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10 The Surging DemanD For goaT’S milk ProDucTS At a time when bovine milk processing is ‘contracting or remaining steady,’ says one industry insider, ‘the goat milk industry is one of those shining lights that is continuing to grow.’ Features

20 The Burgeoning markeT For SPecialTy croPS Whether it is more established crops like hops, okra and quinoa or still experimental ones such as huitlacoche, a nutritious corn smut fungus, there is a growing demand for these niche products from an increasingly diverse consumer base. 10

22 BioPeSTiciDeS Becoming more Than JuST a niche ProDucT The fastest growing segment of the crop protection market, they offer growers a way to reduce their dependence on chemical pesticides and help them meet increasingly restrictive import and supermarket standards.

30 living WiTh The uPS anD DoWnS 20 oF The canaDian Dollar Photo courtesy: University of Guelph Muck Crops Research Station This award-winning Alliston potato producer is cashing in on the efficiencies made when the dollar was higher.

34 chineSe long eggPlanT oFFerS gooD reTurnS BuT carrieS Some riSk For groWerS With the help of the Vineland Research and Innovation Centre, a handful of Ontario growers are making progress with non-traditional crops like eggplant and okra, but they warn that it’s still too risky to base an entire farm business on them. 22

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The goat milk industry has had a checkered history EDITORIAL AND LAYOUT TEAM in Ontario. Demand and production are generally MANAGING EDITOR - Robert C. Irwin 21400 Service Road, Vankleek Hill, Ontario rising, but there are enough “downs” that the path K0B 1R0 We have one goal. of growth is littered with the wreckage of farmers’ tel: (613) 678-2232; fax: (613) 678-5993 [email protected] dreams. Here are some statistics from our files. SENIOR STAFF EDITOR - Don Stoneman To protect Canada’s soybean crops. In 1997, there were fewer than 100 producers in 87 Queen St. E., Cambridge, Ontario N3C 2A9 tel: (519) 654-9106; fax: (519) 654-9357 the province. By 2004, Ontario produced half of [email protected] Canada’s total of 21 million litres of goat milk. By FIELD EDITOR - Mary Baxter 2010, licensed producer numbers had risen to 262. 60 Josephine St., London, Ontario N5Z 3P2 tel: (519) 858-0774 And, last year 240 licensed goat milk producers, on [email protected] average considerably larger than before, shipped 42 CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Charles Magill million litres. CONTRIBUTORS This nascent industry has a long way to go to Jim Algie, Mike Beaudin, Campbell Cork, WILLY WATERTON WILLY Dale Cowan, Norman Dunn, Pat Lynch, Susan Mann, step out of the shadow of the 2.66 billion-litre, Barry Wilson, Ralph Winfield

Photo: 4,200-producer dairy cow industry and that won’t DESIGN & PRODUCTION Barbara Sushycki tel: (519) 220-1708 happen any time soon, if ever. What’s different in this round of expansion is that fax: (519) 654-9357 [email protected] processors normally associated with that bovine milk industry have made large infrastructure investments aimed at goat milk. Producers and industry watchers can’t SALES AND MARKETING TEAM DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT help but hope that the boom and bust times are largely in the past. Freelance writer Jim Phil Chadwick tel: (416) 258-2383 Algie’s story on a rapidly growing industry in Ontario that faces many challenges and [email protected] that will undoubtedly suffer from price ups and downs in the future starts on page 10. ADVERTISING SALES Glenn Ruegg tel: (519) 415-3276 Goat milk isn’t the only emerging industry highlighted in this issue of the magazine. Senior Sales Representative Starting on page 20, writer Mike Beaudin looks at the efforts of the Ontario Ministry [email protected] of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs’ Specialty Cropportunity (there’s a new word Jeff McKee tel: (519) 848-1112 Classifieds, Real Estate, Special Sections for our spell checker!) department to examine the potential for non-traditional crops [email protected] in the province. Specialists warn that, in lockstep with determining if a new crop can be ADVERTISING SALES CO-ORDINATOR grown on their farms, they must do a business plan and determine if there is a market Jennifer Stewart tel: (519) 763-6294 [email protected] for their new crops. ______Likewise with Susan Mann’s story on Vineland Research and Innovation Centre’s ADMINISTRATION studies on so-called world crops. Quinoa is the most familiar one but there are others, Silvia Schaerer tel: (613) 678-2232 such as Chinese eggplant, for which there is also a growing demand. 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HSUS to train police on dealing with animal cruelty In early March, the Humane Society of The HSUS said it has been doing this the United States (HSUS) announced it kind of thing for years. Federal Focus was training more than 700 law enforce- This is taking place at the same time ment personnel, at its own cost, on how to as HSUS and Oklahoma’s attorney-gen- investigate and handle animal cruelty eral Scott Pruitt are at loggerheads. cases, including the abuse of farm animals. According to HSUS critic Humanewatch. The partners in this include the org, in 2014 the attorney general began National Sheriff’s Association, the FBI, investigating HSUS fundraising and Humane Society of Tulsa, the state published a consumer alert. Pruitt association of chiefs of police, the state warned that donors’ dollars were leaving sheriffs and peace officers association and the state and animal shelters were not OFA’S MAIN TOPICS the Oklahoma Sheriff’s Association. being supported. The Meatingplace.com, a packing HSUS had already lost a similar battle ON THE HILL industry publication which thought this Oklahoma law enforcement looks to in New York State. Instead of providing was novel enough to report on it, quotes HSUS for advice on abuse of farm requested documents, the HSUS sued the deputy executive director of the animals. Pruitt. This keeps lawyers employed. National Sheriff’s Association as saying Maybe the state should have opened its law enforcement is at a disadvantage in training available to them. “The HSUS wallet so that cops aren’t “trained” by a animal abuse cases and there’s no other is a leader in training law enforcement.” quasi-animal rights organization. BF Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) regularly advocates with provincial politicians and policy makers on behalf of its 36,000 Campaign aims to end live animal exports farm members. Many of the issues facing Ontario agriculture are An organization that began fighting the food. Now it aims to halt the export of also impacted by federal decisions. shipment of live lambs to Singapore for live horses for human consumption. a Muslim festival last October has Rob Scott, chair of the Ontario OFA has been meeting with federal politicians on four key issues morphed into something that is against Sheep Marketing Agency, confirms that that impact our industry. transporting livestock for almost any the Singapore sheep ritually slaughtered purpose. for the Eid al-adha festival were from ✓ Trade negotiations — ensuring agriculture is represented and Officially launching a new Facebook an Ontario feedlot. He believes the page on Feb. 14, Canadians Against Live efforts are simply anti-Muslim and, considered in all international trade negotiations Export self-describes as “a group of done properly, Halal slaughter is ✓ Investments in agriculture — including rural infrastructure, concerned citizens working with veteri- painless. Consumption by Muslims Campaign against Halal slaughter in basic agricultural research, sustainability and food processing narians and other animal care profession- accounts for the remarkable growth in Singapore pro animal or just ✓ als who are prepared to speak out to show lamb consumption in Ontario in recent Managing risks — providing a stable economic foundation for anti-Moslem? the reality of live export” of animals for years. BF farmers through business risk management programs ✓ Canadian food policy — building from our National Food Short Subway sandwich lands in court Strategy to develop a national policy to promote healthy eating, safe food and better use of Canadian products According to the Huffington Post, social Subway agreed to work harder to make media moved a complaint about a short its foot-long sandwiches 12 inches long. Read more about these issues at ofa.on.ca. “foot-long” Subway sub to Chicago, The judge found that where a man sued Doctors’ Associates all buns were Inc., the sandwich maker’s parent made from the company and sought class action status. same amount His lawyer argued that advertising a of dough but “foot-long” bun and selling 11 inches some go out was like delivering 11 eggs instead of a of shape OFA: 80 years of supporting Ontario agriculture. dozen. (Some sandwiches measured during were a quarter of an inch short.) baking. BF Two years later, a federal court judge agreed, sort of. Ten people were awarded $500 each and Doctors’ Associates paid www.ofa.on.ca | Twitter: @OntarioFarms @OFABenefits | YouTube.com/OntarioFarms | Facebook.com/OntarioFarms their US$525,000 in legal fees. In the Half a million dollars in legal fees netted end, according to meatingplace.com, complainants $500 each.

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Hair nets for watermelon handlers? Growers don't take disease potential seriously, reader insists. Third-party auditor PrimusGFS stores handling the same produce enforces the Food Safety Modernization don’t have to wear hair nets. And Act and other food safety initiatives in there was more emphasis on the the United States and American water- hair nets than on the pole barns. melon growers are not impressed. One Growers argue that the rules of the requirements is that workers that apply to lettuce shouldn’t apply handling watermelons wear hair nets, to citrus and other fruit with a tough according to The Packer, an online protective skin. But not everyone industry publication. A second com- agrees. plaint is that all watermelon packing has An anonymous commenter, citing to be done in enclosed buildings. experience in the produce industry and Currently, most such work has been writing beneath The Packer story, washes done in pole barns. melons with diluted chlorine before At the National Watermelon cutting. There are serious risks with Field contamination with pathogens, Growers convention in New Orleans in watermelons and “their (sic) is not an including soil born listeria, are real the winter, growers criticized the acceptable food safety program in place; threats. It will take an incident to auditors, noting that workers in grocery you cannot have one in a pole barn. motivate this group.” BF

Ag-gag laws counterproductive, study finds So called “ag-gag” laws, the criminalization of hidden camera investigations on farms, usually by animal welfare or rightists groups, are counterproductive because reducing information flow reduces consumer confidence in how food is produced, according to a new study by the University of British Columbia. Animal rescuers in it for the bounty? The study says “we found that most people were unaware of ag-gag laws and that learning about them When a dozen feeder cattle escaped a horrific – and fatal – tractor leads to a decrease in trust in farmers and an increase in trailer accident 100 kilometres south of Sudbury last January, support for animal welfare regulations. Interestingly, we animal rescuers from Toronto stepped in. The spokesman for Save also found evidence that awareness of ag-gag laws Response Team was Paul Bali. He is the Ryerson philosophy negatively impacted perceptions of the current status of lecturer convicted for vandalizing a sign at the University of Guelph farm animal welfare as well as the perception that to protest a presentation by animal behaviourist Temple Grandin farmers do a good job of protecting the environment. last September. “Even the intention to restrict access to information The Sudbury Star reported that Bali offered $1,500 per head to can undermine trust,” the researchers wrote. Trust by anyone who could corral the animals. The plan was to send them to rural Republicans (in the United States) fell just as a rescue farm to live out their lives. Reports indicate, however, that much as by urban vegetarians, according to Jesse those hunters instead took advantage of a $75 a head bounty offered Robbins, one of the researchers. BF by the insurance company, which viewed the cattle as unmarketable and a potential liability if they strayed onto a highway. A picture of an ear tag that matched the truck’s manifest was requested. Bali tells Better Farming he is disappointed at how this turned out. His phone number was published in the Star and he says he received phone calls from farmers and ranchers who were concerned that the cattle were not cared for. “They weren’t happy with the way it was handled.” He adds that the Response movement is new in Ontario and in many cities. It is international and growing. It is there to save "Even the intention to restrict access can everything from baby squirrels that fall out of trees to incidents undermine trust." such as the tractor trailer that crashed and burned on Hwy 69. BF

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At a time when bovine milk processing is ‘contracting or remaining steady,’ says one industry insider, ‘the goat milk industry is one of those shining lights by JIM ALGIE that is continuing to grow’

uring 20 years milking goats in southwestern Ontario, Henry Dand Anja Van Der Vlies have watched two boom cycles go bust. But they’re also among veteran Ontario farmers presently riding the crest of a rising wave of goats’ milk to meet unprecedented demand. But future down cycles will occur, the couple said during a recent interview at their 1,200-doe milking operation near Teeswater. They identify several organizational challenges facing the industry, including Jennifer Haley The surging some associated with an influx of new producers with little livestock experi- ence. (See “Optimism about goat Ontario Goat represents the prov- farming is tempered by awareness of ince’s dairy, meat and fibre goat farmers. demand for boom-and-bust cycles,” on page 16.) For the second year in a row, goat Simply put, participants in the milking technology was a feature at dairy industry say Ontario’s goat farmers can’t expos. In February, federal Agriculture produce enough milk to keep up with Minister Lawrence MacAulay announced recent investments on the processing more than a quarter of a million dollars side. to help Canada’s goat industry “prepare Expansion announced last year of for mandatory national identification the 26-year-old Mariposa Dairy Ltd. in and traceability requirements.” Lindsay, as well as moves by Gay Lea “Processors are talking 10 per cent Co-operative Ltd. and Saputo Inc., year-over-year increases in the demand,” GOAT’S brands normally associated with cows’ Haley said. “It’s a great time to be milk products, are all responding to involved in the goat industry.” surging retail demand for goats’ milk Nutritional and culinary interest in products, notably specialty cheeses, both goat cheeses and continued strong here and in the United States. demand for goat’s meat among Canada’s Farmers appear poised for expansion surging immigrant population from and for a variety of new measures to areas with goat-friendly culinary manage supply and quality issues as the preferences confirms the optimism. industry matures. In 2015, the prov- “I am excited to see an industry, MILK ince’s 240 licensed producers generated which has been struggling for many about 42 million litres of milk, a years to get a foothold, become recog- doubling of production since 2005, nized as a viable industry,” Ontario Goat according to data from Ontario Goat president Anton Slingerland said. general manager Jennifer Haley. By early Corporate interest “just proves to January, as many as 25 new producers everybody all around that there’s a had applied for licenses, Haley says. future here,” Slingerland said.

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COVERSTORY A WE LCOME SEN SE OF PREDICTABILITY a minority ownership stake in Mariposa, D OF UN the 26-year-old processing business IN A WORL KNOWNS. founded by goat farmers Bruce and Sharon Vandenberg. Gay Lea chief executive officer Michael Barrett declined in a February interview to identify the capital value of his company’s goat-relat- ed investments, citing confidentiality obligations with other parties. But Barrett and others see new investments as a game changer. Even before its involvement with Hewitt’s and Mariposa, Gay Lea marketed goat cheeses under its Ivanhoe and Salerno brand names. In January, the Mississau- ga-based co-op opened membership to goat farmers in a move Barrett expects will attract new producers. Rotary milking parlour on the Van Der Vlies farm milks 60 goats at a time. Barrett and Woolwich manufacturing Montreal-based Saputo is among the Gay Lea purchase for an undisclosed vice-president Don Clodd squared off world’s top 10 dairy processors. In late price of Hagersville-based Hewitt’s during a goat information panel in early 2015, Saputo announced the $80-million Dairy. Hewitt has processed and January in Elmwood with a round of purchase of Orangeville-based marketed goat’s milk for 40 years, but good-natured banter about their Woolwich Dairy Inc., which also also transports and distributes milk competition. But there’s no mistaking operates in Quebec and Wisconsin. among other processors. that both operations need milk. Both Saputo’s move followed by a year the In early 2016, Gay Lea also announced continued on page 15

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continued from page 12 (ODGC). It’s the province’s largest Added processing has eliminated the Goat industry needs improved records to guide breeding broker, having handled about 22.2 immediate prospect of oversupply, Cum- men talked up expansion and export million litres in 2015 from 125 member/ mings said in his office as workers by JIM ALGIE opportunities. owners, ranging from Sarnia to New cleaned road grime from stainless steel “The goat industry is a maturing Liskeard to the Quebec border, says tank trucks in a large, adjacent garage. A mature Canadian goat industry will funding, to track goat pedigrees. It “less clear” than with scrapie, it’s industry,” Barrett said in a subsequent general manager Keith Cummings. “The processing challenges have all depend on improved records to guide also promises to yield a test for worth further study. interview. “It’s maturing in the sense been erased,” he noted. “There is breeding, not only for meat and milk resistance that could end the current “Regarding CAE, the literature that more organizations are certainly capacity for 120 million litres of goat quality issues, but also for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency certainly indicates there are resistant paying attention. It’s definitely a growth milk in Ontario. The producers are prevention of commercially limiting (CFIA) practice of depopulating herds and susceptible animals, but there is industry for us.” currently producing approximately 40 diseases, says Trent University diagnosed with scrapie to prevent not much data available as to which Woolwich’s Clodd told the Elmwood million litres annually.” geneticist Dr. Brad White. further spread of the reportable ones might be susceptible,” White audience that Saputo’s Woolwich Cummings credits his co-op with White and his colleagues have iden- disease. White’s results follow similar says. acquisition recognizes potential growth. helping to stabilize the business through tified gene variants capable of confer- findings in European goat research There are no known links between “It’s been stressed to me many times a crucial, two-year pricing agreement ring resistance to the prion protein and among sheep researchers. either scrapie or CAE to human that Saputo did not buy the business to with Woolwich which expires in 2017. It that causes scrapie, an incurable “I am confident that, for scrapie, disease. Both conditions limit health keep it status quo,” Clodd said. “We’re set a basic price of $1.03 per litre plus nervous-system disorder in goats. The by following the sheep model you and profitability among commercial looking to grow the business.” component bonuses for milk ingredi- discovery builds from a goat DNA bank can turn your herd from a tinder box goat herds. Improved, uniform At a time when bovine milk process- ents, such as fat and protein. established in Peterborough, that’s ready to explode to one that’s record-keeping among goat farmers ing is “contracting or remaining steady, Keith Cummings “We are strongly focussed on strategic partly with federal and more resistant,” White says. Sheep would help further research, White the goat milk industry is one of those growth,” Cummings said of current provincial government studies have identified five catego- says. shining lights that is continuing to ODGC supplies Woolwich and nine relations with Saputo. “Their view is very ries of resistance. Unlike with goats, “The industry is at a pivotal grow,” the Woolwich executive said. other specialty processors. A 36-year similar to ours. We don’t want to see any the current CFIA practice for scrapie- point,” he says, referring to the Much of the Woolwich supply of veteran of Ontario food processing, peaks and valleys. We don’t want to see affected sheep flocks spares “resis- potential for export sales of livestock Ontario-sourced milk comes through Cummings joined the co-op in Novem- any plateaux. We want to continue tant genotypes,” White says. “The genetics, such as pioneered among the 13-year-old, Teeswater-based ber of 2014 with a mandate to “bring a growing. The future is hugely bright for trouble with killing all the goats is Canadian breeders of Holstein cattle. 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about goats reflects significant growth in demand as North Ameri- OUTDOOR POWER EQUIPMENT cans catch up on nutritional benefits and culinary patterns well-estab- lished in world cultures elsewhere. Even so, not all those who enter the business stick. Ontario Goat president Anton Sling- erland, a welder/fitter who grew up on an Alberta dairy farm, started milking Goats in the Van Der Vlies barn are a goats near Norwich in 2004 with his mixture of Saanen, Alpine and wife, Tammy, as a way to refocus on La Mancha breeds. Cash in and SAVE with Instant Rebates on family life. Currently, the Slingerlands these top-selling models beginning April 1, 2016. NEW milk 275 goats and plan for spring He ships milk twice weekly through “I compare the dairy goat FOR expansion. Anton expresses strong the Ontario Dairy Goat Co-operative business to dairy cows back in 2016! optimism about the future of his in Teeswater and expects to grow to the 1950s and ’60s when every- PB250LN BLOWER business selling milk and livestock. about 250 does by late 2017. body was striving to get more milk But his biggest goal as head of the “The ideal would be around 350 per cow,” Duval says. “We have GT225 TRIMMER voluntary association representing dairy so that we can make a living off of lots of room to grow – and not 95 $ 95 goat farmers’ interests is to improve it,” Duval says. They decided on just grow but get better at what 189 $179 After $20 Rebate After $30 their education. His objective is “to farming after a manufacturing plant we do.” Rebate GT225SF solidify the industry and try to build a where Donald worked closed down For the Van Der Vlies, it’s a TRIMMER 95 tool box so everybody has standard and considered both beef and dairy matter of details. Their barn $ Milking cups on the rotary parlour, 189 operating practices,” Slingerland says. cows. But goats work better with arrangements provide a comfort- After $30 Rebate above. High-tech goat milking Donald Duval and his wife, their children and they just couldn’t able central hall for milkers with equipment has been featured at Get a Sophie, began milking goats in 2013 afford the dairy cows’ start-up costs. separate areas for six resident recent dairy expositions in Ontario. TRIMMER on a farm they bought from his The Duvals completed construc- billies, as well as segregated GAS ‘N’ GO KIT grandparents eight years earlier near tion recently of new Coverall housing nursery areas for young kids and only $ 95 Vankleek Hill in eastern Ontario. for goats and Donald figures he’s on newborns. The newborns require 19 Donald works full-time as a herds- track financially with current pricing special handling to prevent disease #96010000098 man on a nearby bovine dairy farm structures in the business by manag- transmission at birth, notably of Available at these and comes home to milk goats in a ing strategically for high-fat milk and Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis participating ECHO Dealers: reworked, former tie-stall cattle barn. off-season supply premiums. (CAE). But Henry emphasizes the Essex . . . . Advantage Farm Equipment . . . 519-723-2858 Ingersoll . . . Ken’s Small Engine Repairs . . . 519-425-4466 need for careful attention to all London . . . Advantage Farm Equipment . . . 519-652-1552 Komoka . . Komoka Machine Ltd ...... 519-657-2113 From left, Remy, Sophie, Jean, and Donald Duval in the goat barn. "The family can areas of the process. Wyoming . . . Advantage Farm Equipment . . . 519-845-3346 Alexandria . 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educator in 2003, is growing haskaps on 40 acres north of Belleville. He says The burgeoning market for specialty crops consumers descended on his farm last year when they learned he had 1,000 Whether it is more established crops like hops, okra and quinoa or still experimental ones such pounds for sale from his second as huitlacoche, a nutritious corn smut fungus, there is a growing demand growing season. “I was cleaned out in just three weeks,” he says. “People came for these niche products from an increasingly diverse consumer base from all over.” Pott is convinced haskaps, also by MIKE BEAUDIN grown in Saskatchewan and Nova Amaranth is one of the new specialty crops being grown in the Holland Marsh Scotia, will become one of the most iche crops destined for an aimed at the growing immigrant market in the Greater Toronto Area. popular crops in North America. The expensive restaurant or the Photo courtesy: University of Guelph Muck Crops Research Station bushes can survive temperatures of -9 C Nplates of health-conscious kilograms on a three-hectare plot. Okra, have to manually inject the fungus into even in bud, will grow in any type of consumers are sprouting up across Asian eggplant, tomatillos and amaranth each corn cob. But the potential payoff is soil and can be machine-harvested. He Ontario. are also emerging as crops aimed at this worth it, says Saville. A cob of sweet says it costs about $5,600 per acre to Growers are producing non-tradi- market. corn that might sell for 50 cents can be plant seedlings that take three to five tional crops such as hops, lavender, okra, Verkaik says new farmers in the turned into a huitlacoche cob worth $8. years to come into production. At the sea buckthorn, haskaps, quinoa and Marsh also reflect the changing face of Saville admits there are a number of current price of $2 a pound, most edamames to meet the changing needs the region. “People grow what they are challenges to overcome before growers are yielding $10,000 to $15,000 and tastes of today’s consumers. accustomed to, depending on their huitlacoche can be grown commercially, an acre. Evan Elford, one of six specialists country of origin,” he says. especially on the marketing side. But making money from niche crops working in the Ontario Ministry of Some specialty crops are still in the “Nobody wants to eat something called isn’t as simple as planting acres of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs experimental stage. Barry Saville, a smut but a corn truffle – that's some- haskaps or injecting corn to produce (OMAFRA) Specialty Cropportunities professor at Trent University in thing different.” huitlacoche. Special crops pose special department, says specialty crops can Peterborough, has been trialing The consumer trend toward healthier production problems like pest and help farmers grow profits or protect huitlacoche, a nutritious corn smut food is also fuelling the growth of disease management. In some cases, the themselves from volatile commodity fungus delicacy served in some of the specialty crops. About 35 Ontario growers crops are so new pesticides haven’t been prices. finest restaurants in North America. are producing haskaps, a berry with three registered for them. By definition, they are grown on Saville is about to enter his fourth year times more antioxidants that high bush Elford says there’s a lot to consider, small acreages, are non-traditional and of a $170,000-research project in blueberries and more vitamin C than an both on the production and marketing are either new or re-emerging such as Evan Elford shows the double blossom, single berry structure of the conjunction with OMAFRA. orange. Haskaps look like an elongated side. “Just because a crop can be grown hops. Growers come from a variety of haskap plant. Inoculating sweet corn cobs with a blueberry but have a tarter taste. doesn’t mean there’s a market for it,” he backgrounds. They may be retirees fungus and then harvesting them before James Pott, who retired as an says. BF looking for a challenge or conventional homework,” says Elford. “They need to Growers in the Holland Marsh know the spores spread to produce huitlacoche Photo courtesy: James Pott farmers trying to improve cash flow do a business plan before putting a crop all about serving a changing consumer is a labour-intensive process. Workers through diversification. But the potential in the ground. They have to understand market. Although carrots, onions and Photo courtesy: Barry Saville, Trent University for profit also comes with risk. where or how to sell the crop. Is it suited salad greens worth a combined $450 “People put in a crop because they to their growing zone or their growing million are the mainstay, a number of hear hype about it and don’t do their area?” growers are producing crops for the growing ethnic market in the Greater To- ronto Area (GTA) just south of the Marsh. Statistics Canada says the number of visible minorities in Toronto and area now make up more than 49 per cent of the population and could double in the next 20 years, with substantial growth in the Chinese and South Asian communities. Jason Verkaik, owner of Carron Farms, one of the largest growers in the Marsh, says he and other growers have been adapting to the GTA’s changing Huitlacoche, a crop being trialed at immigrant market since they started Trent University in Peterborough, is their 120-acre farm in 1934. Ten years made by inoculating sweet corn with The haskap berry, ideally suited to Ontario growing conditions, is high in antioxidants. Ontario-grown hops are in high demand by local breweries. ago, he started growing East Indian red a fungus. carrots and now produces 118,000

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Biopesticides becoming more than just a niche product

The fastest growing segment of the crop protection market, they offer growers a way to reduce their dependence on chemical pesticides and help them meet increasingly restrictive import and supermarket standards by MIKE BEAUDIN

rowers are all too familiar with the vicious cycle of pests that Gdevelop a genetic resistance to chemical applications. As soon as researchers and growers find a chemical that works, genetic systems adapt and the pests find a way to survive. Then the costly cycle starts all over again. The solution to ending this cycle lies in the use of biopesticides as part of an Integrated Pest Management program, says Dr. Anissa Poleatewich, a researcher Dr. Anissa Poleatewich focuses most of her biopesticide research on greenhouse crops. All products have to be tested for and plant pathologist at the Vineland efficacy and approved by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Research and Innovation Centre in the Niagara region. Biopesticides use formulated micro- Poleatewich is working with growers, researchers and manu- bial or bacterial agents derived naturally facturers on ways to develop and apply biopesticides. Her work is www.AGHS.CA from plants and animals to control pests. largely focused on greenhouse applications for growers across [email protected] Brinston, ON Brantford, ON Poleatewich says biopesticides are the Canada. 613-652-1010 ext.223 519-770-5852 fastest growing segment of the crop She says the growth in biopesticides is being driven by a protection market. Citing a Meister number of factors beyond the push to develop new and innova- Media special report, she says the tive ways to manage resistance. Biopesticides also reduce the biopesticide market increased more than Growers use biopesticides as an insurance policy against an infestation. residue of chemical pesticides, which helps growers meet 200 per cent from 2007 to 2012. increasingly rigid import restrictions in the European Union and Grain Storage Systems more restrictive supermarket standards. They also allow for a shorter pre-harvest. • Grain Bins In the time it took Billy to • Hopper Tanks “The bio control industry has been around for a long time but On Time… on Budget ! Grain Handling Systems When it comes to hard-earned dollars, convince his dad that one has started to gradually evolve in the past 30 years,” says Poleate- no one likes unpleasant surprises. Our wich, who helped develop a biopesticide to control apple scab • Sweeps puppy wasn’t enough... proposals and contracts are clear, concise, while working on doctoral research at Penn State before joining • Conveyors and very detailed. The minute we receive • Catwalks and Towers your go-ahead, we get to work. the Vineland team four years ago. “It had a lot of problems early • Unloading Systems on. There were some snake oil products, some companies didn’t • Grain Spreaders The project is entered into our automated project management tool where, equipment, deliver on promises and the efficacy rules weren’t as stringent. It and resources are allocated and scheduled. gave the industry a bad rap as being not reliable, too expensive Conditioning Systems The result… a project completed on time, • Beard & Tower Dryers on budget, and unless you’ve specifically and inconsistent.” requested it, She says perceptions that biopesticides are just a niche • Centrifugal Fans • Axial Fans NO EXTRA CHARGES. You could’ve done a product have changed now that major players like Monsanto, • Centrifugal In-Line Fans Bayer and Syngenta are investing heavily in them. All products • Heaters *** NEw *** • Controls Farmland Health Check-Up. have to be tested for efficacy and approved by the Ontario High-mount Vents Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA). As a Feed Bin Systems Working with a Certified Crop Advisor for a few hours to assess your To get started, email: [email protected] Limited to farm businesses in the Great Lakes Agricultural The solution to Stewardship Initiative eligible area. result, more growers, both conventional and organic, especially farm’s soil and pollinator health opens the door for up to $25,000 • Feed Bin Systems moisture in grain cost-share funding through the Farmland Health Incentive Program. in the greenhouse sector, are turning to biopesticides. • Flexible Auger Systems bins. The Farmland Health Check-Up — it’s time well spent. Norm Hansen, an organic farmer who grows greenhouse • Rigid Auger Systems tomatoes and mini-cucumbers on six-and-a-half acres near Give us a call !

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Kingsville, has relied on biopesticides for years. Unlike conventional growers, Confirming nitrogen rate applications on corn Hansen doesn’t have the luxury of using chemical pesticides. Flexibility in application timing is important. Placing all the nitrogen on at one time may or He says they conduct widespread may not produce the desired outcome. Splitting applications reduces the risk of trials on biopesticides before applying them across the entire crop in an any one decision being wrong effort to manage costs. Organic crops are already priced 50 per cent higher by DALE COWAN than conventional crops because the costs of labour, natural nutrients and he Partners in Nitrogen (PIN) in biopesticides are 120 per cent higher the early 1990s was a collabora- and the yield is 80 per cent lower, says Ttive research project between Hansen. government and industry to develop It’s difficult to measure their cost and calibrate a lab-based nitrate soil test effectiveness because they act like an insur- for determining the appropriate rate of ance policy. Growers who don’t use them nitrogen application on corn. could risk major crops losses, he says. Since then, many field trials and Hansen says the real advantage to adjustments have been made to enhance biopesticides is that most weeds struggle its utility. What sometimes is lost or to develop a resistance to them. If or Poleatewich describes biopesticides as the fastest growing segment of the forgotten is that the test was really when they do, it’s much easier to crop protection market. designed to work in a cash-crop develop another natural product that environment with no added organic will work. truly believe we will eventually have 100 year, even though the old ones still nitrogen sources from either legumes, He adds: “We’re always right on the biopesticides to choose from. We will work. The future is very bright for manures or biosolids. But we have a The prediction of N release from organic sources remains elusive. edge with conventional pesticides. I get two, three or four new ones every biopesticides.” BF greater need to know the N supply PRIVACY STATEMENT Introducing the 2200 Series from THE FOLLOWING IS INTENDED TO COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENTS OF THE PERSONAL INFORMATION The industry's leading baler Hesston. 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6537_CAFA-ad_RESIZE.indd 1 2015-12-09 11:21 AM CROPS:YIELDMATTER$ CROPS:THELYNCHFILE under these conditions and, to this day, decide how much pre-plant N, starter N, the prediction of N release from organic early side-dress and later-in-season sources remains somewhat elusive. We applications are needed. Rules to help you get safely through definitely have gotten better at it One of the drivers behind this is the through improved management of the requirement that up to 40 per cent of planting season resources and understanding of the the nitrogen is required after VT (tassel) nitrogen cycle. growth stage of corn. It is rare that we Many problems are not as bad as first thought. But following some simple guidelines Nitrate soil tests can be used in a grow corn with no applied commercial can minimize even more cropping system with manure, but N, although some cropping systems can timing of the testing is everything and do so. By splitting the nitrogen supply, a Splitting applications of N is a good by PAT LYNCH so are the weather effects on mineraliza- portion can be applied early, either risk management strategy. tion in early spring. There still is an art preplant or at planting or even early side to the science, especially when it comes dress at V3 to V5 to support early season nitrogen still in ammonium form and it remember the spring day the to deciding what is influencing the growth, and then determine the final will not be read by the ion probe in the TerraGator drove over a car at an conversion of organic nitrogen sources requirements. The problem is to unit. This can underestimate soil N Iintersection. The driver never saw to inorganic sources for plant uptake at determine the final application rate and supply, especially in systems with the car. the time decisions need to be made. that usually means taking a nitrate soil significant organic N sources. I remember the sprayer that brought It can become complex because the test. Typical lab results from last spring down some hydro wires because he fall and spring weather, along with soil Often, we are under time constraints season can be found below. You can see forgot to lower the boom. Then there texture, soil organic matter, soil struc- at that point in the growing season how much ammonium nitrogen can be was the car that was run over in a ture, residue and tillage management, which make it difficult to take soil tests present in early May from a fertilizer fertilizer yard when the farmer parked it organic sources, rates and timing of and send them to the lab, wait for a application at the end of April. If you behind the custom sprayer. application can all combine to upset response then interpret the values into a were making a reading for a final I was involved when numerous fields nitrogen mineralization and release. recommendation if required. nitrogen application, you could easily were sprayed with the wrong product Indeed, one of the approaches to So what’s the solution? underestimate the soil nitrogen supply and, the odd time, sprayed twice. I determining N rates is to take into We are seeing the introduction of by only having the nitrate value. As the helped resolve numerous problems account a multitude of factors which portable testing systems such as the season progresses and nitrogen converts when the wrong field was fertilized. I influence the N supply from the soil and Yield Center 360 Soilscan nitrate to nitrate, there will be less difference have witnessed many growers and retail make multiple applications necessary. It analyzer, a system designed to be used at between laboratory versus portable staff completely stressed out during the requires flexibility in application timing, the field edge to analyze a soil nitrate systems. planting season. Too often, I have seen making more than one application and test that was just taken from the field. It completely frustrated customers take having a nitrogen budget that is fluid. is claimed that a nitrate nitrogen value Timing Nitrate Ammonium Total N their business elsewhere. And I know of The final N rate may not be known until and recommendation can be available in date ppm ppm ppm herbicides and equipment stolen during the final application is made. just five minutes. April 13 12 4 16 planting season. This may not sound like a good risk We will be testing these units this Many of these things could have been May 6 25 10 35 management strategy, but really it is. spring. One question I get is whether it prevented. 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Soil moisture conditions prior to comparing the results. Reproducibility gives us values right away should not be with your supplier. www.masseyferguson.us reproductive growth stage, along with can be determined by running the same construed as necessarily being better If you are planning on using custom consideration for plant populations, sample repeatedly, recording the answer than a lab. It may not move our knowl- applicators, make sure they have good AdvAntAge FArm equipment Essex, Inwood, London, mApLe LAne FArm serviCe accumulated heat units and weather and looking at variance in the values. edge base further ahead. However, if maps. 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By far the greatest habits in the field – results in more yield potential will be greater at V10 variance in expected results – up to 75 samples being done, it may well increase growth stage than what the original per cent of the error – still comes from our ability to understand what is dAn r. sHAntz FArm equipment Gananoque, Plantagenet, Winchester Alma yield goal determined back in the winter how the sample was taken and pro- happening in our fields with nitrogen during the planning exercise. cessed. Consistency here is absolutely supply from any source. BF HAwLey’s gArAge w.J. LAmBert & sons Ltd. Managing nitrogen as a system vital to eliminate this as a source of stan- Belleville Beaverton requires an understanding of gains and dard error. Dale Cowan is a Certified Crop Adviser in losses of nitrogen from the soil system, These units determine nitrate N only Ontario and the Senior Agronomist and Hyde BrotHers FArm crop nutrient demands and the timing at the present time. This may be Sales Manager for Agris and Wanstead equipment Give and take can reduce the stress Hensall of different nitrogen applications. problematic because, early in the season, Co-operatives, located in southwestern at planting time. ©2015 AGCO Corporation. Massey Ferguson is a worldwide brand of AGCO Corporation. AGCO and Massey Ferguson are Determine the total N required and then we can have a significant amount of Ontario. trademarks of AGCO. All rights reserved. MF15P095CRv01

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Leaving keys in a piece of farm equipment is a recipe for trouble.

especially if the delivery person is not you do not have product, tell your I can’t get over the number of growers from the area. customer so and when he can expect it. that leave their keys in the ignition of If you are using custom applicators, If you are a customer, do not expect your trucks and tractors. Do not leave keys in give them sufficient lead time. When supplier to have every product in stock equipment. Make no exceptions. Find a you ask them to spread or spray a that you might need. Suppliers try to common place to hide keys. Too many certain farm, give them 24-48 hours’ no- keep inventory to a minimum. It helps people think it is fun to take a tractor for tice. And if you are a custom applicator, when growers order and take product a “wild ride.” be honest with your customers as to ahead of when used. When you discover a problem, do not when you can get there. I have seen For goodness sakes, lock up all your spend a lot of time placing fault. Figure fields sprayed two or three weeks after pesticides, whether at home or in a field. out how to make the best of it, take the order was placed. It would have been It is the law. And it is very frustrating corrective actions and then assess better to switch custom applicators. and time-consuming to have to deal responsibility. Often, what seems like a If you are a supplier, be “up front.” If with stolen pesticides. major problem in the spring ends up having no effect on yield. Are you still getting your farm news from a newspaper? Be sure to work safely. This means eating well, getting as much sleep as possible and taking breaks. Too often, Still waiting till next week to read mistakes are made that could have been prevented if someone just went more today’s headlines? Really? slowly and thought out possibilities. And if you want to make someone’s u Glyphosate-tolerant alfalfa debuts in day, bring them some doughnuts or Eastern Canada something else. They are probably having as busy a day as you are. GET IT u Two well-paid CEOs and an off-again Through it all, keep a positive on-again ADM attitude. It is nice to hear please and thanks in a busy season. And keep your NOW! u Neonic reporting requirements sense of humour. There are worse things generate confusion in life than spraying the wrong product, u Ontario dairy industry’s skim milk planting too shallow or using the wrong surplus nears crisis population. Most problems are never as bad as first thought.BF u New Canadian dairy program will prohibit tail docking Consulting agronomist Pat Lynch, CCA (ON) formerly worked with the Ontario agriculture Visit BetterFarming.com today and see why ministry and with Cargill. we’re the place to go for Ontario farm news. NO FLUFF! NO PRESS RELEASES! All news is written by our award-winning Better Farming Real Ontario Farm News. editorial team. Get Connected Today!

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don’t work. It wasn’t even worth “There is opportunity, but there’s not experimenting with it.” an opportunity for all Ontario growers,” Verkaik, who’s also president of the he said. Farmers should be cautious “no Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers matter how excited somebody might get Association, said Vineland is doing great you about it.” work developing world crops for Brownbridge said they’re trying to Ontario growers, but it’s risky to base an take the guesswork and “risk out of it for entire farm business on them. anybody wanting to grow this.” They’re working to provide technical informa- Gillian Limebeer, research technician tion and knowledge along with econom- at Vineland Research and Innovation ic data to illustrate potential earnings. Centre, holding a bucket filled with Zvalo said most of the world’s okra. Field of eggplant plants at Vineland eggplant crops are grown in countries Research and Innovation Centre. with warmer conditions than Ontario or Canada. By modifying the environment Demand for locally-produced and “employing modern production Chinese long eggplant is currently techniques, we can actually do it here,” outstripping local production, Zvalo he said. said in July. However, local production is ramping up with “farmers who are Viliam Zvalo, research scientist for world crops at Vineland Research and Innovation Centre, holding Chinese long eggplant. From 1990 to 2015, eggplant consump- tion in Canada increased by 400 per cent, interested.” Zvalo said. Traditional Italian pear- Brownbridge said all of the retailers sharped eggplant, with its dark purple they’ve worked with “have expressed a skin, has been available on the market for desire to have local product available Chinese long eggplant offers good returns decades. Consumers have rejected that whenever possible. It has to be cost- kind in favour of light purple-skinned competitive” and the Centre’s work this but carries some risk for growers Chinese long eggplant, which now makes year is on improving production up 95 per cent of the market. efficiencies.BF With the help of the Vineland Research and Innovation Centre, a handful of Ontario growers are making progress with non-traditional crops like eggplant and okra, but they warn that it’s still too risky to base an entire farm business on them Your Source by SUSAN MANN Trusted

he returns for non-traditional analysis, show that returns after factor- Eight varieties of long eggplant, one of Information is plentiful in today’s modern world. But as a farmer, crops like Chinese long eggplant ing in variable costs are $1,600 to $3,300 Indian round eggplant and five varieties your valuable time is more limited than ever. Tmay seem impressive, but Ontario per acre for Chinese long eggplant and of okra are being tested. Researchers are $1,400 to $3,500 per acre for okra. That’s also working on eggplant production for vegetable grower Jason Verkaik cautions As much as you might need new information, Better Farming farmers to proceed carefully if they want a higher return than for some crops greenhouses, post-harvest innovations also gives you insight and understanding. We put the to jump into production. traditionally grown in Ontario, such as and market development. information into context, give it theoretical framing and suggest cucumber, watermelon, sweet corn, Brownbridge said the centre’s world ways to act on it. pumpkin and potato. crops program began in 2011. The list of However, several more years’ worth potential new crops was whittled down A trusted source. To help you farm better. of data from farmers are needed to have from more than 20 to Chinese long very reliable numbers on the crops’ eggplant, Indian round eggplant and profitability, said research director okra. They’re the ones mainly demanded Better Farming is the discerning farmer’s trusted source Michael Brownbridge. by various ethnic groups immigrating to for insight, analysis and investigative reporting about Ontario There are currently three farmers Canada. agriculture. growing Chinese long eggplant in “If you look at sales of new vegetables Ontario, including one who recently overall, (eggplant and okra) probably We believe we need to earn your trust every month, with doubled his Holland Marsh acreage to account for 80 per cent of the total every magazine. It’s our solemn vow to Ontario’s farm 10 acres. Farmers from other parts of volume of sales,” he said. community and ag industry. Jason Verkaik Canada also want to grow the crop. Verkaik said he used to grow two to At a Vineland open house in July, three acres of Chinese long eggplant but, Vineland Research and Innovation research scientist Viliam Zvalo said the after a cool summer, he only got two Centre’s preliminary numbers, based on Centre is developing a production system pickings from the crop, which normally one year’s worth of data collection and for non-traditional crops in Ontario. has three to five. “Then the numbers just

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Are we ready for driverless tractors and combines? Bill C-246 Already, a young Manitoba inventor has operated a tractor remotely by using his laptop computer and you can be sure that a number of tractor manufacturers are already working to provide systems for their tractors OFA OPPOSES CRIMINAL by RALPH WINFIELD t is difficult to comprehend that we CODE AMENDMENTS IN have auto-steering on tractors and Icombines, as well as cars that park themselves, but can we accept that we PROPOSED BILL are likely to have remote controlled tractors in the near future? Most of us can contemplate remote- controlled drones to do crop scouting, but can we accept a driverless tractor pulling a grain buggy coming alongside Bill C-246 was introduced into parliament in February 2016, and proposes several to receive the offload from the combine? significant changes to animal cruelty provisions in the Criminal Code. These It seems incredible, but not unlikely. changes threaten animal agriculture and the Ontario Federation of Agriculture As a young lad in the 1950s, I remem- (OFA) has outlined our strong concerns to all Ontario Members of Parliament. ber my first tractor-driving lesson. My brother put me on the tractor, showed OFA’s concerns with Bill C-246 include: me the basic operations and then stood ✓ There is no definition of “animal” provided in the new provisions back. I soon learned to manoeuvre that Driverless tractors are available but still require an operator on board. 20-something horsepower Ford 8N, ✓ Animal cruelty provisions would be moved to an inappropriate section which didn’t have a fuel gauge or power correct its signal. Those early yield maps need for extensive crop scouting to find of the criminal code that deals with sexual offenses, public morals and steering. I persevered and got to be a provided some fantastically interesting stunted or discolored plants. These disorderly conduct reliable and dependable operator. comparative yield data within a field. drone maps permit zeroing-in for ✓ I plowed with two-furrow plows, Google mapping came next. It is specific soil testing needs or other The addition of terms like “killing an animal” and “permitting an animal to worked ground with an eight-foot absolutely incredible what you can see crop-suppressing problems. be killed” to the criminal code — that currently focuses on cruelty to animals cultivator and planted with an old on and around your own properties as So can driverless tractors or com- 13-run grain drill on steel wheels. well as those of your neighbours. At bines be far away? Cars not only have Canada has effective codes of practice for the care and handling of farm animals, Strangely enough, I still have a Ford 8N present, Google maps only provide a backup cameras and proximity sensors, and the criminal code has extensive provisions against cruelty to animals. OFA is and a 15-run grain drill on steel wheels. one-shot look at crops and property but some are capable of parallel parking very concerned about the implications for Ontario’s animal agriculture industry Neither one has been in the field in the boundaries. However, work is underway themselves. Some cars are also able to with the type of sweeping legislative changes proposed in Bill C-246. last 30 years. that will permit layering to highlight sense frontal proximity to other vehicles As an engineering student in the early erosion-susceptible areas of fields and and slow down or “set” the brakes for For more information on OFA’s activities around Bill C-246, visit ofa.on.ca. 1960s, I had to program a massive IBM erosion rates that will allow conscien- faster response as well. computer using the Fortran language tious operators to minimize erosion by It has been reported that a young and punch cards. I vowed then that switching to no-till or putting in grassed inventor, Matt Reimer, from near computers would never replace the waterways. Killarney, Man., has operated a tractor trusty slide rule. Looking back, I did Based on those early field/yield maps, remotely by using his laptop computer! pass the “Computer Appreciation the computer systems in our tractor and With this type of information being Course” and still have the log-log slide combine cabs have permitted the use of publicly available, you can bet that a OFA: 80 years of supporting Ontario agriculture. rule in my desk drawer for nostalgic auto-steering systems that allow for number of tractor manufacturers are reasons. hands-free steering and the elimination already working to provide systems for I also remember the first GPS I put of planting overlap to save seed, their tractors. Now we know that GPS on the combine to permit the yield fertilizer and avoid harvesting problems. Ontario already has that capability monitor to provide yield maps. That These same field-mapping systems available. Fortunately or unfortunately, www.ofa.on.ca | Twitter: @OntarioFarms @OFABenefits | YouTube.com/OntarioFarms | Facebook.com/OntarioFarms GPS had to see a ground-based beacon are giving rise to the use of drone the system cannot be used legally in the United States to stabilize or systems that can virtually eliminate the without an operator on board.

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yield maps. Did I envision an auto-steer- ing system for the combine at that time? Few promises for the ag sector You bet I didn’t! I also remember my first attempts to off-load the combine on the move. The in the first Trudeau Liberal budget process required slowing the combine a The CFA was being kind when it thanked the government for its ‘modest investments’ in agriculture. nominal amount to ensure a constant ground speed and prevent spillage as I Is there more to come? used hand signals to advise the grain Off-loading grain on the go can be a challenge but it increases combine buggy tractor operator to move ahead by BARRY WILSON capacity dramatically. or back so we would get all the grain into the buggy. He, of course, used the n the early days of the Justin Trudeau be forgiven for feeling a bit left out. Jordan Wallace of GPS Ontario Many of us have lived through harvested cornrows as his driving federal Liberal government, life as a Budget day in the House of Commons showed me a video of a working remote interesting times. I remember when we guide. Inewly minted cabinet minister must offered few promises for his sector other control system operating a carrot cart didn’t have Ontario Hydro on the home I will just be an observer as I watch a be good. Spending is no object – how than the usual bromides about how alongside a carrot harvester in the farm. I not only milked cows by hand hands-free combine operator drive a much do you need, how do your important the agri-food industry is to Holland Marsh. Both units were follow- but also remember driving a team of tractor and grain buggy alongside a priorities fit our “middle-class” agenda?’ the economy and rural areas. ing the predetermined path set out by the horses as part of the threshing gang combine using a laptop computer. A $30 billion deficit, promises of The farm/food sector was a signifi- GPS. Since both units had to be operated when I was a teenager. By the way, this article was dictated by investment in a variety of sectors and cant part of the economy largely missing simultaneously, they had to be circled I did get that massive IBM computer my wife Joan to one computer and then causes, and a hint of more to come was from the most interventionist and back and only work one way across the programmed using Fortran to optimize it was transferred to three others before the order of the day when finance expansionist federal budget in at least carrot field as the cart (buggy) had to be the shape of a water channel – and I did she could get her iPhone out of her minister Bill Morneau delivered his first two political generations. Lawrence MacAulay alongside continuously. By contrast, there pass the course. pocket! BF budget in late March. The Canadian Federation of Agricul- is only an intermittent need for a grain I owned an early combine yield But on a day that seemed to promise ture (CFA) was being kind when it with a hope that there are better days ahead. buggy to pull alongside when the monitor and GPS that allowed me to Agricultural engineer Ralph Winfield farms at something for almost everyone, agricul- thanked the government for its “modest So what was promised from a million- McCormick Better Farming ad 7 x 4.875.qxp_Layout 1 2015-03-05 2:27 PM Page 1 combine grain tank is almost full. draw very interesting and informative Belmont in Elgin County. ture minister Lawrence MacAulay might investments for Canadian agriculture” aire finance minister from Toronto with

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Better Farming May 2016 Farm News First > BetterFarming.com 39 38 OPC_AN_May2016.inddFarm News First 1 > BetterFarming.com Better 2016-04-13Farming May 9:05 2016 AM McCormick_CC_Apr16.inddMcCormick_SK_May15.indd 11 2016-03-102015-04-09 10:12 6:03 PMAM THEHILL 4-H in Ontario some grounding in food industry issues On food safety, the Canadian Food next generation of Growing Forward Building Strong Youth Leadership through marriage into the McCain Inspection Agency will receive more than business risk management support family of New Brunswick? $38 million over two years to “strengthen programs kick into high gear over the 4-H Ontario is a grassroots organization of leaders building leaders. There was the usual budget tip-of- and modernize Canada’s food safety next year. Will support reductions In 2015, 1,762 dedicated volunteers committed their time and efforts to teaching youth the-hat to the need for more rural system” with emphasis on higher-risk imposed on farmers in 2013 be Internet connection – $500 million over domestic and imported foods. reversed as many farm groups are to be better leaders and citizens in their communities. five years, although rural residents can However, as the CFA pointed out, requesting? be forgiven for being a bit skeptical, there was no Liberal promise to honor What shape will the promised Celebrating 4-H Volunteers given unfulfilled promises of universal the Conservative promise for compensa- investment in research and science take rural high-speed Internet dating back tion to supply management farmers if and will Agriculture Canada find some From April 1-3, 2016 4-H Ontario volunteers from across the almost a decade. trade deals undermine their sectors and more resources in its Liberal booty bag? province descended upon the Nottawasaga Inn & Resort in There was the usual government no promise of dealing with tax issues in And what will the government do Alliston for 4-H Ontario’s Conference and Annual Meeting. budget bromide recognizing the family farm transfers, key to enticing the about those trade deals negotiated with The conference was an opportunity for volunteers to meet, importance of the agri-food sector in the next generation onto the land. the European Union and Asia-Pacific network and enhance their skills through presentations and economy. “Moving forward, the govern- But of course, this is Budget One of at countries, which hold promise for food workshops. The organization’s AGMs took place, as well ment is committed to supporting an least four Liberal budgets and everything and agricultural exporters but also a as two celebrations to recognize the accomplishments of agricultural and agri-food sector that is couldn’t be promised at once. downside for some sectors. volunteers within the organization. The Monsanto Volunteer strong and innovative.” So attention now turns to the priority Budget 2017 should reveal more Luncheon recognized those with 20 years of service and more And there was positive news about that agriculture and food issues receive answers for the sector. If not, the early in fi ve-year increments. In total, 53 volunteers were acknowl- investing more in agricultural research, a from the government over the next impression that agriculture is not a edged including 45-year volunteers Lynda McCuaig (Carleton) sector seriously damaged during the several years, once MacAulay becomes priority for the new government will be and Raymond Wilson (Hamilton-Wentworth), 50-year nine Conservative years of government, more comfortable and forceful with the confirmed.BF volunteer Joan Law (Wellington), 55-year volunteer Murray and in including agriculture as one of issues he has inherited. Cranston (Hamilton-Wentworth) and Giles Hume (Elgin), who the key players in the government’s A key indicator of government Barry Wilson is a member of the was celebrating 60 years with 4-H Ontario. pledge to pursue more robust climate support will be Ottawa’s position when Parliamentary Press Gallery specializing in Among the many contributions Giles has made to the Giles Hume (right) with Maggie Kyle (left) last year’s winner of the Giles change-mitigation policies. federal-provincial negotiations over the agriculture. organization, is his funding of the Giles Hume 4-H Ontario Hume 4-H Ontario Centennial Award. Centennial Award. Applicants are asked to submit a 500 word letter or video application outlining their dedication, Entering a new decade for the Ontario determination, and passion for 4-H and their community, as Great financing now available! well as their post-secondary aspirations, leadership skills, 4-H Ambassador Program! Performance Solutions for community involvement and good academic standing. Last 0% on ROLLANT, VARIANT and year, Maggie Kyle of Brant County 4-H Association received Your Entire Operation UNIWRAP Round Balers this $2,000 award. More information about applications for this for 48 months and a payment credit of $4,200 year’s award can be found on the Youth page of the 4-H Ontario off first semi-annual payment* website under Scholarships and Grants. 0% on QUADRANT Square Balers Three additional volunteers were nominated by their peers for 48 months and a payment credit of $4,800 for a 2016 Syngenta 4-H Ontario Arbor Award. The Syngenta off first semi-annual payment or choose 4-H Ontario Arbor Award recognizes a select group of 4-H excellent lease terms!* Ontario volunteers who have served the organization for over 0% on DISCO, VOLTO and 10 years and have positively impacted both 4-H in Ontario and their local community. This is 4-H Ontario’s most prestigious LINER Hay Tools for 48 months* volunteer award. The recipients of the 2016 Syngenta 4-H Congratulations to the 2016 Ontario 4-H Ambassadors! Ontario Arbor Award are Rob Ashton, Durham West; Keith Coleman, Lennox & Addington and Barb McAllister, Celebrating at 4-H Ambassador Orientation banquet: From (L-R) Tammy Oswick-Kearney Ontario 4-H Council president; 4-H Wellington County. Ambassadors Logan Emiry, Sudbury District; Elaine Jeffs, Northumberland County and Laura DeKlein, Middlesex County; Volunteer 4-H club leader helps youth gain confi dence program sponsor representatives Janice Johnson, GROWMARK, Inc. and Dianne Kennedy, UPI Energy LP; 4-H Ambassadors Vicki Brisson, Connect Equipment G.J.’s Farm Equipment Reis Equipment Centres 4-H leaders know when youth need that little push to come Prescott and Russell County; Sadie-Jane Hickson, Kawartha Lakes Chepstow 519-366-2325 Burgessville 519-424-9374 Carp 613-836-3033 Haliburton region and Julie French, Peel region. Winchester 613-774-2273 out of their shells or a change in an activity to help a DeBoer’s Farm Equipment Hartington Farm Service St. Isidore 613-527-1501 Elora 519-846-5388 Perth 613-264-0485 particular young person reach their potential. Sunova Implement Elliott’s Farm Equipment Ken Brownlee Isabel Miller of Haldimand spent time as a 4-H member Lakeside 519-349-2075 Pembroke 613-638-5372 & Sons Equipment claas.com when she was a teenager before making the move to volun- Earlton 705-563-2212 teer in 1992, fi rst as a parent volunteer and then as a leader © 2016 CLAAS of America Inc. Offer begins April 1, 2016 and ends June 30, 2016 and applies only to new CLAAS round and square balers purchased in Canada and financed through CLAAS Financial Services. and out of country chaperone. Even after her youngest child Financing subject to credit approval from CLAAS Financial Services. Offers cannot be combined with any other promotional offer. Equipment must be financed at listed terms to receive special financing offer through Proud supporters of 4-H! CLAAS Financial Services or early settlement penalties will apply. See participating dealer for details. 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At Discovery Days, youth aged 6-12 (prior to Jan 1, 2016) are invited to learn about 4-H. Day includes: pizza lunch, t-shirt, activities, the answer to these questions & more...

Why do cows need to belch? How do you cross the chocolate river?

Date Location Register By: May 14 Orono May 2 May 28 Seaforth May 16 Jun 4 Kemptville May 23 Jun 11 Georgetown May 30 Jun 25 Ridgetown June 13 www.4-HOntario.ca/discovery-days Above: Rob Ashton (middle) 1.877.410.6748 receiving his Syngenta 4-H SPONSORED BY BEEF FARMERS OF ONTARIO Ontario Arbor Award from Clare Wooding, Internal Communications Specialist, Syngenta (left) and Debra Brown, Executive Director, 4-H Ontario (right)

Left: Keith Coleman and his wife Anne

Right: (l-r) Roy McAllister, Judy Ostopovich & Kevin McAllister – Barb McAllister’s children accepting on her behalf.

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4H_YY_May'16.indd 118 2016-04-12 9:37 PM FOCUS ON FARM BUILDINGS FOCUS ON FARM BUILDINGS Hobby / Recreational 2015 PROJECT 2015 PROJECT Glen White Memorial Award for Project of the Year & Horse Category II Horse Category I AWARDS Sponsored by Concrete Ontario Sponsored by Agway Metals AWARDS Sponsored by Steelway Building Systems 60’ x 74’ RV Garage with Loft 60’ X 80’ x 16’ Indoor Riding Arena Stable and Riding Arena Award-winning entry submitted by Builder: and 36’ x 42’ Horse Barn POST Farm Structures Award-winning entry submitted by Builder: Designed by: POST Farm Structures with Viewing Room HFH Inc. Engineered by: Tacoma Engineers Designed by: HFH Inc. 4 20-stall Stable includes 4 wings with central timber-framed tower to 22’ high, CFBA Member Suppliers: Engineered by: Tacoma Engineers topped with 10’ octagon custom cupola – attached Riding Arena is 80’ x 208’ Mar-Span Truss, Andex Metals, CFBA Member Suppliers: Insulated & lined & heated with scissor truss. Approximately 31,000 square feet. Davon Sales, Greenwood Ready Mix 4 Main framing is studwall on poured concrete foundations. Mar-Span Truss, System Fencing 4 Exterior is fi nished with Exterior Insulated System (EIFS) with natural stone perimeter apron with arched stone entrances and custom trims. Roofi ng cladding is 4 ice and water shield and fi breglass shingles. Three car / Two RV garage and storage building. 4 4 South & East wings open to covered porticos with fi r and pine 1x8 horizontal pre-fi nished exterior cladding. 4 Loft, porch and (2) 10’ lean-to’s underside fi nishes. 4 Custom trim to doors and windows. 4 8” thick foundation (4’ high in barn only) with a stone edge 4 Interior stone and timber accents – wash stalls lined with natural stone. Custom 4 3 - 9’ x 8’ / 2 – 14’ x 14’ carriage style overhead doors. 4 Arena is a pole building cabinetry in Hickory w quartz tops - Blanket room lined with natural cedar & fully 4 In-fl oor heating to entire garage. 4 Engineered attic truss for hay loft above barn ventilated for drying & fresh air. Complex includes one full kitchen, three wash- 4 BASF Epoxy Topcoat applied to fl oor c/w Anti-Skid. 4 R10 insulation panels underneath 5” concrete fl oor—2” SM insulation rooms, two tack rooms, one blanket room, mechanical room and laundry room. All 4 Ground level utility and storage under 48” stairway. 4 R22 Roxul wall insulation & R50 ceiling insulation doors and hardware were made unique for this project’s owner. 4 PVC coated plywood interior cladding for washable fi nish. 4 Interior walls and ceiling clad with rough pine and Ash T&G Private Equestrian Facility 4 In-fl oor radiant heat throughout with HVAC system and engineered ventilation 4 Loft interior insulated and fi nished with pine board and PVC ceiling. 4 All electrical hidden behind liners system. Also has electrical backup generator, surveillance camera and security 4 Garage designed with ventilation for RV units. 4 Laundry room with dryer & washer on demand water heater for potable system, with remote monitoring, and controls. 4 Custom timber frame accents to match existing home. water and wash stall Award-winning entry submitted by Builder: 4 Viewing Room includes fi replace, bar and lounge for relaxing & client entertain- Dutch Masters Design and Construction Services ing. Exposed structural Fir timbers, large natural stone wood burning fi replace The building was built to store a motor home and some extra toys that needed to From HFH Inc. : “We’re proud to say that we were a part of creating this Designed by: Dutch Masters Design and w/ south-facing moveable glass wall opens to stone exterior patio with stone stay out of the weather. It has two RV bus garages and 3 auto garages complete beautiful, indoor riding arena and horse barn! With a timber frame porch, Construction Services planter boxes overlooking sand ring and the river shoreline. with an upper loft area. Some of the features of this garage are the spacious loft, and two lean-to’s, it’s more than just a structure for housing Engineered by: Tacoma Engineers 4 One-of-a-kind custom curved stall fronts and partitions with automatic 12’ x 14’ carriage style overhead doors for the RV’s and radiant heated, epoxy horses-it’s the beginning place for future potential and dreams to be CFBA Member Suppliers: Mar Span Truss & Frey Building Contractors waterers, feed gates, rubber fl oor mats, lined with Ash & anti-cast rails. fl oors throughout. The interior of the garage is clad with a combination of PVC discovered and achieved.” poly plywood and steel while the loft is clad with pine board. Commercial/Institutional Facility Sponsored by Total Laminating Products New Equipment Dealership – Sales & Repair

Award-winning entry submitted by Builder: Frey Building Contractors Designed by: GB Architect Inc. Engineered by: Tacoma Engineers CFBA Member Suppliers: Steelway Building Systems

4 New Premier Equipment tractor Dealership with 44,560 sqft in building area 210’ x 119’ Pre-Engineered work shop / Repair are complete with separate wash bay, tractor repair shop and combine repair shop. 4 Comprehensive 6800 sqft showroom area & 12,388 sqft for parts storage. 4 Over 35 offi ces. The Canadian Expert 4 Bottom 5’-0” of the front half of the building is 3½” deep stone with stone sill cap above and stucco fi nish above. in Building Components 4 Solid-full height Glass and heavy timber main entrance design. 4 Building committee was formed between the owners and the contractor at the Whether it is time to build, retrofit or expand your agri- start of the project to ensure that the building design, fl ow and construction were commercial building, ExSteel has the complete solution. We completed exactly to the owners needs. manufacture a wide range of steel building components, bolt-together building systems and custom mini storage. 4 Building was designed and built on a corner lot and allows for easy access off Quality. Value. Easy to Erect. ExSteel products are designed to cut erection costs through of two main roads. The large developed site allows for large equipment and traffi c Our bolt-together ExSteel Heritage quick and easy installation and are ideal for use with any to move freely without congestion. Buildings are economical alternatives type of construction. to a wood framed structures. 4 Concrete fl oor in pre-engineered shop has in fl oor heat. 4 All exterior lighting posts use LED lights. 4 37% of the developed site is green space. The rest of the undeveloped site remains as agricultural farm land. Contact ExSteel Building Components and get the strength of ExSteel on your next project. 1.800.265.7740 exsteel.com

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2015 PROJECT Farm Storage Other Livestock Facility AWARDS Sponsored by Lafarge Sponsored by VICWEST 60’x120’ Storage building 40’ x 60’ x 14’ Hobby Barn with porches The name game – trading on traditional values Award-winning entry submitted by Builder: Award-winning entry submitted by Proud farmers and processors have always fought to protect the reputation and names Dutch Masters Design and Builder: HFH Inc. Construction Services Designed by: HFH Inc. of their regional product and the European Union’s Protected Destination of Origin appellation Designed by: Dutch Masters Design and Engineered by: Tacoma Engineers is helping them do so. But their competitors are still finding ways to market similar products Construction Services CFBA Member Suppliers: Engineered by: Tacoma Engineers Mar-Span Truss, System Fencing CFBA Member Suppliers: by NORMAN DUNN Mar Span Truss & Frey Building Contractors t is now well over a decade since Most processors of other 4 Divided into Repair Shop for farm equipment, equipment storage and hay 4 Pole building with certain areas done with concrete walls “feta” cheeses throughout western regional foods and drink, and bedding storage, and staff washroom. 4 4” reinforced 32MPA concrete floor (insulated everywhere except in stalls) Europe changed names almost though, have their feelers 4 I Attached 32’x40’ Farm Managers’ Office with Conference Room – complete 4 Exterior stone veneer wainscoting and 29ga. steel cladding overnight. One dairy suggested rechris- out searching for copies. w propane fireplace, kitchen area, and laundry. Office area has forced air 4 R22 Roxul wall insulation and R50 cellulose ceiling insulation tening its product “Greek white cheese.” Just lately, the European heating and air conditioning and in floor heating. 4 Walls lined with Ash T&G and ceiling lined with PVC Agtuff and stainless Doesn’t have the same ring as feta, does Commission reassured 4 Workshop features include propane radiant tube heaters, fully insulated steel screws it? But labelling, especially of food Italian producers that for comfort, 4 Chicken and rabbit area lined with ½” select fir plywood 4 Walls lined with FRP and concrete floors coated with Epoxy for easy 4 (4) Galvanized horse stalls specialities, sometimes slides into the their major cheeses, cleaning when washing equipment 4 Shutters on all windows realms of the ridiculous when “Protected such as Grana 4 Custom designed storage cabinets and work benches. 4 2 sets of poplar Dutch doors Designation of Origin”, or PDOs, come Padano, would be 4 White steel lined ceiling with energy efficient lighting for bright working 4 Insulated & heated tack and mechanical room into force in the European Union (EU). fully protected environment. PDOs are the way to go and are across the North 4 Parma ham producers are constantly on Exterior finished with EIFS system, board & batten gables, natural stone From HFH Inc. - “Hobby barns are a lot of fun to build, and this one was no worth many millions in international Atlantic. In the same accents, fibreglass shingle roof, custom cupolas. Stone chimney. the lookout for fake users of their brand. exception. This 40’x60’ barn shows off the extra special touches with its trade. Even cheddar makers thought a country, Prosciutto di 4 Building included project design, farmstead layout, project management beautiful window shutters and poplar Dutch doors. Congratulations to our and construction of structure. amazing customers on their award winning barn!” PDO was worth a try – centuries too Parma producers are also on guard. late, as it turned out. The original There’s certainly not a lot of room al Speciality Guaranteed) labels. They Dairy Facility product from the picturesque Cheddar for “creative marketing” by imitators might not be branded with the ducal Sponsored by Faromor Ltd. Gorge in England’s Somerset County when it comes to the premium prosciut- coronet and the meat can come from was way too well established overseas. to. Only those hams fulfilling a long list other areas or regions, although some 92’-8” x 280’-4” Double Robot Dairy Barn Nowadays, New Zealand cheddar is just of production requirements get the part of the processing has to take place Award-winning entry submitted by Builder: as likely to be on store shelves in coveted ducal coronet brand mark. in Parma. Whatever the classification, POST Farm Structures Somerset as the local version. Even here, On the other hand, there’s also Parma ham producers are assiduous in Designed by: POST Farm Structures in the wilds of northwest Germany, the Parma prosciutto ham produced under tracking down fakes, spending thou- Engineered by: Tacoma Engineers CFBA Member Suppliers: top-selling cheddar in my village store the European PGI (Protected Geograph- sands of euros each year checking Tampa Hall, Andex Metals, Davon Sales actually comes from Ireland. ical Indication) or even TSG (Tradition- foreign markets.

4 122 cow free stall barn. 28’ x 40’ milkhouse with timber porch 4 West wing of barn for calf management with 3 maternity pens and 54 heifer stalls for various stages 4 Dairy barn utilizing free flow barn design with robotic system by Lely. Two A4 Robots in “L” configuration for easy cow management 4 Double robot rooms made with Nu-Form Conform walls 4 8’- 0” deep raceway manure pit, with bi-directional agitation. Slatted floors with new traction design for minimal slipping. Deep bedded stalls for cow comfort 4 Raised office to provide visibility to the milking herd and robots 4 Special needs area adjacent to Robot Room 4 Barn designed for maximum air flow utilizing slope ceilings, inflated sidewall curtains and large fans for air circulation 4 Natural lighting from curtain openings and large custom gable end windows to reduce energy consumption 4 Walls are clad with easy clean interlocking PVC panel and ceiling clad with vinyl. Cow Welfare flexible green stalls from Denmark. Cow Welfare flexible feed fence to milking herd. 4 Walls are clad using poly coated plywood in high traffic areas for durability and PVC liner in all other areas.

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REAR BLADE Agri-Speed Hitch Times change and, inevitably, even herds, fattening hogs on homegrown Faced by the PDO, Greece’s Europe- fully certified PDO Prosciutto di Parma barley, maize and field beans. In Emilia an competitors quickly found new is not exactly what it once was. The PDO Romagna, these Mora farmers tend to do names for their output, without any New NB Series Blade society still insists on heavy hog produc- their own butchery, carefully preparing big changes in production. Arla tion for the hams with a minimum of hams and aging them in the farmhouse dropped the less-than-catchy “Greek- 140 kilograms (sometimes as high as 180 cellar. Unfortunately, what used to be the type white cheese” idea and introduced kilograms) liveweight. However, the standard Parma ham seldom even sees “Apetina.” The brand went from breeds producing the hams nowadays the local market nowadays, the Mora success to success. Another major are more likely to be Large White, prosciutto being snapped up immediate- producer, Lactalis in France, named its Landrace or Duroc crosses. ly by local restaurateurs. sheep-milk feta “Salakis” and this Take a drive out into the rolling hills Going back to dairy products, the remains an international marketing Bush Hog BH10 Series Rotary Cutters There is a BISON Rear Blade for every job and price range... l Works on tractors, pickups around nearby Modena, enter a tradi- aforementioned “Greek-style white hit. Designed to cut grass and weeds and l 80 and 120 HP Models & choppers tional charcuterie and you’ll find plenty cheese” demonstrates the awesome So, as international trade agreements brush, up to 2” in diameter. l Full Hydraulic Angle, Offset and Tilt of butchers quick to tell you that the power of present day PDO legislation. In loom ahead, it’s good to know that there • 4 foot to 7 foot widths options with standard 8” cylinders l Bolts to drawbar “real” Prosciutto di Parma comes from 2002, the feta made from cow milk by are still many names out there in the (full adjustment without moving • Super strong & durable decks, resist bending cylinder) l Makes chopping silage fun other swine types, traditional regional many of the big processors in northwest- world for products such as feta, cheddar l • Genuine Bush Hog blades, forged & heat treated precision formed moldboard l Built tough – to pull even the races such as the extremely robust Mora ern Europe was firmly established as one or even prosciutto. For myself, I’m glad • Bush Hog Gearboxes - ridiculously tough that cuts and rolls soil rather than largest wagons Romagnola, now an endangered breed. of the fastest-expanding cheese types on about the Canadian products heading dragging • Laminated Tail Wheel O No surprises here: the Mora is fatty and the European scene. Naturally, the east soon, especially my favourite maple l rotate moldboard 360 with l Increases productivity up to 25% forward and reverse positions slow growing, so it’s disappearing from Greeks did not like this and fought for syrup hopefully available, thanks to the l Works with PTO eading l end plates and skid shoes the landscape, even though it produces PDO acceptance. This was finally Canada-Europe free trade agreement, EDGE available for all models unbeatable hams. granted by the EU courts in 2005. By without its present EU-imposed eight EQUIPMENT LTD. The Mora thrives out of doors all year that time, Arla Foods in Scandinavia, as per cent import tariff. BF www.leadingedgeequipment.ca round if need be. It used to get by on well as French and German dairies, were Burgessville, ON • Phone: 519-424-9112 Over 150 dealers in Ontario grass, wild herbs and acorns. A few annually producing over 100,000 tonnes Norman Dunn writes about European Contact us for your nearest dealer 519-753-3164 [email protected] enthusiastic farmers still run outdoor of their versions of feta. agriculture from Germany. www.mohawkequipment.ca

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