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February 2015
COMING EVENTS
Adapting to future trends one of key
presentations at Eastern Ontario Dairy Days
By Tom Collins
MAXVILLE — Recognizing dairy trends
and how to adapt will be a main attraction
at Eastern Ontario Dairy Days in Maxville
on Feb. 11 and Kemptville on Feb. 12
starting at 9:30 a.m.
Gay Lea Foods Co-operative president
and CEO Michael Barrett will cover topics such as ingredients used in milk and
whether dairy farmers are better off working with one large co-op or a number of
smaller co-ops, said event organizer Blair
Murray of Murray Agri Consulting.
Other topics include:
• Strategies to optimize calf health and
performance, by Kemptville College associate professor Dr. Trevor DeVries;
• The exciting world of new product
development, by Dairy Farmers of Ontario
ethnic market specialist Nissim Avraham;
and,
• Balancing producer needs and market
demands, by Dairy Farmers of Ontario
general manager and CEO Peter Gould.
Tickets are $25 and farmers register at
the door.
Go to www.eontdairydays.com.
Organic farm day offers something
for the conventional grower
By Tom Collins
CORNWALL — Even conventional growers could learn something at an all-organic
workshop, says one of the organizers of
Eco Farm Day.
The 31st annual event, taking place in
Cornwall on Feb. 28, will host 12 different
discussions, including how weed control can
be achieved in organic field crops through
the use of crop rotations, cover crops and
choosing the right tool at the right time.
Organizer Colin Lundy of the Canadian
Organic Growers said this was a good opportunity for both conventional and organic
growers to learn a little something.
“While the workshops really focus
on organic production and management,
these are all production and management
techniques that conventional farmers can
adopt without the assumption they’re going
organic,” said Lundy. “As we see more and
more, production techniques (such as longer
crop rotations and integrating cover crops as
pest and weed management methods) that
were championed by organic producers are
being adopted by conventional farmers.”
Tickets are $60 if bought before Feb.
14 and $75 after, with a $10 discount for
Canadian Organic Growers and Organic
Meadow members.
For more, visit ecofarmday.ca.
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February 2015
Ontario farmers to get look at hay
machine at New York Farm Show
By Tom Collins
SYRACUSE — The New York Farm Show will showcase
a new hay merger at its Feb. 26-28 show.
The 30th annual New York Farm Show at the New
York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse will include a robotic
milker display, daily beef seminars, forestry workshops
and about 420 exhibitors. Tickets are $5.
But the biggest attraction this year will likely be the
Italian company Roc bringing its new hay merger, which
is a giant hay rake that can place 30 feet of cut hay into
windrows. Roc offers several types of mergers, including
the $150,000 RT 1220, the largest merger in the world.
The merger lifts hay to a conveyor belt to create a windrow, whereas other machines drag the crop on the ground
to the windrow. The Roc merger system causes less damage to hay, fewer rocks and dirt inside the windrow, and
less hay loss, the company says.
About 1,000 Ontario farmers trek south of the border
to the see U.S. show each year. Overall attendance is
about 25,000.
For more, visit newyorkfarmshow.com.
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Sheep day to explore: What
does the consumer want?
By Brandy Harrison
EMBRUN — Lamb may
no longer be a high-end
luxury but some sheep
farmers are scratching their
heads over what the new
convenience-obsessed, onthe-go customer wants.
“How important is the
traditional leg of lamb
roast anymore? How much
time does today’s homemaker have to spend in
the kitchen to prepare to a
sit-down Sunday dinner?”
asks Osgoode sheep farmer
Colleen Acres, chair for
district 10 of the Ontario
Sheep Marketing Agency.
“We have to realize if we
don’t get what the consumers want, they’re not going
to pay us for our efforts the
way we think we deserve to
be paid.”
The district’s sheep day
on Feb. 21 aims to help
sheep farmers take the
guesswork out of raising
lamb for changing consumer appetites with a
panel that includes a lamb
buyer and feedlot operator, an abattoir operator,
and possibly a retailer. The
panel will kick off a full
day of speakers, running
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at
Knights of Columbus Hall
at 5 Rue Forget in Embrun,
southeast of Ottawa.
Sheep farmers just
weren’t aware that customers have been clamouring
for more ready-made meals
and may have a lot to learn,
explains Acres, who runs
Maple Meadow Farms
with her husband, Dwayne
Bazinet, and their three
sons, Mitchell, Taylor, and
Kieran.
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February 2015
Going by the tagline
“how to build a better
lamb,” the workshop is
designed with new and
experienced producers in
mind. Farmers will also get
the rundown on genetics,
reproduction, and recordkeeping from OMAFRA’s
sheep specialist, Delma
Kennedy; conformation
traits to watch for in ewes
and rams; and nutrition tips
from Dr. Paul Luimes, a
professor and researcher at
Ridgetown College.
Cost is $30 and includes
lunch. Registration begins
at 9:30 a.m.
You raise sheep. Now raise your revenue. Sheep day is
Feb. 21.
East Central Farm Show
March 4-5 at Lindsay
By Tom Collins
The East Central Farm
Show will be held March
4 and 5 at the Lindsay
Fairgrounds.
The show, hosted by the
East Central District Soil
and Crop Improvement Association, will include 170
exhibitors, up from about
150 last year.
Admission is $5 or free
to members of the Ontario
Soil and Crop Improvement Association. Memberships are available at the
door for $15.
Visit www.regionalscia.
org/ECFS.html.
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EASTERN ONTARIO
Sat Feb 7, 2015 - 8:30am
- 3:30pm. Ontario Maple
Syrup Producers Association Information. Session.
Where: Ottawa Valley Local
Mapleton Pancake House
Hardwood Lake ON
Sat Feb 7, 2015 - 9am - 4pm
3rd Annual Kawartha Farm
Stewardship Workshop.
Where: 694 ON-7A, 694
Ontario 7A, Bethany, ON L0A
1A0, Canada
Sat Feb 7, 2015 - 6pm
- 6:30pm Peterborough
County Cattlemen’s Dinner
and Dance. Where: Douro
Community Centre, DouroDummer, ON, Canada
Tue Feb 10, 2015 - All day
Eastern Ontario Crop Conference. Tue Feb 10, 2015 - Wed
Feb 11, 2015. Where: Municipality Of North Grenville,
285 Leeds and Grenville 44,
Kemptville, ON, Canada
Wed Feb 11, 2015 - 10am 12pm Eastgen Annual Zone
Meeting & Tours. Where:
2138 Cty Rd. 11, Selby, ON.
Thu Feb 12, 2015 - 9am
- 4pm Quinte Farm Trade
Show. Where: Knights of
Columbus Hall, Trenton ON.
7:30pm - 10pm
Thu Feb 12, 2015 - Prince
Edward Federation of Agriculture Monthly Director
Meeting. Where: OPP Office
Boardroom, County Rd. 1,
(Schoharie Road), Picton,
ON
Sat Feb 28, 2015 - All day
Eco Farm Day 2015. Sat Feb
28, 2015 - Sun Mar 1, 2015.
Where: Ramada Cornwall,
805 Brookdale Ave, Cornwall, ON K6J 4P3, Canada
Wed Mar 4, 2015 - 10am
- 3pm Environmental Farm
Plan (EFP). Where: Belleville, ON, Canada
Thu Mar 5, 2015 - The
Dundas Federation of Agri-
culture will be hosting their
2015 AGM, at the Dundas
Agricultural Hall - Nelson
LaPrade Centre in Chesterville, commencing at 10:00
a.m. Guest speakers and
Light Lunch will be provided.
Agenda details will be posted
on the DFA website when
finalized. Contact the DFA
secretary at 613-448-2655
or marydillabough@hotmail.
com for more information.
Tue Mar 10, 2015 - Ottawa
Valley Farm Show, March
10-12, 2015 at the EY Centre in Ottawa by the Ottawa
International Airport. For information call 613-445- 3407
Business
Directory
Wed Mar 11, 2015 - 10am
- 3pm Environmental Farm
Plan (EFP). Where: Belleville, ON, Canada
Tue Mar 17, 2015 - 10am
- 3pm Growing Your Farm
Profits – Workshop. Where:
Lindsay, ON, Canada
Wed Mar 18, 2015 - All day
Growing Your Farm Profits
– Workshop. Wed Mar 18,
2015 - Thu Mar 19, 2015.
Where: Greater Napanee,
ON, Canada
Sat Mar 21, 2015 – Eastern
Ontario District Farm Tours.
Hosted by Lanark County.
Tue Mar 24, 2015 - 10am
- 3pm Growing Your Farm
Profits – Workshop. Where:
Lindsay, ON, Canada
Wed Mar 25, 2015 - 10am
- 3pm Growing Your Farm
Profits – Workshop. Where:
Greater Napanee, ON, Canada
Fri Mar 27, 2015 - All day
OFT Annual Farmland Forum. Fri Mar 27, 2015 - Sat
Mar 28, 2015. Where: Peterborough, ON, Canada
Tue Mar 31, 2015 – “12
o’clock at Knonaudale”, 12
noon at Knonaudale Farms,
Crysler, Ont. Knonaudale
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