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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


Search for land


 THEY SAID IT:       
"My alarm is set for 6 a.m. every morning. The day my alarm wakes me up, is the day that I will have lost my passion."
— Former OFA president Geri Kamenz speaking to Kemptville students about farming at their graduation ceremony.


                  


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CLASSIFIED ADS

LIVESTOCK FOR SALE

FOR SALE – Charolais Parthenais X yearlings for sale. Five steers. Easterbrook Farms. 613-925-4557.

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.

BULLS FOR SALE – Polled yearling Limousin bull, well-muscled, quiet, ROP tested at Douglas.2 qualify for Quebec, also a mature bull. Call 613-257-2552 or 613-623-3363.

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 – Case Int 8570 big square baler. Only 28,000 bales, always shedded. Excellent condition $32,500. Claas 350 rotary rake, excellent condition $5,500. Belleville 613-969-1345.

FOR SALE – John Deere 7000 four row corn planter with monitor and liquid fertilizer. Totally reconditioned. $3900. Fella hay tedder only used for 50 acres. $4900. Call 613-484-1093.

FOR SALEG6000 Ag bagger 9 foot tunnel, very good shape. Call 613-229-6477.

FOR SALEHesston 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 SALEJober disc nearly new heavy duty, 20 ft. wide, notched blade. Large flotation tires. Also, New Holland 185 manure spreader, end gate, excellent condition. Also, Ford 6600 tractor 75 h.p., good condition. Call 613-489-3705.

FOR SALE –  JD 3950 forage harvester with processor with 7ft. pick-up two-row corn head. 2 Gehl 970 forage boxes, tandem 14-tonne running gear. NH F62B forage blower. All equipment stored inside and well maintained. Call 613-821-3594.

FOR SALE –  Sheep feeder for small bales with grain trough, kept inside. Just like new. Metal Mar-Weld. 8 feet x 3 feet x 3 feet. Call 613 874-2044.

FOR SALENH 1431 discbine (2003) “swivel hitch”, 13 feet cut, conditioner Roll excellent condition asking $15,000.00. Call 613-223-4191 or 613-443-0232.

FOR SALE  – Round baler New Holland 630, excellent condition, stored inside $5000. Call 613-551-2255.

FOR SALE McHale round bale wrapper. Big square bale grabber. Call after 6 pm 613-267-2773.

FOR SALEJaylor vertical TMR mixers - used - Model 1350 w/8’ dual discharge...$14,800.00; Model 2425 w/ 6’ Flat & 41” Ext. discharge...$18,500. Call Byers Farm Equipment 613-448-2185.

FOR SALE - Hoof trimming chute–hydraulic tip table. Excellent condition. Asking $15,000. Call Steve after 3 p.m. at 705-324-9984.

SERVICES

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

HAYFEEDERS, STABLING, MILKING PARLOURS for Goats, Sheep, also any custom orders. Bring your ideas and we will make it, you name it we make it. No job too small, call Nelson at Nithwood Dairy Products (formerly TM Bauman)519-656-3300,fax-519-656-9554.

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

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

MOBILE HOMES FOR SALE – Suitable for all four seasons, great home for farm help, office or storage. Will deliver. Call 613-657-1114.

FOR SALE - Authentic draftstmen or architect’s light table. Heavy metal. Works great: $50. Call 613-739-1275.

FOR SALE – Haylage in a bunker and corn silage in a bunker. Gehl 315 side delivery manure spreader. Call 613-284-3238.

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.

WANTED

WANTED – Looking to purchaseInternational combine model 1440, 1460 or 1480 preferably with flex head. Please forward info and pictures to twinriversfarm@xplornet.com.

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.

PROPERTY FOR SALE

ORGANIC FARM FOR SALE – 25.5 acre hobby farm set up for organic farming, includes a custom built 3500+ sq ft passive solar home. www.10535IrishHeadline.com $559,900 John Carkner, Royal LePage Gale Real Estate 613-258-1990.

 

 

FRONT PAGE
Scarcity of acreage drives up farmland prices

Farmers and real estate agents agree there's not enough land to go around.      

                           
OPINION 
Ho-hum Liberal food policy elicits the odd gushings of the GFO
Grain Farmers of Ontario risk alienating Conservative government by backing Liberal strategy. 

In our prosperous land of milk and honey don't we already know that milk is good for us?
Feds waste money on needless research, ignoring the real problems.

Nothing more than feelings can turn fantasies of hate crimes into the real thing
Michael Coren asks, is it possible to police something like 'bias'?                               

Would dairy farmers fail animal welfare audit?
Research group in Quebec finds cattle welfare not a priority.


FEATURES
Dairy farmer turned to sheep and loves it

The rising demand for lamb is not the only thing that has made Dave Mackay's gamble worthwhile.

Latour knows how to milk money from his cows
Denis Latour's fat production puts him in number two spot.

He's producing 11,000 kg of milk on marginal land with 1,900 heat units
Outgoing president of EBI shows how he gits ‘r done in New Brunswick.

                                   

  
Four-year-old Nicholas Pascual-Meagher takes a break from thoughts of driving that monster behind him. (Patrick Meagher photo)
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NEWS
Farmland prices as high as $8,000 in some areas of eastern Ontario
What good, tile-drained land is selling for per acre from Lindsay to the Quebec border.

Chinese investors seek Ontario farmland
Failed attempts in western Canada and difficulty  in Quebec have brought Chinese buyers here to Ontario.

Peterborough driver kills cow but farmer could be liable for damages
OPP warns when cows break free the farmer who owns them is still responsible for their actions.

Ways to make farming more competitive
A House of Commons committee report makes a number of recommendations.

Crazy Dave scores winter lettuce crop
Organic market gardener sells crop to high-end restaurants for up to $22 per lb.

Canadian farm income unchanged in 2009
Supply managed sectors see income rise, crop farmers see no change and livestock earnings drop.

Kemptville Campus Graduation: "Farming is a tough way to earn a living but it is the best," Kamenz says
Former OFA president delivers message of hope to 118 graduates at Kemptville Campus of University of Guelph this year.

Kemptville Campus Graduation: Ag student stars
Five award-winning graduates speak of their experiences at college and hopes for the future.

Up to $60,000 to improve wells, septic systems, control water runoff
Farmers may be eligible for up to 100 per cent of the cost to upgrade under the Ontario Drinking Water Stewardship program.

City wannabe farmers petition for chickens
Group wants residents of urban Ottawa to be able to produce their own eggs.

Attack of the snow geese                                                                                        With rising populations and shifting migration patterns, snow geese are proving a headache for farmers.

Grain in storage increase world-wide but demand world-wide is also up
Statistics Canada reports a rise in Ontario and Canadian soybeans and USDA projects an increase in corn carryover.

Average Cdn farm family income expected to rise to $97,567 for 2010
Other family income and net worth for the average farm also increase, net operating income expected to decrease.

New genome testing creates 'crapshoot' in search for top genetics
Osgoode farm sells unborn Holstein for $70,000.
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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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