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Flour mill expansion opens in Morrisburg

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From left, SD&G Warden Eric Duncan, Allan Meabry of Cornwall & The Counties CFDC, South Dundas Mayor Evonne Delegarde, Mountain Path Founder Bob Hogg, Paul Gorman of Signature Foods and Tom Manley of Homestead Organics, owner of the Morrisburg plant facility.

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The mill, capable of milling up to a quartertonne of flour per hour, was purchased from Bob Hogg, founder of Mountain Path Co-Op near Mountain, Ont. Mountain Path was founded

by Hogg in 1983 on his farm, converting an old barn into the flour mill.

Hogg sold the operation recently, with the distribution and operation of Mountain Path being purchased by Signature Foods in Ottawa, and the milling operation purchased by Homestead Organics. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is the only stoneground mill that is able to produce the volume, using traditional methods in Eastern Ontario,â&#x20AC;? said Paul Gorman, president of Signature Foods and new owner of Mountain Path. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The commitment of quality and the amount of effort Tom and his team have put into this is top notch, and I am very proud to be associated with it.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is the next step in the progression of Homestead Organics here in Eastern Ontario,â&#x20AC;? stated Tom Manley, owner of Homestead Organics.

Homestead Organics currently employs 18 people between the two locations. Four in Morrisburg, two telecommute from home and the balance in the Berwick location. Manley has operated the company since 1997 after taking over the company from his parents.

The feed and farm supplies business is located in Berwick, with the seed cleaning and now flour milling operations residing in Morrisburg. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With the eventual hope, given the capital resources required, to move everything to Morrisburg,â&#x20AC;? said Manley.

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Homestead Continued from page 2 The relocation of the mill from Hoggâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s property in Mountain to Morrisburg and setup was managed

by Manleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son, Yannick, millwright Pierre Grègoire, and some part-time help. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We did the work in the winter and started training mid May,â&#x20AC;? stated Manley. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now we enter production.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are very fortunate in not just Dundas County but in SD&G to have a very strong agriculture sector,â&#x20AC;? said Eric Duncan, warden for the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the last several years, in the last decade, the growth of the Ag-sector is really going and having an impact nationally and internationally. This is a great example of that.â&#x20AC;?

Homestead Organics applied for and received $18,390.00 in funding from the Eastern Ontario Development Program (EODP) which accounted for 20 per cent of the total cost of the expansion.

Funding for EODP was enhanced by the federal government in 2013.

The $48-million contribution is to fund the EODP until 2018. It is managed by FedDev Ontario, and the 15 Community Futures Development Program agencies in Eastern Ontario. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Agriculture diversification in Eastern Ontario is very important,â&#x20AC;?

Tom Manley, owner of Homestead Organics, explains the flour hopper functions with Eric Duncan, warden for SD&G. stated Allan Meabry, director of the Cornwall and the Counties Community Futures Development Corporation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The EODP program is to help in diversification, create employment and business expansion.â&#x20AC;?

The mill is able to mill most grains from buckwheat to quinoa. Grains are sourced as local as possible in Eastern Ontario, or Southern Ontario. Grains like quinoa are imported from Peru. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To change out from milling one type of grain to another only takes a few minutes,â&#x20AC;? said Manley of the versatility of the mill. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We can mill bread flour, pastry flour, Kamut, spelt, rice, chick peas, corn, buckwheat, red-fife wheat, anything that is not an oil-seed.â&#x20AC;?

The system consists of a stonemill, with two vertically-mounted stones that almost touch when

milling, a hammer-mill, and two types of sifters, one coarse, one fine. With this, the mill is able to produce many different types of products from whole grain flour, where the bran is introduced back into the product using the hammer-mill, or a sifted flour where the bran is sifted out. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The bran is what has the nutrients in it,â&#x20AC;? stated Hogg. The bran can also be collected and sold as a food grain separately.

There is no bleaching of any of the products. Homestead Organics does not remove the germ from the bran, so it also does not have to fortify, or introduce back into the flour nutrients that were removed with the germ. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By leaving the germ in the flour you have naturally-occurring vitamin A and vitamin D, you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to fortify,â&#x20AC;? stated Manley.

Larger operations, claimed Manley, remove the germ from the flour when sifting, and therefore have to fortify the flour with vitamins by federal law.

Quality control of the product is key with Homestead Organics, with sampling of grains occurring before receipt, sampling and testing afterwards. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you do the quality control upfront, you are sure of the quality in the end,â&#x20AC;? stated Manley. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our focus with Mountain Path is a focus on locally-grown, locallyprocessed, certified-organic, sold and baked and consumed locally, as much as possible.â&#x20AC;?

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Editorial The human condition Generosity and empathy… reaching out to fellow man – and woman – when times are tough.

These are definitely some of the more admirable components of the human condition and they’re often kicked into high gear in rural Ontario when neighbours hit difficult times.

The classic example is the benefit afternoon or evening held in halls across the countryside to raise funds for those who find themselves temporarily derailed by illness, accident or fire.

The ingredients are pretty much transferrable: A silent auction, entertainment, and a lunch, sometimes at midnight to help level off a drinking crowd before any cars leave the parking lot.

There’s one such event coming up at the Colonnade Golf & Country Club, Joyceville, July 25, starting at 7 p.m., on behalf of Matt and Jill Carver who recently lost their barn and 30 milk cows June 7 in a deliberately set fire. It took three fire departments to extinguish the blaze; damage has been set at $2-million.

A photo on a benefit promotional poster shows the picture-perfect couple who took over scenic Stoneden Holsteins from Mel McLean and family… only to be smacked five weeks later by a dairy farmer’s worst fear.

Tickets for the benefit are $20. Donations are also being accepted.

All the classic ingredients have been incorporated, a silent auction, DJ dance and late buffet.

Going by the size of the organizing committee, the couple’s plight has tugged on a lot of heartstrings. There are 12 names and phone numbers on the poster advertising the event. One of them is our 4-H friend Ruth Shannon, 613-353-2341.

Ruth says an area 18-year-old has been charged with causing the fire. No motive is known. What is known is that he was a group home resident who had applied for work with neighbours along Maple Grove Road and ended up helping out at Stoneden.

“The farm had just changed hands May 1,” Ruth says. “The former owner was still working there with Matt at the time of the fire.”

Sandy Thomson (613-382-7965), a neighbour and part of the benefit organizing committee, was among the first to arrive at the fire scene.

She says up to 50 calves and heifers that weren’t in the barn were spared to be part of a herd expected to be rebuilt with the help of donated embryos.

From Napanee, Matt has been seeking advice on rebuilding the main barn while awaiting arrival of Jill from the West where she was teaching.

Organizers are hoping to get at least 300 out to the benefit, partly to raise money towards the rebuilding effort because insurance never covers all the costs.

It’s also in part to demonstrate to newcomers Matt and Jill they’ve moved into a caring farm community.

Human artifacts Russell grain farmer and rural past promoter Henry Staal has another project up his sleeve. Actually, it’s more like he’s wearing it on his sleeve.

Like his Vintage Iron & Traditions colleague Francois Latour featured in Agrigab across the page, Henry never remains idle for very long.

Henry’s latest focus is creation of a book to celebrate some of the early Eastern Ontario instigators of collecting and keeping out of the dump agricultural and other rural artifacts.

Henry maintains the early collectors are like artifacts themselves, and their contribution and memory must be preserved just as much as the items they saved from being lost forever.

“That’s the point of the book. If we don’t do it, the names and activities will eventually be forgotten.”

He’s calling on members of Vintage Iron and others to put together short histories of worthy candidates for the book, be it themselves or others. He’s looking for one-page write-ups describing personal and collection histories, with one or two photos to go with each one.

“Right now, there’s no way of predicting how big the book will be, what format it’ll follow, how much it’ll cost or when it’ll be published. All those things will be decided later when we know how many stories we’ll be getting in.”

He sees about 100 pages as a good start. A Volume 2 can always be produced if enough new entries are received. The Vintage Iron club will fund the project up front and recover costs through sales.

“The project won’t work unless we get the stories and photos. There’s no real deadline but we need all those with an interest to put some time into this sooner rather than later.”

This is certainly a worthy effort. Henry can be reached at 613-445-2097.

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Going for the Guinness Francois Latour had a dream… and now it’s poised to become reality.

And Eastern Ontario residents can get ready to witness a world record get smashed to pieces right before their eyes.

A high-octane type dedicated to promotion and preservation of agricultural antiques, the Embrun contractor has always wanted to be in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Why? Well, he’d make a splash for both himself and for the importance of the past, especially in rural Ontario. For years, he’s been receiving a new Guinness Book as a Christmas present which he reads cover-to-cover. If they can do it, why couldn’t he?

He finally hit upon a possible route into the big book… a gathering of working, pre-combine threshing machines, a bigger gathering than any previously held anywhere in the world.

Believe it or not – and I was surprised to learn about it – there’s already a record registered in the Guinness Book in this category. And, wouldn’t you know it, the record was set by other Canadians.

It was in 2013 that the Old Tyme Harvest and Hunger Festival at Langenburg, Sask., drew 41 threshers that harvested wheat for 15 minutes straight. That got the Old Tyme’rs in the book.

Vice-president of Vintage Iron & Traditions of Eastern Ontario (VITEO), Francois isn’t satisfied to just topple the record; he wants to at least double the number of threshers taking part. He’s now expecting at least 80 working old-school harvesters to show up when he attempts to enter the Guinness Book at St. Albert, Aug. 15.

Francois’ supporters – and there are many – have noted the St. Albert competitors have to go big or go home in order to discourage another group from taking a run at the thresher record any time soon.

The attempt is being organized by Francois and a committee, independently of VITEO which supports the effort. Some club members are entering their machines into the anticipated record-breaking event; Francois himself has 12 threshers entered… and that’s not even his entire collection. He plans for at least 40 tractors and volunteer drivers to help jockey threshers on the big day. Like I said, go big or go home.

The 2015 St. Albert Curd Festival is being designed around the threshing event set for 33 acres adjacent to the factory. The theme for the 22nd edition of the festival Aug. 12-16 is “A Year of Records.”

Francois had originally intended to stage the

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by Tom VanDusen record run at the 2015 International Plowing Match in Stormont County. However, an agreement couldn’t be worked out.

Surrounded by members of his organizing committee, all of them sporting personalized World Record vests, Francois was on hand at the cheese factory recently for the project’s official kickoff.

Committee vice-chairman Denis Lauzon says organizing activities are heating up, with thresher owners from various parts of Ontario and Quebec expressing interest in participating. To date, the thresher coming the furthest is from Kamouraska, east of Quebec City.

All participants will be officially recognized for their involvement in the run for the Guinness record. Each will receive a commemorative pitch fork and they’ll be issued bracelets good for prime parking that’ll also allow them to tour the full festival.

All are invited after the event to a banquet for up to 600 people at the nearby Crysler Arena. Tickets at $20 each will soon be on sale, with net proceeds to be directed to breast cancer research.

As a warmup, a parade of some 20 threshers will take place Aug. 3 along the highways of Eastern Ontario, beginning in St. Eugene at 7 a.m., en route to St. Albert for 4 p.m.

A lunch stop will take place at Glengarry Pioneer Museum, Dunvegan, where curator Jennifer Black is “very excited” to be part of such a rare event.

Two weeks prior to the big day, grain planted for the occasion will be cut and stooked to give it time to dry for harvesting. Even that part of the project should be a crowd-pleaser because stooks in the field are rarely seen these days.

Aug. 12, several more threshers will parade from Casselman and Embrun to St. Albert. Francois points out that most of the harvesters have to be on site prior to Aug. 15 because trying to get them all there the same day would cause total havoc.

As it is, what with the normal massive crowd attracted to the festival, the extra interest generated by the threshing event may see visitors parking as far away as Casselman. There’s been no word yet on a possible shuttle service.

Traffic aside, we’re in for a treat. Thanks Francois!

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International Plowing Match Royalty – Queen of the Furrow

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DG—Fabienne KaGi, Stormont County’S Queen oF the Furrow, iS movinG it

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international PlowinG matCh (iPm) only a Few Short monthS away.

For more than half a century, the Queen of the Furrow has been an important part of the IPM. Encouraging leadership in the agricultural industry, the first coronation took place in Elgin County in 1960. This important tradition will continue at the 2015 Stormont Dundas Glengarry IPM and Rural Expo in Finch, Sept. 22-26.

During their reign, Queens of the Furrow act as ambassadors promoting agriculture in their region and representing their county at the IPM each autumn. Young women 18 to 24 years of age are judged on their plowing skills, public speaking and on the outcome of an interview process.

Stormont’s current queen, Kagi, represented her county at the 2014 IPM in Ivy, Simcoe County, last September, placing second runner-up. She competed and retained her title at the county match in October and will vie for the provincial title once again in Finch at the 2015 IPM.

A 4-H Calf Club member for 12 years and a Stormont Holstein Club director, she has shown dairy heifers at local and regional shows, winning an All Canadian nomination for her 4-H calf a few years ago. “I was very proud of that nomination and still own that cow,” she says.

She continues to show daughters of that cow at both regional and national levels.

It has been a particularly busy year for the Stormont Queen with added responsibilities and expectations given the 2015 IPM will be held in SDG. During her two-year reign as Stormont Queen of the Furrow, Kagi has spent many hours volunteering and promoting agriculture. She looks for any opportunity to promote the event, including driving the 2015 IPM demo car at the Stormont County Fair Demolition Derby. “I am both excited and proud to have the IPM here in SDG,” she says.

“Something like this doesn’t happen every day and it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”

Earlier this year she took on the role of chairperson of the IPM Farm Shows Committee. Organizing volunteers and looking after the logistics of putting information displays at

farm shows, fairs and special events is a demanding and time-consuming job in the months leading up to the match.

Helping to make the 2015 IPM a success is doubly important as the match really is in Kagi’s own backyard. The farm north of Finch has been her home since she moved there with

her family from Switzerland when she was three months old. The Kagis, Holstein breeders and cash croppers, are one of seven farm families providing acreage for the 1,100-acre IPM site.

Kagi obtained both an advanced BusinessAccounting Diploma from St. Lawrence College and a Bachelor of Business Administration, from Laurentian University in just four and a half years. Currently working Continued on page 6

Reigning Ontario Queen of the Furrow Laura Price of Simcoe County (left) with Fabienne Kagi, Stormont County Queen.

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From walking plow to surfing Google for centenarian plowman

by Glenda Eden Special to The AgriNews on behalf of the SDG IPM DG — At 100 yeArS of AGe, fAy ShAver of MAxville CoulD

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Raised on a 100-acre farm at the north end of old Osnabruck Township, Stormont County, he recalls the autumn landscape and what was surely the impetus for the plowing match tradition.

“After the farmers had harvested their crops and plowed their fields, it was a panoramic vista of plowed land throughout the country,” he says. “A drive through the countryside showed various degrees of good plowing, some excellent and many not-sogood.”

“They were good plowmen,” he says of his neighbours in Sandtown, a diminished hamlet barely recognizable today on the Sandtown Road. They were competitive, many trying to out-plow each other. “In the fall, it was a picture to see.”

Contemporary plowmen compete locally at county matches but in the early days when Fay was a young man, the province was divided into provincial districts with townships also holding their own matches, he explains.

In their teens and twenties, Fay and his cousin Roy Shaver tore up the roads back in the 1930s, attending a half dozen or more plowing matches each fall, mostly in the five Eastern Counties. They were good plowmen, qualifying often for international and regional matches.

When the matches were too far from home for their own horses, he and Roy would haul their plows by trailer behind the car and compete with teams provid-

ed by local farmers. Fay plowed with an 8 ½ inch narrow plow and Roy used a 10 inch jointer plow. “Our coulters were sharp enough to cut meat,” he boasts.

Similar plows compete in the horse- and walkingplow classes at plowing matches today.

He was 22 years old and newly married to his bride Orlean when he drove his own team to D.L. MacLennan’s farm for the 1936 International Plowing Match (IPM) on the South Branch Road, north of Cornwall. It was an advantage to compete with his own team and possible only because there was a family connection and he was able to board them at the MacLennan farm. He can’t recall how he placed at the 1936 match.

But, he does recall plowing with Roy at the 1939 Leeds & Grenville IPM. It was held near Brockville at the Ontario Hospital and adjoining farms. Like many institutions of that era, the facility for the mentally ill included its own farm. The Salada Tea Company sponsored classes at local matches and the winners could go on to compete at the IPM. The top two plowmen in that class won trips to plowing matches in Scotland. “I qualified at our local plowing match, plowed in the Salada Tea Class at the IPM and placed 12th in a class of over 60 plowmen,” he says.

Roy also qualified for an IPM near Guelph and Fay travelled up with him.

“Personally, I learned many lessons that helped me in later years,” he says. But, the highlight of that trip was a stop at Queen’s University in Kingston. “It was the first time I’d ever seen a football game,” he says.

Forgetting not the furrows of the past

From a team of draft horses to the digital age, 100-yearold plowman Fay Shaver’s room at the Maxville Manor includes the computer and internet connection he uses every day. Shaver first competed in the 1936 International Plowing Match, held in the same county as the upcoming 2015 SDG IPM, taking place Sept. 22-26 in Finch.

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Plowman Continued from page 6 Although it was thought he would eventually farm alongside Roy on half of their great-grandfather John Shaver’s United Empire Loyalist land grant, it didn’t turn out that way.

The Great Depression overshadowed the halcyon days of the autumn plowing match. During the 1930s, Fay worked for a time building houses and taking correspondence courses from the Cornwall Business College. Most of his professional life was spent as an industrial accountant at the Nestlé plant in Chesterville.

Cousin Roy Shaver continued to compete, was an accomplished plowman and served as president of the Ontario Plowmen’s Association in 1950. Fay was long off the farm when the 1958 IPM was held in Crysler. He didn’t compete that year but did attend as a plowing coach.

From a horse-drawn walking plow to Google and Microsoft, Fay Shaver has not just witnessed but experienced the technologi-

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Plowmen, 4-H Plowing Clubs and curious onlookers got a small scale preview of the 2015 Stormont Dundas and Glengarry International Plowing Match and Rural Expo(IPM) at the Ontario Plowmen’s Association’s annual Plowing Day on May 30. The demonstration and coaching event held annually in advance of the IPM for prospective competitors included contemporary tractors and plows, antiques and horses. Above, Kim Hadwen of Belleville brought Jake and Roy, his team of heavy horses, to the plow day at David Brown’s farm north of Ingleside. Hadwen is show here with grandson Tristan Boutilier, 12. also of Belleville. The youngster has been competing at the IPM for three years and will return to compete at the 2015 IPM at Finch, Sept. 22-26.

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He bought his first computer in 1995 while caring for his wife. He is remarkably proficient and uses emails and the internet most days.

And, because his eyesight isn’t what it used to be, finds the computer screen

easier to read than books and newspapers. From time to time, he has also used his computer skills to help staff at the Maxville Manor, the care facility he has been living in for several years now.

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Dundas Glengarry IPM and Rural Expo just a few short miles from his childhood home, every effort is being made to get Fay to Finch this September. “They say they’re going to get me there somehow,” he says with optimistic enthusiasm.

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Blowing in the wind

Editorial

The Ontario Landowners Association and Prescott Russell Landowners Association hosted a public meeting at the Russell Legion recently. It was a Friday night, the beginning of the weekend, a beautiful June evening, warm with clear skies. But I was stuck, along with about 50 other people, inside a hall listening to association members talk about the proposed installation of wind turbines in Eastern Ontario. Or at least thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why I thought I was there.

Turbines are being pitched for the Nation Township, North Stormont Township, St. Isidore area as well as other parts of Eastern Ontario, and rumours swirl about proposed units south of Russell Township.

Wind power has become a divisive issue locally. Some people support them as renewable energy, a source of jobs and a source of income for landowners. Others oppose them because of negative effects on birds and bats, potential health effects, noise, eyesores, effects on local roads, encumbering title, and because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seen as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Liberal.â&#x20AC;?

And that was a big part of the Landowners Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pitch on Friday night. Speakers I heard included Philip Mayr, president of the P-R Landowners; Tom Black, president of the Ontario Landowners; Conservative MPP Jack MacLaren (and former Ontario Landowners Assoc. president); and Liz Marshall, research director with the Ontario Landowners.

All speakers slammed the Green Energy Act, which has been far less â&#x20AC;&#x153;greenâ&#x20AC;? than it was originally touted to be, and proceeded to slam the Wynne provincial government, which is fine. There are lots of reasons to slam governments these days, especially in this part of the country. I get it.

However, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only wind and solar farms which are responsible for our outrageous electricity billsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; although the feed-in tariff which paid more for power than it sold is a factor. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only certain political parties which spend too much time with lobbyists (otherwise known as back-room deals). I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suitable to come to address people who state their concerns are about conserva-

tionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;then rant about how protecting Bobolinks (which seems to be the go-to species to hate) is ridiculous and against Canadiansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; rights, then talk about failed attempts to use the Endangered Species Act to prevent turbines.

But to spend 20 minutes talking about the provincial Conservativesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; plans to win the next electionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;including a lengthy section on reaching out to new immigrants in Torontoâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;at a rural meeting about community concerns is out and out campaigning. It is totally inappropriate.

That, however, is what MPP MacLaren did. He spoke as if he was meeting with Conservative Party supporters, and there were certainly some in the room, but the chill deepened the longer he went on. Besides, how will changing governments stop wind and solar energy? Does any new government change something they will benefit from?

(To be fair, it's not just Conservative politicians who grandstand at important meetings. After the ice storm of 1998, this writer attended a tree health workshop, at which then-MPP Jean-Marc Lalonde took up half the time talking about things the federal Liberal government had done for us following a natural disaster.)

All that aside, the Landownersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; current argument is that wind power corporations can encumber title thereby preventing the sale or mortgaging of land. Although their understanding of surface lease and right-of-way agreements seemed faulty, depending on the agreement signed with the company, it appears that may sometimes, potentially, be an issue. The suggested solution, however, to ask municipalities to ban all such encumbrances, seems impossible legally and unenforceable by Land Registry Offices. Throughout the evening the speakers said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am not a lawyer. This is not legal advice,â&#x20AC;? but they proceeded to give what sure sounded like legal advice to me.

So the next day I phoned a real, practising lawyer, Don Good, who strongly advises that potential leasers consult a lawyer specializing in farm practices before signing any

lease agreement, but doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t advise a strict stay-away policy.

A lease may well be financially beneficial, but lease documents are not standardized so should be carefully gone over by an experienced lawyer, and the risks to leasing, including financial ones, carefully weighed.

I also spoke to Ron Barr, who had emceed the meeting, asking if he was concerned that wind power opponents were possibly preventing themselves and their neighbours from making a nice chunk of change. He agreed that all sides in the issue need to be heard.

I know people in Alberta who have wind power leases on their farmland. Those people appear to benefit from them the same way they benefit from oil/gas or pipeline leases. They are well paid and having those leases is seen as an asset by buyers and lenders. However, most companies there have taken a less heavy-handed approach, because farmers, used to dealing with the oilpatch, now have well-established rights, which was not the case until about 50 years ago.

So it is important for landowners to establish rights in this burgeoning area. It is also incumbent on governments at all levels to pay attention to complaintsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;many of which are related to volume and placement of turbines. Putting hundreds of turbines on an important shorebird migratory route seems a painfully obvious mistake. Surrounding rural homes with turbines so that there is never a quiet moment also seems bad. Forcing projects on communities which objectâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; bad again. (And we wait with bated breath to see if Premier Wynne keeps her promise to prevent exactly that, when the next round of renewable energy contracts is awarded later this year.)

Encumbering land in a way that affects title rightsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;more bad. But outlawing them completely in an age when renewable energy is finally becoming technologically reasonable?

Making it a â&#x20AC;&#x153;leftâ&#x20AC;? versus a â&#x20AC;&#x153;rightâ&#x20AC;? issue?

The Ontario Tories canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to win over the provinceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s votersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;even when an election is handed to them on a silver platter. Maybe constant electioneering based on ideology, instead of addressing all the facts, is part of the problem.

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Press, print and eat!

by Dr. Sylvain Charlebois A few weeks ago, Londoners were able to eat at the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first 3D printed, pop-up restaurant.

In early June, a Germanbased company introduced the wordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first plug-andplay food printer, which may be ready for shipping as early as 2016. With the lowering cost to produce this technology, making it increasingly accessible, 3D printing could fundamentally change our relationship with food.

Simply put, the process uses ingredients to generate three dimensional meals by placing layers of compounded food on top of each other. Since 2012, the food industry has used this technology to produce ubiquitous food products like candy, chocolate, pizza, noodles and even crackers. Despite its relative novelty, many companies are recognizing its potential, and how 3D food printing can revolutionize global food systems.  In particular, 3D printing could radically alter food production practices by enabling companies to manage resources more responsibly, and reduce waste across the food continuum whether you are a food processor, distributor or a consumer with leftovers. Indeed, many wellknown agribusiness corporations have already dedicated a great deal of time and research on 3D systems. There is a potential benefit to consumer health as well. For example,

Op/Ed PepsiCo recently announced that it is using 3D printing technology to develop a healthier potato chip; one of the most popular snack foods of all time.  Beyond manufacturing, 3D printing could also boost culinary creativity by allowing renowned Chefs to create shapes and forms previously thought impossible. Some have also argued that it can also give the food service industry the ability to customize products based on individual nutritional needs. Given our demographic challenges over the next few decades, this can become a key benefit. For example, many nursing homes in Germany already produce a 3D-printed food product called smoothfoods to residents who have difficulty ingesting food, or even chewing them. Regular smoothies have been on the menu, but havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t proved popular. Residents eating smoothfoods can receive all the nutrients they require, while enjoying an aesthetically pleasing meal.

As a result, the elderly can live healthier, higher quality lives.

More significantly, some experts believe 3D printing could effectively address global food security challenges; ingredients such as algae, duckweed, and grass could be imbedded into familiar dishes. A recent study in Holland added

milled mealworm to a shortbread cookie recipe though 3D printing. Most would agree that a cookieshaped food product is much more appetizing than the look and feel of a worm. By using insects and other protein sources, the growing need for protein the globe is currently experiencing, which adds increased pressure to beef and pork prices, could be mitigated.

Currently, 3D food printing still faces major obstacles. The technology remains expensive and complex. The engineering required to produce food is much more sophisticated than producing objects with metal and plastic. Food scientists also admit how difficult it is to effectively make edible meals in 3D food printing; ingredients in food interact in many complex ways, particularly with meats. At this point, taste-wise, 3D food printers are not known to produce great tasting food, and still do not have the overwhelming endorsement of the culinary world.

However, the technology is improving at an incredible pace, allowing us to

believe that very soon, anything in the realm of food might be possible.  The concept of 3D printed food is foreign to many of us, and may challenge our collective appreciation of where food comes from, and how it is produced. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s face it; when it comes to food, we are all traditionalists to some extent, and we are protective of our food heritage. Printing food is a drastic departure from the art of cooking as a way of celebrating natureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bounty.

The reality is, however, that we will have over nine billion people to feed in just a few years. One of the ways to responsibly address global food security challenges is to consider technology as a primary source for sustainable solutions, and to continue to consider alternatives to established food production systems as mere fads may not be the best approach.

The future of the dinner table may be as different, and as simple, as press print and eat. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Dr. Sylvain Charlebois is a Professor with the Food Institute at the University of Guelph

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Ontario agriculture roiled as urban politicians impose continentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first neonic ban

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The GFO is protesting the effect the new regulations â&#x20AC;&#x201D; first of their kind in North America â&#x20AC;&#x201D;will have on farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; yields, the provincial government is casting itself as the saviour of honeybee populations, while the NFU is celebrating the new rules. The first phase of whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expected to become a near-ban on

neonic-treated seed in Ontario took effect July 1.

Even among beekeepers, there is considerable debate over the state of honeybee populations, whether they are rising or falling, whether apiary practices are the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder, and whether other factors are causing bee die-off.

The most recent release from GFO states the federal Pest Management Regulatory Agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (PMRA) report shows an in-season decline in honeybee mortality, and suggests that shows federal recommendations for best practices with neonics use are the reason. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Ontario governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rush to regulate treated seed, without scientific basis, is dividing rural Ontario and further exacerbating the rural-urban divide. At the same time, agenda-driven, political appointees are fracturing

rural relationships,â&#x20AC;? says the press release, quoting GFO chair Mark Brock.

The release also takes a shot at Tibor Szabo, the appointed provincial advisor on pesticides and president of the Ontario Beekeepersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Association, stating Szabo threatened Ontario grain farmers, saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;when you apply chemicals to the environment, the Canadian law is whoever released the chemical is legally responsible for whatever effects there are.â&#x20AC;?

Brock then says beekeepers readily admit that poor hive management (starvation, weak colonies, fungal infections and mite infestations) and weather are likely to blame for bee mortalities.

The GFOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s earlier press release slammed the provincial governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new rules, which did not affect this springâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seeding but will next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

Reading those rules shows the bureaucratic mind at work. Rather than an outright ban, several conditions have to be met for neonics use in a field to be allowed. The process is time-consuming, doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work with the timing of crops, and requires a lot of paperworkâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;with which most businesses are already overwhelmed. All sides in the debate are referring to it as effectively a â&#x20AC;&#x153;banâ&#x20AC;?.

The GFOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tone implies that the provincial government is caving to special interest groups.

At the other extreme, the NFU press release welcomes the new regulations, which it says shows the provincial government is attentive to the issue. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bees and other insects are being exposed to neonicotinoids, not just during the planting of treated seeds, but for the whole growing season, because the insecticide is taken up by the plant and is

found in pollen, nectar and guttation droplets, as well as in soils and water bodies,â&#x20AC;? says Nathan Carey. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These new regulations reflect the need for precaution when it comes to protecting our pollinators.â&#x20AC;?

In the NFU press release, Karen Eatwell, NFU-Ontario president says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;As farmers, we know that we can succeed without using and paying for unnecessary seed treatments. The recently leaked PMRA draft report provides more evidence that there is little to no economic benefit from using neonicotinoids on corn and soybeans.â&#x20AC;? Her comment appears to deliberately contradict the GFUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s position.

Eatwell also points out a common thread when smaller businesses are threatened by the practices of bigger businesses in the same industryâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;mega-corporations and their lobbying tactics. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know that the powerful crop input and seed companies that sell these products will

push back.â&#x20AC;?

Discrediting opponents is a long-known and continuously-used strategy by groups trying to influence policy. The big corporations Eatwell obliquely refers to are some of the most powerful in the world, and famous for their push back and lobbying.

However, there are other farming practices, just as there are other beekeeping practices, that have negative environmental effects which in turn affect insect populations, both wild and domesticated. Perhaps all farmers should take a look at how their operation is affecting their neighbours.

Cutting down tree lines and reducing hay and pasture lands can have an immediate effect on neighbouring beehives, can reduce water quality and thereby fish populations, and increase dust and erosion, which tends to upset the person downwind.

Both sides claim science is on their side. Both sides claim their right to prosper in their chosen method of farming. Both sides quote Continued on page 11

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At the Alexandria Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market, Cedarcroft Honey from the Glenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Linda Burgess reported that her 75 hives are producing better this year. The Glengarry County resident is thrilled with Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s July 1 regulation governing use of neonicotinoid-treated seeds. While acknowledging that neonics are â&#x20AC;&#x153;not the complete problem,â&#x20AC;? she views the new law as a positive step. Burgess also expressed concern about the amount of clear-cutting of Eastern Ontario woodlands, with the resultant loss of trees and flowers, as a factor in the stress on pollinators.

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Neonics Continued from page 10 the PMRA. Both sides have points, but it is getting increasingly harder to see the truth behind the hyperbole. It is also interesting how both sides, which should both be interested in long-term health of the businesses, communities and ecosystems that support all farming enterprises, make negative comments on each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s practices.

In 2013, southern Ontario farmer Sean McGivern expressed this

feeling on the Practical Farmers Ontario website where he wrote, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big Ag and Big Chem, along with the organizations that represent them, have fired back with an attackâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;putting the blame on beekeepers for what they allege to be improper bee husbandry, and on Varroa mites, as being the sole causes for the loss of bees.

Late this summer, GFO, a producer-based organization originally set up to represent the needs of grain farmers, launched a spur-of-the-moment campaign by mailing out 28,000 postcards to grain

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Programs and Services

Ontario Releases First Annual Local Food Report

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ntario has launched its first-ever Local Food Report, which measures the province’s progress in bringing local food to more tables across the province.

In 2013, Ontario passed the Local Food Act, 2013 which aims to increase awareness of local food, nurture local food markets and foster vibrant food-based economies across the province. The Act also commits to an annual report on the province’s local food activities, goals and accomplishments. The first-ever Local Food Report highlights some of the actions taken by the province and the agri-food sector to promote and celebrate local food this year, including:

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Conference. This year’s theme is Creativity+Collaboration=Action and will be held at the Travelodge in Belleville on Nov. 4 and 5, 2015.

With the popularity of eating, shopping locally, and culinary tourism growing, there are more and more organizations and businesses recognizing the power of local food in their communities. This year’s theme celebrates the creativity of local food businesses, organizations, and other supporters of the local food economy all using creative methods to work together to build a thriving sustainable local food system in Eastern Ontario.

The conference program begins with a Local Food Tour on Nov. 4. There will be various stops in the area to illustrate and celebrate the success of the agriculture and culinary sectors. Diana McPherson of Grills Orchard will be participating this year by hosting the group at one of the stops on the tour.

“As both a past presenter and attendee at previous Eastern Ontario Local Food Conferences, I definitely see the value in participating and learning how to tap into and benefit from a thriving local food sector.”

Diana McPherson, Grills Orchard Following the tour, the Welcome Reception will showcase the very best in local food and drink offerings from the Bay of Quinte Region.

Nov. 5 will feature a full day of information sharing and networking. Of course, a savoury local food lunch will be an unforgettable part of the day. There will also be a trade show highlighting local products, services and resources.

Keep watching for details at eastontlocalfood.ca, follow us on twitter @eolocalfood or join us on Facebook at facebook.com/eastontlocalfood to keep up to date on initiatives leading up to the conference.

of the good things that are grown, made and harvested in Ontario, the province launched a first-of-its-kind pilot program last year to allow VQA wines to be sold at farmers’ markets. Since launching in 2014, 78 wineries and 172 farmers’ markets across the province have participated in the pilot program, with sales of more than $1-million dollars.

Now that the pilot project is in its second year, Ontarians can find world class VQA wines at their local farmers’ market by looking for a purple VQA sign, or by using the mobile-friendly map to find a market participating in the pilot.

Promoting and celebrating local food, including VQA wines, is part of the government’s plan to build Ontario up.

Quick Facts: • There are approximately 200 farmers’ markets and more than 145 wineries that produce VQA in Ontario.

• VQA wines are made from 100% Ontario grown grapes.

• The province has implemented the VQA wines at farmers’ market pilot program through the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario to ensure that wine sales are conducted in a socially responsible manner.

• Ontario’s agri-food sector contributes $34.8-billion to the GDP and supports 780,000 jobs – about one in every nine jobs.

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B • Setting food literacy goals to increase the number of Ontarians who know what local foods are available, who know how and where to obtain local foods and who know how to prepare meals made with local food; • Providing a tax credit to farmers for making food donations to food banks and student nutrition programs; • Piloting a fundraising initiative that helps the province’s schools to fundraise by selling Ontariogrown fruits and vegetables to families; • Distributing more than 800,000 copies of Foodland Ontario’s local food recipe calendar in 2014.

The inaugural report will help the province track future progress in meeting its local food goals.

5th Annual Eastern Ontario Local Food Conference

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n partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Rural Affairs, the Cities of Quinte West and Belleville will host the fifth annual Eastern Ontario Local Food

eginning on July 3, 2015, farmers’ markets will be operating at three ONroute Service Centres across Ontario: Cambridge North ONroute will have a farmers’ market every Friday and Saturday through to the Labour Day weekend.

Trenton North and Trenton South ONroutes will have farmers’ markets every Friday, Saturday and Sunday through to the Labour Day weekend.

All participating farmers are MyPick® certified. The MyPick® logo is your assurance that Farmers’ Markets Ontario has visited the grower’s farm and has verified not only that the farm itself is ‘local’ but that what the grower is selling is produced on his or her farm.

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his year, the province celebrated its second annual Local Food Week by reminding Ontarians to sample and support local food, including Vintners Quality Alliance (VQA) wines that are available at farmers’ markets across the province.

As part of the province’s strategy to increase awareness

Ontario Expanding Eligibility for Agricultural Insurance Program

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ew Legislation Passes to Help Protect the AgriFood Industry

On May 27, 2015 Ontario passed the Agriculture Insurance Act, 2015 which will allow more types of agricultural products to be covered by the province’s production insurance program.

Production insurance is part of a suite of business risk management programs designed to help farmers manage losses due to events beyond their control, such as weather, pests and disease. While production insurance is currently available for almost 90 commercially grown crops in Ontario, including grains, oilseeds and certain fruits and vegetables, the new legislation will expand eligibility for the production insurance program for more agricultural products.

The new legislation will help agri-food producers better manage risk, as well as encourage greater innovation, profitability and job creation in the agri-food sector. It will also help agri-food producers achieve the financial security they need to support business expansion and meet the Premier’s challenge to the sector to double its growth rate and create 120,000 jobs by 2020.

Expanding the types of products eligible for production insurance and strengthening the agri-food industry is part of the government’s plan to build Ontario up. The four-part plan includes investing in people’s talents and skills, making the largest investment in public infrastructure in Ontario’s history, creating a dynamic, innovative environment where business thrives and building a secure retirement savings plan.

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New Dairy Educator takes reins in Dundas County

by Sandy Burns AgriNews Contributor tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only been a year sInCe Charlene GIlmer retIred from teaChInG, but thIs fall, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be baCk In the Classroom, albeIt In a dIfferent CapaCIty. Gilmer is Dundas Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest Dairy Educator, taking over from the outgoing â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Milk Lady,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Leslie Johnson.

She and her husband, Reg, own Gilmer Farms near South Mountain.

Charlene Gilmer taught for more than 30 years, in every grade from kindergarten to Grade 12, teaching everything from science and math to music, and throughout her entire career, Special Ed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I applied for this position because I thought it would be a natural extension of my abilities,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking forward to the new challenges. My husband and children thought it would be a really good fit for me, because I like to see the kids, socialize with my colleagues, and work with the community.â&#x20AC;?

Since her retirement in June 2014, she has volunteered at Nationview Public School (NPS), where her daughters attended as children, and where she spent 23 years of her career. She also taught for six years at Maple Ridge Senior Public School, and prior to marrying her husband and moving to South Mountain, she taught for two years at a

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high school in Kitchener.

She was also a learning resource coach with the Upper Canada District School Board for much of her career, working closely with other learning resource coaches in the board.

She is looking forward to reconnecting with colleagues at all of the public schools in Dundas County, as well as making new connections at the Catholic schools and Timothy Christian School in Williamsburg. And sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hoping to extend the program into the high schools, which would be a first in this county. â&#x20AC;&#x153;North Dundas (District High School) has an agriculture program, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m hoping to get in there as part of that. The Careers and Technology segments of the program would be a perfect fit in a high school, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m comfortable teaching in a secondary school.

So if money allows, I would certainly love to take this to the high schools.â&#x20AC;?

Careers in the Dairy Industry and Technology in the Dairy Industry are two of the topics offered in the program. The others are Dairy Farming, Dairy Goodness, and Processing.

The Dairy Goodness segment of the program wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be a stretch for Gilmer, as she has already been toting the benefits of Canadian milk products to students for many years in her role as head of the Healthy Eating for Better

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One of the things Gilmer plans to emphasize to students is the importance of attaining a post secondary education before entering the agricultural industry. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My husband and his three nephews, who farm with him presently, and my brother-in-law who has since retired, all went to post-secondary school, because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just necessary.

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve also got the love of farming bred into them. I graduated from the University of Guelph; our whole family did,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Gilmer is eager to return to Guelph this month for training for this new position. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m excited to see that there are workshops in music that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to incorporate. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a licensed

Dundas Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new Dairy Educator Charlene Gilmer demonstrates her familiarity with the subject matter.

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music teacher, so I can bring that in as a piece too,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also looking forward to teaching students how closely intertwined science and technology is with farming, and she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to look further than her own farm for a prime example. The Gilmers are currently adding an extension to their barn which will replace their current milking parlour with four milking robots. Each robot has the ability to milk 50 cows. They also use an automated system to nurse their calves and control how much each calf drinks,

and how often. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some children still have the stereotype that we have Farmer Gilmer who will go milk by hand, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve moved so far beyond that,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know from experience that the children who live on farms have a lot to add to the presentation. There is usually never a dull moment, and the children and adults are mesmerized by the complexity of modern farming and the science involved in modern farming. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s funny, the notions that children have, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fun to try to dispel them without making light of

them. A lot of them donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realize that in order to have milk, those cows have to have a calf every nine months. They just think that cows naturally give milk year-round.â&#x20AC;?

Gilmer Farms was founded by Charlene Gilmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father-in-law, Dwight Gilmer. It is currently a third-generation farm, milking approximately 165 cows, three times per day. The Gilmers fed their cows a specified amount of fishmeal for about six months in order to attain an Omega milk Continued on page 16

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Technical Updates

New Requirements for Neonicotinoid Pesticides to Protect Pollinators

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s part of the Ontario Government’s Pollinator Health Strategy, there are new regulatory requirements under the Pesticides Act to establish: • a new class of pesticides consisting of corn and soybean seeds treated with the neonicotinoid insecticides; imidacloprid, clothianidin or thiamethoxam; • rules for the sale and use of neonicotinoid treated corn and soybean seeds; and • timing and implementation of the regulatory requirements.

The new regulation comes into effect on July 1, 2015 with some requirements to be phased-in to help growers adapt to changes. For more information, check out the information resources below.

• Ontario Introducing New Rules to Protect Pollinators • Neonicotinoid regulations for growers • Neonicotinoid regulations for seed vendors • Professional Pest Advisors • Questions can be directed to: • Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change Public Information Centre Tel: 416-325-4000 or toll free: 1-800-565-4923 E-mail: picemail.moe@ontario.ca or Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Tel: 1-877-424-1300 or TTY 1-855-696-2811 E-mail: ag.info.omafra@ontario.ca.

tion to those who should attend the meeting; • Committee chairs research and organize their reports and ensure someone is at the meeting to discuss the subject; • Members should contact the chair with topics they would like discussed.

To read more on how to create an effective agenda go to: http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/Effective Agendas.

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gricorp is working with the University of Manitoba to conduct a survey to improve the Forage Rainfall Plan. The purpose of this survey is to provide important information that may be used to design more effective insurance and risk management tools for Ontario producers. This research will examine the risk of forage producers and other crop producers in Ontario. This survey will ask questions regarding risk management strategy and farm operation characteristics. It will also collect views on the cost of crop insurance. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey – with our thanks.

The link to the survey is here: www.surveymonkey.com/research.

How to Create an Effective Agenda

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n agenda is the framework that helps meetings run effectively and efficiently. It is a step-by-step outline of the topics to be covered at the meeting.

Effective agendas enhance group accomplishments.

• The agenda informs members of accomplishments and priorities; • It ensures adequate consideration of all issues, events and projects; • It keeps the discussion focused and on track; • It makes effective use of participants’ time.

To be most effective, the chair and key participants should create the agenda prior to the meeting.

The chair plays the lead role in planning the agenda and is responsible for arranging the facilities and chairing the meeting.

• The chair and the secretary communicate the informa-

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Resources

Growing Forward 2: What's New!

Growing Forward 2 (GF2) offers cost-share funding assistance, free workshops and training for Ontario producers, processors, organizations and collaborations.

What's New for GF2?

This year we’ve made it easier for clients to put together a good project application by making the following changes to the program: • Priorities are clearly identified in the program guides; • All projects will be assessed on merit; • Cost-share funding will be capped depending on the project category; • Some project categories have prerequisites as a required condition before clients can apply; • Approval of your project is needed before costs can be incurred and paid.

New Dates for GF2

Participate in Research to Improve Forage Rainfall Plan

For more information on OMAFRA’s economic development programs and services contact your local REDB advisor http://ontario.ca/bglf or visit http://ontario.ca/b83f.

GF2 cost-share funding assistance application intakes for producers and processors are: • August 10 to August 27, 2015 • November 16 to December 3, 2015 For more information visit: growing forward 2.

Fact Sheets and Publications

To order OMAFRA publications and factsheets: • Visit the ServiceOntario website at: www.serviceontario.ca/publications or call 1-800-668-9938 • Visit the OMAFRA website at:http://ontario.ca/b83g or call: 1-877-424-1300 • Visit any OMAFRA Resource Centre / Northern Ontario Regional Office or ServiceOntario location http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/offices/ouroffices.html Guide to Fruit Production (revised April 2015) http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/pub360/sup/ pub360sup.pdf Pasture Production: Pub 19 http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/pub19/pub1 9toc.htm Guide to Weed Control 2014-2015 http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/pub75/pub75.pdf

Electronic Bulletins and Newsletters Ag Business Update

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

Pork News and Views Newsletter

OMAFRA Economic Development Programs and Resources

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he Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Regional Economic Development Branch provides economic development services through its regional advisory staff to support agricultural and rural organizations through: • Integrated delivery of agriculture and rural economic development resources and programs; • Coaching, training and stakeholder facilitation services; • Program implementation through an array of government resources; • Networking to build regional economic development collaboration and best practices; • New program development and research on emerging programs; • Connecting clients to OMAFRA resources that enable economic growth; • Coordination of information, resources, tool and programs to a number of client groups including: • Rural Municipalities • Regional Economic Development Organizations • Chambers of Commerce • Business Improvement Area Associations • Rural Businesses • Innovative Agricultural Producers • Regional Stakeholder Groups/Local Committees • Other Ministries.

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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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Phone Lines and Websites • OMAFRA Website: www.ontario.ca/omafra • Agricultural Information Contact Centre: 1-877-4241300 or e-mail ag.info.omafra@ontario.ca • Foodland Ontario - For recipes straight from our kitchen to yours: http://www.ontario.ca/foodland/foodland-ontario

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20th anniversary Water Management and Wetland Restoration course

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2015 in The OTTAWA regiOn. The course has received high praise from hundreds of course participants over its 20-year history. It has been adapted through time, to embrace emerging water and wetland issues, including various restoration strategies such as constructed wetlands.

The four-day field and classroom course runs from Mon., Sept. 14 to Thurs., Sept. 17 in the Ottawa area.

The classroom sessions are set for the Ramada on the Rideau, in Ottawa and the field portion of the course occurs in several watersheds in southeastern Ontario.

The classroom learning begins on day 1 and for small portions of days 2, 3

and 4. Participants learn concepts, principles and strategies on water management and wetland restoration synthesized from science across North America and Europe. In the field, travel is by comfortable coach used as a mobile classroom.

Learning begins at the top of watersheds and works its way downstream interpreting wetlands, wetland complexes, as well as drained and degraded wetlands. Selected sites are chosen for more in-depth discussion and participant group learning exercises.

Groups of participants are given assignments on site, and are asked to produce appropriate wetland restoration strategies.

Wetlands deliver huge benefits to society by helping to control floods, improve water quality and provide habitat for fish and wildlife. But most of the historic wetlands in southern Ontario have been

drained or degraded by poor land use practices, resulting in a huge loss of these ecological services.

Over 400 resource staff from public agencies and private consultants have been trained in these con-

cepts, principles, strategies and methods over the last 20 years. Most of the course participants are practising wetland management in one or more of its many forms, in southern Ontario. These participants return to their communities with course knowledge and restore selected wetlands,

which are now providing more of these benefits and ecological services to their area. For example, several thousand acres of coastal, near shore and headwater wetlands have been protected and restored in southwestern Ontario, since local resource staff took the course and began practising the recommended strategies.

It is highly recommend-

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To obtain more information on the Water Management and Wetland Restoration Course, including registration, visit www.wmwrc.ca and follow the links. Or email info@wmwrc.ca

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St. Albert makes Picton impact Great Canadian Cheese Festival

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They also cash crop about 1,000 acres.

Although she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t grow up on a dairy farm, Gilmer spent much of her childhood helping out at her grandparentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; dairy farms at her hometown of St. Thomas, in Southwestern Ontario.

Her daughters are both pursuing careers in agriculture as well. Her eldest daughter, Brooke, 26, recently graduated from the Ontario Veterinary College and is working as a large animal vet with cows and horses with Heartland Vet Services in Listowel, Ontario. Her younger daughter, Mallory, 22, is entering her third year of veterinary college. When she graduates in another two years, she plans to work with both large and small animals.

Gilmer said this job is perfect for her, because she can stay connected with the schools and the children, but also enjoy the time to visit her own children. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This job will provide the flexibility that I was looking for by retiring so I could travel more to visit

this festival for St. Albert's, which is emerging from recovery mode following the 2013 fire at the Ottawaarea operation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When the factory burned down, we went into survival mode, but since last summer, we've been ramping up production,â&#x20AC;? said Leveille. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With the new factory comes new responsibilities.

We have tripled the capacity now, so it was a chance to gauge how the consumers view our products.â&#x20AC;?

St. Albertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s was one of 125 exhibitors at the fifth annual event held at Crystal Palace and the surrounding fairgrounds in Picton. It's the place to be every year to learn about developments in the Canadian cheese industry.

In one wing of the historic Crystal Palace, Prince Edward County's oldest operating cheese cooperamy daughters,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking forward to teaching the kids, and who knows, maybe they could teach me a few things.â&#x20AC;?

Previous Dairy Educator Leslie Johnson will be working closely with Gilmer, as she is secretary of the Dundas County Dairy Producer Committee and handles the paperwork for the Dairy Educator. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I knew Leslie through the milk committee, and I had always set up the dairy educator when she came in, so I was really lucky to be able to sit in on some of the workshops,â&#x20AC;? Gilmer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Leslie will be in the background and sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great person to follow. I know if I have any questions sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be a great resource.â&#x20AC;?

Johnson is equally confident in her replacement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Charlene is the perfect fit for Dairy Educator. She has both educational experience as well as farm experience,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My best advice for her is to make the job her own. We all have different life experiences and that is what make the presentations interesting for the childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;when you can add some personal stories to it to make it real. I am very comfortable leaving the job in Charleneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very capable hands, and I wish her all the best.â&#x20AC;?

Isabelle Lessard of St. Albert Cheese Co-op serves patrons at the 5th annual Great Canadian Cheese Festival.

tive shared samples of, among other cheeses, their first attempt at making with sheep milk. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People are looking for new specialty cheeses,â&#x20AC;? said Lynn McMullan of Black River Cheese Company. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have the skill set within our staff to work with sheep milk [with cheesemaker, Stephanie Diamant], and there are no quotas for goat and Continued on page 17

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Cheese 4th annual Ice Cream Festival, July 19 Continued from page 16 sheep,â&#x20AC;?she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s getting me back to my roots,â&#x20AC;? said Diamant, who originally made cheese with goat and sheep milks. She added that more goat and sheep cheeses would hit Black Riverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shelves within the next few seasons.

The other Prince Edward County cheese factory, Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Company, showcased their available cheeses in spite of setbacks including an ownership change in recent years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In addition to selling some excellent Italian cheeses, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gotten back to making our own cheese,â&#x20AC;? said Fifth Townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Marissa Burley, who gave out samples of six fresh cheeses being made once more at the state-of-the-art factory.

The festival has grown annually into what its founders claim is now the biggest artisan cheese festival in North America.

Over 5,000 patrons walked through the gates in Picton this year.

by Sandy Burns AgriNews Contributor

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t may just be the tastIest event of the summer.

The Canada Agriculture and Food Museum in Ottawa is hosting the 4th annual Ice Cream Festival on Sun., July 19, in celebration of International Ice Cream Day. Witness the journey from cow to cone, and sample a variety of flavours of traditional ice cream provided by event sponsor NestlĂŠ Canada, along with gelato and frozen custard. Visitors will also be able to try their hand at milking a wooden demonstration cow, Vanilli, and make ice cream from scratch the old-fashioned way with a manual ice cream maker. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be a great day,â&#x20AC;? said Ciara Cronin, communications and marketing officer with the museum. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all about teaching people where their

food comes from, so what better way to learn about ice cream than at a working farm right in the heart of the city.â&#x20AC;?

Between 2,000 and 4,000 people are expected through the museum gates that day, she added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of our busiest days at the museum, and we welcome everyone. We make sure to have extra parking available, and we encourage people to bike as well. It makes for a great day out,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It just seems to be getting bigger every year, and our museum staff has done a great job of getting a diversity of activities and vendors at the event, so it should be a great day out for kids of all ages. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really looking forward to it.â&#x20AC;?

The displays will show how agricultural technology now includes milking machines and even robotic milkers. The festival also features a performance by Monkey Rock Music, a

chance to meet a local beekeeper, a cream separator demonstration, a kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; corner and craft area, outdoor games, and a chance to sample a mini â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ice cream cone cake.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; A variety of vendors will be on site to add even more flavour to the day.

Stella Luna will be selling gelato, Merry Dairy will sell frozen custard, Bytown Catering will be offering a variety of treats and refreshments, and Mr. Churritos will be offering a Latin American traditional

dessert that goes great with ice cream.

Back by popular demand this year is the 1950â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Soda Shop.

Introduced for the first time last year, the shop gives visitors an opportunity to step back in time and sample a traditional milkshake and learn more about the history of ice cream scoops. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s set up like an oldfashioned soda shop,â&#x20AC;?

Cronin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do our best to try to make it as authentic as possible.â&#x20AC;?

The inaugural Ice Cream Festival was held in August, and then the museum learned that the third Sunday in July is International Ice Cream Day, as proclaimed in 1984

by President Ronald Reagan. So the event got moved to that date instead, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fun way to learn more about the journey from cow to cone,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our mission at the museum is to educate people about where their food comes from. Children especially donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make that connection between the food that they eat and the animal that it comes from, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great for them to see that dairy cows provide our milk, and hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what happens to the milk, and hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how you get your bowl of ice cream.â&#x20AC;?

Admission to the festival is $26 for a family of two adults and up to three children, or $10 per adult and $7 per child. The museum is open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. that day.

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4-H and Junior Farmers awarded

North Gower Grains hosted their 8th annual Customer Appreciation Day on Thurs., June 25, and as part of the ceremony a group of 4-H and Junior Farmers were invited to the stage and received gifts from hosts Geoffrey Guy (left) and Dwight Foster (right). After their awards, the group was asked to sing the national anthem.

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Hugh Fawcett from Winchester invited the group to think about a trip to Orleans in the spring to the Commodities Conference. The trip will include tours of the old plantations and the way of life in the southern state.

Dwight Foster and Jeoffrey Guy from North Gower Grains went through the pricing and packages available through the elevator business that they offer. Then it was time for a barbequed ribs lunch with all the fixings.

There were about 300 people in attendance with several vendors around the perimeter and also outside.

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Quilters’ delight — next door to the 2015 IPM

At the village of Chesterville’s annual Art on the Waterfront weekend June 6-7, the local Gathering House congregation hosted a large display of ornate quilts and members of the Upper Canada Quilters’ Guild. Front, from left, Sheila Lapier, Debbie Toonders and Sue Keeler. Standing, from left, Michelle Harding, Maureen Winges, Monique Patenaude, Michelle Haché, Carol Armstrong, Sheila Crowder and Pat Lemaire. Kelly Pratt, another member not shown, created the garnment around which the group poses. Pratt will also compete in the 2015 SDG International Plowing Match Autumn Splendour Quilt Show Aug. 14-15 in neighbouring Finch. That quilting event is a precursor to the actual Finch IPM slated for Sept. 22-26.

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If you are planting trees on your property you may be eligible for funding assistance.

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If you have at least 2.5 acres of productive land, you could qualify.

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Tips for dealing with white mould

by Chris L. Gillard Dry Bean Agronomy & Pest Management Assistant Professor, University of Guelph Ridgetown Campus

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what is the size of your crop canopy? The size of the crop canopy is the first element to consider. A full canopy will put your crop at risk of developing white mould as it will foster a microclimate of high relative humidity.

Without the combative effects of sunshine and wind to hinder canopy humidity, diseases are more likely to develop. what is the moisture level of your field? White mould will develop and spread when there is a wet plant canopy for at least 72 hours. Moist soil will help keep the canopy wet, which fosters an environment that allows the disease to germinate. It is

important to keep a close eye on weather patterns and understand how much water your field typically retains. is your bean crop flowering? The two- to threeweek flowering period places the crop at a critical risk for white mould infection. Once your bean crop starts flowering, your risk of white mould infection peaks as the flowers provide a rich food source for

the disease to grow and attack the plant. The risk of white mould infection then decreases dramatically post-flowering. what is your fieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history? A field that has

known white mould in recent years is still infected, as the disease has been known to stay in the soil for several years. Even though crop rotation with non-host crops is recommended, it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t eradicate the disease for good. what is the yield potential of your crop and therefore the profit you hope to make this year?

White mould is a disease of high yielding crops with a full plant canopy. If you expect to have a great potential value for your dry beans or soybeans, it could be a good investment to get a fungicide and apply it in your fields. For example, a recent study found that applying one application of Propulse to dry beans resulted in a 45% yield

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The disease is most damaging when cooler and wet conditions occur during flowering.

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June Crop Report

by Jeff Moore AgriNews Staff Writer he May Crop reporT, aCCording To gilles Quesnel (ipM Crops prograM lead) of The MinisTry of agriCulTure and rural affairs in KeMpTville, overall

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late May as some farmers struggled with the thought of replanting in suspected damaged areas. The frost damage was uneven where some fields had areas where the frost didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t affect the plants and areas that did.

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Soybeans

Soybeans unaffected by the frost on May 23 are thriving but with the recent rains may face challenges ahead.

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Corn is about one week ahead of an average year with the exceptioon of the plants affected by the late May frost. Some fields have standing water causing a lack of oxygen to the plants but for the most part everything is good.

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were replanted ended up being overplanted.

Soybeans planted in soil and most clay are good due to the depth they were planted. Farmers are dealing with excess moisture due to the rain received in June and the bacterial

nodulation was slowed.

Where there was standing water the plants turned to light green but should be OK when the weather heats up in July. Weeds are also a little bit of a problem due to the wind in the early part of the month and the rain

made it hard to get on the fields. All in all the soybean crops in the area are good.

Corn Corn is thriving really well and it is about a week ahead of normal.

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The forage crop this year will be very thick if it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t harvested at the end of May-early June. It has been particularly difficult this month to get at the fields due to all the miosure received. The first cut was good but only had an 80% yeild early in the season.

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Crop report Continued from page 20 Some fields are showing a little unevenness due to standing water. Sandy soils are benefiting due to extra nitrogen produced naturally.

In clay soils, with the rain we have received, the roots were out of oxygen for too long but the plant should be OK. For the plants that were affected by the late May frost, they are one to three leaves behind the unaffected plants.

Weeds are a slight problem as the spraying was difficult due to wind and then the rain. Also the hydrous nitrogen spraying in pre-immerging in some cases was not applied which will cause a little loss but not too much.

Forage If the cropper was lucky enough to get the first cut off in late May and early June when it was dry they got about an 80 percent yield. Alfalfa had a great winter survival rate and with the extra rain it will be a thick crop. For farmers who did get the first

cut picked up, the second cut is looking great.

Cereals Cereals got off to an uneven start; in the first part of germination it was dry and cool followed by the rain in June. The cereal will be OK once the summer heat arrives. Winter wheat will see its shortest straw in years and the spring wheat is susceptible to lodging due to high nitrogen and rain could become a risk factor. The cereals are about one week ahead of an average year and everything seems on par for a good crop.

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Boulet, Sicard co-own top pair at Maxville Show Ferme Blondin Premier Breeder, Exhibitor

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Champion. She’s jointly owned by Ferme Yvon Sicard et Fils of St-Justin and Ferme Pierre Boulet of Montmagny.

“This cow, she’s so well balanced, with big ribs, and she has a tremendous udder, a wide and high udder, good teat placement,” Boulet told The AgriNews. “That’s why she’s so good.”

He said he bought Dempsey at a spring show in Ontario, and that Maxville represented her debut in the right under his and Sicard’s ownership.

“She’s getting better and better all the time.”

With an elite herd that

3, 2, 1 — at the Maxville Holstein Show

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Shown are the top three animals at the June 27 Maxville Holstein Show, along with judge Pat Conroy of Angola, Indiana (right). From left: Kim Côte of Ferme Blondin of Saint-Placide, Que., with the Hon. Mention cow of the show, Blondin Goldwyn Sunsation; showman Bruce Mode holds Reserve Champion Cobequid Goldwyn Leno on behalf of co-owners Yvon Sicard, Pierre Boulet, Ghyslain Demers, and Butz-Hill; and Pierre Boulet of Ferme Pierre Boulet Inc. of Montmagny, Que., with the show’s Grand Champion Cavanaleck Dempsey Bozica, also co-owned by Yvon Sicard of Saint-Justin, Que.

also includes Quebec’s spring show champion in 2014 and 2015 — MS Goldwyn Alana — Boulet usually competes in Maxville every couple of years but couldn’t remem-

ber the last time he won Grand Champion at the Glengarry County venue.

This year’s reserve champion in Maxville, Cobequid Goldwyn Leno, is a “very dairy cow with a

really good udder,” said Boulet of the second-place finisher, owned in partnership with Sicard, along with Ghyslain Demers of Trois Rivieres, Que., and Butz-Hill Holsteins of

Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The reserve champ also placed as the top mature cow.

The 2015 Maxville Holstein Show drew 129 Continued on page 23

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The AgriNews July, 2015 Page 23 In keeping with Glengarry County tradition, a piper (left) leads in the animals vying for the overall championship at the Maxville Holstein Show.

At right, members of the Ferme Blondin entourage pose with some of their animals after winning Premier Exhibitor and Premier Breeder. From left: herdsman Richard Villeneuve with Blondin Braxton Kansas, secondplace finisher in the Senior 3-year-old category; Kim Côte with 1st-place Junior 2-year-old Blondin Goldwyn Sunsation; and another farm associate with Blondin Goldwyn Svetlana, 2nd-place Senior 2-year-old.

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Pierre Boulet adjusts the Grand Champion prior to being selected by the judge in the show ring.

Maxville Continued from page 22 head, judged by Pat Conroy of Angola, Ind. Additional results Reserve Intermediate Champion, Blondin Goldwyn Sunsation, Junior 2-YearOld — Ferme Blondin (StPlacide, Que.) Junior Champion Belfast Doorman Lovestruck, Intermediate

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After the polo match

At the conclusion of the June 7 Ottawa Polo Invitational near Chesterville, sisters Elara, 4 (left) and Georgia MacGillivray, 7, wait for the presentation of the trophy.

Georgia also won the best hat contest at the event.

Photo left, below: Anne Marie LeBrun (right), a member of the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team, charges toward the ball in an attempt to score a goal, while taking on the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s red team composed of Rod Campbell (foreground, left), Edmond du Rogoff (background) and Gonzalo Cabrera.

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$27K hydro bill, smart-meter mess erased for rural couple Ombudsman credited

by Nelson Zandbergen AgriNews Staff Writer HESTERVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; THE HIgHER-upS aT HydRo onE HaVE ERaSEd a RuRaL CoupLEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S

crew member. Online data from this â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;smartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; meter â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one of the ballyhooed benefits of the technology â&#x20AC;&#x201D; was nowhere to be found in cyberspace.

Going forward, they are expected to pay bills from both hydro meters, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve taken aggressive conservation measures to curtail usage. They plan to add a second natural-gas

boiler to eliminate all forms of electric heat at the Centre by winter. That project may cost as much as $50,000, so theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve embarked on a campaign to raise half of that.

Their savemrc.com website features the t-shirts, mugs and car magnets of the ongoing campaign. Rachel aims to â&#x20AC;&#x153;wake up Ontarians to the peril we all face,â&#x20AC;?

Rachel says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are selling

these both as an attempt to raise awareness about the Ontario Hydro crisis as well as raise some much needed funds for our centre.â&#x20AC;?

Hydro One spokesperson Tiziana Baccega Rosa confirmed the utility â&#x20AC;&#x153;has come to a resolutionâ&#x20AC;? with the Potvins. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are pleased that we were able to work together and now consider the matter closed.â&#x20AC;?

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The Wynne government officially nixed the ombudsmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oversight of the provincial utility when its legislation permitting a 60 per cent sell-off of Hydro One received royal assent in early June.

Rachel Potvin â&#x20AC;&#x201D; coowner of the private community centre walloped with the breathtaking unexpected invoice last March â&#x20AC;&#x201D; wonders where that would have left them if she and her husbandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plight hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been dramatically resolved mere weeks before the ombudsman was pulled off the hydro file. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We would not have been able to do this without the ombudsman. It is scary to know that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gone,â&#x20AC;?

Rachel says, speaking to a visitor at the facility last month. It was ombudsman staff that cajoled Hydro One to relook at their case, she says.

The Potvins own Maple Ridge Community Centre, a former school they purchased in August 2013 from the Upper Canada District School Board. They and their young family live in part of the building, while renting out several classrooms to a handful of small businesses and a local church congregation. They also host community events.

Their shocking electricity bill stemmed from the smart-meter debacle that has seen some rural customers go months or years before their actual usage data is uploaded into the provinceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s billing system.

The Centre was already paying thousands in hydro charges on a three-phase meter the couple believed to be the whole amount of their hydro cost. But in fact, they were only seeing about half of their actual power consumption, which, they point out, jived with figures provided by the school board prior to purchase.

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Rachel Potvin holds a May 15 email from a Hydro One vice-president of customer service, Rob Quail, verifying the cancellation of a $27,000 balance.

Then, in early March of this year, the first bill arrived on a second, 200-amp service also feeding the building.

That unexpected $25,500 grew to $27,000 by the time the account was zeroed out in an offer from a Hydro One vice-president, Rob Quail, on the Friday of Victoria Day weekend, May 15.

Even after that, Rachel says, shaking her head, they still got a call from a Hydro One collection agent on May 19, intending to set up terms for repayment of the sum just forgiven by the vice-president, When the Potvins emailed Quail to let him know, he replied with, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am deeply disturbed this has happened to you,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and the situation was again resolved. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had people say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;What an amazing win for you. But Conrad gets offended at that,â&#x20AC;? Rachel remarks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He says, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

She still marvels at that initial phone call from Quail, which followed the Potvinsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; outright rejection of the hydro bureaucracyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;exceptional offerâ&#x20AC;? of a 40 per cent cut in that original bill and an intimidating 16day deadline. The continuing stress and uncertainty was leaving them depressed, even as they pressed their case in the traditional and social media. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Never in my wildest dreams did I think it would end this way. That phone call [from Quail], I cried when I hung up.â&#x20AC;?

She says Conrad flat-out refused to believe it when she first told him Hydro One was crediting their account for the full amount owed.

Officials determined five specific instances in which the Centreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second meter should have been brought forward for action after the Potvins took possession of

the property, she says.

They even turned the heat up a little this past frigid January and February because their hydro costs to that point were in line with their incorrect assumptions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That probably cost us an extra $5,000â&#x20AC;? on the unexpected March bill, Rachel points out.

Had they received a true picture of hydro costs when they looked at the building in 2013, they probably wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have bought it, she acknowledges. Or they would have at least set the rental rate at a level to cover those costs.

During their negotiations with Hydro One, they initially claimed $34,000 from the utility â&#x20AC;&#x201D; now dropped â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for additional rent revenue they would have collected if the silent â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;smartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; meterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historical consumption information had only been provided up front.

That information finally did get to them this spring â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and only on a paper hard copy that had to be generated by a visiting Hydro One

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Wind farm opponents in Russell County Candice Vetter AgriNews Staff Writer uSSELLâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; opponEntS to wind

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Speakers were Philip Mayr, dairy farmer and president of the Prescott-Russell Landowners Association; Tom Black, president of the Ontario Landowners Association; Conservative MPP Jack MacLaren; Elizabeth Marshall of the Landowners Association; and local resident Beth Trudeau.

Opponents had several areas of concern, including whether lease agreements with wind farm corporations could negatively affect title on lands, which was the focus of the Friday meeting.

The Landowners Association takes the position that encumbrances on title, which are placed there by the wind power companies, will affect

future financing, mortgaging or selling of land. All speakers there, however, said they were not lawyers and were not giving legal advice, but Marshall claimed an understanding of the law, particularly the Green Energy Act and Electricity Act, which seems to be the core of the problem from the Landownersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; perspective.

There is considerable confusion about the actual effects of wind turbines. Health problems have been cited as concerns for those living near turbines, but have been largely ignored. When MacLaren decried the Endangered Species Act as a hindrance to the business of farming, some of the audience stated they were conservationists and their concerns were about the effects on birds, especially in migratory flyways, and bats. MacLaren countered that he too was a conservationist because he was a farmer, and in the next breath spoke of how trying to use the Endangered Species Act against wind turbines had not worked.

MacLaren and Marshall

were particularly outspoken about the Green Energy Act, a provincial act which allows renewable energy projects to trump other land uses in Ontario. The Act has been frequently criticized in the past, using examples such as a forested wetland near Perth which was clear cut and drained for a solar farm, which does not seem to be a â&#x20AC;&#x153;greenâ&#x20AC;? land use.

Speakers at the meeting complained that the high price of Ontario electrical power is due to subsidies paid out to wind and solar farmsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;although in private conversations some audience members mentioned other areas of mismanagement with Ontario Hydro which were contributing factors.

MacLaren also talked about wind farms placing neighbour against neighbour in southern Ontario, because some had turbines and some didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. He placed blame squarely on the Liberal government, then proceeded to discuss the provincial PCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s election strategies for most of his time at the podium.

Besides politics, the issue of encumbrances placed by wind farm companies on title was the main point raised at this meeting and is a new angle for opponents. The

AgriNews contacted a wellknown lawyer who specializes in farm-related laws, Donald Good, and asked what he thought of encumbrances protecting the lease on title. His response was that any agreements made with wind farm companies should be first vetted by a lawyer, and not just any lawyer, but a lawyer with significant experience in both land leases and in farm operations. Generally, however, leases which are protected by an encumbrance do not hinder the sale of land or borrowing against land, and they are often seen as an asset by lenders, because they represent revenue and future revenue on the land.

There are exceptions, however. From copies of title produced by the Landowners and forwarded to The AgriNews, it appears that there have been instances of agreements which benefited wind proponents and left landowners in a vulnerable position, as well as a case of a construction lien placed on properties after the wind company did not pay the contractor within a 45-day period. Opponents are also upset by some of the wind companiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; high-handed behaviour, alleged bullying

tactics, and secret meetings resulting in non-disclosure agreementsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;which are always a red flag.

After the meeting AgriNews asked Ron Barr, a Russell resident who emceed the meeting, if he was concerned that by advising the public not to become involved with wind turbines, opponents might be denying landowners the opportunity

www.agrinews.ca to enjoy revenues in the future. He agreed that was an issue worth further consideration. Leasing land for turbines, similar to oil/gas and pipeline leases in western Canada and southern Ontario, can provide substantial lease income, if the agreement between the farmer/landowner and corporation is an equitable one. Hence the need for an experienced lawyer.

Wind power company meets North Stormont residents

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with a portfolio that exceeds 450 mega-watts of projects in various stages of development. Leader Resources will enter a competitive process for the procurement of a 60 megawatt wind-powered solar farm in North Stormont Township and as part of the process there was a public consultation in accordance to the IESOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bidding process.

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The AgriNews July, 2015 Page 27 Leader Resources had a map that showed where the possible locations of the wind turbines would be located in North Stormont.

After their assessments, it was determined that there are about 21 locations proposed for the South Nation Wind Project. Don Lesko, stakeholder relations, and Robert Scozzaro, the project specialist, explains to resident Raymond Grady where the turbine may be located.

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Wind power Continued from page 26 through regulatory processes, site testing and acquisition, partnership development, and operations and asset management.

The event was held in Crysler on Tues., June 23, for a three-hour session.

This process has to be completed by each company that

wishes to bid on a LRP in the province, which the IESO is looking to add another 300 mega-watts of wind to the grid.

The area being touted is from just west of Crysler to just east of Finch and Leader is looking at possibly 21 wind turbines. At the meeting, Leader displayed a map that was drawn up for possible locations for the

turbines to be erected which followed provincial and municipal governmentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; laws and guidelines. The guidelines include that the turbine be stationed no more than 550m from any existing or proposed residents.

Leader Recourses has already optioned 21 properties within North Stormont where the potential projects can begin. There was a

good turnout of concerned residents who were mostly opposed to the procurement of the land to operate these huge wind turbines.

Leader Resourcesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; President Chuck Edey hopes to get 77% approval among the area residents, and then the township would see extra funding from the provincial government.

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Pasquiers host open barn

Open barn in Embrun

Jacques and Noëlle Pasquier, along with children Caroline, Pierre, and Pierre’s fiancé Karinne Perrault, welcomed several hundred people to Ferme Troitrefles on Ste. Marie Road near Embrun at their open barn event on Sat., June 20.

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al hundred people, mostly dairy farmers from Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec, at the barn. Representatives from the contractors who built the barn and installed the equipment or provided supplies, Sylvain Cheff

Construction, Lawrence Dairy Supply, Dundas Agri Systems, Embrun Co-op, and Lely, were also on hand.

The new system uses two Lely Astronaut 4 robot milkers, one Juno feed pusher, a 3,000-gallon Glacier milk cooler, Animat cow mats and two Lely Luna brushes. The first milking was in November, 2014.

The Pasquiers also used part of the old barn to house heifers and calf hutches. Production has increased and the Pasquier’s were able to add additional cows, but the biggest advantage may be in the time saved.

“It is less work,” says

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Noëlle, “and there are no more strict hours. We can come in an hour earlier or later.” She goes on to say that in order to keep young people interested, it is important to use the latest technology, which is advancing in all the technology we take for granted, such as computers, cars and phones.

“And there is no more

The Pasquier’s new barn features two Lely A4 Astronaut milking robots.

The robots search for the teats with a laser guide and automatically locate and slide the teat cup to the teat.The Pasquiers showed off their new equipment at their open barn on Sat., June 20.

www.agrinews.ca manpower,” she says, referring to the difficulty of finding agricultural workers. “So with Lely we have less work, and we also have somebody available at Lely for technical support all the time.”

Visitors were eager to see the robots at work and agreed, “It’s a beautiful barn.”

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Calling all Auctioneers

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rgAnizers OF The 2015 sTOrmOnT dundAs And glengArry inTernATiOnAl PlOWing mATCh And rurAl exPO (iPm) Are CAlling On All AuCTiOneers TO ACCePT The ChAllenge.

For the first time ever an Auctioneer’s Challenge will be held at the IPM. According to local auctioneer and IPM volunteer Flora Dumouchel, this is

one of the many special events that will make this IPM a match to remember.

“We want the 2015 IPM to be a memorial event for visitors,” she says.

“Auctioneering is an entertaining part of our agricultural tradition and we’re very happy to provide this unique event at the match.”

Auctioneers up for the challenge are invited to register by contacting Dumouchel by phone at

613-537-2925 or by email floradumouchel@yahoo.ca before Aug., 24.

Registration fee is $50 and participants are asked to provide an article valued at $50. All other items to be auctioned will be provided by the IPM. Registration includes two IPM entry passes.

A purse of $1,000, $750 and $500 will be presented to three auctioneers of merit.

The event will take place at the IPM site on Thurs., Sept. 24, in Finch.

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be on display. The two-day show at the Finch Arena also includes dozens of vendors and several fibre arts demonstrations.

Cathy Miller, the Singing Quilter, will entertain quilt enthusiasts on Sat., Aug. 15.

Well known in the quilting community, the Victoria B.C.

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North Stormont unwilling host

by Jeff Moore AgriNews Staff Writer RYSLERâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; NoRth StoRmoNt towNShip bECamE thE 76th uNwiLLiNg hoSt out of 89 muNiCipaLitiES iN oNtaRio. thE â&#x20AC;&#x153;uNwiLLiNgâ&#x20AC;? RESoLu-

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Crysler Community Centre on Tues., June 23, stated, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are an unwilling host, so why are you here?â&#x20AC;? The answer was that the government of Ontario would have to make that decision.

Currently on the books there is no law requiring an unwilling host to turn down the installation of a wind project if the landowners give permission to the operators to procure their land after all assessments have been completed. In this case, the company has completed most of the assessments and is ready to submit a proposal to the IESO as part of a bidding process.

Outside of the meeting,

residents who attended the information session met and were not happy with the proposal. Most sighted noise as the problem.

Some didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like the looks, other were worried that their properties would be devalued and others think the whole idea of wind energy is just â&#x20AC;&#x153;malarkeyâ&#x20AC;?.

John Irven, a Crysler resident, was set up outside with a display that showed what Wolfe Island wind farm looked like and had signs that read, â&#x20AC;&#x153;They tell us wind turbines donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make any noise, but we know thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a LIE!â&#x20AC;? and the other, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to protect our birds and water foul, not feed them to the turbineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jowl.â&#x20AC;?

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A big thumbs down to South Nation Wind Project

A group of concerned residents showed their displeasure after the public consultations put on by Leader Resources on the South Nation Wind Project outside the Crysler Community Centre on Tues., June 23. Conservative MPP Jim McDonell showed his displeasure along with North Stormont residents giving the thumbs down. Many other residents were photo shy.

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It was an oppressively hot day at the plowing demonstration held near Ingleside on May 30, but Nina Goodman and Bobby Robinson, shown here at left, were at the event selling ice cream for the Stormont County Cloverbud program.

According to Jill Robinson, there are 14 members of the local group led by Brittany Barkley, Lori Barkley and Kim Shaver, which is designed for children between between 6-8 years old. Both youngsters appeared to be enjoying selling ice cream with Bobby commenting that Cloverbuds is â&#x20AC;&#x153;really good at getting us ready for 4-Hâ&#x20AC;? while Nina said that the group was â&#x20AC;&#x153;not just about cowsâ&#x20AC;? and that they will be working with horses and learning a lot about farms.

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Making a difference, one garden at a time

by Carolyn Thompson Goddard AgriNews Contributor

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from it, but if members of the public see something they would like the vegetables are â&#x20AC;&#x153;there for the pickings.â&#x20AC;? A smaller garden is planned to be located near the police station with beans, squash and corn planted there.

Prior to the May 30 event, there was a special planting by local dignitaries in front of the Justice Building on Pitt Street. This as well as other public vegetable gardens in Cornwall will be maintained

by Cornwall Transition Plus.

volunteers preparing gardens, musicians setting up and the â&#x20AC;&#x153;give aWayâ&#x20AC;? plants being arranged in the peace symbol.

Transition Cornwall Plus volunteer Bill Carriere described how the organization, founded in 2009, has planted a vegetable garden near the Fourth Street Fire Station, which will be maintained by the firemen who will pick vegetables for meals

Pretty Flowers All In a Row

With flower headpieces in place during the Incredible Edible Plant Festival, Karen Carriere (Transition Cornwall Plus), Alain Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Aoust (Growing Up Organic), and Kat Rendek (All Things Food) are pictured in front of the Justice Building in Cornwall receiving a â&#x20AC;&#x153;wateringâ&#x20AC;? from Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Aoustâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s young daughter, Cheyanne Samler, during the event on May 30.

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This year, an entire street in downtown Campbellford will be closed to accommodate the nearly 50 vendors who will be selling everything from Water Buffalo cheese, to cricket cookies to goat cheese chocolates and so much more. The festival is a showcase for local producers and visitors will have the chance to sample all sorts of food they may never have tasted before.

In addition to the food vendors, there will be speakers such as Frankie Flowers (gardening expert and weatherman on Breakfast Television), Joel McCharles (preserving expert of wellpreserved.ca), Jude Cohen-Phillips from Incredible Edible Todmorden, inspiration for the Campbellford Festival, and Deborah Niehmann-

Boehle, talking on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Homegrown and Homemadeâ&#x20AC;?. Deborah will also be leading a cheesemaking demonstration.

There will be a childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tent with lots of activities, including muchloved childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s musician Andrew Queen, as well as varied line-up of music all day.

And a crowd favourite!

The Goat Race and Fashion Show is back. Root for your favourite goat team as they speed their way around the obstacle course in some of the most imaginative fashion themes you will ever see!

New this year is the Incredible Farm Tour, which will give visitors the opportunity to visit five farms in the area and get an up close and personal understanding of how food is grown and makes its way from farm to table. This includes a fantastic lunch on the farm and a seat on a special Farm Tour bus.

For more information and to purchase Farm Tour tickets, check out the website www.incredibleediblesfestival.com or visit Facebook.com/incredibleediblesfestival.

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Local food map launched

The Alexandria Farmers’ Market was a hub of activity on June 20 when the “Local Food Map 2015-2017 Carte aliments locaux” was launched by Sylvie Paquette( Eastern Ontario Food Network) and Kat Rendek (Coordinator All Things Food/Bouffe 360).

United Counties of SD&G Warden and Mayor of North Dundas Eric Duncan told those present that this was a great product that will make it easier for people who want to buy local to do so. Duncan is seen here with Kat Rendek and Sylvie Paquette holding the 2015-2017 local food map.

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Sole fungicide for soybean white mould introduced

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allegro® 500f fungICIde label to InClude ClaImS for both Con trol and SuppreSSIon of whIte mould In Soy beanS .

White mould is caused by a soil-borne fungus, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, which thrives in cool, wet conditions and creates white, cotton-like stem lesions that impact yield, plant stand and seed quality.

“White mould is becoming more prevalent and a top-of-mind concern for soybean growers across Canada,” says Eric Phillips, Fungicides and Insecticides Product Lead with Syngenta Canada.

“With the expanded label, Allegro fungicide can be applied to help growers proactively manage this disease.”

As part of the label expansion, Allegro is registered for two white mould application rates: a rate range of 0.88 L/ha–1.17 L/ha for control of white mould and a reduced rate of 0.44 L/ha for suppression of white mould.

The full application rate should be used when a white mould-susceptible variety has been planted, or if the field has a history of severe white mould pressure.

Growers can use the reduced application rate for Allegro in combination with resistant varieties for enhanced disease suppression and protec-

tion. Consult the product label for additional information.

Allegro is a broadspectrum fungicide containing the active ingredient fluazinam from the

pyridinamine class of chemistry (Group 29).

With this label expansion, Allegro is currently the only fungicide product with a white mould control claim in soybeans.

Billy Goat Soaps

Twelve years ago, Aline Delorme and her husband began a company that produced a variety of skin care related soaps and creams that use goat milk as a base. According to Delorme, the products, particularly the unscented ones, are especially good for skin problems. After the passing of her husband, the company was sold but she remains a local distributor of the product. Delorme (far right) is pictured here with family members Cora and Roger Lamer at the Alexandria Farmer’s Market on June 20.

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Two firms chase North Stormont wind But likely no more than one to win approval this round Carolyn Thompson Goddard and Nelson Zandbergen AgriNews ERWICK â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A sEC-

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Reached earlier this month, a representative answering the phone at Leader Resources candidly expressed verbal agreement with the idea that South Nation Wind and rival EDP Renwablesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; proposed North Stormont project are unlikely to both win contracts in the township, under the latest renewable energy procurement process.

More recently making waves in the township, Houston-based EDP proposes a project of up to 50 turbines. (Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the firm behind the already finished 10-turbine project in Brinston.)

Leader â&#x20AC;&#x201D; connected with Renewable Energy Systems Canada Inc. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; seems to be in the same ballpark with 60 megawatts of proposed production. Its envisioned development would be bounded by County Rd. 43, extending north along Crysler Rd., following five kilometres east to Avonmore Rd., and extending just north to

County Rd. 13.

A presentation on South Nation Wind in North Stormont was made by Charles Edey, president of Leader Resources, to a packed township hall in Berwick during the June 9 North Stormont council meeting. South Nation Wind is being proposed by South Nation LP, the registered IESO proponent, owned by Renewable Energy Systems Canada and Sierra Nevada Power (Ontario) Ltd. Council presentation Leader Resources is the lead developer for the project and has been working since 2011 with the local community in North Stormont.

Edey, who has extensive experience in power generation in Ontario, described how the project will have a maximum of 21 turbines located entirely on private land, is proposing to connect to Transmission Circuit L24A â&#x20AC;&#x153;which intersects the Project areaâ&#x20AC;? and will provide a local, long-term source of electrical energy for the community.

Edey described other benefits to the community including increased tax revenue, permit revenue, potential for sponsorships, financial contributions to municipality and benefits to the landowners who host the turbines. It was also noted that turbines only utilize one acre of land, revenue from turbines help farm viability and active farming can continue up to

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As part of the application process, there has to be consultation with landowners within a specific proximity to a turbine and the connection line, First Nations, the municipality and South Nation Conservation. There was mention of the desire to secure an agreement with the municipality that would specify the economic benefits to North Stormont should they be successful in their bid and a request for council to pass a resolution in support of the South Nation Wind Project.

During the question and answer period following the presentation, Councillor Randy Douglas expressed concerns about the wind projects causing a cohesive community to become divisive, the sense of secrecy concerning landowner contracts and the possible lowering of property values.

The concern about property values was addressed by Edey who suggested that it â&#x20AC;&#x153;has not been the case in Ontario that the land values have gone downâ&#x20AC;? except for the location of the substation. With respect to the contract confidentiality, Edey answered that landowners had been advised to be careful what they say, but no â&#x20AC;&#x153;gag orderâ&#x20AC;? was instituted.

Councillor Jim Wert raised concerns about how animals could be protected from stray high voltage.

Edey suggested that management is possible, but

this should not be a problem in a wind project. Wert also wondered about how the cost of power would come down and in response was told that the 20- year financial fixed rate, competitive bids and the low cost of wind power generation would all help to lower the cost of electricity.

Mayor Dennis Fife had a couple of questions regarding the presentation regarding the amount of tax revenue the wind turbines would actually add to the municipality and how the companies actually made money given the competitive process in wind energy.

In response to the question about tax revenue, comments about agriculture not paying the full amount of tax were made and a very in-depth financial discussion about the business side of the project appeared to answer his second question.

Fife also stated that in his opinion a majority of the people present did not support the erection of wind turbines in the community of North Stormont. If they were representative of the residents, then how could a council, elected to represent the will of the people, support an endeavour that the residents did not? In response to Fifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s question, it was suggested that council needed to hear what the constituents are saying, make sure the information available was accurate and then make decisions based on future, as well as present needs of North Stormont.

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Stormont Beef Farmers 6th Annual Beef on a Bun Carolyn Thompson Goddard AgriNews Contributor OnVIlleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the Beef fARMeRS Of StORMOnt hOSted theIR 6th AnnUAl Beef On A BUn dInneR At the CORnwAll tOwnShIp lIOnS hAll In BOnVIlle On JUne 6, dURInG whICh CASSIdy SMIth wAS pReSented wIth A $1,000

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study Farm Management Technology at the Macdonald Campus of McGill University in Montreal this fall.

According to Smith, who lives with her family at Rosevine Farms near Berwick, the three-year diploma program teaches many different aspects of farm management, with a culminating project of preparing a five-year farm plan in order to graduate.

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Celebrating the Canadian Horse at Upper Canada Village Carolyn Thompson Goddard AgriNews Contributor ORRISBURG â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ABOUt 350 yeARS AGO, A ShIpMent Of twO StAllIOnS And 12 MAReS fROM the ROyAl StABleS Of KInG lOUIS XIV Of fRAnCe ARRIVed In new fRAnCe And pROVIded the

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In the following centuries, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Canadianâ&#x20AC;? became known as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Little Iron Horseâ&#x20AC;? for its strength and endurance which contributed to the development of Canada. By the 1840s, the population of this sturdy equine had increased to over 150,000 with the exportation of this horse to the West Indies and United States where it was used for heavy farm work, riding and racing. During the American Civil War, the Union Army and the Canadian horse are credited with playing a significant role in the North being victorious. By the 1880s, the Canadian horse had almost become extinct and efforts began to ensure its survival despite the onset of mechanization in society. In 1909, the Canadian horse was declared to be the the

Local receives bursary

Denise Brownell, Beef Farmers of Stormont bursary facilitator, and Sandy McIntosh, vice-president of Beef Farmers of Stormont, presented Cassidy Smith (centre) with a bursary of $1,000.

national breed of Canada with this horse becoming an official animal symbol of this country in 2002 and a heritage breed of Quebec in 2010.

Since the mid 1970s, Upper Canada Village has been raising, training and using Canadian horses, said Bruce Henbest, coordinator of interpretation at UCV and currently working with Don Cook on the creation of a statue to this unique horse.

According to Henbest, there are 25 registered Canadian horses at UCV, which has helped to reestablish this breed.

Hilary Beaty, the first and presently the only female teamster working at UCV, provided information about the role that the Canadian horse played in the 1860s. Beaty mentioned that in the 1860s there was a horse shortage locally as a lot of the horses had been exported to the U.S. for use in the Civil War. Horse power was an important element of society at this time with the result that a versatile animal such as the Canadian was especially important in both urban and rural settings.

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Canadian horse Continued from page 34 She described the Canadian as a light draft horse that would weigh between 800 to 1,000 lbs on average with a good work ethic.

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IPM Partner Supervisor Stephen Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donohue sold approximately 160 benches, which will be located throughout the plowing match. Students sitting from left front are Alysha Lee and Kayla McMillan; from centre left, Shawn Munro, Jamie Rodney, Sarah Robillard, Ben Roberts, Tyson Sherrer, Cole Lake, Sarah Vanscoy, Woodworking Shop Teacher Ray Bougie, BMR Winchester Owner Ken Boje and IPM Partnership Supervisor Stephen O'Donohue; and seated on benches on truck are Cory Ross, Michael Eyre, Kyle Ross and Braeden Visser.

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While praising the OFA president for repeatedly advising prospective wind farm participants to consult with a lawyer, Wilson challenges McCabe on a number of points made at the session, including his assertion that Ontario has no surplus of power and his suggestion that farmers make arrangements to draw power directly from the wind turbines on their land â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in order to save on rising hydro rates OFA itself has complained about.

(On the last point, Wilson says that sort of that â&#x20AC;&#x153;net meteringâ&#x20AC;? is not permitted on projects built under the FeedIn Tariff program.) She also counters some of his advice

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on thoughts related to turbine noise, community input, and farmers not happy with turbine contracts on their land.

She also expresses disappointment at the â&#x20AC;&#x153;overarching themeâ&#x20AC;? of the OFA presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remarks, â&#x20AC;&#x153;that if people are going to sign a lease for a wind turbine project they should make certain that they get concessions from the power developer that benefit them. There was not a single mention in your remarks of the need for responsible consideration of other members of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s community, including fellow farm operators, and neighbours.â&#x20AC;?

She alleges of his comments â&#x20AC;&#x153;a very narrow view that demonstrates no balance and instead indicates an archaic, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I can do whatever I

want on my landâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; view.â&#x20AC;?

Contemporary and socially responsible farm operators donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t share that viewpoint, she also writes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our concern with this isolationist view of farm ownership is that it will further divide Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rural and small-town communities.â&#x20AC;?

The Canadian Wind Energy Assocationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Director of Technical and Utility Affairs, Tom Levy, also spoke at the public event organized by the Finch Lions Club in the Township of North Stormont. Although officially not a willing host to wind projects, the township is the proposed site for two similarly sized developments currently competing for the next allotment of renewable energy contracts.

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DFO celebrates 50 years

Dairy Farmers of Ontario, in partnership with 14 dairy farms across the province, held Open Farm Days to celebrate the DFOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 50th anniversary on June 27 - 28. In the Eastern Region, Miedema Farms, Baltimore (Northumberland); Roosburg Farms, Athens (Leeds); Lachlan Glen Farms, Williamstown (Glengarry); and Midlee Farms Ltd., Osgoode (Carleton) hosted events. Pictured above at the latter venue, from left, North Stormont Mayor Dennis Fife, North Dundas Mayor Eric Duncan, farm hosts David McDiarmid, Connie McDiarmid, Jim McDiarmid, Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry MPP Jim McDonell and South Dundas Mayor Evonne Delegarde.

In photo right, through the sponsorship of a variety of companies, visitors to the event at the McDiarmid farm received a free slice of pizza, a container of milk and ice cream, served up by volunteers, from left, Natalie Breteler, Tory MacDonald and Lynnette Klein Boonschate.

In photo left, numerous volunteers and DFO board members were on hand to answer questions from the public on every aspect of dairy farming. The barn doors were opened to allow visitors to walk through and learn how the McDiarmids utilize automated milkers, digital tracking and monitoring systems, and other high-tech equipment. There were several educational displays including a hands-on butter-making tent, where volunteer Pascale Dumond-Blaise showed Taylor Mathers (left) how to shake the container to separate the cream from the milk. Ericka Mathers (right) holds a jar of butter made on the farm. The girls, from Winchester, each had sample and deemed it to be â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;tastyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

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Tires hit the road, then find new life in Ontario agriculture

by Nelson Zandbergen AgriNews Staff Writer OOse Creek â&#x20AC;&#x201D; there is life

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Ag industries have been sopping up a good deal of the recycled rubber tire products like those created at Moose Creek Tire Recycling (MCTR) for the past decade â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an industry largely sparked by Ontario Tire Stewardship disposal fees charged at time of sale.

MCTR specializes in shredding old tires into rubber crumb and turning that material into heavyduty cow and horse stall mats.

Since the launch of the tire-recycling program in 2009, recycling capacity in the province has doubled, according to Andrew Horsman of Ontario Tire Stewardship, with MCTR among the top three or four manufacturers of moulded products made from recycled rubber crumb. It is the only â&#x20AC;&#x153;fully integratedâ&#x20AC;? processor taking in raw tires, which it pulverizes into rubber crumb and turns into heavy-duty cattle and equestrian mats. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are really one of the success stories here in Ontario,â&#x20AC;? he says.

Prior to the 2009 program launch, only about

half passenger-car and light-truck tires in Ontario were being recycled, and none of the off-road and tractor units. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are capturing 100 per cent of the tires that are out there available for recycling,â&#x20AC;? says Horsman, executive director of the provincially empowered sub entity of Stewardship Ontario that is specifically tasked with overseeing mandated tire recycling in the province.

The imposed recycling fees on car and truck tires â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which he notes have been reduced three times since their initial starting point â&#x20AC;&#x201D; have triggered the market conditions needed to eliminate the surplus of waste tires and spur recycling. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually a shortage at the moment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are too valuable to be disposed of or

dumped in a field,â&#x20AC;?

Horsman says of the impact of all that demand for used tires. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no reason to do that because weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve eliminated the financial cost of getting rid of a tire, and in fact that tire has some positive value and people are trying to capture that.â&#x20AC;?

In fact, Ontario Tire Stewardship wants to hear from landowners and farmers with piles of tires needing cleanup. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll make sure they get taken away at no cost to you.â&#x20AC;?

A substantial portion of those tires are turned into cow mats made by MCTR and a Brantford competitor, Northwest Rubber, he says, without knowing the percentage offhand. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That market is a significant market for products made with recycled rubber because thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very high-

use, high-wear environment. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re durable, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re sustainable, and they offer those animal comfort benefits the farmer is looking for.â&#x20AC;?

Other rubber crumb output is finding its way into roofing, landscaping and playground surfacing products, among other things.

While his organization got caught up in a controversy involving sky-high fees on a particular combine tire that cost thousands of dollars to begin with, Horsman says the figure was cut back to $250 after listening to farmers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We worked very closely with the agricultural community. They brought some really good sector-specific perspectives to the issue. I would say that they are in fact supporters of the program.â&#x20AC;?

He adds that Ontario Tire Stewardship intends to remain engaged with Ontario farmers on issues related to tire disposal and is keen to promote the free removal of quantities of old tires from rural properties.

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equal footing with Ontario Craft Beer and VQA, which have both been incubated by provincial programs to grow their industries,â&#x20AC;? said Thomas Wilson, Chair OCCA, highlighting the â&#x20AC;&#x153;oversightâ&#x20AC;? that threatens to leave their industry behind. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We fully support a thriving Ontario craft cider industry and are excited about the opportunities,â&#x20AC;? said Charles Stevens, chair of the Ontario Apple Growers, who also pointed to increased rural economic development, export potential and environmental opportunities such as an increase in bee nutrition and habitat.

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Country Hospitality a Hit at “Open Farm Day” in Glengarry County

It was a perfect day at Lachlan Glen Farms in Glengarry on June 27 when the MacLachlan family hosted their rural and urban neighbours to their “official celebration farm” marking the 50th anniversary of the Dairy Farmers of Ontario. There was plenty of food to eat, displays to view, people to visit with, and opportunities to see some very contented cows, as well as up-to-date agricultural technology.

At right, Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry MPP Jim McDonell shares a chuckle with Ian MacDonald of the Glengarry Dairy Producers Committee while filling out the ticket for the free picnic basket draw that was sponsored by the DFO. McDonell, from a farming family himself, noted that despite innovations in agricultural technology, farming is still a labour intensive occupation.

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A deluge of rain in the intervening days made all the difference.

From March to May, rainfall in SNC’s jurisdiction had been just 60 to 70 per cent of normal. But more than 80 mm of precipitation in June offset the shortfall, according to the SNC. Environment Canada’s forecasted rainfall the following week lived up to expectations that significantly topped up the tally.

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Locally linked olive oil in E. Ont.

Robin Andrew of Ingleside has a brother-in-law in Greece, who makes olive oil from a grove of 400 trees. Andrew and his wife, Karen, are going into their second year selling the mechanically extracted extra virgin olive at the Chesterville Farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Market, under the name Lambros Quality Products.

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LUCK-E HOLSTEINS, Dennis, Beth, Joe, Matt Engel, Hampshire, Ill. Milking 150 registered Holsteins — Herd 97% Homebred All cows scored: 1st lactation avg. VG-86, 2nd+ lactation avg. EX-90 Have bred 315+ EX cows including 5 at 95, 23 at 94, and 31 at 93 Dams average EX-91 “Udder Comfort™ does an awesome job of softening udders and is gentle to the skin.

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We use it on every fresh animal. It gets udders ready fast,” says Joe Engel of Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire, Ill. Their EX-95 Luck-E Advent Kandie-Red was 2014 World Dairy Expo Red & White Senior Champion, Best Udder and Champion Bred-and-Owned.

Joe and Matt and parents Dennis and Beth milk 150 Holsteins with a focus on balanced cows from consistent families in a freestall setup where good udders, strong front ends and high components rule. Recent national show winner Luck-E Ladd Jubilee-Red was among the attractions at June’s 2015 Holstein Convention tour.

(l-r) Luck-E Advent Kandie-Red tapped Sr. Champ and Best Uddered R&W at 2014 World Dairy Expo, and milking with Matt.

A lineup of Red 2-yr-olds: in foreground Luck-E Ladd Jubilee-Red (VG-88 Polled) 1st and HM Int. Champ at Midwest R&W Spring National.

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