DECEMBER  2009
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 Farmers Forum 5th  Annual Photo Contest 2009

This year's theme:
HUMOUR ON
THE FARM


First Place

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

 
Second Place
"Kitty in the milk" — Tracy Dafoe, of Havelock, Ontario


Third Place
"Good morning, Sweetie" —Carl Buker, of Prescott, Ontario


Honourable mention
"Cat Nap" — Ron and Susan LaJoie, of Green Valley, Ontario


Honourable mention
"Kids at work" — Julie Dawson, of Lanark, Ontario


Honourable mention
"He's got claws" — Hugh McEwen, Metcalfe, Ontario


Honourable mention
Julie Dawson, of Lanark, Ontario
 


Honourable mention
Sydney DeVries, of Finch, Ontario


Honourable mention
Sarah Downing, of Little Britian, Ontario


Honourable mention
Cheslea Webb, of Gananoque, Ontario


Coyote Ugly


 THEY SAID IT:       
“I babied her and she came to party.”
— 4-H member
Gary Troup, of Little Britain, on his grand champion Holstein calf at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto last month.


                  


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CLASSIFIED ADS

LIVESTOCK FOR SALE

FRESH DAIRY COWS/SPRINGERS – Continuous supply of fresh cows and first calvers for sale. Springers, bred and open heifers and cows wanted. Don Brubacher (613) 582-3369 (home), (613)-433-2306-cell. Beachburg.

PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS – Bio-tested bulls. Bred cows and heifers. Twin Creek Farm, Doug Scott. Call 613-989-2398.

BLACK ANGUS – Purbred 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 – DeLaval 2,000 gallon bulk tank complete with compressor and washer. Call 613-874-2789

FOR SALE – Patz belt feeder 90 foot and Patz 9 conveyor 30 foot $2,000 for both. Ghel mix wagon side unload and tractor driven $2,000. Call 613-354-3077.

FOR SALE – Ford 8210 series 2 4WD, 95hp, 640 hrs, 6 cylinder. Real nice. Rear tire 16.9R38, front 13.6R28, tires 80%. Kverneland plough model #BC8N353, hi-furrow, hydraulic adj, 12"-22" long moll boards. Real good shape, stored inside. Call 613-399-1132 and leave a message.

FOR SALE – 250 feet of Houle stable cleaner chain, counter clockwise at 5 dollars per foot. Also transmission with 5hp motor for chain. Dion forage box with 10ton running gear. Asking $3000. Soybean straw 2008 crop, 7 foot bales @$12.50. Call Robert Byvelds at 613-535-2360.

FOR SALE – John Deere 3950 forage harvester. Also a hay head and a two-row cornhead and a two-row snapper head. John Deere forage blower, 3 MF forag wagon, 536 Rovibec and TMR feed cart. Call 613-256-1585.

FOR SALE - Farmall H excellent condition with original owners manual $2750. IH 684 with loader and canopy 85 model 4500 hours, all new rubber. New clutch. $10,900. Call 613-345-1655 and leave a message.

SERVICES

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

SLIPPERY BARN FLOORS – resurfacing slippery barn floors. Competitive prices. Phone 613-679-4133

Custom Combining corn and soybeans, new axial flow, grain buggies and trucks. Call Ryan Fawcett 613-229-0266

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.

HAY FOR SALE

HAY FOR SALE – small square and large square bales of hay. Excellent quality. No rain. Delivery available. Call and leave message at 613-345-1655.

FOR SALE – 200 first cut, dry new crop. 300 second cut new crop. Call 613-561-6178.

For Sale - Large square bales of first cut grassy hay and clean wheat straw, ’09 crop with no rain damage. 19x61 Slurry Store manure storage complete with pumps. 613-476-7094.

For Sale – Straw large square bales, oat & wheat straw. Delivery available. Call Hugh Fawcett 613-880-5829.

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, active farm life, home cooks, fun loving and positive attitude looking to meet Single man, Dairy Farmer, 36-55, good sense of humour, hard working, steady character, non-smoker, for serious relationship. Please apply to: P.O. Box 78, St. Andrew’s West, ON K0C 2A0.

EQUIPMENT WANTED

WANTED - 22x38 or 28x46 McCormick thrashing machine & international grain binder & international corn binder. 905-983-9331.

HELP WANTED

TRACTOR OPERATORS — required for residential snow blowing in Kanata/Stittsville area. $20 per hour. Call JP at Kodiak Snowblowing 613-229-6547.

HELP WANTED - Kemptville area. Full time position for Dairy Herdsman for 100 cow operation. Starting January 1, 2010. Salary dependant on experience. Housing is available as an option. This is a position for a qualified candidate for a career in the dairy business. Approx. 40 hours per week. 6 hours per day with the dairy herd. Mail resume to Full Time Farm Employment Opportunities 251 Monaco Place, Ottawa On K4A 0G8. Or e-mail gehawley@rogers.com Applications received after December 15 will not be considered.

HELP WANTED - Full time for maternity leave absence. Accounting/Parts Clerk. Responsible for parts and counter sales, accounting duties, knowledge and experience of Simply Accounting required, agricultural background an asset. Resume and references required. Contact Byers Farm Equipment, 13505 Byers Rd, Chesterville. 613-448-2185, Fax: 613-448-2182.

HELP WANTED - Farmer/Reporter wanted to cover the news in Peterborough/Kawartha Lakes for Farmers Forum. Call 613-247-1334.

 
   
 
   
   
   

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
More coyote attacks. More fear. Now backlash. One woman has started a petition for a provincial coyote bounty.
Go to story

OPINION 
More pros and cons of the HST

 The National Post says HST is a good thing. Some businesses will win, all consumers lose.

Global warming scientists lose
their pants

The leaked emails are one more sign that global warming is just a  theory. The globe has warmed about 0.5 degrees Celsius
in 100 years. The global warming group says the world will increase another
6 degrees this century and we will eventually burn up. But there is no evidence to prove that slight fluctuations in temperature are not normal. Perhaps,
the globe will start to cool again soon.

Found my autographed Whelan at a garage sale
Maynard van der Galien writes from Renfrew County.

                                       
 
A coyote attack on sheep. This photo appears on the petition asking the province to introduce a  bounty.

NEWS
Farmland prices continue to rise
$5,000 an acre for good farmland in eastern Ontario.

Corn harvest above average but drying costs escalate
Some growers have yet to call in their damage report.

13 per cent of insured corn has been damaged
180,000 acres of 1.44 million acres of corn, has been reported as damaged in Ontario.

Canada's agriculture stronger than rest of economy
As far as international trade is concerned, agricultural exports are hot.

SPECIAL REPORT: German plant to produce biodiesel, biogas and fertilizers
Farmers Forum editor visited Germany in October. This is part 2. The Verbio Group introduces a closed loop system. They buy farm crops and produce green power, as well as fertilizers to sell back to the farmer.

Faint hope for farmers fighting irksome elk
New bill could allow farmers to shoot the endangered species that endanger the livelihood of farmers.

Ramping up cereal production
OMAFRA crop specialist Peter Johnson has the scoop.

Lanark maple syrup to go to the queen
Stephen Dodds produces Canada's best maple syrup, according to Royal Winter Fair.

OMAFRA gives $82 million back to the province
Money could end up in risk management programs, Crews says

Cattle dealer Keith Hobbs died
At 77, Ashton's Keith Hobbs dies of cancer.

New methane digester for dairy farm
Ben and Laura Green put up a more than $2 million digester on Seeley's Bay farm.

Three-year-old Holstein nets $1.2 million at Royal
An embryo can cost $500 but not from this cow. Try $10,000.

Ryan's kids
Osgoode dairy farmer switches from dairy to goats.

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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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