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OLA fundraising for OSPCA Charter challenge By Nelson Zandbergen AgriNews Staff Writer HESTERVILLE — FEd up wITH

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damental principles of justice,” he said. “And I would say, absolutely, having a private organization with no oversight or accountability, entrusted with police powers, contravenes the fundamental principles of justice that we expect to have in our law.”

• The Act uses a subjective definition for an “animal in distress.” “It includes undue hardship, privation and neglect,” he observed. “What is that?” It depends on who you talk to, the lawyer said in reply to his own question. While ignorance of the

law is no defence, he explained that a related principle requires laws to be “written precisely enough so that we understand if we’re breaking it.” The vagueness of “animal in distress” violates this principle, he added, and similarly contravenes Section 7. “Nobody would ever know if they’re breaking the law because it’s just too open to interpretation.” The problematic definition serves as the Continued on next page

Lawyer Kurtis Andrews addresses the StormontDundas Landowners Association.

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onTaRIo SoCIETy FoR pREVEnTIon oF CRuELTy To anImaLS (oSpCa). The campaign got off to a solid start as the Stormont-Dundas chapter held its first meeting in two years, Feb. 23. At the session, lawyer Kurtis Andrews — who has tangled with the OSPCA in court on behalf of rural clients, including Chesterville-area dairy farmers David and Marilyn Robinson who saw controversial animal cruelty charges against them stayed in December — outlined his intention to “mortally wound” the current OSPCA Act in court using the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Supported in his cause by OLA leaders who joined him at the podium, Andrews also set a benchmark of $50,000 in donations necessary to fund his planned “constitutional reference” case in Ontario Superior Court, a process he expects will end up at the Supreme Court of Canada. “If it keeps going like it is,” said Stormont-Dundas Landowners Assocation President John Cayer of the newly launched fundraising effort, “it looks like we’ll be going ahead.” According to Andrews, the Act is unconstitutional on four particular grounds. • OSPCA officers are not subject to the oversight, regulations and restraints of something like the Police Services Act governing other police forces in the province. “Section 7 [of the Charter] guarantees the right to life, liberty and security of the person, and those rights can only be infringed upon as long they are consistent with the funTHE

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Crown attempting appeal of Robinson case Charges were stayed against dairy farmers By Lois Ann Baker AgriNews Staff Writer HESTERVILLE — IT LookS aS

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The Robinsons were facing charges of animal cruelty after the Ontario Society for the Prevention of

Cruelty to Animals questioned the Robinsons’ treatment of their dairy cattle during a visit to the farm in December 2010. In December, 2012, the charges were stayed by Justice of the Peace Louisette Girault due to an abuse of process by the Crown and the length of time it had taken to hear the court case against the

Charter challenge Continued from page 2 basis of warrants issued by justices of the peace, and even more troubling to Andrews, the orders issued by OSPCA inspectors compelling animal owners to make changes. • The inspectors’ ability to issue orders is based on legal language “eerily similarâ€? to the pre-Charter writs that police used to enjoy prior to 1982 but are now illegal under the Charter, he said. Likewise, Andrews maintains the current OSPCA power to issue orders is unconstitutional. • The federal Criminal Code already makes it an offence to cause an animal distress but requires a higher standard of proof to convict by taking mens rea — state of mind — into account. Provincial convictions do not observe this principle, he pointed out. “So, by putting something that should only be in the Criminal Code, into provincial legislation, you’re having people convicted of something without the Crown having to prove that all important state of mind.â€? He added, “And you’re going to have very, very poor people, people with cognitive difficulties, people who would not have the state of mind to be convicted under the

Robinsons due to delays brought on by the Crown. Now the Crown is asking to have the stay of proceedings set aside, and if successful, things will pick up where they left off with the Robinsons facing the charges and having their day — or days — in court to defend their presumed innocence. The original date to hear

the appeal has been delayed by the Crown, the irony of which was not lost on Robinsons’ lawyer Kurtis Andrews. “We made sure we put, on the record, that point exactly,� said Andrews. If the Crown is successful in its appeal, the proceedings will go back to where it was before the stay was granted. “Which means there would still be the applica-

Criminal Code, being convicted under the OSPCA Act. And those are the most vulnerable people in our society, and they need to be protected.� A court challenge is the only option for OSPCA critics because provincial politicians of all stripes are “afraid� to properly correct the legislation at Queen’s Park, he insisted.

tion to have the evidence thrown out for the violation of the Robinsons’ charter rights,� said Andrews. “Where we were, there was a date set for a hearing of an application we brought out to have the evidence thrown out and a trial date set.� Now, since the stay was granted, these dates will have to be rescheduled. Even if the Crown is granted the appeal, Andrews said it did not

necessarily preclude his clients from bringing another application for a stay of proceedings for delay. “If there were other delays caused by the Crown after things went back, it could all happen again,� said Andrews. The Crown now has to have materials delivered to Andrews by April 2 and on May 28 the Robinsons appear in court to set a date for the appeal.

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The January 2013 print edition of The AgriNews incorrectly reported Claire Winchester as the justice of the peace who stayed the court proceedings against David and Marilyn Robinson last December. Justice of the Peace Louisette Girault granted the stay.

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Tim Hudak visits E. Ontario farm Touts Tory ag paper By Lois Ann Baker AgriNews Staff Staff ONVILLE — IN a

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COrNwaLL tOwNsHIp LION’s CLuB IN BONVILLE. Joined by local MPP Jim McDonell and GlengarryPrescott-Russell’s PC candidate Roxanne Villeneuve Robertson, Hudak introduced his latest white paper entitled Paths to Prosperity: Respect for Rural Ontario at the organic beef farm of Charles and Marika Stenger. Hudak called the Stengers the “kind of people we want to fight for to give more opportunities to get outstanding Ontario products on the shelves here in our province and world wide.” “Agriculture and agribusiness combined rival auto and auto parts for their impact on the Ontario economy,” said Hudak, “And we have the opportunity, the chance to be the breadbasket to the world.” Hudak said Ontario was at a crossroads “and we could open our doors to more investment and job creation in agriculture or keep them closed like the current government is doing and let those opportunities pass us by.” “We stand for our farmers in rural Ontario in creating more jobs in agriculture and agribusiness,” he said. Hudak said the white paper recently released reflects the fact that a very urban-focused Liberal government views farming as an antique from the 20th century and late 19th century. “We know what farming is. It’s innovative, it’s highly productive and it’s an opportunity for our province, not something that’s a creature of the past,” said Hudak. After speaking with farmers, Hudak said there were two major issues they had, and both are included in the white paper. “The number one thing

we hear from farmers to help them go out and create jobs is reducing this redtape thicket that slows them down when they want to get something done,” said Hudak, “We are going to lower that red-tape to help make cost of production go down so farmers can compete on the international stage.” Hudak said he wanted to reduce the number of rules by 33 per cent. “If my cabinet doesn’t do that, I dock their pay and I dock my pay as premier as well,” he said, “Make politicians put their money where their mouths are.” The other issue is that the PCs would be looking at a one window access concept. “There is nothing more frustrating for farmers when they are asked to referee a dispute between the Ministry of Agriculture, MNR, Conservation authorities and the Ministry of the Environment, and they spend their whole time at their desk when they want to be out in their barns,” said Hudak. “We have an agriculture industry in this province that is the envy of the world,” added McDonell, “it’s arguably our biggest industry. It’s almost totally ignored. It’s worse than ignored, there are more regulations that don’t use the science. Let’s use the science to enhance our agriculture and do a better job of feeding the world.” “We can make a difference,” McDonell added, “And we will be there to be the government that will make a difference.” “We need a strong rural voice back at Queen’s Park,” said Villeneuve Robertson, “And not a parttime Minister of Agriculture like we have with the Liberal government.” Hudak said should an election be called, his first priority would be for job creation and the economy. “Concerns about getting a job, or climbing the ladder to get a better job are top issues,” he said. “For Ontario to be successful...we need to make sure we are firing on

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Tim Hudak was in Bonville on March 23 to speak about his party’s recent white paper Path to Prosperity: Respect for Rural Ontario. From left: Prescott-Russell-North Glengarry Tory candidate Roxanne Villenueve Robertson, Ontario Progressive Conservative and Official Opposition Leader Tim Hudak, local PC MPP Jim McDonell, and Marika and Charles Stenger, owners of the farm visited by Hudak. Baker photo

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PC Leader Hudak $65,550 at College Royal Calf Sale continued from page 4 all cylinders, in rural Ontario and in urban Ontario,” Hudak added, “Agriculture has tremendous potential if we just change the attitude and give respect to rural Ontario and recognize agriculture as the job creating engine we know it to be.” McDonell said the farmers they met with also questioned things that didn’t make sense, like having the OSPCA involved in farming operations. “People from the OSPCA who had never been on a farm before seizing their herds, and there are horror stories out there,” he said. “We need change.” McDonell said what was needed was someone with expertise like a veterinarian to put rules in place. “These people (the OSPCA) are great with dogs and cats but we’re not in an apartment in the city and we’re not sleep-

ing on blankets,” said McDonell. “We need people that know the industry to make decisions.” Hudak also said he wanted to make sure rural Ontario got its fair share of the gas tax. “Right now, the Liberals’ urban-focused government will only give you gas tax if you have a subway or bus system, but in many parts of Ontario the roads and bridges are public transit. And as far as I know, people in Bonville pay the same gas taxes as people in Brampton,” said Hudak, “We would ensure that you could invest in roads and bridges so you could attract more jobs that way.” While in the area, Hudak also met with medical doctors and small business owners to hear their concerns about the future of Ontario. To read the white paper, visit ontariopc.com.

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2013. After doors opened at the A.M. Barr Arena on March 7 for the open house, the eighth annual Kemptville Classic Calf Sale took place the following day with close to 40 items up for auction during the two-hour event. Things started out very well at the auction as the first calf was sold to Barclay Phoenix for $5,700. That turned out to be the highest sale of the day, but there were many others that went for high amounts. The second highest calf sold for $4,100, three went for more than $3,000, five went in the $2,000-$3,000 range, 10 calves went between $1,000 and $2,000 and just three sold for under $1,000. Eggs also did well with combined lots selling well,

The eighth annual Kemptville Classic calf sale, part of the annual College Royal, took place on March 7 at the A.M. Barr Arena in Kemptville. The top calf sold for $5,700, and the sale raised $65,550 overall. This calf went for $3,300. Matte photo.

with the high, $2,650 being sold to Koosburg Farms. In total, the event’s overall total was $65,550 and the total average sale price

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Low key energy Solar power may be flashier and wind power may be stirring up more controversy. But toiling away in relative obscurity, making slower inroads into the alternative energy sector is biogas, the product of on-farm anaerobic digesters converted into electricity and sold to the Ontario grid. Last month on this page, we updated the case of several Eastern Ontario digester owners battered by the financial collapse of Powerbase Energy Systems of Carleton Place that forced them to sink or swim on their own. All decided to swim and are either producing power now from their revamped digestion systems or poised to do so. It’s a story of determination under adversity common to the Biogas industry on display March 26-27 when participants gathered in North Gower for their annual meeting and forum. In fact, two digesters caught in the Powerbase bankruptcy now fully operational were part of the tour held during the meeting, at Carleton Corner Farms at Marionville and Jock Valley Farms at Ashton. The third digester on the tour was at Pinehedge Farms, St. Eugene, one of the longest established in the province. Installer bankruptcy aside, many members of the Ottawa-based Biogas Association can and did tell discouraging tales of trying to get their on-farm power plants up and running. The anecdotes revolved mainly around being entangled for months in a red-tape morass caused by conflicting requirements from the Ontario Power Authority, Hydro One, Ministry of Environment and individual municipalities. Mostly farmers, the biogas crowd is a stubborn lot prepared to put its collective head down and push forward against all odds. There are now 30 biogas installations across the province belonging to the association and their owners say the sky is the limit in terms of the future. Potential applications of heat generated by bio-digester engine rooms and digestate – the processed waste material that comes out the other end – are only beginning to be examined. In addition to fertilizer, livestock bedding and plant pots are some viable digestate uses. Panelist Korb Whale of Clovernead Farms, Drayton, cited the benefits of biogas with virtually no downside including clean energy production and reduction of pathogens and odours in digester feedstock transformed into a valuable fertilizer. He called on the industry to stand together with one big voice in eliminating stumbling blocks in the path of smoother digester installation and production. As the number of digesters expands, allocating the supply of limited off-site feedstock such as used restaurant grease and organic waste has to addressed, said panelist Shane Mowat of Jock Valley Farms. He called on the Ministry of Agriculture to take more of a leadership role in promoting on-farm power production. Panelist Carl Frook of Marl Creek Renewables, Elmwood, said to achieve greater awareness and understanding, the biogas industry must maintain its own identity independently of more prominent solar and wind alternative energy sources. It seems that biogas is doing a good job of that already and avoiding a lot of controversy in the process.

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by SNC directed and partly financed by memOne of the greatest benefits of being involved ber municipalities in the news business is that you meet a lot of fas- would be impossicinating people along the way, people from differ- ble to replace in terms of efficiency ent backgrounds and from all walks of life. and cost, he stated. For me the most inspiring characters to come In taking his along have shared some things in common: leave, he menThey’ve been colourful, opinionated, common tioned Gaston sense natural born leaders whether or not they’ve been elected to office. They’ve had an instinctive Patenaude as one of his role models, understanding of the right thing to do in any ciranother SNC cumstances and acted accordingly. And they’ve all had strong rural roots, not necessarily as farm- director who accumulated decades of service ers, but certainly as people close to the land and to fighting for environmental protection and enhancement. the settlements away from the bright lights and Perrault is the kind of guy who readily puts his big cities. money were his mouth is – and vice versa – and Consider the late Eugene Whelan, former has done so dramatically on several occasions, Minister of Agriculture, a farmer, a self-made including when he became involved in SNC. international man of influence; consider former At a time when many farmers didn’t consider dedicated Deputy Prime Minister Don the environment too much beyond the boundaries Mazankowski for whom I toiled on Parliament of their own fields, Perrault became concerned Hill; you didn’t have to dig too deep to find about flooding of his fields several times a year by Alberta soil ingrained in his boots. the Bear Brook. When he started to gripe, he was But I’m not just talking about the high and challenged to join SNC and do something to fix it. mighty. Consider the late Gaston Patenaude, forSo he did… and over the intervening years, his mer mayor of Russell Township, a man with the own flooding problems and those of many other natural gift of the gab in two languages and an residents of the watershed have been curbed drainnate ability to smooth things over, to broker matically through strategic damming and dredgcompromises. Now consider Denis Perrault of Navan, a dairy ing overseen by the SNC board. Another time he rose to the challenge with farmer and winemaker who’s always been interested in every aspect of agriculture, of improving flair was in establishing Domaine Perrault winery with wife Lyse beginning more than a decade the lot of the industry and the environment it ago. As a way of expanding the options of Eastern operates in, particularly in his Eastern Ontario Ontario growers, he became a staunch promoter neck of the woods. of the concept of producing fine wine locally Perrault has served on many farm-related from winter-resistant hybrid grapes. Through his boards of directors, most of which he’s retired active involvement at Alfred Campus of the from lately to devote more time to his 180-head Holstein dairy herd and his winery producing and University of Guelph, he stepped in as president of the region’s first vintners’ association. marketing 16,000 bottles of various varieties That’s well and good, he was told, but you every year. He maintains his membership on the Eastern Ontario Training Board focused on labour have to do more. You have to grow some vines on your own property. In 1999, he planted an experiforce development. mental 1,000 vines representing 10 types of The dairy business was a three-man partnerhybrid; by 2005, he’d planted another 5,000 vines ship involving Perrault and his two brothers. When they came to a parting of the ways not long and Domain Perrault was officially launched. Selling 90 per cent of his products out of his ago, his solution was to buy out his siblings and carry on solo with part-time help from son Pierre. on-farm store and the remainder to restaurants and Recently, he was honoured for 35 years of serv- special events, Domaine Perrault has gained much acclaim and put the lie to the old contention that ice on the board and committees of South Nation Conservation which manages the natural environ- good wine can’t be made in the Ottawa area climate. ment across 4,000 square-km of Eastern Ontario The winery employs up to 15 people seasonalranging from the Ottawa River at Plantagenet to ly including two sommeliers; not one to rest on Prescott on the St. Lawrence Seaway. his laurels, Perrault has plans for expansion to In his usual modest fashion, Perrault said his cope with increasing demand. objective was never to leave a large, impressive Between the dairy and the winery, Perrault legacy following his time at SNC, but to help says he enjoys the best of both worlds. Like ensure that the authority continues in its role as environmental watchdog. The model represented his wines, he just seems to get better with age.

When, oh when, is somebody going to fix 4-H Ontario? How many complaints against senior management have to pile up before desperately needed action is taken? If the organization can’t fix itself, then a higher authority must step in. It all goes back 18 months when two veteran Frontenac County volunteers were dismissed from their beloved positions after unproven charges that they contravened the 4H Code of Conduct. Apparently, the no-nonsense volunteers offended a sensitive new field rep attached to 4-H headquarters in Guelph. The rep’s two friends in high places sprung to her defense and, in an unprecedented action, the volunteers were booted. The field rep and her supportive volunteer coordinator have since departed 4-H, leaving their pal executive director Wraychel Horne to carry on the fight against outspoken volunteers all by her lonesome. Horne soon learned Ruth Shannon and Harriet Corkey are hard as nails. They’re simply not the type to shut their mouths and crawl away when unfairly treated. They’ve been seeking reinstatement ever since they were barred, determined that no other volunteers should ever be subjected to the same indignity. A big step forward occurred recently when the ladies were reinstated at the local level by the Frontenac association in clear defiance of the dismissal action taken by central command. Horne continues to steadfastly stick by her original misguided decision and here’s the astounding thing… she’s backed by the elected 4-H council, her collective boss. Two 4-H annual conferences have come and gone and the bizarre case of Shannon and Corkey has never made the agenda, two annual meetings when The AgriNews is Published by Etcetera Publications (Chesterville) Inc. council members by their inaction have endorsed the shabby treatment of two respected volunteers. on the first Monday of each month. At the most recent meeting held in Waterloo March 23-24, a new controEditor & Publisher: Robin R. Morris versy hit the fan. Region 4 delegates criticized a decision undertaken by Horne backed by council to buy and renovate a new headquarters building Staff Writers: Tom VanDusen, Nelson Zandbergen, Lois Ann Baker, near Guelph at a cost of $525,000. It seems approval was never sought from Darren Matte the membership, something Horne insists wasn’t required under 4-H council Advertising Manager: Julie Lascelle, agrinewsads@gmail.com consolidated bylaws. Region 4 also cited staffing issues and lack of transparency as reasons for Advertising Representatives: Muriel Carruthers, Christine Lascelle “a high level of unhappiness amongst volunteers”. That unhappiness became P.O. Box 368, Chesterville, Ont. K0C 1H0 obvious when five council members up for reelection were voted out; two Telephone: 613-448-2321 Fax: 613-448-3260 other members who resigned prior to the meeting were also replaced, putting a total of seven out of 10 newcomers on the board. www.agrinews.ca e-mail: rm@agrinews.ca Hopefully this fresh new council will finally take charge and implement Annual Subscription $36.75 (HST Included) within Canada the necessary action to restore the credibility and accountability of 4-H All advertisements appearing in The AgriNews are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced Ontario. without the express written permission of the publisher.

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Chobani correspondence contradicts DFO: Ian Cumming The Editor: I have no issue with the article last month detailing the speech given by DFO lawyer Graham Lloyd at the recent Kemptville Dairy day. It was accurate as to the speech that was given, which is the job of a journalist. However, I wish to take issue with several points made by Lloyd. One of which was vilifying the accuracy of a Financial Post article I had written, concerning the failure of Chobani Yogurt to build a huge plant in Kingston, Ontario. A November 27th meeting I had cited “had nothing to do with Chobani,” Lloyd said in his speech. It had everything to do with Chobani. The meeting itself was ordered by Geri Kamenz from the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission, as part of an agreement, after the Ontario Dairy Council (ODC) had dropped their tribunal appeal against the Ontario government and DFO, fighting the Chobani plant being built. The actual meeting centered on DFO guaranteeing all the processors under the ODC that they would be supplied all the milk they needed. While Lloyd can

honestly feel great things were accomplished and that fears were calmed, one of the nation’s largest processors didn’t feel so. And told me so in an extensive interview after, in fact saying, “it made everybody feel good but it accomplished nothing.” And in March closed two of their Canadian plants. Lloyd took no issue with that perception when it appeared later in print. The perception and reality of a policy and meeting with those with over $1-billion invested in the industry, versus a wage earning employee hired to “communicate,’ is dramatically different. These plants closing help you the farmers — how? Chobani not building helps farmers — how? While Lloyd felt “like a kid in a candy store,” when a quote attributed to Chobani communications person Nicki Briggs cited that there was no issue with price and supply, one feels happy for him, but that also leaves out some facts. Plus we know the thinking process of kids with too much candy and not enough thought. First of all, no agriculture or urban journalist, national or international,

has stated quotes from anyone that price was an issue for Chobani. However, Kingston politicians and municipal employees have stated on the record in their city paper, on local radio and TV that they have been told by Chobani officials that the supply management system, including its difficulty in guaranteeing sup-

ply, was an issue. In fact past emails from Nick Briggs and Lauren Grant, on behalf of Chobani to me, state that accessing an adequate supply of milk was indeed a challenge and problem that they had to overcome. I have those emails. Does Lloyd have his that he’s citing stating the opposite, from the same person?

I don’t know. But I do know that I can produce mine to whoever wants it. Be that a farmer or a court of law. However the main question farmers need answered, if what Lloyd says is true, is how do those managing a billion dollar industry have no clue why the fastest growing dairy processor in the world’s history can’t

build, as he wanted to, on Canadian soil? Shouldn’t Lloyd, your employee, get in his car, drive to New York and ask why? Rather than being trotted around the province to make speeches against Ian Cumming? Ian Cumming Green Valley

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than with more laws, such as the family taking away the keys. The silent majority has been silent for too long and need to do something before a permit is needed to leave the house because that is the direction things are heading. I do not want police at my door saying that I cannot drive my machinery on my own property. Accidents happen whether you are young or old. There are already so many safety groups and environmental laws that farmers need to comply with. It is time to say we have had enough! I am all for safety but accidents happen whether you are young or old. Earl Shaw Kingston

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Take action against GM alfalfa, April 9 The Editor: Traditional alfalfa or popularly known as Queen of the Forages is, and has been, an extremely important and widely grown successful crop in the livestock communities of Renfrew County and across Canada. Farmers in Renfrew County and across Canada over the years have had the privilege of choosing from some 200 varieties of traditional alfalfa seed; some varieties are chosen to better suit the climate of this area. Alfalfa is an ideal crop grown in rotation with corn, soybeans and wheat. Weed control in an alfalfa crop is not an issue but alfalfa as a weed in other crops is a problem and farmers use Roundup to control it. Roundup Ready alfalfa would defeat this purpose. Together family farmers and consumers should be sharing concerns in respect to the pending approval of Genetically Modified (GM) alfalfa seed and how it could affect the future of

family farms and the supply of healthy nutritious local/Canadian food. There is no-one in the agricultural community and/or consumer community asking for this technology. Then why is the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), a branch of the federal government, contemplating to introduce GM alfalfa for use in Canada and possibly as early as this spring? What is GM alfalfa? A company called Forage Genetics International has applied Monsanto’s genetically modified Roundup Ready (herbicide resistant) technology to alfalfa. Canadian regulatory authorities have approved GM alfalfa for eating and growing, but the company needs to complete one more step, called variety registration, before it can sell GM alfalfa seed. It is up to farmers and consumers to ask the Federal Government to stop the introduction of GM alfalfa seed before it is too late.

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OurReadersWrite The GM alfalfa threat Since alfalfa is a perennial plant that is pollinated by bees, GM alfalfa will inevitably cross-pollinate with non-GM and organic alfalfa, threatening the livelihood of family farmers across Canada. Prairie farmers have already rejected GM alfalfa for these reasons, and now the industry is trying to introduce GM alfalfa in Eastern Canada. If it is introduced, GM alfalfa will ruin export markets for alfalfa products, contaminate family farms, make it more difficult for farmers to control weeds, and threaten the future of organic food and farming in Canada. Beekeepers are also most concerned in respect to the unknown of GM alfalfa. In addition, GM seeds cost twice as much as conventional seeds. In 2009 Canada lost considerable flax export markets due to Triffid Flax (GM) contamination. Most trading countries have zero tolerance for GM products. In 2006 contamination occurred in the United States during an open field test of a modified gene in a strain of rice. The genetic

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material from the unapproved rice contaminated more than 30 percent of all rice cropland in the US. Several organizations including farm organizations and the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) are organizing a Day of Action

April 9th. We are asking farmers and consumers to support these groups by either writing, e-mailing or phoning (leave a message) Renfrew-NipissingPembroke MP Cheryl Gallant — cheryl.gallant@parl.gc.ca — and Minister of Agriculture &

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Whopping ‘stewardship’ tire tax increase hits agriculture The Editor: Ontario Tire Stewardship recently announced significant increases to tire stewardship fees levied on off-road agricultural tires. These fees apply to all tires used off-road and impact many farm businesses across Ontario. The fee increases are to fully cover the costs of tire recycling, including costs to collect and transport used tires to a recycling facility. No public consultations were done before these increases came into effect on April 1, 2013. Before the increase, agricultural tires carried a flat stewardship fee of $15.29 each, regardless of rim diameter or tire weight. Now, those fees range from a low of $5.88 for tires less than 33 pounds, to a whopping $352.80 for tires weighing between 826 and 1,543 pounds.

These drastic increases will unfairly penalize farm businesses, adding thousands of additional dollars in extra fees each year. The Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) is encouraging its members to voice their concern over this increase. We want the Ontario government to reverse the decision to significantly increase the tire stewardship fees in Ontario on agricultural and off-road tires, and commit instead to working with the industries affected to find a workable solution. If you are concerned about the impact of these new fee increases to your farm business, send a letter to your MPP. Mark Wales President Ontario Federation of Agriculture

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Bill Smirle assumes South Nation Chair F By Nelson Zandbergen AgriNews Staff Writer INCH — Morewood’s BIll sMIrle was

aCClaIMed last week to a two-year terM as CHaIr oF tHe soutH NatIoN CoNservatIoN Board oF dIreCtors.

A former Deputy Mayor of the Township of North Dundas, Smirle has sat as the township council’s chosen representative on the board since 2010. He had reached the position of vice- chair on the watershed authority before his colleagues officially voted March 21 to install Smirle as the replacement for Lawrence Levere of Edwardsburg/Cardinal, whose two-year term was concluding. Levere now sits as past chair on the 13member board representing 15 municipalities within the watershed. Chesterville native Doug Thompson, councillor for Ottawa City Council, has assumed the vice-chair post

vacated by Smirle. “I have spent the last two years as vice, and I have been extremely interested in conservation in our area, and how we can improve the communication of what’s important and why it’s important,� the new Chair told The AgriNews earlier this week. “I will hopefully be able to continue doing that.� “I’m really interested in seeing us improve the education and getting information out to children and to adults, and to make sure we’re interacting with people about the importance of Conservation.� Echoing a sentiment he expressed in his acceptance speech, Smirle added there were things to be learned “from our First Nations friends� about treating the land as though it belongs to our children. The new Chair also said he looked forward to helming the watershed authority as it moves forward with a streamlined staff, following

a February restructuring that saw about 10 positions shed and five departments merged into three new ones. Current General Manager Dennis O’Grady remains at the top of the staff hierarchy, with Pat Piitz, Angela Coleman and Linda Hutchinson installed as new department directors — respectively Science and Research, Property Management & Approvals, and Organization Effectiveness. Smirle will also preside over SNC as it embarks on a $200,000 initiative to buy up as yet unidentified forests and wetlands to preserve them for conservation purposes. That cost, approved earlier this year, will be paid by municipalities in the watershed, a special levy on top of their regular annual assessment paid to SNC. For North Dundas, it will mean a total outflow of just over $62,000 to SNC this year. Smirle said the special

levy was initially opposed by some of the rural representatives on the SNC board but supported by those from Ottawa. The rurals ultimately changed to go along with the four Ottawa representatives, who could have legally insisted on having their votes outweigh all of the other representatives combined because of the city’s 80 per cent share of the SNC budget assessment. It didn’t come to that, however, and Smirle said he wants to keep intact the long-observed board tradition of one member one vote, regardless of municipality. director Perrault retires The meeting also marked the retirement of 35-year board member Denis Perrault of Navan. The dairy farmer and winemaker was lauded for his outstanding contribution through the years and was presented with a commemorative coin. “As I was researching Denis’ involvement in South Nation, I kept going back and back,� O’Grady observed in a press release. “We didn’t realize it was 35 years.� As for Perrault, he sin-

New Chair congratulates retiree

In one of his first tasks at the helm of the watershed authority’s board, new South Nation Conservation Chair Bill Smirle (right) presents a commemorative coin to retiring board member Denis Perrault of Navan, who served 35 years as a board director.

gled out O’Grady, the late Gaston Patenaude of Russell and Albert McKeown of Metcalfe as his SNC mentors. He said his goal was never to leave a large legacy but to simply make sure that SNC continues in its role as environmental watchdog in the 4,000 square-km of Eastern

Ontario. He noted his original objective in signing on with the conservation authority was to reduce regular flooding, including on his fields originating from Bear Brook. He soon gained an education in many aspects of environmental protection and enhancement.

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Until his passing of natural causes in 2007, he was an active member of the Russell Lions Club for 28 years, club president, and chair of many fundraising committees. He established a sheep show at the Russell Fair and organized it for more than 30 years, introducing a junior component to encourage 4-H participation. He sheered sheep at several fairs to add educational value and was a widely respected show judge, including at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto. But it’s doubtful that even some of his closest associates knew the full extent of James’ accomplishments, especially when it came to the Ontario and Canadian sheep industry. In recognition of those contributions, James will be inducted this June into the Milton-based Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame. “Ontario’s sheep genetics are now on a world stage,� said Jim Driscoll of

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The late Jack James Purebred Sheep Breeders of Ontario in supporting the nomination. “Maybe it would have happened, but there are many producers who see Jack’s beginning effort as the springboard to what we have witnessed in industry growth.â€? “Thanks Jack‌ you got us off on the right foot,â€? Driscoll concluded. “Needless to say,â€? said widow Lois James, “the girls and I, family, friends and fellow sheep producers are thrilled with the honour. It’s too bad it had to be given posthumously.â€?

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Lois is pursuing her late husband’s intense support of 4-H in which he was a leader for both the East Carleton Sheep Club and the Russell Calf Club until his death, instilling love of agriculture, sheep and 4-H in daughters Shanna and Jenna. James will be inducted posthumously at the same time as Arthur Bennett of Bayfield and Hector Romaine Delanghe of Blenheim. Bennett’s lasting legacy in rural Ontario is centered Continued on next page

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Hall of Fame Continued from page 10 on leadership development and in farm management training. He honed the leadership skills of hundreds of Junior Farmers; his Youth Extension Team became the Ministry of Agriculture’s Leadership Training Specialists. In addition to outstanding credentials as a fruit and vegetable grower, Delanghe has been active in refining the science and technology drivers behind his sector. He was instrumental in easing the labour requirements of Ontario growers through development of the Temporary Foreign Workers Program. “To qualify for this prestigious recognition, inductees must have demonstrated visionary leadership, innovation and entrepreneurship in the advancement of agriculture in Ontario,” the Hall of Fame explains. “They will have left a lasting legacy for the benefit of future generations.” Bios and artistic renditions of inductees are on permanent display in the hall. The Ottawa Valley Seed Growers Association takes it one step further by sponsoring a mini Hall of Fame at Kemptville Campus of the University of Guelph, a satellite of the Ontario Agricultural College that James attended. In 1996, he led the movement to establish the Purebred Breeders and wrote its constitution. He was founding chair and remained on the board as a mentor until his passing. From 1976 to 1983, he was a district representative on the Ontario Sheep Association, including a year as president... at age 32, among the youngest to ever serve in that capacity. James helped build the three-day Sheep Focus into a premier Ontario industry event, incorporating producer activities, commercial exhibits, ram, ewe, and individual breed sales. He was member of the board of the Canadian Sheep Breeders Association from 1979 to 1987, president in 1986. He worked under that banner to establish a rotating annual show and sale and, as association president,

co-chaired the first ever Sheep and Wool Congress in Edmonton. He chaired the Ontario Sheep Marketing Commission in 1983-84 helping to develop the vision and mission for the Ontario Sheep Marketing Agency… serving as founding chair. And he initiated the first bimonthly sheep commodity magazine in the province, Ontario Sheep News. Jack also represented Canada as a founding member of the board of the World Sheep Council from 1986 to 1990. From 1989 to 1994, he was on the board of the Canadian Livestock Record Corporation, chairing it in 1994 when he was principle deliverer of a public relations and software enhancement project. With interest in sheep production mounting in the late 1970s, he established a club for producers in Russell and surrounding counties. Often 50 or more participants would attend monthly meetings to hear speakers, participate in farm tours, purchase supplies in bulk, and get involved in promoting lamb. James maintained commercial barns and a lamb feedlot until the operation was decimated by fire in 1990. Earlier, he’d developed a lamb wholesale business selling and delivering fresh cuts and carcasses to embassies and ethnic and high-end Ottawa butcher shops. He established top purebred flocks of Hampshire, Suffolk and Polled Dorset sheep, consistent winners in the show ring. He marketed registered Jameshaven breeding stock across Canada and the U.S.; he was owner of the longest established Polled Dorset flock in Canada. He worked on the Arcott Producer Advisory Committee for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to select foundation flocks to be released to the public in 1989-90. The third most registered breed in Canada, Rideau Arcott has made a significant contribution in improving productivity of the industry. Calling him a “builder”, Driscoll cited Jame’s personality as a huge asset in making things happen: “Jack was fair and firm, Jack didn’t like to waste time beating around the bush on any issue; you always knew where you stood and why.”

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Federal Ag Minister visits Dundas County

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Up front with the Emma Caldwell barn painting featured in this year’s Prestigious Pedigreed Seed Sale, Ottawa Valley Seed Growers Association President Bruce Hudson welcomes onlookers to the 20th annual fundraiser at the Ottawa Valley Farm Show. be precise. “I’m just really excited to help contribute to the $100,000,� Caldwell, among the fifth generation at Maple Holme Farms, said afterward in the Ernst & Young Centre. Earl Horst Systems Ltd. of Elmira bought the piece. “I want to thank [certified seed supplier] SeCan for sponsoring the painting,� added the artist. In February, another of her paintings – a portrait of the famous Smurf, the planet’s top-producing dairy cow at Ferme Gillette Inc. –

fetched $2,200 at auction during Holstein Ontario’s annual general meeting in Ottawa. Set to graduate this spring from the fine arts program at Queen’s University, Caldwell looks forward to her final summer of showing Russellbased Jerseys as a 4-H competitor, starting with the Eastern Ontario Jersey Rally in June. The petite blonde quips that the diminutive Jersey better suits her own stature, though she did show Holsteins from Maple Holme

until four years ago, when her parents sold off the herd. None other than Maple Holme Cinderella was her 4H calf at one point. She says she currently coowns a Jersey calf with dairy farmer Mike Bols of Russell. On the artistic side, she hopes to make a pilgrimage to Minnesota to visit superstar cattle portrait artist Bonnie Mohr. Local agricultural observers have lauded Caldwell herself for very accurately depicting different breeds of cattle.

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More fine artistry at the auction

Auctioneer John Joynt (above) accepts bids in the Prestigious Pedigreed Seed Sale, which also included such creative works as a leather folio made and donated by leather worker and boot maker Lynn MacNab, and a copy of Grandma Says: Weather Lore From Meteorologist Cindy Day — written and donated by the CTV broadcaster and former Ottawa Valley Farm Show general manager. Displaying those respective items for the auction are Ottawa Valley Seed Growers Association directors Burt Grundy (top) and David Blair. The auction also featured seven donated seed lots, six of them being donated to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank by the successful bidders.

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4-H takes centre stage during OVFS New 4-H CEO

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Keynote speaker of the show kickoff, Rob Black, President of the Canadian 4-H Council, took the microphone to talk about some of the highlights and history of the organization. “4-H is one of the longest running youth organizations in Canada and I’d say it is the best darn youth program in Canada!� he exclaimed. Black went on to note the origins of the program in Manitoba and thanked the volunteers and past members for helping the program grow to its current state. On hand to welcome everyone in attendance was OVFS General Manager Tom Van Dusen, who outlined some of the planned events and initiatives

Canadian 4-H Council President Rob Black (left) receives a gift from Ottawa Valley Farm Show General Manager Tom Van Dusen at the official opening of the March 12-14 Show at the Ernst and Young Centre. 4-H took centre stage at the Show, which served as the kickoff event for celebrations around the country marking 4-H’s centennial year. Matte photo

across the country that will pay homage to 4-H on the occasion of its 100th. These include a centennial gala, May 30, in Winnipeg; the creation of “$100 for 100�, a national legacy fundraising campaign that aims to raise $100,000 to help

expand and grow 4-H across Canada; a partnership with Canada Post involving the creation of an envelope; a video competition; a national food drive campaign; as well as the ‘Do More with Less’ recipe challenge, that teaches 4-H

members how to plan a healthy meal on a budget to raise awareness of poverty across Canada. The food drive will extend to the farm show, as the 4-H booth is taking donations throughout the event. Ottawa Valley Seed Growers Association President, Bruce Hudson, also took the opportunity to welcome visitors and point out some of the winning 4H exhibits at the seed growers’ booth, where the opening ceremonies took place. Afterwards, International Plowing Match President Robert MacLean of Frontenac County and Ontario Queen of the Furrow Sara Little invited guests to the upcoming IPM in Mitchell, Ontario. Black concluded the ceremonies by thanking the OVFS and Ottawa Valley Seed Growers Association, as well as all the volunteer members and sponsors of 4-H. He received a gift from Van Dusen, and with that the 2013 OVFS was officially underway.

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TTAWA – ShAnnOn Benner Will heAd 4-h CAnAdA AS The OrgAnizATiOn’S neW Chief exeCuTive OffiCer (CeO) effeCTive April 22, 2013. Benner BringS mOre ThAn 15 yeArS Of mAnAgemenT experienCe WiTh yOuTh-fOCuSed OrgAnizATiOnS TO her neW rOle AT 4-h CAnAdA, AS The OrgAnizATiOn CeleBrATeS 100 yeArS Of empOWering CAnAdiAn yOuTh TO “leArn TO dO By dOing.� Originally from British Columbia, Benner has spent her professional career in leadership positions with experiential education organizations that focus on positive youth development. She joins 4-H Canada from the Tim Hortons Children’s Foundation where she was most recently responsible for standards, risk management and accreditation of facilities across North America. “We are delighted to have Shannon on board to lead the 4-H Canada team,� says Rob Black, president of the Canadian 4-H Council. “Her entire professional career has been focused on engaging and inspiring youth, and we can’t wait for the entire 4-H organization to benefit from Shannon’s leadership.� Benner spent several years in the U.S. working with youth organizations to develop, fundraiser, market and lead youth development including AIG International in Vermont and the Princeton-Blairstown Center affiliated with Princeton University. She began her career with the Outward Bound organization in Western Canada. “This is an exciting time to be joining 4-H Canada as we celebrate 100 years of the tremendous impact 4-H has had on kids and communities across Canada,� says the incoming CEO. “I am passionate about organizations that make a difference in the lives of youth, and I know that 4-H Canada will provide the perfect opportunity to use my management expertise to see the strong tradition of 4-H grow and flourish.� Benner will be relocating to Ottawa, from her home in Parry Sound, along with her husband Chris and two sons Patrick and Findlay.

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Winnipeg gala to mark 4-H’s 100th

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“In an age when organizations seem to come and go in a short span of time, the longevity of the 4-H movement is something worth celebrating,” said 4H President Rob Black. “Since 1913, two million

young Canadians have been members of our clubs and have taken part in hundreds of thousands of projects focused on giving them the opportunity to learn to do by doing.” The centrepiece event in a year of local, regional and national festivities is the 100th Anniversary Gala evening on May 30 at the Fairmont Winnipeg featuring a “Manitoba flare” menu paired with wine from Ontario. The event will celebrate the impor-

tance of food production and sustainability as well as the role of youth as future leaders in feeding a growing world population. Dr. Roberta Bondar, Canada’s first female astronaut, will be the keynote speaker. 4-H will also host a “Night at the Museum” on May 31 in Roland, Manitoba, the birthplace of the 4-H movement in Canada. Organizers promise it will be an evening to remember with great food,

special presentations and the unveiling of a Canada Post commemorative envelope. “We want this to be a real 4-H family reunion to celebrate the centenary of this remarkable organization and to mark the beginning of the next chapter in our history,” said Rob Black. For tickets to the Gala and the 4-H Night at the Museum go to , e-mail or call 613-234-4448, ext 26.

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2013 Ottawa Valley Seed Show winners

Left photo: from left, Bruce and Brian Hudson of Carleton County won the Barclay Dick Challenge Trophy for best exhibit of red clover, presented by Michael Doelman. Right photo: On behalf of Barclay Dick & Son Farm Supply, Chris Armstrong (right) accepts the Bishops Farms Seeds Plaque for the barley class championship. Matt Taylor presents the award.

John Devries of Dundas County (left) accepts the NK Brand Syngenta Seeds best exhibit of corn silage award from Andrew Wright.

Larry Reaburn of Reaburn Seeds (left) accepts the Lanark Mutual Insurance award for best entry in the Pedigreed Seed Auction. Alan Lowry presents.

Lindsay Gordon of Frontenac County accepts the Mrs. Ed Wallace & Issac Wallace Challenge Trophy for the Championship Hay Exhibit. Cecil Zandbergen photos Cass presents.

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2013 Seed Show Awards at OVFS

David Reid of Renfrew County (right) accepts the Hal Botham Memorial Trophy as Champion Exhibitor of Forage Seeds. Roy Carver presents.

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Thomas Haerle of Prescott County (right) accepts the Ottawa Valley Seed Growers’ challenge award for Champion Exhibit of Haylage. Bruce Hudson presents.

The E.H. Wallace Memorial Trophy for the Champion exhibit of Soybeans went to Michael Sullivan of Carleton County (left), presented by David Blair.

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2012. Born to Dutch immigrants in Almonte, Hakvoort founded Hog Haven Inc. on Goldfield Road outside Finch in 1981, an operation that has spun off into two — soon to be three — separate farms as the next generation follows in their parents’ footsteps. Contacted after the honour bestowed on him at the annual March 22 Celebration of Stormont Agriculture evening, the honouree said he viewed the recognition very much as one for his entire family, including his wife, Marion, secretary-treasurer of the business. “Absolutely, if it wasn’t for my family, I wouldn’t be here,� said Hakvoort, also accompanied that evening by son Devon, 28 — now the owner operator

of the 225-sow farrow-tofinish operation at the original Goldfield Road farm — and daughter Rebecca, 31, and her husband, Lee Schwerdtfeger, 33, who run the Hakvoorts’ Kittle Road hog farm purchased from Harold Douma several years ago. Ownership of the latter concern — the 150-sow farrow-to-finish Acre Ridge Farms — is slated to fully transfer to the Schwerdtfegers in the next three or four years, according to Hakvoort, who lives in Berwick with his wife and retains an 1,800-acre cropping and custom harvesting operation. This land base is collaboratively cropped by himself and his hog-farming children, he acknowledged, adding that family members “certainly� help each other out in other ways when needed on their respective farm sites. And it all stems back to that original piggery established 32 years ago with 100 sows (farrow to finish) and 450 acres. “When I started, there were 69 pork producers in Stormont County,� he said, marvelling at Hog Haven’s status as the sole remaining example.

Upgrades were done over the years but on October 16, 2011, a devastating fire levelled the facilities, also destroying the animals inside. Devon had taken over ownership in the spring of 2010, but the decision to rebuild was made quickly, and the replacement barn — similar to the old one in size at 26,500 square feet — was unveiled the following June. Both Arnie and Marion Hakvoort said they were “completely shocked� when his name was announced as Farmer of the Year at the North Stormont Place shindig. In a fortuitous turn of events, Marion happened to be in attendance, having made recent progress against the migraine headaches that have prevented her from going to the annual celebration in recent years. Now grandparents to a five-month-old grandson, the couple were at one time Ontario Young Farmers Winners and Runners-up at the national level. An active director in the Nation Valley Pork Board, Hakvoort has also served on the Bank of Montreal Ag committee.

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2013 Seed Show Awards at OVFS Jim Tims accepts the Hay Quality Competition (Class 38) award from Barry Dean at the Ottawa Valley Farm Show.

John Nanne (left) accepts the Hay Quality Competition (Class 38) reserve championship from Graham Hudson.

Promoting the 2013 IPM

Perth County’s Sara Little, Ontario Queen of the Furrow, attended the Ottawa Valley Farm Show to help the Ontario Plowmen’s Association promote the upcoming 100th anniversary edition of the International Plowing Match, Sept. 17-21 in Mitchell. Zandbergen photo

The Special Export Hay Class, first cut (Class 39) went to Jason Jamieson. Art and Reuben Jamieson (centre) accept. Cecil Cass presents.

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Pellet boiler fired up at On the Bend Sugar Shack By Nelson Zandbergen AgriNews Staff Writer RANTLEY – LARGE, RoTuNd ANd imposiNG, ThE uLTRAmodERN pELLET-

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Glancing up at her metallic steam stacks protruding through the shanty roof, back down to the digital control panel that monitors the blazing inferno within her belly, and over to the automated firebox fuel augering system, one can almost hear comedian Tim Allen’s simian grunts of approval inside On the Bend Sugar Shack. Operated for a dozen years as a fun but serious hobby by childhood friends Frank Heerkens and Gary Gallinger in this northeastern corner of South Dundas Township, the 850-tap sugarbush brought the big new boiler on line this month for only its second season.

“You don’t make money on hobbies,” chuckles Frank Heerkens, proudly leading a guest on a tour of the crisp, board and batten sugar shack and the $25,000 ‘Sirocco’ boiler purchased a little more than a year ago and installed in the bush where County Rd. 11 takes a sharp bend (hence the name of the enterprise). In this tranquil wooded setting at the headwaters of Hoasic Creek, Heerkens and Gallinger — who grew up together in the same Grantley area — fired up the unit for its inaugural 2013 burn on March 9. An upright bin outside the shack holds several tonnes of pellets before an electric auger sends them inside the building and on their way to the combustion chamber. “It’s a whole new way of thinking instead of shoving firewood into a boiler,” says Heerkens of the Sirocco, first of its kind to go into service in Ontario. Prior to buying the unit, they were already a step

beyond traditional wood burning by using an oilfired boiler, backed up with a small propane evaporator to finish off the syrup at the correct sugar or “brix” level. The new pellet-burning boiler is 66 per cent cheaper on fuel compared to its oil predecessor, says Gallinger. A big deal when it otherwise takes $9 worth of oil to make one gallon of syrup. Gallinger, who works at Beavers Dental in Morrisburg, reports a large maple producer in Quebec saw his seasonal fuel cost drop from $51,000 to $18,000 after switching from oil to the same pelletfired boiler. Processing up to 125 gallons of sap per hour, it’s also precise enough to make the final product without the extra finishing step at the end of the process. From a spigot on the side of the Sirocco flows hot maple syrup, ready to pack into bottles, many of which Heerkens, owner of Dundas Power

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Longtime friends Gary Gallinger (left) and Frank Heerkens, pose with their new Sirocco evaporator/boiler during its first firing of 2013 at their On the Bend Sugar Shack maple operation, earlier this Zandbergen photo month.

Line, gives away as corporate gifts. Given his vocation, it’s not surprising the necessary electrical power comes from an on-site generator, a large cobra-head light affixed to the shed serving

as another dead giveaway of those industry connections. With the help of local contractor Dan Chambers almost a dozen years ago, the sugar shack was erected as a pole-shed construction,

underpinned by hydro poles that are Heerkens’ stock in trade. The recently remodeled back kitchen, complete with patio door and cozy woodstove, is paneled inside with real western red Continued on page 24

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Syrup season kicks off

Left photo: Mayumi Akiyama of Tokyo, Japan, drills a tree in preparation for a spile and bucket, March 2 at Sand Road Maple Farm. Visitors, friends and officials gathered at the Moose Creek operation for a “first tapping� event to mark the start of Eastern Ontario’s 2013 maple syrup season. Facility co-owner Scott Coleman (left) looks on, while Brian Barkley (right), a sugarbush operator from Elma and fellow member of the Ontario Maple Sugar Producers’ Association lends a helping hand to the visitor. Right photo: Among those in attendance were (from left) local MPP Jim McDonell, Sand Road Maple Farm co-owner Angela Coleman, Stormont Dundas & Glengarry Warden Bill McGimpsey, Ontario Maple Syrup Producer’s Association President Ray Bonenberg, Henry Lickers of Akwesasne, and farm co-owner Scott Coleman. Lickers presented a traditional Mohawk contemplation and “council fire� ceremony to kick off the season — see sandroadmaplefarm.com.

Pellet boiler Continued from page 23 cedar sliced out of – you guessed it – old hydro poles. That work and other improvements at the sugar shack involved contractor Philip Merkley. Located on the farm where Gary Gallinger grew up and owned by his father, Gerald, the 20-acre sugarbush is a certified forest through the Eastern Ontario Model Forest program. Heerkens proudly points to a sign indicat-

ing that conservation-minded status. He says he came to an appreciation for the beauty of natural woodlands while regularly walking through another nearby bush as a kid to play football with the Gallinger boys at their place. From a Dutch immigrant family, he also picked up a taste for tapping trees by helping another neighbour, Earl Merkley, with his sugaring operation years ago. But he and Gallinger knew little about making maple syrup when they started the On the Bend operation, he admits. They simply forged after years of batting the idea around. “We were rookies as rookies could be.�

Sap from the majority of the trees is collected with buckets, while 350 taps are handled with vacuum tubing. In a decent year, they can make a little over 100 gallons of maple syrup, though 2012 was a bust with only 25 produced when the season was abruptly cut short with sudden warm weather. There was so little sap to boil last year, they didn’t bother filling the exterior pellet bin and instead manually fed bags of pellets into the Sirocco from inside the sugar shack. The fallout from last year’s ensuing summer drought may have an impact on this

year’s production as well. Speaking earlier this month at Sand Road Maple Farm in Moose Creek, Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association (OMPSA) President Ray Bonenburg, of Pembroke, urged restraint in the number of taps deployed per tree this year because of the stress they endured in 2012. OMPSA will host its annual summer producer tour and conference this July in Cornwall, and On the Bend Sugar Shack will showcase its pellet-burning equipment to other producers as one of the planned tour stops.

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Bean bakeoff signals 2013 maple season in P.E. County By Martha Tanner AgriNews Contributor ILLIER — THE

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Held March 8 at Sugarbush Vineyards, the event marked the launch of both the award-winning Maple in the County Festival, now in its 12th year, and Countylicious, a prix fixe promotion featuring Prince Edward County’s top restaurants. Six of the County’s chefs served up their own sweet and saucy baked beans – all infused with local maple syrup – to a panel of judges made up of six maple syrup producers participating in the Maple in the County Festival. The winner of the tin can trophy was Chef Matthew DeMille of Pomodoro Trattoria in Wellington, whose secret ingredient was bacon. While the results were being tallied, producer Ron Hubbs of Hubbs Sugarbush & Sweetwater Cabin in Carrying Place, paid tribute to the dairy farmers in Prince Edward County who kept the maple syrup industry going when it looked like it was coming to an end, before the technological advances of the 1970s made the process much less labour intensive. “It is important to recognize,” he said, “that in the 1950s and 60s, when it almost looked like the maple syrup industry would come to an end, two dairy families – the Fosters and the Vaders – hung on. We really owe a lot to those mainstay producers – and it always seems to be dairy farmers – who helped those of us in the business who have come on since then.” Hubbs also pointed out that their efforts have led to the success of Maple in the County, which not only helps promote the County and its maple syrup producers, but helps organizations like the Hallowell Volunteer Fire Department and the Alzheimers Society, two recipients of the proceeds from fundraising pancake breakfasts held during the festival. Presented by the Prince Edward County Maple Syrup Producers, Maple in the County was named a 2013 Top 100 Festival by Festivals & Events Ontario. Each year it attracts over 10,000 visitors over two days to participating

maple sugar bushes and to the county’s restaurants, wineries and breweries. Held March 23 and 24, this year’s event featured a new Sugar Shack Shindig on the Saturday evening, which invited celebrants to don their long johns, farm boots and best plaid jackets for a maple-inspired meal by Chef DeMille followed by an outdoor concert with Whoa, Nellie! Countylicious, held March 13 to April 6, is a promotion of the County’s marketing organization, Taste the County, and featured $30 and $35 prix fixe dinner menus at eight top restaurants. The producers who attended the March 8 launch, on the first spring-like day of the year, were reluctant to predict what kind of maple syrup harvest 2013 would yield. “I’m afraid to say,” admitted Sally Peck, who, with her husband, Rob, taps 100 trees in the sugarbush beyond their grape vines at Sugarbush

Vineyards. “It’s starting well. “ Peck said that in 2012, when the industry was hurt by spiking temperatures, their maple syrup yield was unaffected because they were able to start early, but the unseasonably warm weather wreaked havoc on their grape harvest. In his weekly Maple Syrup Production Report, Todd Leuty, Agroforestry Specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, says that predicting a sap run is difficult, particularly in the early part of the season. “The ideal weather for a really good syrup season is to have a gradual and extended transition from late winter until the arrival of early spring over a five to six week period,” he writes. “Freezing night time temperatures of around -5 degrees C followed by thawing daytime temperatures of +5 to 7 degrees C create sap flow conditions.”

Celebrating the start of the season

A half a dozen chefs and maple syrup producers participated in the Maple Bean Bakeoff March 8 at Sugarbush Vineyards in Hillier, to launch Prince Edward County’s annual Maple in the County Festival and Countylicious. Chefs, from left, are Laura Crowe of Hoy at Huff, Luis de Sousa of Amelia’s Garden, Lili Sullivan of East & Main Bistro, Scott Kapitan of The Bloomfield Carriage House Restaurant, Matthew DeMille of Pomodoro Trattoria and Michael Sullivan of Merrill Inn. Full of beans judges are seated, from left, Rob Peck of Sugarbush Vineyards, Greg Moore of the Hallowell Volunteer Fire Department representing Honey Wagon Farms, Cliff Foster of Fosterholm Farms, Ron Hubbs of Hubbs Sugarbush and Sweetwater Cabin, John Nyman of JC Nyman Farm and Jim Hartley of Waupoos Estates Winery and Sugarbush. At right, Chef Matthew De Mille, of Pomodoro Trattoria in Wellington, holds the golden trophy for the best beans in the Bakeoff.

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Farm Credit Canada cuts ribbon at Casselman office By Pamela Pearson AgriNews Contributor ASSELMAN — FArM CrEdit CANAdA (FCC)

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The financial institution, with its office formerly located Embrun, began servicing the region’s agricultural industry back in 1997 . When that lease was up for renewal in 2012, the FCC team began looking at expansion after determining that more space, as well as a more central location, was needed to better serve its more than 500 area clients. “At FCC, we care about our customers,� says Dany Gingras, District Director at FCC. “When our lease expired in Embrun, we saw an opportunity to ensure that our office location supported our commitment to excellent customer service. We conducted market research and found that Casselman was a more central location for our customers.� The new building, built by local builder Laplante, began it’s five-year lease on Oct. 1, 2012. It offers 4,025 square feet and a second level, which is currently vacant. The ground level FCC location has additional offices for staff expansion, a larger

file room and an enhanced boardroom fitted with up-todate technology, which will act as a teleconferencing platform. There are plans for employee numbers to grow — the team is currently at nine — and so all feel that with this improvement, the ability to provide up-to-date training to staff will enable them to better serve their customers and the industry as a whole. Gingras noted, “This ease of accessability to training via the FCC’s The Learning Centre will not only improve the relationships we have with clients, but with staff training updates coming in from our headquaters in Regina.� The web-based Centre of agricultural forums, seminars and workshops offers topics such as Agricultural Economic Outlook which helps clients to gain insight into major economic trends and the events that shape the Canadian agriculture industry and how they impact farms. “Never before has Canadian agriculture mattered more to Canada or the world. Agriculture is the backbone of a strong and healthy Canada, and the world relies on Canada as a source of safe and healthy food,� says Gingras. “It’s an exciting time for the industry

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and for our customers. We’re excited to continue to provide farmers with the financing, insurance, software and learning they need to succeed out of our Casselman location.� The ribbon was cut at the March 21 grand opening by FCC District Director Dany Gingras, Vice-President Operations for Eastern Ontario and Atlantic Faith Matchett, FCC Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer RÊmi Lemoine and representatives from the Village of Casselman, Councillor Marcel ClÊroux and Yvon Laplante, co-owner of the building with brother and Councillor Mario Laplante. As Canada’s leading agriculture lender, FCC is advancing the business of agriculture. With a healthy portfolio of more than $25billion and 20 consecutive years of portfolio growth, FCC is strong and stable – committed to serving the industry through all cycles. FCC provides financing, insurance, software, learning programs and other business services to producers, agribusinesses and agri-food operations and the employees of FCC employees are passionate about agriculture and committed to the success of customers and the industry.

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Commissioner eyes farm soil carbon levels TORONTO — Through the careful management of soil alone — by raising the organicmatter level in soils — farmers can help mitigate future climate change and adapt to change happening already, while at the same time cleaning water, guarding biodiversity, and ensuring productive farmland for future generations. So says a late March report penned after a roundtable meeting on the subject held by Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner, Gord Miller. “Farmers are vulnerable to climate

change,� said the Commissioner in a press release, “but they are not helpless. As one roundtable participant put it: agriculture is 10 percent of the problem, but 20 percent of the solution. These numbers may be rough approximations, but they convey an important truth: there is much that farmers can do to both mitigate climate change and to adapt to it.� Participants agreed that society must “share� with farmers the risks and costs associated with changing soil management practices. See the report at eco.on.ca

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Transplanted urbanites raise gentle Scottish Highland cattle By Lois Ann Baker AgriNews Staff Writer ONVILLE — A

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Soon after, the Stengers went on vacation to Vermont where Marika saw some cows that she became interested in. It didn’t take long before the Stengers purchased five Scottish Highland cows and began their new lives as farmers. “This is my wife’s baby,” said Stenger, “She fell in love with the cows.” After doing some research, Stenger said he went to a breeder in Vars to purchase the cows. One day on his way back to Bonville

from Montreal, he stopped at an auction and purchased six more cows. “It’s a very scary animal because of the horns,” said Stenger. But was quick to add that it was scary in looks only. The Scottish Highland cattle are smaller than normal beef cattle and have a very gentle disposition. Because they had also purchased a bull, the first year was a real learning experience for these novice farmers. “We have a very good vet in this area, Ian MacNaughton,” said Stenger, “He coached us a little bit for our first calf.” The Stengers remember one calf that was born without their help at all. Not expecting it for a few weeks, Marika said she looked out the window one day and thought she saw a dog in the yard, but as it turns out, it was their newborn calf already walking around. “It is so easy, you don’t have to supervise,” said Stenger, “And maybe that’s what made it easy for us.” The Stengers refer to all their new calves as their

grandchildren. Now in their third year as beef producers, the Stengers herd has grown to 18 head of cattle with another seven on the way. Stenger said the meat from these cows was very tender with marbling but hardly any outside fat. The long hair acts as an insulator so the cow doesn’t need fat to keep warm. Because of this, the meat is also low in chloresterol. “The meat is delicious. It’s unbelievable,” said Stenger. The farm is as close as you can get to organic. The only thing stopping them from being fully organic is that they had to kill the weeds that had overrun the farm because it had not been worked in a while, and to do that they needed pesticides. Other than that, Stenger said, all their new calves have been raised organically. There are only a few herds of this type of cow in the area, but Stenger said they were growing in popularity. “We love them,” said Stenger, “I think more and

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more people are going to go with this type of cow.” He added that these cows are smaller than most and that as people get more educated about the quality of their meat, more people will be looking for beef from the Scottish Highland breed. Along with their small

herd of cattle, the Stengers farm is also home to around 25 chickens and three horses. For city folk who have never farmed or kept farm animals before, the Stengers have certainly made a success of this venture. Watching Marika with

the cattle, it is clear that she cares very much for these cows and treats them more like pets than livestock. She suggested she might be interested in allowing school children to tour the facilities in an effort to keep the younger generation interested in farming.

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Award of Merit for fun farm McMaze

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McMaze is a family owned and operated fun farm established in the summer of 2001 by Sandy McDonald, eldest son of Stephen and Valerie McDonald. McMaze has continually grown with many new additions and services guaranteed to entertain the whole family. New improved expansions have included “The Haze Maze�, “The Door Maze�, “Haunted Barn�, and “Horse Drawn Wagon/Sleigh Rides� just to name a few. Their customers have helped them achieve many accomplishments such as winning the South Stormont Chamber of Commerce & Women EntrepreneurEntrepreneurs of the Year Award in 2003 and 2005 and the Premier’s Award for Agricultural Innovation in

2008. McMaze prides itself with contributions to many community groups and organizations and annually employs over 50 people per year. Stephen and Valerie continue to see this family adventure grow into a family business and have recently celebrated their 29th anniversary. Valerie also works at the Upper Canada District School Board as an educational assistant and is also Stormont’s dairy educator. Stephen continues to work part-time as a heavy equipment operator. As for the other members of the McDonald family who were instrumental in making this attraction such a success, Sandy is now teaching at a local high school and recently was awarded the Queen’s Jubilee medal for air cadets. Anthony is working with North Stormont Township and Keshia is a day-care worker. McMaze started out with a 3.5 acre corn maze in the shape of four trees, each in a different season, that challenged navigational skills and the mind by having

Valerie and Stephen McDonald of McMaze were honoured with the Award of Merit from the Stormont Federation of Agriculture. patrons answer questions to get to the next station, and has grown into a favourite attraction no matter what the season. Now in its 13th year, McMaze is a year round business with such activities as Farm Adventure Day Camps, five mazes, Old McDonald’s Playground, hosting birthday parties,

family reunions, horse drawn sleigh rides, Easter egg hunts, a haunted season and much more. In reaction to the award, the McDonalds said: “We were very surprised at winning this award. We would like to thank everyone who thought we were deserving of the great award.�

Drought relief extended TORONTO – The deadline to apply for financial relief brought on by the drought last summer has been extended. In a joint federal and provincial press release, Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Ontario Premier and Minister of Agriculture and Food Kathleen Wynne made the announcement that the extension gives farmers 11 more weeks to apply for funding. Farmers will now have until June 1 to transport forage and then until June 14 to submit their forms to Agricorp. The initiative, announced on Dec. 14, 2012, is part of the AgriRecovery Framework, and made almost $2.4million available to help livestock producers in designated drought areas of Eastern and southwest Ontario purchase feed for their herds over the winter. Producers are eligible for up to $0.14 per tonne per kilometre to help with transportation of forage or up to $0.075 per kilometre, per animal, to move animals to available feed. The extension will give farmers the time they need to purchase and ship the hay needed for their animals. For further information and how to apply, visit agricorp.com.

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Partners Jeff Westeinde and Justin Ferrabee purchased the land to create the two buildings in an effort to supply the Hydro One grid with roof-mounted solar power — the top-paying type of solar installation, per kilowatt, under Ontario’s Feed-In Tariff (FIT) program. Ferrabee was the one who set things in motion by finding the land just south

of County Road 43 and landing FIT approval. Both of the steel structures are approximately 20,000 square feet each and will not be completely closed in. “We built them with hay storage in mind,� said Westeinde, “So basically, they are two large lean-tos.� Westeinde added that there will be walls where there is cross-bracing to reinforce the structure. Once completed, each structure has been contracted to supply 250 kW peak output. “From a kilowatt hour point of view, they should generate 1,200 watts for one peak,� said Westeinde,

which is the average for Ontario. Westeinde said he had a 20 year Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) contract with the Ontario Power Authority which supplies Hydro One as the local power distribution company. The contract is essentially a power purchase agreement. “Hydro One has been great to deal with,� said Westeinde. Westeinde said he currently doesn’t have anybody interested in renting the space under the panels for storage, but he has made some inquiries. “I’d love to see the buildings used by one of the local farmers,� said

Two huge solar buildings like this one are being constructed on County Road 15 just south of County Road 43 in Avonmore. As well as providing power to Hydro One, these buildings can be used to store hay or other items. Westeinde, who invites anyone interested in using his structures for agricultural purposes to please contact him at jeffw@rogers.som. The Avonmore solar structures aren’t the only ones that Westeinde has

invested in. He recently completed a similar sized solar generating plant in Dunrobin, and is the owner of 14 smaller 10kW projects throughout Eastern Ontario. “I’ve built these [struc-

tures] in other parts of the province, and I feel it’s beneficial for storage,� he said. The project should wrap up in late spring with connection to the Hydro One grid in May, said Westeinde.

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Storm Internet doubles user base By Nelson Zandbergen AgriNews Staff Writer ASTERN ONTARIO — BROAdcASTINg

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In 2012, Storm reappeared as a wireless competitor in an expanded swath of rural Eastern Ontario, several years after the Ottawa-based firm exited part of the region and sold off certain wireless assets to larger rival Barret Xplore (Xplornet). The expiry of a noncompete agreement has permitted Storm to blow back into places like North Dundas Township, where chairman Birket Foster, of Chesterville, last summer rolled out a new freestanding wireless tower and company support centre on the grounds of his longtime software business on Main Street. Other nearby aerials have sprouted atop a traditional concrete silo in Dunbar and a blue silo in Connaught — and that’s just in Foster’s neighbourhood. There are many other examples around the region, as Storm in February finished building a combined network expansion worth more than $4-million, large-

ly funded by a pair of competitively awarded grants through the Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN) — a $170-million initiative of the Eastern Ontario Wardens Caucus. The firm’s most recent rollout is now under way in the Perth and Lanark County area, following the debut of its improved service in rural south Ottawa and North Dundas last year. “We have 40 communications towers, and probably half of that number is on silos or elevators or village water towers,� said company CEO Dave Chiswell in February, also remarking, “It’s been a busy year.� By February of this year, Storm boasted 2,500 wireless broadband customers in an 8,000-square-kilometre region from Portland to Pakenham to Calabogie, and into North Dundas, according to Chiswell, double the clientele of just a couple of years earlier. Storm has entered into lease agreements with participating farmers for the use of their silos and bins and pays them in-kind with free high-speed Internet service. Deploying antennae on farm buildings, typically only about 80 feet in height, “was part of our innovative approach� to expanding broadband coverage, said the CEO, noting that “vertical pollution is not really

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this service when it signed up for Storm wireless Internet, now feeding a single company wifi network spanning three locations: the main office in the hamlet and the firm’s Sandy Row Rd. and Guy Rd. facilities. The Internet speed is “10 times faster� than Sevita’s previous provider, said general manager Michael Staebler. “It’s been good, and what I like about this is they monitor everything remotely.� For agribusinesses and farms, high-speed Internet is becoming increasing crucial for a range of dedicated

computerized intimately involved in the production process, from robotic milkers to computerized cow feeders. At Sevita, networkenabled Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) – tiny, specialized computers – are connected to the mechanized equipment at the company’s soybean processing plant, allowing for evermore accurate tracking and mixing over the network. Meanwhile, Chiswell plans a Chesterville barbecue in April as a “relaunch� of Storm’s wireless service locally.

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Stormont Seed and Forage Show Top: Glaudale Farms took home the award for Premier Exhibitor at the Stormont Seed and Forage Show in Crysler, March 1. Shown with the plaque are (from left) Paul Oosterhof, Kevin Glaude and Neil Kittle. Middle: Henry te Plate (left) of Paynebranch Farm Inc. in Finch, received the Premier Forage exhibitor award from Andre Labonte, representing sponsor TD Canada Trust, Chesterville.

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FARM AUCTION SALE TH SAT., APRIL 13 AT 10:30 A.M.

To be held on site at civic #16900 McNeil Rd. south of Moose Creek. From Hwy. 417 travel south on Hwy. 138 approx. 8kms to McNeil Rd. Turn west from Hwy. 43 at Monkland travel north on Hwy. 138. Travel approx. 8kms to McNeil Rd. Tum west. From there travel to the end (approx. 2kms). Watch For Signs.

COMBINE, TRACTORS, MACHINERY, GRAIN BIN, TOOLS AND MORE Note: Plan to attend on time as this auction will not exceed 2.5 hours. Owner and auctioneer not responsible for loss or accident. Terms: Cash or good cheque with proper I.D. Prop: Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord (Bud) Atkins Reason For Auction: After many years in the Ag. Industry, Mr. and Mrs. Atkins have sold the farm and are retiring.

Kevin and Barbara Ann Glaude were presented the Premier Forage Exhibitor award by Neil Kittle (right) on behalf of Jamieson Campbell and Scotiabank Chesterville

AUCTION SALE ON

SATURDAY, APRIL 27TH AT 11 A.M. Located south of Vernon, Ont. 1 mi. go east on Marionville Rd. to 8th Line Rd. to civic #4461. Large Link Belt LS 5000 shovel, GM diesel 40 ton 2 buckets; White 2-105 diesel tractor 4 wheel drive, cab; Ford 5000 diesel tractor P.S. 3PH oil outlets; Cat 933 track loader, comes with new spare parts; John Deere R tractor; John Deere M tractor with side mower; Brant 52’ grain auger turbo charged; 2 Killbros gravity boxes on 10 ton wagons; White 6 row #5100 corn planter liquid fert. & monitor; 5 ton dump trailer; Heavy duty wood splitter; Diesel generator on trailer; Cement mixer; IH 4 furrow drag plow; Heavy duty stone forks 8’; Bush Hog heavy duty disc 15’; 3PH ripper; Farm Hand 14’ packer; Sloop sleighs; Tandem steel trailer; 3PH Bush Hog; Steel grain bin forms; AC 225 welder; New 6’ 3PH tiller; Eyon 20’ heavy duty cultivator; IH #5300, 21 run seed drill; GW tandem weed sprayer new pump; Drill press; 8’ snow blower, hyd chute, clean; Old Champion grader on steel. Only one wagon load of farm related items. All Items in nice condition. Owners: Peter & Beth Van Leyen PH. 613-774-1979 Terms: Cash or Good Cheque.

AUCTIONEERS:

MURRAY & JEN BLAIR AVONMORE, ONTARIO

PH. 613-346-5568

Auction Conducted By: PETER ROSS AUCTION SERVICES LTD. Ingleside On. (613) 537-8862

See www.theauctionfever.com for full listing.

ANNUAL SPRING MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT CONSIGNMENT AUCTION SAT., MAY 4TH AT 9:00 A.M. To be held at our facility: 15093 County Road 18, 1/4 mile east of Osnabruck Centre.

WANTED! GOOD QUALITY FARM MACHINERY – CATTLE FEEDING and HANDLING EQUIPMENT – TOOLS and CONSTRUCTION RELATED ITEMS – LAWN and GARDEN EQUIPMENT, and ATVs for our spring equipment sale. Call now to consign to be sure to give your equipment the advertising it deserves! Turn that unused or unwanted equipment into capital. The gates are open and merchandise is rolling in. Over 40 pieces already consigned with more arriving daily. Note: This auction sale has grown dramatically in both merchandise and attendance since its inception. Thanks to all of our past consignors and buyers! Looking forward to serving you for yet another year!

PETER ROSS AUCTION SERVICES LTD. Ingleside On. (613) 537-8862 www.theauctionfever.com

AUCTION SALE

SAT., APRIL 20TH AT 10 A.M. TRACTORS, FARM MACHINERY, CAMPERS, TOOLS AND SOME HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS To be held on site at civic #3440 Cty. Rd. 12, south of Finch. From Hwy. 43,p in the village of Finch, turn south onto Cty. Rd. 12, travel approx. 3kms. Watch For Signs. Owner and auctioneer not responsible for loss or accident. Terms: Cash or good cheque with proper I.D. Prop: Mr. Hank Sanders Reason For Auction: The farm has been sold and Mr. Sanders is relocating and retiring.

Auction Conducted By: PETER ROSS AUCTION SERVICES LTD. Ingleside On. (613) 537-8862

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FARM AUCTION SALE TH SAT., APRIL 27 AT 10:30 A.M.

To be held on site at civic #19021 Paragon Rd. Summerstown. From Hwy. 401, take Exit #804 Summerstown. Travel south on Cty. Rd. 27 approx. 1km to Paragon Rd. Turn west, travel approx. 1km. Watch For Signs.

TRACTOR, MACHINERY AND OTHER FARM RELATED ITEMS Owner and auctioneer not responsible for loss or accident Terms: Cash or good cheque with proper I.D. Prop: Mr. and Mrs. Vernon McDonald

Auction Conducted By: PETER ROSS AUCTION SERVICES LTD. Ingleside On. (613) 537-8862

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UPCOMING AUCTION SALES for CULL AUCTIONEERING Saturday, April 13, 2013 @ 9:30 a.m. for Ken Oakley 1546 Kerr Line, Foresters Falls (Cobden), Ont. Kubota M100 tractor, M940 self-leveling loader, 4 WD, 4000 hrs; Kubota M7030su tractor, Buhler 595 quick attach loader, 2 WD, 4200 hrs; Kubota M7030su tractor, Lario cab, 2 WD, radio, 3800 hrs; 2002 Penta 4100 TMR mixer with scales, front discharge; Case IH 4500 vibra shank cultivator; Claas Variant 260 round baler, 4X5, variable size, haylage, mint shape; 30’ x 8’ steel hay rack, 13 ton wagon with truck tires; full line of good farm machinery; 2002 Feather-Lite alum goose neck cattle trailer, 20’X7’, 2 doors; Kubota RTV 900 side-by-side, diesel, 4X4, 600 hrs; over 100 diamond gates, various sizes; Matador HD cattle chute with pregnancy door; new headgate/cattle chute with pregnancy panel; numerous sheep items; tools; and misc. household items. ‌‌‌‌..‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌.. Saturday, April 20, 2013 @ 11:00 a.m. for Wilson & Sandra Rae – Champlain Red Angus 987 Grants Settlement Rd., Foresters Falls, Ont. Approx. 20 bred yearling heifers, Red Angus & Red Angus/Simmental cross, bred to easy calving Red Angus bull; 8 Red Angus & Red Angus/ Simmental bulls, 18 months old; 1 mature Fleck Simmental bull. These cattle are from a vaccinated herd. They have been on home test with weights available. Cattle can be kept free of charge until grass time in May. 2008 McCormick CX85 tractor, quick attach loader, 4WD, cab, full shuttle shift, 4800 hrs; JD2120 tractor; Anderson bale wrapper, fully automatic, round & square bales; good farm machinery; Cattle Master squeeze chute with electronic scales; antiques; household items. ‌‌‌‌..‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌.. Saturday, May 4, 2013 (VWDWH RI 0HQR &RXUFKDLQH *UDFH¿HOG 4XHEHF Farm machinery & household items. ‌‌‌‌..‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌.. Friday Evening May 10, 2013 @ 7:00 p.m. Bred Heifer Sale for P & T Farms, 923 Spence Rd., Douglas, Ont. &KDURODLV ; EUHG ¿UVW VHFRQG FDOI KHLIHUV PDMRULW\ ZLWK FDOYHV DW foot, remainder due anytime. Bred Charolais or Angus ‌‌‌‌..‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌.. Saturday, May 11, 2013 for .HLWK 3K\OOLV :RROVH\ %ULVWRO 4XHEHF Farm Machinery Full listings of these auctions sales can be found at prestoncull.com.

AUCTIONEER: PRESTON CULL R.R.#1 DOUGLAS, ONT. 613-649-2378

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FOR SALE NH forage blower. $1,000. Ford blue 500 manure spreader with tail gate. A-1 shape. Cost $900 to get in A-1 shape. $1,250. 613448-2332. 08tfc FRuit tREES Apple, local and heirloom varieties, Pear, Plum, Cherry, Peach and Flowering Crab Trees $20, Strawberry, Raspberry, and Asparagus plants. Maple Syrup at Bakley’s, call 613859-7059, leave message or e-mail billb.otr@gmail.com 05 FOR SALE Pure Alfalfa seed from long term established variety, Purity and Germination Certificate Available. Price $2.75 per pound.Call 613281-2734 Cobden. 04

FOR SALE Seed for sale. Oats RC Amaze or Common Tradition Barley, AC Manisoba Buckwheat, AC Hazlet Fall Rye, Valley Bio Ltd. Cobden, 613-646-9737 04 FOR SALE 1100 acres of land for sale Eastern Ontario with 725 acres tillable land on 7 parcels west of Arnprior. Smallest field 60 acres. All systematically drained , clay, clay-loam nearly all flat. One parcel has house and farm buildings. Rest of land plantation and mixed bush with 1½ miles water front. Also 200 tillable acres adjoining that can be leased to buyer. Land has been in wheat, beans and corn rotation. $5,200,000. Phone 613-432-5764 04

FARMLAND FOR SALE Vankleek Hill, 114 acres, 95 cultivated with power, water, machine shed and bins. Alfred, 50 acres all workable. Call 613-618-1526. 04 HAY StRAW Large square wrapped bales. Small square bales of hay & straw. Oats & Barley for seed or feed. Call 613-448-2271. 04

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SERVICES HEAt PuMP SALES AND SERvicE OF GEOtHERMAL HEAt PuMPS denis@travel-net.com www.kingscross.net 613-271-0988 ext. 3 FiNANciNG AvAiLAbLE 01tfc FOR HiRE Hi-hoe for landscaping for Leeds and Grenville, Frontenac and Lanark County. 613-284-3238.

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Three more racetracks reach transition deals By Darren Matte AgriNews Staff Writer ASTERN ONTARIO — ThREE mORE ONTARIO hORSE RAcE-

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Georgian Downs in Barrie, Flamboro Downs in Hamilton and the Fort Erie Race Track all signed deals. The three new deals add to six racetracks that already reached deals or tentative deals. Toronto’s Woodbine and Campbellville’s Mohawk reached agreements on Jan. 23, 2013, while Western Fair in London, Clinton, Hanover and Elora all have agreements in principle. The government says they will continue to negotiate with the other racetracks in the province that are interested in transition funding. “Ontario’s horse racing industry and breeding industry are an important part of a healthy economy in Ontario. We will continue to work in consultation with the industry partners for the long-term good of the industry and the province,� said Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne. However, not every track is going the route of a settlement with the government. Things looked bleak for Kawartha Downs after their racing license expired, yet rather than take a transition deal with the province, the racetrack has established itself as a not-forprofit entity, operated by the Peterborough County Federation of Agriculture. The move will ensure racing in 2013, however, the schedule will most likely be reduced as will the purses. Things are not guaranteed yet either as the track still needs its license renewed by the Ontario Racing Commission. Terms of the transition deals are not being released, yet the speculation among many reports is that

it is a considerable cut from what the tracks got with the Slots at Race Tracks program. With the original program, the tracks received approximately $400-million annually, but numbers surrounding these new agreements are 50 per cent or lower. While the funding has stopped, the province has reached lease agreements in principle with the 14 tracks that have slots on site. One of the biggest tracks that still does not have a deal in place is RideauCarleton in Ottawa. The track holds races all year long and is reporting, on their website, that they will continue to race Thursdays and Fridays in the month of April. Rideau Carleton officially stopped receiving funding from the province on April 1. Speculation is that they are still in talks to

reach a transition funding deal. The track employs close to 1,000 people. Meanwhile, the MPP from Rideau-Carleton’s riding, Conservative Lisa McLeod, continues to oppose the government’s pull back of funding. The Tories have continued to stress that they would scrap the notion and save the local racetrack, if elected. MacLeod also called in an Ombudsman to prepare a report on the exact impacts the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation’s modernization plan will have on rural communities. Figures from the industry indicate that it employs 50,000-60,000 people in the province. Premier Wynne has already acknowledged that her government is trying to preserve jobs in the industry even if it become smaller in the future.

A really big gun

Posing with his restored 1810 Barnett “punt gun� — a type of giant shotgun that was mounted on the bow of a skiff or flatbottomed punt boat — is John Carruthers, who brought the antique firearm to the Delta Waterfowl dinner. The Morrisburg resident says the gun would take a onepound charge of black powder to send off a massive blast of no. 4 shot. Made illegal around 1910, the gun could take out 50 or more ducks at once, in an area when the wild game would then be packed into barrels and shipped into cities like Boston. Zandbergen photo

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At right, manning the Bobcat of Cornwall and Casselman Farm Equipment display were father and son team Daniel Castonguay (right, owner) and Pier-Olivier Castonguay (sales rep).

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Correction Farmers who grow identity perserved soybeans for Sevita International are permitted to plant the crop in fields in which Roundup was sprayed in the previous year. Sevita’s Michael Staebler was incorrectly quoted in an article last month about his presentation at Crop Day in Kemptville. What he did say is that “growers can’t plant in a field which had Roundup Ready Soybeans grown in it the year before.�

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Based on the number of microFIT contracts that have been awarded and the rate of applications being submitted, the Barrie-based firm estimated the program would close “within the next two to three weeks,� as it was close to filling a 50

There is no risk in submitting a microFIT application for installing a rooftop photovoltaic solar system, according to the company. No microFIT application fee is collected nor is there any obligation to construct a solar project if ultimately awarded a microFIT contract.

megawatt provincial target. EthoSolar — which touted its 500 microFIT solar panel installations across the province — was encouraging homeowners, farmers, churches and municipalities to waste no time applying.

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David and Candace Verburg hosted an open house event at their single-robot milking operation outside Iroquois on March 7. They made the transition to a Lely robot last summer, installing the unit within their canvas-style free-stall. They were pleased with how quickly the herd learned to visit the machine all by themselves and the very few calls for service initiated by the robot.

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