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Farmers
Forum Second Annual Photo Contest
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| "I can't
believe I ate the whole
thing!"
First Place: Judy Caird of Sydenham, Ont.
"A boy and his cow at
rest" Second place:
Dawn Patterson, of Osgoode, Ont.
"Geesey gaggles" Third
Place: Achim Mohssen of Picton, Ont.
"The bovine and the
feminine" Fourth Place:
Brenda Lane of Peterborough, Ont.
"Mirage with
Merlin"
Fifth Place:
Laurie Maus of Dunvegan, Ont.
"Ginger"
Sixth Place: Mark Lemke of Petewawa, Ont.
"Sunset over farm" Seventh
Place: Rita Dessaint of Sarsfield, Ont.
"Let's take a ride, eh?" Eighth
Place: Ian & Diana de Zeeuw, Lyn, Ont.
"Yaaaaawn, is it morning
already?" Ninth Place: Cora Beking of
Kemptville, Ont.
"The sun's setting
sunflower" Tenth Place:
Cora Beking of Kemptville, Ont.
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The OFA's new president,
Spencerville farmer Geri Kamenz, stands in front of his farm after the
election. "We won't be navel gazing," he said, of the OFA.
"Our focus is clearly on the issues."
New farm leader
He has been working
towards this goal for 10 years. On November 20, Spencerville hog, beef and
crop farmer, Geri Kamenz, 46, was elected president of the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture, the first president east of Toronto since Wolfe
Island's Bridget Pike in the late 1980s.
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story
LEAD
STORY
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Dairy revolt
One group of eastern Ontario dairy farmers
has hired a posse of lawyers, while another is working a petition
through the province. Both groups have the same aim: to revoke the new
quota changes made by its marketing board, the Dairy Farmers of
Ontario.
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story
EDITORIALS
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Good news, bad news
Farmers survived another roller coaster
ride this year. Prices rose, prices fell. New markets opened, others
closed. Government support was on-again off-again. Bad news followed
good news. Surprisingly, there was still a lot of good news. So, we've
drawn up a list. Here's Farmers Forum's top 6 good news and bad
news stories of the year. Surprisingly, the good news often
accompanied the bad.
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to story
ARTICLES
- Cool optimism for Seaway ethanol
project despite need for more cash
The skeptics stayed home and many of the
100 shareholders seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. The annual
general meeting of the Seaway Valley Farmers' Energy Co-operative was
one of cool optimism.
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story
- Denby goes after milk board
Outspoken Sunderland dairy farmer Bill
Denby is taking the Dairy Farmers of Ontario back to the provincial
agricultural
tribunal.
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story
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Corn price will be even higher next
summer, analyst predicts
Commodity analyst, DePutter Publishing,
has been predicting a sharp rise in the price of corn for several
years. But nobody expected the price to climb in the middle of a
bumper North American harvest.
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story
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Circle the wagons to save
agriculture in Peterborough-Kawartha, study says
A study of the economic impact of agriculture in
Kawartha Lakes and Peterborough has recommended that agricultural land
remain in agriculture and poor land in proximity with prime land be
designated as agricultural.
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story
Stories for our subscribers:
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Banned feed fed to cows in
Leeds
BROCKVILLE — Some farmers have
unwittingly served their animals banned feed. Bone meal and blood meal
were accidentally mixed for bovine feed by Agribands Canada Inc.
and distributed from an Addison feed store in Leeds County.
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Kamenz to push for unified
voice
Spencerville farmer Geri Kamenz is the new president for the
Ontario Federation of Agriculture. With 36,880 members, membership has
increased for the province's largest farm lobby group and the mood is
optimistic. Farmers Forum visited Kamenz at Buckstop Farms to
discuss the issues.
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Farmers must plan now for income
security, says new
VP
TRENTON- Rising prices have boosted the crop industry and the
harvest has been higher than the 10-year average, but this is no time
to sit back and rest on our laurels. The newly elected vice president
of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA), Bette Jean Crewes,
says the time is right to put a plan in place to provide price
stability for agriculture.
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New OFA executive dominated by
eastern Ontario farmers
TORONTO- Four of the seven members of the new Ontario Federation of
Agriculture executive are from eastern Ontario.
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Local cow sells for $510,000
TORONTO- Ontario's highest selling Holstein of the year, Penlow
Georgette Outside, went on display at the Royal for a week in
November. She was sold for $510,000 at a sale in Port Hope in July to
an Italian who lives in Brazil, Giovani Lucignano.
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Prize calf mistakenly sold- traced
to slaughterhouse
COBDEN — A bull calf valued at more than $5,000 and
destined for an artificial insemination unit was mistakenly hauled off
to a Montreal slaughterhouse after a drover pulled in the wrong
yard.
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THEY
SAID IT:
"It comes down to a
crap shoot."
— Environment Canada
senior climatologist David Phillips, on how to make planting
decisions based on the weather.
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ADS:
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FARM FACTS:
Number of members of
Ontario Federation of Agriculture..36,880
Number of people on OFA
7-member executive from eastern Ontario....4
Percentage of rainy days in
eastern Ontario from September to November 22......66
Percentage of rainy days in
eastern Ontario from September to November 21......69
Amount in new money Seaway
Grain Processors must raise to build an ethanol plant....$10 million
Percentage of ethanol
required in all vehicle gasoline in Ontario by Jan. 1, 2007..............5
New cap on earnings for dairy farmers
selling quota on the exchange..$25,000/kg
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