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FARMERS FORUM 2010 photo contest

6th annual photo contest
This year's theme:
ANIMALS ON
THE FARM


First Place
"Head to head" — Mike Komendat, Balderson, Ontario
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 5th  Annual Photo Contest 2009
 Theme:
HUMOUR ON
THE FARM


First Place

"Nothing like working in the dirt." — Sydney DeVries of Finch, Ontario


Organic tomatoes

win taste test


 THEY SAID IT:       
"Growing up she never asked for a doll; she asked for a farm set."
— Dwayne Acres, inducted into the Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame in June, speaking of his daughter Colleen who has taken over his 500-acre sheep farm outside Osgoode.


                  


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CLASSIFIED ADS

LIVESTOCK FOR SALE

FOR SALE – Limo bulls, great pedigrees, one three-year-old red purebred (Wulfs nobel prize) and one black yearling (Wulfs shop talk passes for Quebec). (613) 372-2924.

FOR SALE – Yearling plus Charolais bulls. Cows with calves at side. Call 613-926-1362 or 613-498-8397.

FOR SALE – Tayside bred angus bulls, high performance ratings from Douglas and Kenilworth, B.I.O. centres, John H Miller/Perth 613 267-6100.

FOR SALE – Breeding age Holstein bulls from VG and EX dams sired by Mr. Sam, Shottle, and Goldwyn. Red bulls sired by Glacier-Red and Debonair-Red. Call 613-478-6982.

SHORTHORN BULLS  – polled, purebred, quiet, easy calving, BIO-tested, 3 yearlings, 1 three-year-old. Call Steve Bartlett at 613-256-3042.

FOR SALE – Charolais bulls for sale, purebred papered, bulled and horned, from proven AI sires. Call 613-473-2636.

FOR SALE PUREBRED CHAROLAIS BULLS – Quiet, polled, BIO tested and halter broken. Call 613-475-3532.

BLACK ANGUS – Purebred bulls and females always for sale. If we don’t have what you need, I will try to find it for you. Call Michael Ault at 613-652-2403.

PUREBRED HOLSTEIN – service age bulls for sale. Full pedigrees. Delivery available. James Cooper, Cardinal 613-652-4145.

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE FOR SALE

FOR SALE – 1-Winco Generator on wheels, PTO 1000 RPM, 55,000 Watt, like new. call-613-223-4191.

FOR SALE – Jaylor model 1500 (TMR) mixer, excellent condition. $18,500 or best offer. Call 613-243-8663.

FOR SALE – 6-row Turnco corn cultivator with stabilizer coulter and rolling shields. Like new. Best offer. Call 613-624-5543.

FOR SALE – Hesston 7433 large square baler. Fully loaded, used one season. Also for sale, Hesston 4144 harvester with corn head and 6 ft pick-up head. Call 613-585-3602.

FOR SALE – NH 1431 discbine (2003) “swivel hitch”, 13 feet cut, conditioner Roll excellent condition asking $13,000.00 or b. o. Call 613-223-4191 or 613-443-0232.

FOR SALE – Jaylor vertical TMR mixer, Model 4575, 615 cu ft capacity, 1 yr old, front conv. disch. with 6’ ext., $32,500.00, Jaylor vertical TMR mixer, Model 2425, 460 cu ft capacity, 8 yrs old, front conv. discharge, $18,000.00, Patz Model 98B surface drive silo unloader, $2500.00. All equipment is in good condition. Call Byers Farm Equipment 613-448-2185.

SERVICES

COMBINING AND TRUCKING, axial flow combine, grain buggy and trucks Call Ryan Fawcett 613-229-0266.

SANDBLASTING & PAINTING – of farm tractors and equipment. Specializing in restoring antique tractors. Call Linford Martin at Rainbow Restorations, 613-587-4293.

SILO GUNNITE — we will restore all makes of silos in Eastern Ontario with Spray Gunnite. Call Rob Sangers for a quote. 613-545-0855. Kingston, Ontario.

B & D DEADSTOCK SERVICE LTD. – prompt removal of dead and crippled cattle. Call the number nearest you. Tweed: 613-478-2713; Kingston: 613-548-8839; Gananoque: 613-382-4242.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

FOR SALE – Coyotes Beware! Great Pyrenees Pups. Purebred, from a working farm. White and with badger markings. $500.00 call 519-844-2484.

FOR SALE - Pigeon cages – wooden, 6 ft long x 2 ft wide x 2ft high, in excellent condition, included are nesting boxes, perches and feeders. May be used for other types of birds. Please call 613-989-2237.

FOR SALE - Multi-shelter building (greenhouse). Ideal for sheep. 120 feet by 130 feet. Never installed. $8,000 or best offer. Call 613-243-8663.

STRAW – Book now for fall delivery, insure supply, fusarium free. Call Hugh Fawcett 613-774-3363.

VEHICLES FOR SALE – Credit problems? In-house financing is easy, just apply on line & become approved. For clean, low mileage vehicles www.car-o-line.com or call Car-o-line Autos @ 1-877-820-5598 or 613-448-2488.

PERSONALS

Attractive Single Woman, farm lifestyle, home cooks, fun loving , outdoorsy, looking to meet Single Country Man, Dairy Farmer, 38-58, good sense of humour, outdoorsy, hard working, steady character, non-smoker. No e-mail please. Please apply to: P.O. Box 78, St. Andrew’s West, ON K0C 2A0.

PROPERTY FOR SALE

FARMLAND FOR SALE - 99.80 acres, Hawkesbury, Ontario area. Inquiries call 613-731-4436.

WANTED

WANTED – standard-size male breeding jack, baby pot-bellied pig, and purebred boar goats. Call 705-786-2653.

WANTED – Standing timber, mature hardwood and softwood, selective cutting, will pay in advance, 613-968-5182.

 

FRONT PAGE
But survey finds many people can't tell the difference

Organic wins 39 per cent of the vote, locally grown wins 30 per cent and conventional wins 29 per cent.  

FEATURES
The asparagus boys

This photo essay by Jessica Sims explores the foreign faces who come to harvest our crops each year.
                           
OPINION 
HST a good thing? Here's how

With businesses saving money, everyone should.

97-year-old wonder on how to age
Aging doctor still puts in 18-hour days and feels good.

Researchers say Renfrew County ideal for biomass production
Renewable energy sources from crops, wood and waste peak interest in Ontario.                               

Thanks to the numbing and dumbing down of society we need newspapers more than ever
Internet not all it was meant to be so let's turn back to what we know, writes Michael Coren.

Doing all we can to cut down on hydro... and then the smart metre arrives
Farmers may find it especially difficult to reduce their energy costs, Angela Dorie explains.

 
  
Farmers Forum reporter Jessica Sims sliced tomatoes to feed 100 people. (Patrick Meagher photo)
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NEWS
Cougars do roam Ontario, MNR study says
Puma Foundation estimates there could be as many as 550 cougars in the province right now.

Province rejects risk management
McGuinty turns down resolution to reform the National Stability program and take some financial pressure off of commodities like cattle and grains.

82-year-old farmer dies on the job
Bert Maitland died after falling into a ditch and having it cave in on a dairy farm near Lansdowne.

Noxious wild parsnips spreading fast and causing skin blisters
Officials warn sap could chemically burn the skin if exposed to sunlight.

'Grass not greener' for U.S. dairy farmers
Promises of cheaper labour and land attract farmers, but former 10-year Ontario dairy farmer says it's not as easy as it looks.

What will US $500,000 buy you in New York State?
You get a small dairy farm with 50 cows but not much else.

Harmonized sales tax gives farms a break, province says
New tax could actually save farmers up to $30 million.

Leeds County firefighters save heifers and milking barns
Barn fire in North Augusta took 50 firefighters to put out.

Corn waist-high by 1st of July — or earlier
Early heat wave giving some farmers corn by June 22.

Organics: How much market share, how much room to grow?
Organics are no fad, OMAFRA specialist says; they're a steady and profitable trend.

Eight projects get $5k agri-innovation award                                              A biomass heating system for greenhouses, lamb pastry and auction website are among the top winners in eastern Ontario.

Going to foreign labour was farmer's "only choice"
Asparagus farmer flies in Jamaican workers during harvest because he has lost all confidence in the local labour force.

He was a bull dog, a singer and teacher
Osgoode sheep farmer Dwayne Acres has been showing sheep since the 1950s and has now been inducted into the Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame.

The opportunity seeker still at work at 81
Metcalfe's Vera Mitchell enters into Hall of Fame after building up an impressive dairy herd and cash crop and working on the Ontario Farm Debt Review Board for over 20 years.

Three keys to a top herd: reproduction, feed and comfort
Ron Nixon, owner of the best managed herd in eastern Ontario, keeps his Holsteins happy with just a few simple steps.

Prison farms cow to blockade threat, protest by nuns, natives
Commissioner for Corrections Canada says it's unlikely Kingston's herd of 300 cows will be shipped on schedule.
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VIDEO CLIPS


Amazing light display using sheep

Lamb born with two heads

How Not to Market Your Corn
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LINKS:

OMAFRA
ONTARIO CORN PRODUCERS
ONTARIO SOYBEAN PRODUCERS
ONTARIO CATTLEMEN'S ASSOCIATION
ONTARIO FEDERATION OF AGRICULTURE
NATIONAL FARMERS UNION
CHRISTIAN FARMERS FED. OF ONTARIO
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