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AWARD WINNERS OTTAWA VALLEY SEED GROWERS' MARCH 14, 2007

01 Brian, Robert Nation Valley Potato Growers' Trophy for the Championship Exhibitor of Potatoes Won byVogeldale Farms, Leeds County accepted by Max Vogel Presented by Daryl Acres	02 Gail, Jim, Susie, Grahame Class 1 Alcyon Oats - won by Barclay Dick & Son accepted by Jim Arbuckle, OVSGA Director Class 4 Sable Spring Wheat – won by Grahame & Steve Hardy, accepted by Grahame Hudson Class 8 OAC Championship Soybeans – won by Marc Bercier, Accepted by Susie LeSauteur
03 Brian Hudson, Bob Dick Barclay Dick Challenge Trophy for the best exhibit of Red Clover Won by Bruce & Brian Hudson, Carleton County accepted by Brian Hudson Presented by Bob Dick, OVSGA Director	04 Susie, Jim Lanark Mutual Insurance Company for the most points in the pedigreed Classes   Won by Marc Bercier, Prescott County accepted by Susie LeSauteur Presented by Jim Lowry
05 Gail, Grahame Robertson Associate Trophy awarded to the Champion Exhibitor in the Pedigreed Coarse Grain Classes Won by Grahame & Steve Hardy, Dundas County accepted by Grahame Hardy Presented by Gail Harris	06 Phil, Graham SECAN Trophy most points in Pedigreed Wheat Won by Grahame & Steve Hardy, Dundas County accepted by Grahame Hardy Presented by Gail Harris
07 Brent, Phil Bishop Farm Seeds Plaque Exhibitor winning championship in the Barley Class Won by Mount Airy Farm, Leeds County, accepted by Joe Modler Presented by Brent Cochrane	08 Gary, Keith Mrs Ed Wallace & Issac Wallace Challenge Trophy for the Championship Hay Exhibit Won by Gary Gordon, Frontenac County Presented by Keith Lackey, OVSGA Director
09 Brian, Jim Hal Botham Memorial Trophy warded annually to the Championship Exhibitor of Forage Seeds Won by Bruce & Brian Hudson, Carleton County accepted by Brian Hudson Presented by Jim Arbuckle, OVSGA Director	10 James, Keith OVSG challenge for the Champion exhibit of Haylage Won by James Foster, Lanark County Presented by Keith Matthie, OVSGA Director
11 Jim, Daniel E.H. Wallace Memorial Trophy for the Champion exhibit of Soybeans Won by Daniel Lillico, Dundas County Presented by Jim Arbuckle, OVSGA Director	12 Daryl, Max synAgri Trophy for Championship open & 4-H ear of Corn Won byVogeldale Farms, Leeds County accepted by Max Vogel Presented by Daryl Acres
13 Dave, Don Embrun Agricultural Co-Op Trophy for the Champion Exhibit of Shelled Corn Won by David & Allen Hess, Grenville County, accepted by David Hess Presented by Don Lortie	14 Lois, Mack, Trevor Mack & Lois James Award for the most points in the 4-H section field crop classes Won by Trevor McDiarmid, Dundas County Presented by Mack & Lois James
15 Gary, Bob Hay Quality Competition (Class 49 First Place won by Gary Gordon, Frontenac County Presented by Bob Dick, OVSGA Director	16 France, Bob Second Place won by Ferme Gascon accepted by France Gascon Presented by Bob Dick, OVSGA Director
17 John, Keith Special Export Hay (Class 50) 1st cut won by Rob Nanne, Twin Peaks Farm, Lanark County accepted by John Nanne Presented By Keith Matthie, OVSGA Director	18 Cecil, Keith 2nd cut won by Cassbrae farms, Prescott County accepted by Cecil Cass Presented By Keith Matthie, OVSGA Director
19 Melanie, John John Posthumus Award for the most points in the 4-H section Life Skills classes Won by Melanie Briscoe, Renfrew County Presented by John Posthumus

The International Plowing Match turned the fields between Crosby and Forfar into a 5-day country festival. See story and photos in the Seed and Crops section on pages B8 to B11. (Terry Meagher photo)

EDITORIALS 

• Referendum takes aim at our democracy  Go to story
  On Oct. 10, Ontario will vote for a party to run the province but will also vote in the first referendum in 80 years. The question asks which electoral system should Ontario use to elect its MPPs?

OPINION 

• Politicians line up for votes at the IPM  Go to story
  The pleasant elderly farm couple, sitting next to me on the top row in the bleachers at the International Plowing Match in Crosby, are from Earlton in Northern Ontario. Like the 600 other people sitting in the stands, we are interested in seeing the opening ceremonies and listening to the political speeches.

 ARTICLES 

• Local farmer faces $ 300,000 in fines for cleaning out ditches without permit  Go to story
  Others complain they never heard of need for permits.
   

• More Cattle Sold, to be Shipped to Russia  Go to story
  The second largest export of Canadian breeding stock since a single case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) closed the border to the U.S. in 2003 is about to go down.
   

• Mowat the innovator dies at age 66  Go to story
  One of eastern Ontario’s great farm innovators and entrepreneurs, William Mowat, has died.
   

• From a so-so pick-your-own to a family hot spot   Go to story              
  Fifty acres of apples and 10 acres of strawberries weren't enough to support two families at Mountain Orchards, south of Winchester, through the 1970's.
                

• Ontario farmers urged to keep dairy heifers at home  Go to story              
  The U.S. Department of Agriculture projects that 48,000 dairy cows will enter the U.S. the first year the border opens to breeding stock and depress the U.S. price by a mere 1 %.
   

• Is Cross-breeding healthier?  Go to story  
  New Ontario study looks at dairy industry.

• What the new border rule is all about? Go to story  
  The US published its long awaited ruling on BSE and the border on September 18 but it won't become effective until November 19, 2007.

• Seaway to pay back $ 7.5 million to investors  Go to story  
  CORNWALL — The Seaway ethanol project is winding up operations at its Cornwall office, where office manager Linda Upper is getting up to 15 calls a week from shareholders wanting to know about their money.

   

• Cow gives birth to four calves  Go to story  
  PORTLAND — Lyn Haskins began farming four years ago and this year he almost doubled the size of his herd. His five-year-old Simmental-Hereford cross gave birth to four calves in the early afternoon of August 26. The odds of that happening are about one in 700,000 births.

• More funding to retrain or exit industry  Go to story  
  Family options program deadline Nov. 30.

• Kyle Rivington cleans up at Metcalfe regional 4-H  Go to story  
  METCALFE — Kyle Rivington just completed his last 4-H show taking the two top honours in dairy.

• Angus sale averages $ 2,368   Go to story  
  LOMBARDY—  Sixty nine head of elite Angus cattle went on the block at the Canadian Angus Highlight Sale at Bellstar Angus, near Smiths Falls.

• 4-H steer nets $ 6,305 in Metcalfe  Go to story  
  METCALFE — The regional 4-H championship steer and lamb auction Sept. 29 saw Russell’s Stewart James Jr. sell his champion steer for an impressive $4.85 per lb. At 1,300 lbs. the sale price was $6,305.

• Farmers plant more wheat as prices hit record highs  Go to story  
  Wheat excludes farmers east of Brockville.

• How to sell corps when prices are high    Go to story  
  Try 'drag your feet' marketing.

Stories for our subscribers:
 

• High dollar and feed price drops beef price
  The price of Ontario cattle dipped the third week in September.
   

• Renfrew forms on-line food co-operative
  Farmers and consumers in Renfrew County are taking "buy Local" to another level.
   

• Corn prices to stay high but ethanol industry gets a jolt  
  Local corn producers will likely not feel the effects of a shake-up in the ethanol industry. The biofuel gold rush has met with an unwelcome jolt, reported a front page New York Times article.  
   

• Milk finds that cola is king in schools, community halls
  School and recreational directors are putting money ahead of children's well being and stubbornly clinging to a principle of money ahead of health.
   

• Warkwarth alarmists charge biosolids make people sick
  Spreading biosolids or fertilizer sludge on fields is still an issue in some municipalities.
   

• Advantages of world famous clover                                                   The world favorite red clover will yield  92 -98 per cent of alfalfa under the best soil conditions in the first production year.   
   

• Lanark study says deer didn't eat all that corn                           Despite a lot of noise that has leapt from Lanark County in recent years about corn-eating deer, a three year study says it's not so bad.