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Pork has always required more care in cooking than other meats. Now a study claims nearly 70 percent of pork contains antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
BY RANDA WAGNER Morrow County Sentinel Pork products have recently come under scrutiny by consumer groups for harboring a hard-to-pronounce bacteria that can cause food poisoning, especially in children. Yersinia enterocolitica came under the microscope after Consumer Reports recently performed an analysis of American pork in grocery and specialty stores. Their findings were that many samples contained high levels of a bacterium, and much of the bacteria samples were resistant to antibiotics. According to the report, Yersinia enterocolitica was found in 69% of samples tested (148 samples of pork chops and 50 samples of ground pork). The samples came from a wide range of stores in six American cities. Y.
enterocolitica is less familiar to the public than contaminants such as salmonella and E. coli, but it sickens about 100,000 Americans a year, especially children, the elderly and those with weakened immune systems. Where does it come from? Pork producers put antibiotics in animal feed to prompt to livestock grow larger. According to Dr. Urvashi Rangan, Director of Safety and Sustainability at Consumer Reports, “Antibiotics are routinely fed to healthy animals at low levels. This practice promotes the development of antibiotic resistant bacteria which are a major public health concern.” Antibiotics were, at one time, administered to farm animals only when an animal exhibited signs of infection. Research suggest animals now destined for
the dinner table are routinely given a steady supply of antibiotics in feed supplements and in water, regardless of whether there’s evidence of any disease. GreenLiving.com says though this “sub-therapeutic” use of antibiotic drugs helps animals grow slightly larger (about two or three percent). Some farmers argue that the constant use of antibiotics also helps to prevent diseases that would otherwise spread quickly in the crowded pens that are common on factory farms. “The single biggest problem we face in infectious disease today is the rapid growth of resistance to antibiotics,” said Glenn Morris, director of the Emerging Pathogens Institute at the University of Florida. “Human use contributes to that, but use in animals clearly has a part, too.”
Though the major animal carrier for Y. enterocolitica strains that cause human illness is pigs, other strains are also found in animals including rodents, rabbits, sheep, cattle, horses, dogs, and cats. Pork, however, has always received a ‘bad rap’ when it comes to concerns over undercooking. The United States Department of Agriculture points out that these products are in compliance with national food safety guidelines, and the National Pork Producers Council has questioned the validity of the entire Consumer Reports study. Since the likelihood of pork producers abandoning the practice of regularly using antibiotics is no more likely than beef or poultry producers doing the same, the consumer must bear the responsibility of taking whatever pre-
cautions are necessary to reduce the risk of infection. Just as with poultry, raw meat should not be cut on the same surface as vegetables, and anyone who has handled raw meat should thoroughly wash his or her hands as soon as possible. Place cutting boards and other utensils used to prepare raw meat directly into the dishwasher or wash thoroughly with soap. Consumer Reports found that ground pork was more likely than pork chops to harbor the bacterium. If you are pressure canning pork at home, 10 pounds of pressure equates to 240 degrees, so canning kills the bacteria. Otherwise, pork should be cooked to 145 degrees for whole pieces of meat and 160 degrees for ground pork. “The problem is, we don’t typically cook our foods to that high of a temperature,” said
Jeffrey LeJeune, microbiologist with OSU Extension and the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center. Consumers can also check the meat for a USDA label reading “No antibiotics used.” These meats usually come at a higher cost to consumers, though. Where does this leave pork producers? The National Pork Producers Council has challenged the report from Consumers Report on the basis of methodology and sample size. “The low number of samples tested (198) does not provide a nationally informative estimate of the true prevalence of the cited bacteria on meat,” the NPPC responded. “Yersinia enterocolitica has more than 50 serotypes and several biotypes, only a few of which are pathogenic.” The debate lingers on.
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BY GARY BROCK gbrock@civitasmedia.com How much is your farm land worth? The answer to that question is usually pretty easy. A farmer can call his County Auditor’s Office and get the latest appraised value of his land, and he can also contact a local realtor to determine his land’s market value, or sale price. A farmer can also calculate his land value based on the state of Ohio’s “CAUV” formula. So an acre of farm land can have several “values” depending on what this value is needed for. In 2012, however, the easiest answer to the question, “How much is your farm land worth?” is this: “It’s worth a whole bushel of money more than it was a year ago!” In fact, it is very possible that Ohio’s agriculture land is worth more today than at any time in history. And that is in real dollars or adjusted for inflation dollars. To many people, that comes as a startling revelation. But to those in the agriculture business, or those who deal with appraising the value of land, it is no surprise at all.
From many angles, it has never been a better time to be a farmer. Now I will tell you that there are a lot of farmers who will scoff at that notion. At least they will scoff at it publicly. But I suspect that deep inside, they probably know that despite things like the 2012 drought, the rash of regulations and laws and government paperwork, the recession and competition overseas, what farmers are earning for what they produce could be at an alltime high. And that is part of what is driving these record agriculture land values. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s “Land Values 2012 Summary” the value per acre of Ohio’s farm land rose 13.6 percent over 2013, with an average price per acre of about $5,000. That’s back up by county after county where property reappraisals are being done this year. A survey by ACRES of Southwest Ohio found that all the counties doing these reappraisals this year - required of each Ohio county every six years by the county Auditor - were showing significant increases in
Gary Brock agricultural property values. That is even when the value of residential property in those same counties was going down. Of course, for property tax purposes, the appraised value of land and the market price of the land are two different things. But both numbers are trending upward here in Ohio. A third measure is also showing farm land value going up. The CAUV Current Agricultural Use Value - is also way up. In Highland County, for instance, this measure of farm land value jumped more than 40 percent in the last year. CAUV is a real estate tax assessment program which gives owners of farmland the chance to have their parcels taxed
according to their value in agriculture, rather than full market value. It is the result of a referendum passed by Ohio voters in November, 1973. Most farmers take part in this program because it means a savings for them in real estate taxes. But that is the “other side” of all this good news. Ohio State Extension expert Barry Ward, predicted recently that while 2012 was great for Ohio farm land value, 2013 might just be even better. That’s great news — sort of. Because as the value of the land rises, so does the tax obligation, regardless of which measure is used to calculate what the land owner owes. As we start 2013 this month, predictions are very positive about land value, and that is based on what most people expect to be record prices for crops per acre this year. That predicted increase should offset easily any increase in taxes for farmers when they go to pay their tax bills next year. At least, if all goes according to plans... Gary Brock is editor of ACRES of Southwest Ohio.
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and Doc alerted the rest of us. Pop is one of our own, of course. A couple of years ago, he took his coffee black and his philosophy straight at the philosophy counter at the Mule Barn. It was cold, and they found his heavy coat still in his room, so this wasn’t good. The deputies checked out the interstate and volunteers hit the all-night diners to see if he’d checked in there. No luck. The cook at the home was crying, and she said Pop had been talking about going to see his buddy, Jasper, again, and did we
know someone named Jasper? Sure. Jasper Blankenship, up at the cabin in the mountains. When we heard this, the hunt took more form. Two guys started up at Jasper’s place and worked down the road. Steve and Dud both went horseback and started from the edge of town. Steve found him. Pop was sitting and shivering under a tree high up on a ridge. Steve used the cell phone to let us know he was all right, then built a fire and wrapped a blanket around Pop.
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Keeping livestock healthy in winter BY ZACHARY GRIMM knoxcitizen@ohcommedia.com As the weather gets colder as the year comes to an end while another begins, it’s very important to remember that our livestock need help to make it through the winter, just as we sometimes struggle. The local vets in
Fredericktown and Mt. Vernon have some tips on how to help our animals through this rollercoaster of a season. Phil Dilts, of The Fredericktown Veterinary Practice, says that animals such as cows and horses tend to deal with the colder temperatures alone. But coupled
with being wet, as may happen a lot more often in a warm winter such as Ohio can have, it can be much more of a challenge to keep livestock healthy. The second issue is one that may not always be considered thoroughly, and that is the idea that owners of animals like cows and horses would want
to keep their animals sheltered. We know they can manage to stay warm, in fact, cows typically have a thermoneutral zone right around 50 degrees. That is, they can still maintain their body temperature at this level with little or no exertion of energy to do so. But, if we shelter them too tightly, what can happen is that they can easily develop lung issues. As they are sheltered so close together, the fumes from their urine and movements have nowhere to go, thus the livestock breathe them in. So, it’s very important to keep your shelters ventilated in the winter, but not to excess. Besides the health issues from their bodily functions, livestock can also easily accumulate mites and other skin parasites from overcrowding. Food is also a very important consideration, but perhaps not in the ways you might think. Dilts says that sometimes he hears of livestock owners who want to feed their horses more grain in the winter months, assum-
ing the animals need more calories when it’s much colder. But, Dilts adds, if you feed them more grain instead of just hay, “that’s like giving a kid a candy bar, then sending him or her to bed.” More hay with fewer calories also equates to less of a chance of the animals developing stable vices. Stable vices are those behaviors (in horses, especially) which are not normal to the animal. Things like biting, chewing on wood, or cribbing are definite signs that your horse may soon injure itself if it does not soon have the opportunity to release its energy, which can come from an irregular diet that includes more calories, like in grains. In terms of livestock’s water supply in the winter, it is both sensible and necessary to keep the water heated, either by carrying warm water to the trough, or by filling and using a heated trough.
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BY DAVID J. COEHRS Expositor Features Editor Ryan Schroeder calls springtime the Christmas of bird-watchers, but said not to discount winter as another prime viewing time. The manager of Goll Woods State Nature Preserve said, in fact, winter birding has certain advantages, and allows veterans and amateurs alike to catch sight of species that take up residence in the area only during winter months. The 321-acre preserve, located on Township Road 25 1 1/2 miles north of Archbold in Fulton County, is one of several area venues that attract bird enthusiasts year-round. Although traditionally a warmer weather avocation, birding is not limited to spring and summer. Goll Woods has no formal birding program, but the preserve attracts a variety of bird enthusiasts, Schroeder said. Area bird-watchers are attracted to species that visit only during cold-weather months. They include the red-breasted nuthatch, a special attraction that migrates south from Canada for the winter. Other species on view specifically during the winter are the pine siskin, which feasts on pine cone seeds, the white-winged crossbill and the snow bunting, a mostly-white sparrow-sized bird. More common are the barred owl, the wild turkey and the red-headed woodpecker. Birders also can see the black-capped chickadee, the white-breasted nuthatch, the red-shouldered hawk, the Cooper’s hawk and the crow-sized pileated woodpecker, the sixth largest woodpecker species in the world.
“Winter time is probably the best time for amateurs to start learning,” Schroeder said. “The birds are easier to see. In summer there are more birds, so sometimes identification is more difficult.” He said the preserve’s dawn-to-dusk hours bring many casual observers who walk the trails, some armed with binoculars. Schroeder advised a standard beginner’s pair with 7-by-35 magnification, but said binoculars aren’t needed to enjoy viewing. Due to an irruptive migration this year, in which birds migrate south due to food shortages, birders at Oak Openings Preserve in Swanton may encounter species not typically seen in the area. Naturalist Karen Menard said the entire state is currently experiencing a winter finch invasion. She said the species does not typically nest in this area, but has arrived in search of pine cone seeds. The finches can be seen in the nearly 5,000-acre Oak Openings Preserve around evergreen and conifer trees. Other varieties to look for include the red crossbill, the white-winged crossbill, the evening grosbeck and the common redpoll. “There’s a good variety. You get the chance to see different types,” Menard said. She has seen winter birders at the preserve on a regular basis, at all times during the 7 a.m. to dark hours. “It’s kind of fun to go to the park and explore. You can go any time of day and have the chance to spot one,” she said. Menard advised birders to wear comfortable, warm footwear, such as hiking boots. She also recommended binoculars or spotting scopes for better views.
Oak Openings will host a raptor research project Feb. 16 in an effort to survey hawk and owl nests. Naturalist Steve Lauer will give a presentation, and volunteers are welcome. Visit metroparkstoledo.com and click on “Programs” for more information. In addition, the Black Swamp Audobon Society, based in Defiance, conducted its Christmas bird count at the preserve Dec. 15. Volunteers broke into groups to count by walking and by car as many birds as possible within a 15mile radius. “People often ask how we know that we aren’t counting the same birds more than once. Of course there is no way to be certain that we don’t but the law of averages say we will miss more than we see,” said spokesperson John Diller. The counts were organized as an alternative to bird-hunting on Christmas Day. Farther away, in Ottawa County between Toledo and Port Clinton, birders flock to Magee Marsh year-round as well. The 2,000-acre wetland at Lake Erie on West State Route 2 in Oak Harbor offers trails and a visitor’s center. “People are here throughout the year for birding,” naturalist Mary Warren said. Enthusiasts can spot winter-only inhabitants such as the northern shrike, a small black, white and gray predator that scavenges for food. There is also the northern harrier, a hawk that flies low to the ground searching for a meal. Magee Marsh also features short-eared owls and adult bald eagles, which don’t migrate in cold weather.
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LUCAS, OH – Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ (ODNR) Director James Zehringer announced a new vision and a series of capital improvements for Malabar Farm State Park. “Louis Bromfield showed farmers firsthand how we could improve our farmland and protect our drinking water,” Zehringer said. “Our new vision for Malabar Farm involves an approach to agriculture that emphasizes sound environmental conservation practices that will create healthier soil and water, two things that Bromfield always strived to maintain on his farm.” ODNR’s initial capital improvement project at Malabar Farm includes updating the exterior of the Big House. Currently, rotting boards and more than 14 layers of paint cover this historic home. ODNR will replace the boards and repaint the Big House to return it once again to the beautiful farmhouse that Bromfield built. ODNR has pledged up to $500,000 in capital funds for updates and improvements at Malabar Farm.
“The Big House has needed this improvement for many years,” Zehringer said of the painting project. “The Malabar Farm Foundation recently raised money to replace the windows in the greenhouse, and we want to ensure we do our part to restore the grandeur and excitement to Malabar Farm.” In order to achieve this new agricultural vision for Malabar Farm State Park, Zehringer announced that Korre Boyer of Lucas will be serving as the park’s new full-time manager. As a farmer and local resident, Boyer appreciates both the historic importance of Bromfield’s agricultural accomplishments while understanding the unique place Malabar Farm occupies in the local community. Additionally, Boyer’s work as a farmer, a teacher and his role with the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation make him the ideal person to implement the farming techniques ODNR intends to apply at Malabar Farm State Park. In order to achieve this new vision for Malabar Farm State Park, Boyer stressed that he would
collaborate closely with the ODNR Divisions of Wildlife, Forestry and Soil and Water. Boyer will start in this new position on Dec. 3. Malabar Farm was established by Mansfield native and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Louis Bromfield in 1939. During his time at Malabar, Bromfield penned a number of best-selling books and entertained countless Hollywood legends. In 1945, the Big House at Malabar Farm played host to the wedding of film idols Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Since taking ownership of Malabar Farm in 1972, ODNR has been dedicated to preserving the Big House and its many artifacts just as Bromfield left them. These efforts to preserve Bromfield’s life and farming philosophies make Malabar Farm State Park one of the most unique and historic destinations in Ohio. ODNR ensures a balance between wise use and protection of our natural resources for the benefit of all. Visit the ODNR website at ohiodnr.com.
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Cherry Ridge: a therapeutic horse farm BY CARLY TAMBORSKI For ACRES Winston Churchill once famously said, “There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.” And that saying rings true to the staff at Cherry Ridge Farms in Georgetown, who all know the saying by heart. Although the farm does offer regular riding lessons, it’s also a therapeutic riding center for people ages 5 and up with disabilities who say they really receive the emotional, physical, behavioral, and psychological benefits of working with horses. The 138-acre farm was started in 2003 when Sherry and her husband, Jeff Mitchell, purchased their historic farm. Their new property was equipped with an indoor arena and a stable barn, so they offered boarding and lessons. Then, in 2005, the couple’s oldest son, Dan, moved back to Ohio and got the farm involved with Ohio Therapeutic Horsemanship. “Ohio Therapeutic Horsemanship (OTH) is a non-profit therapeutic horsemanship program, which encourages healing through horses and creates a supportive and dynamic environment for the development of children from all walks of life ages 5-18, living in Brown and the surrounding counties,” Dan said. “Through the use of the horse, physical, psychological, cognitive, behavioral, and communicational goals are achieved and personal strengths are emphasized.” Dan is the stable’s barn
During an outdoor program, children cool off with their horses as they guide them into a local creek.
manager, lead riding instructor, and former OTH director. Other devoted employees include Sabrina Mignerey, the volunteer coordinator, instructor-in-training, and new OTH program director; Kelly Watson, the director of education for the Outdoor Classroom Program and a development associate for Ohio Therapeutic Horsemanship; and Kaitlyn Lehman, an instructor for both the Therapeutic Program and regular riding lessons. “In college I went and
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E R I E C O U N T Y: H A R L O W L . S TA H L FA R M BY JEANETTE RICKER ACRES correspondent The Harlow L. Stahl Century Farm at 9507 state Route 113 in Erie County east of Bellevue has no sign in the yard, but has been in the family for 127 years. The current owner, Harlow L. Stahl, 82, has lived there all of his life. There was no celebration or special observance when Harlow completed the paperwork recognizing the century farm when he received the official sign. “I did it because I wanted to honor the farm at that time,” he said. The property was purchased in 1885 by his grandfather, Harlow C. Stahl, the first of seven Harlow Stahls, differentiated only by their middle initial. None have a middle name, only an initial, for the maiden name of their mother. Harlow C.’s son was Harlow M. Stahl, whose firstborn son, Harlow D. drowned in a pond on the property at age four. The present Harlow L. Stahl wasn’t born yet. He was the youngest in the family and was given the name Harlow L. when he was born after a family friend named Loren. His oldest son is Harlow Philip, who named his son Harlow Michael. The seventh Harlow Gregory Stahl is a newborn and will be baptized wearing the 120-year-old family baptismal gown in Huntsville, Ala. Harlow’s grandfather, Harlow C., bought the 160-acre farm in 1885, later selling off 30 acres in 1909. He was not a farmer, but a businessman who developed the cultivator in Fremont, Ohio and was the owner of
Harlow stands buy the old maple tree where neighbors and farm help tied their horses when coming to help out. The horses nibbled on the bark.
the Ohio Cultivator Company, using his Bellevue farm to test the equipment. “It was the biggest farm machine company in the U.S. at that time,” said Harlow L. “He was so busy testing and selling cultivators that McCormick beat him to the patent office.” Harlow L’s father, Harlow M. and his wife, Juanita A., moved back to
the farm sometime between 1909 and 1920. They had originally been peach growers, living in the lighthouse keeper home on Bayshore Road near Marblehead, Ohio. The farm house burned on May 1, 1921. His father, Harlow M. built the present house on the foundation of the old home. The basement still has the original beams with ax-hewn marks. This home is larger, with three
rooms on the main floor and four bedrooms upstairs. There is a large screened porch by the driveway where Harlow works on his hobby of broom making. He sells his brooms and demonstrates broom making at Historic Lyme Village nearby and at the Erie County and Huron-Erie Fairs. Harlow L. has lived on the property since he was born, farming with his STORY CONTINUES ON NEXT PAGE
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C ONTINUED : H ARLOW L. S TAHL FARM father who was a dairy farmer. Harlow L. raised hogs. The big barn was built in the 1890s. There are five outbuildings behind the home and the remains of a stone tenant house next door built in 1865. Stahl recalled that his dad first used mules to do the farming and he still has his dad’s horse drawn cultivator. “Dad did all the thrashing in the area. He also did the butchering,” he said. Stahl recalled the big dinner his mother made for those who came to help thrash. The thrashers tied their horses to a big maple tree which still grows there even though the horses nibbled off the bark, leaving a big hole. He also remembers bums jumping off the trains nearby coming to the door for handouts during the Great Depression. Two of the ponds on the property were filled in, but Stahl remembered his dad cutting ice from a pond with an ice saw. One end of a field must have been used as a dumping ground where Stahl has found coins dating back the 1800s. Harlow L. served in the U.S. Army from 1955 to 1957 and then came back to Bellevue to farm. He officially retired from farming in the early 1990s, but still gardens, he said. After retirement he worked for eight years at Carter Lumber in Clyde, retiring 16 years ago. He was also a substitute teacher at Bellevue City Schools, he said. He has a degree in agriculture from Colorado State A & M university. The name Stahl is well known in Bellevue. His grandfather, Harlow C. Stahl donated $5,000 worth of books to the Bellevue Public Library when it was built by Andrew Carnegie. The library was known as the Carnegie Stahl Library. Stahl’s father, Harlow M. Stahl, was also a justice of the peace. Carol and Harlow L. plan to keep the farm in the family for future generations to enjoy. They are parents of two sons and a daughter, and have many grandchildren.
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Tiffin ag business sees national success BY BECKY BROOKS news@gazettepublishingco.com
A small trenching business operated out of a garage office has grown into D.K. Precision Trenchers, which now is selling a farmer-friendly machine and accessories throughout the United States and overseas. Dennis Kirian shared his story about how he and his family turned his own machine design for a better way to trench and tile into a growing business as he sat in a large conference room located in a new 90-by-120-foot company headquarters. The building was recently constructed on his property which sits along a narrow country back road in Seneca County. With each staff member now having their own office, it is a far cry from the years he, his wife Carolyn and workers worked on top of each other in the garage office. Six months ago, Kirian only had a plan for his new company building, which was constructed by Anstead Construction of Fremont. His business began somewhat the same way – with a trencher design and plan that took even longer to bring to fruition. Before moving into the new building, Kirian said a lot of his design work was completed in his work garage at the family home on Scipio Township Road 130. “It all started out in a little chair, as I whittled
Not only does DK Precision Trenchers offer a trenching machine, a caddy for tile was also created so oneman can actually tile land using his own tractor with a trencher on back and tile caddy on front.
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away on pieces and parts and tried them,” he said about putting together his trencher design. That old metal chair - left behind in the old office - he had pulled out of a camper. The Kirian trencher, which comes in two models, has a patent pending and in the past three years the company has sold about 100 of the machines – all 100 percent American made. In fact, the trenchers are fabricated and constructed at a small Attica business, Waldock Equipment, with a gear box built in Bellevue at SCS Gear Box. Both shops are within about a 10- to 15-minute drive from the company office, at 4416 E. TR 130, Tiffin. Kirian said each unit is built one at a time and is a quality piece. “We've got really good people in this whole thing,” he stressed. “It is a unique piece of equipment. There is nothing else out there that goes on a tractor,” the design-
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er said. The piece of equipment is described as a lift and grade apparatus for a tractor trencher, according to Patentbuddy.com, which noted Kirian applied for his patent on Dec. 4, 2009. “No matter what depth you are digging, it stays that same depth,” Kirian said about his apparatus. One model of the trencher, No. 612, will install a 2- to 8-inch tile, while Model 618 can handle 2- to 15-inch tile. He said his first model came out in 2007, and he made his first sale of the Kirian trencher in September 2008. The most unique aspect of his design, perhaps, is that the trencher costs about a fifth the price of a traditional trencher, and it operates by being connected to the family tractor. The trencher will hook onto the back of a tractor and operates relying on the tractor's variable speed transmission. It also fits onto a 3-inch hitch for portability. The company also sells a tile caddy that hooks to the front of a tractor that reels off the tile to the trencher allowing one-man tile installation. Kirian's trenchers run $105,000 for the large model and $80,000 for the small model with the caddy available for $25,000, he said. “Instead of a $600,000, $700,000 machine, they can spend $105,000,” the company owner said about STORY CONTINUES ON NEXT PAGE
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CONTINUED: Tiffin ag business sees national success With a 12-row corn head running in the neighborhood of $300,000 in today's market, the cost of this trencher is not out of line, according to Kirian. He has had his design in mind a long time, but it was not until the variable-speed transmission became more common on American tractors that his trencher became practical for sale. “They can use their own tractor,” he said about the practicality of the design. Farmers wanting to tile do not need a machine with its own power source. “It's very easy to hook and unhook,” he added. “You can actually do the whole project yourself,” Kirian added, noting the caddy can carry 3,200 feet of tile on the front of the tractor. Many farmers have to contract for tiling work and have to wait on a backlog list for the work to be completed, Kirian added. “Now they have a way to put their tile out,” he said. The rural Tiffin man built his first trencher one 2002. “Then I ran it four to five years after that to
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Denny Kirian stands in front of a Model 628 trencher which he designed and has a patent pending.
make sure it was going to work,” he commented. Even prior to starting the trencher sales business, Kirian has been a longtime tiler himself, owning Kirian Tiling Co. Because the business held an open house on Dec. 8 for customers and friends in the new office and shop building, Kirian had a new trencher on display in the spotless work bay. “It has got its own
place,” Kirian explained about the need for the trencher. Kirian's wife, Carolyn, explained her husband is a third-generation trencher and has been involved in tiling fields since he was a runt. “I remember helping my dad carry clay tile,” the 58-year-old Kirian said about the old 4-inch tiles. “I could hardly carry them, I was that small.” The company owner learned his business from the ground up and has had his lumps. As a 19-
year-old he said he designed a product he thought would improved operations. When he took it to fabricator to see if it could be constructed, he was told it could not be done. Kirian said he did not get a patent nor had money to develop that idea on his own. A couple years later, he found his design released by another major implement corporation. In the years since and a family later, he has grown to operate several businesses – Kirian Tiling
Company, Inc., his own 600-acre farm, and a few other businesses including woodcutting. Kirian said he farms to relieve the stress of his other businesses and finds driving the tractor relaxing. His newest venture D.K. Precision Trenchers – has found growth coming from its website www.dktrenchers.com. Carolyn explained it really has opened up their product to the world and about a half dozen trenchers already have been sold overseas. “The
web has just changed the world,” she said, noting their product can be seen everywhere. Her husband said another machine will be going to New Zealand in March and they have had a lot of interest and inquiries coming from Iraq. “We've had inquiries everywhere,” he added. In Europe, sales are being handled by Niclas Carlsson in Sweden. The company owner said the units could see a lot of growth overseas as variable-speed transmissions on tractors have been common there far longer than here in the U.S. Kirian and his wife have also entered a multimedia advertising agreement which will result in videos going on YouTube and Bloomberg TV, CNBC, MSNBC and several other networks. A TV crew was at the Tiffin office filming on Dec. 10 and the first video releases should be out in midJanuary 2013, the couple reported. “We're still in the stage of people finding out about us,” Kirian said. With the new company office ready and the planned advertising, he is predicting growth. “I think it's coming. I think it's coming fast.”
On Dec. 8, the Seneca County equipment business held an open house in its new office and building located at 4416 E. TR 130, Tiffin, on a one-lane road, on the family farm.
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ordering information. Industrial demand, including biodiesel manufacturing, is on a steep upward trend. In the last 10 years, industrial uses for soy have grown almost fivefold. Manufacturers use soy oil as a replacement for petrochemicals to make their products more renewable and more environmentally friendly while maintaining or, in some cases, exceeding performance. Soy products are often more biodegradable and contain fewer volatile organic compounds than traditional products. The new soy-based products introduced in 2012 as a result of soy checkoff support include the following: Plastics BetaFoam Renue — New cavity-sealing foam made with 25 percent renewable soy oil — Dow Automotive Systems AGROL Prime, Star, Platinum and AO+ — Four new soy-based polyurethane products from BioBased Technologies, LLC. — Prime is slated for flexible slabstock formulations Soypex 100 — Soybased replacement of paraffin wax for candles — Galata Chemicals, Inc. Drapex Alpha — A primary biobased plasticizer as a replacement for phthalate plasticizers in polyvinyl polymers — Galata Chemicals, LLC reFlex 100 — A biobased plasticizer as a replacement for phthalate plasticizers based on Battelle Institute technol-
ogy and developed with ADM and the PolyOne Corporation, this product has been recognized by the USDA Biopreferred program and given a 94 percent biobased label Impact Gel — Use of epoxidized soy oil to produce an impact gel for a variety of bedding applications — Impact Gel Corporation VikoFlex 7010 — Phthalate-free soy-based plasticizer — Arkema, Inc. InnoGreen Polyurethanes — A new family of 30-40 percent soy-based polyurethane cast elastomer systems — Innovative Polymers, Inc. Coatings /printing inks/solvents Soy Paint and Soy Stain and Varnish — Used for creative art products — formulated by New Century Coatings and sold by Delta Creative, Inc. Beckosol AQ — Family of soy-based alkyd latex resins to be used in architectural paints and road markings — Reichhold Chemicals Ultimate Polyurethane — Soy acrylic/polyurethane clear coat for interior wood applications — RustOleum G.E.T. Biobased Mastic — Soy-based zero VOC roof mastic — developed by Niemann & Associates for Green Eagle Technologies, LLC. RAP 4 Eco Friendly Field Paintballs — Soy oil to partially replace polyethylene glycol in paintballs — Real Action Paint Ball, Inc.
Soyanol — Soy-based plasticizer for waterborne acrylics — Soy Technologies, LLC Soyanol Cuticle Oil — Soy-based product that is part of a healthy treatment system for nails — Soy Technologies, LLC Soyanol 1000E — Soybased additive for paints and coatings — Soy Technologies, LLC Lead Out — Soy methyl ester-based paint stripper for safe lead paint removal — Franmar Chemical, Inc. Soyanol NPR-6 — Soy-methyl-ester-based nail polish remover — Soy Technologies, LLC Soyanol 5000X-TB — Soy-methyl-ester-based stain and paint thinner — Soy Technologies, LLC Timber OXGreen — Soy-based wood stain — Timber Ox, Inc. Greenway — Soymethyl-ester-based printing ink cleaner for UV and air-dried inks — Franmar Chemical, Inc. Green Again — Soymethyl-ester-based printing screen wash for textile inks — Franmar Chemical, Inc. Versagen 100 — Methyl soyate industrial solvent — Griffin Industries, LLC Versage 100-D — Distilled low-color methyl soyate industrial solvent — Griffin Industries, LLC Adhesives TRANSFORM — Soy-based wood for fabricating building products such as furniture — e2e Materials
Emerging industrial opportunities Industrial Grade Propylene Glycol — For use in antifreeze and as a chemical intermediate for plastics, coatings, etc. — Evolution Chemicals from ADM USP Grade Propylene Glycol — For use in food and pharmaceuticals — Evolution Chemicals from ADM EAS — Sulfateenhanced soy-oil-based substrate for groundwater bioremediation — EOS Remediation, LLC VOS — Soy-oil-based bioremediation substrate for soils — EOS Remediation, LLC EOS XR — Emulsified soy oil extended-release substrate for groundwater bioremediation — EOS Remediation, LLC BioPCM — Mats filled with hydrogenated soy oil that store and release energy slowly — Phase Energy Solutions AgriTech Soy Based Elevator Fluid ATSO268 — Bunge North America AgriTech Soy Based Elevator Fluid ATSO232 — Bunge North America ZEP Professional Penetrating Lubicant — ZEP Superior Solutions Bio-Blast Penetrating Lubricant — Renewable Lubricants, Inc. Bio-Extreme HT — An oven/chain lubricant — Renewable Lubricants, Inc. Bio-Air Tool Lube, ISO 32 — Renewable Lubricants, Inc. Sprayon CD 406 EcoGrade Soy Degreaser — Sprayon Tri-Flow Superior Soy Lubricant — A bicycle
lubricant — Tri-Flow Lubricants Biokleen Soy Lube SL100 — A household lubricant — Bi-O-Kleen Industries, Inc. Nutek Green Simply Soy Lubricating Cloth Wipes Canister — BET0020 — Nutek Green The 69 farmer-directors of USB oversee the investments of the soy checkoff to maximize profit opportunities for all U.S. soybean farmers. These volunteers invest and leverage checkoff funds to increase the value of U.S. soy meal and oil, to ensure U.S. soybean farmers and their customers have the freedom and infrastructure to operate, and to meet the needs of U.S. soy’s customers. As stipulated in the federal Soybean Promotion, Research and Consumer Information Act, the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service has oversight responsibilities for USB and the soy checkoff. For more information on the United Soybean Board, visit www.unitedsoybean.org Visit them on Facebook: www.facebook.com/UnitedSoybean Board Follow them on Twitter: www.twitter.com/unitedsoy View their YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/user/U nitedSoybeanBoard
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Grand Lake St. Mary: Ohio taxpayers are about to be hit with a big bill BY JANE BEATHARD Staff Writer Ohio taxpayers are about to pick up the the tab for years of legal sparring between the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) and a group of 87 Mercer County property owners who own land west of Grand Lake St. Marys. A spokesperson for ODNR said the agency will request an appropriation from the state’s general revenue fund — the big pot of tax money that keeps Ohio running — to pay the landowners for property left prone to flooding by the lake’s widened spillway. The bill could run as much as $50 million. The group turned down a $24.2 million settlement offer last summer, published reports said. It’s a civil lawsuit that began in 2001 in Mercer County Common Pleas Court, crawled through years of appeals, and landed at the Ohio Supreme Court in 2009. On Dec. 6, the high court found current ODNR Director Jim Zehringer and the agency in contempt for failing to promptly comply with a December 2011 order to begin appraising the affected land and compensating the owners. Ironically, Zehringer is a former Mercer County commissioner. He’s catching the final heat for 11 years of legal wrangling — through both Republican and Democratic administrations. Zehringer is the fifth ODNR director to deal with the Grand Lake spillway situation. The agency lost almost each round of the fight. In the meantime, value of the affected land increased — along with the pending payoffs. According to the Mercer County Auditor’s Office, agricultural land values jumped dramatically in recent years with some parcels now selling for as much as $13,000 per acre. “We will take all the necessary steps to accelerate the pace at which we are doing exactly what the Ohio Supreme Court asked us to do originally,” said Bethany McCorkle of ODNR on Dec. 13. “(We) will expedite the process and use all available resources to comply with the court order. The original lawsuit stemmed from a 1997 widening of Grand Lake’s spillway into Beaver Creek. The creek flows west from the 13,500-acre lake into the Wabash River. The new spillway was designed to allow better management of lake levels for recreation and spare the
highly developed southern shore from flooding. However, it also raised water levels in Beaver Creek. From the outset of the spillway project, landowners along Beaver Creek and local officials expressed concern. The county engineer warned of increased flooding along the creek. The county soil and water conservation district said ODNR “forgot the farmer” in the spillway design. Five landowners with property lying one to 11 miles from the spillway won a 2001 lawsuit against ODNR in Mercer County. A judge said persistent flooding along Beaver Creek caused by the new spillway amounted to the state “taking” the property for public use. ODNR appealed and lost. The agency lost again in 2005 when a company on Beaver Creek near the spillway sued in the Ohio Court of Claims for flood damage to its property. An appeals court found ODNR negligent, but reversed a portion of the decision dealing with damages. In 2009, 87 landowners along Beaver Creek asked the supreme court for an order, requiring ODNR to begin compensating them for flooded property. ODNR fought the order, saying only a few landowners — not 87 — were actually affected by the spillway re-design. Agency lawyers said other factors contributed to frequent downstream flooding. In addition, the entire “takings” lawsuit was beyond the statute of limitations, they argued. ODNR lost the argument last year and was ordered to begin appraising the land and compensating owners. McCorkle said the agency has now filed eight cases in Mercer County with many more to follow. The supreme court appointed an additional common pleas judge to hear them. Juries will likely determine the financial compensation. “We have an obligation to Ohio taxpayers to make sure each case is valued fairly and we will carry out that obligation,” McCorkle added. Zehringer ordered gates of the new spillway opened last spring to lessen the downstream flooding threat. “The director had the spillway opened in the spring of this year rather than waiting until the fall when this practice is normally performed,” McCorkle said. “This practice will be properly managed going forward to help prevent the likelihood of severe future flooding in the area.”
FSA CLOSES CLARK COUNTY OFFICE COLUMBUS — Steve Maurer, State Executive Director for the Ohio Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced that as of Tuesday, Jan. 1, the Clark County FSA office will be officially closed. From this date forward, all FSA program services will be provided by the Madison County FSA office unless a producer has elected to transfer his/her records to another county. The Madison County FSA office is located at: 829 U.S. Route 42 N.E., London. Phone number is (740) 852-4003. On May 29, the Ohio Farm Service Agency (FSA) received approval from Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to proceed with the implementation of county office consolidation plan, including the five county offices in Ohio. “Over the past three years, FSA has faced a variety of budgetrelated challenges,” said Juan Garcia, Administrator of the Farm Service Agency. “Through a targeted office consolidation effort that includes 125 offices nationwide, FSA is striving to balance significant budget cuts, staff reductions and increasing workloads while focusing the efforts of our staff on high-quality service. There are 2,119 offices remaining in the FSA network to do just that.” “Although we recognize that change is never easy, we strongly believe that taking this action now is critical to ensuring FSA can continue to serve its customers as it adjusts to budget constraints,” said Garcia. “FSA can only achieve the high level of service expected through consolidation of our human, financial and technical resources.” For more information, contact the Ohio Farm Service Agency State office at (614) 255-2527.
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Program for children with special needs whether physically or emotionally, behaviorally. And then we also we have some programs in the Spring — and those are separate from riding — that focus more on the natural environment and getting school kids out into it. This Outdoor Classroom Program is ecology-based and takes advantage of the different habitats we have around the farm.” Group classes are on Tuesdays and Thursdays: the class on Tuesdays is for children with sensory language delay, ADHD, and different kinds of cognitive issues, while the Thursday class is for children with autism and various sensory disorders. Regular, individual riding lessons are also offered throughout the week. The organization also hope to grow and add classes for children with Downs Syndrome, provide equine assisted therapy for veteran and returning war personnel, as well as add a class involving equine assisted psychotherapy partnered with local mental health professionals. Lehman estimates that about 10-15 riders come to
from Page 7 the farm each week. Yearly, the farm conducts three, six-week sessions. They typically begin in April and wrap up in October. The sessions aren’t labeled with different “levels” but the are more of a matter of continuing on. GOOD FOR THE BODY, GOOD FOR THE SOUL Watson has been working with Cherry Ridge for five years, ever since she moved from Maryland and needed a place for her horse. She elaborated on the positive effects working with horses can have on those with disabilities or behavioral problems, but recognizes that some of the benefits are harder to put a scientific label on. “Some of the benefits are quantified and some of them are more elusive to put into words,” Watson said, then citing the Winston Churchill quote. The most obvious would be the physical aspects, which in turn relate to cognitive functions. “Riding a horse is a three-dimensional exercise, so for students who have problems with their muscle coordination, horseback
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again, and she even showed at the fair.” Of course, the benefits don’t just apply to people with disabilities. Next year, the farm is launching its newest program for atrisk teens and troubled youth. “It’s actually Kaitlyn’s brainchild,” Watson said. “She wants to work with at-risk girls who are suffering from stressful situations in their environment. Whether abuse or neglect or addiction, or even a dysfunctional family — we’re working to develop that program now and get some grants and funding for that.” But the funding to keep these programs alive and well is definitely needed. FUNDING The tuition to attend a six-week course cost $180 per person, but the farm hopes to increase grants and funding to help pay for students’ tuition costs. “Right now, funding comes from individual donors and small organizations, and that’s one thing we’re really looking for: funding and volunteers,” Mignerey said. “We do have two riders who are on scholarship right now because the economic atmosphere in Brown County is just completely different than it is in Cincinnati. So we try to accommodate everybody. Some way, some how, we want to make a way.” Funding would mainly pay for the riders’ tuition, but after tuition costs, funding would also help cover the organization’s essential operational needs. “We’re using the farm’s horses, and we need to pay for their feed, their grain,” Mignerey said. “There’s also the insurance to run this program and it’s a pretty steep price.” Additional funding would also help pay for specialized riding equipment that fits the needs of disabled people. “For some of the disabilities you need specialized equipment and special saddles, so we can’t deal with certain physical disabilities,” Watson said. “There are specialty saddles made, that’s one thing we’d love to have but we just don’t have them right now, we just have regular saddles,” Mignerey added. “And we have kid saddles that we use for them.” For more information on Cherry Ridge Farms, visit www.cherryridgefarms.org.
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Rodger Baker of Madison County displays a tillage radish used to break up soil in a more eco-friendly way than machinery. Radishes were grown by farmer Audie Howard as an alternative to using machinery.
Whoa! Those are some radishes. White, thick, with tall leafy green tops, these are radishes which look to be on steroids. But they’re not. They’re called tillage radishes and can grow up (make that down) to 20 inches in length. While some of that length protrudes above ground, the rest of it thrusts its way into the earth. That’s what they’re supposed to do: push, plunge, propel their way down into terra firma. That growing-to-newdepths action is a natural, eco-friendly way for farmers to till their soil without using a mega-ton tractor and tiller to accomplish the same task. That’s just what Madison County farmer Audie Howard wanted to avoid when in 2011 he sowed the radishes and Australia peas into 200 acres in Union Township. That tractor and implement compact the soil as they course over it. When it comes to soil prep, compaction is not the farmer’s best friend. So when the county soil and water conservation office put forth a program to promote cover
crops, Howard thought he’d give it a try. He said he had also read about it in a farm publication. The radishes were sown along with Australian peas — sown to benefit the radishes — on 200 acres in Union Township. Julia Cumming, director, said the district encourages farmers to use environmentally friendly means of accomplishing a task and reduce any amount of carbon footprint trod by a diesel-fuel burning tractor. “We have programs that promote cover crops,” Cumming said. We have incentives, the environmental quality incentive program. If farmer want to try cover crop, he would apply to and we give them an incentive payment to try it,” Cumming said. “They have to try it.” Howard was not part of the incentive program, but tried it “on my own.” The radishes performed as expected. “It breaks up the ground without machinery doing it,” Howard said. “As big as they are, they heave the ground.” While the radish is heaving the ground, the pea plants, which are legumes, are infusing the soil with nitrogen Howard said. Howard harvested nei-
ther crop, but left them in the ground to decay, giving the earth additional organic matter. To plant growth, that matters. Following the tilling radishes decay, Howard planted corn on the field. Despite the drought, the corn, while diminished by
the lack of rain, grew well. He said the tillage radish “experiment” was worthwhile. In other fields at the end of the growing season Howard revived a method of replenishing the fields from long ago: he sowed rye as a cover crop.
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