosphere from Queen’s Park followed the trio to Finch, where Wynne’s plan to sell a 60 per cent stake of Hydro One led to some sharp — and seemingly well received— criticism from the opposition leaders.

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followed by the representative of platinum sponsor Grenville Mutual Insurance, who quipped about the unusual circumstance of finding himself more popular than the banker to his one side — BMO was another major sponsor — and the Hydro official on the other.

Meanwhile in another area of the tented city at the rural expo, The Citizens Coalition Against Privatization (CCAP) was represented by Rhonda Ferguson and Herve Cavanagh of LeedsGrenville, who passed out

literature against Hydro’s privatization and asked visitors to sign a petition and write to their MPPs. CCAP states the Ontario government’s scheme to privatize Hydro will have consequences for every person in the province.

“With no consultation or debate, the government empowered itself to carry out this scheme in the spring 2015 budget bill.

Despite widespread criticism and dissent, the government has wrapped this massive privatization process in secrecy and is moving ahead without

accountability or transparency.”

According to CCAP Ontario, hydroelectric power has been in public hands for over a century. In the last year, the provincial government reaped nearly $750-million in revenue from it.

Ferguson and Cavanagh — backing the initiative Hydro Not For Sale — alleged that when utilities are privatized, no matter where in the world, consumers and taxpayers end up suffering.

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The councils of both municipalities have declared themselves unwilling hosts to wind projects in recent months.

But the premier, in reply to a question posed

by The AgriNews at the International Plowing Match Sept. 22, made clear that she wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t veto projects in officially unwilling municipalities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been clear, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a veto â&#x20AC;Ś but what we are seeing is that there is a much more collaborative process going on between proponents and municipalities,â&#x20AC;? said Wynne, explaining that her government does put â&#x20AC;&#x153;an emphasis on the municipality being willing.â&#x20AC;?

Said the premier, â&#x20AC;&#x153;You will know that the process, as it has been changed by our government, is that

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, with Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Minister Jeff Leal, addressed the media in the Farming for the Future Tent at the International Plowing Match.

Zandbergen photo now there is much more weighting toward the municipality. In terms of procurement, there is much more of an emphasis on the municipality being willing, we actually have already changed the process, and I think that has changed the way turbines are sited.â&#x20AC;?

Ontario Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Minister Jeff Leal then jumped in to highlight how the Wynne government has imposed restrictions on the siting of solar projects. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be sited on

Class 1, 2 or 3 farmlands in Ontairo or lands that have provincial significance or lands that are organic in nature,â&#x20AC;? noted Leal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I never use the term solar farms because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the wrong term to use, they are solar generating entities.â&#x20AC;?

Wynne also told the media she was not rattled when NDP leader Andrea Horwath received applause from the opening day crowd at the IPM, after she spoke out against the Liberal plan to sell off 60 per cent of Hydro One.

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by Nelson Zandbergen AgriNews Staff Writer INCH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; THey Cooked, CleaNed up TrasH, dIreCTed TraFFIC aNd oFFered a FrIeNdly FaCe To vIsITors seekINg INFormaTIoN aT THe 2015 INTerNaTIoNal plowINg maTCH. Simply put, a cadre of 800 or more volunteers made the IPM happen.

And an inspiring slice of the IPMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s volunteerism story involves the sandwichmaking yeomanship of former grocer Louise Godbout and her friends with the lunch committee.

Using a professional scale and a rented meat slicer, Godbout, committee co-chair, cut 350 lbs. of donated meat into precise 4 oz. slabs for each sandwich â&#x20AC;&#x201D; two per free bag lunch handed out daily to the plowmen and women.

Godbout says approximately 385 lunches were distributed daily through the five days of the IPM, about 1,800 in total. The effort was headquartered at St. Bernardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Catholic Church in Finch, where members of the Catholic Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s League worked

with other groups to get it all done. The 100 volunteers involved in the exercise included other congregations and groups in Finch, a Cornwall-based group, as well as the United Church Women at Christ Church United in Chesterville, according to Godbout. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had to feed the tractor plowmen, the horse plowmen, the judges, stewards, dancing tractor performers, the parking people, wagon tour volunteers, the traffic volunteers, it just goes on,â&#x20AC;? she says.

Lunch consisted of two sandwiches, water, munchie vegetables, a dessert treat and a fruit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had about 100 volunteers. It was quite the operation. We had a production line just going.â&#x20AC;?

Once the lunches were distributed for the day, â&#x20AC;&#x153;we just started right over again,â&#x20AC;? she says. The lunch squad began washing and preparing fruits and vegetables the day before show opening. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everybody who helped out was just so great. We got great sponsors.

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Louise Godbout and Theresa Taylor led the volunteers at the IPM making lunches at St. Bernard Catholic Church in Finch.

Courtesy photo The crew worked in two shifts, mornings and afternoons, with some of the helpers opting to stay both shifts. Godbout and friend Lynn Ouderkirk then worked nights to slice the meat, often until 11 p.m.

Theresa Taylor served as co-chair of the lunch committee.

Their work also supplied the lunches to the volunteers working at the Newington fairgrounds, where 32 teams of competitor horses were stabled.

Meanwhile, four members of the Crysler Optimist Club worked Monday to

Saturday at the fairgrounds to ensure the competing plowmen started their day with a hearty, free breakfast. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still excited, although I am coming down a little bit now,â&#x20AC;? admits IPM Volunteer Committee Chair Bill McGimpsey. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was very good,â&#x20AC;? says McGimpsey, who was so consumed with his job at the IPM, he had little time to take much of it in. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would say that most volunteers saw less of the IPM than they would have anywhere else.â&#x20AC;?

In Finch last month, volunteer tractor-wagon driver Gib Patterson (right) takes a brief break to pose with his International Plowing Match passengers, including Navanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wyatt McWilliams (left).

Match at Finch, golf carts supplied by Patterson ferried some guests around the site.

If you got a cheery â&#x20AC;&#x153;helloâ&#x20AC;? from the driver of a tractor pulling passengers on a wagon through the tented city, chances are rural entrepreneurs,

by Tom VanDusen it was Gib. Patterson usually pops up AgriNews Contributor Patterson owns three when something big is ib Patterson is golf courses and his latest happening in regional agri- project involves one of at it aGain. culture. them, Anderson Links near During the recent One of Eastern Continued on page 9 International Plowing Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest profile

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David Brown supplied a refrigerated pickup trailer with a generator to keep the lunches cold after assembly, while Desormeaux Meats in Crysler parked a large reefer transport-type trailer to store the bulk food before the lunches were made.

A far cry from a skimpy meal, the resulting 4 oz. sandwiches received â&#x20AC;&#x153;rave reviews,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My cochair and I decided we were going to make the best sandwiches ever, and I hope we did.

The meat offerings included roast beef, chicken and turkey breast, and black forest ham. The second sandwich in the pack was of the salad variety â&#x20AC;&#x201D; either tuna, egg or chicken. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was quite content how things went and proud of everyone who donated their time and wanted to work again. We just had a lot of laughs and fun. Everyone just enjoyed helping out.â&#x20AC;?

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Editorial: Celebratory times Continued from page 4 Keynote speaker and 4-H alumnus Dennis MacGillivray called five young 4-H ambassadors up on stage who, between them, had completed 250 clubs. Audience members agreed that, because it indicated values and a work ethic, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d hire any one of

them on their 4-H record alone.

Speaker Donna Bridge, president of the Canadian 4H Council, noted the role of 4-H remains to empower young people to become skilled, engaged and responsible leaders passionate about making meaningful contributions.

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small display area will be set up, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be official opening ceremonies, plowing practice sessions, VIP plowing, the CPO annual meeting, a wine and cheese, barbecue, banquet, fundraising auction and, of course, the competitions themselves.

At the Sept. 28 meeting, Hills announced the chairs of several committees, including himself in accommodation and insurance, Armstrong in the souvenir booklet, Linda Payant in photos, and Theresa Whelan in media and promotion.

The free admission event is open to the general public and aspires to encourage fellowship between local residents and visitors from across Canada.

The hosting budget is projected to be in the $30$40,000 range. Funds are raised through various levels of sponsorship, as well as ad sales in the souvenir booklet.

Most Canadian matches are hosted by the county association. In 2016, the OCPA will welcome the championships, holding its own match at Anderson Links Aug. 27. This year, the national match occurred on Wolfe Island in Lake Ontario off Kingston.

Canada has a long tradition in world plowing, with the first global competition held in Cobourg in 1953.

Canadian Jim Eccles was the first winner. Since Cobourg, six world championships have been held in Canada, including the 60th anniversary gathering 2013 at Olds, Alberta.

The history of match plowing in Carleton County, now part of the City of Ottawa, dates back much further than the world version. The first record of a match in the region was in 1852 under the auspices of the county agricultural society.

CPO goals include preserving the art of match plowing by advancing and teaching the skills involved, promoting safe and efficient use of farm machinery, and encouraging improved productivity and yield through proper seed bed preparation and soil management.

Continued from page 8 his home farm in rural eastend Ottawa.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the official location of the 2016 Canadian Plowing Championships next Aug. 23-27, not to be confused with the IPM with which it bears little resemblance.

Although, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plenty of crossover! Some of the 2015 IPM participants held a meeting Sept. 28 at another of Pattersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s golf clubs â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Emerald Links near Manotick â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to begin planning the Canadian plowing challenge.

A long-time member of the Ontario Plowmenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association and a regular observer at the World Championship Plowing Contest, Patterson is providing 125 acres on the edge of his course for the low profile CPO gathering.

A globe-trotter of some note, early in October Patterson with wife Elsie and Sharen Armstrong, president of the Ottawa Carleton Plowmenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association (OCPA), are off to observe this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s World Ploughing Contest in Denmark.

Two winners selected next August at Pattersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s will represent Canada in the 2017 world event in Kenya.

The Canadian contest is a condensed affair, without an IPM-type tented city or a motorhome park. Where an average IPM draws 7080,000 people, the national plowing event may attract 1,000, said Allen Hills who is co-chairing the organizing committee with Patterson.

Hills expects about 80 of that number to be plowmen and possibly women, officials and their supporters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to note,â&#x20AC;?

Hills said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;that this event will not in any way reflect the size and dynamics of the very successful IPM.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just about the plowing,â&#x20AC;? he observed, pointing out the national championships will comprise about a dozen competitors in three classes: senior conventional, senior reversible, and junior conventional.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;The next century belongs to 4-H,â&#x20AC;? Bridge pronounced.

Indeed, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s much to celebrate. However, during all the pomp and circum-

stance, former Frontenac County 4-H leaders Ruth Shannon and Harriet Corkey have languished on the sidelines, summarily dismissed from their beloved positions

in a questionable action by head office three years ago.

The backroom action was concocted by three 4-H Ontario staffers, all of whom have moved on.

During these celebratory times, the rest of the organization should also move on and reinstate Shannon and Corkey to their rightful places in 4-H.

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Supply management worries as dairy farmers take to the Hill Intâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;l push to conclude TPP stokes renewed fears for SMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future

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pArliAmenT hill in OTTAWA The mOrning Of Tues., sepT 29, AfTer pArAding up bAnk sTreeT. The grassroots protest was started by a handful of dairy farmers in Quebec, who came up with the idea Sunday night and were on the highway with their tractors and hundreds of other dairy farmers, mostly from West Quebec and Eastern Ontario, early Tuesday morning.

The mostly dairy farmers (and some egg and poultry farmers) carried signs with slogans like â&#x20AC;&#x153;100% Canadian Dairyâ&#x20AC;? and were vocal in their opinions. They were protesting the Trans-Pacific Partnership international trade talks, which could possibly be signed by Canada at a high-level meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, this week by the Minister for International Trade Ed Fast.

Although details of the proposed agreement, which has been in negotiations since 2008, are few and vague, sections which have been leaked or alluded to suggest that dairy farmers and their protected quota system may lose significant market share. A CBC report that week suggested a 10 per cent handover of domestic marketshare â&#x20AC;&#x201D; since vigorously denied by the Harper government.

New Zealand, which has a strong dairy industry, wants to export dairy byproducts and cheeses into the United States. The U.S. in turn desires to export its dairy products and cheeses into Canada, to calm their producersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; concerns. This could reduce the volume of dairy products Canadian dairy farmers could sell, in an industry already hit by low prices and high expenses.

Poultry and egg marketing boards in Canada are also expected to feel the same treatment if the deal is signed. The global reach of the TPP includes the

Hundreds of dairy farmers brought their tractors and cattle to Parliament Hill, to protest the TPPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s feared impact on their industry.

U.S., Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam, which the website of the Office of the United States Trade Representative describes as â&#x20AC;&#x153;other likeminded countries.â&#x20AC;?

Some Canadian farmers relying on supply management are very concerned. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not against the whole TPP but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re against what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard, that the government could be offering up to 10 per cent of our market,â&#x20AC;? says Eric Van Den Broek, a Winchester-area dairy farmer. Asked what local farmers had heard from the Dairy Farmers of Canada, which is briefed daily during the talks, Van Den Broek said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The DFC told us all they werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to go to the rally, they werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t supporting it, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re talking to politicians, so they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.â&#x20AC;?

The DFC has neither confirmed nor denied rumoured trade deal changes and has not directly replied to AgriNews.

The issue of maintaining supply management is crucial to the dairy industry with its highly perishable product, and protections have existed for decades, although there have been work-arounds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The U.S. already has access to seven per cent of our market,â&#x20AC;? says Van Den Broek, â&#x20AC;&#x153;through masked products like whey, cheese thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s already on pizza, and butter oil.â&#x20AC;?

Secrecy surrounding negotiations is one of the things that frustrates farmers and many other sectors of the economy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what Canada would get in return, if anything,â&#x20AC;? says Stuart Trew of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, who attended Continued on page 11

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TPP Continued from page 10 the rally and has reported extensively on the subject. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Canada might pick up a benefit somewhere else.â&#x20AC;?

He mentioned negotiations regarding exporting Canadian beef and pork to Japan as a possible example. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To me it exposes the nature of the agreement. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a U.S. agreement â&#x20AC;&#x201D; theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the ones pressing for countries to make changes. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a dangerous negotiating environment for Canada.â&#x20AC;? He also feels that it is not a deal Canada needs.

A number of organizations have stated their opposition to the deal, which is thousands of pages which change after every round of talks, and is very broad and all-encompassing. Areas of concern include municipalities not being able to choose their own procurement, and harmonization of laws and policies including health and safety standards among countries which are very different culturally, geo-

The AgriNews October, 2015 Page 11 graphically and economically â&#x20AC;&#x201D; mostly involving adaptations wanted by high-powered U.S. lobbies.

There are fears that copyright law protection will be reduced, that buylocal movements will be restricted, and that international consortiums will have more power over industries in this country than have federal, provincial or municipal governments.

Council of Canadians Chairperson Maude Barlow has expressed concern that Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s food production would shrink, and Dairy Farmers of Canada agrees. â&#x20AC;&#x153;DFC does not oppose international trade; Canada has negotiated numerous trade deals in the past while maintaining the integrity of supply management.

However, we will continue to stand firm on defending the interests of dairy farmers and the Canadian dairy supply management system,â&#x20AC;? says DFC President Wally Smith on the DFC website. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We oppose endangering the stability and viability of our industry.â&#x20AC;?

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The whole political debate is, can the government negotiate now? The short answer is yes, legally, but although it is legal, it is not politically legitimate. It puts the government on morally weak ground.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Don Boudria, former Liberal cabinet minister, regarding the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possible signing of a TPP agreement in principle during the federal election campaign

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this past summer, DFC found 89 per cent of Canadians said it was important or very important that the milk products they use come from Canadian farmers, and 86 per cent are concerned TPP would lower safety and quality standards of food available in Canada.

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have the assurance that most dairy products they consume (except for a few already-allowed imports) do not contain bovine growth hormone, which Health Canada does not permit the use of, but which is legal in the U.S. and some other countries.

Another concern of the Council of Canadians and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is whether the government can, in fact, sign such an agreement during an election period. Says Trew, â&#x20AC;&#x153;If the agreement is tabled before the election we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t confirm or deny what is in it.â&#x20AC;? An agreement-in-principle that has a large effect

on the country is supposed to be debated in Parliament before it is considered ratified.

AgriNews spoke to veteran parliamentarian and former Glengarry-PrescottRussell MP Don Boudria regarding the situation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The whole political debate is, can the government negotiate now?â&#x20AC;? said Boudria, a Liberal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The short answer is yes, legally, but although it is legal, it is not politically legitimate. It puts the government on morally weak ground.â&#x20AC;?

He explained, â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are a number of steps. First the matter is negotiated, which leads to an agreement-inprinciple. Once that agree-

ment is signed, it has to be tabled in Parliament, where it must remain for 21 days.

In this case Parliament is not sitting and probably wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t until next year.â&#x20AC;?

Boudria observed that although the federal election will be held Oct. 19, all the writs of election must be returned, there must be 10 days for appointment of a cabinet, and then the House has to adjourn as of Dec. 14, so although Parliament sitting is possible before then, it is unlikely. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After the election it could be that a committee of MPs can be formed to examine the agreement,â&#x20AC;? he Continued on page 15

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Ecconomic Development

Does your Community Want to Grow?

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o you want to know how to attract newcomers?

The Community Immigrant Retention in Rural Ontario (CIRRO) program is designed to help economic development officers, municipal officers, community planners, community developers and anyone involved in community economic development to address the economic aspects of changing demographics in rural communities.

The tools and resources are designed to raise awareness, stimulate your thinking and provide practical suggestions on how to put newcomer attraction and retention ideas into action.

What is Community Immigrant Retention in Rural Ontario?

The CIRRO program is a strategic planning process designed to assist communities in developing and implementing a newcomer attraction and retention strategy. The program is designed for economic development officers, municipal officers and anyone involved in community economic development.

There are four recommended steps that assist communities in maximizing the results of their planning process.

Community Engagement and Building Awareness – Engaging a cross-section of stakeholders and community members from the beginning of the process is critical to the success of developing and implementing a newcomer attraction and retention strategic plan. It is also important to build awareness and educate the broader community of the demographic challenges that may affect the local economy and businesses.

Building Knowledge – When developing a newcomer attraction and retention strategy, it is important to understand the current state of your community. One of the recommended tools to help build your knowledge is the Community Attractiveness Indicators for Newcomers tool, which provides data to support planning efforts and decision making.

Planning and Taking Action – When developing strategies and actions related to newcomer attraction and retention, it is important to be aware of your community’s unique economic, social and cultural profile. Some recommended approaches when developing your strategies and action plans include: A holistic approach that involves integrating newcomers into economic, social, cultural and environmental aspects of the community.

Build on existing practices and make incremental improvements.

Measuring Success – When implementing your newcomer attraction and retention strategy measuring the results is important so that you can effectively manage and adjust your action plans in order to achieve long-term success. For more detailed information click here to see the Performance Measurement Resources.

Why is it important?

The CIRRO program supports communities in human capital planning. Human capital is the collective knowledge, skills and workforce that drives productivity and economic growth in a community. It includes the current workforce, future workforce from within the community and newcomers who move to the community. The focus of the CIRRO program is to support communities in developing and implementing strategies to attract and retain newcomers in order to balance the changing population, the

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needs for an educated workforce and to sustain or grow their economy.

It provides information, tools and case study examples to help communities attract and retain newcomers in support of economic development initiatives including: succession planning, skills attractions and business growth.

Resources for CIRRO: The CIRRO guidebook offers strategies and best practices that can help your community to attract and retain newcomers. A number of resources are available and referenced throughout the guidebook that can help your community plan these other components of attracting and retaining newcomers.

The Newcomer and Youth Community Indicators is the new version of the Community Attractiveness Indicators for Newcomers tool. It is an analytical tool that provides information to help communities assess their ability to attract and retain sufficient human capital for economic development. For more information, go to Newcomer and Youth Community Indicators at http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/rural/edr/cirro/index. html.

How do I get it?

If you are interested in the CIRRO program or would like to receive a free copy of the CIRRO guidebook, or the Newcomer and Youth Community Indicators tool, visit the following link to access a request form.

Regional Economic Development Branch Advisors are available to provide more information and advice on the CIRRO program. Contact an Advisor or call the Contact Centre at 1-877-424-1300.

Register now for the 2015 Eastern Ontario Local Food Conference

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astern Ontario’s Local Food Conference is back for a fifth year. The conference is held in partnership with the Cities of Belleville, Quinte West and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

This yea’'s conference theme is “Creativity+Collaboration=Action” and will focus on innovative businesses and organizations that realize the value of collaboration to help pave the way to success.

Participants will have the opportunity to tour local food sites, collaborate with local food stakeholders, be inspired by speakers and network with peers and industry experts.

Local food producers and others that support local food can now register for the November 4th Local Food Tour and Reception, followed by a full conference agenda on November 5th.

Register online at eastontlocalfood.ca.

A local food trade show will also be a feature of the conference. Exhibitor information can be found eastontlocalfood.ca.

Get the latest on the Eastern Ontario Local Food Conference on Facebook and on Twitter @EOLocalFood #EOLFC15

groups.

Rules For Meetings Just as the object of a game gives direction to its players, traditional principles of a democratic meeting guide group members when they gather: • Every member has rights equal to every other member.

• The will of the majority must be carried out.

• The minority must be heard, and its rights protected.

• Only one topic will be considered at a time.

In order to play a particular game, certain rules for that game must be followed. “Parliamentary procedure” is a set of rules for meetings which ensures that the traditional principles of equality, harmony and efficiency are kept.

Robert’s Rules of Order, the best-known description of standard parliamentary procedure, is used by many different organizations as their rule book for conducting effective meetings.

The parliamentary rules used in government are not always appropriate for all organizations. How rigid are your meetings? Does too much technical procedure (motions, amendments, seconding, etc.) get in the way of effective decision making and total group discussion? Too much formality in a meeting will frustrate and discourage members when the proceedings “bog down”. Parliamentary rules for meetings are intended to help the group conduct its business (fairly and efficiently), not hinder it!

If group members agree that the rules they’ve developed permit a majority to accomplish the organization’s ultimate purpose within a reasonable period of time, while allowing the minority a reasonable opportunity to express its views, then those rules are appropriate.

Agricultural Development

This Stink Bug Is On Your Side Janice LeBeouf OMAFRA

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e talk a lot about the stink bugs that damage crops: brown stink bugs, green stink bugs, and the new invader with the long name, the brown marmorated stink bug. It’s great to be reminded sometimes that there are good bugs out there, too.

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The Cass operation near lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Orignal grows beans and hay, produces maple syrup, and cuts firewood. He has been an active member of the local agricultural society, county plowmen and Soil and Crop.

At the Seed Growers annual meeting held at Winchester, Aug. 18, Cass took over the reins from Dundas County cash cropper John Roosendaal who occupied the presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chair for the past two years. As part of the change in command, David Blair moved from 2nd vice-president to 1st VP, and Robert Dessaint stepped into the 2nd VP slot.

In presenting Roosendaal with the traditional past-presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pin, Cass thanked him for a job

Cecil Cass well done. The departing president said he had a pretty easy time of it because the complex transition of the Ottawa Valley Farm Show from Ottawaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lansdowne Park to the EY Centre occurred before his term. Past president Bruce Hudson oversaw the transition.

The farm show has been sponsored by the Seed Growers for 89 years. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an annual exhibition of machinery, equipment, seed and services of particular use to the agricultural industry. Proceeds from the event are used to support 4-H, Junior Farmers, rural fairs, agricultural research and education, and the

Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital of Eastern Ontario.

Under Roosendaal, the Seed Gowers general operating bylaw, operating policies and insurance requirements for the farm show were completely overhauled. He thanked director Roy Carver and other members for â&#x20AC;&#x153;countlessâ&#x20AC;? hours put into the review process. The bylaw and policies have been approved.

Resident Seed Growers prankster Barry Dean presented Roosendaal with wooden shoes in honour of his Dutch heritage, and he gave Cass a pair of rubber boots for the tough slogging ahead.

In other business, the annual financial report was presented by SecretaryTreasurer Arlene Ross and the auditor was reappointed for 2015-16. Directors discussed the associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s September presence at the 2015 International Plowing Match in Finch and at the Ontario 4-H 100th anniversary gala in Cornwall. Each event received $10,000 in sponsorship funds from the Seed Growers.

Directors also voted to assist lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Union des cultivateurs franco-ontariens with a $500 donation.

Legacy Ayrshire at Upper Canada Village

During the annual 1860â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s agricultural fair at Upper Canada Village, the period farmers showed off livestock including pigs, waterfowl, poultry, horses and cows. Kevin Robertson, an agricultural livestock specialist at Upper Canada Village, is pictured with a 10-year-old Ayrshire cow. When asked about the cowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name, Robertson replied that in the 1860s, cattle werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t usually named but agreed that â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bessieâ&#x20AC;? would be an appropriate moniker for the animal. He continued that the Ayrshire breed was the primary dairy cow in Eastern Ontario until 1881, when the first Holstein-Friesian cow was imported into Ontario via Stormont County.

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It can be difficult to tell the various brown-coloured stink bugs apart, but there are two good ways to tell if a stink bug is a plant-feeder (not your friend) or an insect feeder (a friend who eats insect pests for you). The first way to tell: if the stink bug has itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mouthpart (beak) stabbed into another insect, then you can be assured that it is a predatory stink bug. If you happen to catch one between meals, then you will need to turn it over and look at its beak, which is usually folded up against its â&#x20AC;&#x153;chestâ&#x20AC;?.

If it has a thick beak â&#x20AC;&#x201C; good for stabbing and drinking insect smoothies â&#x20AC;&#x201C; then it's a beneficial predatory stink bug. If it has a thin beak (as thin or thinner than the antennae), this indicates a plant-feeding stink bug â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a pest.

Notice the thickness of the beak in the two photos below.

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Municipal Agriculture Economic Development Forum

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his is an opportunity for those involved in municipal and local economic development that have agriculture and food (farming, food processing, fibre, biofuel) in their portfolio to network, share successes, and learn more about programs targeted to the agricultural sector.

DATES: October 28 & 29, 2015 LOCATION: John D. Bradley Chatham-Kent Convention Centre, Chatham HOSTED BY: Municipality of Chatham-Kent and Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

Day One - October 28 Choice of Afternoon Bus Tour, Reception and Dinner Presentation: For those whose portfolio is more focused on Agri-tourism and On-Farm Value Added Opportunities, there is a tour that includes an exciting cultural destination that offers up a fusion of culinary and cultural experiences for all ages and abilities, a pick-your own blueberry operation that takes value-added to the next level, and a unique on-farm food processor with an international reputation.

If you are more focused on the Agri-business side of things, there is a tour that begins with a rapidly expanding Ag Equipment manufacturer, moves to a seed corn facility, then a food processing operation that offers a unique specialty product, and finishes at a state of the art greenhouse operation that uses both heat and CO2 from a nearby industrial processor.

Following a networking reception and local food dinner, the evening session will feature Dr. Murray McLaughlin, Executive Director of Bioindustrial Innovation Canada, discussing the development of a Biochemical Cluster in Southwestern Ontario and the opportunities that creates for agri-business.

Day Two - October 29 So when scouting your fields, if you see a stink bug, now you can distinguish friend from foe.

Online Tutorials to Help You Use the Agricultural Information Atlas!

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he Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) developed a series of tutorials to help you use the Agricultural Information Atlas (AIA).

The tutorials provide step-by-step instructions on a range of topics â&#x20AC;&#x201C; from the basics of navigating through the application to creating specific maps for submissions to OMAFRA.

With the AIA, you can: â&#x20AC;˘ create custom maps for your farm â&#x20AC;˘ create farm sketches for nutrient management and tile drainage planning â&#x20AC;˘ find agricultural information for Ontario You can find the 13 tutorials on the OMAFRA website.

To access the AIA, go to the AgMaps Geographic Information Portal at ontario.ca/agmaps.

For more information, contact the Agricultural Information Contact Centre at 1-877-424-1300 or ag.info.omafra@ontario.ca.

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2015-16 Excellence Award for Agricultural Students is now Open!

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arm Management Canada (FMC) and the Canadian Association of Diploma in Agriculture Programs (CADAP) are proud to announce the launch of the 2015-16 Excellence Award for Agricultural Students, designed to encourage students to improve their critical thinking, communication and leadership skills through a national competition.

FMC and CADAP are collecting submissions from agricultural students across Canada and will award three winners with scholarships towards furthering their education in agriculture. First place stands to win $1,500!

The award is designed to help students develop their communication skills by having the opportunity to voice their opinion on a subject related to farm management.

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There are lots of resources available on the web at the OMAFRA website (www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/ag.html) as well as others to help you with your decisions.

Electronic Bulletins and Newsletters Ag Business Update http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/busdev/news/inde x.html

Virtual Beef http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/livestock/beef/new s.html

Pork News and Views Newsletter http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/livestock/swine/ne ws.html

CropPest Ontario http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/field/news/n ews_croppest.html

CEPTOR - Animal Health News http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/livestock/ceptor/ne ws.html

ONVegetables (Vegetable Viewpoint) http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/hort/news/ne ws_vegview.html

Ontario Berry Grower http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/hort/news/ne ws_berrygrower.html

Hort Matters Newsletter http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/hort/news/ne ws_hortmatt.html

On Organic http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/organic/new s/news-organic.html

Specialty Cropportunities http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/CropOp/en/index.html

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TPP Continued from page 11 said. “I can’t imagine the other countries would want to sit on it until next year.”

Once the agreement is tabled for 21 days, cabinet passes an order in council, an instrument of ratification, which enables a minister to sign formally on behalf of Canada. Then legislation must be drafted, debated, and passed through Parliament and the Senate. He also expressed concern, as a rural resident, about the lack of information available to farmers and the public regarding the trade talks.

The federal government has been tight-lipped about details of the TPP but continues to voice support for supply management. “The Minister has repeatedly said our government would protect and defend supply management,” commented Max Moncaster of Minister Fast’s office.

During a Sept. 30 agriculture debate that included Canada’s Agriculture Minister and his portfolio critics from the other parties, Gerry Ritz discussed the TPP at length. Said the Ag minister at the event organized by the Canadian Federation of Agriculture: “In negotiations everything starts out on the table, and are then negotiated accordingly.” He brought up the CETA agreement, under which 17,000 tonnes of cheese is imported, but with unlimited access back into the European market.

“That means setting up a world quota... but it certainly can be done.”

Ritz went on, “To say that supply management is only domestic — it’s not a zero sum game. Supply management will benefit from the CETA agreement because their dairy cows, hormone free, when they’re slaughtered will have access to 50,000 tonnes of new beef access. Veal calves, that were basically worthless a couple of years ago, will now be worth a portion of the $600-million of beef access that we have in Europe.” He also discussed hundreds of millions of dollars in genetics coming from Canada, including dairy and poultry, going out onto the world stage. “So some trade components of supply management will benefit. At the same time we are going to, we always have, and will maintain the

The AgriNews October, 2015 Page 15 pillars of supply management so they have the ability to continue on with that process here.” Regarding the TPP compared to CETA he said, “We also said if there’s proven shortfalls on the CETA agreement the same will follow through.

If there’s loss on your farm, your processing side, you will be compensated.”

Locally, GlengarryPrescott-Russell MP Pierre Lemieux, a Tory, repeated a similar message: “What I’ve heard Ed Fast and the Prime Minister say is, first, that the TPP is extremely important to Canada because we are an exporting nation ... TPP would give access to 800 million people and 40 per cent of the world’s economy; that’s why the Prime Minister says we need to be at the negotiating table. The second thing said is that the government will protect the three pillars of supply management. The quota system, the cost of production, and tariff barriers will remain intact...The numbers quoted in the media are speculative.

Trade deal hot topic in national ag debate

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CAnAdiAn FederATiOn OF AgriCulTure, TOOk plACe On sepT. 30, AT The FAirmOnT ChATeAu lAurier hOTel in OTTAWA. pArTiCipAnTs Were minisTer OF AgriCulTure And AgriFOOd gerry riTz; mAlCOlm Allen, ndp AgriCulTure CriTiC; mArk eyking, liberAl AgriCulTure CriTiC; AndreW WesT, green pArTy CAndidATe FOr kAnATA-CArleTOn; And yves lessArd, blOC QuébéCOis CAndidATe FOr belOeil-ChAmbly.

The candidates each gave a three-minute open-

ing statement, beginning with Yves Lessard. He said the Bloc defends the Quebec model of agriculture, that it is important for the economy and food security. “The Bloc always worked to defend Quebec agriculture. In 2005, it was the Bloc that tabled a motion to protect supply management and all parties agreed with it. We give the same commitment today.”

Regarding the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership, Lessard said Gilles Duceppe, the Bloc leader, asked other leaders and also the Minister of Agriculture to make formal clear commitments to protect wholly the supply management system.

Malcolm Allen said the existence of communities across the country depends

on the thriving agriculture sector. “The NDP worked on a national food strategy – Canada doesn’t have one yet. We spent three years, put it together in a panCanadian way.” He also said that without infrastructure in rural communities, “we can’t get that commodity from the farm to processor to market.” He also said the NDP will stand up to railways and look at the entire sector with a whole of government approach.

Mark Eyking said that agriculture makes up seven per cent of Canada’s gross domestic product (GDP) and the federal government has to create the right environment and tools, whether they are research regulations, trade negotiations, available labour, food safety, or proper risk management. “Food is not only necessary for life, but for the success of the country,”

he said. “We’re one of the (world’s) largest food exporters and givers of food aid.”

He added, “Scientists and research stations have been cut, and many regulations moved from Agriculture to Health — out of reach for farmers.”

He also spoke of a poor relationship with the U.S. hitting the livestock industry, horticulture being hit by not working with Americans on solutions to PACA (Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act), and like all candidates brought up trade agreements, saying, “Every time we make a trade agreement supply management is on the table and takes a hit. When we do have trade, a good deal, and a good customer, we’re not getting the product to market…The federal government needs to listen, to work and invest, so agriculture continues to thrive.”

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Debate Continued from page 15 Minister Gerry Ritz was more upbeat. “It’s a great time to be in agriculture,” he said, “regardless of who I talk to. Everyone talks about the diversity of agriculture, but all agree it’s important to have safe secure supply. Food processing is the largest manufacturing sector, the growing debt to asset ratio on farms is the best it’s been in three decades, and trade is up 77 per cent. New and beginning farmers’ numbers are growing. With loans for new and beginning farmers, it’s an ideal time to be involved in agriculture.

Andrew West said, “I didn’t grow up on a farm, but grew up on farmland, surrounded by farms, and I…know how important agriculture is to the country and people. The Green Party believes in agriculture, believes in making sure people have the necessities of life, including healthy food, and that food should come from Canada.

The Greens would invest in agriculture and in infrastructure that would support it.

Regarding the current hot topic of the Trans Pacific Partnership (the meeting was held in downtown Ottawa right next to

Parliament Hill while the 200-strong farmers’ tractor protest was going on) he said, “Just give us the details, we don’t feel it’s a good plan for farmers, and before anything goes further we need details. How will it affect supply management? We support local and small-scale farmers and also encourage new farmers. We would shift government focus away from industry-supported research in biotech and energy incentive farming, and into sustainable and organic production, community supported agriculture, farm markets, wineries, and microbreweries, which Canadians love.” He also said the Greens would improve food safety and nutritional health by amending the Canadian Food Inspection Authority mandate – removing obligations to promote agribusiness and removing agribusiness reps (referring to Monsanto).

All the agriculture critics said that supply management was being weakened, by giving away a little every time there were negotiations. Said Lessard, “If one set of farmers is protected the others must be protected too. Said Allen, “The Prime Minister said there are 1,000 competing interests at the TPP talks.” He claimed the domestic market should not

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Leal demands protection for SM and more ag export opportunities

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In Atlanta earlier this month, Jeff Leal (left) Ontario’s Minister of Agriculture, Food, Rural Affairs, discusses TPP negotiations with Quebec Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Minister Pierre Paradis, and Nova Scotia Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture Keith Colwell. Calling in on the phone was Manitoba’s Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Ron Kostyshyn.

Courtesy photo ingly.” He also said, “To say that supply management is only domestic, it’s not a zero sum game.” He also said that dairy producers were well represented at the trade talks and were briefed every night.

Watch the whole debate at www.cpac.ca/en/programs/vote-2015special/episodes/43017385/.

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At the IPM, the old Farmall tractors squaredanced — complete with male and ‘female’ drivers in their traditional roles.

Farmalls ‘form a square’ and thrill IPM audience

by Sandy Burns AgriNews Contributor

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This 17-member group from Teeswater, Ont., was the talk of the Tented City at the IPM in Finch last month when they performed two 40-minute shows a day from Wednesday to Saturday to

hundreds of enthralled spectators.

The show features three sets of square dancing set to traditional square dance music and uses traditional calls. Eight drivers take to the wheels of antique Farmall tractors, with the guys atop a Farmall H and the ‘ladies,’ most of whom are men in costumes and wigs, drive a slightly smaller Farmall C. Team Farmall member Jake Gowland said this was started in 2007 when one of

the members learned of a group in Ohio who were square dancing with tractors, and wanted to bring that level of entertainment to the 2008 IPM in Teeswater. Before long, antique tractor enthusiasts, Bruce County Junior Farmers alumni and a few square dancers were teamed together and Team Farmall was formed. After 3,500 man hours of practice time and the drivers’ investments into the tractors, the team wowed the crowds at the 2008 IPM. “We’ve been at a lot of (the IPMs) since,” Gowland said. “We do about four to six events a year. The other events are mostly fairs and festivals, but mostly local.

This is a seven-hour drive from home, and it’s the furthest we’ve ever gone.”

Team members range in age from 26 to 68, and most have a background in agriculture, though a few of them have a background in

square dancing.

“Some of the older guys are square dancers from years ago, but a lot of us younger guys still don’t know how to square dance properly,” he laughs. “Most of what we do are square dancing moves, but it’s hard to make a tractor do what you can with your feet. So they try to keep everybody moving like in square dancing. It’s traditional square dancing music, it’s traditional calls, and we’ve changed a few things to make it look a little better.”

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Feral honeybee colony thrives in woods near corn field GRANTLEY — Perhaps four to five feet long and more than a foot thick, the large honeycomb clings precariously to just a couple of small twigs on the lower branches of a mature maple tree.

A secluded wooded area on the rural farm property of Elizabeth and Mike Vingerhoeds has featured wild honeybees inside a nearby hollow tree for several years. But this summer, says Elizabeth, a separate group of bees apparently split off from the original hive to build their own elaborate — but highly exposed — home barely 20 feet away.

The pendulum-like structure — hanging about eight feet off the ground at its lowest point — contains 50 to 100 lbs. of honey in the estimation of one local beekeeper.

Seeming to thrive and reproduce in their untamed circumstances, the bees are located a short walk down a pathway that opens onto the Vingerhoeds’ corn field, conventionally planted and grown as a cash crop.

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Leal Continued from page 16 Ontario’s non-supply-managed commodities “without jeopardizing the integrity of the supply-managed commodities.”

“It must be a balanced approach that protects the integrity of supply management and increases [export] market” opportunities for those other commodities, he said.

Leal stuck doggedly to the message of protection for one, expansion for the other — again and again highlighting the “twin pillars” of Ontario’s demand for any TPP deal. He said he made the same points in a recent face-to-face meeting with Canada’s International Trade Minister Ed Fast as well as ag industry stakeholders.

When asked if Ontario’s position was taken seriously

by American and international delegates he may have bumped into during his Georgia visit, Leal insisted that was the case. The goal of preserving supply-management, he argued, was not contrary to the other objective of increased exports, pointing out that Ontario’s dairy sector already accepts competition from imported products, including whey protein powder. “To say that it’s a closed shop is just not the case.”

He simply referred back to those dual goals when asked if he would advise Ontario dairy farmers to think about preparing for a time without supply management — as has happened in Australia and Europe. He similarly deflected a question on whether he believed Ontario dairy farmers could compete with the world in the absence of supply management.

Backdrop to Leal’s presence in Atlanta was a recent

CBC story suggesting Canada was prepared to give up an additional 10 per cent of the domestic dairy market — since vigorously denied

by Ottawa — as participating countries met in the southern U.S. state to hammer out the TPP’s final details. The story triggered great concern in the farming community and a protest by dairy farmers on Parliament Hill.

Ontario’s supply-managed ag sectors generate $3.2-billion in farm-gate receipts annually, about 25 per cent of farm revenue in the province. The current value of the issued quota on that production now stands at about $12-billion.

As a provincial minister, Leal is not privy to the still secret details of the TPP negotiations. However, he pointedly noted that, under the Canadian Constitution, agriculture is a responsibility shared by the federal and provincial governments.

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OMAFRA Minister Jeff Leal poses in the driver’s seat of the Liberal caucus (background) Sept. 22 at the IPM in Finch.

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At any given time, the barn had an average of 100 dairy cattle, with slightly more heifers than cows, Beach said. While

many of the cattle went to the Elora Research Station, the rest were sold locally to farms from Crysler to Athens. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Elora has a closed herd; they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t buy from outside like we have at times, so theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very particular about things like bloodwork, anything that could skew research data,â&#x20AC;? Beach explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So when it came down to it, they were very particular about the cows, but not as particular about the heifers. So they ended up taking 43 heifers and 24 cows. That left about 10 heifers and 24 cows that were sold locally, including our top producer. She went to Prescott, which is nice. The heifers went to Elora in August, and the rest of them were sold so that we could shut down two of the barns because the staff were also leaving at that point. After that, we focused on the cows, because we still had some calves coming. We geared it up to be that the ones going to Elora would be

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The barns at Kemptville College now sit empty. The last cows were moved out Sept. 28.

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They were shipped on Sept. 28 and the staffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last day was Sept. 30. So we had a tight window there. The cows that were sold locally left between Sept. 25 and 30.â&#x20AC;?

Beach said that while this chapter may be closing in Kemptville, another chapter in field and crop research is just beginning. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a real segue because before Trevor DeVries (now an associate professor with the Department of Animal

Biosciences for the U of G), was the king, he was the dairy guy. He had more research going than anybody and he had most of the Masters/PhD students here. So it was very strong on the dairy side.

With that gone and Trevor now doing that research in Guelph, the focus for that research has changed geographically,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been able to interest researchers at the University of Guelph to do research in Winchester and in New Liskeard and

Emo. So thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the growth areas in the crop research.

And OMAFRA and the University of Guelph are both supporting that strongly.â&#x20AC;?

Much of that growth in field and crop research will be done in Dundas County, he added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re definitely amping up research on the quality side. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been doing a lot of middle of the road type of stuff, variety trials, things like that. But the type of stuff that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be

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Nutrient trials, especially on nitrogen, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be doing that in Dundas County.â&#x20AC;?

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Flag celebrated

The 50th anniversary of the Canadian Flag was celebrated at the 2015 IPM, with a float (above). The parade was marshalled by Joan O’Malley, who sewed the first prototype of the chosen maple leaf design. At right, the Canadian Cowgirls demonstrated their mounted precision drill team skill at the IPM.

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Plowmen recognized

Above, Garfield MacLennan (left), whose grandfather hosted the 1936 plowing match, and 100-year-old Fay Shaver, who plowed in the 1936 match, were frequently recgonized VIPs at the IPM.

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Rural Expo

There was something for everyone at the IPM. Top left: Avonmore Berry Farm was one of the local producers taking advantage of showcasing their produce to over 80,000 visitors. Top right: Equipment and machinery displays took up a large part of the Tented City and were popular stops with farmers. Below: Cheerful displays featuring sunflowers and scarecrows welcomed visitors as they approachd the site.

Several farm-themed fountains set up near the entrance to the tented city were welcome respites from the unseasonable (but appreciated) heat. Ram Rodeo was on hand with barrel racing, bronc riding and other rodeo favourites.

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E. Ontario 4-H’ers make western connection

by Nelson Zandbergen AgriNews Staff OUTH MOUNTAIN — THe SUMMer Of 2015 wON’T be SOON fOrgOTTeN by 10 DUNDAS COUNTy 4-H’erS AND AN eqUAl NUMber Of COUNTerpArTS frOM THe prOvOST 4-H ClUb, AlTA. The western group, located just south of Lloydminster, hosted the participating Dundas 4-H members July 8-18, while the locals returned the favour by welcoming the Albertans here Aug. 9-19.

“It’s been really, really good,” said Heather McDiarmid of Ormond, one of the local chaperone parents, at the South Mountain Fair, where the westerners enjoyed the sights and coped with the heat and humidity of an Ontario summer.

“It’s amazing what friendships they’ve developed,” added McDiarmid, whose home also served as one of eight in the area billeting the visitors ranging in age from 12 to 17.

When in Alberta, the Dundasians visited a couple of large beef feedlot operations as well as some “oil batteries,” also known as oil farms.

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To add to their authentic prairie experience, some members of the group got up at 7 a.m. one morning for a genuine cattle drive on the range. “So that was a highlight for some of the kids,” said McDiarmid.

“It’s a really keen group.”

She said they were struck by the drought affecting the region during their July visit and many other differences with farm life in Ontario.

“Even the 4-H programs are run differently,” she observed.

Meanwhile, the Alberta guests made a trip to Smyth’s Apple Orchard, visited a couple of tractor dealerships and saw some robotic dairy milkers in action. They also attended the Curd Fest in St. Albert.

They also found the heat unusual, and regular swimming. “We went swimming every day because you all have pools out here,” marvelled Cody Heck, 16, of Bodo, Alta.

“It’s rich, good crops out here,” added Heck of the lush conditions, noting that grain corn and soybeans don’t grow in his part of the country. He said his parents have a 1,500 ranch with 200 cow-calf pairs.

Competitors — with friends from Alberta

In front, a couple of Dundas County 4-H’ers, who went to Alberta earlier in the summer, pose with their entries in the South Mountain Fair’s Dairy Achievement Day in August — Reuben VanDenBroek and Bruce Porteous — along with chaperone Heather McDiarmid.

Behind them are participating visitors from Alberta (second row, from left) Hailey Johnstone, Justice Cromarty, Justen Johnstone, Kurtis McLean, Sara Heck, Megan Payne; (third row, from left) Martine Payne, Cody Heck, Alex McLaughlin, Robert Halvorson, and Ben Masson.

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Busy school year begins for new Stormont dairy educator

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Already since her hiring as Stormont Dairy Educator this past summer, Tracy Porteous has been busily raising awareness about the industry at local fairs and events. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m excited,â&#x20AC;? she exclaimed during one of her first public events in the position, overseeing the Stormont dairy producer committee booth at the Avonmore Fair, July 24.

Porteous is the recipient of one of two roles that opened up with the retirement of former longtime Dundas dairy educator Leslie Johnson â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who also fulfilled the same role in Stormont for the last two years.

The Ormond-based dairy farmer initially applied to replace Johnston in her home county but instead landed the paid position in Stormont after a July 2 telephone interview with program overseers at the Dairy Farmers of Ontario.

Saying itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not unusual for dairy educators to reside outside the county they serve, Porteous has her hands full with Stormont.

The county is home to more schools than Dundasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eight because geographic Stormont also takes in the City of Cornwall. It has more schools where French is the first language as well.

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Zandbergen photo â&#x20AC;&#x153;My French is a little rusty, but that will just be a challenge for me,â&#x20AC;? she said with a determined smile. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stormont is bigger in scope than Dundas.â&#x20AC;?

The new dairy educator is well equipped in terms of the required knowledge and experience. She and husband Ian run a 38-head milking herd at Ayrport Farms comprising â&#x20AC;&#x201D; unusually â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all three of the most common dairy cattle breeds. The farm takes its name from the Ayrshire cattle that have been a feature of the place for 130 years.

But their herd also features roughly equal numbers of Holsteins and Jerseysâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; the latter breed being shown by

their three children at local 4-H events. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I fell in love with them,â&#x20AC;? she said of the smaller, doe-eyed dairy cattle added to the Ayrport operation at her behest about five years ago.

A long-time volunteer with the 4-H program, Porteous herself was an avid 4-Her through her youth on the Brinston-area dairy farm of her parents, Francis and Doreen Henderson.

As dairy educator, she attends rural social events like fairs to promote knowledge about the dairy industry and dairy products as wholesome food. At the Avonmore Fair, the spectacle included the popular

hands-on Maple the artificial cow â&#x20AC;&#x201D; borrowed from the neighbouring producer committee in Dundas.

Her message is buttressed by official resource materials and displays that Porteous will draw upon when visiting elementary schools to deliver presentations tailored to the provincial curriculum. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We let the students know how important dairy is in their diet,â&#x20AC;? she said.

In addition to the nutritional component, she will educate Stormontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s up and coming generation about the practice of dairy farming, the technology involved, and career opportunities in the field.

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GFO Continued from page 18 govern the upcoming spring planting, which has an immediate impact on farm operations. Before ordering treated seed for 2016 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as they would normally do around now â&#x20AC;&#x201D; farmers must first seek the provinceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s permission and demonstrate a need by documenting pests in their soil this fall.

But those pest levels are down to begin with specifically because the neonic seed has been doing its job, according to GFO President Mark Brock. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of us are concerned we wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find the pests because weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve taken steps to control them, and therefore, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to basically fail â&#x20AC;Ś showing the pests so we can use the product,â&#x20AC;? says the Staffa, Ont., producer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So therefore we almost default to not being able to use it on more than 50 per cent of our acres,â&#x20AC;? he adds, also pointing to the presence of mature crops on many fields as an impediment to soil testing.

This catch-22 forms part of an â&#x20AC;&#x153;absurdity testâ&#x20AC;? the GFOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lawyer is prepared to argue at a future court date â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not yet set â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in a related attempt to delay the regulation by a year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to argue around this absurdity where [the province] is asking us to follow a rule thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not really followable.â&#x20AC;?

Meanwhile, while the GFO awaits the other court

date, the stay requested on Sept. 28 is a separate item that, if granted, would hold off the regulation until May 2016, placing that yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s corn and soybean crop beyond its reach.

But Brock clarified that his organization, in the end, is only asking to postpone the rules for a year, either way. This would allow the mandated annual pest assessment process for 2017 to occur next spring, before neonic-treated seed goes into the ground for 2016, which â&#x20AC;&#x153;makes more sense agronomically,â&#x20AC;? he explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We get it. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to use these products diligently,â&#x20AC;? he said, also chastising the government for a failture to â&#x20AC;&#x153;work with us to meet their policy objectives. And this is a situation where they just didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t listen to us anywhere along the way. And we get this crazy regulation that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make any sense and leaves everyone perplexed.â&#x20AC;?

The GFO hopes to have a ruling on its stay request â&#x20AC;&#x153;sooner rather than later.

There is a sense of urgency around this,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The eventual near-elimination of neonic-treated seed envisioned by the Ontario regulation by 2019 will cost growers more than $600-million annually in lost production, according to the GFO, which maintains the Wynne Liberals have eschewed science by targeting the pesticide in a bid to protect honeybees.

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Conservative leader Patrick Brown struck the same chord about ensuring policy is based on science while criticizing Premier Kathleen Wynne as both shared the stage at the opening of the International Plowing Match Sept. 22.

And at Queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Park last month, NDP Agriculture Critic John Vanthof highlighted how the regulation will eventually require certified crop advisors to sign off on a farmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s need for treated seed, while banning those professionals associated with seed companies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So the majority of crop advisors are now out of the gameâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;these are people the farmers have trusted for years. Does the Minister of Agriculture actually believe that these people arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t competent or independent?â&#x20AC;? asked Vanthof.

Brock confirmed the issue, noting the available supply of consultants drops to only about 50 across Ontario once seed company employees are excluded.

Starting in 2017, crop consultants must verify soil pest assessments, as part of farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; permission-seeking process for treated seed. But farmers will be able to conduct the assessments by themselves in two out of three years, under a rotating system depending on county, he said.

At the moment, farmers wanting to sow more than 50 per cent of their cropland with treated seed fall under the regulation. This will ramp up to include any amount of land over the next couple of years.

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E. Ontario 4-Hâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ers â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Go for the Goldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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The winners now qualify to compete at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, Nov. 7.

Principal of the school, Jacques Heroux, stood centre stage and posed the questions during the final.

Each team had five members who tackled a range of questions about agricultural practices, livestock, maple syrup production, as well as the country of Kenya for good measure. A panel of judges sat opposite the stage to check and verify answers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were really, really impressed with the knowledge these kids came through with,â&#x20AC;? said Stormont Go for the Gold committee chair Cynthia Daoust afterward. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some have been preparing since March.â&#x20AC;?

Daoust thanked Grenville Mutual Insurance as main event sponsor, as well as The Eastern Ontario AgriNews for contributing toward the individual medals awarded in the competition, while Farm Credit Canada funded the main team trophy.

Carleton County 4-H members (in green shirts) receive their â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Go for the Goldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; trophies in Crysler. From left: Sarah Dean, Michael Cousens, Devon Dean, Farm Credit Canada representative Amy Gendreau (trophy sponsor), Michael Sullivan, Eastern Ontario AgriNews Editor Nelson Zandbergen (on behalf of the medal sponsor), and adult leaders Leah Dean and Annette Cousens.

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Second time around for Aryvale Farms as Ayrshire Premier Breeder

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Although both shows were smaller than in past years, it remained a grand collection of cattle in both rings, where Aryvale Farms and Hendercroft Holsteins succeeded in holding on to their premier titles earned last year.

Judge Glenn Barkley, in the Holstein junior division, selected a junior calf as its Grand Champion â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Delcreek Hannah Montana owned by Peter Rylaarsdam. Reserve Champion was Petitclerc Atwood Alexine, a junior yearling shown by 4-H member Justin Velthuis and owned by Riverdown Holsteins. Velthuis also placed first in Senior Showmanship. Honourable

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In the Ayrshire show, judged by Brian McFarlane, the Junior Grand Champion went to Fairburn McKenna, shown by 4-H member Philip Sullivan and owned by Neil Kittle. Sullivan also placed first in Senior Showmanship. Reserve Champion was Brixham Rock Starlight, an intermediate calf owned by Dave Bergeron, while calf Jameshaven Dreamer Brie, owned by Jenna James, Michael and Monique Bols, received Honourable Mention.

The Grand Champion Ayrshire was a mature cow owned by Greg and Heather Mount â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ayrvale Modems Pampas ET. She also won Best Udder.

Reserve Champion was Sunnymeade 9mm Kansas, a five year old owned by Jaron Cotton; and Honourable Mention went

to Glen Powellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s threeyear-old Glen Robert Miller Chill. Top Breeder was awarded to Jaron Cotton (Sunnymead Farms), Premier Exhibitor was Aryvale Farms and Premier Breeder went to Glen Roberts Farms.

A senior three year old, owned by Herb Henderson (Hendercroft Holsteins), Hendercroft Fever Bazooka, was selected as Grand Champion in the Holstein show, and as Supreme Champion overall, beating out the champion Ayrshire. She also won Best Udder. Reserve Champion was Breezehill Gold Jocelyne, another senior three year old; and five-year-old Hendercroft Jasper Jawbreaker received Honourable Mention. Hendercroft also placed first in the Breeders Herd division and, based on most points, was Premier Exhibitor and Premier Breeder; placing second was Peter Rylaarsdam (Delcreek Farms).

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From left: Honourable Mention, Glen Robert Miller Chill, with Glen Powell; Reserve Grand Champion, Sunnymead 9mm, with Jaron Cotton; and Grand Champion Aryvale Modeums Pampas ET, with Philip Sullivan and Judge Brian McFarlane.

Holstein Premier champs

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In addition to having Grand Champion Holstein, Hendercroft Holsteins took home Premier Exhibitor and Premier Breeder at the 2015 Carleton-Russell Holstein Show on Oct. 1 in Metcalfe. From left: Chad Henderson, Courtney Henderson, Courtney Ray and Herb Henderson.

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Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new Queen of the Furrow from Grenville

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New Holstein prefixes for Smith sisters

Kelsey (left) and Cassidy (right) Smith, daughters of Lil and Barry Smith of Rosevine Farms on Goldfield Road near Berwick, are participants in a new program from the Ontario Holstein Association for youth between the ages of 15 and 25. This program, which is designed to encourage young people to get involved in Holstein breeding, began in 2015. The Smith sisters were able to use it to develop their own cattle prefixes to help them get ahead in developing their own Holstein breeding program.

Kelseyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prefix is Goldfield Holsteins and Cassidyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Primrose Holsteins, both of which speak to their familial dairy heritage.

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Price completes her time as Ontario Queen of the Furrow with the closing of the 2015 IPM and stated that it is a bittersweet time as she will miss her trips to Eastern Ontario assisting in the promotion and planning of this IPM. She said, â&#x20AC;&#x153; It feels like I have family out East.â&#x20AC;? She plans to help out with the Queen of the Furrow competition in her home county of Simcoe, while continuing to work as a full-time sales rep at Cargill, a company she describes as â&#x20AC;&#x153;awesomeâ&#x20AC;? in their support of her role this past year.

In fact, Price and Chant spent most of the remaining two days of the 2015 IPM together as Price fulfilled her Ontario Queen of the Furrow duties, while Chant was able to gain a bit of understanding of the role she will play in the 2016 IPM, which will be held in Wellington County. She is looking forward to being involved in the planning and promotion of that event. Price added that she will be there to assist as needed for Chant as she begins her reign as the 2015-2016 Ontario Queen of the Furrow.

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It is a natural outcome of demographics, as the baby boomers hired during the expansion in advisory services that took place 30 years ago, reach the â&#x20AC;&#x153;age and years of serviceâ&#x20AC;? when pension kicks in and going to work stops making economic sense. In many cases, the years of experience and expertise these people have to offer is not all lost to the industry as several â&#x20AC;&#x153;retiredâ&#x20AC;?

OMAFRA staff have taken other positions with agribusiness.

Harold House, the highly regarded dairy and beef cattle housing engineer

located in OMAFRAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Clinton office, retired in June 2015. Fortunately, his services will still be available to dairy producers looking for livestock housing advice. House has joined Jack Rodenburg as a partner in DairyLogix.

Rodenburg, who started the company in 2008 after retiring from the extension service himself, is very pleased to have Harold on the team.

According to Rodenburg, â&#x20AC;&#x153;the demand for dairy housing advice across North America is at an alltime high, particular-

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House is a Dairyland Initiative Certified Consultant for designing youngstock supplemental positive pressure tube ventilation systems and also has expertise in housing beef cattle, goats and sheep.

To contact House, check the DairyLogix website at www.dairylogix.com or at harold@dairylogix.com, phone 519-440-6017 or to contact Jack Rodenburg, jack@dairylogix.com, phone 519-532-7194 .

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The nominees selected for the 2015 Canadian Jersey Cow of the Year competition are as follows: 1. Fermar Paramount Joy, Breeder: Ferme Fermar Inc., Quebec Owner: Nic, Jeni, Ben and Andy Sauder, Illinois; 2. Lone Pine Giller Donna, Breeder & Owner: Lone Pine Jerseys, Alberta; 3. Rosalea Jedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cybil,

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SOUTH STOrmONT received A reSTOwNSHip Of SOUTH STOrmONT AT THe SepT. 9 cOUNciL meeTiNG. South Stormont had received a request from Share-A-Watt Community Power Services Inc. for a resolution of support for their two Feed-in-Tariff projects (500 kW/600 kW) ground-mounted solar developments adjacent to each other, St. Andrews Solar LP and Simon Fraser Solar LP. Mayor Jim Clipper Seed Cleaners Bancroft responded to a concern about visibility of ArrowCorp the solar farms from the Indents, Destoners, Gravity Tables, Groat Cutters, 401 raised by Councillor Scalper Aspirators David Smith, by describing OLUTiON Of SUppOrT frOm THe

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More information on each nominee will be available in the Dec/Jan issue of the Canadian Jersey Breeder and on the Jersey Canada website in late October. Voting begins Nov. 3, 2015; voting ends Jan. 15, 2016.

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Thanksgiving recipes from Normaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kitchen

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As a family we have turkey and ham. I always buy the spiral ham so there is more meat for breakfast. We have stuffing regular and gluten free, special potatoes, sweet potatoes, beans or broccoli, gravy, cheese, pickles homemade bread or buns and dessertsâ&#x20AC;Śpie, pie and pie and then more dessert. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so glad my family helps out! All homemade and yummy! Hope you enjoy a few of our favourites. slow cooker cream corn (I thought it sounded disgusting too!) But it's delicious!

1 large bag of frozen corn (I have made this with 6 ears of fresh corn taken off the cob) 1 cup 10% cream 1 teaspoon sugar 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper 8 ounces cream cheese, cubed 1/2 cup butter 6 sprigs of fresh thyme Place corn into a slow cooker. Stir in cream, sugar and pepper until well combined.

Top with butter and cream cheese. Cover and cook on high medium for 2-3 hours.

Uncover and stir until butter and cream cheese are well combined. Cover and cook on high heat for an additional 15 minutes.

Serve immediately. make ahead gravy 2 celery sticks, trimmed and roughly chopped 2 carrots, roughly sliced 2 onions, peeled and quartered 5 sprigs fresh thyme 5 fresh sage leaves 4 sprigs of fresh rosemary 10 chicken wings olive oil sea salt freshly ground black pepper 2 tablespoons cornstarch mixed in Ÿ cup cold water Preheat the oven to 400°F. Put the vegetables and herbs into a sturdy bottomed roasting tray. Put the chicken wings in the pan, drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle over and a few pinches of salt and pepper, then toss everything together and put in the oven to cook for 1 hour, or until the meat is tender and falling off the bone.

Take the pan out of the oven, and put it on top of stove over a low heat and use a potato masher to really grind and mash everything up. Keep mashing, moving and scraping all the goodness from the bottom of the pan as you go. Gradually mix in the corn starch/water to thicken the mixture. The longer you let everything

www.agrinews.ca fry, the darker your gravy will be. When the flour is combined, um heat until the onions are translucent. pour in 6 cups of hot water, turn the heat up and bring to the boil 2. In a large bowl, add breadcrumbs and sage and season for 10 minutes, till thickened, then turn down the heat and simwell. Stir in butter/onion mixture to bind the mixture together. mer for about 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.

3. Place the stuffing in an ovenproof dish and dot with extra When it has reached the consistency you're looking for, check butter (I use up to a Ÿ cup extra) and bake in the oven at 350°F the seasoning then push it through a sieve into a large bowl. for approximately 30 minutes, or until the stuffing is golden Really push and mash everything through so you get as much brown and firm to touch. Enjoy! flavour as possible. Discard anything left behind. Once it has hello nana g squares cooled down to room temperature put it into containers or freezer 4 tablespoons melted butter bags and pop it in your freezer. Take out Thanksgiving morning.

1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs Finishing the gravy. Take turkey out of pan leaving the juices.

1 cup mini marshmallows Add the thawed gravy. Warm until ready to serve. How easy 1 cup chocolate chips was that!

1 can sweetened condensed milk farm house Bread Melt butter in 9x13 pan. Add graham cracker crumbs. Mix ½ teaspoon sugar together and press into bottom of pan.

1 cup warm water Sprinkle remaining ingredients on top of graham cracker crust 2 tablespoons honey in order given.

2 tablespoons vegetable oil Pour sweetened condensed milk over top evenly.

1 egg Bake at 350°F oven for 20-25 minutes.

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Giant Tiger to build distribution centre in Johnstown Industrial Park

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of edwardsburgh Cardinal have announCed the signing of a Conditional agreement for the aCquisition of land at the

Johnstown industrial park, sept. 30.

Giant Tiger Stores Limited is set to become the first neighbour for the only company thus far located in the industrial park — the GreenField Ethanol Plant.

The intended use of the land is to build Giant Tiger’s new consolidated dry goods distribution centre in support of the company’s continued expansion strategy throughout Canada.

“Distribution and warehousing are core functions of the Giant Tiger business model,” said Thomas Haig, president and CEO, Giant Tiger Stores Limited. “The Johnstown Industrial Park was chosen due to its proximity to our store base, access to 400 series highways and its ability to support future growth opportunities due to the size of the property – all key features as we look to continue our growth momentum. It was also attractive in terms of proximity for our existing workforce and the pleasant lifestyle available to those wishing to relocate to the area. We are optimistic about the opportunities that this acquisition will facilitate and look forward to being a part of the Johnstown community,” added Haig.

“We are honoured that Giant Tiger has chosen Johnstown Industrial Park to build its new distribution centre and look forward to being a part of the legendary Canadian retailer’s evolution,” said Township Mayor Patrick Sayeau.

“The Johnstown Industrial Park is one of Ontario’s first “Certified Site Program” industrial parks.

The Program encourages efficient site selection and helps projects get underway faster.”

“This is tremendous news! Giant Tiger’s decision to locate here will bring significant revenue

and jobs into the area,” said Augusta Township Mayor Doug Malanka. “Augusta Township congratulates Edwardsburgh Cardinal and applauds Giant Tiger for choosing Edwardsburgh Cardinal and the South Grenville area as home for its new warehouse. Mayors in South Grenville understand that new industry in any one of our municipalities benefits all and are committed to working closely to attract new business, large and small.”

“Prescott is very happy to have been able to provide the water and sewer services necessary for such a fantastic addition to the economic community here in the Augusta/ Edwardsburgh Cardinal/Prescott region,” said Prescott Mayor Brett Todd. “This demonstrates the results that teamwork can have when it comes to bringing in new jobs and economic development.

And a big thank you is of course again owed to Giant Tiger for the company's ongoing commitment here, shown both by this facility and by the big investment in a new store in Prescott earlier in 2015.”

GT’s current Ottawabased distribution centres employ approximately 300 full- and part-time positions. With the expansion, the new location will require additional employees, which will be added over time. GT operates three dry goods facilities in Ottawa, as well as temperature-controlled facilities in Brockville and Brantford.

There will be no changes to the temperature-controlled facilities, as they were recently expanded. giant tiger In 1961, Giant Tiger Stores Limited opened its first store in Ottawa. The business was started with a very simple idea – keep the cost of operation low and sell a large volume of merchandise at everyday low prices. It is the adherence to this idea that has allowed Giant Tiger to grow to over 200 stores across Canada, including locations in Prescott, Brockville, Kemptville and Morrisburg,

Ont. For more information, visit www.gianttiger.com. industrial park Johnstown Industrial Park is a 270-acre fully serviced, divisible vacant undeveloped land with two access points. The property offers multi-modal transportation access, within a few minutes drive of Highways 401 and 416, the St. Lawrence River Seaway deep water port, border crossing to the United States and rail spur potential.

The proposed Giant Tiger Stores Limited distribution cente will be located in the Johnstown Industrial Park and become the first neighbour to the park’s current sole occupant, the GreenField Ethanol plant.

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Canadian Foodgrains raises funds for developing countries

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The local churches in Dundas County are Inkerman United, the Christian Reformed Church in Dixons Corners and the Christian Reformed Church in Williamsburg.

Locally, the organization has raised over $250,000 and the organization has participants from every province except for Quebec.

They have 15 member agencies and committed $41-million in funding to 125 projects in 39 countries that benefit about 1.1-million people worldwide. The money is not always invested in food but used in teaching farmers in poorer countries in South America, Africa and Southeast Asia.

There was a fundraiser in 2011 that took place in Moncton, Ont., where 120 combines attempted to set a world record as the fastest to harvest 160 acres of soybeans. The group managed to devour the 160 acres in 11.43 minutes but failed to beat the world record of 11 minutes

Vurayayi Pugeni (right) and Bill Vermilya pose for a picture after teeing off on the first hole at Cloverdale Links in Winchester. Pugeni picked Vermilya because it was his first time golfing and was looking for some tips. The group raise $5,000 for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank.

Moore photos and eight seconds; however, they raised over $200,000 for the cause.

Some church groups even sell pumpkins in Ottawa as means of fundraising. The organizer of the charity in Dundas County is Keith Smith from Mountain, Ont., who has been involved for over 20 years and has travelled to some of the countries the organization helps.

He describes these places as being very poor and in need of food but most of all the knowledge to grow their own crops and take care of themselves.

Smith even sponsored a family from Zimbabwe to come to Canada. Vurayayi Pugeni and his wife came to Canada with nothing and lived with Smith. Pugeniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

wife actually arrived before him and was eight months pregnant at the time. She gave birth to a girl and they now with their two girls reside in Winnipeg. When Pugeni arrived in Canada, he started work at Emerald Links Golf Couse in Manotick Station and then moved on to work as a custodian at the Ottawa Carleton School Board. He studied at the University of Victoria in South Africa and completed his Master's Degree in Social Studies at Ottawaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Carleton Universty. Pengeni is currently working with the Mennonite Central Committee in Winnipeg and is actively involved with the CFB. He flew from Winnipeg to take part in the golf tournament.

Vurayayi Pugeni of the Mennonite Central Committee (left), Keith Smith of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank and golfer Bill Vermilya share some lunch and stories before heading out to golf. Smith sponsored Pugeni to Canada a few years ago and were reunited for the tournament.

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Hereford and Simmental competition at the Stormont County Fair

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Farms Casselman; Hereford Grand Champion Female: NPG Polled Herefords, North Gower; Hereford Reserve Champion Female: Bradley Farms, Casselman; Hereford Premier Breeder: NPG Polled Herefords, North Gower; Hereford Premier Exhibitor: Bradley Farms, Casselman; Supreme Male: NPG Polled Herefords, North Gower; and Supreme Female: NPG Polled Herefords, North Gower.

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Tops in conformation in S. Mountain

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At the South Mountain Fair’s 4-H Achievement Day dairy competition, Bruce Porteous (right) had Grand Champion Calf with Tanbark Grayson Street Cred, Emma Farlinger (left) had Reserve Champion Calf with Signature Gold Katwin, and Kelly Somerville had Honourable Mention Calf with Guyview McCuthchen Muffet.

Top showpersons in S. Mountain Judged to have the most skill showing cattle in the 4-H ring in August were Grand Champion Showman Emma Farlinger (right), Reserve Champion Showman Holly Somerville (middle) and Honourable Mention Showman Meagan Scheepers.

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Fleeing young showman Peewee showman 001 had enough of leading a calf around the ring at the South Mountain Fair’s Dairy Achievement Day. The photo captures him sprinting away from his mature helper, moments after a mischievous grin.

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Nominate until Oct. 31 to the Ontario Ag Hall of Fame Nominations for 2016 Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame due October 31 There’s still time to recognize the achievements of outstanding individuals with a nomination to the Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame. October 31 is the deadline for submissions to be considered for induction in June 2016.

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Rippinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;er for Stormont County

Stormont County Queen of the Furrow Fabienne Kagi (left and below) powered a Case tractor up an opened furrow during the provincial Queen of the Furrow competition at the IPM in Finch. Kagiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parents, Armin and Monica, were the Mayor and First Lady of the IPM as hosting landowners.

Steady as she goes Northumberland Queen of the Furrow Apryl Linton wrestles with a team of Percherons while trying to plow a perfect furrow. More than two dozen Queens of the Furrow from around Ontario competed in plowing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with Linton alone trying the horse-drawn method â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as they vied for the provincial Queen of the Furrow title at the IPM and Rural Expo in Finch.

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Female Calf born after March 1: 1st and Honourable Mention â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Murrayholm Lookout Loving Live (Murrayholm Farms); 2nd â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Roclane Mascalese Ice Me Up (Roger and Margaret Courville); Female Calf born Dec. 1 to Feb. 28: 1st and Reserve Jr. Champion â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Liberty-Gen Baton Rouge (Murrayholm Farms); 2nd â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Wenallt Reginald Miami (Wenallt Holsteins).

Female Calf born Sept. 1 to Nov. 30: 1st and Jr. Champion â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Redlodge Brokaw Adrenaline (Lucas Kagi); 2nd â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Redlodge Brokaw Admire (Monica and Armin Kagi).

Female Summer Yearling born March 1 to Aug. 31: 1st â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Crasdale Uno Carly (Iris Wolfenberger and Peter Rylersdam); 2nd â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Goldfield/Primrose Frogholm Holswith (Kelsey and Cassidy Smith); Female Senior Yearling: 1st â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Redlodge Saloon Avenue

(Kagis); 2nd â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Wenallt Braxton Kittyrose (Wenallt Holsteins).

Jr. Herd: 1st â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Redlodge Monica and Armin Kagi; 2nd â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Wenallt Holsteins.

Jr. Female 3-year-old: 1st â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Wenallt Atwood March Madness (Wenallt Holsteins); 2nd â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Quality Goldchip Frantasia (Rosevine Farms); Sr. Female 2-year-old: 1st â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Limbra Windbrook Rachel (Huybregts Farms Ltd.); 2nd â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Knonaudale Moustachio (Knonaudale Farms).

Female 3-year-old: 1st and Honourable Mention â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Torpedo Dempsey Daisy (Wenallt); 2nd â&#x20AC;&#x201C; KAS Sid Rogue (Knonaudale); Female 4-year-old: 1st â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Knonaudale Denzel Klassy (Knonaudale); 2nd â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jacobs Goldwyn Lotty (Knonaudale).

Female 5-year-old: 1st â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Rosevine Oscar Loni (Rosevine Farms); 2nd â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Limbra Garret Kizzy (Huybregts Farms Ltd.).

Mature cow: 1st and Grand Champion â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Redlodge Gold Avery (Kagi); 2nd â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Limbra Goldwyn Jess (Huybregts).

Best Udder: 1st and Reserve Grand Champion â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Murrayholm Windbrook Lely; 2nd â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Torpedo Dempsey Daisy.

Breederâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Herd: 1st â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Knonaudale Farms; 2nd â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Huybregts Farms.

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Championship Novice Showman â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Katie Bender; Reserve Novice Showman â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jasmine Uhr. Junior Showmanship (4H members age 12-14): 1st â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Janine Spichlig; 2nd â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Terry Ennis; 3rd â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Emma Moran; 4th â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jeremy Chevalley; 5th â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Shannon McRae; 6th â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Patrick Daoust; 7th â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Kiel Coleman; 8th â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jeremy Martin; 9th â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Dougie Robinson; 10th â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Cadence Logtens.

Champion Junior Showman â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Janine Spichlig; Reserve Junior Showman â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Emma Moran; Honourable Mention â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jeremy Chevalley.

Intermediate Showmanship (4-H members age 15-17): 1st â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Aimee Vanloon; 2nd â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jonathon

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Champion Intermediate Showman â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Aimee Vanloon; Reserve Intermediate Champion â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jonathon Buiting; Honourable Mention â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Kaley Huybregts.

Senior Showmanship (4H members age 18-21): 1st â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Kelsey Smith; 2nd â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Maxime Quesnel; 3rd â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Lucas Kagi; 4th â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Cassidy Smith; 5th â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Kelsey Winters; 6th â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Justin Brooks; 7th â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Colleen Shirley.

Champion Senior Showman â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Kelsey Smith; Reserve Senior Showman and Honourable Mention â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Lucas Kagi.

Grand Champion Showman â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Kelsey Smith; Reserve Grand Champion Showman â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Maxime Quesnel.

Junior Heifer (March 1 and younger): 1st â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jasmine Uhr with Signature Bro Candy; 2nd â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Nadia Uhr with Knonaudale Atlanta; 3rd â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Julianna Martin with Martville Artired Rebecca; 4th â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jonas Goodman with Stanlee Careyprice Emily; Continued on page 42

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4-H Achievement Continued from page 41 5th – Chase Dingwall with Landel Legacy Nevaeh.

Intermediate Heifer (Dec. 1, 2014 to Feb. 28, 2015): 1st – Patrick Daoust with Cyn Lorr Tristar; 2nd – Alex Beaudette with

Top showman

Bonvale Fever Naava; 3rd – Kiel Coleman with Stanlee Chelios Windstorm; 4th – Shannon McRae with Blondin Windbrook Alizee; 5th – Haleigh-Jo Tepite with Paynebranch Careyprice Anneka; 6th – Emma Moran with Payneside Be Gone; 7th –

Kelsey Smith (right) won the Champion Senior Showman at the Stormont County Fair in early September in Newington. Maxime Quesnel (left) took home the Reserve Senior Showman.

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www.agrinews.ca Cadence Logtens with Payneside Chelios Windstorm; 8th – Stephanie Spichlig with Valley Avon Valention Lumina; 9th – Alexandra Bretzler with Bretzler Farms Baylee.

Senior Heifer (Sept. 1 to Nov. 30, 2014): 1st – Lucas Kagi with Redlodge Brokaw Adrenaline; 2nd – Kelsey Smith with Weeberlac Doorman Premium; 3rd – Aimee Vanloon with Payneside DBR Trading Places; 4th – Dougie Robinson with Payneside GG Candy Crush; 5th – Courtney Courville with Roclane Dempsey Whiskers; 6th – Kaley Huybregts with Libri Dutchess Sparkle; 7th – Jonathon Buiting with Limbra Lancity Vixen; 8th – Katie Bender with Payneside GG Goldcard; 9th – Annie Bender with Payneside Got To Go; 10th-Jeremy Chevalley with Weenarda Doorman Lydia.

Summer Yearling (June 1 to Aug. 31, 2014): 1st – Joshua Moran with Payneside All Canadian Cheddar; 2nd – Trevor Nyenkemp with Eastside Goldwyn Elegance; 3rd – Wyatt Bender with Payneside Jenna James; 4th

Keeping a calf under control

Joshua Uhr of Knonaudale Farms, Crysler, shared a steady gaze with the camera while keeping a steady hand on his heifer during the youth division of the Stormont County Fair’s annual Holstein Show.

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– Gracin MacMacMillan with Kearnsvale Chelios Pita Sugar; 5th – Justin Brooks with Cyn Lorr Carole; 6th – Connor McLaughlin with Frogholm Reginald Nectar.

Junior Yearling (March 1 to May 31, 2014): 1st – Cassidy Smith with Leitchcroft High Fever Clara; 2nd – Kelsey Winters with Straathof Doorman Halo 1500; 3rd –

Elise Solesme with Crasdale Uno Carly.

Grand Champion Dairy Hiefer – Lucas Kagi; Reserve Grand Champion Dairy Heifer – Kelsey Smith.

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“... it’s the best.

I wouldn’t want to freshen cows without it.”

— Boyd Schaufelberger

(At right) Boyd with now 3-yr-old fresh with 2nd calf Schaufine Sanchez Riley. As a 2-yr-old, she was VG-88 with 30,000M. Above from left are sisters Rustic, Rise and Riley.

SCHAUFINE FARMS, Greenville, Illinois Boyd, Sandy, Amy and Erin Schaufelberger 120 reg. Holsteins 25,570M 833F 764P 18 EX, 54 VG, 42 GP — 21 EX Udders SCC average 143,000 “We use Udder Comfort™ on fresh cows 2x/day for 2 to 7 days. We’ve had really good results restoring quality faster for more balanced udders. It works better than other products and is gentle to skin.

I wouldn’t want to freshen cows without Udder Comfort,” say Boyd Schaufelberger and employee Bobby Cole.

Boyd and Sandy milk 120 Holsteins and raise 150 replacements at Schaufine Farms, Greenville, Illinois, where they breed for high-type, functional cows with deep pedigrees without sacrificing milk. They are proud of the herd’s 21 EX udders. Boyd is active in state and national Holstein Associations.

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