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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

 Corn and soybean bonanza!

 THEY SAID IT:       
 "There’s no boo-hoo lips this year." — Maxville dairy and crop farmer Glen McRae on the high yields and prices for soybeans and corn.


                  

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 CLASSIFIED ADS

LIVESTOCK FOR SALE

FOR SALE – PIGS AND SHEEP – Purebred Hampshires and Tamworths, imported bloodlines. Gilts and boars, weanlings and bred sows. $400 for reg. $300 unregistered. Shetland sheep and lambs. Call 514-901-0999 or 514-941-1510.

FOR SALE – 100 sheep for sale, Suffolk and North Country Cheviot. Flock dispersal selling in groups of five or more. Call 613-582-3745.

FOR SALE – Maine-Anjou: Approximately 25 purebred cows & heifers sell at Hoards Station sale barn on Nov. 27 at 7 pm for Gilcroft Farms. Herd vaccinated & preg checked. Performance tested on the BIO program. Paper available. Contact Keith Gilbert at 613-393-5336.

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 IH 1020 15ft flex head, reasonable condition. $1,500 or obo. Call 613-347-7252.

FOR SALE – Antique 1873 Royal Grain 3-ft. reaper restored and in good workling order. Call Bill at 613-487-2804.

FOR SALE – 2 New Idea narrow row picker shellers in good working order. 1 is a super sheller. Call 613-587-4675.

FOR SALE – Case IH 1020 15ft flex head, reasonable condition. $1,500 obo. 613-347-7252.

FOR SALE – International 155 manure spreader four parts (some new). $250. International 82 combine. $3,000. Call (613) 432-7194.

FOR SALE – Massey Ferguson 850 combine. Comes with a six row corn head and a 20 foot flex head. $16,000. Call 613-646-9728.

FOR SALE – Cub International attachments. Six pieces: one furrow plow, disc plow, cultivator, snow blower, bucket, snow plow. $375 for all. 705-778-7328.

FOR SALE – CIH 8570 big square baler, only 28,000 bales. Acid applicator, always shedded. Excellent condition. $28,000 or best offer. Claas 350 rotary rake. Excellent condition. $4,500 or best offer. White 2105 four wheel drive, cab, air. $12,000. Belleville. 613-969-1345.

FOR SALE – Jaylor 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 – Case 2377 Combine, exceptional value, must see, 2006, 4WD, fully loaded, 935 hrs, field ready, 25ft flex AWS, air, 6RN w/new poly, $175,000. Call 1-800-520-2242.

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 – Central Boiler Outdoor Furnaces starting at $5675. Limited time offer. Instant rebates up to $1000. St-Isidore, Ontario (613) 524-3102.

FOR SALE – Aluminum irrigation pipe 18 length 3 inch, 12 length 2 inch, 6 three quarter inch sprinklers, complete system comes with T valves, adapters, reducers, etc. Bought $2,935. Asking $1,850. Call (613) 735-5127.

FOR SALE – Bombardier 4X4 all wheel drive - Traxter Model - w/ mud tires, 4 tires spares, snow plow, front mounted winch, regular maintenance, asking $3500.00. Call Byers Farm Equipment 613-448-2185.

FOR SALE – Butler building, 70’x80’, 22ft high, existing mechanicals. You arrange for it to be removed and rebuilt. $20,000. Call 613-503-1819 or pierre@urbancountryhomes.ca

FOR SALE – FIREWOOD PROCESSOR, Canadian made: Cuts 8-10ft logs, up to 16” diameter, 13hp Honda engine. $8,900. www.blackscreek.ca or 613-889-3717 or 888-989-3717.

FOR SALE – Bamboo brooms for sale. For information call 613 774-3148 or email at theilerfarm@gmail.com.

FOR SALE - RED CLOVER HAY – 1st cut, small bales, ensure rich fodder in the fall, pick-up or delivery (additional charge) now, P & H Farms, Port Hope. Call 905-786-3043.

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.

PROPERTY FOR SALE

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

WANTED

International grain binder and Dion thrashing machine. 22 x 38 or 28 x 48. Phone 1-905-983-9331.

HELP WANTED

Wanted tractor operator for snow removal. Kanata Stittsville area. Top dollar paid for experienced operator. Guaranteed weekly pay with performance bonuses and owner-operators welcome. Call us at (613) 599-4392 or contact us by email at capitalservices@sympatico.ca.

PERSONAL

Attractive Farm Girl with a Sexy Tractor Looking for a Dairy Farmer to Share Life With. Looking for a man who is 38-58, good sense of humour, strong, sensible, non-smoker. Who loves C/W music, movies, long walks, romantic evenings cuddling on the porch, home-cooked meals, simple farm life. No e-mail please. Reply to: P.O. Box 78, St. Andrews West, ON K0C 2A0.

 
FRONT PAGE
 Big crop, big price, big smiles
The crop some are saying is the best they've ever seen could beat the Ontario record.

MARKET REPORT 
 Short term soybean target is $12.70 per bushel
50-50 chance of seeing $6 per bushel corn, says commodity analyst Moe Agostino.

FEATURES
 Exotic fruits
A Quebec farmer is growing some things you wouldn't expect on a farm near Montreal. Now he's spreading his knowledge to eastern Ontario.

Exotic fruits: NHLer turns organic grower in Kingston
Kirk Muller puts down the hockey stick and takes up a hoe.
                           
OPINION 
 Latest threat to farming — bobolink and biodiversity zealots
Bobolink considered "threatened" but the real threat is to the farmers whose fields it might be on.

Surprise! Canadian rye whiskey is made from Ontario corn
Did you know the average Canadian whiskey is made from 90 per cent corn, five per cent rye and five per cent barley malt?

Cows not more likely to be clean when tails are docked
Study conducted on 297 free-stall Holstein herds.
 
  
Chad McRae takes a break on Adrian St. Denis’s farm at Greenfield, east of Maxville, on Oct. 27. Of 450 acres harvested so far, McRae says he has averaged 4.5 tonnes of dry corn per acre. On 1,500 acres, he averaged 1.4 tonnes of dry soybeans per acre. (Patrick Meahgher photo)
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NEWS
Chesterville farm worker dies after fall into corn silo
51-year-old Ralph O'Neil had been working on farms all his life.

Bette Jean Crews on one voice, risk management, how to lobby
After serving as president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture for two years, Crews hopes to get re-elected at the annual convention Nov. 22.

Grain elevators filling up fast
With lots of good crops rolling in, the elevators can't keep up.

Poultry expected to become world's favourite meat in 10 years
Chicken already favourite meat of Canadians.

Imported food not properly inspected, auditor says
Canadian Food Inspection Agency's top auditor criticizes dependency on foreign inspectors among concerns.

World's largest solar farm erected in Ontario
Enbridge opens its $400-million project in Sarnia.

Wow! Soybean crop hits 70 bushels per acre
Across Ontario estimates around 42.6 bushels per acre.

Value of Ontario farmland goes up, again
Ontario had highest average increase in the country.

86-year-old pops three coyotes from his kitchen
Retired dairy farmer found his targets from 150 feet away sitting in his kitchen.

Stockdales win Peterborough Farm Family of the Year
The two brothers and their families run a dairy farm in Indian River.

5-year corn yield jump due to technology advances
OMAFRA crop specialist points to corn genetics, tile drainage and better equipment.

Market gardener quits day job to go full-time after first season            Robin Turner hopes to become one of the largest examples of an organic Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) garden in Ottawa.

Henderson wins two top awards at east-west dairy classic
Grand Champion Female title still eludes him.

Eastern Ontario Western Quebec 4-H Regional Championship results
Championship show held Oct. 2 at the Metcalfe Fair.
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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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