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May crop report by Jeff Moore AgriNews Staff Writer

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planting and getting the Crops in the ground and Most Crops were planted about a week ahead of tiMe,

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Cereals Winter wheat survived the winter great with about 75 per cent, which is very good and is within a few days of heading. There are only some patches that were ruined but the need for replanting is just not there. Spring cereal went in

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weather has really helped with the ability to get the Crops planted but now we need rain.

Corn The corn was planted in really good time this season and 90 per cent of the crop was in the ground before the middle of May. The crop itself is about a week ahead of average and has begun its emergence before the end of the month. The only issues by some farmers are the ones who either overworked their land or the corn was planted too shallow. Another problem is the use of premerge herbicide, which needs rain to be activated so weeds have become a problem for the farmers who used it. There is still a chance the herbicide will work if we get a good rain soon but the bigger the weed gets the less chance of killing it. Although the seeding was done a bit sooner this year, the ground was still fairly cool but all-in-all the corn crops have been great. soybeans Soybeans are pretty much in the same boat as corn with the exception they were planted a little later than the corn but are still a week ahead of average. There may be slow emergence in the case of overworked soil or shallow planting. The older seeders only plant the seed about one inch in depth and the ideal depth is an inch and a half. Quesnel suggests if you are growing nonGMO beans your crop should be scouted regularly and adjust herbicides or check for consistency especially if you are growing organically.

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Crop report Continued from page 2 early and has emerged nicely but like most crops need a good rain.

The AgriNews June, 2016 Page 3 Forage The news is all good for forages this season as there was very little winter loss; in fact alfalfa and most grasses has a survival rate of 80 per cent

or higher. The forages need rain, however, or the first crop will be short. Quesnel says it will only take one good rain and the forage will shoot up immediately.

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Precipitation measured at Environment Canada climate stations in and around the watershed show that about 80 per cent of normal for the time of year has

fallen in the last 90 days. This means that minor drought status has been reached. Municipal watering restrictions could be imposed to limit the volume of water extracted from groundwater and surface water sources. It is recommended that those living in residences served by private systems also reduce their water-taking. Some rain was forecast for the end of May but the amount presently estimated is unlikely to be sufficient to do more than slow the

decline of water levels throughout the watershed. Streamflows in unregulated watercourses are about half of normal for the time of year and lake levels are declining. The Rideau Canal system is at full navigation level but, if drought conditions deepen, boaters on all lakes will need to keep an eye open for shoals and rocks as levels continue to drop. Conservation Authorities will monitor conditions and will issue further statements as warranted.

Apple blossom time

Apples are blooming all around the area, like these trees in North Russell. Due to hot, dry temperatures the blossoms are not expected to last long, so enjoy their beauty while they’re out.

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Editorial

A toast to Beau’s Located right here in Eastern Ontario, one of Canada’s most innovative breweries is at it again. This time, Beau’s All Natural Brewing Company of Vankleek Hill has devised a plan to gradually bring its 150 employees into an ownership role. Rare in the craft beer category, introduction of an Employee Share Ownership Plan will give Beau’s workers greater responsibility for the company’s future and continued growth. While there are no guarantees, CEO Steve Beauchesne explains that the sale of shares to employees will provide Beau’s with the best safeguards down the road against takeover by a generic multi-national beer maker. As usual with Beau’s, the recent announcement was made with great fanfare. Rather than quietly telling employees the good news right at the brewery, Beau’s management did a full-court announcement in a vintage Ottawa theatre. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Eastern Ontario’s most prominent craft brewery has honoured its agricultural roots from the get-go. Showing an antique tractor on the label, Lug-Tread Lagered Ale remains the company’s signature product. Now the largest independent producer of organic beer in the country and with its employee share plan now in place, Beau’s will launch a major expansion July 1. “We look forward to our expansion and success across Canada, with the help of our new company stewards,” Beauchesne says. Along the way, Beau’s has proven to be a true innovator… and not just in beers. As they grew across Ontario, into Quebec and New York State, the Beauchesnes began to support various worthy causes, held blues concerts in the brewery, staged popular events such as an annual Oktoberfest, launched a delivery service in Ottawa, started a members-only Greener Futures Project to improve sustainability in the brewery, and introduced a long line of colourful logo packaging and merchandise. Much more is to come in celebrating the 10th, including new brews, a fresh corporate look and feel, community and merchant appreciation, and philanthropic projects. So here’s to the continued success of one of Ontario’s favourite breweries! Pass the Lug-Tread please!

A job well done Dedicated to promoting and preserving farm artifacts and customs, Vintage Iron & Traditions of Eastern Ontario has kicked off its 2016 display and demonstration season. As it has been for the past several years, site for the show May 29 was Cumberland Heritage Village Museum in Ottawa’s rural east end, a surprising assortment of buildings reflecting the 1920s-30s, including a working sawmill and blacksmith forge. Even without the presence of VITEO members and their machines, the museum is well worth a visit. But when club members show up with their collections on a Sunday in May for the Heritage Power Show, the experience is that much more enjoyable. With members from all over Eastern Ontario and beyond, VITEO brings in antique tractors of every colour, steam-powered machinery, miniatures, a fur and leather booth… among other attractions. There’s a tractor parade, breakfast and lunch, and musical entertainment. While it turned out to be quite a pleasant day weather-wise, earlier warnings of high heat, humidity and a possible thunderstorm kept some visitors away. The ones that braved the possible elements were thrilled with the education they received from various VITEO members on site, not to mention their immersion in agricultural and rural nostalgia. As club director Glen Edwards of nearby Navan expressed it, the museum provides a convenient location with lots of space for members to come together to kick off a round of some 30 shows and visits across the region, as well as into Quebec and Northern New York. VITEO and other organizations like it deserve a lot of credit for the good work they do in the name of comradery and a common interest. It’s largely thanks to these passionate volunteers that much of Ontario’s rural heritage is maintained for posterity at no cost to the rest of us. Many of them have larger collections than publicly-funded museums. May they continue their efforts for generations to come! If you come upon VITEO members this summer at a fair, antique show or some other special event, take a moment to thank them for a job well done.

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Lyme aid From a vague notion that a few people out in the country might sometimes contract it, Lyme disease has suddenly struck the public consciousness like a brick between the eyes. Lyme has gained a rock-star style profile in a matter of months. I have to admit that I was largely in the dark about the ailment passed on by what are commonly known as deer ticks that latch on to humans and animals and hitch a ride until they’re bloated with their hosts’ blood. It almost sounds like a horror movie, doesn’t it? In fact, the scourge of Lyme is acting out in a very similar way. I remained uninformed about Lyme even after I found a fat tick roosting under my arm and had it plucked out at Winchester District Memorial Hospital where staff told me I had nothing to worry about. They’re sneaky little devils… the ticks, that is. If they attach in an obscure place, they can go undetected for days. My friend Lynn, the Glengarry Bootmaker, has been regularly and casually detaching ticks from various parts of her anatomy after walking her dogs in the woods. Increasing near panic-level news coverage prompted her to look for a Lyme kit which can apparently detect if a particular tick is a carrier before symptoms appear. She’s still looking. Recent visits to a pet store and a TSC outlet came up empty. For me and many others, the scary truth about Lyme disease came crashing home during the first national multi-stakeholder conference on the topic held in Ottawa May 15-17. Sufferers joined with medical professionals to talk about symptoms, treatment – or lack thereof – and a long-range strategy to combat the disease. Identified by lime green scarves, ribbons and tshirts, many sufferers at the conference didn’t look well and several used canes for stability. Doctors came under the most scrutiny, both for missing diagnoses and not providing effective treatment, and for facing reprimand from their professional association for the “injudicious” application of antibiotics. Less than two per cent of Canadian doctors are said to treat Lyme. References to the early days of the HIV/AIDS epidemic were made frequently. Back then, participants noted, AIDS sufferers were stigmatized and had trouble getting accurate diagnoses and medical support; early on, research dollars were almost non-existent, similarly to the Lyme situation today. During the conference summary session, participants told tales of desperation, in some cases leading to the suicide of sufferers unable to get relief from a multitude of symptoms, from chronic

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by Tom Van Dusen fatigue to seizures, which can continue for years and can result in death. Frustrated, many Canadian sufferers eventually seek treatment in the U.S. which can cost thousands of dollars, said former Fredericton teacher Patrick Leech who first realized he had Lyme about a year ago. I sought Patrick out in the crowd after spotting his distinctive t-shirt: “Lyme disease ticks me off!” As it turned out, he had never discovered a tick on his body. The first tip-off for him was a rash. Now Leech can no longer work, and some days, he can barely get out of bed. Like many other participants, he hopes the conference will become an annual event to update patients on the latest advances in dealing with the disease. One of the main issues, Leech said, is finding a rare “Lyme literate” doctor who recognizes the symptoms and can administer treatment which, so far, consists primarily of antibiotics in the early days. A member of the conference organizing committee, MD Ralph Hawkins of Calgary was sitting beside me. For the most part, Hawkins said, Canadian doctors are failing victims of Lyme. He confirmed that doctors who decide to treat Lyme are sometimes reprimanded by the Canadian Medical Association (CMA). Early in the conference, a keynote speaker was national Green Party leader Elizabeth May who’s credited with helping to bump up the Lyme profile though introduction of private member’s Bill C442, an act respecting a federal framework on Lyme disease. Congratulating the conference for covering a lot of ground in a short time, Jim Wilson, president of the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation, insisted that, similarly to the early days of HIV, what’s needed most now are Lyme research dollars. Participants agreed, adding that priorities are a surveillance system, coherent national objectives, a database, coordination, communication, incorporation of the latest technology, participation of “citizen scientists”, and a centre of excellence for research and treatment of the disease. And now, readers, put down this newspaper – temporarily, of course – and conduct a tick check on yourself, your partner, your kids and your pets. Your lives may depend on it.

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Op/Ed Full of gas Ontario residents are catching the fetid whiff of Liberal policy gone too far after 14 years in office, with last week’s flabbergasting announcement from Ontario Environment and “Climate Change” Minister Glen Murray. Unwilling or unable to exercise his powers of provincial climate control to banish the lingering spring chill, the minister instead aims to outlaw natural gas as a fuel. This includes spending $3.8billion on grants, rebates and subsidies to switch buildings from natural gas to more expensive, electrically-based forms of heat. Murray’s goal — radically charged with notions of ever greater central planning and coerced control over consumer energy choice — comes just as rural municipalities in Eastern Ontario have begun lobbying, ironically, to make natural gas more widely available. Instead, the Wynne cabinet openly dreams of extraordinary government intervention of the sort that only brings upheaval, and for what? Never mind that natural gas is a very clean form of energy (the cleanest of the fossil fuels), that hydroelectricity usually involves damming of rivers with the associated negative environmental effects, that wind turbines are being forced on municipalities which don’t want them, that large solar installations have taken over farmland, or that the bankrupt province can’t really afford to spend another $3.8-billion unnecessarily: It’s no coincidence that Ontario already has the highest electricity charges in the country and also the most sluggish economy. The province also wants to impose energy audits on homes before they’re sold — because homebuyers don’t already have enough expenses. One can be all for renewable energy, in theory, but it’s high time this government faced reality. The government needs to look at the whole picture, including the financial costs in the here and now as well as the future. The citizenry desires practical policies and most of all, econonic freedom, not blind adherance to an ideology of ever-increasing hyperregulation and central government control that would even contemplate outlawing a vital fuel in such a cold place as Ontario. The Liberals are simply going too far at this point. Nelson Zandbergen and Candice Vetter

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MPP McDonell launches petition to save right to choose natural gas

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O NtARiO . “Under the Liberals’ misguided climate change plan, Ontarians will be deprived of their ability to choose a sustainable, affordable and efficient heating option,” McDonell stated. “The province’s hydro rates have been artificially inflated by more than 300 per cent since the current government took office. We have one Minister telling us to switch from electricity to natural gas in order to save money, while anothiNg iN

er Minister tells us we will be forced back onto electrical heating. Rural municipalities and their residents have worked with stakeholders and distributors to make natural gas available to more communities, breaking Hydro’s stranglehold over residents’ household budgets. This latest energy initiative does nothing but impose the misery of higher electricity rates upon those Ontarians who had made a sensible economic decision by switching to natural gas heating. The Liberals’ plan is beyond misguided – it is tantamount to economic sabotage.” The petition is available online at www.jimmcdonellmpp.ca /petitions.

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Understanding milk pricing, revenue in a time of change

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“The development of a world-priced class for skim milk used in products for either domestic or export is critical to rebalancing the Canadian dairy market,” says Al Mussell, Agri-Food Economic Systems Research Lead and author of

the policy note. “Our analysis suggests that, with the domestic firewalls around world priced skim, adoption of a Class 6 initiative nationally would probably have small effects on the producer blend price. It could have significant positive effects for processors.” The note also touches on the diafiltered milk issue. “Imports of diafiltered milk/MPI used in cheese and other dairy products have been cast as a regulatory failure and as unfair competition. It might be more constructively viewed as a relative pricing problem,” says Mussell. “Diafiltered milk and MPI could be made from Canadian milk; it is imported from the United States because it is tariff-free and lower cost than Canadian product. Under the limited

world pricing on skim envisioned in the ingredient strategy and Class 6, the imports would be redundant from a pricing perspective.” The policy note concludes that pricing under Class 6 entails new risk, but that these risks are small in comparison with the risks of retaining the status quo. The Independent Agri-Food Policy Note can be accessed at www.agrifoodecon.ca Agri-Food Economic Systems Inc. is an independent economic research organization dedicated to agriculture and food located in Guelph, Ont. For more information, contact Al Mussell, Research Lead Agri-Food Economic Systems, at (519)-827-6239 or by email: al@agrifoodecon.ca .

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“As we try and grow with that growing market, it puts more skim milk into the marketplace,” says Al Mussell.

Most growth in the dairy sector has been in higher fat products, i.e., butter, cream, cheeses and yogurts, resulting in an oversupply of the remaining skim milk products if quota is adjusted. To compound the problem, Canada is obligated to import a certain amount of butterfat to balance the market. “That’s butterfat we could produce,” says Mussell, “but we don’t

have a home for the skim.” He says farmers thought they could go through a “one-time hurt” and that would fix the problem. “But on further analysis the cuts are continuing. We suspect the loss to farmers will be significant.” He says some farmers operate at capacity now. “Some with new free-stall barns are trying to ramp up production, and at that scale they might have 15 or 20

empty stalls.” Meanwhile production costs have increased in the areas of labour, electricity, property taxes, and the high capital costs of improvements such as robot milkers. Locally many farmers have seen their price per litre decrease as well, with a price difference of eight to 10 cents per litre reported to AgriNews from April 2015 to April 2016.

Grain Farmer inputs estimated over $1-Billion

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Grain FarmErs oF ontario in a rECEnt mEdia rELEasE. Ontario’s barley, corn, oat, soybean, and wheat farmers are actively working the fields this month to give their crops the best chance of success, to ultimately feed and fuel the province. It is estimated that farmers have committed about $1.25-billion to inputs, including seeds and seed treatments, fertilizers, and pesticides based on Statistics Canada’s March 2016 intentions of principal field crop areas for Ontario and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture’s 2016 Field Crop Budget per-acre input costs. “Every year, farmers invest significant financial resources in their crops,” says Mark Brock, Chair of said

Grain Farmers of Ontario. “At this time of year, our expenses are high and turning a profit at harvest is never a guarantee. It’s not uncommon for a farmer to spend several hundred thousand dollars just to get their crops started.” Across the province, most regions are experiencing reasonable planting conditions, but warm weather is needed for germination of the spring crops. Farmers are anxious to see their crops emerge, as planted seeds are vulnerable to soil-borne insects. Grain farmers operate on small profit margins, so the financial risk of seed or crop loss is significant. “There is a lot of risk, both environmental and financial, in grain farming,” says Brock. “Input costs are just one part of it – there are also labour costs, research and administration time, equipment maintenance and repairs, and a lot Continued on page 7

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New OFA partnership brings ag stories to Ontario consumers

Grow A Row program

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DuNDaS CouNTy FooD BaNk. Whether vegetable gardens are large or small or limited to containers or planter boxes, anyone can share their harvest and help bridge the gap between those growing food and those who have limited access to fresh produce. Grow A Row participants receive a starter kit that includes some veg-

Grain Farmer Continued from page 6 of personal energy spent on the land and crops.� Grain Farmers of Ontario is the province’s largest commodity organization, representing Ontario’s 28,000 barley, corn, oat, soybean, and

etable seeds, a lawn sign and further information about the program. The kits can be picked up at the Dundas County Food Bank in Winchester and Morrisburg and at the Finch Food Cupboard during regular office hours. The Grow A Row lawn sign is intended to spread the word about the program and encourage others to get involved. At harvest time, any donated produce can be dropped off at one of the food bank locations. Grow A Row is made possible with the support of several sponsors including Against the Grain Farms, BMR Winchester, Cotnam Ace Hardware, Finch Feed & Seed and D&D’s Market. For more information or to register, visit dundascountyfoodbank.com, call: 613-323-2983 or email: pmalcolm@ripnet.com. wheat farmers. The crops they grow cover over six million acres of farm land across the province, generate over $2.5-billion in farm-gate receipts, result in over $9-billion in economic output and are responsible for over 40,000 jobs in the province.

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by Mark Reusser Executive Member, OFA Telling the story of agriculture and food production has never been more important. With increasing misconceptions and concerns about agricultural practices, we all know the need to share the story of our industry. The Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) is teaming up with Bell Media

in a program called Fields to Forks that showcases positive stories about modern agriculture that produces safe, nutritious food, grows our economy as an innovative industry and cares for our environment. Fields to Forks is a new initiative to show modern agriculture to rural and urban audiences in southwestern Ontario. OFA is partnering with

Middlesex Federation of Agriculture, Western Fair District and the County of Middlesex Economic Development on Fields to Forks to provide sources and background for agricultural stories that will be featured on Bell Media TV, radio and online channels in May and June. This partnership is a new opportunity to show Ontario Continued on page 21

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The Nation under siege by Candice Vetter AgriNews Staff Writer T. ISIDORE — AnDRÊ CASTOnguAy’S DAIRy

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A tour of the area, going within 15-minute drives (or less) in different directions from his farm, reveals what appears to be disregard for the rich soil and long-established agricultural community there. The land is flat, very fertile, and lies lush between tributaries of the South Nation River, and it is well drained and dotted

with farms and barns. It is also covered with unpleasant land uses, most of which surround Castonguay’s 200-cow operation and large farm. “First, it was Highway 417,� he says, driving up Des Noyes Rd. and stopping at the end where it hits County Rd. 8. Just ahead is the highway. “It cut our farm in two.� Since 1971 he and his family have had to detour over the four-lane freeway to get to the south side of the farm. The highway was built as a fast route between Ottawa and Montreal, and also as a way to get to the then-planned airport of Mirabel. (That airport turned out to be one of Canada’s biggest white elephants—serving no one

in either city and making international travel to and from Canada difficult, inefficient, time-consuming and unpopular. It was dismantled completely in 2014, after 46,000 hectares of arable land were expropriated and a community hollowed out and ruined beyond repair.) The freeway, however, did prove useful, as can be seen by the constant stream of speeding traffic. “It made things harder for us and many neighbours,� says Castonguay, “but we didn’t protest. It was progress. We did not want to be against progress.� A consequence unforeseen by area residents at the time was that the good, fast highway made hauling things —including unpleasant or dangerous things,

easy and fast. Suddenly St. Isidore was close enough to two major cities to be attractive as a place to put stuff the cities, particularly Ottawa, didn’t want. To illustrate the point, the next stop on Castonguay’s tour is the Lafleche landfill and waste recovery centre near Moose Creek. The site is over 1,000 hectares of which a part comprises the landfill — which is licensed to take garbage from all over the province and also takes paper waste from Quebec — as well as methane capture technology that produces heat and electricity, composting and waste water plants, recycling facilities and a plethora of waste-related activities. “Here’s where we should have fought harder,� says

Castonguay. The landfill is a former peat bog, from which much of the peat was mined. When original owner AndrĂŠ Lafleche sought permission for a landfill, one of the reasons stated was its proximity to Hwy. 417 and the ease of transferring City of Ottawa waste to the area. It lies just within the Township of North Stormont, and at the time was touted by Mayor Dennis Fife as a boon to the municipality. Although frequently considered a better example of waste handling than many other landfills (such as the Carp Rd. landfill), it has weighed on its nearby neighbours in The Nation. The composting area, inside a fabriccovered structure, smells bad and smells sometimes carry many kilometres.

www.agrinews.ca “See those birds?� Castonguay asks, pointing at a flock of several hundred seagulls. “When I am plowing in the spring they follow the tractor and they pull up all the worms. Worms are good for the soil and when the birds are done they’re gone.� Owner Lafleche sold the landfill and most of subsidiary industries to TransForce Inc. of Montreal, which recently sold its waste division to GFL Environmental Inc. for $800-million. In 2013, the landfill also installed a 4.2 megawatt (MW) landfill gas-to-energy plant, operated by Energy Ottawa, a subsidiary of Hydro Ottawa, with Integrated Gas Recovery Services Inc. Continued on page 10

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Page 10 The AgriNews June, 2016 Continued from page 8 (IGRS), which creates enough electricity to power 4,000 homes. One of the reasons that energy production is seen as viable there is the presence of nearby transmission lines — those big cables which run along huge towers. The right-of-way for the transmission lines goes through The Nation Township and right close to Castonguay’s farm. He took a drive down Concession Rd. 20. “See this house?� he says. “That man has cancer. And there is cancer in this house, and this house, and these two are okay, then these houses.� He doesn’t know if the presence of the transmission lines (which also took up large portions of nearby farms for the Hydro Ontario right of way) contributes to the number of cases of cancer in the area, or if it’s something else. “Maybe it’s everything together. It accumulates in the body.� The next road he travelled down could be part of the explanation. “See this road? Where are we going? We’re going nowhere. No one lives down here — so why is this road maintained so well?� The road is in much better condition than most roads nearby which have homes and farms along them. “There? See it?� He stops at a very large covered fabric structure behind a fence and locked gate. “That is City of Ottawa biosolids.� Just ahead in the building the open door reveals a mound of biosolids — more accurately known as sewage sludge. The City has been desperate to find ways to dispose of the sludge from its sewage plant and in recent years has been giving it to farmers to use as fertilizer. Some farmers happily accept it, but many more are wary of using something made of concentrated human and industrial waste on land which will grow food for humans. The City and the provincial Ministry of Environment state that it is safe, but considering they test the sludge for 14 metals, chemicals or pathogens, and sludge can contain thousands of toxins, not to mention E. coli, the majority choose not to use it — free or not. Spreading sludge is also one of the best ways to get angry neighbours, potentially explaining why city sludge would be stored in a rural municipality. Castonguay leaves that site and proceeds up another road toward St. Isidore, pointing out places where there were once forests. “I am a farmer and I use some land for cash crop, but we need the forests, too,� he says. “This happened here before, where all the trees were taken down, and it ruined the streams and eroded the soil.� He is referring to the dust bowl-like conditions which took over Eastern Ontario in the mid- 20th century when farmers cleared almost all the trees and the resulting erosion filled the South Nation River with silt, and devastated farmers and farm communi-

www.agrinews.ca ties. He also appreciates the forests’ role in preserving biodiversity and supporting wildlife. Now travelling to the village he points out several large poultry barns and a hog barn. “I don’t have a problem with this guy,� he says, stopping beside one chicken barn. “He lives here, right beside his barn.� He continues driving. “See these two barns?� Two large barns stand about half a kilometre apart, surrounded by field. “No one lives here. The money is made by a company far away. There’s no local benefit, but there is still the manure.� Slightly further he comes to a giant hog barn. “This is owned by a Quebec company.� Again, there is no house anywhere near the structure. “Quebec doesn’t allow these kinds of hog barns, so they just put them here instead.� Hog barns produce extensive amounts of pig manure which can smell very bad and can be a serious source of water pollution. They are also one of the least humane methods of raising livestock. He pulls into St. Isidore, buys coffee at Tim Horton’s, where the server recognizes his voice, and then he drives around town. He points out the manufacturers which used to serve the public, but now only make products for wholesale. He shows the empty building which was once a bank, and some other businesses gone bust. Then the tour goes past a company which digs up, bags and sells the black bog topsoil carried by hardware stores and garden centres such as Canadian Tire. “We give them our good earth,� he says. “And they leave us their manure.� Then heading back in the direction of his farm he stops at a 40-hectare solar panel array. It is situated near the electricity transmission lines (which run through the village). “This is some of the best agricultural land here,� says Castonguay. “And it’s covered with solar panels instead of crops or trees.� A big egg truck just ahead pulls into one of the chicken barns. The small road is beaten up and these long transports travelling on it don’t help. Almost home, he arrives at the place marking the latest intrusion into the community. It’s the meteorological tower which measures wind, and is one of the places where a wind turbine is proposed as part of a huge array of turbines that will spread across the landscape. The Parc eolien Gauthier project was recently given the green light by the province, even though the township declared itself “not a willing host� and its citizenry voted 80 per cent against allowing the large turbine project into the community. He stops and opens the truck windows. “What do you hear?� There is silence. “The only thing we have left is the quiet,� he says. “Now they want to take that away.� Continued on page 25

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“The expansion of the infrastructure required to provide natural gas to rural communities that would otherwise not receive this service would allow for significant economic benefits for every sector: residential, commercial and industrial. Natural gas is the most reliable, efficient and eco-

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The future of farming – Is your farm connected?

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monitor, manage and optimize farming practices once considered manual, time-intensive labour. A secure high-speed internet connection throughout the farm allows for more efficient operations and access to information. Consider the impact of being able to monitor and manage herds from your screen or device. Connected farms reap benefits throughout the entire life cycle – from breeding to birthing, feeding, quality control for milk production and overall herd health. Connectivity is the key to progressive dairy farming. It allows for the integration of all aspects of farming, for more cohesive and coordinated operations. A small farm

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and Rural Affairs Jeff Leal. Ontario Fire Marshal and Chief, Emergency Management Ross Nichols is “concerned by any loss of life or property resulting from fire, and distressed by recent animal deaths. These tragic incidents underscore the need for owners and operators to identify – and eliminate – potential fire risks on agricultural properties, including in their barns and stables.â€? Ontario encourages owners of farm buildings to follow best management practices when working with livestock in farm buildings. Planning ahead to reduce risks and prevent accidents will help protect employees, family members and animals. Best practices to follow to reduce the risk of barn fires are: • Have a qualified professional

complete assessments of all farm buildings; • Have all electrical equipment inspected yearly by a licensed electrical contractor, including wiring, mechanical and heating systems; • When heat lamps are required, protect the immediate area with non-combustible sheathing, keep the area around the heat lamp clear of clutter or bedding materials that could catch fire and only use heat lamps with the CSA or ULC label; • Establish good housekeeping practices – eliminate clutter inside and outside the buildings to the risk of fire spreading; • Be sure to check exposed electrical equipment for corroded parts and repair all damaged fixtures or equipment as soon as Continued on page 16

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Rural shed fire

This shed fire in North Dundas in late May blazed up quickly. Above: Firefighters on the scene. Below: Removal of a large maple that was burned.

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Shed fire Continued from page 14 including breaking windows on one side. The shed caught fire first and a large maple tree beside it then lit up with flames. Although the burn ban was not in force that date, the very dry conditions contributed to the blaze and great care must be taken with any fire outdoors.

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SNC enters Twinning Agreement with Watershedbased organizations from Quebec and France

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share expertise between the two watersheds and SNC was asked to join the partnership in 2014. “We are very pleased to be part of a partnership that offers a unique opportunity to share expertise, technical knowledge and best practices with two other watershedbased organizations across provincial and international borders,� explained Doug Thompson, Chair, SNC Board of Directors. Recently, SNC staff visited the COPERNIC watershed before hosting the delegation at the Finch office.

The three day visit of both groups to the Finch office was a follow-up to one made earlier this week and last year to France by some SNC staff to provide information on SNC programs and approaches. As part of this gathering, a signing of the Charter between the three organizations occurred at the May 19 SNC Board of Directors meeting. The Charter establishes actions and solutions to priority issues identified by the three organizations with the goal of improving integrated water resource management in the

watersheds of Gardons in France, South Nation in Ontario and Nicolet in Quebec. The planning of activities and site visits such as these provide the opportunity to see some projects in action. Some of the site visits organized by SNC included learning more about cover crops, Alternative Land Use Services, controlled tile drainage and tree planting projects, among others. “Our hope is that the partnership leads to the improvement of integrated water resource management in the three watersheds,� said Thompson.

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Seasonal Ag worker program keeps farms viable

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The internationally acclaimed Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP) will supply Ontario fruit and vegetable growers experiencing domestic labour shortages with approximately 17,000 seasonal workers from Mexico and the Caribbean this growing season. “For five decades, this program has provided Ontario farmers a steady source of reliable labour as a supplement to local labour,” said Ken Forth, President of Foreign Agricultural Resource Management Services (FARMS), which administers the program. “Without it, many of these growers simply couldn’t stay in business and that would destroy an industry that’s crucial to our economy.”

A severe shortage of domestic workers is costing Canadian farms approximately $1.5-billion per year and hurting Canada’s overall economic competitiveness, according to recent labour market research by the Conference Board of Canada. The labour shortage is projected to grow dramatically over the next decade — nearly doubling to 114,000 workers needed by 2025, compared to demand for 59,000 workers today, according to the Conference Board of Canada study. But farmers aren’t the only ones affected by the shortage. In some cases, unfilled jobs at Canadian food processing plants mean food produced in Canada has to be processed in the United States or Mexico and then imported back into Canada, raising the cost for consumers. The labour shortage also threatens to affect food security and safety for Canadian consumers, as well as the export potential of Canada’s entire agri-food industry.

“If we don’t have enough workers to grow and harvest these crops, this industry just won’t be here,” said Forth. “We need programs like SAWP to keep our farms running and keep this industry successful.” Because SAWP is a “Canadians first” program, supplementary seasonal farm labour is hired from partner countries only if agricultural operators cannot find domestic workers to fill vacancies. The economic success of individual farmers benefits Ontario’s overall economy. It’s estimated that at least two jobs for Canadians are created in the agri-food industry for every seasonal worker employed through SAWP at Ontario farms. Recent labour market research by the Canadian

Agricultural Human Resource Council cited SAWP as a key reason Ontario’s horticulture industry is able to generate $5.4-billion in economic activity and approximately 34,280 jobs. At the same time, the program provides approxi-

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the subsequent larvae are now resident in the slurry which is applied to the crops, leading to crop damage and the need to apply pesticides. Perhaps most importantly, valuable nitrogen (in the form of ammonium nitrogen) is lost in the anaerobic slurry; as under anaerobic conditions ammonium is converted into ammonia which readily volatilizes (gasses off) making it no longer available for plants. Agitation is one means of introducing oxygen into liquid manure. However, it becomes problematic when dealing with large quantities of slurry which can’t effectively be agitated frequently enough. Consequently, floating layers (crust) develops, further sealing off the slurry from an oxygen supply, thereby strengthening the anaerobic environment. The energy costs of pit agitation can also be significant. Fortunately, there is another way. The simple and natural solution to turn slurry into a valuable organic fertilizer involves activating those rotting processes in the slurry which only take place with oxygen. The functions of rotting, whose decomposition processes involve mould fungi, yeasts and many other microorganisms, include several biological processes

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One day in the real world

North Dundas District High School and Tagwi Secondary School’s Specialist High Skills Major (Agriculture) Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship (program) students travelled to the offices of the South Nation Conservation Authority on Wed., May 18, Training Project. The sudents attnding the event from NDDHS were (In no order) Mark Sunohara (research scientist), Jackie Pemberton, (SNCA), Kelly Durant - (NDDHS teacher), Chatal Puenter, Kyle Dejong, Kyle Findlay, Zander Mark, Brandon Scheepers, Jessie Mcmillan, Naomi Buist, co-op student with councillor for SNC, Mark Sunohara, Lynette Klein Boonschate, Jess Harrison, Jaclyn Crump, Jeffrey Faye, Avery Holmes and Richard Hammond (Tagwi teacher). Zandbergen photo

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New OFA partnership Continued from page 7 households what modern farming looks like and work to improve consumer perceptions about the agriculture and agrifood industry. OFA believes the Fields to Forks campaign is an opportunity to show consumers that today’s modern farms are innovative, dynamic and technically savvy. The Fields to Forks campaign will provide consumers with interesting, informative and entertaining stories aimed at positively influencing the public perceptions of agriculture. We’ll also be

able to track attitudes, awareness and knowledge of Ontario agriculture and modern farming practices through the campaign. Digital communications has given everyone the ability to share their stories and opinions. Many farmers and agricultural organizations are also using these technology tools to engage with consumers. OFA is looking forward to adding another positive angle to the stories about modern agriculture and our family farms through the Fields to Forks campaign. Visit london.ctvnews.ca/fieldstoforks to learn more. Mark Reusser is Executive Member, Ontario Federation of Agriculture.

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Street and Lake Avenue, Saturdays, May 9 to October 10, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. • Carp: Carp Fairgrounds, Saturdays, May 7 to October 29, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. • Chelsea: 212 Old Chelsea Road, Saturdays, May 14 to October 15, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. • Chesterville: Waterfront, Saturdays, May 21 to October 8, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. • Cobden: Cobden Mark Girard and Cindy Gerard of Genuine Girard Foods in Vernon, staffed their booth Fair Grounds, 43 featuring delicious products for those with restricted diets at the opening of the Metcalfe Astrolabe Road, Saturdays, May 17 to Farmers’ Market in Metcalfe on Sat., May 7. Girard Foods was one of 45 vendors at the Vetter photo October 17, 8 a.m. to opening. Additional vendors are joining as the season continues. noon. • Combermere: Highway 62 at Mill Road, Saturdays, June 18 to October 8, 8 a.m. to noon. Continued on page 24

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The market has also changed its hours and is now open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. “We’re hoping to catch more of the lunchtime crowd,” said manager Cathy Proctor, looking around at 12:30 p.m. “We have lots of great food vendors and the market cafe, and there are people still coming in.” Some of the food choic-

es include Thai, Indian, homemade soup and sandwiches, cheeses, baking, and soon there will be produce. “We want to give our customers everything they need,” she says. “Eggs, bread, tea, coffee, vegetables, fruit, meats and meals. And you can splurge on yourself a little bit.” New vendors on Saturday included Janet Borzeeki, Aline Leduc, Susan Bruner, Forest Green Naturals, Mike Sedore and Pat Villiona. Guitarist and singer Steve Cater entertained on Saturday. Upcoming entertainers include Ray Baumgarten on accordion, Don Tuttle and Kelsy Warren. Other entertainment and kids’ activities are also part of the upcoming market schedule.

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Left: Ghislaine Descotes of Hawkesbury designs and makes beautiful jewelry and accessories. Like many vendors she staffs her booth at the Metcalfe Farmers’ Market every other week. Right: These tomato plants from Arc Acres were some of the few nursery plants available on the market’s opening day, but since then other vendors have added nursery plants as garden season advances.

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Farmers’ markets Continued from page 22 • Cornwall (Seaway Valley Growers Farmers' Market): 1425 Pitt Street, Wednesdays and Saturdays, June 4 to October 8, 7 a.m. to noon. • Cumberland: Cumberland Arena, 1115 Dunning Road, Saturdays, June 13 to October 10, 8 a.m. to 1p.m. • Eganville: Parking lot of Grace Lutheran Church, 14 Bonnechere Street West (Highway 60), Fridays, June 10 to October 7, 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. • Hull: Laval, Kent and Aubry streets, Thursdays, June 2 to October 13, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. • Kemptville: 200 Sanders Street (at Rideau and Oxford Streets), Sundays, May 15 to October 30, noon to 4 p.m. • Kingston (Kingston Public Market): Springer Market Square, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, holidays, April through November, check website for exact times. • Kingston (Memorial Centre Farmers' Market):

303 York Street, Sundays, May 10 to December 20, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. • Lachute: Main Street (Highway 148), Tuesdays and Sundays. • Lansdowne (the town, not Lansdowne Park): Lansdowne Fairgrounds, Fridays, June 7 to October 4, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. • Ottawa (Beechwood Market): 99 Beechwood Avenue, Saturdays, July 4 to October 10, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. • Ottawa (ByWard Market): York and George streets, daily, year round, check website for exact hours. • Ottawa (Lansdowne Park): 1015 Bank Street, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays from spring through fall, Sundays in winter; May 1 to November 27; check website for exact hours. • Ottawa (Main Farmers' Market): Canadian Museum of Nature, 240 McLeod Street, Saturdays, May 1 to November 27, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. • Ottawa (Organic

Society ladies Farmers' Market): 1644 Bank Street (Canadian Tire parking lot, near Bank and Heron), Saturdays, 50 weeks a year, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. • Ottawa (Parkdale Market): Parkdale Avenue between Wellington and Armstrong streets), daily, April 28 to November 3, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. • Ottawa (Westboro): Byron Park, Saturdays, May 1 to November 27, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. • Manotick: Dickinson Street across from Watson's Mill, Saturdays, May 16 to October 10, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. • Maxville: Fridays,

May 20 to October 7, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. • Metcalfe: Metcalfe Agricultural Fairgrounds, Albert Street, Saturdays, May 10 to October 18, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. • North Gower: 2397 Roger Stevens Drive, Saturdays, May 28 to October 8, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. • Pembroke: Corner of Lake and Victoria Streets, Wednesdays and Saturdays, May 21 to October 8, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. • Perth: Crystal Palace, Saturdays, May 9 to October 10, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Pegi Holz and Lindley McPhail staffed the Russell and District Horticultural Society booth at the Metcalfe Farmers’ Market recently. Many not for profit associations and societies take advantage of the excellent exposure the very popular market provides.

• Renfrew: Renfrew Agricultural Fair Grounds, 115 Veterans Memorial Boulevard, Saturdays, May 7 to October 8, 8 a.m. to noon. • Vankleek Hill: Vankleek Hill Collegiate Institute, 5814 Highway 34, Saturdays, year round except Christmas to New Years, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. • Verona (Frontenac Farmers’ Market): Prince Charles Public School, 6875 Highway 38, Saturdays, May 21 to October 8, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Author’s Note: I've done my best to make the information here as correct as possible, but do check each market’s website for the most up-todate information before jumping in the car or on your bike. Laura Byrne Paquet blogs about short trips from Ottawa at OttawaRoadTrips.com.

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Continued from page 10 And this is the point of the three-hour tour. “We have had enough. In the past we should have fought more, but this time we are standing strong. This time it is too much.” Back at his house, framed and signed photographs by internationally known wildlife photogra-

phers hang in the entryway. The photos are of snowy owls. “People come from all over the world to my farm to catch sight of snowy owls.” He has had birders and naturalists from Australia, Africa, the United States, Europe and Asia visit his land. At first he let them do it freely, but then had an

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been known to be very destructive to birds. They can have devastating effects on bat and bird populations, particularly raptors. Wind turbines cause snowy owls to exhibit symptoms of stress and may reduce hunting or nesting nearby.

“I hope you can write a good story,” he says in closing. “I hope I’ve shown you how we feel, and why we feel this way.” He intends to start a petition among naturalists and some of the international birder community. The point of view is

understandable and his goal is clear. He and the people of his community are tired of their excellent agricultural land and formerly thriving home being treated as the place for unwanted land uses — in other words, as a sacrifice zone.

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Save the date for the Eastern Ontario Garlic Festival – Aug. 28 by Carolyn Thompson Goddard Agri-News Contributor ONKLAND – The 2016 eAsTerN ONTAriO GArLic FesTivAL is seT TO beGiN ON suN., AuG. 28, iN LAMOureux PArK, cOrNwALL. eveNT cOOrDiNATOr breNDA NOrMAN, OF KOzrOOTs cOMMuNiTy eMPOwerMeNT PrOjecTs, is ANTiciPATiNG AN eveN biGGer eveNT ThAN LAsT yeAr, which sAw 5,000 visiTOrs ATTeND The DAy-LONG ceLebrATiON OF LOcAL FOOD, ArTisTs, eNTerTAiNers, cOMMuNiTy OrGANizATiONs AND OF cOurse – GArLic! KAT reNDeK, ALL ThiNGs FOOD/bOuFFe 360 cOOrDiNATOr, suGGesTs “GArLic is The PerFecT syMbOL FOr Our LOcAL cOMMuNiTy – resiLieNT iN The FAce OF NATure, A surPrise TO visiTOrs, FuLL OF FLAvOur AND chArAcTer, AND A sTAPLe iNGreDieNT iN ONTAriO’s heriTAGe.” When speaking about the 2015 festival, Norman said that “visitors and vendors alike thought that it was a great reflection of our community assets and are keen to have it be an attraction for years to come.” Rendek said, “The Eastern Ontario Garlic Festival acts as a celebration of our unique community and agri-food landscape. Last year, we had crowds of people visit our event, where they had a chance to meet local producers and artisans, purchase local products, and participated in various family activities. This year, we look forward to building on our initial success by offering more excitement for our residents and visitors to enjoy.” Norman who runs Kozroots Garlic and Herbs Farm in Monkland, confirmed there are presently over 60 unique Eastern Ontario vendors who have committed to the Festival, with a new attraction this year being a refreshment garden along the waterfront at the park featuring local entertainment throughout the day. Wine from Smokie Ridge Vineyard in North Dundas, Strathmore Winery in North Stormont and beer from Beau’s All Natural Brewing Company in Vankleek Hill, Cassel Brewing in Casselman and Rurban located in Cornwall will be available for sale. Homestead Organics is returning this year as the main sponsor. Norman is pleased that local businesses, the United Counties of SDG, the United Counties of Prescott-Russell and the Eastern Ontario Agri-food Network are also supporting this event. The festival also provides an opportunity to showcase musicians and remind visitors or residents

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want to share their vision to develop the Festival in order to reflect ideas from the public.”

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OnTariO FOrage COunCil, in COnjunCTiOn grey and dundas COunTy sOil and CrOp imprOvemenT assOCiaTiOns, reCenTly annOunCed The OnTariO FOrage expO 2016 – FOrage equipmenT demOnsTraTiOns and Trade shOw. This year’s Theme is “hay making in mOTiOn,� aCCOrding TO a reCenT press release. Grey County will host the western location on Tues., July 5, at the farm of Carman and Beth-Ann Weppler and family, 7504 Minto/Normanby Townline, Clifford. Dundas County will host the eastern location at the Vandenbroek family farm, 11250 County Rd 43 W., Winchester, Thurs., July 7. This year’s demonstrations will include equipment from the leaders in forage production equipment. Attendees will not only have the chance to see what’s new for 2016, but will also have the unique opportunity to witness this equipment in head-to-head field trials. Equipment will include various mowers, conditioners, rakes, tedders, windrow inverters, mergers, harvesters, dump wagons, large round balers, large square balers, small square bale bundlers, bale wrappers and bale grapplers. The event will Continued on page 30 he

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for the 2016 group was “How to increase the adoption of best management practices in the South Nation watershed?� Staff shared information about SNC’s programs and services, best management practices, and watershed conditions. The group visited a controlled tile drainage site on Marc Lafleche’s farm, Councillor for The Nation

Municipality, and Mark Sunohara, a research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada for information on research currently conducted on Mr. Lafleche’s farm. The group learned about controlled tile drainage, a management practice that provides growers with the ability to better control the timing and amount of water drained from a field.

The group visit was an excellent opportunity for young farmers to learn about the importance of using best management practices on farms and how to work through real life issues to help improve the local environment. The Dundas Federation of Agriculture received an SNC Community Grant to help the school offset hospitality and busing costs.

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BioBlitz in the Larose Forest

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OTTawa fiEld naTURalisTs’ ClUB in PlanninG ThE 4Th EdiTiOn Of ThE BiOBliTz in ThE laROsE fOREsT. A BioBlitz is typically a 24-hour event during which scientists and naturalists work together to identify as many species as possible. The goal of this project is to provide the community with information on biodiversity within a section of the forest, while conducting an inventory of various species. The results will then be compiled and used to protect biodiversity by making decisions and providing information for responsible land use management decisions and the protection of rare or at-risk species. The 4th BioBlitz is scheduled for Fri., June 3, from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., in a section of the Larose Forest between Concession 9 and 10, from east to west, and from St-Félix wiTh ThE

Road to the ClarenceCambridge Boundary Road, from north to south. Experts from the Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club, South Nation Conservation, the Mycologues amateurs de l’Outaouais, and Carleton University, will be present throughout the event. Biologists, naturalists and anyone with knowledge of biodiversity will be assisting with the species inventory. The event will be coordinated by UCPR staff. Â

This information will also be registered with the Natural Heritage Information Centre (NHIC) of the Ministry of Natural Resources. A complete report will be produced and results from the event will be posted on the websites of both the UCPR and the Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club. The information collected from this event will allow the community to have a better understanding of the importance of conservation and biodiversity in the Larose Forest.

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Milkomax Tie-Stall AMS triples Integrated Pest Management manufacturing capacity Course for Corn and Soybeans

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that it significantly improves the quality of life of dairy producers who choose the Milkomax robot. For more information on the Tie-stall AMS, visit their Facebook link at www.facebook.com/milk omaxams .

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OntariO and internatiOnally. Milkomax is the world’s only manufacturer of automated milking systems for tie-stall dairy farms. Market growth has led Milkomax to invest $1.5million in a 14,000 square foot factory, creating 25 new jobs in Eastern Canada. Only a few months after, Milkomax invested $500,000 in their dealership in Winchester, Ont., there are four robots in Eastern Ontario, with three more to start operating in July. International requests for the Canadian-built Tie-Stall AMS are coming from countries such as Japan, Sweden, the United States and Russia. The great number of Tie-Stall farms worldwide is an indication of the sustainability of tie-stall dairy farming. Milkomax Tie-Stall AMS is designed to be easily installed in the majority of existing tiestall dairy farms. This makes automated milking possible for a frac-

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Farmers are able to take IPM training in a classroom at various locations or online through the University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus. Certification is valid for five years after the date of completion (i.e., farmers will only need to take the course once every five years). The online course requires a commitment of four hours over two days. Highspeed internet, competence with a computer and being a self-directed learner are requirements for success. The half-day classroom course is offered in a traditional classroom setting with an instructor. The classroom course is offered in various locations across Ontario. Instructors will present course material following the manual using PowerPoint, videos, handouts and will answer your questions to aid in your understanding of the topics. Register today for the online course or find a course near you at: www.ipmcertified.ca To learn more about the neonicotinoid-treated corn and soybean seed regulation, visit: www.ontario.ca/neonics

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Controlling house flies in your poultry barn

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practices and provides information on different control methods for effective house fly control. The book is a great resource that can help you tailor fly control strategies to match your unique farming situation. Visit ontario.ca/cca2 to download a PDF version of the book. You can also order free copies from ServiceOntario at ontario.ca/publications or 1-800-668-9938. Visit ontario.ca/livestock for links to poultry resources, such as nutrient management and biosecurity information, and ontario.ca/cbly for information about poultry housing. Contact the Agricultural Information Contact Centre at 1-877-424-1300 or ag.info.omafra@ontario.ca for more information on pest management, normal farm practices and poultry farming.

Spaces are limited and will fill quickly, so don’t hesitate. Ontario Forage Expo is an excellent opportunity to advertise to a foragefocused audience compiled of producers from counties across the province. For more information,

contact Ontario Forage Council Manager Ray Robertson, or Executive Assistant Patricia Ellingwood at (519) 986-1484, or 1877-892-8663, e-mail: Twitter: @ForageCouncil or Facebook: Ontario Forage Council.

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Poultry barns provide an ideal environment for house fly populations to thrive if sufficient control methods are not in place. Controlling house fly populations is important for maintaining a healthy barn environment. Without control methods, large fly populations can: • damage equipment and increase biosecurity risk; • decrease poultry production; • affect relationships with neighbours. Flies can also be carriers of food-borne diseases, carrying bacteria such as Salmonella and E. coli from one location to another. Controlling flies involves the combined use of different methods:

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Metcalfe Fair celebrates 160th anniversary with window box challenge

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headquarters in Ottawa that kick off the summer tour June 22–26. Together with her young Paint gelding Titan, Duff will be demonstrating horsemanship and liberty training. A performance of this magnitude is a first for both of them, and she couldn’t be more excited at the opportunity. “They asked me to come on board and I’m honoured to be the first-ever Western performer for this Canadian event. They’ve never had anybody represent the western discipline at this ceremony,� she said. “I’m being miked, so I’m going to speak about my horseman-

ship and the liberty training that I will be doing with my horse.� Duff explained that what she will be performing and explaining to the audience is how to build a strong connection with your horse and follow good horsemanship practices. “There’s an evolution happening right now in the western part of the industry for the better, I believe, and I am very excited to see so many people getting involved with natural horsemanship and good horsemanship. People want good information and good solid foundations with their Continued on page 38

2nd - $75; 3rd - $50; 4th - $25; 5th $10. Window box dimensions are: minimum size 24� to a maximum size of 36� in length, and a maximum depth of the box of 10�. Entries may be submitted, in writing, to the Fair office by June 15. Include your name, address, phone number, and email address. Send your

entry by mail to P.O. Box 29, Metcalfe ON K0A 2P0; by fax to 613.821.0137; by email to metfair@bellnet.ca; or drop it off at the Fair office, 2821 8th Line Road, Metcalfe. The window box challenge is just one of the special features of the 160th Metcalfe Fair. Other announcements to come as Fair time draws nearer.

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The Ontario Office of the Fire Marshal and Emergency Management estimates that barn fires cost Ontario farmers more than $25-million per year (2012-2014 average). Emergency events can cause substantial loss to a farm operation, creating unique challenges for farmers, including the disposal of large volumes of deadstock. The Disposal of Dead Farm Animals Regulation under the Nutrient Management Act was developed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) to manage on-farm live-

stock deaths. The regulation provides deadstock management options for farmers to minimize environmental impacts and biosecurity hazards. While burial was historically the chosen option for barn debris and deadstock, the increase in the number of animals per facility and changes in the building materials increase the risks of doing so. Collection of deadstock by a licensed collector is recognized as the most effective and sustainable disposal method. Farmers can apply to OMAFRA for an Emergency Authorization for the storage, disposal or transportation of deadstock when emergency conditions exist that make it difficult to dispose of deadstock according to the regulation. OMAFRA works with farmers, commodity groups, insurance companies, municipalities and trucking companies to ensure that deadstock is disposed of as soon as possible. In granting an

exemption, OMAFRA considers the various factors of the situation, such as: • the urgency of the situation; • the number and size of animals to be disposed; • biosecurity risks; • time of year; • the condition of the deadstock and building debris; • site conditions, including proximity to tile drains, location of surface water and wells, and depth to groundwater. Planning ahead can help alleviate some of the stress during an emergency. We encourage farmers to develop a contingency plan for emergency situations. Visit ontario.ca/deadstock for information on contingency deadstock planning and the regulation. Visit ontario.ca/farmsafety for useful resources, including information on preventative maintenance for farm buildings and our book Reducing the Risk of Fire on Your Farm.

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Social License – Where do I buy one? Cam Dahl, President of Cereals Canada Special to AgriNews

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saw a Cartoon reCently that showed an oIl Company exeCutIve at the department of motor vehICles askIng If thIs was the plaCe to buy a soCIal lICense. If only It aCtually worked that way.

What is “social license� anyways? Generally speaking, it is the acceptance by society of a particular industry or industry practice. The issue is becoming increasingly important to agriculture because more and more consumers – especially consumers in wealthy developed countries – are becoming concerned about the origins of their “stuff�. Did that beautiful coat once belong to a seal? One hundred years ago, that answer would not have mattered, but today it does. And the answer has meant the end of an industry that has been part of the Canadian landscape longer than the life of the nation itself. This might not be all that difficult to address if the things that drive the evolution of society’s norms were rational and based on careful thought. However, many times the fad of the day is not based on fact or rationality and in some cases fads are driven by those who profit from misinformation. This brings up the first difficult task of farmers and

their partners in the value chain. How do we differentiate between long-term consumer trends and misplaced fads that will be gone in a year or two? We should adapt to the first and try to correct the second. But how do we know the difference? For example, for the vast majority of people who do not suffer the pain of celiac disease, the gluten-free fad is not based on science or rationality. Unfortunately, this fad has had an impact on sales of bread and other cereals products, but we are seeing evidence that this food-fad is starting to fade. The cereals sector has responded through the provision of rational, evidencebased information through organizations like the Healthy Grains Institute. While we likely can learn to be more effective in responding, this is the right approach. Some things, however, go beyond short-term fads and are long-term consumer trends. These long-term trends become part of our social license. This is clearly evidenced by consumer demands that are driving animal welfare practices. The grain industry is not isolated and we do need to pay attention to the question “where does my food come from and how is it produced.� If we do not correctly respond to genuine trends, we might find ourselves on the wrong end of a major marketing campaign. I do not want bread

on Canadian shelves made from Australian wheat because they allow the baker to make a sustainability claim and we don’t. As an industry we also need to recognize that not all customers are the same. Our industry needs to be flexible enough to respond to the trend-driven market signals of some customers, like those in North America or Europe, while keeping our price-sensitive customers at the table. The sustainability file is one of these long-term trends that the grains industry needs to address head on. There are about a million definitions of “sustainability.� For me, the simplest definition is treating the land and water we use for agriculture in a way that ensures it will be productive for generations to come. I don’t know of any

farmer who would disagree with this objective. Responding in a meaningful and reasonable way to the growing number of consumers who are asking the question “where does my food come from� is the reason why the Round Table for Sustainable Crops (CRSC) has been created. We also want to ensure that producers are not saddled with a different approach for every crop they grow. That would not be cost effective. We need to have one program that is an umbrella for all crops grown on a farm. The Round Table is aiming to facilitate sustainability assessment using broad regional measurements rather than always going down to the farm level. In this way the CRSC will Continued on page 39

Fires and emergencies Continued from page 32 A poster is available from OMAFRA that can be used to record emergency contact information. Distribute the poster to your clients and members – we recommend that it be displayed along with other emergency information. OMAFRA environmental specialists and engineers can give you and your members and clients guidance on managing deadstock. You can also contact the Agricultural Information Contact Centre at 1-877-4241300 or ag.info.omafra@ontario.ca. Your continued efforts to encourage safe farms and to help protect our province’s soil and water is appreciated. George McCaw is Director, Environmental Management Branch, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

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AUCTION SALE of farm machinery!

SATURDAY, AUGUST 20TH - 10:00 A.M. The property of

DICK & ANN LYNCH

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Lorie Duff Continued from page 31 horses. So there are a lot of people out there asking the right questions and seeking out the right professionals,� she said. “Right now I have an excellent small base of clientele who are interested in the horsemanship that I do and what I stand for in terms of my experience and my background and what I have to offer. It’s all about keeping yourself educated and up to speed and finding things that are right for you; it means getting out of your comfort zone and finding things out as you go because that’s how you learn.� She added that her methods may be new to even experienced equestrians in the audience. “Liberty training is all about the bond between you and your horse. It creates mutual trust and respect through motivation, control and communication. Smart, safe and simple communication is used to connect with the horse. Our goal for liberty training should always be to develop a successful partnership with our horse,� she said. “It’s based on respect and trust and patience, and the horse that I’m bringing has all of that and then some, so I’m really hoping that people will see that connection that I have with my horse.� Duff said she’s just as eager to learn during her performances as she is to teach. “It’s an excellent opportunity to learn as well. I can’t wait to see how my horse handles his first performance and how I handle this, and there will be a lot of opportunity to learn what to do and what not to do next time I perform,� she said. “We’ve been preparing, but I haven’t had much time because I’ve been away a lot preparing for my Barbra Schulte event in August, but he’s a good horse and I have a good foundation on him and I’m really happy with what I have to offer the audience in regards to what we can perform and what I can demonstrate in regards to my training. He is young and we are still learning. We are forever learning with our horses and forever building our relationships.� Last year, more than 25,000 people came out to watch the five Sunset Ceremony performances. “It’s a beautiful ceremony, and I’m honoured to be a part of it,� she said. “It’s a fantastic opportunity to repre-

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Agricultural society fairs Brooklin Spring Fair (Brooklin Agricultural Society) June 2-5 www.brooklinspringfair.com Millbrook Fair (Millbrook Agricultural Society) June 9-12 www.millbrookfair.ca Haliburton County Fair (Minden Agricultural Society) June 11 www.haliburtoncountyfair.ca Maxville Fair (Kenyon Agricultural Society) June 24-26 www.maxvillefair.ca Tweed Fair (TweedHungerford Agricultural Society) July 8-10 www.tweedfair.net Odessa Fair (Odessa Agricultural Society) July 14-17 www.odessafair.ca Almonte Fair (North Lanark Agricultural Society) July 15-17 www.almontefair.ca Avonmore Fair (Roxborough Agricultural Society) July 15-17 www.avonmorefair.ca Lansdowne Fair (Lansdowne Agricultural Society) July 15-17 www.lansdownefair.com Delta Fair (Delta Agricultural Society) July 21-24 www.deltafair.com Beachburg Fair

(Beachburg Agricultural Society) July 22-24 www.beachburgfair.com Lakefield Fair (Lakefield Agricultural Society) July 22-24 www.lakefieldfair.com Napanee Fair (Lennox Agricultural Society) July 29-Aug. 1 www.napaneefair.com Lombardy Fair-150th (Lombardy Agricultural Society) July 29-Aug. 1 www.lasfair.ca Peterborough Exhibition (Peterborough Agricultural Society) Aug. 4-7 www.peterboroughex.ca Mohawk Fair (Mohawk Agricultural Society) Aug. 5-7 www.mohawkfair.com Campbellford Fair (Campbellford Seymour Agricultural Society) Aug. 5-7 www.campbellfordfair.ca Wilberforce Fair (Wilberforce Agricultural Society) Aug. 5-6 www.wilberforcefair.com Fenelon Fair (Fenelon Agricultural Society) Aug. 5-7 www.fenelonfair.ca Williamstown Fair (St. Lawrence Valley Agricultural Society) Aug. 5-7 www.williamstownfair.com Arnprior Fair (Arnprior Agricultural Society)

Social License Continued from page 33 provide the tools necessary to tell the very good Canadian story on sustainability without unreasonably driving up the costs to farmers and every other player in the handling and processing system. If we as an industry (my definition of industry always includes farmers) do not develop our own approach to social license that works both for us and the customer then we will have something imposed on us. An approach imposed from outside will certainly not consider the needs of Canadian agriculture and it will almost certainly not be considered cost effective.

Farmers play a vital role in the development of a Canadian approach to social license. Get in touch with your provincial association to see how they are contributing to this effort. Get informed about the progress being made. Get involved – you will make a difference. Modern Canadian agriculture has a good sustainability story to tell. The CRSC will help farmers and their partners tell that story to our customers, here at home ae well as around the world, in a way that does not place unnecessary burdens of paperwork and red tape on producers.

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Aug. 12-14 www.merrickvillefairboard.vpweb.ca/ South Mountain Fair (Mountain Township Agricultural Society) Aug. 16-21 www.southmountainfair.ca Vankleek Hill Fair (Vankleek Hill Agricultural Society) Aug. 18-21 www.vankleekhillfair.ca Parham Fair (Parham Agricultural Society) Aug. 19-21 www.parhamfair.ca

The Capital Fair (Gloucester Agricultural Society) Aug. 19-28 www.capitalfair.ca Coe Hill Fair(Coe Hill Agricultural Society) Aug. 26-27 Chesterville Fair (Chesterville & District Agricultural Society) Aug. 26-28 www.chestervillefair.com Cobden Fair (Cobden Agricultural Society) Aug. 26-28 www.cobdenfair.com/eng/ Maberly Fair (Maberly

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Fairs continued from page 39 Quinte exhibition (belleville Agricultural society) Sept. 1-4 www.qer.ca shawville fair (shawville) Sept. 1-5 www.shawvillefair.ca centreville fair (centreville Agricultural society) Sept. 2-3 www.centrevillefair.ca marmora fair (marmora Agricultural society) Sept. 2-4 www.marmorafair.org kinmount fair (kinmount Agricultural society) Sept. 2-4 www.kinmountfair.net perth fair (perth & district Agricultural society) Sept. 2-5 www.perthfair.com stormont county fair (stormont Agricultural society) Sept. 2-5 www.stormontfair.ca port perry fair (port perry Agricultural society) Sept. 3-5 www.portperryfair.com renfrew fair (renfrew Agricultural society) Sept. 7-11 www.renfrewfair.com orono fair (orono Agricultural society) Sept. 8-11 www.oronofair.com russell fair (russell Agricultural society) Sept. 8-11 www.russellfair.com spencerville fair (spencerville Agricultural society) Sept. 8-11 www.spencervillefair.ca picton fair (prince edward Agricultural society) Sept. 9-11 www.pictonfair.org warkworth fair (percy township Agricultural society) Sept. 9-11 www.warkworthfair.com uxbridge fair (uxbridge scott Agricultural society) Sept. 9-11 www.uxbridgefair.ca sunderland fair (sunderland Agricultural society) Sept. 13-14 www.agfair.ca kingston fair (kingston & district Agricultural society) Sept. 15-18 www.kingstonfair.com richmond fair (richmond Agricultural

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you in a format that’s easy to access, easy to understand, and easy to use. Recently updated, one of the key enhancements to Analyst has been the addition of Google Maps to Economic Modelling Specialist Intl.’s mapping tools. This addition helped pave the way for the inclusion of Drive Time to Analyst. Drive Time is an easy way to select a region based on the time it takes to drive from one point to another (city/town, address, business, or landmark). Drive Time offers an approach to regional analysis that allows the creation of

Sept. 24 www.mdcas.weebly.com metcalfe fair (metcalfe Agricultural society) custom regions that use travel time to study demographics, industries, occupations, and programs in Analyst. As a result, Drive Time can assist with answering a wide range of questions. For example, businesses may want to know what the average wages are for a certain occupation within a onehour commuting distance. Education and training institutions may be interested in the profile of the workforce within 45 minutes of their location to assess potential interest in new professional development courses. Consider the following: A small business owner contemplating opening a new machine shop location in ABC County, wants to know how many key customers are located within a two-

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Mini Cheese Ball Bites Approximately 2 dozen cheese balls Ingredients • 8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature • 3/4 cup (about 3 ounces) blue cheese crumbles • 1/2 cup dried cranberries, finely chopped • 1 1/2 cups pecans • Pretzel sticks Directions • In a medium bowl, beat together cream cheese, blue cheese, and dried cranberries until smooth. Dampen hands to prevent sticking and form cream cheese mixture into approximately 24 tablespoon-sized balls. Cover and refrigerate for at least two hours or until firm. • In the meantime, toast the pecans by spreading out on a sheet pan and bake in a preheated 350°F oven until lightly toasted for 7 to 10 minutes. Allow pecans to cool and finely chop them. • Roll chilled cheese balls in chopped pecans, pressing nuts so that they hold on. Keep cheese balls refrigerated until ready to serve. Just before serving, skewer each cheese ball with a pretzel stick. You can make the cheese balls ahead of time, but don’t insert the pretzels until just before serving or they will become soggy.

Snowdrift Coconut Cream Pie (This takes time, but it is soooooo worth it!) Ingredients • 2 cups Flaked coconut • ½ cup Graham cracker crumbs • ¼ cup butter • 2 cups Milk • 1 cup Flaked coconut • 6 Egg yolks • ¾ cup Granulated sugar • ½ cup All purpose flour • 2 Tbsp White cream de cacao (or vanilla) • 1 Tbsp butter • 4 ounces White chocolate • 1 Tbsp Whipping/heavy cream • 2 cups Whipping/heavy cream • 1 Tbsp White cream de cacao (or vanilla) • ¼ cup icing sugar Directions • Preheat oven to 350ºF. For crust: Combine first group of ingredients and press into bottom and sides of a 9” pie plate. Bake for 10 minutes, cool. • In a large saucepan, combine milk and 1 cup coconut. Bring just to simmering, stirring occasionally. In a large bowl, combine egg yolks and granulated sugar and flour. Beat with an electric mixer on med speed until well combined. Slowly stir about 1 cup hot milk mix into bowl. Return the bowl contents to the saucepan, stirring. Bring to boiling, stirring. Cook and stir for 2 minutes more. Remove from heat. Stir in the 2 Tbsp cream de cacao (or vanilla) and 1 Tbsp butter. Cover surface with plastic wrap. Cool. • Meanwhile, in small saucepan, cook and stir white chocolate and 1 Tbsp cream on low heat until melted. Spread on to bottom and side of pie crust. Chill until firm. Pour filling into crust. Cover and chill for 2- 4 hours. For topping: In chilled bowl, beat 2 cups cream, sugar, crème de cacao (or vanilla) until stiff. Spread over filling. (Keep separate until ready to serve. Only top those pieces you will be eating right away.)

Crispy Cheese Curd Risotto (This recipe is also a bit challenging to make but it is so cheesy good!) 8 to 10 servings Ingredients • 10 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks) salted butter • 1 tablespoon olive oil • 1/2 cup finely diced sweet onion • 1 cup carnaroli or Arborio rice • 3/4 teaspoon fine sea salt • 3/4 cup dry white wine • 3 ½ cups water or chicken stock • 1 to 1 1/4 cups freshly grated Parmesan • 1 pound cheese curds (White or orange) • About 1 cup rice flour Directions • Melt 2 tablespoons of the butter and olive oil in a large, high-sided skillet, and add the onion. Cook over medium heat until soft, about 10 minutes. Add the rice and salt and cook, stirring, until well coated in butter, about 2 minutes. Pour in the white wine and cook, stirring, until it evaporates. Add 1/2 cup water or chicken stock and cook, stirring frequently, until it has been absorbed. Repeat, adding 1/2 cup water/Chicken stock at a time, until the rice swells and becomes tender. This should take about 15 minutes and about 3 to 3 1/2 cups water/chicken stock. The texture of the risotto should be softly flowing but not soupy.

The AgriNews May, 2016 Page 41 • Stir in the Parmesan, and transfer the risotto to a wide bowl. When it is cool enough to touch, fold in the cheese curds. • Pour the risotto into an 8 inch oven proof dish, smooth the top. Refrigerate until firm, about 3 hours, or as long as overnight. • Before serving, melt 8 tablespoons butter in a sauté pan or cast-iron skillet over medium heat until it foams and starts to turn dark blond on top, 5 to 7 minutes. • Unmold the risotto cake onto a cutting board. Cut it into 8 or 10 pieces. Put the rice flour in a shallow dish. Dip the tops and bottoms of the risotto cakes in the flour. • Add as many risotto cakes as will fit in the pan. Fry until a dark golden brown crust forms on both sides and the cheese inside is melted, about 4 minutes. Keep the fried risotto cakes warm in the oven while you fry the rest of them. Serve immediately.

Margaret’s Butterscotch Pudding / Pie Ingredients • 7 Tbsp flour • 1 cup brown sugar • 1/4 tsp salt Directions • Mix. Add 1/2 cup cold milk. Mix. • Add 2 cups scalding milk. Cook until thick (microwave or stove top). • Add 2 tbsp of cooked mixture to 2 beaten egg yolks. Return to pudding mixture and cook another 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Add 1 tbsp. butter and 1 tsp. vanilla. • Make meringue with egg whites and either place on top or beat into pudding mixture. Enjoy.

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Rescuing wild babies by Candice Vetter AgriNews Staff Writer ORTH GOWER – AT THis TimE Of

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Humans, especially children, often have a strong urge to “rescue” these cute little creatures, but that may or may not be the right thing to do. Rideau Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, located near North Gower, has lots of tips on its website at http://www.rideauwildlife.org regarding dealing with wild young, and is a potential home for orphaned mammals and turtles in the Rideau Valley and Ottawa areas. First, it is important to remember that they may not be orphaned, but may be old enough to leave the nest. However, there are predators who may have killed the mother and/or injured the babies. Signs that a baby mammal needs rescuing are: it appears friendly, is vocalizing, or following people or pets; it shows neurological symptoms, such as seizures, head tilting, losing balance, walking in circles; it is weak or non-responsive; it is cold, wet or shivering (this might be a temporary rescue); it is bleeding, or has wounds or a broken bone; it has breathing problems; it has discharge from the eyes, nose or mouth; it is emaciated or dehydrated

(sunken eyes or abdomen); it has bugs or flies on its body; it was handled by a cat or dog even if there are no obvious wounds; it is near dead adults or siblings; it is in imminent danger, such as near a road or predators; or it has not been reunited with its mother after a few hours. (Some mothers will reject offspring if they have been handled by humans, so be careful that you do not jump to the wrong conclusion.) The sanctuary recommends that if you find wildlife with one or more of these symptoms, that you contact a wildlife rehabilitator and follow temporary care instructions. The website also suggests that if you are unsure whether a baby mammal needs rescuing, err on the side of caution and call for advice. Don’t be like the Canadian tourists in Yellowstone Park who put a baby bison in the trunk of their car, and when park staff tried to reunite it with its mother, the mother and entire herd rejected it – resulting in its euthanization. The sanctuary advises as follows: When handling young wear protective gloves. A towel or cloth can be used to pick it up. Place the animal in a covered box or pet carrier with ventilation. Use ravel-free material as bedding. Do not use towels and make sure there are no holes or loose threads. Cover the carrier with a towel or sheet to keep it dark. Leave the carrier in a

www.agrinews.ca warm, dark and quiet place indoors, away from pets and people. Do not cause unnecessary stress by handling, talking to or peeking at the animal. All baby animals need to be kept warm. Put the box half-on and half-off a heating pad set to low, so that the animal can move to the non-heated side if it is too warm. Never place an animal directly on a heating pad. You can also fill a soda bottle with hot water, wrap it in a towel and brace it inside the box so that it does not roll on the animal. Replace the hot water frequently as it cools down. The website suggests not giving the animal food, milk, formula or water until you speak to a rehabilitator. Feeding the wrong thing, at the wrong time or in the wrong way can harm the animal. However, a severely dehydrated baby needs

rehydration and if a rehabilitator is not available to speak with right then, slightly warm water (with a very small amount of sugar added) can be given by feeding syringe (no needle!), very slowly. The street address of the sanctuary is not published and staff state not to bring animals to RVWS without first speaking with its hotline staff, as many situations can be resolved over the phone. Also, the sanctuary’s first priority is to determine if the baby can be reunited with its mother, who is better at raising her young. Call 613-258-9480 or email info@rideauwildlife.org for an appointment and directions. See the website for further instructions. If transporting the animal is advised, turn the radio off and leave pets at home.

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