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Page 2 The AgriNews November, 2012 Kevin Darling finished up the harvest of his 210 acres of corn by the end of October.

The crop was “not bad, considering,” said Darling, reporting a yield of 3.5 to Nelson Zandbergen four tonnes per acre. “Ten Eastern Ontario AgriNews years ago, it would’ve been ASTERN a pretty good crop, but ONTARIO — WITH you’re looking for a bigger THE HARVEST yield today.”

ROLLING IN, CORN YIELDS Darling, who farms with IN THIS END OF THE his brother, Ron, said he PROVINCE ARE HIGHLY couldn’t complain, though.

VARIABLE AS A RESULT OF “A lot of places are worse THIS YEAR’S DROUGHT — off than we are.”

BUT AS A WHOLE BETTER Lloyd Crowe of THAN ANTICIPATED GIVEN Reynolds Brothers in Prince THE CONDITIONS. Edward County predicted a “I guess that’s the nice thing about doing a crop report this year. We can put whatever we want and it’ll be right for somebody,” quipped Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs crops specialist Gilles Quesnel.

“This year I would say it’s more variable than I’ve ever seen it.”

However, overall corn yields were generally better than anticipated after the drought, he said, being careful to acknowledge certain areas of north Carleton and Renfrew counties as well as some areas north of Russell into Sarsfield that have fallen very much on the low side of this year’s yield variability.

“Whether they’re a little above or a little below the long-term average, it’ll depend where they are, but by and large, yields are there, and the prices are certainly higher than they’ve been,” said Quesnel of Eastern Ontario’s overall corn crop picture, where a little less than half remained to be harvested by the end of October.

“I wish my yield monitor was working, but we’re pleasantly surprised,” said grower Martin Lang of South Glengarry, who had taken off about 60 of his 400-acre corn crop by Nov. 1. “I think yields look pretty good,” he remarked.

“Maybe we got something that maybe other people didn’t get, or maybe we got a little more,” he suggested, when asked if his area managed to catch a little extra rain this past growing season.

“I talked to a guy who combined west of Bainsville, and he said his meter his 7 tonnes (per acre) at one point,” he said.

“It seemed pretty dry during the summer. I was pretty worried about it.

Quite a few times the corn was curled right up. Maybe some of it’s because of the better hybrids, I can’t tell you for sure,” said Lang.

“But it’s quite encouraging to be out there combining this year compared to what I though we would be

doing.”

Both his corn and soybeans are of excellent

weight and quality, he said.

“We should be done by the end of December and have everything put away.”

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Corn pleasantly surprising

number of crop insurance claims in his area. While Reynolds Brothers won’t be in that boat for soybeans – getting about an average crop this year – it is likely to make a claim on corn, when compared to the “really good” yields of the past few years. The operation grew about 2,500 acres of corn this year.

“You can go from 20 bushels to the acre to 200, in the same field,” Crowe explained. “Some farmers are looking at half a crop.

There’s a lot of hurting corn in the county. I think we’ll make a claim our-

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selves.”

“Hey, we’re still going to have a good year because we’re getting good prices,” he pointed out. “Even with half a crop, the prices are up there. Unfortunately, so are the input costs.”

While Quesnel suggested regional corn yields will “probably come close to the 10-year crop insurance average for most growers” — still too high for making a claim — soybean yields did considerably better than expected this year.

“I’ve spoken to no one who was not surprised by the amount of yield in soy-

Free internet farm classifieds at www.agrinews.ca beans,” said Quesnel, again Napanee. noting the especially hardGenerally, the kernels hit areas as the exception. harvested this fall appear to Corn yields, while be high quality and remark“pretty close to average,” ably free of mold, he said. have disappointed in light And despite growing up of “soybeans being so much under stressful growing better than anticipated,” he conditions, the stalks are said. “Corn on the whole is standing up to the weather. mostly better than the The biggest disappointgrowers anticipated, but not ment of the season was forby as much as the soyage yield, according to the beans.”

OMAFRA staffer. “A lot of Still, some areas are growers made up with a litreporting “terrific” corn tle more corn silage, but yields, Quesnel said, pointhay is tight all around,” he ing to Prescott and said, blaming a potato leaf Glengarry counties, as well infestation that was just as as some areas west of hard on the alfalfa as the Brockville and into drought.

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Celebrating 25 years in Kemptville The Eastern Ontario-Western Quebec Championship Show has been held annually since the 1940s — and exclusively in Kemptville since 1987. The silver anniversary of the move to Kemptville’s A.M. Barr Arena — owned by the University of Guelph — was marked at the 2012 show, Oct. 12. Shown at the official cake-cutting are current organizers with some of those of 25 years ago. (Asterisk denotes an original committee member). Front, from left, Horace Nixon*, John Curtis, Dr. Claude Naud (University of Guelph Kemptville Campus director), Allison Fawcett*, Brad Lowry, Glen McNeil, Connie McDiarmid, Brenda Bennett, Kelly Fawcett-Mathers, and Ruth Vogel. Back, from left, Cheryl Guy, Lois Keyes*, Gordon Dodge*, John Beerwort, George Pirie*, John Crowley, Sandy Snedden, Charles Farlinger*, Melville McLean*, Ron Greaves, Robert MacDonald.

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Triumphant return for Ferme Blondin as EOWQ marks 25th Nelson Zandbergen AgriNews Staff Writer EMPTVILLE — FERME BLONDIN MADE A TRI-

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EASTERN ONTARIO/WESTERN QUEBEC CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW’S 25TH EDITION HELD AT THE A.M. BARR ARENA. Well recognized among Canadian Holstein breeders, the St-Placide, Quebec, operation owned by Simon Lalande and Kim Côté had both the Grand Champion and Honourable Mention animals in the Oct. 12 show. They were also named Premier Exhibitor.

In the final verdict of judge Gerald Coughlin Jr., Dubeau Jasper December was awarded the Grand Champion title, after winning the three-year-old age category and the intermediate championship for Blondin earlier that day..

Reserve Champion went to the top Mature Cow of

the show, Maple Holme BF Cinderella, owned by Signature Holsteins of Morrisburg and Glennholme Holsteins of Carp. Cinderella the beast was also recognized for her beauty; she took the Beauty and Utility rosette for having the highest composite BCA among first- and second-place animals.

Blondin’s Sharp Acres S T Maeve, the top junior two-year-old, got the Honourable Mention.

Eighty-four exhibitors entered over 190 cattle across 18 classes ranging from summer calf to mature cow.

Ontario Holsteins’ Jason French was pleased with the turnout, remaining in line with recent years.

“Because it shows a lot of interest, and that people are bringing their best [cattle] out,” said French. “It shows how many good cattle there are in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec.”

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Students help Farm Credit drive away hunger

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HESTERVILLE — STUDENTS FROM ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC SCHOOL AND NORTH DUNDAS DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL SHOWED THEIR COMMUNITY SPIRIT BY BRINGING NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS TO SCHOOL TO DONATE TO THE FARM CREDIT CANADA DRIVE AWAY HUNGER CAMPAIGN LAST MONTH. NDDHS students collected 1,330 pounds of food for the event, which is held annually to align with World Food Day on Oct. 16. St, Mary’s students collected 370 pounds of food, which they presented to FCC personnel in Casselman and which was then delivered to the Dundas County Food Bank in Winchester.

The campaign started in 2004 when an FCC employee drove throughout Ontario during an eight-day tour. He raised almost 60,000 pounds of food on that inaugural drive.

Since then, the event has gone national with all provinces except Newfoundland participating.

Last year, FCC collected 2.4 million pounds of food for Canadian food banks. In all, since 2004, 7.8 million pounds of food went to feed people in need through food banks.

All food and monetary donations go directly to local food banks. The food collected by these students were dropped off at the Dundas County Food Bank in Winchester.

Driving away hunger St. Mary’s students Jacob Verspeek. Austin Hutchinson, Gavin Veinotte and Collin Laplante helped load 370 pounds of food, which students donated from their school, onto the tractor that the Casselman branch of FCC drove through Prescott-Russell and Dundas counties. The food was then dropped off at the Dundas County Food Bank in Winchester.

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Editorial Hats off to Russell It’s an opportunity that doesn’t always come up but we’re happy pay tribute in this edition to two rural municipalities for a job well done in trying to adequately represent their constituents in protecting valuable rural land.

The two municipalities have done so even though they’re hot-wired like their peers everywhere to say yes to major projects, to amend zoning if need be to make something fit, to grab hold of that extra property tax revenue under any circumstances. They operate according to the mantra bigger is better although it often isn’t when everything including the natural environment and quality of life are factored in.

The first tip of the old hard hat goes to Russell Township for finally taking a stand in the high-profile matter of Taggart Miller Environmental Services attempting to install a waste recovery centre and landfill on 470 acres of pristine farmland and an inactive quarry including a small lake populated by waterfowl and other wildlife.

(In the name of full disclosure… the project is directly behind our chief pundit’s home and he in fact might be writing this editorial.)

Since the proposal for the grandly named Capital Region Resource Recovery Centre first came down the drain pipe back in November, 2010, Russell council has refused to take a stand on grounds it didn’t have a formal proposal in front of it.

It felt it had to adopt a neutral, inquiring position until an official request was made. It was reluctant to show a bias either way, partly out of concern the plan could end up on front of the Ontario Municipal Board.

Fair enough! During the interlude, Russell council did its homework, fully investigating the proposal through its public works department, a contracted consultant, and an environmental sub-committee chaired recently by Mayor Jean-Paul St. Pierre, an indication of the importance he placed on the issue.

That sub-committee became the vehicle at a special meeting Oct. 29 for council just saying no to the CRRRC. St. Pierre introduced a successful amendment to a sub-committee resolution that had the effect of denying the company’s bid to install the facility in North Russell.

The mayor told a hushed council chamber he wanted to close off the sub-committee resolution calling for terms of reference to be “rejected until the proponent has addressed the full range of comments and concerns from the Russell community” right after the word “rejected”.

The terse rejection drew loud applause from a capacity crowd, including many residents who’ve battled the proposal under the Dump the Dump Now banner since it was first announced.

While technical issues formed part of the reason council tossed the terms, members were also offended that the company didn’t prepare them in French as well as English.

For a well-heeled company to put forward a multi-million dollar proposal such as the CRRRC in a linguistically sensitive community like Russell and not take the time and effort to provide a French version of its key document is a major strategic blunder… and it showed at the meeting.

Calling it failure to fully communicate, St. Pierre made it clear he found the lack of bilingualism insulting in addressing what is an officially bilingual municipality.

While the rejection amendment doesn’t necessarily kill Taggart Miller’s Russell project, it forces it to start over again in trying to win local approval. Should the company get MOE endorsement, it must then seek an official plan amendment from the United Counties of Prescott and Russell, and a zoning change from the township.

Yes, the French slight added to pressure on council to take a firm stand. The main point is that, after telling citizens for close to two years they’d act when the time came, St. Pierre and the two other councillors present at the meeting can feel somewhat self-satisfied in knowing that’s exactly what they did.

And while we’re at it, another tip of the editor’s had hat to the Township of Alfred-Plantagenet for heeding its ratepayers’ concerns and recently modifying the stand it had taken on an asphalt plant proposal similar to Russell’s over an asphalt recovery operation putatively slated for the municipalty.

While originally reluctant to take sides, mayor Jean-Yves Lalonde now says council has heard the message from ratepayers – and voters and wants to protect the property in question.

Yes, just as in the Russell controversy, public pressure has been a key factor in persuading Alfred-Plantagenet council to come around.

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HEN YOU THINK OF AGRICULTURAL SUPERSTAR JOHN DEERE – AS I HOPE YOU DO FROM TIME TO TIME EVEN IF YOU DON’T LIKE GREEN – VERMONT DOESN’T AUTOMATICALLY SPRING TO MIND.

One of the greatest farm machinery innovators, Deere is usually associated with the American Midwest, the core of the U.S. farming industry, Illinois to be precise.

But before he headed west where in 1837 he built the world’s first steel moldboard plow, Deere apprenticed as a blacksmith in Middlebury, Vermont, a town with an impressive and proud farming tradition.

Among its agricultural attributes, downtown Middlebury is home to the Morgan Horse museum and, only a few km away, the University of Vermont’s Morgan Horse Farm. It always has 60-80 members of the breed in residence, tended to by a crew of young volunteers participating in a special training program.

I was there on a recent Sunday morning, for the most part just myself and the horses lounging in their roomy stalls… they were lounging in the stalls, I was standing outside!

It was peaceful, almost church-like as I wended through the barns talking softly to the four-legged residents, contemplating the gift of Col. Joseph Battell who deeded his farm to the U.S. government in 1907. The university took over the reins in 1951.

Back downtown and erected by the Vermont Board of Historic sites, there’s a steel sign in Middlebury marking the nearby spot where young Deere toiled for smithy Capt. Benjamin Lawrence from 1821 to 1825.

Down the hill, hard by a river that crashes over rocky ledges and through industrial remnants is Frog Hollow, now a trendy retail area. You can almost picture an enthusiastic Deere hammering away at the forge, perhaps wearing a green apron, as he unknowingly prepared himself for the fame yet to come.

If he only could have imagined the powerful green machines he spawned rolling through farm country 175 years later, complete with onboard computers, bar fridges, radios, and a plethora of other technical aids! What would Deere think of the huge international business he launched, part of which was the subject of a round of mergers and acquisitions in Eastern Ontario this past summer.

As a result, three Eastern Ontario John Deere outlets are now poised to become part of the largest representative of the brand in this part of the province and in Quebec.

Operating under the name GreenTech, the stores are at Carp, Winchester and St. Isidore. They were purchased over the past several months by Quebecbased JLD Group that also has Deere outlets in

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by Tom VanDusen Laval, Mirabel, Ste. Agathe, St. Anaclet and St. Pascal, Que. Effective March 1 of next year, JLD is merging with another Quebec Deere sales and service supplier Equipements Lague to form Groupe JLD Lague. The new president and CEO, Frederic Latreille – previously president of JLD – said the alliance will enable the joint company to continue its evolution as a Deere “Dealer of Tomorrow”.

That’s a strategy enunciated by Deere in August, 2011. It’s all about positioning the company to develop new markets and to grow in ones already established.

JLD was founded in Mirabel by Jean-Yves and Daniel Dion in 1972. The company has 200 employees in its eight stores. Equipments Lague was founded in Farnham in 1951 by Roger Lague. This company also has 200 employees in six stores on the south shore of Montreal, Monteregie and the Eastern Townships.

Going big, Latreille said, ensures long-term success of the business by creating broader opportunities for employees including enhanced training, more competitive pricing for customers, while increasing opportunities to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing market.

Andre Lague, who represents that company’s investment in the partnership, said the merger will permit access to a better inventory of new and used machinery, and parts. In addition, it will provide a more diverse expertise to better meet the demands of different types of customers.

Since the Eastern Ontario Deere takeover, it’s been mostly business as usual in the region, said Carp manager Raymond Gonzalez, a JLD executive for the past 10 years.

But in conjunction with the merger, the Carp, Winchester and St. Isidore outlets will strive to grab a larger share of the regional market, focusing on service. Gonzalez expects staffing at Carp alone to grow by four personnel to 22.

And to think it all started in Frog Hollow, what was then a grimy, greasy, smoky section of what has become an historic and picturesque tourist, college and farming town.

Wait just a minute! Frogs are green, right! I wonder if there’s any connection between the name of that section of town and the choice of Deere’s corporate colour?

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Dairy farmers warned fight is coming

By Nelson Zandbergen AgriNews Staff Writer HESTERVILLE — PREPaRE now foR “THE fIgHT of youR LIVES” In CaSE THE HaRPER goVERnmEnT abRuPTLy kICkS THE buCk-

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Official Opposition Agriculture and Agri-Food Critic Malcolm Allen (NDP) and MP Wayne Easter (Liberal) delivered the mutual advice during the supply management discussion night organized by local Grits — ironically the one political party recently bedevilled by a couple of high-profile alumni who have spoken out against the quota-based dairy, egg and poultry marketing system.

Contrary to the media splashes made earlier this year by former Deputy Prime Minister John Manley and especially former MP Martha HallFindlay, supply manage-

ment was titled a “success story” at the Sept. 26 Chesterville session that also featured Russell dairy farmer Ron Versteeg, member of the Dairy Farmers of Ontario board and a Dairy Farmers of Canada vicepresident.

While acknowledging the controversial report of his former colleague, HallFindlay, saying her stance should bar her from seeking the Liberal leadership again, Easter placed a laserlike focus on the governing Conservatives and raised fears about their commitment to the 45-year-old system. He also rhetorically questioned the resolve of farmers to stand up for supply management.

“I’ll begin by asking you ... are you up for the fight?

Because I’ll tell you this, if there’s a fight, it’ll be the fight of your life,” said the Malpeque, P.E.I. MP. “ And does the farm leadership have the backbone to challenge the Harper regime if it comes to a sudden change in their position?

And I’ll tell you, if there’s a change in their position,

Official Opposition Agriculture and Agri-Food Critic Malcolm Allen, NDP MP for Welland (centre), discusses supply management, at a Sept. 26 public session on the topic in Chesterville. Organized by the Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry Federal Liberal Association, the event also included speakers Ron Versteeg of Russell (right), member of both the Dairy Farmers of Ontario board and the executive of the Dairy Farmers of Canada, and Liberal MP Wayne Easter of P.E.I. (left).

Zandbergen photo it’ll come suddenly, it’ll come overnight, and there isn’t going to be months and debates to think about.”

“I quite honestly do not trust Stephen Harper,” he

declared, after alleging the federal government “gutted” the AgriInvest and AgriStability support programs just two weeks earlier at the Whitehorse agri-

cultural ministers’ conference. “Stephen Harper was never in favour of supply management. At the moment, he’s working with it, you know, it’s maybe a

little bit political.”

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Dairy Fight coming Continued from page 7 dredged up that party’s policy statement of February 2004, which pledged “a Conservative government will ensure that any agreement which impacts supply management gives our producers guaranteed access to foreign markets and that there will be a significant transition period in any move towards a marketdrive environment.”

Of that quote, which seems to point to a postsupply management possibility, he advised the audience of 70: “I want you to listen very closely because I think that’s where you’re headed.”

The implementation of

supply management in the 1960s saw farm leaders challenge every senior government in this country to make it happen, he reminded them. But their contemporary counterparts are intimidated by government today, he added, observing no complaints from current farm leaders about the recent “gutting” of programs in Whitehorse.

Addressing “risks on the horizon” for the system, the MP, a member of the International Trade committee, wasn’t too worried about ongoing Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement negotiations with the European Union because of a similarity in societal values. He predicted, however, that the Europeans will get more access to supply-managed sectors of the Canadian marketplace or the lowering of tariffs protecting those sectors. “I think in the CETA agreement, there will be some giving away of

The AgriNews November, 2012 Page 9 access into our marketplace for chicken, for poultry, for eggs and for dairy. I think that’s what will happen, but it will not be huge enough to be a big problem in terms of the … system.”

The Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations were more troubling to Easter, who asserted that Canada’s participation was contingent on supply management being on the table.

“If Stephen Harper decides tomorrow we’re in, supply management’s on the table, we’re going to compromise.

Maybe it won’t happen, but you’d better be prepared for the fight if it does.

“Because as I’ve said … what I’ve seen from the farm leadership to date, the backbone isn’t there for the fight.” Nor is the Conservative backbench ready to go to battle against the Harper cabinet, in such an eventuality, he added. “I can absolutely assure you this.”

Said Easter, “The gov-

ernment has been on side to date, but there are things to worry about.”

Allen, the MP for Welland, echoed many of the same sentiments and suggested supply management may be sacrificed during TPP negotiations “if this government sees us headed into another recession across the country, which is entirely possible.

If the numbers start heading south, they will see the TPP as their saving grace and you will be their sacrificial lamb,” said Welland. It would be “easy” for the government to justify, he said, because the business press, the Restaurant Association and “certain” consumer groups all say it should happen.

Canada “bargains wrong” by indicating that supply management is on the table, said Allen, speaking from experience as a former Canadian Auto Workers union rep at a St. Catherines GM plant. Its presence on the table

“means you’ll bargain [over supply management],” he asserted. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz claims that Canada will get supply management off the table at some point during the negotiations, in exchange for the removal of other “sacrosanct” items held dear by the other countries, according to Allen. “Oh, really,” he scoffed. “That’s not how it works. Because if it is truly sacrosanct, it doesn’t go on the table, and neither does theirs.”

For that matter, the other countries haven’t placed their most important items on the table anyway, he said, which means Canada “is bargaining from a disadvantage.”

During a later question and answer session, the MP suggested Canada needs an “unscrupulous” individual to bargain on its behalf and protect supply management, quipping a union negotiator was required for the job.

Versteeg pointed out that American milk is subsi-

dized to the tune of 31 cents per litre, when all farm programs are factored in south of the border, according to a recent study.

He reiterated the argument that supply management does not constitute a subsidy and ensures stable prices for both farmers and consumers.

The Russell dairyman took a long view on the 11country TPP, noting that multi-country negotiations at the World Trade organization have wound up “comatose at the moment” after years of talks.

Canada could potentially gain more by forgetting about the TPP and entering into bilateral negotiations with Japan and China, he said, while acknowledging scary elements to attempting a deal with the latter country.

Local Liberal Riding Association president Del Jones said the Conservatives declined an invitation to participate in the session.

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Connors looks back on time as Ontario Queen of the Furrow

By Darren Matte AgriNews Staff Writer hute-à-Blondeau — It Is not easy

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to sum up all of the experIenCes and moments that Courtney Connors had as the 2011 ontarIo Queen of the furrow. Connors handed over the tItle at the 2012 InternatIonal plowIng matCh In the waterloo regIon, sept.

18-22, and now has had opportunIty to refleCt on her tIme as Queen.

“It was absolutely incredible! A really great experience that was made even more special since the 2011 International Plowing Match (IPM) was not only held in Prescott County but also partly on my family’s farm.”

Connors was named Prescott Queen of the Furrow in 2010 and was then encouraged to participate in the Ontario contest at the IPM in September of 2011. “I didn’t think there had ever been an Ontario Queen from Prescott County and so I decided to run. I did the plowing and the speeches and then even an impromptu speech at the banquet that the finalists needed to do in front of the selection committee.”

The following moments as Connors was named Queen was something she’ll never forget. “I still get chills thinking about it now. The nerves of all five finalists were high. As they were announcing the runners up, I remember looking around and seeing the excitement on the faces of my family. Then, when I was announced, I was in absolute shock but my family was jumping out of excitement.”

That was only the beginning of the journey for Connors. “It really was overwhelming at first. I didn’t quite know what it would be like until I got going. I got to do a lot of events because my county had hosted the IPM. I really enjoyed every minute of it.

I got to take part in promotional campaigns as the face of the IPM and did television and radio commercials, along with a lot of interviews. It was all fun and a new experience for me.”

Connors had the oppor-

tunity to travel to all of the county plowing matches and she says it really helped her become part of the industry that she will remain a part of for years to come. She had many memorable moments, too many to pick out individual ones.

“I get asked a lot what my most memorable moments were and even though it sounds cliché, every event was unique. I got to meet many new people and formed relationships that I will have forever, that really was the highlight of the year.”

After a nerve-wracking IPM in 2011, Connors was able to enjoy the event in 2012. “It was different. I got to see everything, attend the events throughout the day, be part of the

opening ceremonies, the Farm Family Awards and even tap the keg at the Oktoberfest Lounge. It all was much more relaxing because I didn’t have the stress of competing.”

At the 2012 event, she also had to hand over the title to the new Ontario Queen of the Furrow, an experience that was bittersweet for Connors. “I was sad to see it go because I will never be able to throw on the tiara and sash again.

It was a nice title to have because I am an outgoing person and when you have the tiara and sash on, everyone comes up and introduces themselves to you.

But I realized that all good things come to an end. I shed a few tears because I put so much time and effort

in but I made the most out of the year.”

After the busy year, Connors says she is looking forward to getting back to the things she put on hold, such as her full time job with TD. However, she was recently crowed Vankleek Hill Fair Ambassador and will compete for Canadian National Exhibition Ambassador next August.

With the 2015 IMP returning to the area in Stormont County, Connors has some tips for prospective Queens. “Take advantage of any experience. Go to as many events as you can, meet all of the people and take everything in.

Always be a spokesperson for the agriculture industry and just have fun because it flies by.”

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Renfrew cattlemen concerned by XL takeover

By Lois Ann Baker AgriNews Staff Writer ENFREW — WHILE BACK IN

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BUSINESS AFTER THIS COUNTRY’S LARGEST EVER BEEF RECALL BECAUSE OF E-COLI CONTAMINATION, IT APPEARS THE TROUBLED XL FOOD LAKESIDE BEEF PROCESSING PLANT IS GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN A TAKEOVER

BY A BRAZILIAN COMPANY.

JBS, the world’s largest meat packing corporation is partly owned by the Brazilian government and operates in the USA, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, China, Russia, Australia, Italy and Mexico.

In a press release, Dave MacKay, President of the Renfrew County Local of the National Farmers Union, expressed his concern that the takeover could adversely affect 300 cattle producers in Renfrew County. MacKay said that Renfrew cattle farmers have been through Mad Cow disease, this summer’s drought and now this looming takeover. In recent years, Renfrew County has lost 30 to 40 per cent of livestock producers, making this a real concern for the county.

The potential sale will include not only XL’s

Calgary meat packing plant, but 70,000 head feedlot, 4,000 acres in Alberta and two American slaughterhouses. If the sale proceeds it means that two foreign companies would control over 80 per cent of Canada’s beef processing.

The National Farmers Union is looking to the Canadian government to protect the interests of Canadian businesses in the beef sector by carefully reviewing the takeover.

“The fear of collapsing prices for cattle, and of the 2,000 jobs that could be lost and the impact that would have on Brooks, pale in comparison to what it would mean for Canada to lose control of her cattle slaughter capacity,” stated MacKay in the release.

MacKay added that the takeover is not a “silver bullet” that will solve the problems in the beef industry, but rather a major overhaul of federal meat policy is needed to restrain packer power. MacKay also said food safety regulations needed to change to encourage local abattoirs that could serve markets in every region and there was a need to build collective cattle marketing agencies to ensure an efficient, fair and

transparent market.

JBS had plans to buy out National Beef Packing in 2009, but was stopped by the threat of an antitrust lawsuit. MacKay claimed that to has bought and subsequently shut down feedlots and packing plants in every country it operates in in an effort to consolidate its operations.

“I fear what implications this take-over will have on Renfrew County cattle producers. With Canadian winters and Canadian input costs, cattle farmers will have a very difficult time to compete in that environment,” said MacKay, adding that the cattle industry is an economic driver in Canada.

MacKay concluded by saying, “Letting this company take over such a large proportion of Canada’s beef processing industry, hot on the heels of allowing our largest grain company, Viterra, to be sold to the Swiss company Glencore, begs the question of whether the government of Canada has any interest at all in retaining Canadian control of our food supply, which creates a spin-off of wealth, safe food, jobs, as well as securing the family farm.”

Ontario Dairy Youth Fund recognizes Quinndale Holsteins From left, Laurie and Erin Quinn, and their parents Shirley and Leonard Quinn of Quinndale Holsteins of Greely were recognized Oct. 12 for their farm’s contributions to the Ontario Holstein Dairy Youth Trust Fund over the years. Fund trustees Phyllis MacMaster and Jason French (right), also general manager of Ontario Holsteins, hand over the congratulatory plaque at the Eastern OntarioWestern Quebec Championship Show in Kemptville.

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Changes to Kemptville Campus Agriculture program

By Darren Matte AgriNews Staff Writer EMPTVILLEâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; AGRICULTURE STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GUELPHâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S KEMPTVILLE CAMPUS

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WILL SEE A MODIFIED PROGRAM BEGINNING IN THE FALL OF 2013. THAT IS AFTER A RECENT REVIEW BY THE CAMPUS, USING BOTH INTERNAL AND INDUSTRY EXPERTS, TO IDENTIFY THE TRENDS IN THE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY AND ADJUST THEIR PROGRAM TO REFLECT IT.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We spent significant time with this review,â&#x20AC;? said Mary Grammatikakis, Associate Director of Academics. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We always strive to be current and reflect industry needs as well as student interests.â&#x20AC;?

A renewal of the Agriculture program will begin in the fall of 2013. The campus has realigned their curriculum and will give students the opportunity to focus on plant or livestock orientation.

New courses will also be created that reinforce the importance of business and agricultural economics. The diploma program strives to continue with their Student Managed Enterprise and Leadership courses that see students run all aspects of a veal business from production to sale.

This program began four years ago, but will be another way the new program emphasizes the business of agriculture.

Value-added offerings to the new program including Grower Pesticide Safety, Nutrient Management and Artificial Insemination will also be available to agriculture students.

Grammatikakis said that the overall enrollment in the agriculture program has increased marginally in the past year, but noted that it has grown by 15 per cent over they last five years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think our enrollment

growth can be attributed to the fact that we are one of the few institutions with an agriculture program and students recognize that education is needed in the area. They recognize that there are always changes in technology and that there is a greater need to be trained in it.â&#x20AC;?

The Agriculture Diploma is not the only agriculture-based program that will get a facelift next year. The Diploma in Equine Care and Management will become an independent program in 2013, as it previously shared coursed with the agriculture program. It will be a two-year program that provides students with theoretical expertise, applied technical skills and hands-on experience required to be successful in the equine industry.

Grammatikakis added that interest in the equine program has also been on the rise over the past few years.

Finally, the Diploma in Food Science and Quality Management will be offered in fall 2012. Another two-year program that will stress theoretical knowledge, technical expertise in the areas of food processing, quality control, food microbiology and entrepreneurship.

With all of these renewals, Grammatikakis is excited about the future of the campus. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As the industry changes, there is always the opportunity for other institutions to develop their own programs.

However, Kemptville has been doing it since 1917 and is one of Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oldest agriculture colleges. We will continue to develop on our experience and expertise.

The partnership with the University of Guelph, 1997, reinforced that. Students recognize the need for knowledge and growth, which the college hopes to continue providing.â&#x20AC;?

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Westergreen Farm showcases DeLaval robots Nelson Zandbergen AgriNews Staff Writer RINSTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; With a single vacuum milker bucket and a mere seven cows, the Westervelt family dairy farm had a humble start 50 years ago.

Today, Westergreen Farm stands among the first operations in Eastern Ontario to deploy DeLavalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s version of a technology that would have seemed like science fiction half a century ago.

Two DeLaval Voluntary Milking System (VMS) robots collect the milk from the production herd of 90 Holsteins, along with a host of production-related data.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a far cry from manually stooping beside those udders, as members of the family did for years. E Even after the construction of their current freestall barn in 1997, they continued to chase the animals back and forth to the older tie-stall barn for milking, moving the animals through

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in two groups twice daily.

They spent 9.5 hours a day milking in that arrangement, according to Martin Westervelt, a partner in the operation with his brother, John, and their sister-inlaw, Pamela. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And now the milking part [of chores] are an hour and a half,â&#x20AC;? said Martin at the farmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s open barn event, Oct. 27. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve redirected our labour an awful lot.â&#x20AC;?

The person working in the barn now spends a couple of hours in the morning and a half hour in the evening to carry out the necessary chores, he said, estimating the yearly time freed up from milking at ninety 24-hour days.

John, in charge of cropping and feeding, compared the workload to having a dairy farm 30 cows. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It seems like that. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a pleasure to work here.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I fetch enough cows now to get my boots dirty every day,â&#x20AC;? John replied, when asked about any animals still needing a bit of

The AgriNews November, 2012 Page 13 ting and air-drying technology for teat cleaning â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;nothing touches the teatsâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and the robotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to prep the teats for milking, stripping them into a separate cup. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It went really well,â&#x20AC;? he said of the transition at the Westervelts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big change for them.â&#x20AC;?

Martin said their father, Gerrit â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who still lives at the farm â&#x20AC;&#x201D; was initially â&#x20AC;&#x153;quite nervousâ&#x20AC;? about the technology, after being unimpressed when he first checked it out dozen years A cow exits one of two DeLaval Voluntary Milking System â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;VMSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; robots installed ago. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it only took inside the free-stall barn at Westergreen Farm this year. him a few hours to conhuman intervention to enter Two or three years ago, the years.â&#x20AC;? vince him once he saw the the robots regularly enough. the owners â&#x20AC;&#x201D; then includâ&#x20AC;&#x153;We werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t looking for whole thing in operation,â&#x20AC;?

The VMS units â&#x20AC;&#x201D; sold ing the late Gerald a reason to change â&#x20AC;Ś There he added.

by Norwell Dairy Systems Westervelt, Jr., (Pamelaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s was no reason to switch,â&#x20AC;?

The Westervelts are also Ltd. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; became operational husband, who died of cansaid Martin, who enjoyed notable for being producers on June 20, kicking off a cer at age 50 in April) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;five straight weeks of norof omega-3 milk through learning process for the began looking at options to mal sleepâ&#x20AC;? before the robot New Life Mills, receiving a herd that went â&#x20AC;&#x153;quite replace the tie-stall compobeeped him with a slight 9 cent-per-litre premium as smoothly,â&#x20AC;? according to nent of the operation. problem late one night that a result.

John. Round the clock for a Labour efficiency was a took 15 minutes to remedy.

As part of this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s full two days, members of prime concern, and that While acknowledging project, upgrades were the family directed the anisteered their thinking to that DeLaval is trying to made to the existing freemals toward the robots. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By robots. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eight to 10 years catch Lely in sales of milkstall barn and a new materthe third night, we were a ago, it would have been a ing robots, Norwell Dairy nity barn was erected in full 10 hours out of the parlour,â&#x20AC;? Martin said.

Systems Ltd.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Michael place of the old tie-stall. barn,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was They decided to stick Hall noted the corporation They also built a new milkno one in the barn by day with what they knew: has 75 to 80 of its units house and office area onto three.â&#x20AC;?

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Double Cropping Fall Rye For Extra Forage

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quently by strip grazing. Grazing rye on wet heavy clay soils in late-fall or early-spring is not recommended due to livestock "pugging" and compaction. If fall pasture is desired, fall rye should be seeded by August 15-30.

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all rye can be used as an excellent emergency forage crop, by seeding after early-fall harvested crops and making haylage, or by grazing in the spring. Because it is typically harvested in southern Ontario in mid-May, there are opportunities to include it in "double crop" systems to fill the gap in years when forage supplies are short.

Seed as early as possible in September, apply nitrogen in the spring, and time harvest for nutrient quality needs. Do not confuse cereal rye (Secale cereale) with ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum or L. perenne), which are totally different grass species with quite different characteristics.

Fall rye is best known as a cover crop that prevents erosion and gives good weed suppression. Rye is very cold tolerant, the hardiest and most disease resistant of the winter cereals. Fall rye has an extensive fibrous root system, can scavenge nitrogen very effectively, and utilizes early spring moisture to grow rapidly. Fall rye is faster growing and earlier maturing in the spring than the other winter cereals, including wheat, barley and triticale. This enables an earlier forage harvest and more "double crop" options.

Fall rye grows well on lighter and low pH soils, but does not do well on poorly drained, heavier soils. Forage rye is higher yielding, but not as palatable as winter wheat.

Rye matures rapidly at the flag-leaf, boot and early-heading stages, with significant reductions in forage quality.

This can create the challenge of a very narrow harvest window, particularly if there are rain delays.

Nitrogen applied at 55 - 80 kg/ha (50 - 70 lbs/ac) in the spring at green-up will stimulate tillering and increase forage yield. Fall rye can be made into good stored feed by making it into silage, either in tower or bunk silos, piles, bags or as baleage. Fall rye cut at the desired stage is extremely difficult to dry sufficiently to be made into dry hay.

The timing of cutting is critical. Quality, palatability, and intake drop very quickly at the heading stage (faster than other cereals) so the optimum harvest window is very narrow. It is recommended to target harvesting forage rye at the flag-leaf or early-boot stage for high nutrient quality.

Early-boot generally occurs May 10- 20 in southern Ontario. At this stage, a dry matter yield of 2 tonnes per acre or more is possible under good conditions.

There can be a very large range in forage quality with only a few days difference in harvest. At the early-boot stage (Zadok Stage 39 - ligule of the last leaf just visible), crude protein (CP) can approach up to 18% (depending on the amount of nitrogen applied), with Neutral Detergent Fibre (NDF) under 50%.

At the head-emerged stage (Zadok Stage 55), CP drops to the 13 - 14% range, while NDF increases to over 60%.

This will likely be adequate for beef cows, heifers, and dry cows, but will not be high producing dairy cow or sheep quality.

When rye is cut later, at the early-dough stage, the yield may approach 3 tonnes per acre, but the quality, palatability and intake will be much lower. Delaying forage rye harvest past the boot stage because of bad weather or competing field crop activities is not very forgiving.

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Farmers looking for extra forage can plant fall rye following the harvest of many crops, particularly corn silage.

Forage rye harvested in mid-May can be followed by a late-planted crop, such as soybeans, edible beans, or a warm-season annual forage crop such as sorghum. Winter wheat heads later than fall rye, about June 5th, making forage wheat harvest too late to be followed by corn or soybeans. Decreased moisture in the soil profile following forage rye harvest can potentially have a negative effect on the yield of the following crop. It is essential to completely kill the rye with glyphosate or tillage to minimize shading and competition for moisture.

Rye is sometimes noted for having an "alleopathic effect" that suppresses the germination and growth of weeds and other crops. With most of the rye residue removed, alleopathy is a low risk in most forage rye situations. The possible exception may be with no-till corn on heavier soil types.

Seeding Fall rye is easy to establish and can be seeded from late summer to late fall. If harvest as silage the following May is planned, fall rye should be seeded in September, but later seedings can work on sandy soils. Early planting allows more time for tillering, higher forage yields, and slightly earlier forage harvest dates. Some growth going into winter is required for early spring growth and good yields. Seed is relatively inexpensive. Under good conditions, fall rye can be seeded at 110 kg/ha (100 lbs/ac), but the seeding rate can be increased up to 190 kg/ha (168 lbs/ac, 3 bu/ac) if the seed is broadcast rather than drilled, or if the seeding date is late.

Grazing Fall rye is best used to provide early-spring grazing, but can also be grazed into late fall. It is ready to graze early in the spring and growth is very rapid. To ensure that it does not get too mature, be prepared to move livestock fre-

Winter triticale, a cross between rye and wheat, has been suggested by Tom Kilcer in New York State as being preferable in both forage yield and quality to either fall rye or winter wheat. His research indicates that winter triticale harvested at the flag-leaf stage (rather than boot-stage) can be very high quality feed for dairy cows. There is limited data evaluating the agronomics and nutrient quality of winter triticale in Ontario. Seed is difficult to source and more expensive than rye. Harvest of triticale will be slightly later than rye at the same stage of maturity, which may delay planting of the subsequent crop. While there is good potential for triticale as an Ontario forage crop, farmers interested in forage triticale may want to try rye as well and evaluate them in their own systems.

Summary Seeding fall rye for forage can be an excellent, cheap source of additional feed. Seed as early as possible in September, apply nitrogen in the spring, and time harvest for nutrient quality needs. By double cropping, rye can fill the gap on years with short forage supplies, or be a regular part of the rotation.

Apple Orchards Lessons Learned in 2012 By: Leslie Huffman Apple Specialist - OMAFRA

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any growers are waiting impatiently for this "harvest season" to end. Those who have some crop are finding high gradeouts due to frost damage,

small and misshapen fruit, insect injury and various other ailments, including hail damage.

So is there anything to be learned from this year? Here are some musings to consider: • A few degrees make a difference: Sometimes neighbours have crop beside orchards with few apples, and only reported a degree or two difference of temperature.

• Orchard site location can be important: Some orchards close to bodies of water (Lake Erie and Lake Ontario) are carrying a full crop.

• Orchard topography can help or hurt: There are some blocks with crop near slopes where air kept moving, but flat orchards are often frost pockets.

• Frost protection works - sometimes: When an inversion traps warm air above your orchard, use of wind machines and helicopters can warm up orchard air by several degrees. Use of bale burning for smoke cover was helpful in some locations (but care must be taken about local fire regulations). As well, a few small orchards were able to save blossoms with overhead solid set irrigation.

But if an inversion is not present, or the temperatures are below a critical level, no protection will work.

• Cultivars differ in their tolerance to frost: Ambrosia, Honeycrisp and Golden Delicious seem to tolerate more frost than other cultivars. McIntosh may have good winter cold tolerance, but it doesn't like spring frosts.

However, there are some differences between locations, which may be due to tree health or other effects.

• Rootstocks may affect frost tolerance: Some growers have more crop in their dwarf orchards than larger rootstocks, and some report the opposite. But it is obvious that trees on M9 size rootstock carry their blossoms closer to the ground, which makes them more vulnerable.

• Secondary blooms produce disappointing fruit: Many hoped that secondary blossoms opening after the frost would set a decent crop. However, many of these apples are small and unmarketable. Our normal thinning sprays usually remove these fruit, which is a good thing.

• Pollination is important: Many apples have less seeds than normal, or have no seeds. It appears that these apples stopped growing, which is expected, but sometimes we need a reminder.

• Apple scab development follows the weather: When green tissue appeared in March, fungicides were needed.

Sprayers need to be ready. As well, some growers who reduced their scab program before the end of the primary infection period were stuck chasing scab for the remainder of the season (or will be next year).

• Petal fall sprays should not be delayed: With the extended bloom, and worries about frost damage, most growers left beehives later, which delayed the first insecticide. High levels of plum curculio and other insects show the benefit of timely petal fall sprays.

• Apogee applications can control growth: Growers who used Apogee report that growth was shortened, and that light penetration into the trees looks adequate to produce good fruit buds for next year.

• Codling moth takes advantage of low-spray programs: CM injury has been observed in many fruit. We knew that CM quickly moves into orchards with few insecticides, but this was another reminder. CM mating disruption worked well for some growers this year.

• Fire blight can be a problem across Ontario: Fire blight infected open blooms in many areas because conditions are right - including secondary bloom, warm temperatures and moisture.

• The value of scouting: When looking for ways to save money on pesticides, monitoring helped growers make better decisions on when to spray or not. Pest pressure varied in many regions with the warm spring triggering • Continued on Page 16

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Hay East: Every little bit helps drought stricken

By Lois Ann Baker Agrinews Staff Writer T’S SLOW IN COMING AND WON’T BE ENOUGH, BUT ONTARIO FARMERS

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ARE REAPING THE BENEFITS OF A HEALTHY HAY CROP IN THE WEST. THE DROUGHT ONTARIO EXPERIENCED OVER THIS PAST SUMMER HAS LEFT MANY WITHOUT ENOUGH HAY TO FEED THEIR CATTLE THROUGHOUT THE WINTER MONTHS. ENTER HAY EAST.

Ten years ago, farmers in Eastern Ontario had the opportunity to help out their counterparts in the west when Alberta experienced a drought. This year, it’s the west’s turn to reciprocate.

Over 200 bales of hay have been shipped in so far, but it’s a far cry from the 70,000 needed.

“We have more loads coming in from the west,” said Wyatt McWilliams a farmer from Navan. “Three farmers will be receiving hay this morning. And we have eight more loads coming in.”

McWilliams said of the next loads, some will be coming to Lanark county and some to Ottawa Valley, the rest will be delivered to southern Ontario.

Who gets the hay is determined by the applications sent to Hay East from Ontario farmers hardest hit by the drought.

Approximately 215 farmers filled out applications looking for relief.

McWilliams said one of the issues with getting the hay is the transportation. It costs $3,000 to transport the bales by tractor-trailer and each trailer can only hold between 21 and 30 bales.

“It’s the guys in the west that have this hay,” he said, “and they are trying to get transportation.”

McWilliams said that so far, the transports coming in have been because of the Disaster Services group.

Farmers who are getting the hay aren’t getting a free ride, however. Once the bales arrive, they are weighed and then sold to the farmers for $.03 per pound. The average bale, depending on how it is baled, can weigh anywhere from 1,100 to 1,500 pounds.

“That goes back in turn for paying for more transportation,” said McWilliams, “At three cents a pound it’s still like winning the lottery compared to the price of hay in Ontario this year.”

The average cost of hay

in this area goes from $.09 to $.12 per pound McWilliams said.

McWilliams said Renfrew County has received four transports full of hay so far and were expecting another eight.

“Every load that comes in, every bail of hay that comes in is another load of hay that we don’t have in this area,” said McWilliams.

McWilliams said he was able to bale some of his own hay just recently and has been feeding it to his cattle right away. He said that some pastures made out much better than anticipated but that there was still a big need for hay.

“It’s a long winter,” he added, “Bottom line is, a lot of people don’t realize with the shortage there won’t be any hay in the country in the spring.”

David and Donna Campbell in Foresters Falls have been using their facilities as a drop off point for the hay. Once the hay is received and weighed, names are chosen randomly from the applicants to see who will receive the much needed bales. Each farmer chosen gets only 15 fiveby-six round bales, not nearly enough to sustain them through the winter.

“But at least we are doing something to help them keep their animals longer or make decisions about what animals they should be sending,” said Donna Campbell.

“We have encouraged them to be actively out there seeking to purchase hay,” she added, “We could make no guarantee they we could get them hay. It’s the luck of the draw.”

The lack of hay has caused at least one Pontiac area farmer to completely sell off his business.

“One of the names we had pulled, he was an older gentlemen, he had made the decision ‘I’m getting out’,” said Campbell, “He sold all his beef cattle and what little hay he had, he sold that.” Campbell said he advised them to draw another name for the hay he was supposed to receive.

“That was a good thing,” said Campbell, “He could have taken the hay and then sold it.” Campbell added that while they ask applicants not to re-sell the hay, they don’t have any control over it once the farmer takes possession.

“It was very good of that farmer to say no, thank you, pull another name,” she said.

So far, three farmers in

the Pontiac area, four from Renfrew County and two in Lanark have received hay.

McWilliams said there was a rumour that more hay will be coming by rail.

“The government has been assessing the situation since July,” he said, “I guess they’ve finally realized by the numbers that there is a big need.”

Campbell was also hoping the government will step forward and offer more transportation assistance.

“We’re hoping the federal government will make an announcement,” she said, “We kind of thought they would have made it by now.”

If the government does come through for the farmers, the hay will be sent by rail to Smiths Falls for pick-up.

It’s our understanding that there is approximately 10,000 bales out in Saskatchewan and 10,000 bales in Alberta,” said Campbell. “If we can get it transported this way.”

Campbell added that time is now getting in the way, as once adverse weather hits, it makes it harder to transport the hay.

“We know the west has already had one snowfall,” she said, “It’s going to be getting harder to get the hay out this way.”

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Page 16 The AgriNews November, 2012 • Continued on Page 14 early pest emergence, as well as hot, dry weather and lowspray programs causing some insect populations to be higher than expected (eg., leafhopper, codling moth), while others to be virtually non-existent (eg., obliquebanded leafroller, apple maggot).

And last, but not least: • Frost is not our only weather risk: Although spring frost wins the trophy for the most damage this year, hail caused moderate to severe damage to some orchards, as it does every year. Extended dry weather caused stress, especially in combination with above normal temperatures and intense sunshine. We also have trees showing the effect of extreme rains from last year, with early colouring red leaves indicating Phytophthora problems.

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Obtaining a Premises Identification Number for your agri-food business is an important step towards traceability in Ontario.

To register your premises or update your information, please contact AGSI: • Online: www.ontarioppr.ca • By phone: 1-855-697-7743 (MY PPR ID)

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petitive and adapt to: Seize opportunities: means to take advantage of a situation or circumstance in order to develop a new idea, product, niche, or market opportunity to the benefit of the sector.

Respond to new and emerging issues: means to address issues that were not of concern previously or were not previously known. Issues vary considerably throughout Canada because of soil conditions, climate and the sector's level of development.

• Pathfind or pilot new solutions and opportunities to ongoing issues: means to test ways of dealing with new issues or find new ways to deal with existing issues.

Under CAAP, this is done in two ways: - Pathfinding means looking at different options to prepare the sector to face the future and remain competitive.

- Piloting means testing ideas or approaches to see if they are effective enough to use in everyday applications in the sector.

For complete details about CAAP, please refer to the CAAP Guide.

Please contact a program coordinator today or complete a pre-proposal and we can provide you with feedback on the fit of your project under CAAP.

Eastern Ontario Local Food Conference – November 22nd, in Kemptville

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he second edition of the Eastern Ontario Local Food Conference will be held at the W.B. George Centre, Kemptville Campus of the University of Guelph on November 22nd, 2012. The theme of this year’s conference is “Collaborating For Success”, and it will be focused on collaborative entrepreneurship models in general and value chain development in particular. Simultaneous translation and breakout sessions in both English and French will be offered.

This is the most inclusive, in-depth conference on local food in Eastern Ontario. The event is a collaborative partnership between The Grenville Community Futures Development Corporation, the local OMAFRA offices, the University of Guelph Kemptville Campus, and a number of community and industry sponsors and supporters.

The morning session will consist of a keynote address

by Terry Ackerman, whose talk will be called: “Collaborating For Success – The Value Chain Model And Profitability”. The keynote will be a practical guide to creating and building profitable value chains based on real life examples and successful value chains in Canada.

The plenary session will include a panel with presentations on Eastern Ontario news and success stories in local food.

The afternoon session will consist of twelve break-out sessions on subjects including: profiling successful business models in agriculture and food; financing your local food business; understanding Ontario’s regulatory requirements for food; the consumer driven cooperative model; using value chains to build a food brand; getting a food hub established; building collaborative policy at municipal and provincial levels; and, much more. There has also been a special time set aside during the afternoon session for those who wish to “network”. The event will wind up with closing remarks in the main hall.

For more information, please contact: Katie Nolan at 613.258.8371; Bruce Moore at 613.283.7002 ext. 107 or Michel Moisan at 613.679.0937. To register, go to: http://2012eolfc.eventbrite.ca.

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Searchable archive at www.agrinews.ca excellent Sheep Seminar, titled “Show Ewe the Money”.

The emphasis this year will be on improving profitability in the Ontario sheep industry.

November 13, 2012– Atwood Elma Memorial Community Centre 8:45 am to 4:00 pm November 15, 2012– Napanee Napanee Lions Community Hall 8:45 am to 4:00 pm For more information, please visit: http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/livestock/sheep/2009 1110.htm

Sheep Infrastructure Workshops – November 27th – 28th, 2012 – Lindsay / Peterborough Area

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wo-day course which is targeted toward people in the planning cycle for building large, commercialscale infrastructure as part of an expansion plan in their sheep enterprise. Participants will be sent home with some good ideas and the need to examine more options before committing themselves on any capital project. The Workshop includes stops at several commercial-sized operations that are using some of the concepts covered, which will allow participants make informed decisions on expansion. *This training opportunity is eligible for cost-share funding through the Growing Forward Business Development for Farm Businesses program. For more information on program requirements, please visit http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/about/growingforward/busdev.htm or call 1-877-424-1300.

For more information on the Sheep Infrastructure Workshop, please visit: http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/livestock/sheep/20081211.htm.

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t’s time for Forage Focus Conference 2012! This years’ theme is: “Managing Profitable Forages Now And For The Future”. The conference will be held in Winchester on Tuesday, November 27th at the Winchester Community Centre, and in Shakespeare on Wednesday, November 28th at the Shakespeare Optimist Hall.

This years’ keynote is Dr. Michael Hutjens from the University of Illinois. Dr. Hutjens will be speaking on two topics “The Role of Forages for a Profitable Operation”, and “Lessons Learned from a Challenging Season”. Dr. Hutjens has won awards from the Illinois Milk Producers, Holstein Association and the University, but he is also very active in all forms of media.

Joel Bagg (Forage Specialist, OMAFRA) will speak about “Coping with Forage Challenges of 2012”, as well as a representative from Agricorp to present “Forage Production Insurance Now and in the Future”.

For more information, please visit: http://www.ontarioforagecouncil.com/programs/forage-focus.html.

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he Eastern Ontario Development Fund supports regional economic development by creating jobs, attracting private sector investment and promoting innovation, collaboration and cluster development in Eastern Ontario.

For the purposes of the EODF program, “Eastern Ontario” is defined as the area comprising the following 14 geographic areas under the Territorial Division Act, 2002: Frontenac; Haliburton; Hastings; Kawartha Lakes; Lanark; leeds and Grenville; Lennox and Addington; Northumberland; Ottawa; Peterborough; Prescott and Russell; Prince Edward; Renfrew and Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry.

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Test site for IPM

Redlodge Farms Inc. owners Armin and Monica Kagi hosted the Stormont County Plowing Match. Their acreage south of Conc. 3-4 in North Stormont is a test site for the 2015 IPM plowlands.

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GIVING A THUMBS UP TO A SITE PROPOSED FOR HORSE PLOWING AT THE 2015 INTERNATIONAL PLOWING MATCH NEAR FINCH.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We wanted to see how the ground plowed for horses in that area. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were concerned there would be tough clay, but it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that bad. It plowed quite well,â&#x20AC;? said Jeff Waldroff, president of the Stormont County Plowmen and member of the IPM committee.

Heavy rain the previous evening and drizzle that morning had left the Kagi farm south of Conc. 3-4 muddy, but tillable and the sun helped dry the land that afternoon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It think it will be a lovely site. There werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t any stones,â&#x20AC;? said Gabriel Lecavalier of Mountain in Dundas County, who won a first in horse plowing with Rosa and Tiny. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The only thing concerns me is the narrow road because about 80,000 people will be coming to the IPM.â&#x20AC;?

According to North Stormont Mayor Dennis Fife, there are definite plans to widen and surface the township road in time for the international match and the township will work towards getting grants for it.

An annual competitor in the Stormont County match, Ron Stinson of Kemptville rated the Kagi site eight out of ten, higher than Roseville, where he competed in tractor plowing at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s IPM. And Joyce Buckley rated the site nine out of ten. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very nice land if it stays moist. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the first time Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve plowed radish. Wheat was on here before they took the grain off.â&#x20AC;?

The Oct. 6 match drew plowmen from around the area, and garnered a lot of interest from spectators and participants alike. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had very strong support from all the plowmen. We only have between 12 and 13 Stormont County plowmen, but there were 42 from outside. Some came from Glengarry and Dundas. We appreciated that they came out on such an awful morning. We also had the biggest turnout for the banquet in years, with 72 to 73 attending,â&#x20AC;?

Waldroff said.

Owners of Redlodge Farms Inc. Armin and Monica Kagi say they were approached, since the IPM needs a dairy farm site.

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A Game Changer

By Martha Tanner AgriNews Contributor CKENNA MODLER

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KNOWS ALL ABOUT ‘GAME CHANGING’. FINDING OUT SHE HAD A BRAIN TUMOUR WAS GAME CHANGING FOR THE 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL FROM LANSDOWNE AND HER DAIRY FARMING FAMILY: MOM ERIN, DAD SCOTT AND BROTHERS BRYSON AND COLE. BUT THE FAMILY HAS MET THAT CHALLENGE WITH COURAGE AND GRACE AND DIDN’T BLINK WHEN MCKENNA SAID SHE WANTED TO HELP OTHER CHILDREN WITH CANCER BY RAISING MONEY FOR THE CHILDREN’S CANCER FUND AT THE CANCER CENTRE OF SOUTHEASTERN ONTARIO AT KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL.

When her treatments ended in March, the family and a small army of supporters began planning a day-long fundraiser. Called McKenna’s Dream, the July 29 fundraiser at the Lansdowne fairgrounds raised over $96,000, an amount that has since swelled to over $100,000 through ongoing efforts such as the sale of McKenna’s Dream

bracelets and a Sept. 30 boat cruise courtesy of Gananoque Boat Line.

The dream might have ended happily there, but McKenna was nominated as a Scotiabank Game Changer, making her eligible to win $100,000 for “her” cause. In September she was named a regional Game Changer in the nation-wide competition, and accepted a cheque for $1,000 for the Children’s Cancer Fund during the Toronto Argonauts Hamilton Tiger Cats football game in Toronto.

Only eight regional finalists will advance to the $100,000 round of the contest, chosen in part by their entry and by the number of on-line votes they receive.

Sponsored by the Bank of Nova Scotia, the competition recognizes individuals who have made a difference in their communities in the areas of health, education, social services, arts, sports and the environment.

McKenna just missed making it into the final round as the representative for the Toronto Argonauts.

Participating in the coin toss at the Sept. 8 Canadian

In September, McKenna Modler of Lansdowne was named a regional Game Changer in the Scotiabank national Game Changer competition, winning a $1,000 donation to her cause – the Children’s Cancer Fund at the Kingston General Hospital. From left, McKenna, mother Erin and brother Cole accept the cheque from Kelly Damour, a Scotiabank branch manager in Ajax, Ontario, during the Toronto Argonauts – Hamilton Tiger-Cats CFL game in Toronto.

Football League game, meeting the cheerleaders and receiving an Argos jersey was thrilling for McKenna, but even more exciting was the news she received just a day earlier, when she found out that her tumour had not grown.

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“I’m so happy that my tumour didn’t grow,” she told the community of hundreds that follows McKenna’s Dream on Facebook. “I didn’t think it was going to and I was right.”

McKenna’s dad added his own relieved comments,

thanking her supporters for standing behind them, making McKenna’s life better and helping her in her battle against cancer. “Her brain cancer has not grown and it has even gotten a little smaller,” he noted.

“McKenna is so lucky to have so many people in her

life, you have no idea how much you have done for her, you have helped her beat this.”

Donations to McKenna’s Dream can also be made online at the University Hospital’s Kingston Foundation, www.uhkf.ca.

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31 LAMBS WERE OFFERED FOR 4-H REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP STEER AND LAMB AUCTION AT THE METCALFE FAIR SAT., SEPT. 29.

The Champion Steer, shown by Katie Hodges, Cumberland, sold to Jim Perry Motor Sales, Kemptville, for $5 per pound (steer weighed 1355 pounds).

The Reserve Champion Steer, shown by Brandon McNeely, sold to McVey Bros. Insurance Brokers Ltd., Ottawa, for $4.25 per pound (steer weighed 1365 pounds).

The Champion Lamb was shown by Jordan Schoenfeldt, Renfrew, and was sold to Willy’s Electric, Nepean, and Jeremy and Heather Nixon, North Gower, for $21 per pound (lamb weighed 106 pounds).

Reserve Champion Lamb was shown by Caroline Sadler, Grenville, and sold to C.E. Ceresco Inc. (Andrew Hodges) for $4 per pound (lamb weighed 102 pounds).

4-H members donated two per cent of their selling price to the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario.

Since 1988 (when records were started) the 4-H Steer and Lamb members in Eastern Ontario have donated over $25,000 to the hospital.

Averages of sale: Steers (with champions included), $4.51; steers, without champions included, $4.48.

Lambs, with champions included, $6.68; lambs, without champions included, $5.93.

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2012 REGIONAL 4-H CHAMPIONSHIP SHEEP SHOW HELD SAT., SEPT. 29 AT THE METCALFE FAIR: Judge was Doug Savage of Merrickville.

Senior Showmanship award won

by Zachary Bennett, Grenville County. Intermediate Showman was Rebecca MacLaren, Renfrew; Junior Showman was Kyla Ness, Renfrew, and Caroline Sadler, Grenville, was named Novice Showman.

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Champion Showman and received a trophy donated by Blair, Lisa and Travis Dow of Dow Farms, Vermilion, Alberta.

Ness was Reserve Grand Showman and received an award from the Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers, Carleton Place.

The Champion Market Lamb was shown by Jordan Schoenfeldt, Renfrew, who received an award donated by Embrun Livestock, Greely, and a trophy donated by District 10 of the Ontario Sheep Marketing Agency in Memory of Jack

James.

The Reserve Grand Market Lamb was shown by Caroline Sadler, Grenville, who received an award donated by Ketchum Manufacturing, Brockville, and an award donated by District 9 of the Ontario Sheep Marketing Agency.

The Champion Breeding Ewe Lamb was shown by Zachary Bennett, who received an award from La Coopérative Agricole d’Embrun Ltée.

Kyla Ness showed the Reserve, and received an award from the Canadian Cooperative Wool Growers.

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Matt Massey who received a plaque from the Ottawa Valley Shorthorn Breeders Club.

Reserve Champion Beef Showperson was Charles Caldwell. The Grand and Reserve Champion Showpersons each received an award from Kubota Canada.

Conformation Classes: Hereford: Champion Hereford Heifer, Justin McLaughlin, showing NBG 3W Gypsy 2S1Y. The winner received a trophy and $75 from the Ottawa Valley Hereford Club.

Reserve Champion Hereford Heifer, Kerin Hudson, showing RGK Zulu 5Z. The winner received $50 from the Ottawa Valley Hereford Club.

Simmental: Champion Simmental Heifer, Nicole Giles, showing Xcel Candy Cane, who received a plaque from the Ottawa Valley Simmental Club.

Reserve Champion Simmental Heifer, Mitchell McCardy, showing Lorolin Ms Zada Belle, who received a plaque from the Ottawa Valley Simmental Club.

Limousin: Champion Limousin Heifer, Jenny Childs, showing IVYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Yellow Rose HTZ 31 Y. The winner received a plaque from the Ottawa Valley Limousin Breeders Club.

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Showmanship Classes: Champion Senior Beef Showperson was Charles Caldwell of Carleton County, who received a trophy from the Kiwanis Club of Ottawa.

Reserve Senior Champion Beef Showperson was Kylie Dufault of Pontiac County. Champion Intermediate Showperson was Matt Massey of Grenville County , who received a trophy from University of Guelph, Kemptville Campus.

Reserve Intermediate Beef Showperson was Kelly Sommerville of Dundas County.

Champion Junior Beef Showperson was Nicole Giles of Carleton, who received a trophy from Quebec 4-H - Shawville 4-H Clubs Reserve Champion Beef Showperson was Audrey Guyonnet of Leeds County.

Champion Novice Beef Showperson was Morgan MacIntyre of Carleton County.

The winner received a trophy from Tanya Zandbelt, Farm Credit Canada.

Reserve Champion Novice Beef Showperson was Denver Bolton, Leeds.

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From left: Reserve Grand Champion Beef Showperson Charles Caldwell, Arthur Morewood from Ottawa Kiwanis Club presenting award for Champion Senior Showman and Judges Cole and Jill Harvie from Olds, Alberta at the 156th Metcalfe Fair held Sept. 29.

Wendy Molenaar photo Reserve Champion Limousin Heifer, Ashley Wilson, showing WLG Yogurt 12Y. Angus: Champion Aberdeen Angus Heifer, Brody James, showing Sunset Roxy. The winner received a trophy from the Ottawa Valley Angus Club.

Reserve Champion Aberdeen Angus Heifer, Brittany Caldwell, showing Hawthorne Queen 17Y. Shorthorn: Champion Shorthorn Heifer Matthew Massey, showing Lilacview Yesterday Girl 1Y. The winner received a trophy from the Ottawa Valley Shorthorn Breeders Club.

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Reserve Champion Other Beef Breeds: Lindsey Clarke, showing Cedardale Miss 103Y (Charolais).

Supreme Champion Beef Heifer - Brody James; Reserve Champion Beef Heifer, Matthew Massey.

Supreme Grand and Reserve Champion Beef Heifer winners each received an award from the Ottawa Valley Angus Club.

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RESCOTT COUNTYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S JARED LINTELL WAS NAMED SENIOR AND GRAND CHAMPION DAIRY SHOWMAN AT THE REGIONAL 4-H SHOW DURING THE METCALFE FAIR, SEPT. 29.

Judge Jeff Nurse of Georgetown, Ont., named Russell Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alex Chabot as Showmanship Reserve Grand.

The following are the winners in each category of the Regional Show: Novice Showmanship: Katie Babcock, Frontenac.

The winner received an award from Bank of MontrĂŠal.

Junior Showmanship: Rebecca Spuehler, Prescott County. The winner received an award from EastGen, Kemptville.

Intermediate Showmanship: Alex Chabot, Russell. The winner received an award from University of Guelph, Kemptville Campus, Senior Showmanship: Jared Lintell, Prescott County. The winner received an award from Riverdown Holsteins, John

and Karen Velthuis, Metcalfe.

Grand Champion Showperson: Jared Lintell, Prescott. The winner received an award from Quinndale Holsteins, Leonard and Shirley Quinn, Greely.

Reserve: Alex Chabot, Russell. The Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Showpersons received awards from Kubota, Canada.

Conformation Junior Holstein Champion: Victoria Eastman, Carleton, showing Centuryholm Sexy, and I Know It. Reserve: Caitlin Jampen, Dundas, showing Cherry Crest Lavanguard Roz. Intermediate Holstein Champion: Amelia Patenaude, Russell, showing Gillette Sid Mystery Day. Reserve: Allison Lethbridge, Grenville, showing She-Ken Butz Brax Forever.

Senior Holstein Champion: Emma Farlinger, Dundas, showing Signature Fevered Pitch.

Champion 4-H Dairy Showpersons of the Regional Championship 4-H Dairy Show, held on Sept 29, at the 156th Metcalfe Fair, include from left: Steve Glaude from Glengarry County with Honourable Mention Showperson, Alex Chabot from Russell County with Reserve Champion Showperson and Champion 4-H Dairy Showperson Jared Linttell from Prescott County.

Reserve: Colleen Halpenny, Grenville, showing Crovalley Lauthority

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Yearling Champion: Alex Chabot, Russell,

showing Belfast Goldwyn Lasenza. Reserve: Evan Donnelly, Carleton, show-

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Continued from page 23 Junior Yearling Champion: Jesse Bradley, Argenteuil, showing Pierstein Oasis Reba. Reserve: Kyle Clement, Leeds, showing Winright Sanchez Jurassic.

Champion Holstein Heifer: Alex Chabot, Russell. The winner received an award from EastGen, Kemptville.

Reserve Champion Holstein Heifer: Emma Farlinger, Dundas. The winner received an award from Select Sires Inc., Kemptville Ayrshire Champion, Jared Lintell, Prescott County, showing Bartonleigh Calimero Blitz. The winner received an award from Ontario Ayrshires.

Jersey Champion, Patricia Caldwell, Carleton, showing Drentex Request Bella. Reserve, Emma Caldwell, Carleton, showing Drentrex Getaway Gina. The Champion and Reserve received an award from Don and Isobel Kinnear, Curran.

Grand Champion Dairy Heifer: Alex Chabot, Russell.

The winner received an award from Hugh and Dianne Fawcett, Hugh Fawcett Auctions, Winchester.

Reserve Grand Champion Dairy Heifer, Emma Farlinger, Dundas. The winner received an award from Scotiabank, Eastern Region Group of Three Dairy Heifers, Russell County. The winner received an award from TD Canada Trust, Kelly Fawcett.

The Tie-Up Competition was won by the Russell Dairy Club, whose members received an award from the Kiwanis Club of Rideau.

From left are Dairy Judge Jeff Nurse standing with daughter Cristy Nurse (who was also a member of the 2012 Team Canada Olympic Rowing Team), Reserve Champion Overall 4-H Heifer Jared Linttell, Grand Champion Overall 4-H Heifer Alex Chabot and presenter Kelly Fawcett-Mathers at the 156th Metcalfe Fair 4-H Regional championships on Sept. 29.

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Regional Horse show T HE FOLLOWING ARE THE 2012 4-H REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HORSE SHOW RESULTS FROM THE

METCALFE FAIR, SAT., SEPT. 29: Novice Showperson, Hallie Hulton, Frontenac; Reserve, Ashtyn Gough-Buder,

Renfrew.

Junior Showperson, Katrina Wilson, South Lanark; Reserve, Melanie Lanoue, South Lanark.

Intermediate Showperson, Reagan Sluiskes, Leeds; Reserve, Jessica Wood, Carleton; Senior Showperson Chantale Shatraw, Frontenac; Reserve, Michelle Martin, Frontenac.

Grand Champion Showperson was Melanie Lanoue, South Lanark, who received an award from the Ontario Harness Horse Association, presented by Bob Carss, Edwards.

Reserve Champion Showperson Jessica Wood, Carleton, received an award from Little Rock Farms, presented by Amy Himmelman, Perth.

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OMAFRA Connects Continued from page 16 with limited funding. There are two funding streams, one for established businesses and a regional stream for economic development organization including municipalities.

Under the business stream, the fund may provide up to 15% of eligible project costs to a maximum grant of $1.5 million. For project investment of $10+ million that create 50+ jobs, funding may be available in for form of a secured repayable loan, to a maximum of $5 million in provincial support.

Under the regional stream, the fund may provide up to 50% of eligible project costs to a maximum grant of $1.5 million.

Stacking with other provincial programs is not permitted under either funding streams.

For more information about the Eastern Ontario Development Fund including criteria, eligibility, application forms and program contacts, please contact: Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation Regional Economic Development and Co-ordination Branch Email: eodf@ontario.ca / Toll Free (866)909.9951 Mail: 366 King Street East, Suite 340 Kingston, Ontario K7K 6Y3

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oung and beginning farmers will find it easier to start and

grow their farm businesses with the help of a new $500 million loan program, introduced by the federal government and FCC yesterday. This new loan offers qualified producers who are under 40 years of age loans of up to $500,000 to purchase or improve farmland and buildings. Producers between the ages of 18 and 39 make up approximately 16% of Canadian producers, according to the 2006 Census. The FCC Young Farmer Loan includes features and options that address this demographic, and support their long-term success.

These include: - variable rates at prime plus 0.5% and special fixed rates - no loan processing fees The Young Farmer Loan enhances FCC's suite of existing products and services that support young producers, such as the FCC Transition Loan, FCC Business Planning Award, FCC Learning events and publications, FCC Go Ag! events, and FCC Management Software for both accounting and field management.

For more information on the FCC Young Farmer Loan, visit www.fcc.ca/youngfarmerloan

Risk Management Agricorp

can help producers offset losses and manage risks associated with running a farm business.

To receive funding, eligible producers simply fill out the deposit request included in packages mailed earlier this month.

Producers should send their deposit to Agricorp by February 1, 2013. To withdraw funds this year, both deposit and withdrawal requests should be received

by October 31, 2012.

The self-directed risk management plan for edible horticulture is part of Ontario’s Risk Management Program to help producers manage risks beyond their control. To be eligible, producers must have a minimum of $5,000 in allowable net sales, grow an eligible commodity, participate in AgriStability, and provide a valid premises ID. • Continued on Page 26

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The forage rainfall plan is based on the concept that rainfall influences production. The plan uses rainfall as an indicator of quantity and quality of forage.

Agricorp contracts a professional weather service to provide rainfall data from a network of 350 rainfall collection stations across Ontario. The rainfall stations have built-in backup systems to provide accurate information. Rainfall samples are collected twice a month then compared to Environment Canada records and surrounding stations to verify accuracy before the data is sent to Agricorp.

At the end of the rainfall collection period, customers receive a report that shows the rainfall collected at their chosen rainfall station. Payments are mailed automatically to producers who qualify for a claim.

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The tool was developed by an Ontario team of cover crop experts including farmers, university researchers, OMAFRA staff, crop advisors, and seed suppliers to provide options for your growing region. The tool is available at http://mcccdev.anr.msu.edu/ . Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quick and easy to use, so next time you are surfing

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OMAFRA Connects Continued from page 26 related to marketing agricultural products internationally, managing flow of goods efficiently and key elements of trade finance such as export costing, payment methods and risk insurance.

Sessions will be held at the University of Guelph on December 11 (University Centre room 103) and December 18 (Rozanski Hall room 105) from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Costs range from $70 for one day and $120 for both days. An early bird rate of $100 for both days is available for participants who register before November 15. Space is limited to 40 participants per session on a first come, first served basis. To register, please visit www.takeanewapproach.ca/ events or call AMI at 519822-6618.

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WEB PORTAL HELPS BUSINESSES SAVE TIME Ontario is making it faster and easier for new and small businesses to get the services and information they need to start, operate and grow.

To date, more than 10,000 businesses have registered for the Province's ONe-Source for Business service. The online portal provides quick and easy

access to over 5,000 services and information from all levels of government, allowing small business owners to focus on creating jobs and competing in the global economy.

ONe-Source for Business helps business owners: â&#x20AC;˘ find information about funding and grant programs â&#x20AC;˘ create a virtual briefcase to securely access saved information at later date â&#x20AC;˘ complete and submit forms online, eliminating the need to mail them in â&#x20AC;˘ find customized information about the permits and licences they need.

Making it easier for businesses to succeed with faster, more streamlined services is part of the McGuinty government's plan to create a vibrant economy. A strong economy creates jobs for Ontarians and protects the services that matter most to Ontarians - health and education.

Factsheets

and Publications

The following OMAFRA Publications and Factsheets are now available from www.serviceontario.ca/publications: Crop Protection Guide for Greenhouse Vegetables 2012-2013, Publication 835; cost is $15.00; please recycle all former editions.

12-045: Controlled Atmosphere Storage Guidelines and Recommendations for Apples, Agdex 211/66; replaces 03-073, which should be recycled.

12-046: Recommandations pour lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;entreposage des pommes en atmosphere contrĂ´lĂŠe, Agdex 211/66, replaces 03074, which should be recycled.

12-038: Rudiments de la reproduction et des taux de conception chez les ovins, Agdex 433/30; New. 12-042: Recommandations pour la ceuillette et lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;entreposage

des poires, Agdex 215/50; New. 12-044: Conversion des vĂŠhicules au gaz naturel ou au biogaz, Agdex 760, New. For the first time, the following publication has been produced on CD (no printed book) and was released at the greenhouse conference this week; copies will be shipped to ServiceOntario on Oct. 9 and should be available from www.serviceontario.ca/publications by Oct. 12: Guide to Greenhouse Floriculture Production, Publication 370; cost for CD is $10.00 (vs. $20.00 for the former book); please recycle all former editions.

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PHONE LINES AND WEBSITES â&#x20AC;˘ OMAFRA Website: www.ontario.ca/omafra, Agricultural Information Contact Centre: 1-877-4241300 or e-mail ag.info.omafra@ontario.ca â&#x20AC;˘ Nutrient Management Line: 1-866-242-4460 or email nman.omafra@ontario.ca â&#x20AC;˘ Growing Forward Information Line: 1-888479-3931 or e-mail growingforward@ontario.ca â&#x20AC;˘ The Farm Line: 1-888451-2903 - A confidential telephone emotional support and referral service provided to farmers and farm families in Ontario

Events

November 13 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Show â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eweâ&#x20AC;? The Money OMAFRA Sheep Seminar, Atwood. For more information, please visit: http://www.omafra.gov.on.c a/english/livestock/sheep/20 091110.htm.

November 15 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Show â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eweâ&#x20AC;? The Money OMAFRA Sheep Seminar, Napanee. For more information, please visit: http://www.omafra.gov.on.c a/english/livestock/sheep/20 091110.htm.

November 22 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Bilingual Eastern Ontario Local Food Conference, at the W.B. George Centre, Kemptville Campus of the University of Guelph. This is the most inclusive, indepth technical conference on local food in Eastern Ontario. For more information, contact Katie Nolan at

613.258.8371, Bruce Moore at 613.283.7002 ext 107 or Michel Moisan at 613.679.0937.

November 27 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 28 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Sheep Infrastructure Workshop, Lindsay / Peterborough area. For more information, please visit: http://www.omafra.gov.on.c a/english/livestock/sheep/20 081211.htm November 27 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Forage Focus Conference 2012, Winchester Community Center. For more information, please visit: http://www.ontarioforagecouncil.com/programs/forage-focus.html or call the Ontario Forage Council at 1.877.892.8663.

November 28 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Forage Focus Conference 2012, Shakespeare Optimist Hall.

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January 3-4 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 20th Annual Southwest Agricultural Conference, at the Ridgetown Campus of the University of Guelph. For further information, please visit the website at www.southwestagconference.ca.

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November 13 Northumberland Federation of Agriculture Monthly Meeting Centerton Community Centre 8 pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Contact Eileen Argyris 905885-1456 / argyris@sympatico.ca November 14 Northumberland Cattlemenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association Monthly Meeting Warkworth Heritage Centre, Warkworth, ON 8 pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Contact Bonnie Wilson, Secretary, email nca.cattle@gmail.com November 15 & 22 Growing Your Farm Profits (GYFP) 2 day Workshop Northumberland - Codrington Community Centre, Codrington, ON This two-day workshop will give you the tools to assess where you are now and where you could be in the future and enable you and your management team to start the journey towards managing and planning your farm business success. For more details and to register contact Robert Glover 705-924-2620 / robert.glover@ontariosoilcrop.org or visit http://www.ontariosoilcrop.org/work-

shops/default.htm November 22 A Focus On Economic Security For Women In Northumberland County Timber Ridge Golf & Country Club, Brighton, ON 7 to 9 pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; This 2 hour forum is offered to women who live or work on farms and women who are connected to our agricultural community. For more information and to register contact The Community Training and Development Centre Wise by Plan direct line 905-372-9700 or 1-877749-2832 or visit www.wisebyplan.com November 27 Lennox & Addington Federation of Agriculture Meeting Selby Sales Barn, 8 pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Contact Stephanie Gaffney / stephanie.gaffney.sg@gmail.com November 28 Hastings/Lennox&Addington Soil and Crop Improvement Association Annual Meeting Hart Acre Farms, 461 Woodcock Street, Napanee, ON / 613-354-0404 1 pm - Contact Shane Smith / shane@oneillsfarmsupply.com December 6 Hastings Federation of Agriculture Monthly â&#x20AC;˘ Continued on Page 29

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December 6 Northumberland Soil and Crop Improvement Association Annual Meeting Codrington Community Hall - 10 am

Haliburton & Kawartha Lakes

Haliburton County Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market (Every Friday) Carnarvon, ON. 1 to 5 pm There is a year- round phone to contact the Market 705-457-0991 or visit http://haliburtoncountyfarmersmarket.wordpress.com First Tuesday â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Monthly Kawartha Junior Farmers Meeting Lindsay Fairgrounds at 7:30pm Membership is open for anyone aged 15-29. For more information visit kawarthajf@gmail.com Third Wednesday â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Monthly Victoria County Sheep Producers Meeting Sunderland Co-op Boardroom, Oakwood location, 7:30pm. For more information contact Doug Walden 705-324-7478.

November 7 Peterborough Victoria Cattlemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Stocker Sale Certified Sale- All Vaccinated Calf Sale â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Woodville Sales Arena For more information contact Wayne Telford 705292-9531 or Dave Fell 705-877-5670

November 18 Lindsay & District Chamber of Commerce â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Santa Claus Parade 2pm. For more information call 705-324-2393 November 20 Kawartha Young Professionals Network (KYPN) Meeting â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Green Your Workplace â&#x20AC;&#x201C; PTBO Green-up TBC Olympia Restaurant & Banquet Room, 106 Kent St. W., Lindsay 5:30pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7:30pm For more information email info@klsbec.ca or call 705-324-9411 ext 1283 November 21 Peterborough Victoria Cattlemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Stocker Sale Vaccinated Calves and Yearlings â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Woodville Sales Arena For more information contact Wayne Telford 705-292-9531 or Dave Fell 705-887-5670 November 24 The Minden Santa Claus Parade If you would like to help build a float for the parade please contact Andrea Coysh 705286-6753 for details November 27 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 28 Sheep Infrastructure Workshop Two-day course which is targeted toward people in the planning cycle for building large, commercial-scale infrastructure as part of an expansion plan in their sheep enterprise This training opportunity is eligible for cost-share funding through the Growing Forward Business Development for Farm Businesses program. For more information on program requirements, please visit http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/about/ growingforward/busdev.htm or call 1-877424-1300 November 30 The Christmas Potluck Supper, Minden

room, Hwy #7/12, Sunderland. 10:00am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3:00pm. For more information contact Robin Brown 705-374-4975 or email robin.brown@ontariosoilcrop.org

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DateLine Ottawa December 5 & 12 Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) 2 day Workshop West Carleton, location to be determined 10 am to 3 pm - This workshop will give you an opportunity to asses your farm operation from an environmental view, identify opportunities for actions, and qualify you for cost-share opportunities for on-farm projects. For more details and to register contact Arlene Ross 613821-3900 / arlene.ross@ontariosoilcrop.org or visit http://www.ontariosoilcrop.org/workshops/default. htm.

December 6 & 13 Growing Your Farm Profits (GYFP) 2 day Workshop Ottawa/Carleton, location to be determined This twoday workshop will give you the tools to assess where you are now and where you could be in the future and enable you and your management team to start the journey towards managing and planning your farm business success. For more details and to register contact Shelley McPhail 613256-4011 / shelley.mcphail@ontariosoilcrop.org or visit http://www.ontariosoilcrop.org/workshops/default. htm

Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry 1st Wednesday of the month - Dundas Federation of Agriculture regular monthly meetings Nelson

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December 3 & 10 Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) 2 day Workshop Alexandria, ON 10 am to 3 pm - This workshop will give you an opportunity to asses your farm operation from an environmental view, identify opportunities for actions, and qualify you for cost-share opportunities for on-farm projects. For more details and to register contact Lyall MacLachlan 613-347-2244 / lyall.maclachlan@ontariosoilcrop.org or visit http://www.ontariosoilcrop.org/workshops/default. htm

2nd Wednesday of the month - Grenville Federation of Agriculture regular monthly meetings Spencerville Council Chambers, Spencerville, ON 8 pm - Please contact Carol Wynands 613-926-2579 or email a.wynands@sympatico.ca for meeting date confirmation.

November 21 & 28 Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) 2 day Workshop

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November 22 & 29 Growing Your Farm Profits (GYFP) 2 day Workshop Christian Reformed Church Hall, Athens, ON This twoday workshop will give you the tools to assess where you are now and where you could be in the future and enable you and your management team to start the journey towards managing and planning your farm business success. For more details and to register contact Rita Vogel 613-2751753 / rita.vogel@ontariosoilcrop.org or visit http://www.ontariosoilcrop.org/workshops/default. htm

contact Hilary Moore 613259-5757 November 16 & 23 Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) 2 day Workshop Lanark County - Location to be determined 10 am to 3 pm - This workshop will give you an opportunity to asses your farm operation from an environmental view, identify opportunities for actions, and qualify you for cost-share opportunities for on-farm projects.

Program details available at http://www.ontariosoilcrop.org. To register contact Shirley Munro (613) 2676362 / shirley.munro@ontariosoilcrop.org

Lanark 2nd Thursday of the

Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) 2 day Workshop Prescott/Russell County, location to be determined 10 am to 3 pm - This workshop will give you an opportunity to asses your farm operation from an environmental view, identify opportunities for actions, and qualify you for costshare opportunities for onfarm projects. Program

month - Lanark County Federation of Agriculture regular monthly meetings Beckwith Township Council Chambers, Blacks Corners - 8 pm 3rd Wednesday of the month - The National Farmers Union Lanark, Local 310 For information

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For more details and to register contact Roxanne Legault 613-872-0830 / roxane.legault@ontariosoilcrop.org or visit http://www.ontariosoilcrop.org/workshops/default. htm December 6 & 13 Growing Your Farm Profits (GYFP) 2 day Workshop FRENCH Comtés de Prescott/Russell, location à être déterminé This two-day workshop will give you the tools to assess where you are now and where you

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Renfrew 2nd Monday of each month - Arnprior Region Federation of Agriculture Meetings Galetta Community Hall 8 pm Contact Ernie Smith, President, 613-623-3439.

4th Monday of each month - Renfrew County Federation of Agriculture Meetings Cobden Agricultural Hall, Cobden, ON 7:30 pm - Contact Chris Bucholtz, President 613-735-9164 or Donna Campbell, Sec/Trea 613432-5568 / donnaofa@nrtco.net 3rd Thursday of each month - Renfrew County Cattlemen Association Meetings Cobden

Agricultural Hall, Cobden, ON 7:30 pm - Contact David McGonegal 613582-7031 or Donna Campbell 613-432-5568.

3rd Wednesday of each month - Renfrew County Plowmen’s Association Meetings Cobden Agricultural Hall, Cobden, ON 7:30 pm - Contact Donna Campbell 613-4325568.

Every Saturday – Renfrew Farmer’s Market Renfrew Fairgrounds - 7 am to 12 pm Every Friday – Eganville Farmer’s Market Curling Club/Rotary Club Grounds – 3 to 7 pm November 5 – Renfrew County National Farmers Union Meeting Barr Line Community Centre 7:30 pm – Contact Dave Mackay 613-582-7379 / 613-6498211 / laurettar@bell.net November 16 & 17 – Pembroke Farmers’ Market 10th Annual Christmas Market Marguerite Centre, 700 McKay St., Pembroke, ON 12 to 6 pm on 16th and 9 am to 4 pm on 17th – Unique gift ideas, baked goods, jams, preserves, crafts & more. Lunch and

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DateLine an environmental view, identify opportunities for actions, and qualify you for cost-share opportunities for on-farm projects. Program details available at http://www.ontariosoilcrop.org. To register contact Glen Smith 613-628-2987 / glen.smith@ontariosoilcrop.org December 3 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Renfrew County National Farmers Union Meeting Barr Line Community Centre7:30 pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Contact Dave Mackay 613-582-7379 / 613-6498211 / laurettar@bell.net

2012 Regional/ Provincial Events November 6 - Farm Tax & Business Seminar 2012 STRATFORD Army Navy Air Force, Veterans Hall Unit 261, 151 Lorne Avenue East, Stratford, ON 8:45 am to 3:30 pm - For more detailed information and to register, visit http://www.omafra.gov.on.c a/english/busdev/confer-

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ence/2012ftbs.htm or call the Agricultural Information Contact Centre 1-877-424-1300 or Brighton OMAFRA Resource Centre 613-4751630.

November 8 - Farm Tax & Business Seminar 2012 ALLISTON Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 171, 111 Dufferin Street, Alliston, ON 8:45 am to 3:30 pm - For more detailed information and to register, visit http://www.omafra.gov.on.c a/english/busdev/conference/2012ftbs.htm or call the Agricultural Information Contact Centre 1-877-424-1300 or Brighton OMAFRA Resource Centre 613-4751630.

November 12 - Farm Tax & Business Seminar 2012 - CHATHAM Lawson Hall Banquet Centre, 304 St. Clair Street, Chatham, ON 8:45 am to 3:30 pm For more detailed information and to register, visit http://www.omafra.gov.on.c a/english/busdev/conference/2012ftbs.htm or call the Agricultural Information Contact Centre 1-877-424-1300 or

Brighton OMAFRA Resource Centre 613-4751630.

November 13 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ontario Sheep Marketing Agency â&#x20AC;&#x153;Show Ewe the Moneyâ&#x20AC;?

Profitable Flock Expansion Elma Memorial Community Centre, Atwood, ON 8:45 am to 4 pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; To view agenda and to register, visit www.ontario.ca/sheep November 15 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ontario Sheep Marketing Agency â&#x20AC;&#x153;Show Ewe the Moneyâ&#x20AC;?

Profitable Flock Expansion Lions Community Hall, Napanee, ON 8:45 am to 4 pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; To view agenda and to register, visit www.ontario.ca/sheep November 22 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Eastern Ontario Local Food Conference â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Collaborating for Success W.B. George Centre, Kemptville Campus (University of Guelph) Kemptville, ON 8:30 am to 4 pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; For complete details and to register online, visit http://2012eolfc.eventbrite.c a. Note: Online Registration is available until November 18th, 2012. For more information contact Katie Nolan 613-258-8371 / katie.nolan@ontario.ca November 27 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ontario

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Forage Focus 2012 Winchester Community Centre, 577 Main Street West, Winchester, ON 9:30 am to 3 pm - Key Note Speaker, Mike Hutjens of the University of Winsconsin. Other speakers include, Joel Bagg, Forage Specialist, OMAFRA and a representative from Agricorp. Cost is $40, includes conference proceedings and a hot roast beef lunch. Registration deadline is November 25th.

For complete details and to view full agenda, visit http://www.ontarioforagecouncil.com/programs/forage-focus-.html November 27 Advantage On-Farm Food Safety Webinar - Using Food Safety to Market Your Products 12:00 pm (noon) to 12:40 pm - Make your food safety practices work for you in the marketplace.

Understand how keeping your customers informed about the food safety efforts you have made can benefit your business. Reduce your risk of food contamination and expand your customer

base by putting in place an on farm food safety program. OMAFRA is here to help you keep up to date on the latest food safety practices! Join us for these online workshops from the comfort of your home or business. All you need is an internet and phone connection. Register today online at http://www.omafra.gov.on.c a/english/food/foodsafety/pr oducers/webinars.htm.

Registration closes the day before each workshop. A confirmation email will be sent following registration with the workshop teleconference details.

November 27-28, 2012 Sheep Infrastructure Workshops Lindsay/Peterborough area 8:30 am to 5:45 pm (day 1) / 7 pm (optional) evening program 8 am to 4:30 pm (day 2) This two day course is sponsored by the Large Flock Operators and The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food, and Rural Affairs which is repeated three times per year at varying locations

across Ontario and is targeted toward people in the planning cycle for building large, commercial-scale infrastructure as part of an expansion plan in their sheep enterprise. The course is limited to 20 participants per offering. To view full agenda and to register, visit http://www.omafra.gov.on.c a/english/livestock/sheep/20 081211.htm November 28 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ontario Forage Focus 2012 Optimist Hall, 1 Thompson Street, Shakespeare, ON 9:30 am to 3 pm - Key Note Speaker, Mike Hutjens of the University of Winsconsin. Other speakers include, Joel Bagg, Forage Specialist, OMAFRA and a representative from Agricorp. Cost is $40, includes conference proceedings and a hot roast beef lunch. Registration deadline is November 25th.

For complete details and to view full agenda, visit http://www.ontarioforagecouncil.com/programs/forage-focus-.html

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Continued from page 17 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tented city should be on grass land. If thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of rain, it should be good land so it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get too muddy,â&#x20AC;? Monica said.

She added the horseplowing site is important, since this is a big draw for spectators. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This plowing match is a sample of what is to come.

It will be good for business and the economy. It will be good for the farming community and the whole community,â&#x20AC;? she commented.

The IPM site selection was also based on three phase hydro availability and accessibility to enough water for the trailer park and tented city, also for its proximity to the City of Cornwall and Morrisburg for their amenities and accommodation.

In addition to plowlands, the Kagis have offered 92 acres for a tented city north of Conc. 3-4 and the Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donahues have offered 75 acres for a trailer park, further north of tented city and south of Conc. 4-5.

Waldroff said agree-

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Port of Prescott Straight and narrow Novice plowman Samuel Bourgon of Moose Creek tries his hand at horse plowing with Percherons Dick and Bernie at the Stormont County Plowing Match.

Thompson photo ments have been made for the tented city and trailer park, but plowing and parking areas have to be sorted out. â&#x20AC;&#x153;First we have to be sure the landowner is in agreement and everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crops have to be rotated the right way. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the game plan,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Some 300 acres are needed for plowlands, and

some higher plowlands may be used for parking. Rental rates are in place for the tented city and the trailer park and there are different ones for plowlands and parking.

Ontario Plowmen Association general manager Cathy Lasby and past president Bob Hammell saw this site last fall when the executive was looking

at two possible IPM locations. This one met the criteria best. On Oct. 27, the OPA executive plan to see it again.

The committee is still looking for a poster of the 1958 IPM at the Cloutier farm near Crysler.

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Holstein judge Gerald Coughlin, Jr., of Peterborough, reaches out and touches Maple Holme BF Cinderella at the Eastern Ontario/Western Quebec Championship Show inside the A.M. Barr Arena in Kemptville, while the bovine’s co-owner, Mike Farlinger, looks on from the halter. The cow went on to win the Mature Cow Class and was named Reserve Champion overall.

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EOWQ marks 25 years back in Kemptville Fair for 40 years, Fawcett recounted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was one of the big pushers to bring it back here [to Kemptville],â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I knew if we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do something, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d lose the show,â&#x20AC;? he said, recalling the dwindling interest during the final years in 1980s Ottawa. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It got to the place where they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get any crowds at our show. â&#x20AC;&#x153; The show committee, which he headed at the time, also made the key decision to seek sponsorship dollars to cover annual show costs in concert with the move back to Kemptville â&#x20AC;&#x201D; into the current arena affiliated to the Kempville campus of the University of Guelph.

Western Quebec breeders have been part of the show since the very beginning, Fawcett said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There were a lot of people from the Pontiac area that showed in Quebec, and we wanted to include them.â&#x20AC;?

The move back to rural Kemptville better accommodated farmers amid some big ongoing changes in the dairy industry, he suggested, noting the decline in the number of individual herds and the increasing size of remaining operations.

Where there were 843 dairy producers in his own County of Dundas in the mid1960s, today the number stands at about 130, he pointed out.

Continud from page 3 The Kemptville competition typically serves as a steppingstone for this monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, and French expects some of the top animals at the EO/WQ show to place high in the provincial capital. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re usually at the quality that they should be for going on to the Royal,â&#x20AC;? he noted.

Several of the animals shown at Kemtpville are also likely to be nominated for all-Ontario standing as well, he said, with that honour to be officially conferred in the lead-up to Holstein Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual general meeting in Ottawa this February.

25 years in Kemptville Watching from the sidelines at the EO/WQ show was Allison Fawcett of Winchester, 86, whose association with the event goes back to its very beginning.

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