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OMAFRA Director George Borovilos presents Brigitte Herrema with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Minister’s leadership award, on behalf of then-Ag minister Premier Kathleen Wynne. Herrema received the award for excellence in leadership in student activities combinded with a high academic standing during her two years at the Kemptville Campus. From Uxbridge, Herrema has a background in 4-H, served as a judge in the school’s Aggy Club and was the 2014 student president. She graduated May 29 with an associate diploma in agriculture.

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New OMAFRA minister vows to maintain spending

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In an interview with The AgriNews this month, Jeff Leal also held out hope for a solution to the dilemma faced by major corn processor Ingredion â&#x20AC;&#x201D; whose industrial steam supply is jeopardized by a major impending cut in the Ontario Power Authorityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s electricity purchases from a co-generation plant next door to the Cardinal factory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve spoken with Lyle Vanclief yesterday,â&#x20AC;? Leal said July 3, referring to the former federal cabinet minister who was named earlier this spring to begin liaising with the Kemptville College Renewal Task Force. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talked with Alfred facilitator Marc Godbout as well, he said.

Appointed earlier in the spring, Vanclief and Godbout were waiting the outcome of the provincial election before acting. With Leal and the rest of the new provincial cabinet recently sworn in, the initiative appears ready to resume.

The minister reported that he and Vanclief had â&#x20AC;&#x153;a production conversation in terms of looking at a pathway for the future of Kemptville.â&#x20AC;? He was similarly upbeat about Godbout. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a good opportunity for me to touch base with them and have a very thorough discussion,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Both Lyle and Mark have the appropriate background to handle the assignment, and they will be engaging all the leadership with Kemptville and Alfred. This is a very positive development for both of those two agricultural colleges.

Leal added that he also intends to â&#x20AC;&#x153;work very closely withâ&#x20AC;? Education Minister Liz Sandals on agricultural education in Ontario, when asked about his view of the future of ag education in the province. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be working very closely with Liz Sandals on.

He had already served as Minister of Rural Affairs for 13 months when Premier Kathleen Wynne added the Agriculture and Food to his plate, unifying OMAFRA back under one minister. The

premier herself had held the Ag and Food portfolio prior to the election. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had the opportunity to pinch hit for her with farm groups for the last 13 months,â&#x20AC;? he pointed out, adding that 40 per cent of his riding is rural. Since his first election as MPP in 2003, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve developed solid relationships with the agricultural sector in Peterborough riding. And Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be able to use that experience in building

those relationships right across the province of Ontario,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Leal suggested that Ingredionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cardinal problem might be resolved with some help from the provinceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $40-million jobs and prosperity fund earmarked for food processors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My colleague Brad Duguid [Minister of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure] and I will be

looking at options with regards to the investments we want to make in the agrifood sector, and that might be the opportunity for that particular entity,â&#x20AC;? he said, when asked about the possibility of a grant to help replace Ingredionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s steam supply.

Asked if members of the new cabinet have received marching orders to find savings yet, Leal downplayed the notion. He noted that

OMAFRA provides â&#x20AC;&#x153;a good return on public dollars invested.â&#x20AC;? He added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;And this ministry has a real important role in terms of activities in rural Ontario, sustaining the agricultural sector. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be there with my sleeves rolled out demanding those dollars I think is necessary for this portfolio.â&#x20AC;?

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Chestervilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Marty Derks, Vice-Chair of the Task Force, said last month. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Provincial government support for this local solution will provide all stakeholders enough time to properly transition the Kemptville Campus to a

long-term sustainable agricultural college for this part of Ontario.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ensuring a variety of programs are available for students will be essential,â&#x20AC;? added Derks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Task Force is engaging other parties in discussions about the provision of programs which will meet the needs of the community and pro-

vide a sustainable economic base.â&#x20AC;?

July 16 meeting The Kemptville College Renewal Task Force invites community members to a town hall meeting to discuss next steps on Wed., July 16, 7 p.m. at the campusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s WB George Centre.

That meeting is also expected to reveal details

of four formal expressions of interest received May 28 concerning the college facilities, Task Force chairman Brian CarrĂŠ told The AgriNews a day after opening the submissions.

Though he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t yet disclose the pitches received, CarrĂŠ described

the respondents as â&#x20AC;&#x153;very high-level.â&#x20AC;? now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spring 2016 In another glimmer of hope, the Task Force also learned late last month that the University of Guelph now plans to operate some trades courses at the campus through the spring of

2016, delaying full closure by a year. The province recently gave the U of G a $2-million grant to accept another cohort of students in the trades this September. Some of those courses will last two years.

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The Editorial Page

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Editorial The Leal deal Thank you Jeezus!

Basking in her new majority government position, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne no longer needs to cozy up to farmers and other rural residents who tend to not vote for the Liberal Party, particularly in Eastern Ontario.

That’s why Wynne has given up her brief minority government foray into Ontario agriculture as minister of that portfolio. She has now thoroughly washed her hands of it, turning the responsibility over to Jeff Leal who has become Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

And we thank her for that!

It was pure politics! That’s why a desperate Preem took on the Agriculture portfolio in addition to premier duties in the last government, her first as leader of the pack.

A quick check of the rural sea of blue refreshed on the Ontario electoral map reveals the move didn’t do her a lot of good… and it didn’t do farmers and other rural folk much good either.

Fault us for our fading memories if you will, but here at The AgriNews, we can’t think of one original agricultural initiative implemented by Wynne in ag minister mode.

She basically sloughed off the most important issue to come up on her watch, namely closing by the University of Guelph of the Kemptville and Alfred campuses.

In Alfred’s case, she seemed content with a half-baked scheme for a couple of community colleges to move in and, with Kemptville, she denied there was a problem, noting that key programs would simply transfer to U of G and its Ridgetown affiliate. What’s to worry!

It seemed like she didn’t get the regional importance. But nobody ever accused Wynne of being ditzy. More likely, she fully understood the resulting uproar but was content to close Kemptville located in a Progressive Conservative riding, while extending Alfred located in the only rural Liberal riding in Eastern Ontario.

In terms of Kemptville, Alfred and no doubt most other things rural and agricultural, we’re already ahead of the game with Leal.

Noting that Kemptville is important to post-secondary agricultural education in Ontario, Leal has proclaimed a special interest in the file. He said several of his constituents are Kemptville graduates who’ll “hold my feet to the fire” as the file moves forward.

The word on the street is that the affable MPP for Peterborough means what he says and doesn’t miss much. While his constituency is primarily urban and he doesn’t have an agricultural background, his record of supporting the industry goes back to his days on Peterborough council.

And he was in training as Minister of Rural Affairs in the last government where his priorities included rural jobs, infrastructure and protecting collective social services such as health care and education.

Leal seems to be someone rural and agricultural Ontario can work with, someone not as likely as his boss to put politics first.

Thanks for nothing Is it just us or are some farm groups a little too fawning when it comes to government relations?

We admit to being cynical. Mom’s home-baked apple pie and anything resembling it doesn’t always go down that well with us.

Quick out of the gate with delighted congratulations to the winners following the recent provincial election were the Ontario Federation of Agriculture and l’Union des cultivateurs franco-ontariens, the Clarence Creek based French-language farm lobby group.

Others groups may have issued similar congratulatory notes, but they didn’t come to our attention.

In his verbal pat on the back, OFA president Mark Wales said he was “particularly encouraged” that Premier Kathleen Wynne declared the government has work to do.

Of course the government has work to do! Ontario is in the financial gutter after more than a decade of Liberal rule, a have-not province qualifying for support from Saskatchewan and Newfoundland.

Governments don’t deserve praise for generic statements of the obvious.

Wales is naively looking forward to “four years of stability” that he seems to think is part and parcel of a majority government. With the Grits having pledged to spend us into even greater debt, we could in fact be facing four of the most tumultuous years in provincial history.

Yet, the OFA president believes a majority government provides the opportunity to make headway with issues and concerns affecting his membership: “We’re ready to work with the new cabinet,” he pledges in another statement of the obvious.

To his credit, Wales finally gets to the meat of the matter, that the OFA will continue pushing the government for competitively priced energy, fair farm property taxation, increased food literacy, and support for agri-skills training.

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AgriGab Belle of the ball What a difference four months can make!

Back in March, Kemptville Campus was an unwanted wallflower, abandoned by the University of Guelph, spending cuts given as an excuse.

It was clear that U of G never loved Kemptville and had for the most part administered death by a thousand cuts since it took over operating responsibility of the college almost 20 years ago.

What U of G did love was concentrating Ontario agricultural education in South Western Ontario, Eastern Ontario be damned.

But now the little school has become the belle of the ball, with several suitors offering various programming options to the Kemptville College Renewal Task Force that’ll reveal them to the public during a community meeting July 16 at W.B. George Centre, right on campus.

Parties at the Kemptville renewal table include at least one other university, community colleges and commercial interests. As they have for years, Chinese educators continue to broach possible programs designed to accommodate some of their agricultural students.

Clearly cognizant of the value in its midst of the campus and its 1,100 pristine cares, North Grenville council has placed an unusual offer on the table, prompting its representative, chief administrator Brian Carre, to resign as task force co-chair in order to avoid potential conflict.

Council recently passed a motion offering to operate the site on an interim basis – probably three years – until a permanent solution is found. The task force views the North Grenville offer as a positive way to provide a solid footing under the college until a new operator is in place.

“Provincial government support for this local solution will provide all stakeholders enough time to properly transition Kemptville Campus to a longterm sustainable agricultural college for this part of Ontario,” said loquacious co-chair Marty Derks, a Chesterville farmer and executive member of the Dundas Federation of Agriculture.

Should we be concerned that North Grenville might try to sell at least part of the property to condo developers already chomping at the bit? I say no; it’s highly unlikely that the Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario, custodian of the property, would allow that to happen.

What with the sudden surge of interest flowing around the wallflower it left behind, rumour has it that U of G might want a piece of any new and exciting action at Kemptville.

University officials were apparently taken aback at the level of pushback in Kemptville and area after the announcement they were pulling out. The brass is now said to be considering staying on as a partner in

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by Tom VanDusen any viable educational rebirth at the college.

Do we want or need that? Where was U of G when the chips were down? In fact, it’s because of U of G that the chips were down.

I say let’s move forward with a clean dance card, one free of any party-pooping holdovers from the wallflower days.

It now appears that, clean dance card or not, U of G will be involved in the campus it cast adrift one year longer than originally announced.

The unexpected turn of events was revealed at a June 26 meeting of the Kemptville College Foundation by interim campus director Pat Remillard who said U of G will be present through spring of 2016 rather than 2015 to deal with extended trades courses.

The college’s showcase programs, core agriculture and equine, have already been relocated to Guelph and to Ridgetown Campus. But leading up to the provincial election, the ensuing public uproar over the demise of Kemptville Campus prompted the provincial government to come up with $2-million to continue several trades courses into next year.

As Remillard explained it, for the $2-million to be fully utilized, some two-year courses had to be offered, concluding in 2016.

Most KCF members were surprised at news of the extra operating year under U of G. Foundation chair Mac Johnston and vice-chair Don Good, who also sit on the college renewal task force, felt the extension would give the college some additional breathing space.

Remillard said the 2015-16 school year would be stripped down, with up to 40 students on campus, about 10 teaching staff, and a few administrators.

Several buildings will be closed, with on-campus residency available only if student numbers warrant it.

As to moving forward with a facilitator announced prior to the election, Johnston said the process is “hamstrung” while the new majority government settles in and ministers are briefed.

Former federal Liberal agriculture minister Lyle Vanclief was appointed to help Kemptville supporters coordinate future prospects with the government and U of G. To date, there has been no announcement as to when Vanclief will meet with the task force.

It’s time to convince your political bosses to let you get with the program, Lyle! With all of the suitors waiting in the wings, this process has a lot of momentum and might just run away on you.

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Between 1957 and 2009, the business was simply known as Monkland Egg Grading Station.

But in 2009 the operation became part of a nationwide company. It currently employs 30 people and has the capacity to process approximately 57,000 eggs daily.

Ontario Pride Eggs (OPE) in Monkland has the distinction of being the â&#x20AC;&#x153;only egg graders in Canada producer owned,â&#x20AC;? according to plant manager Noel Massia, with NutriGroup in St. Hyacinthe Quebec, which shares half of the ownership with the involved egg producers.

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tions, others hail from elsewhere in the province. The Monkland location can grade and process approximately 4,500 boxes per week, each containing 15 dozen eggs, from an assembly line located deep within the company building located on small-town Monklandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Main Street.

John LaFreniere, plant operating manager, described the process by

which the eggs are transported, graded and shipped to customers. Once the eggs have been collected by the farmer, they are placed in containers located in a refrigerated area of the barn awaiting pickup by an Ontario Pride Eggs refrigerated reefer truck. Cargo is carried both ways, as the truck leaves Monkland with a load of processed eggs for customers in the farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

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At the farm, the eggs are loaded into the reefer and upon reaching Monkland are located in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;ungraded areaâ&#x20AC;? before being moved to loader/pre-loader for washing. Then they are manually candled to ensure suitability for the consumer market.

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A light under the eggs illuminates the interior to enable the Ontario Pride Eggs employee to see any defects in the egg during the candling process.

Eggs Continued from page 6 After candling, the eggs are weighed by a computerized scale with pre-set instructions which assigns them a grade according to weight. Continuing on the assembly line they are packed by grade, either onto fibre trays or into the more consumer recognizable egg cartons seen in the local grocery store.

The next step sees the cartons and trays packed into boxes, then dated and placed on pallets in a cool 10-degree-Celsius area to await transportation to OPE customers.

LaFreniere explained that the stamps located on a container of eggs can provide a great deal of infor-

mation about the eggs in accordance with quality control regulations.

Ontario Pride Eggs is a Grade A facility and operates under a set of government regulations, with lab tests carried out by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to ensure compliance with egg regulations.

Whether you like them boiled, fried or scrambled, the egg producers, the egg grading stations and the government have all done their part to ensure the safest product possible for the consumer to purchase.

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In this day and age, that especially means offering WiFi in public spaces for the convenience of smartphone-toting tourists â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a key idea explored during the specially targeted seminar organized by the United Counties of SD&G and Warden Eric Duncan at the South Nation Conservation office.

Storm Internet Services Sales Manager Michel Lalonde was scheduled to outline the firmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experience supplying WiFi connectivity at a variety of public events and venues, including the past five years as Ottawa Bluesfestâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s onsite provider of choice.

Storm chairman and coowner Birket Foster of Chesterville recently gave The AgriNews a preview of Lalondeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presentation, highlighting the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s turnkey offerings for outdoor festival organizers.

In rural areas and smaller towns, delivering WiFi to a fair, campsite or other public venue often means supplying a primary Internet connection as well, he explained. Furthermore, WiFi means more than allowing visitor smartphone access at an outdoor event; it also serves to connect electronic point-of-sale credit- and debit-card terminals at fair-entrance wickets and vendor booths. Such a network can also bring to life temporary voice-overinternet (VOIP) telephones that are far cheaper for organizers to operate than the standard variety because they piggyback on the existing Internet connection.

Storm Internet is in the business of making all of

the above happen, using a variety of available technologies tailored to each location, according to Foster.

And that includes security for any publicly accessible network it establishes.

As part of that, the systems are designed to automatically â&#x20AC;&#x153;throttleâ&#x20AC;? the WiFi connections of bandwidth hogs who try to download five movies simultaneously from their favourite torrent site, as happened at one event. A patron streaming live HD video of that concert on stage can similarly compromise the networkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance, he said, and likewise requires built-in countermeasures.

So the provision of WiFi at a public event is more complicated than plugging in a couple of wireless routers from Future Shop â&#x20AC;&#x201D; even if the event site already enjoys access to a typical DSL, cable modem or some other wired

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WiFi Continued from page 8 Internet provider. For those that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, Storm specializes in wireless services and can build an onsite tower, if necessary, to tie in with its existing 110-tower network backbone in the Ottawa Valley. It then deploys industrial-looking outdoor router units that communicate over the air with the main antenna at the festival site.

And rather than make WiFi totally free at a special event, Foster said that Storm also plans to give clients the option of offering each visitor a one-of-a-kind PIN number at admission. The PIN would be handed over after a

nominal credit card payment of say, $2. He suggested that Storm and event organizers could then split the tally.

Imagine, he enthused, if 6,000 people at a country fair paid $2 apiece for WiFi, generating an extra $3,000 for the involved agricultural society.

So many potential tourists and event attendees now expect WiFi when visiting an outdoor show, a drawing card festival organizers and economic development officials are starting to recognize and promote. South Mountain Fair has WiFi from Storm, as do a number of other events and public areas around the region, with several grocery stores and downtown Perth on the list as well.

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also slated to hear from North Dundas Mayor Eric Duncan on using social media to market an event. Duncan is wellversed on the subject from

his experience in the political world, which includes running election campaigns for senior politicians-

New Storm CEO OTTAWA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Storm Internet Servicesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; new CEO is a veteran high-tech executive. In a return to his Ottawa Valley roots, Avedis Menechian officially joined the leadership team of the Eastern Ontario broadband and wireless Internet firm this past April.

With 32 years of telecommunications industry experience, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a previous CTO, CMO, and Vice President Strategy for Alcatel-Lucentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Services Business Group. Earlier, he was Senior Director of Mergers and Acquisitions for AlcatelLucent in North America.

Prior to joining Alcatel-Lucent, Menechian served as Founder and President of Clear Imagination; Co-Founder, President and CEO of Spacebridge Semiconductor Corporation; and as President of AGRA Systems.

He holds a degree in economics with a major in international business and a minor in mathematics from the

University of Ottawa.

Storm Internet co-owner and chairman Birket Foster of Chesterville said it was a local family connection that helped draw Menechian back to Ottawa to head the 15-year-old Storm Internet Services as CEO. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were very fortunate to get him,â&#x20AC;? said Foster. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Avedis brings leadership and expertise for the key growth opportunities that Storm will act on in the next few years. The completion of major expansions of Stormâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s network infrastructure along with more products and services provide excellent opportunities for growth.â&#x20AC;?

Storm counts approximately 3,600 wireless customers in a swath of rural landscape between Lanark County, east to Chesterville and up toward Ottawa. Foster says they aim to more than double that number in the next couple of years and will install hundreds of new towers to make it happen. Some of the tower units will be added to Stormâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s existing backbone of more than 100 already dotting the countryside, while others will be erected on customer properties requiring extra height to acquire a signal. A new monthly financing option for customers requiring a tower is being rolled out as well, he says.

Now overseeing the ambitious expansion plan, Menechian replaces temporary CEO Arnie Kwong, who was brought in after the departure of Dave Chiswell for a senior position at the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA).

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Crack shatters PC hopes in G-P-R

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Just as his party and leader, Premier Kathleen Wynne, defied observer expectations by winning a majority government on June 12, Crack reaffirmed his position by capturing an outright majority of votes in G-P-R. A shade over 50 per cent of ballots cast in the riding â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 23,662 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; went to Crack, dispelling a perceived vulnerability forged in the last election. When first elected MPP in 2011, Crack received a modest 1,372-vote margin over his Tory competitor of the time.

But current PC rival Roxane Villeneuve Robertson â&#x20AC;&#x201D; daughter of Harris government Ag minister Noble Villeneuve â&#x20AC;&#x201D; finished more than 8,500 votes back of Crack in the latest contest.

It was the future of both the Kemptville and Alfred

agricultural campuses that the defeated Tory brought up during a sometimes tearful address to her supporters and core team members at the Bonnie Glen, outside Alexandria.

Her voice breaking with emotion inside the subdued venue, Villeneuve Robertson recounted how she â&#x20AC;&#x153;fought to keep Alfred and Kemptville college open. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to happen with those two colleges now.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to be up here and be positive because I know how it feels to win, and I know how it feels to lose,â&#x20AC;? she said, sadly, reflecting in part on her fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s storied political career.

She and her mother watched some of the election results come in earlier at home that evening with Noble Villeneuve, the former Agriculture and Francophone Affairs minister who was debilitated by a stroke several years ago. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My dad couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be here tonight ... He has been probably the main reason why I ran, the work that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s done.â&#x20AC;?

Promising to seek the partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nomination in the next election, Villeneuve Robertson, who finished with 15,118 votes, opined: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The people in Ontario didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to believe what Tim Hudak and the PC

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party had planned.â&#x20AC;?

Liberals party Naturally, Crackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campaign office in downtown Alexandria brimmed with bubbly, excited supporters â&#x20AC;&#x201D; some of them enjoying specially labelled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grant Crackâ&#x20AC;? beer. The victor spoke with the media after learning of his re-election and his partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s return to government. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s glorious, let me tell you. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve strived for ever since we were one seat shy of a majority in the last,â&#x20AC;? he declared of the provincewide outcome. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re

going to be able to put forward the necessary measures to ensure the growth of the province, job creation, and taking care of people who are in need,â&#x20AC;? he said, then repeating his partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talking point of Tories â&#x20AC;&#x153;tearing downâ&#x20AC;? the province and Liberals â&#x20AC;&#x153;building it up.â&#x20AC;?

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www.agrinews.ca An ebullient Grant Crack applauds his and the Wynne government’s reelection, June 12.

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Election Continued from page 10 ship is in these challenging times in the Province of Ontario. She has stood tall; [I’m] so proud of her.”

Crack also unabashedly highlighted taxpayer grants to key businesses that serve as important employers in the small communities of

that Tim Hudak came out and said [that] … and he’s going to cut the 30 per cent tuition grant across the province … so we can’t cut families lose …”

He also repeated the Liberal pledge to balance the budget by 2017/2018, saying they would do it “one step at a time, in a financially responsible manner.”

Year three of that plan calls for an $800-million spending reduction, foretelling — according to Bloomberg news — the biggest cuts since the Harris regime. But Crack

insisted the deficit’s elimination would be handled “thoughtfully.”

“Keep in mind our government does not have a spending problem,” he declared. “We have a revenue problem… We are the lowest province in the country on spending on programs per capita.”

On the region’s hot topic, he pledged to “not only save” Alfred College “but to grow the programs there, for Francophones and managed by Francophones.”

Added Crack, “So I think this is going to be a

The AgriNews July, 2014 Page 11 challenge, but I’m commitmentary secretary to the ted to doing it, and we’re Minister of Education — going to find a solution who has no say over postthat’s in the best interest of secondary institutions — our Francophone communi- and remains on the back ty right here in Ontario.” bench of the Wynne caucus.

The University of In the neighbouring ridGuelph’s announced cloing, Crack’s fellow sure of the Kemptville and Glengarrian, Jim McDonell, Alfred campuses coincided also pulled off a commandwith the MPP’s tenure as ing re-election with more parliamentary secretary to than 50 per cent of the vote. the individual ministers The Stormont-Dundasthen responsible for South Glengarry MPP was Francophone Affairs, among a diminished Tory Agriculture and Food, and roster of 27 who returned to Rural Affairs.

Official Opposition benches Those titles evaporated this month. with the election. Crack has since been named parlia-

his riding.

He said local Grits ran “a very strong, well-organized” campaign, but suggested they had an easy sell in light of the PC platform to cut 100,000 public service jobs. “When you want to cut families loose across the province, after a decade of rebuilding what the Tories had destroyed in this province, I think the fact

Editorial: Thanks for Nothing Continued from page 4 “We can’t wait to get started, working with the new majority government and both opposition parties,” he trills. In our minds, a better approach would have been for the OFA to skip the niceties and demand progress on the important issues.

As for UCFO, in its polite applause for Wynne and her government, the organization says it’s sure the Liberals will continue to recognize the importance of agriculture in the Ontario economy and the reality of Franco-Ontarian farmers. Like motherhood, that’s likely a sure bet.

UCFO has similar priorities to the OFA that it mentions in the body of its note of congratulations. Once again, we would have liked something more forceful.

Or is this all orchestrated! Is the idea for farm groups to soft-soap the government as an opening gambit and then come down hard a few months from now when no progress is being made?

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Gas-plant switcheroo steams corn country Uncertainty threatens 200 jobs, grower options

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CARDINAL AND tHe eAsteRN ONtARIO CORN eCONOmy. For two decades, Capstone Infrastructure Corporation’s co-generation plant has supplied economical steam and electricity to the neighbouring corn syrup factory that is synonymous with Cardinal.

Ingredion — formerly known as Casco and Canada Starch — employs 200 people. Steam from the 156-megawatt plant also heats nearby Benson Public School, situated a little more than a stone’s throw from the plant’s silver stack on the St. Lawrence River.

And yet, Cardinal’s beneficial arrangement will come to an end at the conclusion of 2014, a casualty of the province’s pursuit of green energy projects amid a general oversupply of electricity wrought by economic decline.

Publicly-traded Capstone managed only to negotiate a new 20-year OPA contract for a “peaking” type gas plant — one that can be turned on and off rapidly to fill in when renewable power sources on the grid abruptly come up short. The design change will end Ingredion’s stable steam supply, currently generated as a byproduct of baseload power produced around the clock.

In its existing form, the co-gen facility netted the owner $33.4-million in 2013, running nearly 100 per cent of the time. But once revamped for “dispatchable” production, that’s expected to drop to just $7- to $9-million annually, under the new OPA contract announced March 26, and then only after a considerable capital investment to effect the change sometime over the next 18 months or so.

The Full Nelson Capstone’s Sarah BorgOlivier, senior vice-president of communications, offered a positive take on the new contract — not all that surprising given the company’s involvement with wind and solar projects elsewhere in Ontario.

She emphasized the “certainty” the impending new contract delivers to her firm’s shareholders and 18 employees at the Cardinal power plant — not the expected whopping loss of revenue at the same operation.

“The existing contract, which expires at the end of 2014 was signed in 1994, so the dynamics in the power market are obviously very different than they are today,” Borg-Olivier told The AgriNews in April.

“We began negotiations with the OPA in 2011 and we’ve always known that the facility, under a new contract, would operate on a dispatchable basis rather than baseload, and that changes the economics, and that there would be some capital expenditure involved as well.

“And all of that has been planned for and budgeted.

We’re pleased with the certainty we were able to achieve. It provides certainty for our investors. It’s been a big question in the minds of our shareholders and an area of risk for the business, frankly, so resolving it is very positive.”

She acknowledged a connection to Ontario’s controversial rollout of “intermittent” wind and solar power on the grid.

“So what really has been needed here is more flexible [backup] generation.

And gas is really the technology that can provide that, and with gas prices being where they are right now, it’s certainly an attractive area. And in the case of Cardinal, from the province’s perspective, maximizing existing electricity infrastructure is a lot more efficient and cost effective than building new.

From a ratepayer agreement, I think this is quite a balanced agreement we’ve

struck with the OPA,” enthused Borg-Olivier.

But Leeds-Grenville MPP Steve Clark pointed out the impending conversion of the efficient baseload power plant spells only uncertainty to Ingredion, which can’t rely on recycled steam from a facility rendered idle much of the time.

Clark said he was disappointed with the March contract announcement, having hoped for an extension of the current arrangement that would allow existing infrastructure to function as it always has.

“They will lose their steam, and that will put the plant in jeopardy,” he said of Ingredion in April. “I think this is something that everybody acknowledges that this government over the last several years has created.”

Re-elected last month, the Progressive Conservative MPP said that Ingredion, as one possible option, faces the prospect of building a replacement 15-megawatt co-gen plant of its own at a potential cost of $30-million.

“Why would you make it so difficult to change this to a peaking plant when the economic benefits of having the plant supply Ingredion with power gives us an economic advantage…? To me, I can’t understand why that would happen,” said Clark, who has been working on the file for two years and earlier this spring demanded action in a letter fired off to the premier, minister of energy and other key cabinet ministers.

Why, indeed, should Ingredion’s Chicago-based board of directors be handed on a platter any excuse to close down its 155-yearold factory in Cardinal?

(Still, a Liberal partisan opined to this writer that if Ingredion shutters the operation, the decision will have everything to do with the factory’s age and nothing with the Green Energy Act.) Continued on page 13

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Steamed Continued from page 12 Drawing attention to the irony of this situation in a province riven by gas-plant cancellations, Clark added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s face it, we had a gasfired plant in that community where we had letters of support. We had letters of support for expanding that plant from the school board, from the municipality, from the Grain Farmers of Ontario, from municipalities. So there was a lot of support in Eastern Ontario to extend that power plantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contract, which would have served all those parties extremely well. I think the government needs to give us a chance to retain those jobs in Cardinal.â&#x20AC;?

Capstone itself is holding out some hope of running the revamped power plant on a more constant basis at some point after conversion. Should the province take nuclear reactors offline for refurbishment or see a surge in demand for electricity, â&#x20AC;&#x153;facilities like Cardinal will be able to spring into action to meet that need,â&#x20AC;? noted

Borg-Olivier.

But there are no guarantees, thus leaving Ingredion â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which did not return calls â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with a continued question mark about its steam supply.

The Ingredion factory was the first processor to purchase corn directly from Eastern Ontario growers in the 1960s, ushering in grain corn as a crop staple in this region. Today, it remains one of only two end-user buyers of corn, consuming about 20 million bushels of the crop here annually.

In light of recent developments, keeping the place open is a key topic of concern near the top of the agenda at every recent meeting of the Grain Farmers of Ontario, says GFO Eastern Ontario District 1 representative Markus Haerle, a chicken and corn producer from St. Isidore.

A quarter to a third of the Eastern Ontario corn crop ends up at the Ingredion site, estimated Haerle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That plant is one of the main plants here in the area, and we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford to lose that plant, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

as simple as that. That corn has to go somewhere, and the only other place it could go is across provincial lines to Quebec or be funnelled down more toward

Southern Ontario.â&#x20AC;?

Ingredionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s closure, he added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;would create a chain reaction in the whole movement of corn in Ontario.â&#x20AC;?

Cardinalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s venerable corn-processing plant has survived a number of name changes. But will the place, now known as Ingredion, survive being sideswiped

by Ontario electricity market changes related to the Green Energy Act?

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Growers would face increased transportation costs to ship their corn, said Haerle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If it has to go further away, the farmer has to cover that off, and that can never be reflected back into the price.â&#x20AC;?

The corn gluten feed byproduct created at Ingredion would also be lost to local dairy, hog, poultry and beef producers, he pointed out.

Recounting a March lobbying session at Queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Park, Haerle said the GFO and Ingredion have been working together to find a â&#x20AC;&#x153;solution to the problemâ&#x20AC;? with the provincial government. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The whole energy situation is an unfortunate one.

Hopefully it can be rectified to keep the plant operating,â&#x20AC;? remarked Morrisburg corn producer Arden Schneckenburger. Also alluding to increased transportation costs, he said the Eastern Ontario price basis for corn would take a hit if Ingredion ever shut down. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With ever increasing yield â&#x20AC;Ś we need all the markets we can get,â&#x20AC;?

Schneckenburger explained,

suggesting Ingredionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s longtime presence in the region has been integral to the success of growers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re extremely fortunate in Eastern Ontario,â&#x20AC;? he said, also noting the more recent arrival of GreenFieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Johnstown ethanol plant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While Casco (Ingredion) was basically the first, we need them all to keep our prices. Because we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a big chicken or pork or beef industry in Eastern Ontario. Our corn industry is those two end users, high fructose sugar and ethanol.â&#x20AC;?

Capstone does have an agreement to supply Ingredion with operations and maintenance support should the latter firm opt to invest the millions required to keep the steam flowing in Cardinal.

For now, a farming region awaits an answer on tenterhooks. Will one of the oldest corn processors in North America continue to find fertile ground in Ontario and Cardinal â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and shell out millions it wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have otherwise had to invest? Or will it leave behind an empty â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;greenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; husk?

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Technical Updates

Cool, Wet Springs Favour Early Season Pests Tracy Baute OMAF and MRA

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hen springs are cool and wet, it results in two things. 1) Difficulty with getting good weed control in before planting and 2) Pushing planting into cooler soils that may cause the seed to sit for a while. Both of these can increase the risk for early season pest issues. Here are some of the pests you may see when digging up seeds or seedlings that seem to be struggling.

Can you ID these pests?

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• have poor drainage and have loam or clay soil.

• no-till corn, soys and canola with considerable crop residues • wheat fields underseeded with red clover • newly seeded alfalfa • following mixed forages • with open seed furrows • planted into cool, wet cloudy spring or fall conditions • planted following a mild winter with a thick cover of snow.

C) Wireworm: Larvae are hard bodied, cylindrical, slightly shiny, white (newly molted) to copper in colour, with a distinctive flat head. They have 3 pairs of legs at the front of their bodies. There are many species of wireworm, some of which remain as larvae for up to 6 years in the soil. So fields can have a long history of crop damage. Cool conditions allow them to take advantage of the slow germinating crop.

High-risk factors include fields: • corn and cereal crops • with sandy soils, especially knolls and silty soils • in rotation with grass crops (corn, cereals and especially following sod) or vegetable crops (carrots, potatoes).

• planted in cool wet springs due to slowed crop emergence • with grassy weeds.

D) Grubs:

A) Black cutworm: Adult moths have likely been making their way into Ontario on storm fronts since late April. They lay their eggs on green vegetation on the field surface and larvae from those eggs are ready to feed as soon as the crop emerges. Larvae are blackish-grey along their backs and have a lighter underbelly. Each body segment has 2 pairs of black spots; the outside pair is twice as large as the inside pair. Larvae curl up when disturbed.

High-risk fields include fields: • along Lake Erie • with weeds like mouse-eared chickweed, lamb’s-quarters, curled dock, etc.

• with green cover crops still present • no-till with annual weeds • late planted • planted into sod or legumes.

B) Slugs: There are a few species but all are soft bodied with no legs and are brownish-grey to beige in colour. Their head has 2 pairs of tentacles, one of which holds the eyes. They are essentially “snails without a shell” and are covered in a slimy mucous to keep from dehydrating. They overwinter in the same fields they were present in the fall so they can be scouted for in the fall to predict spring infestations.

Scouting is as easy as laying a few shingles in high-risk spots of the field, directly on the soil and returning a few days later to see if they are present.

High-risk fields: • have a history of slug problems

All species are white C-shaped beetle larvae with orange-brown heads and dark posteriors. When walking, they drag their butts along the ground. To identify the different species, you need to look at the raster hairs on the underside of the larvae at the butt end. Ohio State has a great picture of the different raster patterns found at bit.ly/1oAhzBp. Species ID is important as it helps you to know if they are an annual grub (e.g. European chafer, masked chafer, Japanese beetle grub) or have a three year cycle which is the June beetle grub. European chafer are the earliest to be up at the soil surface followed by masked chafer, June beetle and then Japanese grubs being the latest to be up in the spring.

High-risk factors include fields: • with sandy or silty knolls and in areas close to tree lines • following soybeans, alfalfa, sod, pasture, corn, cereals, potatoes, and canola • grown near pastures, turf and golf courses • with a history of grub infestations • planted in cool, wet springs due to slower crop emergence.

E) Millipedes: Often confused with wireworm because of their hard shell but they are brown to grey-black in colour and have many legs; two pairs per body segment (milli= thousands, pedes= legs). Immature millipedes are whitish, not hardened yet and have fewer legs than the adults. Both adults and immatures coil up when disturbed, unlike wireworms which don’t tend to curl up. They are typically scavengers, feeding on organic material in the soil but will take advantage and feed on seeds that are swelling and not growing quickly due to cool soil temps.

High-risk factors include fields: • planted too early in cool, wet springs conditions that allows seed to sit for an extended period • no-till fields with higher residue soils and lots of organic matter are at higher risk, though damage • deep planted which can also promote injury.

Buying Horse Hay When Supplies Get Tight Joel Bagg OMAF and MRA

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any horse owners are finding it increasingly challenging to find and purchase suitable hay at previous price points. Low hay yields due to dry weather in 2012 were followed by poorer quality as a result of rainy haying weather in 2013. However, there are also long term economic factors in play that are limiting hay production. Tighter supplies of quality horse hay may be the new reality of the future. Horse owners need to become astute hay buyers, develop good business relationships with hay producers and dealers, learn how to manage large bales on their farm, and minimize hay storage and feeding losses.

Weather and Agronomic Problems Hay production was extremely challenging in 2012, with low yields and tight forage inventories. Yields were frequently reported at 50 – 75% of normal. Other agronomic factors that significantly reduced yields included winterkill and spring frost damage, as well as insect damage from alfalfa weevil, white grubs, armyworm and potato leafhopper. Yields were much better in 2013, but wet weather during first-cut resulted in considerable amounts being either rain-damaged or mouldy as a result of being baled at too high a moisture. Following a long hard winter in 2014, spring inventories of quality horse hay are tight again as go begin the growing season.

Longer Term Economic Trends Economics determines the long-term supply and price of hay. Hay will be available, but not necessarily at the prices we are used to paying. Historically, there have been surpluses of hay and a buyer’s market existed. This kept hay prices down to a level that was often below the farmer’s actual cost of production. However, economics have changed with the increased world demand and prices for crops such as corn, soybeans and wheat. Farmers have responded by growing less hay and more grain and oilseed crops. With declining beef cow numbers, the market for poorer quality cull hay has also declined. Corn and soybeans also have advantages over hay of more effective risk management from adverse weather, more hedging and marketing options, and assurance of payment by licenced elevators.

Significant reductions in forage acres in Ontario occurred between the 2006 to 2011 Census years, of 500,000 acres of hay and 250,000 acres of pasture. That’s a lot of hay! Export demand for quality hay to the U.S. is strong. Higher prices will be necessary for farmers to make the decision to grow more hay and increase acreage.

The days of cheap hay sold at or below the true cost of production are likely over. Horse owners will need to deal with that new reality.

Hay Production Costs Hay producers have bills to pay too. Hay prices are up, but the costs of producing hay, including fertilizer, land, machinery, buildings and labour, are also up. On a “cents per lb” of hay basis, the price of phosphorus and potassium fertility removed from the soil in hay is equivalent to about 1.5 – 2¢/lb. Land costs can range from 1¢/lb on land that rents for $60/acre and yields a 3 ton crop, up to 4¢/lb on land that rents for $320/acre for a 4 ton crop. Establishment costs (seeding, weed control, etc) are typically about 0.5¢/lb. Harvest costs (cutting, raking, baling, handling, etc.) can add up to over 2.5¢/lb, while storage costs can add another 1¢/lb.

Adding up these costs can bring the cost of production to over 7 – 10¢/lb of hay, before any return to risk, management and profit. Quality hay must sell at a Continued on page 16

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Fair midway no-show result of temporary foreign worker hassle?

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At least, that's the reason given by a board member with the neighbouring Chesterville Fair, where the same firm — Billy G Amusements — is also booked. Dan Gasser said he's been assured the midway operator, in business for 25

years, will keep its upcoming commitments.

Gasser said he was informed the Maxville Fair cock-up stemmed from the government’s clampdown and overhaul of the Temporary Foreign Workers Program this spring, creating extra red tape to get carnival employees in place for the upcoming fair season.

The Maxville Fair was one of the first fairs of 2014 in Eastern Ontario.

Chesterville's is scheduled for July 25-27.

According to media reports, organizers in Maxville received no notice

the midway wouldn't be coming to their event. With the rides and carnies still a no-show by the fair's first evening, they took to their website to confirm the bad news: “Kenyon Agricultural Society (KAS) regretfully announces that the midway that was booked for this year’s 2014 Maxville Fair has not arrived. As a result there will be no rides at this year’s Fair. We hope that you will still join us for the scheduled activities and entertainment as the show must go on. Thank you for your understanding.”

Some unhappy fairgoers

posted their frustration on the Billy G Amusements Facebook page, but those comments were taken down.

Contacted by The AgriNews, a Billy G Amusements spokeswoman said the company was talking with organizers in Maxville and that the issue was being resolved.

Until last year, the Chesterville and Maxville fairs usually booked Conklin Shows but that company has exited the rural fair marketplace in Eastern Ontario. A number of other fairs also used Conklin’s services, and Billy G Amusements picked

Russell Fair runs Sept. 4-7 Celebrating 156 years Sept. 4-7, the Russell Fair welcomes Robertson’s Amusements as midway operator this year. The Russell Fair also features cattle, sheep and horse shows, homecraft, culinary and flower displays, truck and tractor pulls, classic car show, education and children’s events, live entertainment, demo derby, fall cutting — something for all ages. up some of that business this year.

In addition to Chesterville, the Almonte Fair, Lombardy Fair,

Arnprior Fair and the Stormont County Fair have all signed on with the Toronto-area midway company in 2014.

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Trend to Large Round and Large Square Bales The production of small square bales is decreasing and large square bales are increasing. For hay producers, not only is more labour required to handle small squares, but this system also has less production capacity. A lot less hay can be made in a day with a small square baler. This means less hay can be made during those limited weather windows with no rain in the forecast. Horse owners switching to large bales will need a tractor and loader to move bales, and possibly a feed cart to be used in the barn.

However, this can provide more hay options as small square bales get more difficult to source.

Large round bales are very common, but tend to be made to be fed on-farm or sold locally where they can be moved by tractor and wagon rather than a truck. They are usually less expensive and can work very well if fed outside in hay feeders.

The use of large square balers is increasing because they increase production capacity, and also because large square bales are more dense and more easily transported than large round bales. For horse owners, large square bales also have the advantage over large rounds in that they can be “flaked” and more easily pulled apart if being fed inside. This is especially true if the balers are fitted with “pre-cutter knives”, where the hay is partially cut going into the baler chamber.

More Use of Hay Preservatives In order to manage the risks of rain-damage, or mouldy hay from hay that must be baled before it is quite dry enough, many hay producers are using hay preservatives, such as commercially available buffered propionate products. Refer to “Preventing Mouldy Hay Using Propionate Preservatives” (fieldcropnews.com/?p=3655). Hay preservative use tends to be greater in “rainy” years, and with large square bales. There is no scientific evidence that CFIA registered hay preservatives are harmful to horses, but the health risks from feeding mouldy, dusty hay is well documented. Horse owners that choose not to feed hay treated with a hay preservative will find untreated hay increasingly difficult to source.

Hay Sources and Price Determination Hay prices often move with perceived supply and demand. They peaked at unprecedented highs during the dry summer of 2012. Prices for quality hay from the 2013 crop remained strong, but at the same time prices for poorer quality hay returned to lower, more traditional levels.

Prices for this year’s hay will be dependent on yields and quality.

Small square bales usually bring a premium price, whereas large round bales are discounted because they are more difficult to handle, store and transport. Hay prices are widely variable depending on quality, species, bale type, and location.

The Ontario Forage Council (OFC) has a free Hay Listings website for those wanting to buy or sell hay: www.ontariohaylistings.ca. As well, members of the OFC “Hay Marketing Forum”, an association of hay dealers, are listed at bit.ly/1ueZ9b1.

Horse owners should seek to develop and maintain good business relationships with reliable hay producers and dealers that can provide a quality product. Making prompt payment is important. Bale size, density and weights vary significantly. If possible, price comparisons and hay purchases should be made on a “per lb” basis, rather than a price “per bale”. Learn what hay quality criteria are “deal breakers”, such as mould and dust, as opposed to factors that can be forgiven, such as sun bleaching on the outside of bales.

Minimizing Storage and Feeding Losses Despite high hay prices, some farmers still store hay outside uncovered on the ground, and feed outside without hay feeders. Significant losses result. Inside hay storage is preferable, and pays for itself in the long term by reducing hay spoilage. Bottom bales exposed to a concrete or dirt floor will spoil from moisture. Storing bales on pallets or a layer of straw or other material will prevent this spoilage.

As a minimum, bales stored outside should be placed on pallets and covered with a bale tarp. Unprotected bales will be damaged by rainfall, but also absorb moisture from the ground like a sponge, resulting in significant spoilage, mould and dust.

Using proper hay feeders outside will also save a lot of

www.agrinews.ca hay. A study at the University of Minnesota by Dr. Krishona Martinson looked at the amount of feeding waste with several different horse hay feeder designs. Hay wasted by feeding hay on the ground without a feeder was 57%. Hay losses using a feeder ranged from 5% to 33% depending on the type of feeder. With high hay prices, well designed hay feeders pay for themselves very quickly.

“Selecting A Round-bale Feeder For Horse Use” bit.ly/1nAPJG5.

Summary Hay prices are quite variable depending on the weather and growing season, but underlying economic trends are pointing towards longer term tighter hay supplies and higher prices than what we are used to. Horse owners should become astute hay buyers and develop strategies for securing quality hay and reducing storage and feeding losses.

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Food Safety Tips for Farmers' Markets

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ood safety is getting more attention than ever - and with good reason. Fifteen years ago, most people would not have been able to pronounce the microbe 'Salmonella', let alone discuss it in everyday conversation.

Outbreaks at home and abroad have raised the public's concerns about food safety. That means that consumers are far more conscious of how food is produced and handled.

Customers pay attention to such things as: • The way you prepare and display your food • The personal hygiene of you and your employees, and • The way you construct and keep your stand clean If people see things they don't like, in most cases they won't tell you. They simply won't come back. So what should you do? Make sure you and your employees know how to handle and display food properly.

Two simple tips for food safety at farmers' markets 1. Keep hands clean Ensure that all employees who handle produce are aware of why and when they need to wash their hands. For example: after going to the washroom or after touching their face, animals, money or any other surface that could contaminate their hands.

If a petting zoo is present at farmers markets, ensure that customers and employees do not touch the pets and then handle food without washing their hands in between.

Be sure to post hand-washing signs.

2. Use proper containers Display produce in clean containers. Ensure that containers do not permit access to pests. For example, do not place produce directly on the ground.

Remember: food safety is everyone's responsibility.

Effective food safety programs allow your business to be competitive, and provide save, high quality products for consumers. Make sure you take the proper steps to protect people's safety - before you sell produce to Ontario families. For more information go to: bit.ly/1n8RB7c

Heat Stress in Livestock and Poultry App

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he University of Guelph and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food and the Ministry of Rural Affairs, have jointly developed a new free app available from Google Play or Blackberry Marketplace that lets you calculate the level of heat stress experienced by livestock. The App allows producers to calculate the heat stress index on their smart phone by inputting the temperature in C or F and the relative humidity, either at that moment or by inputting the forecast temperature and relative humidity for later in the day. The producer then gets an output that links them to various management

options they can use to reduce the potential heat stress on their animals. Now producers have a tool that readily puts the information they need at their fingertips, anytime, anywhere!

Key Features: • 7 types of livestock • A variety of ventilation systems • 3 languages: English, French and Spanish • 5% increments for humidity changes • 2 degree increment temperature changes (metric/imperial) • Levels from No Heat Stress to Emergency • Practical actions to take to reduce the effects of heat stress For more information go to: bit.ly/15yFJFM

Resources

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Kemptville Campus graduates 2014

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Diploma Programs associate diploma in agriculture Exequiel Alcober, Hammond Andrew William Zwier Brekveld, Murillo Chayse Mitchell Carruthers, Hampton Nathan George Chambers, Chesterville Jordan Michael Chisholm, St. Andrews West Bridget Marie Cleary, Spencerville Adam Morley Crites, Ingleside * Robin Elizabeth Crossley, Maple Lori Danielle De Wal, Trenton Nicole Laura Fry, Stirling Victoria-Brooke Galloway, Richmond Zephir Camille Gutknecht, Newington Brett Albert Hannam, Fraserville Trevor Earl Hannam, Fraserville Brigitte Julia Herrema, Uxbridge Jane Elizabeth Hickey, Millbrook Robert William Jelly, Brockville Erik Laflèche, St. Albert Brittany Lynne Sadie MacIntosh, Apple Hill Willard Brandon MacKay, Embro Gregory William Delbert Melenhorst, Stayner Jesse James Miedema, Baltimore Kirsten Milne, Winchester Paul Patenaude, Embrun Michael John Rodenburg, Aylmer * Jasmine Smiley, Kars Nathan Streef, Woodstock Shawn Micheal Vanloon,

Berwick Jesse Michael Vanmunsteren, Sarsfield * Angela Mary Walker, Renfrew Graham Bruce Walt, Consecon Ashley Colleen Wilson, Dunrobin associate diploma in agriculture, Equine Option Theresa Ann Bloskie, Wilno Kayla Boulay, Ingersoll Watakeronawi Dunkley, Kahnawake, QC * Candace Ehgoetz, Blind River Shaylin Mariann Ferguson, Stoney Creek Erin Marie Foisy, Perth * Sara Gainer, Windsor Katherine Troy Garner, Gloucester Justin Helmi, Etobicoke Amy Hodkinson, Owen Sound Chelsey Dana Marie Krapiec, Mountain * Annalisa Krupp, Carp Shandelle Page McCurdie,

Oakville Amanda-Marie Susie Saunders, Rockwood Emily Strutt, Peterborough Megan Alissa White, Perth co-op diploma apprenticeship for horticulture Technician * Robyn Avery, Calgary, AB

Lorie Casselman, Morrisburg * Stephanie Lemke, Ompah * William Lipscombe, Jasper * Sean McNeill, Brockville * Cory Ovans, Ormstown, QC continued on page 18

EastGen Award

Recipient Graham Walt with Paul Stewart (EastGen) at the 2014 Kemptville Graduation on May 29.

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Graduation Contionued from page 17 Co-op Diploma Apprenticeship for Agricultural Equipment and Heavy Duty Equipment Technician Jesse David Ronald Akey, Thomasburg Luc Beaudoin, Marmora Joshua Gordon Blakley, Castleton * Adam Blanchfield, Osgoode * Conner Bulley, Perth Steven Daniel Doorenspleet, Bowmanville James Christopher Ferguson, Carleton Place * Quan Ben Minh Ha, Moose Creek * Zachary Michael Houser, Mount Forest Alexander Paul Lacoursiere, Finch Devyn Lee McFadden, Navan Luke Martin Mollema, Morewood * Harry Alexander Mott, Innerkip * Cheryl Elizabeth Nice, Nepean Nicholas Panke, Eganville Connor Evan Passfield, Ajax * Jason Allen Gregory

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Certificate Programs

Diesel Equipment Mechanic * Graydon Barnett, Jasper * Jordon Brownell, Lunenburg * Jesse Droogh, North Gower Warren Hammond, Lachute, QC * Mark Fredrick Hostrawser, Cheltenham Anthony Johnson-Moses, Orleans Shawn Landriault, Orleans * Mary Alexandra Lloyd, Collingwood Jordan Sample, Perth Industrial Welding and Fabrication * Tanner Brady, Perth Zakary Hervé Cossette, Casselman Kurtis James Daye, Delta * Derek Alex Edwards, Manotick * Joshua William Joseph Hurlbert-Kirkland, Maitland * Christopher Ledderhof,

Bronze Medal

Dr. Robert Gordon, Dean, Agricultural College, left, presents Robin Crossley, right, with the Collegiate Bronze Medal for overall highest average upon graduation from an Associate Diploma in Agriculture on behalf of the Governor General.

Richmond Robert Maitland, Jasper Matthew David Massey, Smiths Falls Anthony Mendicino, Nepean * Jacob Morris, Cardinal * Travis James Wyatt, Vernon *With Distinction (80% Average or Greater) The following students have completed the first two years of the Bachelor

of Bio-Resource Management Equine Management program at Kemptville Campus and will be moving to the main campus of the University of Guelph.

Lauren Anne Barker, London Sofia Rose Bartkowski, Toronto Constance Elizabeth Dagnon, Mississauga Alanna Elizabeth Diciocco, Niagara Falls Trista-Renee Kristan

Gilbert-Decooman, Windsor Rachel Olivia Goodman, Mount Albert Maryse Joanette, Russell Natasha Elizabeth Keill, Collingwood Marissa Marion Lefor, Brussels Julia Marie McCormick, Strathroy Brenna Colleen McDermott, Burlington Emma Alexandra McLaren, Wiarton Franklin Dainel MacRae Orange, Campbellville Julia Nadine Schittenhelm, Bolton Renee-Claude Seguin, Navan Kristen Dawn Smith, Mount Albert Mikaela Anne Stogryn, Brighton Eliza Angela Sylvia, Ingleside Sarah Jane Todoschuk, Mississauga Heather Danielle Triska, Beamsville Alice Turner, Mississauga

Agriculture Awards

Ministry of Agriculture and Food Ministers’ Leadership Award: Brigitte Herrema

Eastgen Award: Graham Walt Shane Gillan Memorial Award: Lori Dewal Ontario Agri Business Award: Robin Crossley Pioneer Hi-bred Limited Agronomy Award: Exequiel Alcober Alex Skepasts’ Award: Michael Rodenburg Glen Slater Award: Angela Walker Zoetis Animal Health Award: Robin Crossley John Versteeg Award: Jesse Miedema and Graham Walt Ed Wallace Memorial Award: Jasmine Smiley Kemptville College Foundation Board of Directors Award: Robin Crossley Continued on page 19

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Graduation

Rooney Feeds Award: Candace Ehgoetz

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Emma Jayne Wilson Award: Annaliisa Krupp

Equine Awards Equine Spirit Award: Candace Ehgoetz

Certificates Progress Achievement Award: Chris Ledderhof

General Awards Archbishop of Canterbury Award: Robert Jelly Kemptville College Alumni Association Award: Agriculture - Jane Hickey Agriculture, Equine Option Amanda-Marie Saunders Agriculture and Heavy

Equipment Technician Harry Mott Horticulture Technician Lorie Casselman W.B. George Memorial Award: Robert Jelly

Last pipe?

Right, Members of the Kemptville Pipe Band pipe the last agricultural graduating class of the college out of the W.B. George Centre on May 29.

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Memorial Award for soil and crop

Jasmine Smiley, left, receives the Ed Wallace Memorial Award from Sean Cochrane, President of the Carleton County Soil and Crop Improvement Association, for outstanding achievement in crop science.

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Retirement for Dr. Larry Gray

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The 83-year-old was set to officially close his Winchester Main Street office on June 30 inside the Gray family home that he also built to house what was a fledgling practice at the very beginning of his career.

Friends and family marked the doctorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s retirement with a surprise party at the Winchester Lions Hall, June 27, congratulating the former longtime reeve of Winchester on his many years of service. A few also regaled the audience with stories about the good country vet. That included the subject of the event himself, who insisted on taking the microphone to recount a time in the distant past, near Iroquois, when he was called to attend a sick cow, only to be greeted by an irate woman toting a gun from the farmhouse as he traipsed across the barnyard. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A bullet whizzed over my head,â&#x20AC;? deadpanned Gray, who said he declared to the shooter his purpose for being there, then turned and proceeded to the barn. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I went in and turned the lights on, and then a car

came down the driveway,â&#x20AC;? he said. The barn door opened, and the womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s husband entered, then explained there was no cow in distress. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He says, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Are you alright? My wife and I had an argument, and I knew if you were here, she wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shoot me.â&#x20AC;?

Added Gray with a twinkle in his eye at the memory, â&#x20AC;&#x153;So he says, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quite alright if you go home now.â&#x20AC;?

The room peeled with laughter, one of several times in an evening filled with animal-related stories â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including some chestnuts delivered by his daughter, Sandy Carton, on behalf of herself and her siblings in attendance from as far away as Nova Scotia.

She remembered growing up in household where a bathroom might become a makeshift overflow room for animals being treated that day. She also recalled the time she spied a fullgrown tiger sleeping under anesthesia in the veterinary office off the mudroom of the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s back door. And then there was an old farmer who occasionally sought treatment for his pet chimpanzee.

Carton also thanked her fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s partner, Linda StOnge, for her support of the last 20 years.

North Dundas Mayor Eric Duncan brought congratulations and a framed certificate on behalf of the township, while Shirley Fawcett also brought kind words and a framed photo collage of the doctor Continued on page 21

Six decades a vet

During a surprise party, June 27, at Winchester Lions Hall, Dr. Lawrence Gray and partner Linda St-Onge (both seated) are congratulated by a couple of the veterinarianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s many clients, Susan and Hugh Hamilton of South Mountain, on the occasion of his retirement.

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Continued from page 20 through his career. With similar families and ages of children, they became friends while working on Winchesterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s centennial celebrations in 1967, Fawcett said. They also worked on Winchesterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 100th anniversary celebrations in the late 1980s, after Gray lost his wife in a car accident, he recalled. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it was good therapy for Larry to be doing that.â&#x20AC;?

The formal celebrations also included a line of longtime employees delivering signed bouquets of flowers.

Penny Brenn, one of a handful of volunteers at Grayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office and among the small cadre of party organizers, said the doctorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s practice was well known for its reasonable rates and fair treatment of clientele from all walks of life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;His priority wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the money; it was the animal and the person who owned it. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s old school,â&#x20AC;? said Brenn. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s phenomenal,â&#x20AC;? said client Susan Hamilton of

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World champ attends equine endurance ride

by Jeff Moore AgriNews Staff Writer ERWICK— ThE SEaWay VallEy aRaBIan hoRSE aSSoCIaTIon (SVaha)

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ValERIE KanaVy. Kanavy (68) brought her team from her hometown of Fort Valley, Virginia in the United States. Kanavy finished first in the senior 120 km run at the SVAHA in the Berwick event on Sat., June 28.

Kanavy grew up in the American midwest and was around racehorses all her life. But that became boring to her and she wanted a change. She got married WoRld ChampIon

and moved to Virginia and admits that she and her husband, Larry, didn’t have a lot of money but her love for horses still remained.

They bought a cheap horse, and one day she tried a foxhunt, discovering something that she really enjoyed. It was fun chasing the fox around all day, she said, and it was way better than going around and around on a track.

One day she took up running for herself and trained to do marathons and she thought to herself: “Why don’t I incorporate the training that I do for a marathon to train a horse to do a marathon?” That is when she got that cheap horse out training to become an endurance athlete.

She also said most horses are bred to run and possess genes to run short distances with training much different than that for endurance. Kanavy started

on a journey around the world that would lead her to the pinnacle in her sport.

Kanavy was the World Endurance gold medalist in 1994 and 1998. She was a silver medalist in 1996 when she was overtaken by her daughter, Danielle, by one second. In 2003 she became World Champion Master, six IAHA (now AHA such as the event in Berwick) 160 km and one 80 km championship wins.

She also won four 160 km reserve championships, seven Race of Champions in the top 10 (including one first and one second). She was also named 1999 AHSA Horseman of the year as well as her home state Virginia Horseman of the year in that same year.

She won her first World Championship in The Hague, Holland, and her second in Dubai, in a race through the desert of the United Arab Emirates.

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Champ Continued from page 22 She still competes today but also serves as a great teacher, as was in full evidence in Berwick.

She had students from all over the world on her team. They included Lila Serra from Catalonia, in Northern Spain, Nayar Vinaver from Veracruz, Mexico, Natalia Balcazar de Wasseige from Bogota, Colombia, and Kelsey Russell from Fort Valley Virginia.

When asked how she picked her teammates, she replied, â&#x20AC;&#x153;They all have type A personalities!â&#x20AC;?

Kanavy said the horses (mostly Arabian) are on a strict training regimen, consisting of four hours per

day for six days per week.

The horses get weighed once per week and their diet is closely monitored.

They want the horse to be at a certain body-fat ratio and their feed is administered accordingly.

For example, if the horse gets over the desired bodyfat ratio they would get a protein enriched diet and if their body-fat ratio is under their desired amount the horse would be fed a more fat enriched diet.

The horses are fully pastured as well. During a race they may give the animal sweet date syrup for energy, which is high in protein and calories.

The Kanavy team does approximately 12 events per year and they have 1012 horses in training at all

times. In the winter they do a circuit in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.

In Berwick, they travelled with four horses that are over six years old.

Kanavy says they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t race the horses in the major events such as the 160 and 120 km races until they are at least six years old. The horses used for a major event will not compete prior to their race; they would be on the ranch training instead.

However they feed them and train them seems to be working as Kanavy took first place in the senior 120 km run, Vinaver finished first in the junior 120 km run, and Russell and Balcazar finished first and second in the junior 80 km run.

Former World Endurance gold medalist in 1994 and 1998, Valerie Kanavy and her team from Fort Valley, Virginia, attended the SVAHA Endurance Ride, just east of Berwick on June 28-29. Kanavy and her teammates (left) Lila Serra from Catalonia, Northern Spain, Nayar Vinaver from Veracruz, Mexico, Natalia Balcazar de Wasseige from Bogota, Colombia, and Kelsey Russell from Fort Valley, Virginia, USA. The Arabian horseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name is Genuine Gold.

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by Carolyn Thompson Goddard AgriNews Contributor VONMORE — ONE huNdREd ANd fifty yEARs AftER

ROdERick & JEssiE McLENNAN pAssEd A 100AcRE fARM ONtO dAughtER hAttiE ANd hER husbANd stANLEy WERt, stANLEE fARMs cONtiNuEs iN A diREct LiNE Of WERt fAMiLy OWNERship. pREsENt OWNERs NANcy ANd JiM (ROdERick’s gREAt-gRANdsON) fARM thE 550 AcRE fARM With thE AssistANcE Of thEiR fOuR sONs ANd JiM’s pARENts sEsEL ANd MAVis.

The farm’s fifth-generation Werts are currently milking 110 purebred Holstein cows. It is a closed herd, which means that all animals were bred and born at Stanlee Farms.

Jim mentioned they try to provide the best level of care they can for the herd which includes a commitment to pasturing. Nancy told of seeing cars stopping to take pictures of the animals or showing their children the cows when the herd is outside.

There have been many changes on this family farm over the past few years including a robot feeder in the calf barn, free stall milking using a double eight herringbone DeLaval parlour and Jim mentioned that perhaps the greatest change is the impact of technology and information that are now available to those engaged in the agriindustry.

He also suggests that it is more difficult for the beginning farmer today than in his “dad’s time” as acquiring land, livestock and equipment is comparatively more expensive.

These factors may contribute to the apparent decrease in the number of persons farming today, with Wert noting that farming is almost becoming the exception rather than the norm as it was as recently as a generation ago.

Jim summed it up quite nicely when he said that he is an “optimist by nature and Canadian agriculture is one of our country’s best kept secrets. I feel that as an industry we are well positioned to be sustainable, environmentally very conscientious, [have] a great infrastructure to deliver product very quickly and a world famous reputation for quality.”

Nancy is very committed

to educating people about where their food comes from after spending a lifetime in the agri-food business including five years as a Dairy Educator in Stormont County. breakfast on the farm On August 2, Stanlee Farms will host Ontario’s second annual “Breakfast on the Farm” between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. for Farm & Food Care Ontario.

According to Nancy, this is an opportunity for people, especially those living in urban areas, to visit a farm and learn about how their food is produced.

Visitors to the farm will receive a complimentary all-Ontario breakfast and farm tour. Guests will meet the farm family, visit and interact with young calves and cows, handle the milking equipment and learn more about farming in Ontario. As well as dairy cows and calves, there will be interactive exhibits from many other farm organizations with features including live chicks, farm equipment and much more. The event is supported by many national, provincial and regional farm organizations and agri-businesses.

After a successful inaugural Breakfast on the Farm event in Waterloo Region last year which attracted more than 2,000 visitors, the program is being expanded to Eastern Ontario, giving more Ontarians the opportunity to enjoy a complimentary breakfast, tour a farm and meet local farmers. This family-friendly event gives visitors a glimpse of what farming is all about.

Jim Wert said that his family is excited to be hosting this event. “We are so proud of this farm and its history and are excited to open up our farm up to visitors for the morning,” he said, adding, “We look forward to celebrating our farm anniversary with those in our community.”

The event is free to attendees although visitors must reserve their breakfasts by visiting www.farmfoodcare.org to obtain complimentary tickets.

Breakfast will be provided for the first 2,000 registrations.

For more information on this event or to book your free tickets, visit www.farmfoodcare.org.

Stanlee Farms is well

www.agrinews.ca positioned as it celebrates 150 years as a “Wert Family Farm,” with Nancy and Jim having built on the foundations laid by the generations who came before them on the farm. The couple are hopeful that the next generation will continue the family legacy of farming and remain committed to ensuring that their time as stewards of the farm will provide a firm basis for the future.

Nancy and Jim Wert and sons at Stanlee Farms, which marks its 150th anniversary this year.

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In today’s uncertain commodity markets, putting a portion of your wheat in the Grain Farmers of Ontario Wheat Pool is an effective risk management tool.

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Robotic trio at Tibben Farms

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The 150-head milking herd at Tibben Farms â&#x20AC;&#x201D; prefix Joral Holsteins â&#x20AC;&#x201D; lounges in pastoral comfort inside their new free-stall expansion.

On a warm summerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s day, with the turkey curtains down around the perimeter of the 330-by138-foot structure, the barn allows an almost 360degree view of lush Dundas County farmland, a few wind turbines also punctu-

ating the landscape.

Three Lely A4 robotic milkers constantly work away, each with a small queue of cattle patiently waiting their turn at any given time.

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not driven so much the urge to be milked as the attraction of the feed supplement dispensed by each machine, explains the family farmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s herdsman, Mike Tibben. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a member of the family operation that was founded by his late grandparents in the 1950s and today includes his brother and his parents, as well as an uncle, aunt and a cousin aligned with the farmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s farrow-to-finishswine operation up the

road. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that craving for carbs, I think, that trumps the desire to be milked,â&#x20AC;? says Tibben, who looks as equally relaxed as the cattle in the new dairy barn.

The ration offered inside the robot stalls is balanced with the regular silage mixture dispensed daily by TMR onto perimeter feed alleys featuring ceramictiled mangers.

Another robot, a Lely Juno, continually sweeps the feed back towards the manager and the feeding cattle. Though the droidlike unit is officially nameless, â&#x20AC;&#x153;we refer to it as a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;he,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? admits Tibben. The continued on page 27

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Tibben Farms Continued from page 26

Seen from one end of the barn, the alley scraper system incorporates a concrete tube embedded into the length of each alley. Manure is continually moved into the floor slot (visible in the photo) as the scraper passes by, then flows by gravity into the manure pit.

Mike Tibben says it took about three days for most of the herd at Tibben Farms to settle into life being milked by three Lely robots.

Though somewhat harder on manure handling equipment, the sand bedding at Tibben Farms is paying dividends with better cow comfort. the length of the entire floor. Because the waste is constantly dropping into a concrete tube buried beneath the floor, this type of evacuation system keeps the floor dryer, adding to cattle comfort.

The manure flows by gravity to one of two 1.1million-gallon concrete lagoons; the second one was built to ensure capacity for the new barn that’s built

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The former parlour area has been transformed into a nursery with a Germanmade automated feeder for the youngest calves. “It’s a good fit for the robotic milking system [overall],” he says, “because it teaches the calves to go to their own feeder. And it’s growing some really great heifers.”

Tibben says the new barn addition brought the considerable side benefit of consolidating all of the animals on site. Previously, the 2,200 acre operation kept bred heifers in an older barn down the road — in what used to be a neighbour’s tie-stall dairy barn.

They had to be fetched back to the main barn, shortly before freshening in more crowded conditions that Tibben concedes were not ideal.

Now, the pregnant animals have their own roomy bedding pack area in the original free-stall barn.

“That makes a huge difference in reducing birthing difficulties. That was a huge impact,” he says.

On the milk production side, they’ve seen a 15 per cent increase from the herd since the switch was made last October. “It’s easily 35 kg daily per cow now; yesterday it was 37 kg. That’s the highest we’ve ever been.” What once took up to 165 cows to fill the milk quota with twice-daily parlour milkings, the Tibbens are now able to hit the mark with 150.

Toting a smartphone, Tibben looks down and checks an app to see the pedometer-based stats on a cow he suspects of being in heat. Sure enough, the program has her pegged as a contender, so he uses the same app to have the robotic milker sort the animal away from the rest of the herd. It isn’t long before the animal has gone looking for another treat inside the milker robot, and the machine changes the direction of the exit gate to send her into a spacious central treatment area.

The barn also features sand bedding in combination with alley scrapers that constantly push the manure into a central slot running

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To enter the Talent Show call 613-527-2485 or visit the fairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website www.avonmorefair.ca .

Admission on Friday is $5 but free for elementary school-aged children. Onsite parking is free as well.

If the weather is wet or hot, the Superstructure allows guests and performers to stay covered.

Saturday morning (July 12) begins with breakfast

in North Stormont Place from 7 to 10 a.m. Carter Shows Midway opens for the day and the 4-H Calf Rally, Western/Gaming Horse Show and the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spirits in Unity Horse Show featuring â&#x20AC;&#x153;Farah Greenâ&#x20AC;? all get started for the day. The Baby Show will start in North Stormont Place at 10:30 a.m.

Starting at 11 a.m. the Cornwall and District Kennel Club will be on the grounds with their dogs and will have demonstrations of Competition Obedience, Rally Obedience, K9 Agility, Canine Good Neighbour Test, Brace Team Work, Scent work and other fun things.

At noon and 4 p.m., the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Professional Freestyle Motocrossâ&#x20AC;? show will perform, thrilling young and old with their stunts and jumps on Saturday. The official Fair opening will also be held inside on the Superstructure Stage featuring local dignitaries and

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Friday night (July 25) check out the truck pull in front of the grandstands followed by a tent dance with Daisytrain.

Saturday (July 26) features kickboxing and jiujitsu demonstrations, garden tractor pulls, a gymkhana western horse show, the popular demolition derby, and a tent dance with the Bob Seger tribute show Rock and Roll Never Forgets. Everybody gets free gate admission on Sunday (July 27) which still offers plenty of entertainment including the baby show, youth beef show, antique tractor pull and music by local band Wreckless.

All of the favourites will also be around for the

entire weekend. A brand new midway is rolling into town and promises exciting rides for all ages. Of course, visitors can browse the homecraft exhibits, the petting zoo and pony rides and a variety of diverse vendors.

Anybody looking for a deal and wanting to buy discounted tickets in advance can do so at the fairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website (www.chestervillefair.com). All-day ride bracelets ($20+HST in advance, $25+HST at the fair) and weekend gate admission passes ($10 exclusively online) can be purchased up to July 24th (service fees apply).

Gather up your family and join your friends at the 83rd Chesterville Fair.

Find out why itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s getting the reputation as the small fair with big value!

Also see the Chesterville Fair on social media: @cvillefair (Twitter) and cvillefair (Instagram).

www.agrinews.ca special guest Celie Diebold â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ontario Queen of the Furrow. Next year the International Plowing Match and the Crowning of the Queen of the Furrow will be right here in Stormont County.

In the afternoon, an Irish Dance Group will entertain and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Country Roadsâ&#x20AC;? will perform at 3 p.m. And then the ring will be assembled for CWA Wrestling, which returns at 5 p.m. on the heels of last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s successful show. A huge variety of

male and female wrestlers are set to square off.

There will be more music with Tammy McRae and Jennifer Buhr performing during the ecumenical service on Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m. Another breakfast goes ahead that morning inside North Stormont Place, too.

Sunday also has professional clown â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lil John the Clownâ&#x20AC;? who will both emcee and perform during a series of physical challenges grouped according

to age and gender. These will include nail driving and bale throwing. This will be preceded at 12:30 with the Fair Tiny Prince and Princess Contest.

The 3-Pitch ball tournament is back at the Fair this year. See their Facebook page for more information.

The basis of all agricultural Fairs is the competitions and exhibits. An ever-expanding 4-H calf show will be held Saturday alongside two horse shows.

The Exhibition Hall is

always filled to capacity with an amazing variety of judged entries ranging from field crops to school art and baked goods. Keeping with the theme of agriculture, the education area will feature a variety of commodity based displays including The Travellinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Farmer interactive display.

The Roxborough Agricultural Society toils each year to keep the tradition of one of Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oldest Fairs a true family event.

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Eastern Ontario Agri-Food Network AGM

The Eastern Ontario Agri-Food Network held its Annual General Meeting on June 25 at the O'Genêt Bed and Breakfast in Plantagenet. Front left: Robert Bédard (Representative - Farmer's Market), Lucie Provost (Member - Health, ), Dana Kittle (EOAN Coordinator), Christine Bonneau O' Neill (Secretary/Treasurer), Carole Lavigne (Past President). Back left: Kathy Chaumont (Member - Economic Development), Réjean Ouimet (President), René Rochat (Representative Business), Arno Kloss (Representative - Business), Simon Durand (L'union des cultivators franco-ontariens), Carl Bickerdike. Missing are: Stéphane Jeaurond, Denis Thibault, Jennifer Cuillerier, Michel Moisan.

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occurred at the new plant, she said. Test runs using actual milk to make the first cheese at the fromagerie since the fire had yet to begin when Brunette spoke to The AgriNews in early July.

But that milestone was expected to begin soon and wrap up by the end of the month, she said.

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An early photo of the original St-Albert Cheese Coop factory. the delicious cheeses and local products. At the same time, more than 1,000 points of sale throughout Western Quebec and Eastern Ontario carry StAlbert cheeses.

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she said, members of the public attending the popular Cheese Curd Festival (Aug. 13-17) should have an opportunity to visit the rebuilt factory. Updates and information can be found on the Co-opâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Facebook page and Twitter account. Their new website is set to be launched by the end of July.

The February 2013 blaze levelled the longtime production facility in the village synonymous with the Co-opâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s output of cheese and curd for over a century. could be rebuilt. The entire community was affected.

Despite the challenges, in 2013, the fromagerie earned the title of Grand Champion at the 86th edition of the British Empire Cheese Show, and won two prestigious awards for its matured cheeses.

In the summer of 2014, as the co-operative gets ready to mark its 120th anniversary, the St-Albert Cheese Co-Op will emerge from its ashes, stronger than ever, with modern facilities, increased production capacity and an iron will, with but one goal in mind: to continue the tradition by producing the best cheddars and dairy products in the country.

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Horse Show Series competitors in Maxville

Participants in the June 21 Eastern Ontario Fair Horse Show Series at the Maxville Fair included Bethenny Bertrand (left), riding Once in a Lifetime, and Laura MacDonald, riding Amigos Jacket. They were the respective Junior Reserve Champion and Senior Champion in the competition.

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170TH VANKLEEK HILL FAIR AUGUST 14 - 17, 2014 THIS YEAR’S THEME

“THERE IS MAGIC AT THE FAIR”

The Vankleek Hill Agricultural Society is proud to host this year’s edition of the Vankleek Hill Fair – one of the oldest agricultural fairs in the province.

There is so much to see at the Vankleek Hill Fair, including the cattle and horse shows, the flower and homecraft displays. The demolition derby is always a highlight of the fair, and is held on Saturday evening.

Our midway is provided by Carter Shows and musical entertainment is available throughout the week-end.

A petting zoo is also available for visitors of all ages.

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2014 Stampede Days also marks the second annual Russell Show & Shine which will showcase an impressive collection of big rigs, a 4X4 Stock Truck Pull, a Classic Car and Bike Show

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as well as a Modified Lawn Tractor Pull featuring the Good Time Pullers. The Russell Show & Shine will also feature great live entertainment by the band Silver Creek on Saturday and the Bob Seger tribute band Rock and Roll Never Forgets on Sunday! Details for the Russellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Show & Shine excitement can be found at www.bigrigshow.ca .

The Sat., July 19 show starts at 6 p.m. (gates open at 4:30), and the Sun., July 20 show starts at 2 p.m. (gates open at 12:30).

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cooper would have been honoured,â&#x20AC;? said family

The 12th Annual Plowing Fore a Cure Charity Golf Tournament on June 18 was held at Anderson Links. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proceeds of the tournament, a total of $26,000 will be donated on behalf of the Cooper/Magladry families in memory of Doris Cooper, of Metcalfe, to the Winchester District Memorial Hospital Foundation to purchase a Neoprobe Gamma Probe used during Sentinel node biopsy procedures. Cooper was an active community volunteer as well as a member of the Metcalfe Curling Club and Metcalfe Agriculture Board, who passed away after a nine-month struggle with glioblastomas (GBM) brain cancer. Pictured are Cooperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family members who volunteered at the tournament, Elleda Thoms, Cheryl Cooper, Seamus Cooper, Amanda Cooper and Lois Deavy.

Co-Chairs of the 12th Annual Plowing Fore a Cure Charity Golf Tournament, held June 18, Shaun Powell and Avaleigh Schouten. The event had 144 players, an auction and a dinner, raised a total of $26,000 for the Winchester District Memorial Hospital Foundation to purchase a Neoprobe Gamma Probe used during Sentinel node biopsy procedures.

Volunteer Stewart Carruthers and past golf tournament volunteer Sharen Armstrong in the Hummer golf cart at the 12th Annual Plowing Fore a Cure Charity Golf Tournament, held on June 18 and Anderson Links Golf Club in Ottawa. The 'Hummer for a Day' was a prize put up through a draw which Armstrong's team won.

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Spencerville Stampede, July 26-27 The best little fair in Canada

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Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve brought the Wild WeSt out eaSt right here in eaStern ontario - real live adrenaline pumping rodeo action.

Shawn Orr, President of Wildhorse Productions, is very excited about this tour that will see the crew travel over 6,200 km from May to Sept. The 2014 New Holland elite Rodeo series will return to Spencerville Fairgrounds July 26-27. The first year 2012 organizers John & Cora Beking & Colleen Ford, Spencerville Stampede were awarded the Best New Rodeo award. 2013 brought in another crowd and successful Stampede & now 2014 will bring in new vendors-displays & demos and another exciting rodeo competition for the whole family to experience.

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singer and songwriter of top hits â&#x20AC;&#x153;Honeyâ&#x20AC;? & â&#x20AC;&#x153;With you whiskeyâ&#x20AC;? Sunday rodeo competition is at 2 p.m..

Gates open Sat, at 2 p.m. and Sun at noon so you can taste the food and shop in the vendor village for western wear, crafts, etc. and relax in the Bob FM Beer tent and watch the cowboys/girls compete during slack time. We will also have live demonstrations, kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; zone and antique & new truck and tractor show.

Stampede would not succeed without all our volunteers lead by the Beking & Ford families, Laura VanPaassen, John Sr & John and Jenna Lesniowski, Emily Hansma, Anna VanAdrichon-Rochon, Brian Cassidy and the Kemptville Rotary Club team. New volunteers are welcome to join us.

For a list of our sponsors and detailed information see our website www.spencervillestampede.com. Get your tickets early and plan your weekend getaway at the Spencerville Stampede.

Camping onsite is available.

Better than knee-high on the first of July

OMAFRA crop specialist Gilles Quesnel said that Eastern Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s corn crop was looking about average by early this month, with a lot of fields better than knee-high on the first of July. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a â&#x20AC;&#x153;bare minimumâ&#x20AC;? expectation anymore, he added.

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With great music, great shows, and a huge midway, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something for the entire family.

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Navan Fair, Aug. 7-10 n avan — leT navan fair Be

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A showcase of agricultural excellence, it is regarded as one of the premier events in the Ottawa Valley.

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ries, and Hastings County was known as the Cheese Capital of Ontario. When refrigerated transport made it possible to carry milk farther from farms, many cheese factories closed.

Luckily, a number remained, including several of the country’s oldest, and they continue to make award-winning cheddars, often in much the same way as they did 100 years ago – in open vats, using real milk, guided by master cheesemakers. There are 11 stops along the trail to discover a taste of Quinte heritage. For more information visit www.tourism.bayofquinte.ca.

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• Antique machinery and tractor display; • Parade featuring live marching bands & floats; • Kids Zone: Fun and Free activities for kids • Education Barn: Monalee Petting Zoo, Poultry with an Incubator hatching eggs, Sheep Shearing Demonstrations.

Day and Weekend passes are available.

The Fair runs 8 a.m. till midnight on Thurs., Aug. 7, Fri., Aug. 8, and Sat., Aug 9, and 8 a.m to 8 p.m. on Sun., Aug. 10.

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Originally held at the park in Wellington, the sale today comprises indoor and outdoor booths at the fairgrounds venue. Artisans exhibit and sell:

• Fine arts; • Stained glass, fused glass, blown glass; • Jewellery … everything from beads to magnetic, to sterling silver, to precious stones; • Woodworker and woodturner products, including wooden jewellery boxes, wooden toys and games and even potato bins; • Outdoor furniture, tin and twig furniture; • Maple syrup, honey, jams, chutneys, and preserves; • Children’s clothing, tiedyed clothing, night gowns, sun dresses, tote bags, and hats; • Products made from concrete;

• Delicious food to whet the appetites; At least one artisan has been with the event from that very first year.

Over the years, proceeds from the sale have been donated to schools, museums and libraries in Prince Edward County, the hospitals, cemetery upkeep, the skate park, and especially to support specialized transit. It was the dream of the women who originally started the craft sale — all those years ago — that the WI would be able to provide transit for the elderly and disabled residents of the County. Through hard work and dedication, they’ve successfully funded six buses providing door-todoor service, four days a week.

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The Fair has set high standards for itself and will continue to provide country hospitality, entertainment and agricultural education for families of rural or urban background.

At the Fair, enjoy produce, home craft, local school, and handcraft displays. Take in the Agricultural Showcase. For the western horse enthusiast, new this year, there are ranch competitions on Saturday (Aug. 2) and Extreme Cowboy Races on Sunday (Aug. 3). Simply charming is the Junior Fair Ambassador Contest on Friday and the

Baby Show on Sunday.

The Fair starts with a smash at the Demolition Derby on its new night, Friday (Aug. 1) at 7:30 p.m. Antique Tractor, Farm Stock and new Lawn & Garden Tractor Pulls run Saturday, and the 4x4 Pickup Truck Pulls on Sunday. All local pullers are invited to compete. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget to take in the 5th Annual Go Kart Races under the lights on Sunday night. The Horse and Pony Pulls round off the four-day fair on their new day â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Monday (Aug. 4).

For lots of excitement, organizers welcome back the Pig Scramble on Sunday, as well as several other events in the Livestock Pavilion including Local Products.

For quieter surroundings, sit and enjoy the fairgroundsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; beautiful tree-shaded park, complete with picnic tables and a wide variety of entertainment on the park stage every afternoon. Grandstand entertainment will be featured on both Friday and Saturday.

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Spring: The ever popular Easter Egg Hunt is always a great time for the young ones as they help Peter Cottontail find his missing eggs in time for Easter.

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Roaster consumed by fire Production unaffected

by Jeff Moore AgriNews Staff Writer HESTERVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x2C6;THE NoRTH DuNDaS FIRE DEpaRTmENT waS CaLLED To THE SCENE oF a FouR-

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Upon arrival they found the building fully involved and two extra water trucks were called in from the neighbouring Williamsburg Fire Station.

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replaced. But the soybean contents of those four overhead bins did survive the fire, co-owner Marty Derks told The AgriNews on Tues., June 3.

Derks also assured that â&#x20AC;&#x153;production wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be affectedâ&#x20AC;? at the business. A mobile roasting unit will be brought in next week, allowing the operation to continue while rebuilding gets underway as soon as

possible, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Anyone who needs beans or product can still get it through us,â&#x20AC;? added Derks.

When contacted on July 3, one month after the fire, Derks confirmed they had the temporary roaster in place and have not missed any orders due to the fire.

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the product inside was not affected. Derks pointed out the silos were insulated and that was enough to save the beans inside.

One of the silosâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; tops did receive damage and will be replaced. The Derksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; are working closely with their insurance company and the plan is to have the new building and roaster in and operational

by September.

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DateLine East Region July 9 Growing Your Farm Profits - Workshop, Tweed ON July 9 & 16 - Growing Your Farm Profits Workshop 10am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3pm Start the business planning process by attending this FREE two-dayinteractive workshop. You will: Assess business management practices. Determine priorities and key goals, develop realistic action plans, learn about cost-share funding opportunities. Register online atwww.ontariosoilcrop.org July 10 Environmental Farm Plan â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Workshop, Napanee, ON, 10am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3pm Producers are invited to attend free EFP (Fourth Edition) 2 dayWorkshops to learn more about: Best management practices, Develop anaction plan for their farm , Learn about cost share fundingopportunities Register online at www.ontariosoilcrop.org July 10 Prince Edward Federation of Agriculture Monthly Director Meeting, OPP Office Boardroom, County Rd. 1, (Schoharie Road), Picton, ON 7:30pm - 10pm, All Welcome! Contact Patti Stacey at 613-476-3842 or email princeedwardfarm-

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North Gower Grains annual open house

From left: at the company’s 7th annual open house event that drew a lunchtime crowd of 450, North Gower Grains co-owner Dwight Foster speaks with clients Harold McPhail and Wesley Thom, both of Almonte. Among those at the serving table for the June 25 event was Tenylle Burwash, photographed carrying a pie tray.

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Promoting a one-day opportunity to forward contract corn at $200 per tonne (a $25 premium over the regular price for that day) were, from left, office assistant Diane Casselman, North Gower Grains co-owner Ruth Ann Foster and daughter Delores Foster (who also works at BMO). Those in attendance at the annual event were informed that an anticipated good crop south of the border, which is more likely even when there are wet areas, will likely depress corn prices further as time goes on.

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Endurance Ride Continued from page 44 where the horses are checked for heart rate, temperature, breathing and obvious injuries. The rider then runs the horse through a small obstacle course to get its heart rate up and the vets and judges recheck the animal.

If they deem everything is okay the horse is then cleared for the beginning of the run. The horse and rider are then numbered and the rider and tack is weighed and then they saddle up and go to the timekeepers area and then they begin at staggered times or together.

There are four different distances in the competition; there are 80 km senior and junior, 120 km senior and junior, and 160 km senior only. There was also a 43 km set speed course for new and inexperienced riders. In each distance, which is called a loop, there are stops for the horses to take a rest. In the 80 km run there are two 40minute stops.

In the 120 km run there are four stops, the first two stops are for 40 minutes, the third stop is 50 minutes and the fourth stop is for 44 minutes. In the 160 km run there are five stops, the first two for 40 minutes the next for 50 minutes and the final two for 40 minutes.

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The AgriNews July, 2014 Page 45 horse has to go through the vetting area but not before the horseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heart rate comes down to 64 beats per minute.

To get the heart rate down the team waters the horse down to cool it and it was an abnormally hot weekend.

This is important because if the horse is in good physical shape the heart rate will come down quicker but the 40 minutes doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t start until the horse goes through the vetting area. The better shape the horse is in the faster the horse gets back on the trail.

For example, if one horse comes into camp and it takes three minutes to get the heart rate down the total stoppage will be 43 minutes, but if a second horse come to camp and its heart rate takes 12 minutes the horse will be held for 52 minutes, thus the first horse gained nine minutes at the stoppage over the second horse. The horse has only 20 minutes to get the heart rate down or it will be disqualified.

The loops were marked with signs and ribbons showing different distances. The different loop distances were 33, 26.7, 23.5, 27 and 21.5 kilometers. There were water troughs sporadically placed along these routes for the animals to get a drink and a splash to cool them down.

The popularity of this event is the fastest growing equine sport in world.

Dr. Art King was one of the Endurance Runâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Veterinarians in the vetting area checking the horseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pulse and breathing and making sure the animal was good to go for the next loop of the competition.

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The winners of the Stormont run on Sat., June 28, for the senior 160 km were Melody Blittersdorf who finished first becoming the AHA Regional Champion, second place went to Dessia Miller and third place went to Lee Hutten.

In the senior 120 km run the winner was Valerie Kanavy (former world champion) and second place went to Mary Howell. The 120 km junior winner was Nayar Vinaver.

The winner of the 80 km senior run was Wendy MacCoubrey, second was Renee Ailles, third place went to Mandy Jensen Van Doorn, fourth place went to Laura Rye and fifth place went to Elaine Jensen Van Doorn.

In the junior 80 km run the winner was Stephane McLeod, second place went to Heather Nielson and coming in third was Laura Austin.

On Sun., June 29, the winner of the 120 km senior run was Monica Grundmann.

The winner of the 80 km senior run was Wendy MacCoubrey, Nancy Zukewich came in second, Leah Jensen Van Doorn came in third, Jenna Jensen Van Doorn came in fourth and Kelsa Staffa finished in fifth.

In the final run of the day for the 80 km junior run Kelsey Russell took first place followed by teammate Natalia Balcazar de Wasseige in second and in third Emily Stemmler.

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A grand showing at Maxville Fair Pamela Pearson AgriNews Staff Writer AXVILLE — ThE MAXVILLE SprIng hoLSTEIn Show wAS hELd on JunE 21 AT ThE MAXVILLE FAIrgroundS. JudgE BruCE ModE, oF VAnLEEk hILL, JudgEd 141 hoLSTEInS - 73 In ThE JunIor dIVISIon And 68 In ThE MILkIng CLASS. The show also featured 4H showmanship classes.

The top three in the first class were Conor Halpenny (Grenville), Marion Leroux (Ste-Anne de Prescott) and Matthew McOuat (La Chute). In the second class, Jess Wales (Lennox and Addington), placed first followed by Dayna Snowdon (Grenville) And Steve Glaude (Glengarry).

The following are the top three holsteins in each class and their exhibitors.

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Intermediate Calf First: Ms Opportunity Lil Bonus-Et - Jamie and Petra Black. Daniel and Helene Meier and Michael Heath; Second: Leachfield Atwood Patsy - Breamont Holsteins and Frankhaven Holsteins; Third: Delcreek Little Minion - Peter Rylaarsdam Senior Calf First: Sagamie Atwood Mikaela - Lookout Holsteins and Crackholm Holsteins; Second: Roggua Fever Raski - Barclay Phoenix and Jamie Black; Third: Eastwest Lj Destry Mcintosh Et - Alana Mckinven and Amelie and Charlotte Borba Summer Yearling First: Dubeau Brokaw Voodoo Child - Velthuis Farms; Second: Trent Valley HP - Lookout Holsteins and Gerald D.

Halbach; Third: Delcreek Muff Diver - Peter Rylaarsdam ; Junior Yearling First: Sicy Ballet Atwood Ferme Yvon Sicard And Ghyslain Demers; Second: Delcreek Roll The Dice Molly and Kyle Mcguire, Jamie and Petra Black and Triple T Holsteins; Third: DCC Wrigglys Black Pearl - Michel Beaulieu 4-h Championship Champion: Delcreek Little Minion shown by Dayna Snowdon; Reserve: Elmcroft Dempsey Avery shown by Patrick Baird; and Honorable Mention: Polestar GW Ring The Bell shown by Connor Halpenny winter Yearling, sponsored by Cornwall and Hawkesbury First: Devans Remark Dempsey - Robert D. Macdonald and Bethany Macdonald; Second: Gendarra Goldn Revolver - Gendarra Farm; Third: Gen-Com Lauthority Mariska - Gen-Com. Continued on page 47

Delcreek Holsteins, of Winchester, won both Junior Breeders Herd and Premier Junior Breeder at the Maxville Fair Holstein Show on June 21. From left: Dayna Snowdon with Delcreek Little Minon (Champion 4-H Division, 3rd - Intermediate Calf class), Iris Wolfenseberger with Delcreek Sneaky Sneaky, Jon Rylaarsdam with Delcreek Roll The Dice (placed second in Junior Yearling class), Mike Black, Ian Mathers and Jimmy Williams.

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Maxville Continued from page 46 Senior Yearling, sponsored by Cornwall and Hawkesbury First: Brookhill Amazing Reaction - Montdale Holsteins and Mountain Echo; Second: Pavue Windbrook Lavender Lookout Holsteins and Gerald D. Halbach and Crackholm Holsteins; Third: Crater Moonshine Sid Velthuis Farms Junior Breeder’s Herd, sponsored by Cornwall and Hawkesbury First: Delcreek Holsteins; Second: Harvestacre Junior Champion: Devans Remark Dempsey; Reserve Junior Champion: Sicy Ballet Atwood; Honorable Mention: Sagamie Atwood Mikaela Junior Premier Breeder: Peter Rylaarsdam; Reserve Junior Breeder: Ferme Yvon Sicard; Junior Premier Exhibitor Velthuis Farms Reserve Junior Exhibitor: Breamont Holsteins and Frankhaven Holsteins Junior 2 Year Old, sponsored by Embryobec First: Grillsdale Dundee Workout -Gen-C0M; Second: Gen-Com Lauthority Elya (Best Udder) - Gen-Com Holstein; Third: Dortholme Goldwyn Alexis Crackholm Holsteins and Rob Heffernan and Lookout Holsteins Senior 2 Year Old, sponsored by Co-op Federee/Agri-Est First: Crovalley Sid A La Crème - Ferme Blondin; Second: Willow-Marsh Sundance-Red - Ferme Blondin; Third: Lookout Goldwyn Lalia (Best Udder) - Lookout Holsteins and Eloc Farm Junior 3 Year Old, sponsored by Banque Nationale Du Canada First: Blondin Goldwyn Kally (Best Udder)- GenCom Holsteins; Second: Ms Rollnvw Gold Delilah-Et Hodglynn Holsteins and Little Star Holsteins; Third: Blondin Sid Symphony Ferme Blondin and Nelson E. Ziehlsdorff Senior 3 Year Old, sponsored by The Commonwealth Mutual Insurance Group, Alexandria

The AgriNews July, 2014 Page 47 First: Charwill Attic Marcy Gen-Com Holstein; Second: Brookvilla Goldwyn Brooks - Hodglynn Holsteins, Kevin Doeberiener and Michael Heath; Third: Mystique Goldwyn Boreale (Best Udder) - Ferme Blondin and Ferme Mystique Champion: Charwill Attic Marcy; Reserve Champion: Brookvilla Goldwyn Brooks; Honorable Mention: Grillsdale Dundee Workout 4 Year Old, sponsored by Jamieson Campbell Ltd. Purina, Monkland First: MS Atwood Madison Pleasant Nook, Glenvue, Opportunity and Marty Unholzer; Second: McIntosh Xmas T - Trent Valley and Jason Mell; Third: Kingsway Goldwyn Abba Dabba (Best Udder) - Trent Valley and Jason Mell 5 Year Old, sponsored by New Life Mills, Inkerman First: Drumlee Mischief Denison - Ferme Blondin and Butz-Hill Holstein; Second: Cobequid Goldwyn Leno - Yvon Sicard, Pierre Boulet, Ghyslain Demers and Butz-Hill Holstein; Third: Patience Dundee Precious Breamont Holsteins and Frankhaven Holsteins .

Mature Cow, sponsored by Eastern Ontario Holstein Council First: Roggua Dundee Evelyne - Ferme Yvon Sicard and Ghyslain Demers; Second: EBY016 PSS Trinity (Best Udder) Pleasant Nook; Third: Meadow Green Jeany Outside - Ferme Blondin Senior Breeders’ Herd, sponsored by: Dr. Brian MacNaughton First: Mcintosh; Second: Blondin; Third Knonaudale; 4th: Gen-Com Grand Champion: Roggua Dundee Evelyne (sponsored by Eastgen) Reserve Grand Champion: Drumlee Mischief Denison (sponsored by Scotiabank) Honorable Mention: MS Atwood Madison Premier Breeder: Ferme Blondin; Reserve Breeder: Gen-Com Holstein Premier Exhibitor: Ferme Blondin Reserve Exhibitor: Gen-Com Holstein

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