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Winter 12-13 a Publication of the North Eastern Ontario Soil & Crop Improvement Association (NEOSCIA) (in Northeastern Ontario) Winter 12-13 A Publication of the North Eastern Ontario Soil & Crop Improvement Association (NEOSCIA) N.E.O.S.C.I.A. - Executive Minister McMeekin Visits Temiskaming President: Darren Gray . (705) 647-9465 Secretary/Treasurer: Neil Tarlton . (705) 692-7276 Ontario Soil & Crop Association Regional Director Algoma, Manitoulin, Sudbury, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Muskoka, Cochrane, Temiskaming: Mack Emiry . (705) 865-2249 District Soil & Crop Assoc. Contacts Algoma: Harold Stewart . (705) 842-0392 Cochrane: Dan Cook . (705) 272-3964 Manitoulin: Marca Williamson . (705) 859-2528 wfarms@amtelecom .net Muskoka: Ken Pearcey . (705) 385-2844 MPP John Vanthof and OMAFRA Minister Ted McMeekin discuss the future of NLARS Nipissing West/Sudbury East: Steven Roberge . (705) 594-9370 as commodity organizations that help Parry Sound/Nipissing East: Acting on an invitation from Klaus Wand . (705) 724-2314 Timiskaming-Cochrane MPP John fund specific projects. The benefits go Sudbury West: Vanthof, Ontario Agricultural Minister (mainly) to northern producers while James Found . (705) 969-4597 Ted Mcmeekin visited the New Liskeard about a dozen employees work and live Temiskaming: in Timiskaming. Dennis Jibb . (705) 563-8405 Agricultural Research Station (NLARS), toured Timiskaming farmland, and Vanthof, supported by community ag- Ministry of Agriculture, met with industry representatives on ricultural leaders, proposed a “vision” Food and Rural Affairs November 22, as part of a 2 day event. where the Station would become a “Centre of Northern Agricultural Research Northern Ontario Regional Office The activity was initiated, based on Ontario Ministry of concerns over the future of NLARS & Innovation”. It would be a partnership Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs under the mandate of the University involving OMAFRA, the University of P O. Box 521, Hwy . 64 Caldwell Township Building, Verner, ON P0H 2M0 of Guelph, a topic that was discussed Guelph and other educational institu- TOLL FREE / General Inquiry . 800-461-6132 at the Temiskaming Agricultural tions, regional agricultural commodity FAX . (705) 594-9675 Innovation Forum a month earlier (see groups, and private partnering. firstname .lastname@ontario .ca accompanying story on page 17). For his part, McMeekin recognized the Regional Manager, Northern Ontario Mary Ellen Norry Car MPP Vanthof made it clear to all that importance of NLARS to the farm com- Regional Administrative Coordinator the community believes that the future munity and the North as a whole. He Diane Unger of the 90 year old facility may be at mentioned his awareness of the quality Client Service Representative risk as public funding is drying up dur- and importance of the research that Monique Roberge ing the provincial economic downturn. has been done to date in livestock, Agriculture Development Advisor (North Region) Julie Poirier Mensinga Everyone involved would like to be part agronomy, and horticulture. In conclu- of a proactive approach that would be sion, he offered to give the community Agriculture Development Advisor (Nipissing, Parry Sound & Sudbury East) of benefit to all parties. In this case, working group about 2 years to come Pierrette Desochers the Ontario government owns the back with a business plan that builds THESSALON land while the University operates it on the merits of the operation, involves 1 Collver Rd ., RR #1, Thessalon, ON P0R 1L0 more partners, and meets the needs of Agriculture Development Advisor (primarily with OMAFRA flow through (Algoma) . Dave Trivers money). There are other partners such OMAFRA and the region. GORE BAY Box 328, 35 Meredith St ., Gore Bay, ON P0P 1H0 Agriculture Development Advisor This newsletter is published Material in this newsletter Send articles to: (Manitoulin and West Sudbury) . Brian Bell 4 times per year. Articles is based upon factual Graham Gambles NEW LISKEARD can be submitted in either information believed to be Box 586, Temiskaming Box 6008, 280 Armstrong St ., New Liskeard, ON P0J 1P0 English or French and accurate. Action taken as a Shores, ON P0J 1K0 Agriculture Development Advisor should be submitted to the result of this information Tel: (705) 672-3105 (Temiskaming and Cochrane) . Daniel Tassé Communication Coordinator is solely the responsibility Fax: (705) 672-5959 Agriculture Development Advisor (North Region) . Barry Potter (see below). Please supply of the user. We reserve the E-Mail: Beef Cattle Production Systems translation, if available. right to edit articles. [email protected] Program Lead . Tom Hamilton Go to GeoVisage, http://geovisage.nipissingu.ca for Currant and Historical Weather Data Algoma Soil & Crop Improvement Ass’n & Algoma Cattlemen’s Ass’n Summer Tour – August 1 By Sharon Lane, Regional Correspondent to Breaking Ground ASCIA and ACA Summer Tour was held August 1 at Colliverbrook will be sweet and the cattle will dig them up. Farms owned by Dave and Matt Seabrook in Little Rapid. The • Plant kale, another crop that provides quick grazing. canola trials were sponsored by Ontario Canola Growers and the Co-operative Regionale De Nipissing-Sudbury Ltd. • Baled and fed corn stocks to cattle, but the nitrite content increases if they have been frozen. The canola trials used two Roundup Ready varieties of canola and two different fertilizer applications. The seed was planted • Feed straw to cattle and supplemented with pellets. May 6, and the plants were patchy at first, probably due to the • Use sorghum for silage or used in August for grazing. If used af- lack of rainfall. Calibration of the seed drill is important because ter a frost, nitrite might be a problem as it can cause poisoning. the seed is expensive at $12 per lb. Five lbs. of seed was used per • Plant millet for pasture. acre. The plants were larger if fewer seed were planted. Canola • Baled and used soybeans for forage. needs to be in early and up early because there is a yield loss at 26 degrees C. The flowers abort. The application of nitrogen was • Used canola either whole or crushed. the same for all plots but sulphur was different. There seemed to • Wean calves, and feed for dry cows can be reduced to 20 to 25 be no difference in the plots. Canola needs plenty of nitrogen, lbs. per day. so since the soil get depleted of nitrogen, canola can only be • Try rotational grazing. Graze quickly and then let the grass grow planted in the same plot every 4 years. The lack of rainfall this back. Barry recommends moving the cattle every 12 hours, as summer will affect the yield. this will increase grass growth. Guest Speaker - Barry Potter • Analyzed hay quality each year. The farmer can then calculate the amount of hay needed for each animal. Grains are cheaper (OMAFRA) - Livestock Specialist than corn to produce and can be used as a supplement. Matt Seabrook introduced the guest speaker, Barry Potter. His • Fertilize for a second cut of hay. Planting legumes in the hay topic was “Emergency Feed Strategies and Extending the Grazing field will increase the nitrogen content 30-50%. Season”. Barry prefaced his presentation by mentioning that in the New Liskeard area cattle were off pastures by July 26. Barry’s • Chopping hay increases consumption by 40% in windrows and advice was that if farmers have no pasture left, sell cull cows and feeders. yearlings. His suggestions included the following if farmers want Barry concluded his presentation by saying that the best way is to improve grazing in a dry year: to feed cows on pasture if possible. • Plant oats for the fall; it takes 60 days for forage and 30 days Dave Trivers, OMAFRA, announced that a study of the bobolink for grazing. in unharvested hay fields in Algoma is being done on Centre Line • Plant turnips for grazing of the tops. Later after freeze-up, they near Bruce Mines. COMING EVENTS “Growing the North” TCC/TSCIA/Grain planned for March 15 & 16, 2013 in Kapuskasing Growers District 15 FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER CONTACT: Kate Spacek, NeCN Youth Intern Annual Meeting and Regional Coordinator (p)705-337-1407 (f) 705-337-6285 January 18, 2012, (9:30 am) Holiday [email protected] Articles on “Growing the North…” Inaugural Inn, Temiskaming Shores Agricultural Symposium or « Pour la croissance du Nord » Premier colloque agricole can be found on page 6. 2 Breaking Ground (in Northeastern Ontario) Stratford New Liskeard Nitrogen and Sulfur forAgr Canolai Analysis Agricultural In association with Research By John Rowsell and John Kobler Northern Feed&Supplies Ltd. New Liskeard Station Objectives Site Characteristics Offers • Determine the limitations on the most OMAFRA accredited Soil Type Soil Series 0-15cm economical rate of nitrogen imposed by Soil Sampling & Analysis the level of sulfur fertilization thereby pH1 Organic Phosphorus1,2 Potassium1,3 maximizing the returns from N and S Your key to better Matter (%)1 (ppm) (ppm) fertilizer application on Ontario-grown Yield canola NL2011 clay New 6.5 6.6 26 249 • Determine whether the source of S (gyp- LiskeardProfit sum or ammonium sulfate) impact the Stewardship above V2011 silt loam Wolf 6.7 6.3 12 75 • Evaluate the S soil test as a method of Call Jason at predicting the response of canola to S supplementation. NL2012 clay (705New) 647-5365 7.5 5.6 26 164 Liskeard Trial Locations Name Location Year NL(V)2012 clay New 6.9 4.9 11 179 NL2011 New Liskeard 2011 Liskeard V2011 Verner 2011 NL2012 New Liskeard 2012 Experimental Design NL(V)201 New Liskeard 2012 • 6 N rates (0,50,100,150,200,250 kgN/ha) applied at planting as Ammonium Nitrate. Rates reduced in Ammonium Sulfate treatments to compensate for the N from the AmS A trial was seeded in Verner in 2012 but • 3 S rates (0,15, 30 kgS/ha) as either Ammonium Sulfate or Calcium Sulfate (Gypsum) was lost to flea beetles.
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