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Kemptville ‘Agricultural’ College is not saved!

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Fight turns to keeping the ‘ag’ in Kemptville College

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The most recent gathering of 300 people rallied April 27 in the North Grenville municipal parking lot to voice dissatisfaction with the province’s partial rollback of a University of Guelph plan that would have closed the doors on new students this fall, in advance of full closure in 2015.

On April 22, the governing Liberals announced a one-year extension allowing a new intake of students in skilled trades programs at the 97-year-old institution. It included $2-million for the U of G to make it happen, even though Kemptville supporters suggest the campus has been running in the black to begin with. However, agriculture diploma and equine diplomas — along with other related disciplines like food science, horticulture and forestry — remain slated for relocation to the U of G’s Ridgetown campus.

Standing on the back of a pickup truck, North Grenville Mayor David Gordon decried the impending removal of agriculture from a campus synonymous with that industry.

He called on the government to follow through on a promise from weeks earlier to “soon� appoint a provincial facilitator to work with the Kemptville College Renewal Task Force.

The group demanded the province act to make the appointment by April 30, an ultimatum that went unmet. “Without a facilitator, nothing can move,� Gordon told the crowd. “So you have to get out there and tell everybody, you want a facilitator, you want a solution. If we don’t have a solution, we’re just another trade school. “An agricultural college is important, and the farming community has to stand up and fight for what they believe in,� he said to applause.

More than one speaker offered anecdotes about an incorrect belief among the local non-farming public that the college had been “saved� because of the recent media splash for the one-year extension on new admissions in the skilled trades. “What your neighbours don’t understand is that it’s not a fait accompli, and it

doesn’t include agriculture,� said emcee Bill Smirle of Morewood, urging the group to let people know. “They pulled the wool over everybody’s eyes, and we’ve got to get the story out there that agriculture has been taken out of KCAT,� said farmer Wyatt McWilliams.

Noting the campus was

originally built with federal — not provincial — money, Ron Burgess, chair of the Kemptville College Alumni association, declared that Premier Kathleen Wynne “does not have the right to take away your college.â€? “This is our college ‌ and we’re going to keep it.â€? “March 12, the U of G made an announcement they were closing Kemptville

because it was not financially viable,� Burgess recalled, adding, “We know that’s not true.�

He also took the U of G to task for claiming only 128 students at the campus. “We actually have in excess of 600 students that can sustain this facility. We don’t want to believe the nontruths that they have put in our face.�

Of Wynne, Burgess added, “If we don’t stand up and fight, she will take it ‌ I want you to please fight because if you don’t fight, it’s a lost cause, it’s going to go. And once it shuts down, it’s a lost cause, it’s never coming back.â€?

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Campus Continued from page 2 process of starting to close the facility. “We can’t let this continue ‌ because there’s a point of no return.â€?

Dundas Federation of Agriculture President Jacqueline Kelly-Pemberton said, “We need to send a message that agriculture in the east wants, needs and can support an agricultural diploma program here. We need need to send a strong message that agriculture needs reasonable access to highlevel education. Seven hundred kilometres is not always reasonable. “We need our students to come out, stay home, work the farm, and become leaders of the future.�

Ag programs “are not just for Guelph,� said KellyPemberton. “They’re yours and they should be maintained and offered here in Kemptville.�

Wyatt McWilliams rued that “people are starting to forget� the size of the agricultural economy and the planned removal agriculture from the campus. He also observed that province seems to dump money into other

The AgriNews May, 2014 Page 3 things that would otherwise “keep this college going for another hundred years.�

Farmer Charles Farlinger of Morrisburg said, “We need the college, we need the expertise,� after highlighting the more than $1-billion annual value of the agricultural industry in Eastern Ontario.

With a tone of incredulity, Farlinger noted that Wynne had announced spending on additional satellite campuses for other colleges and universities to bring post-secondary education closer to many students. “But the next day, they cancelled Kemptville College. Ladies and gentlemen, there’s a disconnect here,� he declared. “Surely we could have a college on each end of the province to look after the agricultural sector. It [the closure plan] just doesn’t make sense economically,� said Stormont- Dundas-South Glengarry MPP Jim McDonell. “Send your emails, call, it’s only going to be political pressure that turns this around,� he said.

McDonell clarified that nobody should accept the excuse that appointing a facilitator will first require passage of the provincial budget, as the government

already has funds to operate through September. “This is not a budget issue.�

Harry Oosterhof, a board member with the Dairy Farmers of Ontario, also clarified for the group that no official request to transfer for the production quota from Kemptville to Guelph’s Elora dairy barn research facility.

However, Oosterhof said the board was slated to meet with representatives from the U of G later that week.

The meeting wrapped up with a petition signed by about 300 people related to the demand to resume agricultural programs in Kemptville.

Addressing the Chesterville and District Rotary Club the next day, Renewal Task Force Vice Chair Marty Derks said that a private school and an American school are among those that have spoken with the group.

That’s in addition to Algonquin College and St. Lawrence College — most often reported as being interested in connection with the involvement of Brad Duguid, Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities.

Derks also took pains to tell The AgriNews that — especially in the context of an

imminent election — the task force is non-partisan. “We carry no political stripe ‌ I want to work with whoever’s in power.â€?

Emcee Bill Smirle applauds an alumni’ speech, above.

While Derks wasn’t sure an election process would have on the task force’s ongoing efforts, he agreed it might slow things down for the duration of a campaign.

He was also very careful not to criticize the one-year extension for only students in the trades, calling the move

“a first step.�

Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Warden Eric Duncan in a speech on the following day similarly

called it “a step in the right direction� but rued the idea of a future Kemptville College — without the agriculture.

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KEmpTviLLE CAmpus CAn sEEK nEw pARTnERs. Council president Tom Manley says: “I am very encouraged by the government’s intervention at Kemptville Campus because it bodes well for the future of Alfred College. The government’s actions confirm that postsecondary education in the agri-food sector is a necessity in Eastern Ontario.”

The only Canadian francophone agri-food and rural college outside of Quebec, Alfred College is essential to the vitality of the Franco-Ontarian agri-food sector, and the College can fully contribute to Ontario’s economy if it has the appropriate resources. The government must quickly establish an implementation committee that can negotiate agreements with Ontario’s other two Francophone community colleges and with the various government agencies.

The Alfred College Community Council calls for a similar commitment to Alfred College, including: • governance of Alfred College by FrancoOntarians and for FrancoOntarians, • independent local management of its programs and infrastructure, yEAR so ThAT

•the capacity to pursue basic research, such as its current work in organic dairy production and rural wastewater management, •the ability to negotiate its external partnerships with organizations such as Collège Boréal and La Cité, and •appropriate funding to ensure its success and growth.

Franco-Ontarians expect prompt and coordinated government action to develop Alfred College. Among other things, the govern-

ment should announce a financial package and measures that are sufficient to ensure the College can operate autonomously.

“The Alfred College Community Council and the Union of FrancoOntarian Farmers will remain vigilant until satisfactory agreements are in place and satisfactory financial announcements are made to ensure the long-term vitality of our Francophone agri-food educational institution,” concludes Manley.

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Editorial Bunch of bandits Although the University of Guelph denies it, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the institution has its sights set on acquiring all Kemptville College assets of any value.

That would include the land and buildings for resale… except that those assets are controlled by the Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario. Darn!

Like bandits in the night, U of G is sizing up the spoils it presumes will soon be up for grabs at its satellite campus such as dairy quota, cows, research programs, courses, students, donations and sponsorships, some professors… probably even the newer desks and chairs.

When U of G announced closure March 12 of Kemptville and Alfred campuses, the reason stated was cost savings. But university appointed Kemptville director Dr. Claude Naud quickly deflated that excuse by explaining the college had turned the corner and was becoming self-sufficient. Only the crushing university financial structure was keeping it down.

The retiring director is a former military man who can’t be intimidated. He’s as frustrated as anybody that all the hard work he put into bringing the long-neglected college up to par appears to have been for naught.

Soon word got out that U of G coveted Kemptville’s 62 kgs of quota attached to the robotic dairy research centre because it needs to bolster quota at its new innovation facility in Elora. U of G representatives huffily denied any such thing even as exploratory discussions were taking place with Dairy Farmers of Ontario.

What about the herd of quality cows in Kemptville? Can anybody at U of G deny with a straight face that they wouldn’t mind seeing them hauled down the highway to Elora?

As for courses and students, the core agricultural program has already been reassigned to Ridgetown College, the satellite campus that miraculously escaped the closure frenzy.

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Bonne chance It may not have gone far enough for Kemptville College supporters, but the provincial government’s decision to re-allocate $2-million into keeping trades courses going is being hailed as good news for University of Guelph’s Alfred satellite.

Taking the lead on sustaining the French-language campus declared surplus by U of G along with Kemptville, Alfred College Community Council has welcomed the intervention in maintaining for a year its sister satellite’s certificate and apprenticeship programs.

“I’m very encouraged because it bodes well for the future of Alfred College,” says council president Tom Manley. “The government’s actions confirm that post-secondary education in the agri-food sector is a necessity in Eastern Ontario.”

Everybody in Eastern Ontario agriculture knows the dynamic Tom Manley. He’s the expertly bilingual president of Homestead Organics who recently moved the growing business from Berwick to Morrisburg.

A past election candidate for both the Green and Liberal parties, he has a particular interest in Alfred’s organic dairy research program that possesses 34 kgs of research quota that U of G would love to ship to its new innovation facility in Elora.

If anybody can pull irons out of the fire at Alfred, it’s Manley. He’s calling on the province to establish an implementation committee to negotiate continuation agreements with various government agencies, along with College Boreal and La Cite Collegiale, an indication that Alfred’s announced salvation isn’t quite yet at hand.

The council is calling for a commitment to Alfred similar to Kemptville: “The government should announce a financial package and measures that are sufficient to ensure the college can operate autonomously.”

Along with “appropriate funding”, Manley’s council also wants governance by Franco-Ontarians for Franco-Ontarians, independent local management, the capacity to pursue basic research such as in organic dairy production and rural wastewater management, and the ability to negotiate external partnerships.

It’s a tall order to an unsympathetic government. But Alfred has two things going for it that Kemptville doesn’t: It’s Canada’s only francophone agri-food college outside Quebec; and it sits in a riding held by a Liberal MPP. We wish it all luck that we wish Kemptville.

AgriGab What’s that smell?

Like the aroma of ripe St. Albert cheese, the scent of pre-election partisan politics is wafting over the Eastern Ontario countryside.

Nowhere is it more pronounced than in Glengarry-Prescott-Russell where Grant Crack, MPP, holds the region’s one and only rural Liberal seat in a sea of Tory blue.

The Grits would like to hang on to that seat and so would Crack. They’re doing everything possible to do just that, including assigning Crack as Premier Kathleen Wynne’s parliamentary secretary of everything.

But it’s going to be a struggle, especially if voters want to punish the Liberals for many misdeeds, most real, some imagined. When the election comes, Crack will be up against a qualified PC contender, Roxanne Villeneuve, who carries a name with a lot of political cred in the riding.

There are those much more suspicious than myself who believe the Wynne government would go to almost any length to preserve its lone bastion in rural Eastern Ontario. Some even think the Kemptville/Alfred college fiasco was orchestrated in part to set up Crack as a conquering hero. LeedsGrenville Conservative MPP Steve Clark may very well be among that group.

You’ll recall that when the announcement came, there was already a plan in place – yet to be finalized – for College Boreal and La Cite Collegiale to take over programs at Alfred. Crack was only too pleased to point that out.

And the MPP was quick to commit to saving Kemptville. When Training, Colleges and Universities Minister Brad Duguid pledged $2-million to extend trades courses at Kemptville – but not the core agricultural programs – Crack was standing proudly at his side.

Speaking of St. Albert cheese, a $1-million grant delivered by Wynne and Crack to the St. Albert cooperative has become a bizarre side issue. A lot of it has to do with timing; the premier and her secretary of everything dropped the cash in St. Albert only a few days before the college shut down announcement.

The Tories immediately made hay, bridling that while there was $1-million for an already wellfinanced cheese factory reconstruction, there was nothing offered to keep the colleges going. The Grits have taken some of the steam out of the complaint by redirecting that $2-million to trades courses extension.

Still, the cheesy controversy won’t go away and

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by Tom VanDusen almost seems poised to become an important election campaign issue.

As Crack pointed out in an April 30 news release, Wynne defended the decision in the legislature, noting the investment will allow the co-op to purchase new equipment and establish a computerized production line in the plant. There’s no doubt that would have been done with or without the $1-million.

The new factory will create 10 new jobs and support another 100 jobs in place before the old facility was destroyed by fire early in 2013. Again, a done deal with or without the $1-million!

Like everybody else in Eastern Ontario, I love the St. Albert operation dearly. It’s well managed, creates great products, and supplies rural employment. The attitude of the ownership is to never say die and to go out and conquer the world.

But if caught in a candid moment, the co-op’s key players would be among the first to tell you that, while much appreciated, the $1-million gift wasn’t necessary.

In the release, Crack took a run at Villeneuve for failing to take a stand on whether or not she supported her party in claiming it was wrong to give the money to St. Albert. She may be inexperienced, Grant, but she won’t fall into that trap. Appearing to come out against the St. Albert factory… in G-P-R, that’s like opposing motherhood.

Crack went on with a lot of propaganda about the Ontario PCs showing their true colours – apparently they oppose rural jobs – his government’s economic plan of which a community cornerstone such as St. Albert is a big part, etc., etc.

You know, Crack is my MPP and overall I think he’s been a fine constituency man. He delivers the goods for the riding and he comes out for many events.

But he’s encumbered – actually crippled – by the McGuinty/Wynne record of cancelled hydro plants, costly ineffective green energy schemes, and general misspending.

And now the Kemptville/Alfred scam in which a provincial premier doubling as Agriculture Minister allows a South Western Ontario university to determine regional policy by closing two beloved institutions in the east so it can rake in the booty.

Sorry, Grant! That dog just won’t hunt.

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What about the $2-million extension announced April 22 by Training, Colleges and Universities Minister Brad Duguid?

Isn’t that proof the government really, really cares and sees a bright new future for Kemptville, as Duguid said when he dropped the $2-million?

It’s nothing more than smoke and mirrors, the response of a desperate government buying time

until the next provincial election campaign. This bungling government is naively hoping that rural residents, not just in Eastern Ontario but across a large part of the province, won’t hold a grudge.

Duguid’s cash was reallocated from the Kemptville research budget to extend trades courses by one year. Only one-year trades courses.

Core two-year agricultural programs that have made Kemptville what it is over 97 years haven’t been saved. U of G has pulled them into the Guelph/Ridgetown universe.

As Dave Morrow, a Perth farmer and past

president of the Kemptville College Foundation points out, if the government wanted to make a serious gesture it certainly could.

Premier Kathleen Wynne, who doubles woefully as Agriculture Minister, could veto U of G’s decision and keep Kemptville agriculture diploma, food sciences and equine programs in place for another two years while supporters develop a plan of action.

Says Dave: “Without core studies being agriculturally related in the future, I’m certain most of us fighting for the college’s survival will give up in disgust.�

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The EOWC’s Ratepayer Affordability White Paper paints a picture of a rural region that, compared to the Ontario average, has lower earnings and incomes, lower levels of education, a higher proportion of senior citizens, and a higher proportion of homes in need of major repair.

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“Our analysis shows that rural household incomes are an average of $10,000 a year less than the Ontario average,” says 2014 EOWC Chair Jean Paul St. Pierre. “And nearly one in five of our residents is a senior citizen – many of whom are on fixed incomes. Our people simply can’t afford to pay the everincreasing costs of municipal services, especially when rural areas have so much infrastructure to be maintained by a relatively small and widely-dispersed population. We are at a crossroad in terms of financial sustainability of local

governments.”

“As local governments, we are doing all we can to contain costs and this report suggests what we can do to improve the financial circumstances of our residents. However we need the provincial government to partner with us to develop and implement new approaches to lighten the load for our ratepayers,” says Warden Eric Duncan of Stormont Dundas and Glengarry.

The third in a series of special reports produced by the EOWC, the Ratepayer Affordability White Paper also contains more than a

dozen recommendations for actions that could help to change the circumstances of the region’s ratepayers.

Some recommendations focus on longer-term strategies to improve the region’s economy and residents’ earning power. Other recommendations are drawn from earlier White Papers on Municipal Infrastructure and Municipal Affordability, which focus on finding cost savings and increasing non-tax revenues to municipalities.

The Eastern Ontario Wardens’ Caucus brings together 13 Eastern Ontario Counties and Single-Tier

municipalities, to work with provincial and federal governments to address regional issues and improve the economic and social circumstances of more than 700,000 residents in this 45,000 square kilometre region.

Each January, the EOWC establishes its priorities for the coming year and undertakes advocacy work and other projects through which the priority issues can be addressed.

For more information on all three White Papers as well as the EOWC’s 2014 priorities: www.eowc.org.

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Other farm projects include building or improving Danish entry systems (which have distinctly ‘clean’ and ‘dirty’ sides to maintain sanitary conditions inside the pig barn), constructing separate driveways for incoming and outgoing vehicles and improving deadstock-handling systems, including pouring concrete pads for composting.

Transporters, assembly yard owners and abattoir operators are also participating, with projects aimed at better cleaning and disinfection of trucks, and upgrading biosecurity systems at loading docks.

The special program is funded by the governments of Canada and Ontario through Growing Forward 2, a federalprovincial-territorial initiative and is being delivered by the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association (OSCIA) sPrEad Of tHE

“The pork industry’s tremendous response shows how seriously everyone is taking this disease, as well as their commitment to protecting themselves and the entire sector,” said Allan Mol, President of the OSCIA. “Best of all, the biosecurity measures taken under this program will protect against any disease, so its effects will be felt for years to come.”

Some participants are working on more than one project. Several are investing substantially more money in improving their biosecurity systems than was available through the program’s costshare formula.

“The number of applications was impressive, especially given the tight timelines,” said OSCIA program manager John Laidlaw. “We had dedicated displays at many meetings and shows.

Ontario Pork was also very helpful in providing information to their members and worked especially hard at getting transporters qualified to get in on the program.”

As of April there were more than 50 confirmed cases of the PED virus in Ontario, since it was first identified in January of this year. The PED virus is not a risk to human health or food safety. It is, however, a serious disease in swine production, which can cause 100 per cent mortality in piglets.

Port fisheries compensation projects streaming ahead MORRISBURG — Six years of collaboration by several stakeholders to complete $35-million in environmentally friendly renovations at the Port of Johnstown was celebrated at the port April 15.

The guest list included political leaders, port staff, representatives from South Nation Conservation, and members of the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne that views the St. Lawrence Seaway project as providing regional benefit.

SNC General Manager Dennis O’Grady said the integral involvement by Akwesasne “speaks to the development of a true community” where everyone potentially impacted by the project has a say in its design.

The role of former federal finance Minister Jim Flaherty in helping to

secure stimulus funding to redevelop the port was publicly recognized by Leeds-Grenville MP Gord Brown. Cost of the work was covered in a threeway federal, provincial, municipal split.

Flaherty died of natural causes April 10. He had resigned from Cabinet less than a month earlier.

Pointing out the investment is generating private sector interest in the port and surrounding area, the MP said he’s looking forward to construction of final fisheries compensation projects under the supervision of SNC. Started over the winter, the first compensation project included expansion of an existing Johnstown wetland into a larger habitat for fish and other aquatic life; it’ll be completed in June with planting of the shoreline.

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larger project will be undertaken on property owned by the St. Lawrence Parks Commission at Riverside Heights. Both projects were required by Fisheries and Oceans Canada to compensate for fish habitat lost due to installation of a new wharf at the port.

Although outside the port’s home municipality of Edwardsburgh/Cardinal, Riverside Heights was seen by all parties as a logical location for additional habitat compensation. The project will involve creation of an embayment with channels cut into existing marshland.

SNC chairman Bill Smirle said he’s proud and pleased that all parties – not to mention St. Lawrence aquatic species - will gain from the compensation projects.

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A â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;roadwayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; that leads to a stronger rural Ontario Pamela Pearson AgriNews Staff Writer MbruN â&#x20AC;&#x201D; rEgioNAL poLiTi-

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Rural Affairs broke away from Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food and established in February 2013 to focus on the needs of rural Ontario.

Leal believes that strong rural communities are the key to a healthy province and therefore all communities need to be a priority of the government in order to stay strong.

Leal spoke on the first Rural Economic Summit meeting held last month, in Cobourg, which discussed both the challenges and opportunities regarding rural health care, education and economic development. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rural Ontario isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the same as 10 years ago,â&#x20AC;? Leal stated. â&#x20AC;&#x153;During our summit it was symbolic that over 100 organizations participated, online, at the deliberations. I believe we need to take a more holistic view of what the rural communities look like, as it will recognize the many different factors that go into making a community investmentready to meet the needs of both social and economic infrastructures.â&#x20AC;?

Leal also touched on the need for rural Ontario to be 'connected' to the rest of the world by "advancing its framework to help grow

rural Ontario's digital economy and working to address the existing gaps in rural Ontario's broadband connectivity."

According to Leal, Ontario has invested more than $167-million in 418 projects, generating more than $1.2-billion in local economic activity and creating more than 35,000 jobs. "As a government, we are proud of the achievements we've made in creating a healthier, more prosperous rural Ontario. At the same time, we recognize that more must be done," he said. "This Roadmap is published as an outline of these investments and is not a one-off document. but an ongoing conversation of the Ontario government and its rural partners to improve the â&#x20AC;&#x153;everyday lives of Ontarians.â&#x20AC;?

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From left: Mayor of Hawkesbury RenĂŠ Berthiaume, GPR MPPâ&#x20AC;&#x2C6;Grant Crack, Minister of Rural Affairs and Peterborough MPPâ&#x20AC;&#x2C6;Jeff Leal, Chief Executive Officer Steve Dick (Holder Tractors Inc.) and Mayor of Russell Township J.P. St. Pierre. Minister Leal was inâ&#x20AC;&#x2C6;Embrun at Holder Tractors on April 17 to introduce the white paper Rural Roadmap: The Path Foward for Ontario.

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Projects considered for funding must meet specific criteria and be completed before December 31, 2016. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s application period runs from May 1 to June 14 . FCC will announce the selected

projects in September. A list of previously funded projects can be found at www.fccagrispiritfund.ca.

Every year, the FCC AgriSpirit Fund awards rural community groups between $5,000 and $25,000 for community enhancement initiatives.

From purchasing equipment for emergency services and recreation centres to building care homes and playgrounds, funding supports key projects that enhance the community.

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Canadian Food Grains Bank counts successes

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Central Committee. This organization was designed to share their food with those in need. In 1983, other churches were invited to join with the Mennonite group and on April 13, the Canadian Food Grains Bank was born.

The CFGB, with its national headquarters located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, like many banks, receives money and makes investments with those funds, but in this case the investment is not for financial gain but rather an investment in the future of those less fortunate. Today this organization has grown from the six initial organizations to be a partnership with 15 church-

es and agencies that represent 32 denominations all working to put an end to hunger around the world.

Within the United Counties of Stormont Dundas and Glengarry there are Canadian Food Grains Bank organizations located in North and South Dundas, South Glengarry (Char-Lan Food Grains Bank) and South Stormont.

On April 25 the South Stormont Food Grains Bank held their annual fundraising dinner at St. John’s Presbyterian Church in Cornwall. Jean Courville told The AgriNews that their organization usually grows corn Continued on page 12

President of South Stormont Food Grains Bank, John McIntyre is pictured here with brother-in-law Jamie Clark and Mackie Robertson, President of the Char-Lan Food Grains Bank in South Glengarry. It is on Clark’s grandfather’s farm that this year corn will be grown for the SSFGB. Clarkburn Farms has been growing crops for this organization from the beginning.

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CFGB Continued from page 11 on land â&#x20AC;&#x153;rentedâ&#x20AC;? from the Clark family in South Stormont, but that the money is generally donated back to the Food Grains Bank. Courville continued that Stewart Clark, owner of Clarkburn Farms, has been involved with the organization since the beginning and his family farm buys the corn from the organization.

The amount of money raised from the land varies due to the crop grown and the market price but is generally in the neighbourhood of five thousand dollars. In 2013 all fundraising efforts by the South Stormont Food grains Bank resulted in ten thousand dollars being sent to Winnipeg.

Mackie Robertson, President of the Char-Lan Food Grains Bank located in South Glengarry, was the guest speaker at the fundraising dinner.

Robertson has been a member of the South Glengarry

group for 20 years and has been overseas a number of times to tell the people there of the work done in Canada on their behalf and to bring back to Canada the stories of assistance that the work done here has provided. Initially, the CFGB sent â&#x20AC;&#x153;grainâ&#x20AC;? overseas but, according to Robertson, for the past few years the funds to purchase local food has been sent for a variety of reasons including the urgency of most requests as well as shipping costs.

While the distribution of food is done by a local Christian group, not government agencies, it is provided to all â&#x20AC;&#x153;based on needâ&#x20AC;? and Robertson told of a current project to assist Syrian refugees living in Lebanese camps as aid agencies are unable to go into Syria. He mentioned that the aid workers â&#x20AC;&#x153;on the groundâ&#x20AC;? overseas have to be very adaptable as they are often working in conditions that change without warning.

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And each church has a story to go with the endeavour. For example, five years ago, a parcel of land just outside of Winchester was purchased by the Anglican Parish of North Dundas in anticipation of future plans to build a new church at that location. The congregation decided that in the interim, the Canadian Food Grains Bank would be welcome to use the land to grow crops on. Bob Weagant of South Mountain, a member of the Anglican congregation, told The AgriNews that each season a local farmer did the planting (some of the crops planted were soybeans and corn), sprayed for weed control and harvested the crop. North Dundas Food Grains Bank organizer Keith Smith told The AgriNews that the money for the crop is sent directly to the Food Grains Bank by elevator owners.

Smith disclosed that of the five acre parcel of land owned by the Anglican Parish of North Dundas

approximately $3,600 was raised by the wheat crop harvested in 2013.

According to Smith, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why I support this cause is that I believe we live in one of the more prosperous parts of Canada and we have some very good soil to grow crops.â&#x20AC;? He proudly mentioned how there are very little administrative costs resulting in 97 cents of every dollar being used to purchase food for people to eat and that the federal government has an agreement with this organization to match funds at a rate of $4 for every $1 raised.

CFGB promotional material details how not only food is provided, but the organization will also provide expert advice on nutrition and improved agricultural techniques to communities in need.

Weagant mentions that if all goes as planned, the Anglican community plans to begin building their new church this year. This will result in at least half of the five acre parcel being unavailable for cultivation by the CFGB. He suggests

that this organization is always looking for more arable land to cultivate and should you be interested in

this most worthwhile cause there is more information on the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website.

David Mayberry, Ontario coordinator for the Canadian Food Grains Bank, collects individual bags of seed â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one each of barley, wheat, oats and soybeans â&#x20AC;&#x201D;that were donated to the organization at the end of the Prestigious Pedigreed Seed Sale during the Ottawa Valley Farm Show in March. Each year, various companies give the seed to the auction â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an annual fundraiser by the Ottawa Valley Seed Growers for the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital of Eastern Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; and some of the buyers in turn give the seed to the CFGS. Mayberry said the seed was destined for various CFGS planting projects in Ontario, enough in this case for about 35 acres.The resulting crops will raise money for CFGS causes in the developing world.

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Highlights of Dairy Farmers of Ontario 48th annual report

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It was reported that over 2.5 billion litres of milk produced in 2012-13 with a farmgate value of milk sales worth just over $2-billion. Almost 4,000 dairy farms were included that transported milk in 207 trucks to 71 dairy processing plants. It also noted that close to 85,000 litres of milk are donated by 425 dairy farmers to Ontario Food Banks.

Farmers, on average, were paid $79.76 gross per hectolitre.

DFO President Bob Emmett said, "Our industry is constantly evolving and adapting to market trends and consumer behaviour. Much like how our cows adapt to weather patterns and changes in feed, yet still continue to produce high-quality milk all year round, our industry has shown unwavering resilience and strength throughout the past year."

As of October 31, Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC) butter stocks were 12,571 tonnes and processor butter stocks were 8,106 tonnes. These levels are higher than the normal stock levels, which

are 8,000 tonnes for CDC stocks and approximately 6,000 tonnes for processor stocks. The high stock levels means there was a more than adequate buffer in the system for butterfat requirements. Surplus stocks amounted to 6,600 tonnes which was equivalent to about 1.7 per cent of annual quota requirements. Overall though, butter stock levels were comparable to the same time last year.

Current market trends point to stable-to-modest growth prospects in the coming year. The fluid market continues to be under pressure as evidenced by the 1.0 per cent decline in the past year.

On the positive side, Canadian butter and cheese markets demonstrated some growth in the past fiscal year. Retail butter sales were up 4.1 per cent and retail cheese sales were up 2.4 per cent. Part of the growth was in the mozzarella market where retail sales were up 3.3 per cent.

DFO continued to help grow the demand for milk utilization by working on a variety of projects including encouraging on-farm production and maximizing the amount of milk utilized through the Artisan Dairy Program. This past year, 260,000 litres of milk was allocated to a current goatsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; milk processor to manufacture Latin American style cheeses using cowsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; milk. DFO

will be seeking the Ontario Dairy Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s co-operation to allocate Artisan Dairy Allocation to another on-farm processor to manufacture Swiss-style cheeses.

The Dairy Education Program was restructured with a view to maximize the promotion and content development in order to continue to grow and

develop the program to better meet Ontario school curriculum and to â&#x20AC;&#x153;communicate a positive image about the dairy industry to elementary school studentsâ&#x20AC;?.

Peter Gould, DFO General Manager, highlighted six areas of the many projects they are working on, including the rollout of the Canadian

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or the Canadian Beef Industry the National Code of Practice is new. But for beef producers, dealing with the environment isn't! The first chapter of the new code looks at Animal Environment, followed by Feed and Water, Animal Health, Animal Husbandry, Transportation, and Euthanasia. This makes a logical progression for explaining the industry practices to the consuming public.

Some producers have been a little scared off by comments about the code such as "it's a 60 page book"!

However, if you take a look at the code, the summary of the six chapters and producer requirements fits on six pages. The rest of the book is made up of an easy to read layout (where the producer requirements are highlighted in yellow boxes), a glossary, a list of good industry contacts, and some recommended Best Management Practices.

So start at the beginning of the code and work through it one chapter at a time …

Under Animal Environment the producer needs to…

REQUIREMENTS Cattle must have access to areas, either natural or manmade, that provide relief from weather that is likely to create a serious risk to their welfare.

Promptly assist individual cattle showing signs of not coping with adverse weather (see Sections 1.1.1 and 1.1.2 for lists of signs).

Figure 1. Cattle are usually more comfortable outside.

Cattle usually seem more comfortable outside but given the temperature challenges of the last few months, most producers will have been actively achieving this requirement. In many cases producers will have been moving portable windbreaks to shelter cattle or moving the cattle to shelter via bush lots, barns, or bale windbreaks. For more information see Virtual Beef article fall/2009 on Windbreaks.

Providing bedding or more of it in extreme cold will also help cattle cope. It may be hard to imagine right now, but come those really hot days in summer producers may need to be active in providing more water-trough space, perhaps shades, and water sprinkling or misting in some situations.

The next thing a producer needs to do is…

Figure 2. Cattle exposed to cold temperatures need feed of adequate quantity and quality.

The facilities used to work, load, and house the cattle are the next requirements…

REQUIREMENTS All beef operations must have access to equipment or facilities for the safe handling, restraint, treatment, segregation, loading, and unloading of cattle.

Design or manage indoor and outdoor cattle facilities to provide well-drained, comfortable resting areas.

Provide traction in handling areas to minimize cattle slips and falls.

All cattle in a group must have sufficient space to adopt normal resting postures at the same time.

Cattle kept in groups must be able to move freely around the pen and access feed and water.

Stocking density must be managed such that weight gain and duration of time spent lying is not adversely affected by crowding.

Maintain indoor air quality and ventilation at all times (ammonia levels < 25ppm).

Provide cattle housed indoors that do not have access to natural light with supplementary lighting to allow natural behaviour patterns and monitoring of the cattle.

This looks at having the proper equipment for the safety of cattle when working or moving them. The good side of this requirement is that by having the right equipment to move or work cattle safely, generally means that the producer is also safer. Dry comfortable resting areas, with no slip flooring may take a bit of adjustment on some set ups but will generate benefits in gain. The air quality and stocking densities will also pay dividends in cattle comfort and gain for the producer.

The last set of requirements in the animal environment section deals with calving cows and the facilities needed

REQUIREMENTS Provide an environment that is safe and clean for calving and that promotes calf survival.

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Again this requirement is very much in the self-interest of the producer. If calves don't live there isn't anything to sell but rather bills to pay. It doesn't say you need a sterile hospital pen, but rather a safe and clean environment. If you are calving the cows on grass, on a nice sunny day in May you have more than exceeded the requirements.

However, if it is minus 35°C and a howling wind then certainly shelter and bedding is required.

Overall, when you look at the requirements in this first chapter of the code, they seem pretty reasonable. They all work toward cattle being more comfortable, thus gaining better and creating better returns for the producer. They are not prescriptive on how you do it, but that you do achieve the desired outcome. Some accommodations will be short term while some changes may be a long term solution to meeting the code. Examples of this will be the very cold weather in Dec-Jan -Feb. In the short term this year it may have meant you put out extra or better hay. Or maybe you just rolled an extra bale out on the snow. You may also have provided more bedding or moved the herd to a bush lot.

In the long term, however, you may be taking a look at the selection criteria you have for your replacement heifers and new herd sires. Are they the cattle that are best suited to your farm or area? How about the temperament of the cattle? Easy keeping, quiet cattle, which lay down lots of fat in the fall, go through the cold a lot better. Have you ever wondered what the R-value is for cows that have snow on their backs that isn't melting? How much insulation is between core body temperature, a layer of fat, a thick hide, a thick hair coat and the snow on top? The calving season may be another long-term adjustment on your farm. If you are staying with winter calving to reap the benefits of large calves for the fall sales, you will need to consider extra facilities, windbreaks and lots of good quality feed and bedding. Moving to spring calving will require less facilities but will mean your marketing will need to change. All these decisions need to be decided through the lens of the whole farm economics.

Work through the code one chapter at a time. When you de-code it into manageable pieces it isn't nearly as daunting. Much of it you may already be doing or can easily achieve. The rest you can plan for how to implement. Then try to use those changes to improve your returns by lowering your cost of production or getting more for a welfaremanaged branded product.

The beef industry itself will continue to change as the code gets implemented. Proactive producers will use this code to help market their beef to consumers, with an assurance of how much we care for our animals, and how we do it.

Figure 3. Provide a clean, safe envrionment for calving.

he results of a recent research project support the idea of using a free-choice feeding system as an alternative way to provide feed for meat chickens raised in production systems that include access to the outdoors.

The most common type of feed used in commercial poultry production is a formulated complete feed usually presented to the birds in a pellet or a crumble form, or formulated, mixed and fed in a meal form. It is widely believed that this formulated complete feed will provide the birds with a better balance of the ingredients that provide • Continued on page 16

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Eastern Ontario wineries entered spring in good shape

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Paul â&#x20AC;&#x153;Smokieâ&#x20AC;? Leblanc is one such owner. He runs Smokie Ridge Vineyard in Mountain, and said he isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t too concerned with losing many of his vines from the cold temperatures they endured this year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know they survived. I might have lost a few, but I doubt it. Last year we had temperatures of -25 and -30 and I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t lose any,â&#x20AC;? he said near the start of April. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You always lose a few, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very little, maybe one per cent.â&#x20AC;?

Smokie grows about 10,000 vines on 43 acres of land, and uses only hybrid grapes, developed specifically for cold climates. These grapes can withstand temperatures as low as -35 Celsius. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With the normal grapes, if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not buried properly over the winter, if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in -20 for four hours, you would probably lose

between 50 and 70 per cent of them,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The hardy grapes donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to be buried.â&#x20AC;?

He added the heavy amounts of snow we saw this year also helped. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Snow acts as a great insulator,â&#x20AC;? he said.

A delayed spring also doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t affect these grapes very much, he said, although a little cooperation from Mother Nature couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hurt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our grapes are designed to grow in a shorter growing season,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to unbury them, so when it does start to warm up, as long as we get temperatures between 15 and 20, the vines will wake up. I think (a delayed spring) will have an effect, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll probably have to harvest at the end of October instead of the end of September when I normally do. So as long as we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have an early winter, I have a bit of a play as long as Mother Nature is nice to us at the other end.â&#x20AC;?

Denis Perrault, owner of Domaine Perrault winery in Navan, is equally optimistic about his hardy grapesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; endurance over the winter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some of our vines will get damaged at -35, other

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Sally Peck, owner of Sugarbush Vineyards and secretary of the Prince Edward County Winegrowers Association, said the wineries in that region use traditional grapes and, although it was too early to tell for sure, she expected there would be minimal loss. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most of the wineries here bury their vines, and right now theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still underground,â&#x20AC;? she said . â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hoping they survived.

There was a lot of snow cover, so they should be okay. We always have some bud loss, but I think most of them should be okay.â&#x20AC;?

The wineries wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know for sure until they begin uncovering the vines, typically around mid- to lateApril. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still a lot of snow, so nobodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doing much work yet,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But for the amount of energy and cost it takes to bury them, it pays off. Most winters donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get cold enough to do any real harm, but we bury them for winters like this.â&#x20AC;?

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Page 16 The AgriNews May, 2014 • Continued from page 14 the energy, protein, vitamins and minerals to optimize bird health and performance. In addition, formulated complete feeds make feeding poultry less complicated and easier to manage in automated feeding systems.

However, for poultry that are raised in a free-range system where they have regular access to the outdoors, freechoice feeding may offer some advantages and should be considered as a viable option. Free-choice feeding is a method that offers birds separate feedstuffs (e.g. grains, protein concentrates, natural vitamin and mineral sources) from which they can self-select a diet suited to their needs which can vary in response to environmental and physiological conditions. It is reasonable to expect that free-range raised birds will often encounter a greater range of environmental requirements than those raised in confinement.

It has been suggested that chickens do not chose diets to maximize growth and efficiency; rather they self-formulate to enhance their wellbeing in their environment and for long-term survival benefits.

Animals are born with innate preferences for and aversions to particular feed ingredients. Poultry are having the ability to learn to select a diet that avoids deficiencies or toxic excesses. By providing essential feed ingredients in a free-choice system, the birds are theoretically able to balance their own diets by selecting ingredients that supplement the nutrients obtained from their outside environment, such as forages or insects.

In addition to this ability to self-balance their own diets, poultry have a digestive system that is capable of processing whole grain. Because of this, it seems logical to reduce the energy and costs related to processing or pre-grinding by providing at least some of the diet as whole grain.

However, it is important that oyster shell (grit) needs are provided for, in order to enable the bird’s gizzard to function effectively. Free-choice feeding can reduce the need for formulation, grinding, mixing, pelleting and transportation potentially reducing the energy expenditure and costs associated with them.

for the FF fed group in the finisher period from day 49 to day 83. The feed conversion during that time period for the FF group was 5.6 to 1 and for the FC group the feed conversion was lower at 3.8 to 1.

In this study, where all feed ingredients were purchased, it showed that feed costs were less expensive for the freechoice fed group ($.07/kg) versus the formulated feed fed group ($.08/kg).

Summary The results of this study indicate that providing access to feed ingredients with a free-choice feeding system can be a viable alternative option for feeding free-range meat chickens. Formulated feeds may continue to be a more convenient way for many producers to feed their chickens.

However, in particular for producers who grow the majority their own feed, there may be an opportunity to reduce feed costs with a free-choice feeding system by eliminating or at least minimizing the need for formulating, grinding, mixing, pelleting and transporting their feed ingredients. Free-choice feeding also enables the feeding of whole grains which poultry are naturally able to process and make use of. Feeding a portion of a poultry diet as whole grain has been shown to enhance the development of the gastrointestinal tract which can improve the bird’s ability to absorb nutrients from the various feed ingredients that are consumed as part of their diet.

References Fanatic, A.C., V.B. Brewer, C.M. Owens-Henning, D.J. Donoghue, and A.M. Donoghue. 2013. Free-choice feeding of free-range meat chickens. J.Appl.Poult.Res.22:750758 Hank, Y.L. and J.G. Dingle. 2002. Practical and economic advantages of choice feeding systems for laying poultry. World’s Poultry Science Journal, Vol. 58, June 2002

Results The formulated diet contained 63.5% corn, 30.5% soybean meal and 2.5% fishmeal with an overall protein content of 20.75%, while the protein content of the free-choice diet was lower and was calculated to be approximately 13.2%. By the end of the trial it was determined that the free-choice diet was made up of 89% grain (37% whole wheat), 7% soybean meal and 1.2% fishmeal.

The final live chicken weights did not differ between treatments, however carcass yields were higher and as well, the breast yields were 7% higher for the formulated feed (FF) group. It was suggested that the higher protein levels and higher amino acids in the formulated feed likely contributed to the higher breast yields.

The NRC recommends an 18% protein diet for six- to eight-week-old broilers. While the FC group consumed a much lower protein level, it is possible that they may have consumed additional protein from forage plants and insects. Interestingly, researchers noted that there was less residual forage left in the paddocks of the FC fed birds and it is assumed that they consumed more forage than the FF fed group.

Feed intake was higher and feed efficiency was inferior

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Trial Outline Researchers at the University of Arkansas set up a feeding trial with 200 meat type chickens, (considered to be a slow growing hybrid) to determine the effect of freechoice feeding on the performance of free- range raised chickens. The one-day-old chicks were randomly assigned to pens of 20 birds each with five pens assigned to a treatment group where the feed was provided as a fully formulated crumble diet (FF) and the other five pens assigned to a treatment group where the feed was provided as a freechoice (FC) diet. During the brooding period (0-27 days) all birds were fed on the formulated diet which was a commercial no medicated starter/grower diet intended to be used for the entire life of the broiler. All birds were allowed outside every day after five weeks. From day 2849 the FC group received both the fully formulated diet as well as the free-choice diet. From day 49-83 the FC group received only free-choice ingredients. The free-choice feedstuffs offered were cracked corn, whole wheat, soybean meal, fishmeal, crushed oyster shell, kelp meal, bone meal, and trace mineral salt with all ingredients provided in separate feeders. From day 49-83 the FF group received the fully formulated commercial diet only. It was made up mainly of corn, soybean meal and fishmeal.

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Weagants serve up sausages and smiles

Weagant Farm Supplies Ltd. held its annual open house on April 9 in Winchester The open house drew just short of 600 people including suppliers and employees. Above, manning the BBQs were mechanics from left, Mike Bell, Cameron Grozelle, John Markwell, Greg Conlin, Moe Jordan, and Jim McCooeye.

Below, from left, Anita Weagant, Elizabeth Temple, and Paula Gordon with daughter Courtney enjoying the BBQ. Moore Photos

Coun. Doug Thompson harnessed for 2015 IPM

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cOOrdiNATOr Terry beSNer, meT ON mArch 19 iN LONG SAULT. Joining their team was City of Ottawa Councillor and former Chesterville resident, Doug Thompson, who will co-chair the Public Relations Team with sister Carolyn Thompson Goddard of Cornwall.

Thompson says that he joined the organization planning this event for a number of reasons including his rural

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meet the promotional challenges associated with an event of this magnitude and importance.

At left, 2015 IPM Marketing Committee members: Susan LeClair (left) Neil Robinson, Lloyd Barter, Shauna Beggs, Doug Thompson, Glenda Eden, Linda Wilson, Terry Besner, Marketing Committee Chair. Absent are: Carolyn Goddard, Kathy McIntyre, Amy Michaud, Lloyd Barter, Diana Legault.

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Due to harsh winter conditions this year and other pollinator health issues, the province's bee colonies are expected to experience higher than normal mortality rates. To help offset these losses, Ontario is providing one-time financial assistance of $105 per hive to beekeepers who have 10 hives or more and lose over 40 per cent of their colonies between Jan. 1, 2014, and Oct. 31, 2014.

Registered beekeepers representing over 90 per cent of the hives in Ontario and the majority of pollination services offered by the industry will benefit from the program. The province is also exploring options to provide bee mortality insurance over the longer term.

Beekeepers can continue to access existing programs like AgriStability, AgriInvest and the SelfDirected Risk Management Program for support, and are encouraged to contact Agricorp to explore their options.

“We recognize the critical role pollinators and beekeepers play in maintaining a healthy environment and productive agri-food sector.

We want to keep honeybee colonies strong going into the growing season while we continue working with the industry to support long-term sustainability for beekeepers and the health of all pollinators," said Premier and Minister of Agriculture and Food Kathleen Wynne.

“We are pleased that the Ontario Government has taken a first step toward helping beekeepers," said Ontario Beekeepers' Association President Dan Davidson. "While the compensation plan doesn't solve the problem, it will help mitigate losses that Ontario beekeepers have suffered from the harsh winter and the inappropriate use of neonicotinoid pesticides.

We look forward to working together to expedite a sustainable solution that addresses current threats to

bee health.”

The new compensation program follows the recent release of the Ontario Bee Health Working Group Report, which proposes a number of farming and industry changes to reduce honeybee exposure to neonicotinoid insecticides.

After analyzing Ontario bee mortality incidents occurring in 2012 and 2013, the Pest Management Regulatory Agency found that corn seed treated with "neonics" was a contributing factor, according to the report.

Current “agricultural practices related to the use of neonicotinoid treated corn and soybean seed are not sustainable,” the agency concluded, as noted by the report.

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E. Ont. Spring Select Sale

This handsome September calf fetched top bid —$8,100 — in the 56th annual Eastern Ontario Spring Select Sale in Winchester, April 12. Sale co-managers Dave Mathers and Kelly FawcettMathers pose at Hugh Fawcett Auctions with the animal consigned by Quality Holsteins of Woodbridge and purchased by Devon Benfer of Kansas. A fundraiser for nine area Holstein clubs, 82 head were sold this year.

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Basil; Crystal Lillico, Dundas 4H Club - scrapbook (one page) Fishing in the Creek; Brittany Carkner, Leeds County 4-H Club - in Action poster.

Juniors Bruce Porteous, Dundas 4-H Club - Artistic display for framed artwork of a cow created with lentils, corn, sunflower seeds, etc.

Porteous also won the E.H.Wallace Memorial Trophy for the Champion exhibit of Soybeans.

Caitlen Jampen, Dundas 4-H Dairy Club - project book on 2013 calf Harmony View Buttertart; poster board exhibit 4-H 100 Years Of Learning – Do By Doing with 38 other 4-H members in a tri-county area; Patrick Jampen, Dundas 4-H Club - one page scrap-

The exhibit was divided in senior and junior divisions.

The following are first place winners at the show:

Seniors Robyn Rochon-Kaiser,

A love of seeds

West Carleton 4-H Community Club – needlecraft, quilted blanket, wooden truck, All About Me poster, seed collection, Club in Action poster, article of stichery (small quilt) received the most points in 4-H Life Skills Section.

Allison Sullivan, Vernon Dairy Club - scrapbook on weed varieties; Kyleigh Jampen, Dundas Dairy Club - project book on calf Marbri Stanleycup

Above, Robyn Rochon-Kaiser, West Carleton 4-H Community Club, submitted a well designed poster of seeds found on Eastern Ontario farms, earning her a first place in the senior division of the Ottawa Valley Farms Show 4-H open show held March 4-7 in Ottawa. At left, a junior Dundas 4-H Club member, Bruce Porteous, received a first prize for his creative grain seed collage.

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At an International Plowing Match 2015 All-Chairs meeting held on April 22 at the South Stormont Municipal Hall in Long Sault, Chairman Jim Brownell heard reports from IPM Directors as well as many of the subcommittees. Among the reports presented was the intention to attempt to break a world record for the number of antique threshing machines working at the same time. After the meeting concluded, IPM directors gathered for a photo with Melvin Switzer, President of the Ontario Plowmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association (front, left), Jim Brownell, Chairman IPM 2015 (front, centre) and Cathy Lasby, Executive Director, OPA (front, right). Switzer and Lasby who travelled to Eastern Ontario especially for the meeting told The AgriNews that they are Thompson Goddard photo pleased with the progress being made in organizing IPM 2015 in the United Counties of Stormont Dundas and Glengarry.

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Heathervale Farms and DeLaval host open barn

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The Byces are secondgeneration farmers as Harryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dad bought the farm in 1977. Disaster struck the farm in June 2010 when the main tiestall barn caught fire. The Byces lost 67 cows and 10 heifers in the blaze but some were saved and neighbours took them in temporarily until a new barn was in place.

Some of the animals were sent to tie-stall farms and some to free-stall barns. The Byces decided

to re-build a new 100 x 300 foot modernized barn with all the bells and whistles.

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Heathervale Continued from page 22 with the DeLaval system, which features a robotic milking bulk and cooling system purchased from Kevin Bielaskie of Cobden, Ont. The DeLaval system also includes automatic gates that are programmed to a computer chip installed in an ear tag that is clipped to each cow.

The barn is divided into three main sections: one for dry and calving cows; the second is for cows in heat, and the third for the milking cows. The heifers and calves are kept outside the main barn, the calves individually in hutches, and the heifers are in a separate bulk barn.

The Byces' barn has a compost bedding system whereby straw is used and then mixed as compost by a tiller that is attached to a tractor. This keeps the top of the bedding dry and the lower level heats up to about 140 degrees. The compost is removed once or twice per year. In the winter this is what helps keep the barn warm but does cause some fogging.

In the winter, the barn stays around 10-13 degrees depending on the outdoor temperature, the sides of the wall open and close automatically depending on the temperature inside.

Celeste suggested the cows produce better as the temperature is lowered.

The DeLaval automatic gates allow the cattle to go into the robotic milking system, the chip in the ear tag tells the computer which cow is there and it either allows them to go in or another gate opens and sends them out depending on when they were previously milked.

The computer provides feed for the cows as they are being milked, the exact amount needed at the stage of production. This information is entered into the computer manually by the operator. If there is a cow in heat a gate can manually open to separate that cow from the rest of the herd. In the area the cow enters it can be put in an enclosure so that the cow can be inseminated.

When a cow comes in to get milked the gate opens and the cow then moves into an enclosure where it is fed. While the cow is

fed, an arm on the automated milking machine comes out and washes the teats separately. When the teats are cleaned there is a laser that locates the teats and puts a pulsating suction cup on each of the four teats. If it cannot find all the teats it will milk whichever ones they have found and then release the cow. The cow then returns to the gate, which allows it back in then to only milk that teat.

The milk is also tested.

For example, if a cow has mastitis the computer will automatically dump the milk instead of sending it to the bulk tank. The milk is dumped if the computer detects blood or an antibiotic and discards that as well. The robotic milking system also cleans and disinfects itself.

In the milk house, there are two tanks, the bulk tank and a buffer tank. The milk is detoured to the buffer tank when the bulk tank is being emptied or is being cleaned.

The Byces also have DeLaval activity collars to track cattle activity. If the cows have high activity it usually means they are in heat and need to be separated for insemination; if there is low activity, it could mean that cow has an illness and requires attention.

All the information gathered from the collar is sent wirelessly to a smart phone and/or computer.

The Byces say they are over quota but they also noted that they could achieve their quota with less cattle because they know which ones are better producers. The Byces admit it was sometimes difficult to get the cows used to the new system because the cows had been relocated to neighbour’s barns with tie stalls and free stalls, and therefore some were harder to train than others.

Other features DeLaval has delivered to the Byces are cattle brushes and water bowls that are located throughout the barn. The brushes clean the cow’s coat as they rub against it and so there is no need to clip the cows’ hair. The Byces held an open house along with DeLaval representatives and welcomed visitors who attended on Sat., May 3.

Heathervale Farms’ main entrance to the milk house.

Shown here are the DeLaval brushes which clean the animals’ coats.

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Automatic gate that allows the cows to enter and get fed and milked or be rejected if the cows is not ready to be milked.

Outside view of the Byces' barn at Heathervale Farms.

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Van Lindenberg barn opens its doors

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Still standing nearby is the traditional old hip-roof barn â&#x20AC;&#x201D; now empty except for a few young calves â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that served Dutch immi-

grants Koos and Catrina from their arrival in 1982 until last fall. Their son, Willem, and his wife, Monique, are partners in the operation today. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re enjoying it; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good step forward,â&#x20AC;? said Willem, standing in the new barn with over 700 people milling around during the April 5 open house event at Van Lindenberg Farms Inc. The visitors gazed at the pair of Lely robots that milked a steady stream of cows as the animals voluntarily ambled

up for service. They also marvelled and watched in bemusement as a Lely Juno feed-sweeping robot trundled up the single feed aisle, pushing TMR-mixed ensilage toward the milking herd of 70 plus. At the end of its trip, the unit â&#x20AC;&#x201D; ever so slightly resembling a Dalek from Dr. Who â&#x20AC;&#x201D; dutifully reconnected itself to the recharging station a stoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s throw from the temporary doughnuts-andcoffee table.

The new setup is a far cry from twice-daily milkings stooped beside the udders in the old tie-stall barn, where the cattle were nourished by human muscle-power. Feeding by wheelbarrow was eventually replaced by a trackmounted system, and bucket-style milkers similarly disappeared with the installation of a pipeline in 1988. But Koos said he could never have imagined the robotic possibilities of Continued on page 25

One of two Lely milking robots at Van Lindenberg Farms Inc. is shown here in action.

The Lely feed-sweeping robot fascinated the children â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all of them supervised by adults â&#x20AC;&#x201D; on scene. The droid-like machine would stop for obstacles in its path as it slowly and methodically did its job.

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From left, Catrina, Koos, Willem and Monique Van Lindenberg, April 5, during the open barn event at their farm in Foresters Falls.

Van Lindenbergs plenty to do and manage on a farm with 300 acres and a slowly growing milking herd that now stands at just over

The three-row new tie-stall barn at Van Lindenberg Farms Inc., showing the laminated beams and bright interior.

Zandbergen photos the dry cow area differentiat- with robots now handling the ed by a bedding pack. A fab- chore.

The family visited at least ric-covered building also houses some of the younger 20 different farms before selecting a barn design, said stock.

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The transition to the new barn began Oct. 7, and with He declared, “We’re very the help of friends and neigh- happy, very pleased, and bours, the herd switch was very thankful as well. We always give the glory to complete after “a long three God. He has given us the weeks,” said Willem.

“There were very few resources and the strength to do all of this.” problems,” his father added.

“We were overwhelmed “We had lots of help to get it by all the people who have done.” come out, and we’re thankful Milk production has held “pretty steady” since the for all the friends and neighswitch. The owners said they bours that have helped make this possible,” said Willem, were averaging 35 kg per animal prior to the move and who also expressed his thanks to all of the contracwere getting close to that level — at 32 to 34 kg — tors involved.

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Continued from page 24 today when first contemplating potential improvements to the original barn three decades ago. “It wasn’t heard of,” he remarked.

Even more so growing up on his parents’ dairy farm in Holland, where he remembered milking cows by hand until the acquisition of an outdoor milking parlour — a technological upgrade he described as “quite a relief” at the time.

Fast forward to the 21st century, and Willem says that a milking parlour wasn’t an option under consideration by the family once they resolved to build a new barn.

Only robots were on the table. “We were planning for quite a while, but we never looked at a parlour at all.”

According to the Van Lindenbergs, the switch to robotics and a modern barn has allowed for more focus on the important things in life.

“I like it especially how a young family has time to spend with their little kids,” said Catrina, who also placed church high on the priority list. Nearby, a couple of Monique and Willem’s three young children (soon to be four) loped around the bright and spacious feed alley, a spot teeming with pedestrians that day.

“We focus on the family time,” said Willem.

“I enjoy the freedom that Willem has,” observed his wife, Monique. “We can eat dinner together as a family.”

“It’s a lot different, and I like it a lot,” agreed her father-in-law.

Of course, there’s still

foam and pre-painted galvanized steel facing inside and out. The interior steel gleams a bright white at the Van Lindenberg place, where the owners highlighted the time saved installing this type of building. “It went up in eight days,” said Willem, also pointing out that the building was competitively priced.

The layout has the milking herd in one group and able to choose between both Lely milking stations; the robots are arranged in an ‘L’ pattern.

The barn includes industry-standard air-bag curtains, bathing the interior in light.

Adding to the interior illumination are Thermo Energy Structures’ transparent roof peak, also able to be opened both electrically and manually.

The feed alley is situated along one exterior wall — similar to a perimeter-feeding layout — but with all feeding occurring on one side. The animals’ total mixed ration includes baleage from wrapped bales, corn silage kept in Ag Bags and other supplements.

The entire Van Lindenberg production herd is kept in the new barn, with

60. The reduction in physical labour inside the barn is one thing, “but there’s still managing to do,” noted Koos.

The new barn has room to eventually accommodate 90 producers, each delivering an impressive stream of data as well as milk, via the robotic units, he pointed out, marvelling at the levels of information.

Measuring 70 by 264 feet, the barn is pleasingly understated in outward appearance, with a somewhat lower roofline than that seen on a number of new barns.

Inside, the vaulted ceiling may not rise as high as the standard bovine cathedral seen these days, but it serves to showcase the beautiful laminated fir beams of the energy-efficient structure.

This lower style of structure also has the practical benefit of staying warmer in winter with less dead airspace above the cattle.

Imported from Germany and erected by Thermo Energy Structures Inc. of Arnprior — with help from Renfrew Agri Systems of Beachburg — the barn’s warm and impressive wood skeleton is enclosed with insulated panels that are a sandwich of

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Above, left: Kelly Fawcett Mathers of TD Canada Trust presents Francis Henderson of Terrdale Farms the Premier Exhibitor Award. Henderson cleaned up on Fri., March 7, at the Dundas Seed, Forage and Agricultural Show in Dixons Corners taking the awards for Premier Exhibitor, Premier Forage Exhibitor, Champion Forage Exhibit, Reserve Champion Forage Exhibit, Champion Haylage Exhibit, Champion Dry Hay Exhibit, Premier Seed Exhibitor, Champion Corn Silage, Champion Cereal Exhibit and First Place Wheat in Crop Classes.

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John Devries (right) from Toyeshill Farms accepted an award for Champion Special Shelled Corn Bin Class, from Dave Pemberton from Mycogen Norm Tinkler (left) won the award for Champion Ear Corn, presented by Ron Ferguson of Pride Seeds.

There was a chili cook-off at the Dundas Seed, Forage and Agricultural Show this year, and the judges were willing participants drawn from the crowd â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from left, David Chambers of Riveredge Farms (winner of the Dundas County Innovator Award), Chad Dejong of Agri-Partners, and John Roosendall (President of the Ottawa Valley Seed Growers Association).

Dennis Fife of Fife Agricultural Services Ltd. (left) presents Ralph Tibben from Tibben Farms Inc. with the Champion Shelled Corn Award.

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Dean Williams presents Bruce Porteous (right) with the Premier 4-H Exhibitor Award, a ribbon affixed to the young manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cow collage made of various grains.

The winner is the son of Tracy and Ian Porteous and the grandson of Francis Henderson.

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Ken Boje from Winchester BMR had a display in the Dundas Seed, Forage and Agricultural Show for the first time.

Lezlee Byers-Smith of Byers Farm Equipment chats it up with Gerald Crowder at the Dundas Seed, Forage and Agricultural Show.

Green Tech Winchester was on display as Luc Groulx and Mark Minion welcomed visitors.

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According to the Sanderses, they checked out other companies for similar mixers by going to farm shows, open houses and talking with many sales people. They chose the Rovibec PN-40 because it did not require a three-phase electric system, and they found a local salesperson they could rely on â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Winchester-based Clarence Holmes of CNK Ag-Tech and a Rovibec Agrisolutions. Holmes also programmed the

mixer to the recipe requested by the buyers.

The blade mixer prepares rations of optimal quality for any size herd.

The mixer weighs a recipe of corn silage, high moisture corn, haylage, additives, dried hay, water and minerals in Farside Farmsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; case. The blades shred the dry hay, then mixes it with the other ingredients.

When the mix comes out of the conveyor the cows canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be picky with their feed because it all smells and tastes the same. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is little or no waste,â&#x20AC;? Mike said.

The Sanderses say they actually use less feed to nourish their herd and the cows seem much healthier.

They also say the milk production has gone up. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a win win!â&#x20AC;? exclaimed Mike.

And it all takes much less time. What used to be an hour-long chore, feeding the herd of 68 now takes only 15 minutes. The mixer will also handle big-

ger batches to accommodate herd growth.

The farm has three silos and an additive bin, and the products are weighed in such a way that every mix is very close to identical. The product is controlled by a computerized system that can change the recipe as required. The system could also be connected to a cell phone or PC, but so far the owners have chosen not to take that step. For now the Sanderses are delivering the feed with a feed cart, but sometime in the future the conveyor could be attached to an automated Rovibec delivery system to bring a customized amount of feed to each animal in the tie-stall dairy.

The Sanderses counted about 60 people who came to see the mixer that has been working amazingly well since its installation last August.

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Cost fear unplugged manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s solar appeal

By Nelson Zandbergen AgriNews Staff Writer HESTERVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; In LIgHT of THE fInanCIaL RISkS,

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LoCaL wILdLIfE bIoLogIST PHILIPPE THomaS LoST THE nERVE To PuRSuE a PRoVInCIaL aPPEaL agaInST a nEIgHbouRIng SoLaR faRm â&#x20AC;&#x201D; ConCERnEd HE CouLd bE PuRSuEd foR CoSTS oR fEES aT THE End of THE PRoCESS.

It was this real possibility, Thomas wanted his North Dundas community to know, that prompted him to drop his Environmental Review Tribunal appeal of the 10megawatt â&#x20AC;&#x153;CityLights Solar Projectâ&#x20AC;? on Gibeault Road.

Developer Canadian Solar is set to build the approximately $50-million project this year, its second in the township.

An Environment Canada employee specializing in studying the effects of toxicity, Thomas â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who repeatedly pointed out that he speaks for himself and his family, not the federal department â&#x20AC;&#x201D; was also eager to quash untrue rumours that he was somehow paid off to pull the plug on his legal opposition.

In a recent interview at the

country home he shares with his wife Sophie Richard and their two-year-old son, he scoffed at that particular notion but explained the risks of pushing ahead. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are fees you might have to pay if you lose, and I was not about to put my family into any financial hardship,â&#x20AC;? explained Thomas, who acknowledged that in a mediation process with Canadian Solar lawyers, both parties agreed to a set of â&#x20AC;&#x153;minor mitigation measuresâ&#x20AC;? on the project site owned by the Gutknecht family.

These included changes to a planned communication tower, to planting spruce hedges instead of cedars.

Thomas insisted on the latter change because the deer population would only feast on the cedars â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an ironic concession given what he says was a pre-construction Environmental Assessment report finding of â&#x20AC;&#x153;no deerâ&#x20AC;? in the vicinity of the project.

Repeatedly criticizing as unscientific that report by Dillon Consulting, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s abundantly clear Thomas still believes in the merits of his now-abandoned appeal, which was otherwise sched-

uled for an initial hearing March 27 at the Chesterville Legion.

He alleged the consultants only spent about 12 to 15 hours on site assessing

wildlife populations. And their visit, he added, only occurred after wood-cutting had begun on site, possibly

The AgriNews May, 2014 Page 31 hours surveying â&#x20AC;Ś itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grossly underestimated. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crazy to me the little effort that was put into this.â&#x20AC;? He added that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taken photos of 1,500 deer with an automated camera this past winter. He fears a mandated chain link fence around the 100-acre solar farm will push more of the herd onto his property.

He said the report also failed to take into consideration the habitat in the area comprises rare alvar, in which bedrock sits exposed at the surface. The terrain poses a greater risk of groundwater contamination if drilled into for construction Philippe Thomas, or later treated with herbiSophie Richard cides, according to Thomas. and their son, Also pointing to heavy Zachary, 2, standmetals that could be released ing on the alvar if the panels break, he planned on starting a wellhabitat in their water monitoring initiative back yard â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a involving himself and his type of habitat he neighbours. says was not Thomas and his wife taken into considbought the property in eration in the September 2011 but didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t environmental find out about the proposed assessment of a solar farm until after the sale. planned solar Their property lies within the farm next door.

120-metre area of influence Zandbergen photo around CityLights.

Dillon Consulting and scaring animals away.

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Russell County DHI rises to the top again Pamela Pearson AgriNews Staff Writer IMOGES â&#x20AC;&#x201D; ThE RuSSELL COunTy DaIRy hERD IMpROvEMEnT (DhI) BanquET, waS hELD On apRIL 11 aT ThE LIMOGES COMMunITy CEnTRE, wITh OvER 140 In aTTEnDanCE. The DHI Breed Class Average (BCA) is a milk, fat and protein index used

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Russell County has consistently led the province, with a BCA of over 200, including taking top position once again, in 2013, with an average composite of 236. The DHI is a non-profit milk recording organization that provides solutions to help manage herd production, reproduction, udder

health and feeding programs.

The Banque BMO award for best BCA for a herd was won by Brabantdale Farms Ltd. of Navan, owned by the Nooyen family. The herds BCA was 306.

The runner-up, with a herd composite BCA of 277, was Sunrise Holsteins Inc., of Clarence Creek, owned by the Kaelin family, which

,accepted the Navan Veterinary Clinic award.

Brabantdale also took home the La CoopĂŠrative Agricole d'Embrun award for Most Improved Herd with 34 points; Coop AgriEst Best Yearling Cow Brabantdale Shottle

Spacelove with 507.3 BCA; the Ritchie Feed & Seed Ltd award for Best 3-yearold cow - Brabantdale Dir Spookberry Red at 408.3 BCA; Bristers Group Inc. Best 4-year-old cow Brabantdale Shottle Spotty with BCA of 418.0; and

C.I.B.C. Bank, Embrun Best 5-year- old cow and over - Brabantdale Goldwyn Spaciously with a 397.3 BCA. Jolyvale Farm (Sarsfield) followed in second place for Most Improved Herd with 21.7 points, award donated by MacEwen Agricentre Inc. Continued on page 33

Best BCA Herd

Mike Nooyen, left, of Brabantdale Farms, is presented with the 2013 Best BCA Herd, by Mario Clermont of Banque BMO at the April 11 Russell County Dairy Herd Improvement Banquet in Limoges.

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DHI awards Continued from page 32 They also received Scotiabank's Best Milk Value Herd ($9,045) award, presented by Scotiabank. Placing a close second in the same category, receiving the National Bank Best Milk Value Herd ($9,045) was Denis Latour, owner of Hermenie Farm, St. Albert.

Sunrise Holstein also took home the Embrun Veterinary Clinic award for Lowest Somatic Cell Count (SCC) Average at 55,000.

Somatic cell count refers to common levels of infection in the udder. It was a threeway tie for Second Lowest SCC Average at 104,000: Hasliland Farm, Casselman; Ferme Gerstgrasser, Casselman; and Rosenhill Farm Inc., St. Albert.

Rosenhill received Royal Bank of Canada, Embrun's award for Top Herd Management with a score of 976 points. Ferme A & L Desnoyers also of St. Albert, placed second with 926 points, receiving the award from Farm Credit Canada.

Other awards included: Dundas Agri-System's Best 2-year-old cow was Newworld Trigger Lisanne with a BCA of 521.0 BCA and Best Calving interval of 368 days was Ferme Raylene, presented by RD Legault seeds.

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There were plenty of prizes and silent auction items to behold at the local Delta Waterfowl South Nation Chapterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual banquet, March 1, at the Crysler Community Centre. From left, Jason Pratt of Vernon and daugher Katie, 11, take a gander at a youth shotgun and .22 rifle up for draw that evening; Delta Waterfowl Regional Director for Eastern Canada Russ Donnelly and Chapter President Eric Alexander were ready for another successful fundraiser event for the local organization. While it has similar conservation-minded goals as Ducks Unlimited, Donnelly explained that Delta Waterfowl differs by actively promoting its hunting aspect and doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shy away from having draws for rifles and other hunting accoutrements at its events. The organization is especially keen to properly teach and train the next generation of hunters, running a youth hunting camp locally every year. One hundred and seventy-five people turned out for the banquet in North Stormont and comedian Paul Mussell also performed.

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The Dundas Soil and Crop Improvement Association handed out its 2014 charitable donations March 26. From left, Rhonda Schneckenburger (Dundas Farm Safety Assoc., $500), Andreas Jampen (Dundas 4-H Assoc., $350), Alvin Runnalls (Dundas County Food Bank, $500), Warren Schneckenburger (DSCIA president), Troy Cross (Winchester District Memorial Hospital Foundation, $500).

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05 HAY FOR SALE 100 large square first cut grass; 120 large square second cut grass. 613-448-1214.

05 FOR SALE CIH 8312 Disc Mower Conditioner, $6,900; Miller Pro 1060 forage blower, $4,700; New Holland 166 windrow inverter, $2,250; Ford 3pth 66â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Flail mower, $2,000; Wooden Bale thrower wagon, $1,400; Inland 2 wheel windrow turner, $100; Flurry irrigation pump 506 G.P.M., $2,000. 613-3451655. Leave message. tfc

MACHINERY FOR SALE Apollo SX-18 insemination tank - $300; Agri Metal 9hp straw chopper, excellent condition - $1,200; 1016 SE Dion Forage Box with roof on wagon with wheels. Like new $8,500; International 510 16 row drill, grass and fertilizer, good condition $1,200. Alfred, Ont. 613679-8897.

05 LIVESTOCK FOR SALE 10 grade heifers calving in June. One buyer preferred.

Alfred, Ont. 613-679-8897.

05 CHAROLAIS BULLS Purebred Charolais Bulls.

Quality and genetics. Great Disposition, some haltered.

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Preston Cull Auctions UPCOMING AUCTION SALES May 10

Lorraine & the Late Len Mullins, 224 Lookout Rd., Beachburg, ON. Three tractors, full line of farm equipment, & misc. farm items.

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Welland & Margaret Crozier, 2679 Hwy. 60, RR#3 Renfrew, ON. Six tractors, MF 540 combine, bale wagon, full line of farm machinery and items.

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Late Ken Fletcher, 643 McNulty Rd., R.R.#2 Douglas, ON.

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Estate of James Boyle, Golden Lake, ON. Household items, tools.

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Gayle & the Late Philippe Dumouchel, Calumet Island, Que. 4 tractors, JD 9500 Combine, full line of farm machinery, cattle trailer.

June 14 Estate of Alfred Schauer, Eganville, ON. Farm and household sale.

June 21 Cullâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Old-Time Barn Dance, Douglas. 30 years in Auction Business.

Full listings of these auctions sales and pictures can be found at prestoncull.com

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Stormont County marks agricultural excellence

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Late Jean Canham honoured

Stephen McDonald (left) and his wife, Valerie — last year’s Award of Merit recipients — present the award to this year’s honouree, the late Jean Canham. Her husband, Earl Canham receives the certificate on his wife’s behalf, accompanied by son Glen and grandson Brennan.

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COMMuNity RECOgNizEd thE ExCEllENCE iN thEiR MidSt, CONfERRiNg thE AwARd Of MERit, fARMER Of thE yEAR ANd bREEdER’S Cup hONOuRS ON RECipiENtS AttENdiNg thE ANNuAl ‘CElEbRAtiON Of AgRiCultuRE” EVENiNg At NORth StORMONt plACE, MARCh 28.

The event involves a combination of farming organizations in the county.

This year’s Award of Merit was awarded posthumously to the late Jean Canham, who died suddenly last November.

Canham came from a farming background, became a nurse and married Stormont farmer Earl Canham. Her husband picked up the framed certificate on his spouse’s behalf, accompanied by a son and grandson.

Together, the Canhams raised three children on the farm, after which time she

resumed her nursing career.

The recipient was also cited for spending many of the spare hours of her life assisting the local farming community, serving with the Roxborough Agricultural Society, Oktoberfest, Dining Theatre, and the Avonmore Athletic Association.

Canham was also lauded for her work with North Stormont Place, especially in the canteen or kitchen, and her talents were also appreciated in the church choir (Hand Bells included) and as a quilter.

Recognized as Farmer of the Year were Ria and Theo Elshof of Berwick, while the Stormont Holstein Club

Jean Canham posthumously received the Award of Merit from Stormont County’s agricultural community. also awarded the Stormont Breeder’s Cup to Murrayholm Farms in Martintown that March 28 evening.

Farmers of the Year

Arnie Hakvoort (centre) presents the 2013 Farmer of the Year Award to Ria and Theo Elshof of Berwick.

Theo Elshof said they’ve “felt right at home” since the day they arrived in North Stormont from Holland in 1989. The Elshofs run a dairy farm and cash-cropping operation, raising a family and looking forward to the next generation’s involvement. Active in the community, the Elshofs have been fixtures on school councils, coaching sport teams, canvassing for various causes, as well as members of the Knights of Columbus, Catholic Women’s League and farm organizations such as the Stormont Dairy Producers and Stormont Agricultural Society. They’re very involved in the local and provincial Jersey organizations and have won many an award related to the breed.

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Brinston turbines plug in for pay Carolyn Thompson Goddard AgriNews Contributor RINSTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; ITâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S OffIcIal â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The SOuTh BRaNch WINd faRm IN BRINSTON IS ON The gRId. Ken Little of EDP Renewables Canada Ltd told The AgriNews that as of March 4, the Commercial Operating Date granted by Ontario Power Authority, the projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 10 wind turbines were producing a combined total of up to 30 megawatts.

An on-site substation changes the power from 34.5 to 44 kilovolts, which allows it to travel to a Morrisburg substation on Flegg Road and onto the grid.

According to Little, at peak construction there were over 105 people on site, but presently on average there are 10 workers completing this phase. In April, a team will begin site acclamation which should take about a month.

During a site tour on March 14, Little provided information on the Siemens wind turbines deployed at the site. He explained there are a number of regulations governing the noise level (which canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exceed 40db), location of the tower (minimum of 550 meters from human habitation) and require a number of scientific studies that need to be completed prior to construction. A drive in the

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The 10-turbine South Branch Wind Farm began pumping power into the grid in March. A large bird of prey (right side of photo) was also captured mid-flight in this Thompson Goddard photo photo taken of the project site that month.

The towers are located on road and a boundary ring Brinston area allows one to around the turbine itself. land leased for 20 years â&#x20AC;&#x201D; see the standing towers proLittle confirmed there are the life of the EDP power ducing electricity from their negotiations set to begin contract â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from local long rotating blades. with the Municipality of landowners. EDP will Little told The AgriNews South Dundas and the receive 13.5 cents per kiloit had been a very windy Township of North Stormont week, so there had been a lot watt-hour produced. for the construction of addiIf the contract is not of testing done at the site. tional wind farms in those renewed, the towers would While it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t appear too townships. be removed and the land windy at ground level on With talk of a provincial returned to its original conFri., March 14, the wind dition, with access roads left election in the air, the prospeed up above turned the for the use of the owner if so jectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Houston, Texas-based blades at 10-12 revolutions developer appears undaunted desired. per minute â&#x20AC;&#x201D; just short of by the stance of Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The wind farm is located the 14 rpm maximum â&#x20AC;&#x201D;the Progressive Conservatives. on land already under cultitips soaring more than 500 The official opposition party vation, Little explained feet at their highest point. promises to review existing between .75 to 1.5 acres Standing at the base of a wind and solar farm operawere used per turbine and tower, a slight whistling that the farmers could till up tions and impose a moratorisound was heard but no um on new ones if elected. to the edge of the access other noise was detectable.

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Pre-flip $50.5M construction loan for â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Mighty Solarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

by Nelson Zandbergen AgriNews Staff Writer HESTERVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; CanadIan SoLaR InC.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;S â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;MIgHTy SoLaRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; pRojECT on THE BoynE Road Bog

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The project was already well on its way to completion at the beginning of April when Canadian Solar announced that it received $50.5-million in construction and term financing from Manulife.

The developer did not reveal if the substantial work already achieved by then was the result of other sources of borrowed money or its own cash reserves.

But the very public arrival of the Manulife financing did at least serve to reconfirm that a 10-

megawatt project of this scope typically costs on the order of about $50-million.

The Mighty Solar project will be flipped to a new owner, Concord Green Energy Inc. after commercial operation commences this year. Terms of that deal â&#x20AC;&#x201D; already announced last summer â&#x20AC;&#x201D; were not disclosed, but Canadian Solar is not likely to contemplate a sale that wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t at least pay off the $50.5-million owed to Manulife.

Though the project has yet to produce a single watt, Concord Green Energy will be its third owner in a handful of years.

Multi-national Canadian Solar Inc. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one of the largest solar companies in the world â&#x20AC;&#x201D; purchased a controlling interest in Mighty Solar and 15 other undeveloped Ontario solar projects from the original

proponent â&#x20AC;&#x201D; SkyPower Ltd. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in the spring of 2012. That deal was worth a reported $187-million.

Construction on the flat and boggy 60-acre field â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which is covered in natural peat or â&#x20AC;&#x153;muckâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; got underway last fall and carried through the winter.

Work at the site leased from a local farmer appeared to have slowed for some time in April, however, as flood waters inundated parts of the field.

Also submerged was the main work yard, forcing crew vehicles to park along the road for a time.

Township of North Dundas officials had warned the company the site may be prone to springtime flooding. As it turned out, the South Nation River watershed experienced a soggy, one-in-eight-year flood event to kick off the season.

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Premier Exhibitor Award for Glaudale Farms in Stormont

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RYSLER — ThE CRYSLER SEEd and FaRm Show Took pLaCE aT ThE CRYSLER CommuniTY CEnTRE on FRi., FEb. 28 whERE ThEY handEd ouT SToRmonT CounTY’S ExhibiToR awaRdS. Glaudale Farms of Berwick captured the Premier Exhibitor Award with 104 points, with Paynebranch Farms of Finch taking Reserve Premier Exhibitor with 69 points.

Premier First Time Exhibitor went to Hana Conroy, Lunenburg, with six points, and Premier Forage Exhibitor went to Glaudale Farms with 58 points. The Reserve Forage Exhibitor was Bernard Grady, Crysler, with 45 points; Premier Seed Exhibitor went to Paynebranch Farms, with 19 points; and the Reserve Seed Exhibitor went to Glaudale Farms with 10 points.

In the Exhibit Awards, Champion Forage Exhibit

(hay, haylage, baleage, and corn silage), second cut legume, went to Bernard Grady; Reserve Forage Exhibit, processed corn silage, went to Doug Paul and Tyler Leduc, Crysler; Champion Haylage went to Barry Smith, Berwick; Reserve Haylage went to Glaudale Farms; Champion Shelled Corn went to Glaudale Farms; Reserve Champion Shelled Corn went to Glaudale Farms; Champion Ear Corn went to Bernard Grady; Reserve Ear Corn went to Glaudale Farms, Champion Corn Silage, processed corn silage, went to Doug Paul and Tyler Leduc; Reserve Corn Silage, processed corn silage, went to Bernard Grady, Champion Soybeans, went to Glaudale Farms; Reserve Soybeans went to Paynebranch Farms; Champion Cereal, barley, went to Paynebranch farms; and the High Yeild Contest went to Wanna Make It Farm — Alain, Erin and Pat Leduc.

Stormont County Seed & Forages winners Henry tePlate (right) of Paynebranch Farms wins Reserve Premier Exhibitor at the Stormont Seed & Forage Show (at the Crysler Farm Show) on Fri., Feb. 28 and accepts a gift certificate from Mario Clermont of the Finch Bank of Montreal. Paynebranch Farms also picked up awards for Premier Seed Exhibitor, Reserve Soybeans, and Champions Cereal.

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The award for Premier Exhibitor was taken home by Glaudale Farms represented by Kevin Glaude seen here receiving the award from Paul Oosterhof of Finch Feed and Seed, and Neil Kittle from Hyland Seeds. Glaudale Farms also picked up awards for Premier Forage Exhibitor, Reserve Seed Exhibitor, Reserve Haylage, Champion Shelled Corn, Reserve Champion Shelled Corn, Reserve Ear Corn, and Champion Soybeans.

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WESTCOAST HOLSTEINS, Chilliwack, British Columbia is home to KHW Regiment Apple-3-ETN, Grand Red & White and Reserve Supreme overall at the 2013 World Dairy Expo. She is third clone of the original, which was, herself, Reserve Grand Red & White. The “Apple” sweep was complete with daughter as Honorable Mention.

The Crysler Farm Show included a Stormont Dundas & Glengarry (Finch) 2015 International Plowing Match and Rural Expo display, with Richard Neville, director of gate and ticket sales, land acquisitions, and volunteers, along with Brenda Begg, Souvenir Committee.

The IPM will be held in Finch from Sept. 22-26, 2015.

If you are interested in volunteering contact Neville at (613) 551-6923, or by email level.rneville@gmail.com.

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K&K Seed Supplies had a display and proprietors Kiel and Karen Rutters who sell Mycogen Seeds were on hand at the Crysler Farm and Seed Show.

They also sell SeCan Seeds (small grains like barley, wheat, oats, and conventional beans).

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Available at Select Sires, Norwell Dairy Systems, participating Co-ops, Country Depot, Purina, Shurgain, Dundas Agri Systems, Ritchies Feed and Seed, and Lawrence’s Dairy Supply.

For external application to the udder only, after milking, as an essential component of udder management. Always wash and dry teats thoroughly before milking.

At Westcoast Holsteins, Chilliwack, BC, Udder Comfort™ is used “on all fresh cows after each milking for the first 4 to 5 days to soften, soothe and reveal the natural quality of the udder.”

Their 4-year-old “Apple-3” freshened in June, topped the Western Fall National (R&W and B&W) in Sept. and was 2013 Grand Red & White and Reserve Supreme at World Dairy Expo in October.

Proactive comfort is good for the cows, and for that, Udder Comfort is the Choice of Champions and herdsmen.

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