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Irrigation or bust For the first time in over 20 years, Anthony Vanmunsteren in Navan deployed some irrigation equipment — a converted former manure sprayer — to combat exceptionally dry conditions on his soybean fields. They had irrigated a combined 100 acres of hay and soy bean fields since the first week of July. “We chose these fields because they are the closest to a water source, which is an old quarry,� he explained. Though costly — consuming 30 litres of fuel while pumping 300,000 litres of water per hour — the irrigation system nourished a second cut of hay, and they were hoping to get a third. (Courtesy photo) If all else fails during this drought-stricken crop year, producers can take their lead from the Chesterville Fair and enter their combines in a special class in the increasing popular demolition derbies that dot the rural landscape. In this photo by AgriNews staffer Nelson Zandbergen, Eddie Como piloted his antiquated Massey, left, to victory over an opponent from France in front of a sold-out crowd Sat., July 28. Our drought coverage starts on page 2.

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OMAFRA seeks federal disaster-relief funds By Tom Van Dusen AgriNews Staff Writer ASTERN ONTARIO

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FARMERS WERE

INUNDATED JULY 3031, NOT WITH THE TORRENTIAL RAINS THEY WERE HOPING FOR, BUT WITH POLITICAL ATTENTION FROM BOTH THE PROVINCIAL

LIBERAL GOVERN-

MENT AND THE

PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE OPPOSITION. When the political deluge was all over, farmers had been told by OMAFRA Minister Ted McMeekin he’d requested that his federal counterpart fire up the existing AgriRecovery relief framework in light of drought conditions through much of the region. The federal level has 45 days to formally respond to the request. Based on federal response to an earlier decision to activate AgriRecovery for Ontario apple producers decimated by an early thaw followed by a frost, McMeekin expects full cooperation on the broader request. AgriRecovery is a rapid response disaster framework that provides relief to producers affected by droughts, flooding, hailstorms, ice storms, or wildfires. The minister also urged the senior government to accelerate tax relief for livestock producers through identification of “prescribed drought regions”. Once an area has received the designation, farmers are permitted to defer a portion of sale proceeds to a future tax year. Ontario is pledging that farmers in such regions will be protected from reductions in AgriStability coverage if forced to sell breeding stock due to hay and pasture shortage caused by lack of rain and dry conditions. AgriStability is a type of insurance that offsets the difference where there’s been a decline in income or an increase in production costs. McMeekin said he had no trouble identifying much of Eastern Ontario as a drought-affected region. It’s a “tough situation” for many farmers in the area because it can be “heartbreaking” to lose a crop, the minister said. Yet farmers almost by definition “are an optimistic folk” and will soldier on.

Speaking July 31, the minister said that he made the call to seek federal AgriRecovery involvement in consultation with his officials after receiving input from farmers across the province. The decision was first announced July 30 as Opposition agriculture critic Ernie Hardeman toured farms in rural Ottawa and Renfrew calling

on the government to take such action. In Navan and Renfrew, Hardeman accompanied by Progressive Conservative MPPs Lisa MacLeod, Jim McDonell, John Yakabuski, and Jack MacLaren railed against the Liberals’ failure – at that point – to trigger AgriRecovery. “We know that some farmers have been forced to write off their crops and are

struggling to feed their livestock,” Hardeman said. The former agriculture minister released copies of a letter he sent to McMeekin July 19 asking that the minister outline steps the government would take to assist farmers through the drought. Hardeman said the response was non-committal. McMeekin used the backdrop of Dwight Foster’s 1,400 beef cattle feedlot at North Gower and Maple Lane Farms at Cobden to fill in local media about AgriRecovery. Foster said there was no reason he knew of that he

MPPs (all standing) John Yakabuski, Jack MacLaren (centre) and Ernie Hardeman talk drought at Renfrew Armouries July 30. Van Dusen photo was asked to host the minOttawa area. ister other than he operates a major beef farm in the Continued on page 3

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OMAFRA Minister Ted McMeekin draws an attentive audience at Dwight Foster’s North Gower feedlot.

Drought relief Continued from page 2 He crops 4,000 acres and indicated that much of it was doing well while some was in distress. As a side issue, Foster noted that birds invading 100 acres of sweet corn is a bigger problem than usual because, with their usual sources of water dried up, they’re after moisture in the kernels as much as feed. His nephew Mel said everything from electronic distress calls to guns is being used against them with no lasting results. As it turned out, a big rig used by the Ontario Cattle Feeders Association to promote corn fed beef at grocery stores was visiting Ottawa. It detoured out to Foster’s to add some sparkle to the photo op and provide sandwiches for hungry news hounds. The impressive city media turnout both for McMeekin and Hardeman made it clear the drought and its effects are seen as a big story. Some of the reporters wondered why no fresh money was announced now by McMeekin as part of relief measures. But many farmers have made it clear they aren’t seeking cash at this time, just the assurance their existing programs will see them through when losses connected to the 2012 growing season become clear. During a stop at Wyatt McWilliams beef and heavy horse farm at Navan, Hardeman emphasized that many farmers are already supplementing cattle from their hay supply, with insufficient hay coming off this summer to provide for next winter. Famous for organizing Hay West 10 years ago with his father Willard, a program which delivered Eastern Ontario hay to drought-stricken farmers in Western Canada, McWilliams said he can’t rely on pasture to feed his cattle this summer because it’s too parched. Most farmers are reporting a decent first cut of hay, no second cut and are keeping their fingers crossed for a possible third cut. The hay price has skyrocketed, with farmer/auctioneer Preston Cull noting at Hardeman’s Renfrew meeting that large square bales that cost $30 last year can be purchased in Quebec’s Eastern Townships for $85. “It’s an ill wind that doesn’t blow somebody some good,” Hardeman observed, pointing out that some elements of the industry are thriving thanks to drought conditions. At the Renfrew meeting, Adrian Straathof raised an isolated concern that hasn’t been part of the broader drought discussion. With 250 taps in two sugar bushes, Straathof said younger maple trees are really showing the stress which could result in a low sap yield and a decline in syrup production next spring. Some 50 farmers who gathered at Renfrew Armouries were urged to be persistent in documenting their difficulties and in keeping numbers so that when the time comes to make a case for early or enhanced drought coverage, they can prove it.

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Cereals do well, corn may be a bust Drought takes heavy By Darren Matte AgriNews Staff Writer ASTERN ONTARIO — THE

E

RECENT DROUGHT

THAT

EASTERN ONTARIO

HAS FACED HAS BEEN TOUGH ON CROPS SUCH AS CORN AND SOYBEANS. HOWEVER, ONE POSITIVE THAT HAS EMERGED IS HOW CEREAL CROPS LOOK THUS FAR.

Dwight Foster, from North Gower Grains, says that the barley and wheat crops look fabulous. “Since the spring was so early this year, many farmers got a head start and planted early, like on Easter weekend. That led to the spring crop probably being the best crop in Eastern Ontario.” Anthony Vanmunsteren, has 750 acres of cash crops with his farm, Breton Farms Inc. in Navan. He too has noticed good things from his own cereal grains. “My wheat actually looks pretty good, it doesn’t seem to be affected at all.

Overall, my wheat yield will be very good.” However, it seems that is where the good news on crops ends and what is left is more uncertainty. Hay has been hit particularly hard. Vanmunsteren has seen it in his own crops but did try something to help out: irrigation. After his second cut, Vanmunsteren irrigated some of his fields using converted manure spraying equipment and the results, he said, were amazing. “The fields that we irrigated are now about 20 inches high as opposed to the fields that we didn’t that are only about a foot high. It certainly was effective, but you have to factor in the costs of water and fuel and it just becomes too much.” The hay that he did not water, was not very good, not only in height but also in colour. “It just didn’t get the boost that was needed.” When it comes to soybeans, both Vanmunsteren

and Foster have noticed that they have been affected, but less than corn. “I have seen a lot of fields that have been quite affected and some that haven’t. It really depends on the area,” said Foster. “But if things continue, then it is only a matter of time before they are really affected.” “I can see our soybean production being down 20 to 30 per cent,” said Vanmunsteren. “Again we did irrigate some after the first haylage cut, and in just two days it grew by about six inches and had a good green color. But in other fields, it is short with a few pods and still needs moisture.” Corn is the big crop that is being affected. It is still early to determine what the final yield will look like, but both men agree it doesn’t look good. “My crops so far are short. Silage is at eight feet and it looks like that is the maximum it will get. Not all stocks have

cobs on them and, like soybeans, it needs moisture,” explained Vanmunsteren. “Some of it is not worth combining,” said Foster. “But it depends on the area it could be normal in some areas. If we’re fortunate, and we get more rain, it might not be affected too much, but silage will be down. ” However, Vanmunsteren is not as optimistic. “So far corn doesn’t look good. I would not be surprised if it was down 30, 40 or even 50 percent from the norm.” Some grain corn has already been taken off as silage, a true sign of those affected by the drought. “Farmers are harvesting now because it is going backwards. It is not normal to be harvesting now, so those who are, are doing it because of the drought.” With this being one of the driest season in recent years, the only thing that can turn the tide of recent trend is rain and lots of it.

toll in Renfrew Cty. By Darren Matte AgriNews Staff Writer ENFREW — THE

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IMPACT THE DROUGHT HAS HAD ON EASTERN ONTARIO CONTINUES TO AFFECT FARMERS AND IS REACHING MANY ASPECTS OF THE BUSINESS. ONE AREA OF CONCERN IS ACTUAL HERDS AND THE PROBLEM OF FEEDING LIVESTOCK.

Many producers are saying that if relief doesn’t come soon, they will be forced to sell off portions of their herds. One of those people is Dave Mackay, president of the Renfrew County National Farmers Union. He says he has already noticed farmers in his area liquidating their livestock and says he may be next. “I spoke to a truck driver just last week who brings animals to the sale barn, and he said that in addition to his own truck he had to bring in two more just to

bring the extra beef.” Renfrew has been hit particularly hard and Mackay himself, a sheep farmer, says that if he doesn’t see relief soon, he too will have to start selling some of his flock. “Livestock is really big in this area and anyone who has animals just won’t be able to afford to feed them if hay becomes $50 to $70 a bale.” Right now, Mackay and his organization are trying to get support from the government to help them deal with the costs. Members of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party were recently in Navan demanding that the McGuinty government step up to the plate. In response, Ontario’s Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Minister Ted McMeekin, on a recent tour of Renfrew County, pointed to the federal government, Continued on page 5

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Heavy toll on cattle producers Continued from page 4 saying the provincial government has asked Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to join Ontario in disaster relief. McMeekin and the Ontario government say they will protect farmers with AgriStability coverage if they are being forced to sell breeding stock due to pasture shortages. At this point, Mackay is urging farmers in hard-hit Renfrew County who are in need of such relief to call their local MP, Cheryl Gallant, to pressure on the federal government for funding as soon as possible. “They are saying a decision could take 45 days,� said Mackay. “But for farmers, they are in a tough spot because they say if they can get relief soon, they will be able to keep their herd.� He added that beef, specifically in his area, has been hit hard for the last decade and has only seen improvements in the last couple of years. Without relief, he suggested, the industry in the area could be almost crippled. Jamie Clark is the Vice President of the Stormont Cattlemen’s Association. He says that his area has been lucky so far,

but could see similar problems, too, in the future. “The price of hay could become a real issue for our area next year. I am hoping to see the Ontario and federal government put in the disaster relief funding programs so it does not become an issue. If not, famers will be forced to buy the hay, feed corn, move onto greener pastures or sell off.� Closer to Ottawa, Steve Spratt, owner of Ottawa Livestock Exchange, says he has noticed the price of beef being cheaper than just a couple of months ago. He says that it is not solely because of the drought leading to a livestock sell-off but a combination of factors including a large sale barn that was recently closed near Montreal. Spratt expects that to change in the next couple of weeks, if conditions remain the same. “When the price of hay goes up some farmers may try to sell off. When the grass runs out and they are unable to feed their herd or realize they won’t be able to feed them over the winter, that may be when we see more farmers have to sell.� Mackay has already begun to feed his sheep with his winter reserve as most in his area have. He says that while it is all good that many agricultural support programs have been implemented, many will not come into effect right away, meaning the only solution is for immediate funding. “All we can do is ask for help. In this area we gave the federal Conservatives our support and now we want help. If politicians want to look good then send money.�

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Editorial Bowes bows out For the Ontario Landowners Association, it’s the end of an era. The recent resignation from the organization of Carleton Place’s Merle Bowes marks the last of four founding members no longer associated with the once headline-grabbing property rights group. Bowes was one of four frustrated Lanark County residents who cobbled together the precursor of the OLA, the Lanark Landowners Association, almost a decade ago. Through a combination of high profile blockades and other civil disobedience, the association went on to form chapters across much of the province. Randy Hillier, the first president who went on to become MPP for Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington, turned in his OLA membership last spring. About four years ago, co-founder John Vanderspank pulled out over differences in the direction of the OLA. Brian Hanna, the fourth founder, disappeared from view shortly after the LLA got rolling. Hillier sent in a letter of resignation last March, something that was discovered by a city daily only a few weeks ago. The story made a big splash. As did Hillier, Bowes departed the organization because he believes it’s placing too much emphasis on land patent grants which he calls “misleading” because it lulls property owners into believing that’s all they need to bypass government regulation and intervention. Bowes said he couldn’t continue “in good conscience” promoting and supporting the land patents policy. While he wishes the OLA well, he emphasized he didn’t want to leave quietly without making his point about land patents. Continued on page 40

Tall in the saddle Here at The AgriNews, we like to picture ourselves riding tall in the saddle, so we’re excited by the proliferation of rodeos which have busted out of the gate across Eastern Ontario over the past few years. Not only are rodeos and related events good for the equine industry, they’re good for the rural economy in general. Like fairs and festivals, they attract visitors who spend money on gas, restaurant meals, accommodation and other goods and services; if they like what they see, some of those folks come back again and bring their friends. Here in the east, we’re obviously cottoning on to the drawing power of a good rodeo jam-packed with cowpokes, cowgirls, their mighty steeds, and the atmosphere that rides into town with them. It’s wholesome fun for the whole family and another way to teach city slickers about agriculture and rural life. Recent additions to the area rodeo circuit have occurred in Lombardy which earlier this summer took in an event that could no longer find a home in Chesterville. In Russell Sept. 22, the travelling Rawhide Rodeo Company will once again “perform” if we can use that sissified word. And the first-ever Spencerville Stampede, a two-day event that stirred up plenty of excitement, took place July 28-29. As the latest rodeo to join the Eastern Ontario herd, Spencerville deserves a tip of the old Stetson for smoothly combining all of the traditional components such as bareback and bull riding with live music, a community dinner, tractor show, vendors’ village, beer garden, and a passel of activities for kids. Organized locally by egg producer John Beking and family members – we have some of their minis in the fridge right now - it was the third stop in the New Holland Pro-Rodeo Series, attracting professional riders from across North America. Only two questions remain to be asked: Will it happen again? What’s an egg guy doing putting on a rodeo? Calling the rodeo a tremendous success attracting about 2,000 visitors each day, daughter Colleen Beking, who’s trained in event management, made it clear that, if she has her way, the stampede is coming back in 2013. As for an egg guy putting on a rodeo, the local Rotary Club was asked first but had to pass. Rotary member John Beking took the idea back to the family and they decided take the reins and make it happen. We’re all the better for it.

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AgriGab No payback needed He might deny it, but Wyatt McWilliams isn’t having a good summer. First, there’s the matter of his progressively degenerative, genetic eye disease. He lives with it and functions with it, but it’s an ongoing hindrance, especially to a farmer who needs clear vision at least as much as the other senses. He has learned to get around the disability as he did when he hosted provincial Opposition agriculture critic Ernie Hardeman’s Eastern Ontario drought road show July 30. Wyatt got a call asking if Hardeman and other Progressive Conservatives could hold a media scrum at his place outside Navan about Liberal government inaction in declaring the east a “prescribed drought region” which would trigger disaster relief for farmers. As it turned out, OMAFRA Minister Ted McMeekin was preparing to announce that very action at about the same time Ernie was calling for it. That didn’t take away from the fact it was an informative meeting in a perfect location, especially when the complimentary barbecue is considered. With some help, Wyatt was the perfect host. He welcomed area farmers who came to hear what Hardeman had to say, seating everyone in his spacious shed, part of which is rented out, part of which houses mementos from the world famous 50 Horse Hitch he organized with father Willard at the Navan Fair in 1995. For some time now, anyone coming up to say hello to Wyatt must identify himself no matter how well known he or she might be. Wyatt can only see shadows, not details… not that politicians can’t be shadowy figures to the rest of us too. Luckily, he has three daughters who help him get where he has to be on the farm, and other companions who lead him through public functions. While he still puts in a full day’s work in, there are times, Wyatt says, when he feels disoriented in his own barnyard. He indicates a silo that, because of the light right at the moment, he can vaguely make out. If the light isn’t right, he can’t distinguish it. At one point, we we’re crossing a fence when he stumbled on the other side into a round hay bale. “That bale isn’t supposed to be there,” he explained. We joke he’s lucky it wasn’t a stone wall. On top of the sight issue, he’s dealing with current drought conditions like many other farmers. His pastures have faded and he’s been feeding hay to his 50 head of mature beef cattle and 30 calves for the past two weeks, something that wouldn’t normally happen until the fall.

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by Tom VanDusen Then there are the 15 Clydesdales, major hay burners, which are making a huge dent in reserves. But Wyatt isn’t about to get rid of any Clydes, one of the McWilliamses’ many claims to fame. Wyatt grows his own hay on part of his 80 acres, which helps. This summer, like so many others, he got a good first cut, no second cut, with chances of a third cut slim to nil. Like many others in the greater Ottawa area, the McWilliams got a solid rainfall July 23 but nothing since as the area chalked up the driest July on record. So there’s the vision issue, the drought… and then right in the middle of it all a big wind ripped the tin roof back on his hay storage like a tin of sardines, exposing dry hay to the elements. He managed to tarp it up so that none will be spoiled although there’s still that building to repair. Hardeman commented that at least the roof job will provide work to a local contractor: “Yea, me,” Wyatt quipped. Another potential disaster in the making is the provincial government’s stated preference to relocate slots from Rideau Carleton Raceway to a new downtown Ottawa casino, something the equine industry insists will be the end of the track. Wyatt sells hay to the track and would sorely miss that source of revenue. Yet the co-founder of Food Aid, which provides ground beef to the Ottawa Food Bank, and of Hay West, which 10 years ago delivered 712 rail car and 161 transport truck loads of hay to drought-stricken Alberta and Saskatchewan, keeps smiling, at least in public. To those who suggest it’s time for a “Hay East” to repay a good deed done a decade ago, Wyatt says it’s too soon to call the current Eastern Ontario drought a crisis, certainly not to the extent of the BSE border lockdown eight years ago. He doesn’t feel western farmers owe him anything: “There was so much hay around here in 2002, we didn’t know what to do with it all. And I went out west to see what was going on. Their crops were turning to dust in the fields. It was much worse than this.” Over the years, Wyatt has been described as a hero and an inspiration. Guys like him don’t expect payback.

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NFU wants answers from Ritz The Editor: The following letter was forwarded to Gerry Ritz, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, after the announcement made by OMAFRA minister Ted McMeekin during his tour of Renfrew County July 31. August 1, 2012 The Executive of the Renfrew County National Farmers Union learned that Minister Ted McMeekin (Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs) upon his tour of Renfrew County made an announcement on July 31st, 2012 stating, “The Province of Ontario has officially requested aid from the Federal Government under the Agri Recovery framework for disaster relief for farms in Eastern Ontario including Renfrew County.” We note in Ted McMeekin’s announcement that Agri Recovery is used only in extreme cases to “top-up” shortfalls in existing aid. May we point out that existing programs i.e. Agri Stability and other risk management programs are geared to cover losses within abnormal weather fluctuations which can occur every five/six years. This present drought

disaster is far beyond that – • farmers are using their winter hay reserves in July and will have to continue into late summer/fall • farmers are stressed, livestock is stressed and pastures have completely depleted and water holes/wells are drying up • hay prices due to a pending shortage are rising and in most cases farmers are short of cash to buy hay or to bring in feed from a distance • cattle numbers at sale barns have increased and prices for cattle have dropped anywhere from 15% to 25%, thus causing another shortfall for farmers • it is predicted that between 25-50% of Renfrew County’s cattle numbers may be sold off due to the drought. This will deplete the good genetics farmers have built up over the years and leave farm incomes in jeopardy for the coming years • some crop farmers with forward contracts will have only 10% of their crop. They will be unable to fill their contracts and/or pay for their costly spring inputs • other farmers including market gardeners, beekeepers and maple syrup farmers are also greatly

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In March this year, a delegation from the United Counties of SD& G landed a bid for the 2015 match to be sited in Stormont County at the Kagi farm and the search was on for someone to head the event. Jeff Waldroff, president of the Stormont County Plowman’s Association called former MPP Jim Brownell while he was vacationing in Florida in February and asked if he was interested in taking on the job. “When Jeff called me in Florida, I had no idea what he was up to,” said Brownell, recalling the conversation with Waldroff. “He called my room and I said ‘yes’ off the bat. When he mentioned (former South Stormont mayor Jim Bancroft) and from the

Former SD&SG MPP Jim Brownell, right, with Premier Dalton McGuinty at the Lost Villages Historical Society exhibit near Long Sault. Brownell will be heading up the 2015 IPM, to be held near Finch in Stormont County. names he was dropping, I knew this would be a great opportunity to work with these guys and ladies.” Brownell confirmed the arrangement once back in Canada and also took on presidency of the Lost

Villages Historical Society, which is having an “extremely busy summer”. Waldroff said he chose Brownell because of his involvement with the provincial government and his teaching background.

The former Liberal MPP for Stormont, Dundas and South Glengarry is also “well liked by all political sides and and he’s volunteered for all kinds of causes for various reasons. “It’s an event that takes a lot of volunteers. This is a three United County plowing match hosted by Stormont County. Plowing matches are great for the community. People from all over the province, from Quebec and the U.S. come to see,” Waldroff added. Although not a farmer by occupation, Brownell has many ties to agriculture and recalls early experiences from the home farm, just north of the lost village of Moulinette, where he joined the other kids in a family of 12 in doing chores. “Haying was the most detested, being up in the hay mow, pitching bales of hay, choking on black dust. We’d do anything if it was to survive another year. We picked berries and hilled potatoes.” Brownell added he has a long interest in the farming community, but is the first

to admit, he wasn’t “the farmer in the family.” That calling was left to brothers like Terry and Larry who are part-time beef farmers to this day. Brownell said he’s always been interested in plowing matches, ever since his father Earle took the kids to the matches in Stormont County, where the local Catholic Church hosted a luncheon. “At the time, my mom (the late Catherine Brownell) headed the Catholic Women’s League. We all pitched in and I chatted it up with the plowmen.” And when the International Plowing Match came to Armand Cloutier’s farm near Crysler in 1958, Earle went with the five eldest children in tow. At the time, Jim was entering grade 5 at the new school in Long Sault and was “absolutely surprised” by the crowds, the events, and the free educational materials distributed to children. “I have great memories of that event,” he said. As a teacher and a

municipal politician in Cornwall Township and as South Stormont reeve, he expanded this early knowledge when he came in contact with members of the agricultural community . “There were a lot of farmers among my constitutents. I have a lot of experience dealing with rural issues,” he said. He then drew on this experience as chair of the Rural Caucus in the Liberal government, when it was part of his job to attend every international plowing match, except in 2011. “The day of the match, the legislature did not sit. It’s a command performance. Politicians were in the parade and all over the countryside,” Brownell added. In recent years, he hasn’t been doing any actual plowing, except at the Celebrity Plowing Event at the Stormont County match. It’s also a custom for leaders of provincial parties, the Premier and other dignitaries to try their hand in the celebrity competition at each IPM. Continued on page 9

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Brownell Continued from page 8 Brownell can probably look forward to this again when the 2015 IPM rolls around. In the meantime, the three upcoming matches will give him and the local committee an opportunity to get to know the OPA members from other areas and to learn how these events are run. Along with other organizers, Brownell plans to go to the 2012 match in Waterloo for its duration and then to following IPMs. “They’ll set up a a booth at the plowing match. This will be a great opportunity to get the word out and to let people know that in 2015, the IPM will be in Eastern Ontario,� he said. Brownell explained being chair will be “a big challenge and a lot of work.

But we have a lot of lead up time.� From three meetings in April, June and July, he is acquainting himself with how the structure works. “It’s an interesting layout of people from the chair down. We’re to have nine leaders for each category and five are filled. So we’re doing alright.� He said he’s excited at the prospect of chairing the event. He sees his job as making sure the event is organized and people are doing their job to be ready for 2015. “A lot of folks have various duties. It takes a chair to be sure they know what the others are doing. I’m to oversee leaders of events that make up the match, like the hospitality unit, tented city and the plowing area. I’m sure with the people we have and those who are joining, we’ll have a great team.�

As the sole overall chair, Brownell hopes to stay healthy. Last year, when he retired as MPP, he cited health concerns as a reason and still has “challenges with arthritis and a pinched nerve, but I have some new medication and things are responding favourably.� One of the challenges of international plowing matches is to ensure funding for an immense undertaking. The 2015 match has a $100,000 commitment in seed money from the United Counties of SD&G, but this is to be repaid. Brownell said “there’s a lot of initial support. We’ve had in-kind help already the fields for Tented City are being volunteered. The cookbook should be a big fundraiser and we’re keeping our fingers crossed for the gate receipts - that we’ll have five great days.�

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EASTERN ONTARIO AND WESTERN QUEBEC CORN THIS YEAR. That’s according to the facility’s assistant procurement manager Daniel deMoissac, who acknowledges the firm is taking a wait-and-see approach to the coming harvest. “There is damage but to what extent, we don’t know,” deMoissac said Aug. 2, noting the region’s crop performance so far has been “very spotty. “It’s really, really hard to pin down.” Current market condi-

tions for corn buyers are challenge, he also conceded, commenting, “Everybody’s in a panic right now.” According to recent reports, half of all U.S. counties are in a declared state of emergency because of drought conditions that have shriveled vast swaths of America’s corn belt. The continent’s worst drought since 1956 has sent corn futures soaring with 2012 production now forecast to be 33 per cent lower than the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s June prediction. Lower supply means higher prices, and GreenField that day was offering $285 per tonne for corn delivered to the Johnstown facility. “The best price I’ve ever seen,” said deMoissac, who was quick to point out that ethanol futures have risen in tandem with those for

corn — and in fact remain higher than the crop. That’s a positive indicator for the industry, he said, as the margin between the two is an important factor in profitability. Also on the revenue side of the business, GreenField has seen the price soar on the dried distillers grains it sells as feed. “It’s well over $300 per tonne, but that’s still one of the better values in the market,” he said,

highlighting the fact that DDG’s have three times the fat, protein and minerals as regular corn feed. By coincidence during this challenging year, GreenField has increased its number of satellite receiving sites for wet corn in Eastern Ontario corn country, recently establishing its third at Jaquemet Farms near Morewood. Proprietor John and Gerald Jaquemet’s drying

facility currently boasts about 10,000 tonnes of bin capacity, though they are adding another 12,000tonne bin as well. The operation joins Hardacre Grains in Napanee and Ralph Lang in West Quebec as drop-off depots for sales of wet corn to GreenField. “They pay the same drying and shrink costs, and there’s no handling and no storage fees,” said deMoissac of the local farmers who sell to

GreenFields via those sites. Many will be close enough to deliver their corn straight from the fields in tractor-pulled gravity wagons. Ethanol subsidies fully subscribed in 2012? Rising corn prices being one factor on their bottom line, established provincial and federal subsidy programs are in place to assist ethanol producers like Continued on page 17

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NORTH GOWER, BRINSTON AND ELSEWHERE. THE HARPER GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED IN JULY THAT HEALTH CANADA WOULD CONDUCT THE STUDY OF PEOPLE LIVING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO WIND TURBINES.

The $1.8-million study, which won’t report until 2014, will focus on 2,000 residences near eight- to 12-turbine installations. Overseen by a 25-member team of experts in acoustics, health assessment and medicine, selected residents will undergo personal interviews and have physical measurements such as blood-pressure and heart rate taken. As well, noise levels both inside and outside the home will be monitored. The announcement has prompted some members of both provincial and federal governments to call for a moratorium on all wind projects not yet completed in Ontario, pending the outcome of the two-year study. Ottawa-Carleton Progressive Conservative MPP Lisa MacLeod and her federal Tory counterpart Pierre Poilievre have joined the ranks of those calling on the McGuinty Liberals to stop the windmills from going up in their riding, specifically the planned

Marlborough project in the North GowerRichmond area. Jane Wilson, president of Wind Concerns Ontario is glad the Canadian government is taking these concerns seriously. “Health Canada is saying there is enough reports of problems and people getting sick and this needs to be looked at and no more approvals should be issued until the science is there to determine things,” said Wilson. Wilson said she knew of six or eight MPPs who are bringing their concerns to Queen’s Park and requesting moratoriums. The North Gower project is right now on hold due to the government closing the application process for FIT subsidy funding for large-scale energy projects, but once the application process reopens, the project will be back on and Wilson is calling for the Ontario government to stop it. Wilson said this study was an important step in determining the health effects of wind turbines. “It’s really a step forward. Even the Chief Medical Officer of Health said more work needs to be done on this issue,” said Wilson. Asked whether she was concerned the study would prove that no ill effects could be attributed to wind turbines, Wilson quickly dispelled that notion. “If the study is designed properly, and they study people in locations where they have been experiencing problems, I don’t see how it could come out otherwise,” she said, “We already have a fair bit of evi-

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dence showing that the health effects are there.” Brinston-based South Branch Wind Opposition Group member Leslie Disheau is happy to see the government taking this initiative, but is concerned it won’t be enough. “They have to make sure they look at every variable and not limit it to a specific range,” said Disheau. Disheau is also concerned that if the proposed projects go ahead, and then have issues to report, that no one will listen. She cited the case of a woman from ChathamKent who lives 1.5 km away from a 40 industrial wind turbines. This family has lodged 130 complaints to the Ministry of the Environment and has found that their concerns go unheeded. “The complaints go into the 1-800 number that they have set up, but nothing ever happens,” she said. “The complaints go nowhere.” She hopes Health Canada looks at the complaints being logged because “they’re getting sick, and no one is allowed to listen to them.” “I hope that it [the study] is really honest, and not just going through the motions,” Disheau concluded. While MacLeod and Poilievre have leapt at the opportunity to call for a halt to the turbine projects in their respective district, Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry MPP Jim McDonell, a fellow Tory, wasn’t prepared to go that far in his district, site of the South Branch Wind project. “As a party we have tried to stop these projects all along. For economic reasons,

simply that,” the MPP said, adding he felt the study itself should be reason enough to put a hold on the proposed projects. “You would think if the Government of Canada feels there should be a study on the health effects, there is a reason,” he said, adding the study should be taking into consideration different distances to reflect the effects on proximity and ill health. “The Brinston project, for the most part, is a fairly significant distance away from the houses,” he noted. “This [provincial] government’s policy is to go ahead regardless of cost. If that is their mandate, they should at least look at the health effects. That should be a concern, if money is not a concern, then health effects should be.” McDonell said the Hudak Tories had not discussed the issue of the federal study, so he was not certain of his party’s stance on calling for a moratorium until it is finished. He also pointed out that the party was trying to introduce a private member’s bill that would allow municipalities a say over wind farms but so far lacked support in the legislature. When asked if he felt that MacLeod and Poilievre were wasting their time by demanding a moratorium, McDonell replied, “It’s always good to get your voice out there, but practically speaking, we’ve been trying this for five years and we haven’t had any success. We’ve attacked it from the health side, we’ve attacked it from the economic side, and they are still going on.” Continued on page 12

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Page 12 The AgriNews August, 2012 Continued from page 11 bad decision with whatever The riding’s federal repthe study says. I don’t like resentative, Conservative the fact that we’re paying Guy Lauzon, was similarly that kind of money for hesitant to follow MacLeod that.â€? and Poilievre’s example, According to the acknowledging he hasn’t Canadian Wind Energy called for a halt to the Association’s website, their Brinston project pending position is that a call for a the study’s outcome.“No I moratorium on wind energy haven’t. I don’t feel I have while the study is being the knowledge to be able to conducted is not warranted ... decide whether that because “the balance of scishould go ahead,â€? said entific and medical eviLauzon, who then added, dence to date clearly con“I’d like to see the results cludes that sound from of the study before any wind turbines does not action is taken, you know.â€? adversely impact human Asked again if that last part health.â€? of his reply indicated a CanWEA expects the desire for a moratorium, the report to come to the same MP responded: “I’m not as conclusions and thoroughly familiar enough with the supports undertaking the intimate details of the study as a contributor to Brinston project to be able scientific knowledge and to know. I don’t know if the literature. launch is imminent or not. CanWEA representative To be honest with you, I Chris Forrest said, “I can haven’t discussed it or tell you that the vast given that much thought to amount of science and it.â€? medical research to date Lauzon acknowledged and the experience of hunhaving personal difficulty dreds of thousands of peowith the cost of wind power ple in a number of counas an Ontario taxpayer. tries shows that wind ener“That upsets me as well. I gy does not adversely think that’s a bad decision, impact human health.â€? maybe, but I don’t think Forrest added that wind that’s got anything to do energy is the safest form of with the study ‌ That’s a energy production, and his

organization is completely confident in that safety. “We are constantly in contact with experts around the world,� said Forrest, “Our findings are backed by a growing body of credible reports.� Wilson disagreed the study would prove wind turbines safe, but did agree in the importance of the information that will come out of the process. “What’s going to be important is that at the end of this, there is going to be information that can guide governments in terms of establishing rules. The information will help to protect people.� A report by Dr. Loren Knopper states that wind turbines can be an annoyance for some people, and that is what is causing the ill effects. “Given that annoyance appears to be more strongly related to visual cues and attitude than to noise itself, self reported health effects of people living near wind turbines are more likely attributed to physical manifestation from an annoyed state than from wind turbines themselves,� said Knopper in the report. In other words, Knopper

attributes the change in environment and not the “turbine-specific variable like audible noise or infrasound.� “I’ve met Lorne Knopper,� said Wilson. “He really should be telling people the way they are using that term annoyance, it’s a medical term, It’s not like ‘I get annoyed when my neighbour’s dog barks at five in the morning.’ It’s associated with severe duress. It’s a very different use of that word.� Wilson said that even the World Health Organization has a definition of it, and a report on environmental noise and the health effects. She took exception not only to the use of the word annoyance, but to Knopper’s report itself. “With all due respect to Dr. Knopper, his field is actually toxicology and has nothing to do with noise. At the end of his study, he says these people’s problems

Over 2,000 stories archived at www.agrinews.ca could be solved with psyinvolved landowners, a poschotherapy. That is unbesible indication of the lievably insulting.â€? firm’s confidence of a ‘go.’ Wilson said she spoke to He also shot down a a woman who is 80 years rumour that perhaps one of old who had to leave her the involved farmers was home because she is surtrying to back out of the rounded by 18 turbines in deal. close proximity to her One did successfully home, and the effects on seek clarification last year her health have been devas- to ensure the turbines tating. wouldn’t hamper future “Psychotherapy isn’t construction projects on going to help her,â€? she said. their land, after ProWind “The world is watching changed ownership, Thurler this study in Canada. It’s so acknowledged. But none of important.â€? the group has attempted to Meanwhile, the 14-turget out of their lease agreebine Brinston project — furthest along in the provin- ment with the developer, he added. cial approval process in Thurler also said he was Eastern Ontario — officialnot surprised by some of ly awaits a final green light the local opposition that has from the province. sprung up against the projHowever, Nick Thurler, ect, saying a farmer one of a handful farmers in involved with the North the creek valley hosting the Gower project advised them installation, reported that of the possibility. “We were developer ProWind Canada in early July paid out a final warned ‌ to be prepared signing bonus to the for opposition,â€? he said.

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TTAWA – THE LAST IN A SERIES OF FUND-RAISING GOLF TOURNAMENTS FOR MACDONALD COLLEGE’S BOB PUGH CLASSIC DEVELOPMENT FUND WILL BE HELD AT ANDERSON LINKS THURS., SEPT. 13.

Among the Macdonald College grads working on the project is Richard Gilmer of South Mountain, who told The AgriNews that this year’s tournament will again honour Dr. John Moxley, a pioneer in the Quebec dairy industry, and at the same time provide scholarship funding for the Ste. Anne de Bellevue institution. This will mark the first time in the event’s five-year history that an individual will have been honoured twice. So far the tournament has raised well over $200,000 and Gilmer said the organizers aim to raise enough this year to top up the fund so that it will have four $60,000 endowments. John E. Moxley, a native of the Ramsayville area and

the founder of Quebec’s Dairy Herd Analysis Service (DHAS), now known as Valacta and which is the tournament’s title sponsor. Also organizing the tournament are Mac grads Tom Clapp and Gib Patterson, on whose Anderson Links course the tournament will be played. Gilmer, semi-retired from the family’s dairy farm near South Mountain, graduated from Macdonald in 1975 and has known Moxley most of his life. Moxley and Gilmer’s father, both of whom will turn 91 next December, have been friends since boyhood with Moxley spending summers at his uncle’s farm, adjacent to the Gilmer farm. Moxley, Emeritus Professor in Animal Science with an interest in livestock production traits and nutrition, received his BSc (Agriculture) in 1947 and his MSc in 1952. While working on his doctorate at Cornell University in New

York State, he observed the set-up of a computer-oriented diary herd improvement operation and had the foresight to see that a similar system would greatly benefit Quebec dairy farmers. With the support Macdonald Dean George Dion, Moxley started DHAS with a staff of five, a computer and an infrared milk analyzer. According to a release issued by Macdonald College “More than 100 farmers received individual records for each cow in their dairy herds and feeding recommendations to improve productivity. Within a year, more than 300 dairy farms were bene-

fiting from this service and, within 10 years, the production of more than 200,000 cattle from Quebec, Ontario and the Maritimes was being analyzed. When Dr. Moxley was awarded the Grindley Medal by the Agricultural Institute of Canada, the citation stated he ‘... is a Canadian who has made one particular identifiable contribution to Canadian agriculture, the impact of which has been far-reaching’.” Moxley is also a Commandeur de l’Ordre du mérite agronomique, holds a Certificate of Merit from the Canadian Society of Animal Science, is a Fellow of the Agricultural Institute

of Canada, holds the Macdonald Branch of the McGill Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumni Award and the Prix Claude Hayes from the Centre d’insemination artificielle du Québec (CIAQ). The Moxley scholarship will be part of the Bob Pugh Classic Development Fund. Pugh was a Macdonald College athletic director and hockey and football coach and longtime resident of Pakenham. Among the corporate sponsors of the Moxley Tournament are Valacta, Syngenta, Pioneer, Via Rail and the Ottawa Senators, whose manager, Brian Murray, is a Macdonald

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Technical Updates

Tillage To Swear By By: Greg Stewart Corn Specialist - OMAFRA

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low - a four letter word? No-till - the moral high ground within tillage systems? What about strip-till, ridge-till, vertical-till, mulch-till, placebo-till, testosterone-till or conservation-till? Over the years we have had a great time defining and labelling the way we till the soil. In some cases the discussion has become quite heated, as ardent no-tillers have challenged the more conventionally minded to change. Sometimes the argument has had a cost of production spin, especially when commodity prices were low. At other times the emphasis has been on soil conservation and the merits of leaving enough residue to protect soil from wind and water erosion. In Ontario, the trend towards conservation tillage has ebbed and flowed. So where are we now? Consider the advancements that might influence tillage systems: • significantly improved planting equipment, • a whole host of planter modifications to foster reduced tillage success, • a complete new segment of "vertical" tillage equipment that is designed to handle high residue situations, • seed that is more tolerant to reduced tillage stress, • herbicide resistant crops, • and seed treatments that mitigate some of the challenges of unplowed seedbeds. And yet when we looked around Ontario in the spring of 2012 there was arguably less ground covered with residue than in quite some time. Perhaps it is time to refocus on the end game and not the titles.

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ith the renewed optimism in corn, soybeans, wheat and other cash crops, there is more pressure to produce more on each acre of land. There has been some loss of hay and pasture land to these crops. Forage inventories are tight and hay prices are at record levels. Double cropping, by seeding a cover crop after a cereal crop, is an opportunity to produce additional forage for your livestock. Oats seeded after winter wheat harvest with manure applied can yield 1 - 3.5 tonne of dry matter (DM) per acre. Even in fields without manure, oats can yield 0.5 - 1.5 tonnes of forage DM per acre. At hay prices of well over $100 per tonne, forage cover crops can give a good return in addition to the cereal crop harvested.

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Figure 3. Barley seeded following winter wheat for fall grazing

Summer Seeded Forage Cover Crop Study Many cover crop plant species are used as forage, such as oats, barley, peas, triticale, rye, turnip, and various mixtures. A 2005 cover crop study compared red clover underseeded in the winter wheat to oats, oilseed radish, peas, annual ryegrass and sudan grass seeded after a cereal crop were harvested. (Figure 1) Applying manure before seeding significantly increased forage yield, with the exception of red clover. Oats produced the most forage yield, with the exception of red clover with no manure or annual ryegrass with manure applied. Volunteer winter cereals yielded only 50 - 75% of a seeded oat forage yield. Figure 1. 2005 Cover Crop Yield

A question that often is asked is "does late-fall and winter grazing compact the soil?" Research from Nebraska with beef cattle showed winter grazing crop residues had no significant effect on the following year grain crop yield, and additional tillage was not required. However, spring grazing increased the soil's bulk density and decreased water infiltration rate. Therefore, cattle should not graze crop residues after the soil has thawed in the spring.

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30% Ground Cover Research has identified the maintenance of a minimum of 30% ground cover as critical in the protection against wind and water erosion. The goal should be to have your soil covered with at least 30% cover (dead or alive) all season long. Perhaps no one cares any more what you call it. Just use the great arsenal of equipment and technology that is out there and get it done. Hey, you might even use a plow (note 4 letter spelling) and if you quickly seeded a cover crop, 30% cover might be rapidly restored. Here are few other considerations: 1. Leaving surfaces too rough in the fall means multiple passes in the spring and eventually less residue to conserve the soil. This is particularly challenging after low residue crops like soybeans. 2. Vertical tillage tools have given producers a more complete arsenal of equipment that can prepare a seedbed while maintaining high residue levels. Target the use of these tools to still have 30 % cover after planting is complete. 3. Producers determined to eliminate compaction and do some fall tillage should aim for a system that can leave significant residue in the fall such that after spring operations 30 % cover is still possible. 4. A seedbed left relatively smooth with good residue cover can, on many lighter textured soils, be planted directly without any further residue reducing spring tillage.

Figure 2. Strip Grazing of Kale, Pea, Barley & Oat Mixture

Text equivalent In another study where cover crops followed spring wheat, the volunteer spring wheat yielded about the same as many of the cover crops. In this study, cover crop yields were 0.5 - 1 tonne per acre. In both these studies, the highest forage yields were from annual ryegrass with an application of manure.

Establishment It may seem early to be talking about August seeding, but now is the time to start planning. Establishing a cover crop can be done using a no-till drill. Alternately, broadcasting the seed followed by a light tillage pass, such as a cultivator or rotary harrow, to incorporate the seed. Some tillage before seeding can reduce disease and weed pressure from the preceding cereal crop. Under dry conditions, following with a packer will firm the soil for better to seedto-soil contact and help retain moisture for better emergence. Manure can be applied immediately before planting and incorporation will capture more of the readily available nitrogen in the manure.

Harvest Cover crops can be easy grazed or harvested as silage or baleage. Strip grazing with cattle or sheep is very efficient. (Figure 2) These crops are essentially impossible to make into dry hay at that time of year. Cereal crops summer seeded as a second crop with adequate moisture are usually ready to begin grazing about 45 - 60 days after planting (Figure 3). They should be grazed before the heading-stage of the cereals, as forage quality will then begin to decline.

Using cover crops following a cereal crop provides soil protection from wind and heavy rains in the fall months before freeze up. It also helps build soil organic matter and grazing livestock can improve nutrient recycling. Red clover can fix nitrogen for the following crop. Cover crops also provide the livestock farmer a place to spread manure in late-summer and reduces the nitrogen that could be lost to the environment. The most immediate benefit to the livestock farmer will be the extra feed produced, getting more from the land, rather than using more land! For more information about Cover Crops, see Cover Crops: Adaptation and Use of Cover Crops, http://omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/facts/cover_crops0 1/cover.htm Cover Crops: Cover Crop Types http://omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/facts/cover_crops01/c over_types.htm Cover Crops: Choosing a Cover Crop http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/facts/cover_c rops01/choosing.htm

What's The Next Step In Precision Agriculture?

By: Ian McDonald, Nicole Rabe Applied Research Coordinator – OMAFRA; , Land Use Specialist OMAFRA

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recision agriculture means different things to different people. In Ontario, we have seen adoption of precision technologies, including combine yield monitors, light bars and other sophisticated ways of driving straight, and application mapping.

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Page 16 The AgriNews August, 2012 • Continued from Page 14 have been readily adopted. Straight driving technologies have been adopted very quickly. Now we are seeing wider adoption of GIS-enabled auto shut-off systems for ensuring pesticides, seed and other inputs are not overlapped as field equipment crosses paths with previous passes. Less common has been the acceptance of variable rate input technology. There is considerable disagreement on whether the systems are able to adequately identify management zone changes that would justify the change in input levels across a field. However, it is being practiced successfully by some. One important thing that comes from yield monitor technology is the ability to "visualize" the fields. , Review of data trends over time allows development of good management zones. This is not just numbers, but a visual picture of what is happening in a field.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles The next step in precision technology may be the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV's) for monitoring ongoing crop production. These can enable us to "see" our crops visually, but also in terms of stresses that the human eye cannot see. Near infrared reflectance (NIR) cameras can measure response to stresses. Although imagery is available from aircraft and satellite systems, there are some distinct disadvantages associated with their use, such as cost, timeliness, accuracy, resolution, and flight path. A farmer or agronomist can program a UAV to fly a directed path whenever they want. This allows a crop to be monitored to look for things that might be of interest in the growth of the crop. Advantages of UAV's over plane and satellite include flexibility, lower capital cost, ready learning, and no need to put people in harm's way. These vehicles are capable of high resolution photography, video capture and NIR photography. Then there is a wide range of software choices available to "build" maps from the images and video captured. They can operate at various heights from 100 to 2,000 ft, cruise at speeds up to 60 km/hr for 30 to 60 minutes, and operate in winds up to 30 km/hr. They have resolutions of as low as 3.6 cm, but 20 cm is typical. (Figure 1) They can take pictures of from 1 to 60 acres. What is exciting about this technology is that it gives you a view of your crops that is not attainable in any other way, and at various times during the growing season. Ask any "flying farmer" how much they see in their crops from the air that is not visible, even in thorough ground scouting. Figure 1. Images courtesy of Nicole Rabe from collaborative work with MAFRI and On-Demand Imagery Solutions (Brandon, MB.) showing the resolution potential of UAV's relative to other forms of imagery.

Possible uses of the technology include: • scouting for disease, insect, and weeds, • identifying problems fast, • replant decisions • visual recorded proof of issues • record keeping that specified operations were completed, • scouting deer, racoon and other critter damage, • looking for "alternate crops" planted in your crops • delineating management zones, and • identifying field regions susceptible to soil erosion.

Figure 2. Example of how UAV flight can be used to capture images and develop mapping products that assist crop management (Ag Business & Crop Inc.) Checkout these websites to get an idea of the range of products, and the capabilities: CropCam (http://www.cropcam.com) AutoCopter (http://www.autocopter.net/) Swinglet Cam (http://www.sensefly.com/)

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Do you like a challenge? Would you like to share your enthusiasm for agriculture? Does the opportunity to win a substantial cash prize appeal to you? Are you 11 to 24 years old? f you answered YES to any of these questions, the Canadian Young Speakers for Agriculture competition is for you! The Canadian Young Speakers for Agriculture competition is held annually in November at the Royal Agriculture Winter Fair in Toronto, as part of Youth Weekend.

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Searchable archive at www.agrinews.ca It’s an opportunity to develop your public speaking skills and a forum to express community concerns. The competition originated in 1985 in honour of International Youth Year, and was originally sponsored by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Farm Credit Canada joined as a co-sponsor in 1987. There are cash prizes for the six finalists in both the Junior Competition (ages 11-15) and Senior Competition (ages 16-24). The Senior Champion will receive $1000, while the Junior Champion is awarded $500. Registration details, rules and speech topics are all available online at http://www.cysa-joca.ca

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From left, Paula Cornish from TD Canada Trust, Champion Calf winner Meghan Burnett (Kawartha Lakes) and Judge Kevin McLean from Napanee.

East-Central 4-H Show winners

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MEMBERS FROM SIX COUNTIES IN EAST-CENTRAL ONTARIO PARTICIPATED IN THE SIXTH ANNUAL TWO-DAY JUNIOR SHOW HELD AT THE ORONO FAIRGROUNDS ON JULY 2 AND 3. THE FOCUS OF THE EVENT IS A RELAXED FUN, EDUCATIONAL, AND FRIENDLY COMPETITION OF SHOWMANSHIP AND CALF CONFORMATION.

At lunch time on July 2, trailer loads of calves and kids descended on the Orono Fairgrounds to take part in the two-day “camp”. Dairy 4-H members aged 9 to 14

From left, Paula Cornish of TD Canada Trust, Champion Showman Elaine Jeff from Northumberland County. Reserve Brooke Benshop from Durham East and Judge Kevin McLean.

washed their calves and prepared their bedding packs before taking part in an educational afternoon featuring tips on filling and feeding calves before showing, judging, knowing the parts of a dairy cow, practice clipping, washing their calves and making a proper bedding pack. Later that afternoon, the Durham East Senior 4-H Dairy Club facilitated icebreaker games, team building exercises and filled hundreds of water balloons. The 4Her’s spent the afternoon getting to know each other and having fun. To top the day off all the kids led their calves in a showmanship clinic led by Elvin Petherick along with many experienced 4-H leaders and senior members for some one-to-one training. The following day, 4-Her’s put their

enhanced skills to the test in front of Judge Kevin McLean of Ripplebrook Farms of Napanee. First Place Senior and Grand Champion Showperson was awarded to Elaine Jeffs of Northumberland who improved on her Reserve placing in 2011. Brooke Benshop was the winner of the Junior Showmanship class and earned Reserve Showmanship honors followed by HM winner and second senior Corey Stockdale. Taking second in the Junior Showmanship class was Kaitlyn Hoogeveen of Durham East. Named Grand Calf for the day was the Junior Calf exhibited by Meghan Burnett of Kawartha Lakes on Kingsbury Advantage Pam Red. Corey Stockdale of Peterborough County led the winning Senior Calf and Reserve Grand Champion

on Embrdale Bianca Seaver with Honourable Mention going to the second Junior Calf Calbrett Sid Lacey shown by Kaitlyn Hoogeveen. The top Intermediate calves were Grillsdale Rochelle Windbrook shown by Courtney Chrysler and second to Emma Hawman of Kawartha Lakes with Tomalynn Sanchez Mary. The second place Senior Calf was Poplardell Windbrook Elite, shown by Abby Jo Godden. Each year, the highlight of the event comes at the end of the show when one lucky participant is presented with a show box painted with the 4-H logo. This year’s recipient was Evelyn Seeman of York Region. All participants were awarded a prize following the show. A special thank you to parents, chaperones, participants, sponsors and the organizing committee.

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McKenna helps other families in their fight with cancer By Martha Tanner AgriNews Contributor

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If she’s McKenna Modler of Lansdowne, she can drag it by the seat of its pants out into the open where it’s not so scary. She can inspire people young and old by her own unflinching battle with a

brain tumour. And she can raise thousands of dollars to help families just like hers who are committing everything they have to help their child beat cancer. On July 29, with a small army of volunteers, McKenna raised over $96,000 and counting for the Children’s Cancer Fund at the Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario at Kingston General Hospital.

McKenna’s Dream, a daylong fundraiser held at the Lansdowne fairgrounds, was the culmination of months of work by an organizing committee of over 30 friends and family, all inspired by McKenna’s desire to help other children with cancer. McKenna, daughter of sixth generation farmer Scott Modler and his wife, Erin, was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2010, less

than a year after her grandmother had died of brain cancer. McKenna’s slowgrowing low grade glioma cannot be surgically removed because of its location close to her pituitary gland. Over the past two years, McKenna has had more than 70 chemotherapy treatments at Kingston General Hospital, two surgeries on the shunt in her brain, one in Kingston and one at The

Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, and MRI scans in Toronto every three months. She knows the financial and emotional toll it has taken on her own family, but didn’t realize how difficult it could be until she began meeting other children and their families during visits to the Cancer Centre. “I never imagined it was that bad for them,” she said. “It’s really sad.”

ASK FOR THE McKenna Modler, who turned 12 in April, was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2010. With the help of family, friends and her extended community, she has raised over $96,000 for the Children’s Cancer Fund at Kingston General Hospital at a fundraiser called McKenna’s Dream on July 29. Donations are still being accepted. Martha Tanner photo

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Our Projects are Unique, Just like your Needs! This pink demolition derby car, on which donors have written messages of hope, will be crushed at the South Mountain Fair on August 17 and recycled. The proceeds will be given to McKenna’s Dream, a fundraiser for the Children’s Cancer Fund at Kingston General Hospital. Martha Tanner photo

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McKenna’s Dream Continaued from page21 “I’m lucky I’ve got my dad and brother helping out on the farm, but it has been hard on them too.� McKenna has always wanted to do something to help, Scott said. “When she was going through her treatment and seeing new kids coming in, talking to others . . . she wanted to help out. I said we would do something after her treatments. “We started asking family and friends and it got really big, really fast.� McKenna had her last chemotherapy treatment in March and soon afterwards a committee formed to organize the fundraiser for the Cancer Centre. Within days donations of cash, offers of help, and items for the live and silent auctions began pouring in. On the morning of the event, McKenna’s Dream had already raised over $24,000. The live and silent auctions, which included everything from a homemade rhubarb pie to 10 straws of bull semen each from Comestar Lauthority, Crackholm Fever and PineTree SID-ET donated by East-Gen, netted over $38,000. Jewellery made by McKenna and friends brought in $1,200. “We were hoping to raise maybe $5,000,� admitted Scott. “This has been the highlight of her life so far.� The Children’s Cancer Fund helps families cover the cost of medication, travel and accommodations, and tutoring for children who miss a lot of school. “Your gift is an inspira-

tion,� said Leslee Thompson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Kingston General Hospital, during a cheque presentation on August 1. “Not only because it’s an incredible amount of money, but because it is an inspiration that will continue for years to come because of your passion, your dedication and your belief that you can make a difference.� “You have inspired others and for that we are better people,� said Elia Anagnostopoulos, chair of the University Hospitals Kingston Foundation. “You certainly dream big!� “I think people supported this because they know what I’ve been going through and it’s a good cause,� said McKenna. “But I never expected this!� “It’s really neat how the community has come together,� said Scott. “It really makes you appreciate your county and your community. “I just wish that everybody could experience the good stuff, without going through the bad stuff.� Scott, who misses the mornings when his earlybird daughter would join him in the barn and they would just sit and talk, said his daughter has inspired him too. “When I was young, Terry Fox had a dream that changed the world. McKenna had a dream that may not change the world, but has inspired change in her world and in all who have come in contact with her, in her goal of helping others.� Continued on page 23

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Í™ Ĺ˝ĆŒ Ä?ŽŜƚĂÄ?Ćš Ä‚Ć?Ä?Ž͕ Ä‚ĆŒÄšĹ?ŜĂů McKenna Modler, 12, and her family present a cheque for the Children’s Cancer Fund to the University Hospitals Kingston Foundation (UHKF). From left are: Jo-Anne Neilson, chair of the McKenna’s Dream fundraising committee: Patty Jansen, liaison nurse with the PediatricOncology Team; Erin Modler and son Bryson, McKenna, dad Scott Modler, big brother Cole, and Elia

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Anagnostopoulos, chair of the UHKF. Martha Tanner photo Continued from page 22 McKenna’s Dream continues. To make a donation, contact Erin or Scott Modler by email at hereonthefarm@gmail.com or call Jo-Anne Neilson at 613-532-9536. Donations to McKenna’s Dream can also be made to the University Hospitals Kingston Foundation at www.uhkf.ca. On August 17 at the South Mountain

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Judge Hugh Hunter with Carleton County’s Kirkland Reaney, who showed the Grand Champion – and senior champion - Calf, Riverdown Fever Locket, and Reserve winner Kaitlyn French of Leeds County who showed the Intermediate champion, Polestar Braxton Blueberry, at the annual EastGen 4-H Showcase June 30 at the Spencerville fairgrounds. Courtesy photo

Fourth great year for Eastern Jr. Show Special to The AgriNews PENCERVILLE – SIXTY-THREE KEEN 4H’ERS PARTICIPATED IN THE FOURTH EASTERN ONTARIO JUNIOR SHOW,

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between getting calves clipped and taking time in the ring getting instruction from the experts that EastGen had on hand. In the evening participants played the welcome game and handed out the shirts and bags. Continued on page 40

Senior champion Rebecca Redner of Hastings County was named Grand Champion Showman at the annual EastGen 4-H Showcase June 30 at the Spencerville fairgrounds. Reserve was won by Junior Champion Kelsey Edwards of Renfrew County. Courtesy photo

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Olivia Groenewegen, left, wraps up a purchase for Peg Robertson of Kingston at the family’s Limestone Organic Creamery. The Kingston area dairy, which processes milk from its own Jersey and Holstein herd, opened last month.

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able in all percentages, including unhomogenized, in which the cream rises to the top, and chocolate. The Farm Store also sells its own organic butter, beef, pork, poultry and eggs, other dairy products by Organic Meadows, local produce, ice cream and pastas and sauces. A small commercial kitchen provides soups, baked goods, casseroles and sandwiches. Unique to the operation is home delivery in an oldfashioned milk truck. Customers who have signed up for the service are provided with insulated porch boxes to keep their purchases cold until they get home. Home deliveries are once a week for now, while deliveries to other retail outlets are made more often. “It’s going well,” said Kathie, as she helped store manager Olivia serve customers o a busy Saturday. “It’s fantastic,” said Peg Robertson of Kington, who remembers milk being delivered to her home when was a child in Edmonton. “It takes me back to my childhood and the good tastes. “I like that it’s organic, and I really like that it’s local. It hits all the nails on the head!” Customers can sign up for delivery online at www.limestonecreamery.ca.

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EO teen’s art will benefit National Junior Angus Association Nelson Zandbergen AgriNews Staff Writer MOUNTAIN —Seventeen-year-old Holly Somerville recently rendered her appreciation of all things Angus in pencil. Now her reproduced handiwork is drawing attention from others involved with the beef breed. Somerville had occasion to depict various aspects of bringing those animals into the show ring during an art competition coinciding with last month’s 2012 National Junior Angus Association Showdown in Lindsay. (She and her identical twin sister, Kelly, are both avid Angus show participants, leading the black bovines in front of discerning judges at various fairs and venues over the last four years.) Created as one of the elective activities offered at the four-day annual event, her realistic pencil illustration on white paper shows a heifer going through various stages of show preparation — from cattle trailer, to show barn, to winner’s circle. “I was considering doing a single picture of an animal, but I realized there is so much more to showing than just the animal,� explained the Mountain resident, who will enter her final year at St. Michael Catholic High School in Kemptville this fall. Her work — recognized as reserve champion in the intermediate class — is being copied into a limited series of 50 prints. That idea came about after the artist generously donated the original to the Association’s banquet auction, where a youthful duo – 11 and 12 years old –

bought it for $550. Russell’s Kevin MacIntyre (XCEL Livestock), father of one of the youngsters, thought of having prints made and offered the first couple on the block. Number one and number two fetched an additional $500 apiece for the Association, courtesy of MacIntyre himself and another print purchaser, Jodee Bolton (Polestar Angus) of Lansdowne (mother of the other pre-teen). Other copies will be auctioned at various events throughout the Ottawa Valley, including the Metcalfe Fair. Another will go on display at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, then put up for auction at the conclusion of the beef show. Once all auctions are complete, organizers are looking to sell any remaining prints, with all proceeds going back to the Association to further promote the young people involved with the breed. The Association’s Regina, Saskatchewan-based headquarters is also slated to receive a donated print that will grace its lobby. The Somerville sisters lead cattle owned by Barry Stewart (Hawthorne Farm) of Inkerman Station. They and a pair of his Black Anguses recently placed in the top two at the Chesterville Fair. Holly Somerville said she loves working with Black Angus cattle and has enjoyed her years showing the breed. “I really like breaking them. And I really love the people we’ve met.� In keeping with her recent success in Lindsay, she presumes she will pursue “something� in the field of arts after high school. “I do enjoy art.�

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2. Obtain your user identification and password. If you don’t already have an Ontario Pork Universal Services (OPUS) user identification, call Ontario Pork at 1-877-668-7675 and ask for Member Services, send an email to memberservices@ontariopork.on.ca, or visit the Ontario Pork website at ontariopork.on.ca. Select “help�, then “resources� and finally “OP member login� to download the application. 3. Once you have your user identification choose Download Data from the main File menu. A “Retrieving Grading Data� dialogue box opens. 4. That’s it! You can now access a variety of grading data information whenever it’s convenient for you. If you would like more information or have technical questions, contact Jaydee Smith, OMAFRA Ridgetown at 519-674-1542 or email jaydee.smith@ontario.ca

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html To order OMAFRA publications and factsheets: • Visit any OMAFRA Resource Centre / Northern Ontario Regional Office or Service Ontario location • Visit the Service Ontario website at: www.serviceontario.ca/publications or call 1-800-6689938 • Visit the OMAFRA website at: www.ontario.ca/omafra or contact the Agricultural Information Contact Centre by calling: 1-877-424-1300

Phone Lines and Websites

• OMAFRA Website: www.ontario.ca/omafra, Agricultural Information Contact Centre: 1-877-4241300 or e-mail ag.info.omafra@ontario.ca • Nutrient Management Line: 1-866-242-4460 or email nman.omafra@ontario.ca • Growing Forward Information Line: 1-888479-3931 or e-mail growingforward@ontario.ca • The Farm Line: 1-888451-2903 - A confidential telephone emotional sup-

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Events

August 28 OMAFRA’s “Good Agri cul ture Practi ces� Webi nar S eri es: Food S afety on Mul ti Commodi ty Farms, 12:00 noon. Identify the risks associated with a multi-commodity farm, the good agricultural practices which address those risks and how they apply to your farm. Webinar details and registration online at http://www.omafra.gov.on.c a/english/food/foodsafety/pr oducers/webinars.htm S eptember 11 – 13 Canada’s Outdoor Farm S how, Canada’s Outdoor Park, Woodstock, ON. Watch for details on the 2012 show at http://www.outdoorfarmshow.com/ S eptember 18 – 22 Internati onal Pl owi ng Match, Waterloo Region, “Cultivate Country Celebrate Community�. Check for regular updates at http://www.ipm2012.ca/ S eptember 25 -

OMAFRA’s “Good Agri cul ture Practi ces� Webi nar S eri es: Hygi ene and S ani tati on, 12:00 noon. Learn how to develop and implement a worker hygiene program for both the pack house and field as well as a building and equipment sanitation program. Webinar details and registration online at http://www.omafra.gov.on.c a/english/food/foodsafety/pr oducers/webinars.htm October 25 OMAFRA’s “Good Agri cul ture Practi ces� Webi nar S eri es: Prepari ng for an OnFarm Food S afety Audi t, 12:00 noon. Interpret what to expect from an audit, the general requirements of a food safety program, and applying the tools needed for a successful audit. Webinar details and registration online at http://www.omafra.gov.on.c a/english/food/foodsafety/pr oducers/webinars.htm November 2 – 11 Royal Agri cul tural Wi nter Fai r. Details at http://www.royalfair.org/

August 9 Prince Edward Federation of Agriculture Meeting O.P.P. Office Boardroom, County Rd. 1, (Schoharie Road), Picton, ON 7:30 pm – All Welcome! Contact Patti Stacey at 613-476-3842 / princeedwardfarmers@gmail.com August 11 Ottawa Rideau Soil and Crop Regional Car Tour Stops include Cairnbrae Elevators, Elgin, ON, Lunch in Philipsville and Tackaberry’s Antique Equipment Museum, Athens. For more information and pre-registration for lunch by August 7, 2012, contact Shirley Munro, RCC 613-267-6362 / email c-s-munro@live.com or Sid Vanderwerf 613-387-3196 / email sidandmoira@xplornet.com August 11 Prince Edward Cattlemen’s Association Gala Night, Casa Dea Winery. More info to follow. August 16 to 19 Stirling Fair, 437 Front St. W., Stirling, ON. For more information contact 613-395-5159, email secretary@stirlingfair.com or visit www.stirlingfair.com August 22 Northumberland Soil and Crop Improvement Association BBQ, Roseneath, ON. 6 pm – Contact Justin Dorland 613-475-9736 August 22 & 23 Hasting County Plowing Match and Farm Show, Donnandale Farms, 10620 Hwy 62 N, Centre Hastings, ON. For more information visit http://www.hastingsfarmshow.com/ August 24 & 25 Coe Hill Fair, Hwy. 620, Coe Hill, ON For more information contact 613-337-5504 August 24 to 26 Shannonville Fair, 363 McFarlane Road, Tyendinaga Township • Continued on Page 31

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County Dateline • Continued from Page 30 (Melrose Recreation Complex). For more information contact 613-477-2485, email info@shannonvillefair.com or visit www.shannonvillefair.com August 24 to 26 Parham Fair, Parham, ON For more information email info@parhamfair.ca or visit www.parhamfair.ca August 28 Lennox & Addington Federation of Agriculture Meeting, Selby Sales Barn 8 pm – Contact Stephanie Gaffney / stephanie.gaffney.sg@gmail.com August 30 to S ept 2 Quinte Fair, 158 Bridge Street West, Belleville, ON. For more information contact 613-968-3266, email info@qer.ca or visit www.qer.ca August 31 to S ept 1 Centreville Fair, Centerville, ON. For more information contact 613-378-0928 or email centervillefair@gmail.com S eptember 6 Hastings Federation of Agriculture Monthly Meeting, Thurlow Community Centre, 516 Harmony Road, Thurlow, ON 8:00 pm - Contact Judy Hagerman 613-473-4444 / jlhagerman@sympatico.ca . S eptember 8 Prince Edward Cattlemen’s Association Steer Show & Sale (Part of Picton Fair)

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Fi rst Tuesday – Monthl y Kawartha Junior Farmers Meeting, Lindsay Fairgrounds at 7:30pm Membership is open for anyone aged 15-29. For more information visit kawarthajf@gmail.com Thi rd Wednesday – Monthl y Victoria County Sheep Producers Meeting Sunderland Coop Boardroom, Oakwood location, 7:30pm. For more information contact Doug Walden 705-324-7478. Li ndsay Farmers’ Market Victoria and Kent St. (Downtown Lindsay) every Saturday 7am – 1pm starting May 5 to Oct. 31 For more information email bryguyc@hotmail.com or call 705-878-1392 Bobcaygeon Farmer’s Market Bobcaygeon Fair Grounds every Saturday 8am – 1pm starting May 19th to Oct. 6. For more information contact Maicey Benjamin at 705-738-9426 Ki nmount Farmers’ Market Austin Sawmill Heritage Park every Saturday 9am – 2pm starting May 22 to Oct 9. For more information visit www.kinmountfarmersmarket.ca or call 705-488-2612 Dunsford S tati on Farmers’ Market Hwy 36 at Cedar Glen Road, Dunsford, every Saturday 8am – 1pm starting May 19 to Oct. 27 Omemee Farmers Market Behind the Royal Canadian Legion, every Friday 1pm – 6pm starting May 11 to Oct 5. For more information call 705-799- 5059 Hal i burton County Farmers’ Market Carnarvon, Friday afternoons 1:00 – 5:00pm. There is a year- round phone to contact the Market 705-457-0991 or visit http://haliburtoncountyfarmersmarket.wordpress.com August 11 “Meet The Animalsâ€? Day Wilberforce Fair. Each year the Haliburton County Farmers’ Association have been creating a very attractive and well-attended display of several kinds of farm animals. For more information contact Sheila Robb 705-489-4201 August 17 -18 Haliburton County Fair. For more information call 705286-1936 or email info@haliburtoncountyfair.ca August 18 “Meet The Animalsâ€? Day, Haliburton County Fair. Each year the Haliburton County Farmers’ Association have been creating a very attractive and well-attended display of several kinds of farm animals. For more information contact Sheila Robb 705-489-4201 August 25 The Haliburton County Garlic Growers Association – Fifth Annual Garlic Fest Hwy 35 & Hwy 118, Carnarvon 9:00am – 3:00pm Aug 30 & S ept 6 Growing Your Farm Profits Workshop – Business Development for Farm Business – OMAFRA • Continued on Page 32

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County Dateline • Continued from Page 31 building, 322 Kent St. West, Lindsay 10am – 3pm. A free two-day productive and fun workshop experience that will help you: Assess your current farm management practices. Get the family members on the same page by identifying the priorities that will increase results. Develop action plan steps to reach your farm business and your personal goals. Access funds to meet your business goals. Register online www.ontariosoilcrop.org/workshops or contact Paul Reeds at 705-328-2710 or email at preeds@ontariosoilcrop.org August 31 – S ept 2 Kinmount Fair. For more information call 705-448-2871 S eptember 1 Lindsay Farmers’ Market – Labour Day Weekend Celebrate the end of a great summer and the return to school. Victoria and Kent St. (Downtown Lindsay). For more information contact 705-878-1392 or Lindsay Farmers’ Market: www.lindsayfarmersmarket.ca

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August 25 Blackstock Fair. For more information call 905-986-0035 or email bkstock@ruralwave.ca S eptember 1 – 3 Port Perry Fair. For more information call 905-985-0962 or email donppfair@powergate.ca S eptember 7 – 9 Uxbridge Fair. For more information call 950-852-7147 or email g.l.oconnor@sympatico.ca S eptember 8 – 11 Orono Fair. For more information call 905-983-9510 or email eileen.kennedy@xplornet.com

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DateLine Ottawa Sunday starting May 6 to October 28– Ottawa Farmers’ Market Brewer Park, Ottawa, ON, 8 am to 3 pm – For more information visit http://www.ottawafarmersmarket.ca/ Friday starting May 16 to October 03 – Orleans Market Centrum Plaza, Ottawa, ON 11 am to 6 pm - For more information visit http://www.ottawafarmersmarket.ca/ Wednesday starting May 18 to October 05 – Bayshore Market Bayshore Shopping Centre, Ottawa, ON 11 am to 6 pm - For more information visit http://www.ottawafarmersmarket.ca/ August 9 to 12 – Navan Fair, 1279 Colonial Road, Navan, ON For more information call 613-835-2766 or email navanfair@bellnet.ca or visit www.navanfair.com August 19 – Canadian Organic Growers – Ottawa / Jasper Area Farm Tour 10 am – First farm, Jasper Apple Farm, Ted Turner and Mary Bayes 12:30 pm –

Picnic Lunch, bring own lunch and enjoy at the Jasper Apple Farm or buy your lunch in nearby Merrickville. 2 pm – Second farm, Samantha Hart and Aaron Klinck – Funny Duck Farm To sign up for the tour, contact Dick 613-838-2900 or email dcoote@xplornet.com

Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry 1st Wednesday of the month - Dundas Federation of Agriculture regular monthly meetings Nelson Laprade Centre, Chesterville, ON 8 pm Please contact Mary Dillabough 13-448-2655 or email mary.dillabough@xplornet.com or visit website www.dundasagriculture.com for meeting date confirmation. July 24 to 26 – Dundas Soil and Crop Improvement Association 2012 Bus Trip, Kingston & Peterborough Area Location departure, 7:00

am Chesterville Arena and 7:30 am Winchester Arena. To register please call Graham or Elaine Duke 613-448-2180. Deadline for registration is June 15th, 2012. Spaces are limited. August 10 to 12 – Williamstown Fair (St. Lawrence Valley Agricultural Society) 19629 John South (John & Warren Street). For more information call 613-931-3110 / (fair office) 613-347-2841 / email bgrunions@bell.net or visit www.williamstownfair.com August 11 – Eastern Ontario Holstein – Glengarry County Show Williamstown, Ontario 6 to 11 pm - For more information visit http://www.ontario.holstein.ca/Events/Calendar.asp x or email Kris MacLeod krismacleod@bellnet.ca August 18 to 21 – South Mountain Fair East of Hwy. 416 at Exit #34, 2967 Lough Road. For more information call 613913-9691 / (fair office) 613989-3815 / email mtas2005@hotmail.com or visit www.southmountain• Continued on Page 34

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DateLine fair.ca August 21 - Stormont Soil Crop Ass. Car Tour Phillip Henrard, Potato Farm and Digester Cost $10/adult, bring your box lunch. Meet at 10am at Leon Delorme Ltd. 1260 County Road 2, Curran Contact: Alain Legault 613880-7863 August 31 to September 3 – Stormont County Fair Newington Fairgrounds, Newington, ON. For more information call 613-9842398 / (fair office) 613-3462079 / email info@stormontfair.ca or visit www.stormontfair.ca September 1 – Eastern Ontario Holstein – Glengarry County Show Newington Fairgrounds 6 to 11 pm - For more information visit http://www.ontario.holstein.ca/Events/Calendar.asp x or email Kris MacLeod krismacleod@bellnet.ca

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Leeds 3rd Thursday of the month - Leeds Federation of Agriculture regular monthly meetings Delta Agricultural Fair Society Boardroom, Delta, ON 8 pm - Please contact Eleanor Renaud 613-275-2981 or email erenaud@xplornet.ca for meeting date confirmation. 2nd Wednesday of the month - Grenville Federation of Agriculture regular monthly meetings Spencerville Council Chambers, Spencerville, ON 8 pm - Please contact Carol Wynands 613-9262579 or email a.wynands@sympatico.ca for meeting date confirmation. Every Sunday from May 27 to October 7, 2012 Kemptville Kinsmen Farmers Market Riverside Park, Reuben Cresent, Kemptville, ON 2 to 4 pm. For more information call 1-855-225-9001, email info@kemptvillefarmersmarket.ca or visit www.kemptvillefarmersmar-

ket.ca , August 12 to 14 – Merrickville Fair 12 Reid Street. For more information call 613-269-2022 or email jcox@cobastudios.com or visit www.merrickvillefair.com August 19 – The Canadian Organic Growers, Ottawa Chapter Farm Tours Jasper area. 10 am - Jasper Apple Farm “Pick-YourOwn” plus a wide array of certified organic produce, 1629 County Road 16; 2 pm – Funny Duck Farm, a certified organic livestock farm, Line 8 (Morrison) Road. There is no charge for the tour, but a voluntary donation will be gratefully accepted by COG-Ottawa, and will be put towards our ongoing costs of operating our chapter, including organizing farm tours. $10 per person is suggested. For those who wish to make a day of it, picnic lunch 12:30 pm, bring-your-own picnic lunch, which can be enjoyed at the Jasper Apple Farm, or alternatively, retrace your steps to Merrickville and find lunch in one of the many restaurants in the village. To sign

up for one or both tour, please contact Dick 613838-2900 / dcoote@xplornet.com, September 6 to 9 – Spencerville Fair 22 Ryan Street, Spencerville, ON For more information call 613-925-4385 / (fair office) 613-658-3333 or visit www.spencervillefair.ca

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DateLine 2012 Regional/ Provincial Events August 9 to 11 – 4-H Conference Beef Sen$e – Application Deadline June 28th, 2012 Guelph, ON For full details visit http://www.4hontario.ca/youth/opportunities/conferences/default.as px August 11 – Ottawa Rideau Soil and Crop Regional Car Tour Stops include Cairnbrae Elevators, Elgin, ON, Lunch in Philipsville and Tackaberry’s Antique Equipment Museum, Athens.. For more information and pre-registration for lunch by August 7, 2012, contact Shirley Munro, RCC 613-267-6362 / email c-s-munro@live.com or Sid Vanderwerf 613-387-3196 / email sidandmoira@xplornet.com

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August 15 to 18 – Urban Agriculture Summit Toronto, ON. For more information visit www.urban5summit.org August 22 - OCC Corn Research Update Day Ridgetown Campus, Pioneer Room RDC Building 8:45 am to 3:30 pm – Features Speakers: Dr. Luc Bourgeois, Bayer CropScience, Ian Nichols, Weather INnovations Incorporated, Dr. Liz Lee, University of Guelph, Crosby Devitt, Grain Farmers of Ontario Corn Research, Dr. Peter Sikkema, Dr. Dave Hooker Corn Agronomy. Note: There is no charge for the day but please register your intention to attend by emailing davidtmorris@rogers.com August 23 to 25 – 4-H Conference Crop Sen$e – Application Deadline July 12th, 2012 Ridgetown, ON For full details visit http://www.4hontario.ca/youth/opportunities/conferences/default.as px

August 28 - Advantage On-Farm Food Safety Webinar - Food Safety on Multi-Commodity Farms 12:00 pm (noon) to 1:00 pm - Identify the risks associated with a multicommodity farm, the good agricultural practices which address those risks and how they apply to your farm. Reduce your risk of food contamination and expand your customer base by putting in place an on farm food safety program. OMAFRA is here to help you keep up to date on the latest food safety practices! Join us for these online workshops from the comfort of your home or business. All you need is an internet and phone connection. Register today online at http://www.omafra.gov.on.c a/english/food/foodsafety/pr oducers/webinars.htm. Registration closes the day before each workshop. A confirmation email will be sent following registration with the workshop teleconference details.

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EVENING PROPERTY AUCTION SALE Bungalow House with Steel Implement Shed and Barn, situated on approx. 3.36 acres of land. Also selling a 90 ton Victoria Steel grain bin with steel aerated floor and 30� Caldwell exhaust fan with 12.5 Baldor motor, complete with 25’ x 6� unloading auger and motor (to be removed). 4374 Yorks Corner’s Rd, RR1 Metcalfe, On – from Metcalfe village travel straight East on Victoria St. 4 km, then turn right on Yorks Corner’s Rd and travel South through Kenmore, continue for another 6 kms. First farm house past Castor Rd. on right. Watch for Auction Signs.

WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 12 AT 7:30 P.M. Property: Consists of 28’ x 48’ wooden framed vinyl clad 12 year old custom built bungalow w/ 20’ x 24’ attached double car garage. Large kitchen w/ lots of cupboards and spacious dining area complete w/ large living room - all open concept. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms (one is an unsuite), good basement w/ 3 rooms partially finished, new gas propane furnace installed 1 year ago, new asphalt shingle roof 2 years ago w/ 40 yr warranty. This property also has a Butler 40’x 60’ steel framed, metal clad implement shed, ideal for storage or workshop and a 120’ x 36’ barn and milk house built in 1964 (in good condition). It also features a paved laneway. This property is ideal for a small hobby or horse farm. Only 30 minutes to Ottawa or 10 minutes to Winchester. A Must See-Nice Rural Property! Terms on Real Estate: Selling in “as is� condition; $10,000 down by certified cheque or bank draft on day of sale with balance due upon closing-30 days. Property will be sold subject to a reasonable reserve bid. Home inspections are the responsibility of potential buyers and must be completed prior to sale day. For more information contact the auctioneers or see pictures at www.theauctionfever.com

Property Open House Wednesday Evening, August 29 from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.

AUCTIONEERS JAMES AND HILL AUCTION SERVICE LTD. Carson Hill Stewart James (613) 821-2946 (613) 445-3269 Owners and Auctioneers not responsible for accidents.

AUCTION SALE 3 Tractors, Farm Machinery, Estate Car, Tools, Some Household Effects and Miscellaneous Articles. 1205 8th Line Road, Edwards, On-from Metcalfe village travel straight North on 8th Line Road 5 miles to 1205 or from Ottawa take 417 East, exit at Anderson Road, travel South on Anderson Road to the end of it. Turn right on Mitch Owens Âź mile and turn left on 8th Line Rd. First farm on left. Watch for Auction Signs.

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Prop: W. H. Armstrong Farms Ltd./ Delmer Armstrong

AUCTIONEERS JAMES AND HILL AUCTION SERVICE LTD. Carson Hill Stewart James (613) 821-2946 (613) 445-3269 Auctioneer’s Note: All machinery in good condition. Please working be on time as there are not many small items. Refreshments available. Owner and auctioneers not responsible for accidents.

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farm and related itemS for Sale Gehl hyd thrower (same as MF 212) $495. MF thrower (old style) $195. Deutz Allis #385 6-row corn planter (air), decent condition, needs some work $2,750. Century tandem 500 gallon sprayer with controls (works) $500. MF #124 baler with thrower $700. NH #273 with super sweep & #70 thrower (all gone over) $1,500. Claas 44s 4x4 round baler with net wrap $3,750. NI #483 4x4 round baler (some new belts) $2,995. For more info. or to see equip. please call 613-652-1821 or 613677-0577. 08stf

farm and related for Sale itemS for Sale Old hay, med. size bales Skidoo/lawn tractor trailer, stored in barn; 718 New tilts, has winch $650. Holland forage harvester Tandem trailer, 8x12 with with hay pick-up; 1 spear ramps, has electric brakes and lights ect., hauled trac- bale fork; Anker post; 16’ & tors and farm equip., always 18� wire farm gates; Dion kept up $1,500. Gehl HA self unloader wagon; John 1100 hay pick-up (was Deere manure spreader tailrebuilt 3 years ago & never gate; Large Heavy Bulldozer For blade fits on used since) $295 (firm). grader more info. or to see 3 PTO; Circular equip. hydraulic please call 613-652-1821 or Saw on table, blade like 613-677-0577. new; 1,000 gal. plastic tank 08stf on wagon. 613-774-2777 or outdoor Wood 613-448-1512. furnace 08 Heat your entire home, for Sale buildings, water and more with an OUTDOOR WOOD 18x25 Westeel Bin, holds FURNACE from Central 122 tonnes, in good shape Boiler. Call today. Bourgon with fan. Please call 613Seeds Ltd. 613-524-3102 652-1357. 12 08

FOR SALE 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. 613-448-2332. 08tfc

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FOR SALE - 1 registered Jersey heifer born Dec. 2010. Bred in Apr. 2012. Tel. 613-524-3005. 08 FOR SALE - Wheat Straw. 6 ft. bales. Clean. $40/bale. 613-652-4652.

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Eastern Junior Show Continued from page 24 On Show Day th Juniors put what they had learned the previous day to the test in front of Judge Hugh Hunter from Smiths Falls. The Champion Junior Showman was Kelsey Edwards of Renfrew County, followed by Reserve Champion Megan Morrison of Carleton County. In the Senior Class, Rebecca Redner of Hastings County came out on top, followed by Connor Halpenny of Grenville County. For his Overall Showmanship Champions, Hugh selected Rebecca and Kelsey, respectively, with Connor as HM. Our conformation portion of the show started with the Junior Calf class. Megan Morrison from Carleton County won with Quinndale Dempsey Charlotte followed by Caitlin Jampen of Dundas County with Cherry Crest Lavanguard Roz. Top Intermediate Calf went to Kaitlyn French from Leeds County with Polestar Braxton Blueberry with second awarded to Sheldon Shane also of Leeds County with Donnaville Power Snowball. The Senior

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Calf class was topped by Kirkland Reaney of Carleton County with Riverdown Fever Locket, and William Baumgartner of Russell County placed second with his heifer Berpauldine Aftershock Bella. Tanner Bromley of Renfrew County won the Yearling class with his milking Shorthorn Spruce Briar Fairway Yogie. The stage was set for the Champion Calf showdown with Kirkland Reaney coming out on top while Kaitlyn French captured Reserve honors and Sheldon Shane HM. All participants were given prizes during the event. The Lucky draw prize winner was Courtney Orser for the beautiful show box. A huge thanks goes out to all those that made this show happen, sponsors, volunteers, EastGen and 4-H for their partnership and help throughout the weekend to make this event as successful as it was. We would like to particularly recognize Grenville Mutual Insurance, premier sponsor of this event, for their financial support which enabled participants to enjoy the

AgriView Continued from page 6 While Bowes and Hillier were often in lockstep about the direction of the OLA, Bowes insisted he came to his decision independently after meticulous research into the effectiveness of land patents as property rights protection. When Hillier quit, current OLA president Tom Black responded with “great sadness�, pointing out he’ll always hold him in high esteem for “teaching many of us how to protect our rights and freedoms.� However, Black main-

tained the OLA will continue to defend and promote the cause of individual property rights by all legal and reasonable means: “The Land Patent/Crown Grants are legal contracts still valid in today’s world.� Other OLA heavyweights also see it differently, including Jack MacLaren, a former president who went on to become MPP for CarletonMississippi Mills. Although not a founder, MacLaren has been involved for several years; he proudly retains his membership and espouses the land patents policy.

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The best of intentions but the paint job goes awry Nelson Zandbergen AgriNews Staff Writer INCHESTER — MIDWAY INTO A MONTH-LONG JOB HERE, TOM ETCHISON

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FRESH PAINT SHED FROM THE WINCHESTER WATER TOWER ONTO 54 EMPLOYEE VEHICLES IN THE NEARBY PARKING LOT OF CHEESEMAKER PARMALAT.

“We’re 10 cars in, and there’s still 44 to go,� said the native of Lubbock, Texas, set up in a vacant village lot on the sizzling afternoon of July 12. A former teacher with four years’ experience as a contractor with Nationwide Overspray, Etchison travels all over the continent to manually polish cars back

to new condition when paint or tar projects go wrong and end up splattering vehicles. The process involves carefully rubbing down the affected panels with a combination of blue detailing clay and wax. The sequence is repeated a number of times to wind up with a beautifully cleaned and waxed vehicle — all errant speckles gone from the finish. Employees picking up their keys from Etchison’s work site seemed impressed with the gleaming results.

Rescom Coatings Inc. — selected by the Township of North Dundas to repaint the water tower at a cost of almost $194,000 plus tax — was paying the cleanup man for the late June mishap when wind blew freshly-rolled enamel paint from the structure. The cost averages $700 to $750 per vehicle, according to Etchison, toiling in the Eastern Ontario summer heat he found to be very Texas-like. He was managing about three cars per day, although one particu-

larly hard-hit truck took a full day. Prior to his arrival in Winchester, the contractor cleaned up a smaller number of cars splattered with paint in Vancouver as a crew worked on the newly installed roof at B.C. Place stadium. One of the first jobs of his career in Texas saw hundreds of high-end luxury vehicles — Porches and Mercedes — successfully treated at a car dealership afflicted by a road-tarring job that went awry.

Misco Inspection Company’s Darcy Sauve (left), overseer of the Winchester tower project on behalf of the North Dundas Township —?a project that saw Tom Etchison (right) cleaning errant paint specks from 54 cars at substantial cost to the painting contractor, Rescom Coatings. Etchison is a contractor with U.S.-based Nationwide Overspray, which specializes cleaning up the results of painting overspray mishaps.

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Roseville, ON Sept. 18 – 22, 2012 www.ipm2012.ca 1.800.661.7569 George Tackaberry poses with the monument and tree erected in his honour and unveiled in Athens during the 33rd annual Steam Show. Zandbergen photo

Steam Show honours ‘Tack’ By Nelson Zandbergen AgriNews Staff Writer THENS — GEorGE TAckAbErry’ S imprES S ivE ‘Toy’ collEcTioN iS A S TAplE ATTrAcTioN of THE fArmErS villE S TEAm S How iN ATHENS . THiS yEAr, EvENT orGANizErS wiTH THE villAGE lioNS club rEpAid THE fAvour by mAkiNG A pErmANENT fixTurE of THE mAN HimS Elf. Known by his nickname ‘Tack,” the successful roadbuilding entrepreneur was honoured July 21 on what was called George Tackaberry Day at the 33rd annual show, where a new monument and tree were unveiled in his honour on the Centennial Park grounds. Situated beside a red maple sapling, the upright marker features the honoree’s visage etched into the granite, complete with his trademark glasses and ball

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cap. It says, This tree planted in recognition of George Tackaberry’s contributions to Centennial Park. Dedicated July 21, 2012. “He well deserved it,” says Lions Club member Peter Vanderlinden, a Steam Show organizer who also happens to be a longtime mechanic employee of Tackaberry’s. His employer routinely pays for thousands of dollars of improvements at the park, says Vanderlinden, standing in the bright sunshine a few hours after the honorifics for his boss. In just one recent example, the company performed $29,000 in work, “and on the bottom of the bill it says, ‘no charge,’” marvels Vanderlinden. “There’s no better man than George, right now, for me,” he says, after delving under the hood of a nearby vintage dump truck to help sort out a bit of hydraulic trouble. The gleaming machine is just one of many of “Tack’s Toys” — a title monogrammed onto hundreds of antique commercial trucks and farm

tractors arrayed around the park that weekend. “They pulled a fast one on me,” says Tackaberry, pulling up beside the monument in a golf cart. He modestly remarks that his contributions “are for the Lions Club, and they donate everything back to the community. “And it’s for the community,” he reiterates, then completes the thought, “You take a little out. You put something back in.” An aficionado of International Harvester in particular, Tackaberry’s collection numbers an estimated 200 trucks and 100 tractors, according to Vanderlinden. It’s been a featured part of the Steam Show since the beginning. In keeping with the 2012 Ford theme, the Tack’s Toys display included quite a number of antique tractors manufactured by FoMoCo as well. The Show also serves up displays of old iron owned by other exhibitors, including wood-fired steam-engine tractors from which the event takes its name.

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Jordon Flood, 14, of Mallorytown poses with one of his collection of several Cockshutt tractors at the Athens Steam Show — a 1952 Cockshutt 20, which the young man restored. It was originally owned by his great grandfather. At left: Lisa Green chucks wood into the fire box of a 1925 George White steam tractor owned by her father Rupe Green, 91 (left). Rupe’s father bought the machine new, using it to run threshers and a sawmill.

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