JULY  2008
How to Advertise
How to Subscribe
About Us
Classifieds
Contact Us
Coming Events
Archives

 Farmers Forum Fourth   Annual Photo Contest


First Place
Rob Elmhurst of Hastings, Ontario

 
Second Place
Kathy Reid of Stirling-Rawdon, Ontario


Third Place
Heidi MacRae of Dalkeith, Ontario


Fourth Place
Tracy Dafoe of Havelock, Ontario.


Fifth Place
ohn Verburg of Athens, Ontario


Sixth Place
Ashley McNevan of Hastings, Ontario


Seventh Place
Rob Elmhurst of Hastings, Ontario
 


Eighth Place
Susan Latreille of Maxville, Ontario


Ninth Place
Karin DeVries of Finch, Ontario


Tenth Place
John Verburg of Athens, Ontario


Watching the water police





----------------------------------------
 THEY SAID IT:       

"If we get 28 to 30 degrees Celsius for two days, the crop will take off like a rabbit."
— Trenton crop Larry Hutchinson, on why farmers didn't worry about a cool, wet June.




CLASSIFIED ADS:     
 

LIVESTOCK FOR SALE
FLOCK REDUCTION – Registered Border Leicester ewes, rams and lambs. Good old fashioned sheep. Easily handled with quiet and gentle temperament. Dual purpose sheep with lovely fleeces and good producers. Call 905-797-3110, Northumberland County.

50 KATAHAIN EWES FOR SALE – Aged from 5 to 8 years old. Vaccinations up to date. Call 705-328-0116.

BULLS – A polled purebred Charolais bull and 2 purebred limousin bulls for sale. Well muscled, quiet, ROP tested at Douglas, 1 qualifies for Quebec. Call 613-623-3363 or 613-257-2522.

LIMOUSIN BULLS – 2 years old, double polled, exceptionally quiet, thick, excellent confirmation, moderately framed, closed herd. 1993 JD 435 baler, push bar, gathering wheels, shedded, makes excellent bale. Call 705-876-9341.

LIMOUSIN BULLS for sale, 1 and 2 year olds. Call 613-638-3747.

POLLED CHAROLAIS BULLS – 1 and 2 year olds; JD 435 baler, silage special, excellent condition. Call Garry Kelly, Marmora 613-472-5535.

RED ANGUS OR CHAROLAIS BULLS – Bio-tested. Vaccinated. Ready to work. Tayside Farms, John H Miller 613-267-6100.

PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS – your place to purchase supreme meat producers. Bulls of various ages always available, some BIO tested. Call Michael Ault at 613-652-2403.

HOLSTEIN BULLS FOR SALE – Holstein service age bulls sired by Mr. Sam, Spirit, and Outside. From very good and excellent dams. Tweed, call 613-478-6982 or 613-921-2978.

CHAROLAIS BULLS – registered, polled. Charolais bulls, BIO tested or farm grown, different ages & price ranges. Call Opal Rose Farm: 613-478-5270.

FOR SALE – a polled Charolais bull and 2 purebred Limousin bulls for sale. Well-muscled, quiet, ROP tested at Douglas, one qualifies for Quebec. Call 613-623-3363 or 613-257-2522

PUREBRED HOLSTEIN – service age bulls for sale. Full pedigrees. Delivery available. James Cooper, Cardinal 613-652-4145.

BLONDE BULLS – fancy, well muscled, easy calving, home raised, gentle natured, ready to work. Will deliver and can e-mail photos. Matthew Unger, Heartwood Farms, 705-652-1201.

PUREBRED LIMOUSIN BULLS – farm grown, quiet, polled, service aged bulls. Several blood lines, different ages available. Call 613-624-5297.

PUREBRED, REGISTERED CHAROLAIS BULLS – Polled, Performance bulls with extra attention to calving ease, temperament. Cornerview Charolais 613-646-9741 or www.cornerviewcharolais.com.

SIMMENTAL BULLS – BIO tested, qualify for Quebec, quiet, polled. Call 613-839-5274

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

FOR SALE – Renn pick-up for combine. $1,500 or best offer. Call Ken at 613-384-7990.

EQUIPMENT – John Deere 4850, 4-wheel drive, 1989, 6,700 hours, power shift, air, duals, new rubber, excellent condition, $39,500. Call 613-272-3104

FOR SALE – New Holland Tractor TN75DA, 62 horsepower, only has 195 hours of work; Loader with bucket and Quicke Q720; Loader with pallet fork bucket Quicke Q720; snowblower 7 ½ feet wide; bush hog 6ft wide. Call 613-443-5521

EQUIPMENT – Ford 550 backhoe $12,900. Case 580B backhoe $11,900. Case 680B backhoe $9,500. Case 580CK backhoe $8,900. Call 613-476-3332.

FOR SALE – Kuhn 8 ft rotary, hay rake, tandem tires. Excellent condition $2700. 613-835-9259.

FOR SALE – NEW Lely cow B rush (SGL) –motorized $1,500; J.K. Reid automatic cattle chute w/weigh system $6,000; 6’LG painted steel cattle trough $175; USED Model 525 Lucknow trailer horizontal mixer w/auger discharge $5,500; Patz 98B S/U – reconditioned $3,500; Valmetal Corn Silage roller on stand $3,800. Contact Byers Farm Equipment at 613-448-2185.

FOR SALE – 20 X 35 harvestore silo with Hercules on motor. Valmetal TMR model 170 mixer with digital scales. Belt feed conveyor with incline. 19 x 62 slurystore manure storage and pumps. Call 613-476-7094.

EQUIPMENT – Houle Lagoonpump 42’ with telescop wheels, 6" pipe, good condition. $14,900 – Call 613-330-0876.

FOR SALE – Rovibec Round Bail Chopper, 3 years old; 36 foot Mow conveyor; Massey Ferguson 124 bailer with allied stooker. 613-624-5543.

FOR SALE – Antique Thrashing Machine #216. Horse powered. Manufactured by Pete Hamilton. Peterborough, Ontario. $2,000. 1 Horse Drawn Sico More by Massey Harris. $600. 705-277-2016 evenings.

FOR SALE – 30 tonne feed factory. 6, 10 and 15 tonne hopper bins. Also, cedar posts for sale. Call 613-378-2255.

FOR SALE – JD corn planter 494 & 495 late 60’s; JD forage harvetore, hay & 2-row corn head, model 35; 2 self unloading wagons w/10 ton gearing; NH blower #27. Call 705-793-2724 after 6 p.m.

FOR SALE – Heatmor Model 200 outdoor wood furnace (stainless steel) can be seen working; Hiniker row-crop cultivator 6 X 30 with ridger attachments and shields. 42’ Speed king steel bottom elevator. Huntington 450-264-6895.

EQUIPMENT – 860 GEHL Forage Harvester with electrical pipe control; 1000 Gallon water tank and wagon; Calf creep feeder. Call after 6pm at 705-487-5127.

SERVICES

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

TILECROFT RECRUITING – Agriculture employment (F/T, P/T, sales, office, farm, equipment). www.tilecroftfarms.com or 744-6303.

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.

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

Misc. for SALE

PLASTIC AND ANCHOR BAGS FOR SALE – Do you need weight to hold the edges of the plastic? How about using Silage Saver Anchor Bags. Bags are already filled. Competitive prices. Call 705-799-7262.

VEHICLES FOR SALE – credit problem? 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.

FOR SALE – Pleasant modern dairy farm in eastern Ontario for sale by the owner. Visit www.dbpdairyfarmforsale.com. Please call 613-363-6363.

LICENSED ABBATTOIR FOR SALE – Well established business on a 2 acre lot with two other businesses on it. Very clean facility with epoxy flooring throughout, temperature controlled rooms. On site composting, saves a lot in rendering costs, government approved. Great product flow. The two other businesses on site are: Landscaping business currently run by the owner during the season, can also be rented. Indoor storage facility. Currently used for boats over 3500 sq.’ available. The site can be viewed by logging onto: www.meatandbbq centre.com or call 613-279-2204, 613-279-3006. $575,000 for the whole development, owner retiring.

WANTED

WANTED – Looking for dairy farm worker. Job includes taking care of animals, milking, etc. Farm is in Quebec. Employer seeking to learn English. If applicant speaks only English, OK. Call 418-882-0828.

WANTED – Need a polled Hereford bull. Anywhere from 18 months to 3 years old. Does not have to be purebred. Please call 613-551-4206. Ask for Laurie.

WANTED – acreage suitable for cashcropping and seed/grain production in Eastern Ontario. Must be within 60 km of Ottawa city limits. Prefer drained or tiled properties but will consider all types. No woodlots or wetlands. Reply to Duncan Farms, 7086 Rideau Valley Drive South, KARS, ON, K0A 2E0 or send email to Stu@5d.com.

HERDSPERSON – Free stall operation milking 140 cows in Navan, Ontario is seeking a full-time herdsperson. The farm features a double 10 parallel parlour. The ideal candidate must enjoy working with dairy cattle. $10-$15 per hour (depending on experience). Go to Job opportunities at info@tilecroftfarms.com.

RELIEF MILKERS AVAILABLE – If you are interested in a relief milker in the Carleton Place or surrounding area, Chersterville or surrounding area, Winchester and Mountain area, or Metcalfe/Navan area, or know someone that is, please contact: info@tilecroftfarms.com or call 1-613-774-6303.

CEDARS – cedar trees – 3 ft. to 6 ft. Cedar plantations wanted. Also, Birch trees between 8 and 10 ft., Spruce and Pine between 3 and 5 ft. Call collect 819-663-6504.

HAY – Good sized small bales. First cut, either round or square bale, good condition. $20 per round bale, $2 per square bale. Call 613-443-2111.

PERSONAL

WANTED – Single Dairy Farmer/Rancher. Seeking serious relationship with a man of steady character, good sense of humour, quiet evenings, non-smoker, 38-50. I am fun-loving, hard-working, honest, healthy, attractive single female. Serious inquiries reply to P.O. Box 95, St. Andrew’s West, Ontario, K0C 2A0

 
   
   
   
   

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

  By Patrick Meagher

Farmers fear Clean Water Act will put stranglehold on farming practices near drinking water sources
Go to story

OPINION 

Let the market solve the food crisis
Don't discount the law of supply and demand and that people worldwide are eating better and have the money to pay for better food.

Do farmers have a legal case against new imposing laws?
OFA president Geri Kamenz raises eyebrows with call to consult lawyers on Clean Water Act and other laws.

Give the new farmer a break
Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario has a ideas to help new farmers get started: give special loans and training.

Stories in print form:

  • My dad was first in Renfrew to use fertilizer and people then thought he was crazy
    Maynard van der Galien tells the history as it was and life as it is.
     

  • 220 species at risk can freeze your land
    Habitat descriptions and regulations to the Ontario Endangered Species Act announced June 30.
     

  • Looming corn shortages push price to record high
    It's a weather market, observers say
     

  • Taste of the Valley attracts 800 people
    Arnprior sells local food to the locals
     

  • Horse lovers are willing to pay hefty price for a pet
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glengarry County farmer Shawn McRae fears the Clean Water Act will devalue some farmland and the property owners will not be compensated for the loss.

ARTICLES 

Vanderbyl brothers exit the industry
The boys of Dalkeith, all seven of them, are scaling back or exiting the beef industry.

Farmers rate CAIS replacement C+
Farmers don't see much of a difference but at least the new programs pay more quickly.

Save rural Canada now, Senate says
Senate committee argues that one in 10 federal government jobs should move to rural Canada.

Quinte Wall of Fame inducts war hero, innovators
Dr. Campbell was a Second World War bomber, who later taught at the University of Guelph. Wellington Boulter was the first pioneer in the canning industry. Morely Webster was an apple innovator.

CROP REPORT
Slow plant growth due to lack of heat units. But Environment Canada says July will be hot.

It's tornado season!!
There's a slim chance the old barn will get demolished by a tornado. On the other hand, after the United States, Canada is the most tornado-prone country in the world.

Dramatic spike in cost of farming
In four years fertilizer has increased by as much as 242 per cent. Diesel fuel has increased 42 per cent in 12 months. For hog and cow-calf beef operators, the consequence have been catastrophic.

Electricity is in the wind on Wolfe Island
Farmers taking part in the first eastern Ontario wind farm stand to earn about $10,000 per turbine. Ching!ching!

STRAY VOLTAGE
Expanding your farm? It could be shocking

_____________________________________

VIDEOS YOU'LL LOVE OR NOT
How Not to Market Your Corn
________________________________
 
LINKS:

OMAFRA
ONTARIO CORN PRODUCERS
ONTARIO SOYBEAN PRODUCERS
ONTARIO CATTLEMEN'S ASSOCIATION
ONTARIO FEDERATION OF AGRICULTURE
NATIONAL FARMERS UNION
CHRISTIAN FARMERS FED. OF ONTARIO
__________________________________