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CHANGES COMING FOR SOLAR POWER CONTRACTS
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
From an OPA ReleaseLast October the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) launched the successful microFIT Program. Participation in the program is very popular and it has vastly surpassed expectations. In fact, more than 16,000 applications have been submitted, with a large majority being for ground-mounted solar projects.
Due to this overwhelming popularity for the ground-mounted solar projects, the OPA is proposing a new pricing category of 58.8 cents kilowatt-hour (¢/kWh) for these projects. This will help ensure the program remains sustainable and electricity ratepayers – Ontario families – receive good value for new, clean, reliable renewable energy.
The new price category will better reflect the lower costs to install a ground-mounted solar PV project versus a rooftop project. It will provide a price that enables future project owners to recover costs of the projects as well as earn a reasonable return on their investment over the long term. The OPA will consult with applicants over the next 30 days about the proposed price of 58.8 ¢/kWh. During this time the microFIT application intake will continue.
The microFIT Program is designed to encourage homeowners, farmers, small businesses and institutions to develop small renewable energy generation projects of 10 kilowatts or less. Project owners are paid a fixed price for the electricity they produce, with prices set to recover costs as well as earn a reasonable return over the 20-year term of the contract.
“The OPA believes the new price category is fair, reasonable, more accurately reflects the costs associated with ground-mounted projects and maintains the long-term stability of the program,” says Colin Andersen, Chief Executive Officer of the Ontario Power Authority. “It enables the program to continue to meet its original goals and provides proper value to both generators and ratepayers.”
Under the proposed new price category, ground-mounted microFIT applicants who already have an executed contract or received a conditional contract offer from the OPA will receive the original price of 80.2 ¢/kWh, consistent with the microFIT rules. All other ground-mounted microFIT projects, including those for which an application has been submitted but have not yet received a contract or conditional contract offer, will receive the price following consultations on the proposed 58.8 ¢/kWh. Ground-mounted microFIT applications will be processed following the 30-day comment period.
The OPA will hold a number of webinars to discuss the introduction of this proposed new price category and answer questions. The OPA will also accept comments by e-mail and regular mail. Details on how to participate in the webinars or submit comments can be found on the microFIT website: http://microfit.powerauthority.on.ca/.
OFA CONSIDERATION CHECKLIST FOR SOLAR 'BARNS'
06/30/10
AgriLink has been advised that due to recent ads in some of the farm publications stating companies are now willing to put up pole barns for farmers and install solar panels on top of these barns. The Ontario Federation of Agriculture has some words of advice for farmers. They say there are several considerations in two general categories. Those categories are ‘ownership’ and ‘is it the best investment for the farm’?
First – building must be actually needed or useful to the farm and suitably located. Otherwise it will be a nuisance.
Ownership – is the building owned by the farmer or leased by the farmer - OFA suggests that only ownership is appropriate for the farm. A lease encumbers the entire farm in order that the farm can have another shed which it may or may not actually need. The panels can be leased to own by the farmer, but there should be no tenant or other rights ceded to the solar developer/contractor.
Best Investment? – the panels etc. will pay 10% +/- per year. The building may provide benefits of some additional thousands or tens of thousands per year if it is genuinely useful and or needed. But quota or land or machinery or a good holiday or a 4-plex in town may all be better investments for the farmer. They should consider these options.
Finally the power authority (OPA) must be convinced that the primary purpose of the building is not simply to hold solar panels up in the air to face the sun. If they are not so convinced there will be no FIT program approval.
As well, OMAFRA has some excellent information on their website in regards to solar projects in general. Here is a link to this information on their website.
http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/engineer/ge...b/photo.htm
$2.4 MILLION PROJECT TO GET ENERGY FROM CROPS NOT COAL
07/05/10
From an OFA Release
GUELPH – A $2.4 million study to replace coal with agriculture biomass derived from purpose-grown crops such as miscanthus, switchgrass and native prairie grasses will be carried out by the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA), in partnership with Ontario Soil & Crop Improvement Association (OSCIA).
Thermal power generating stations such as Nanticoke and Lambton have been mandated by the provincial government to stop burning coal for energy. The OFA has met with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) to discuss replacing coal with agricultural biomass as a fuel for energy production. “These two generating stations are the primary reason for this project because they represent a significant market. Ontario farmers have the ability to offer green energy solutions and OFA is ensuring they have a role in the replacement of fuel, earning acceptable returns in doing so,” says Bette Jean Crews, OFA president.
Both power plants are to cease burning coal by the end of 2014. “This project is a priority in that it requires two to three years to establish biomass crops like miscanthus, switchgrass or prairie grasses, all of which provide a solid energy source,” says Barry Hill, President of OSCIA. “The sooner we can stop burning coal and work toward carbon neutrality the better.”
This project will study, with the assistance of farm cooperators and researchers, options for growing biomass economically and sustainably at a field scale. The project will also look at converting biomass to pellets (or briquettes) to meet OPG’s specifications to achieve the cleanest burn and highest energy value.
A total of $2.4 million in funding for this project has been provided by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada through the Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (CAAP). CAAP is a five-year, $163 million national initiative that aims to help the Canadian agricultural sector adapt and remain competitive. In Ontario, this program was launched in 2009 and is being delivered by the Agricultural Adaptation Council (AAC).
“Funding for this innovative project will better prepare Ontario farmers to make informed decisions regarding the production of purpose-grown biomass as a viable commercial crop option.” says Jim Rickard, AAC Chair. “This is the largest contribution the AAC has delivered under the CAAP and it is expected the results from this project will be transformative to Ontario’s agriculture and agri-food industry.”
Approximately 900 acres of commercial farmland will be involved in the project. Project leaders will be looking for farm cooperators to assist in this research.
Gord Surgeoner, president, Ontario Agri-Food Technologies is looking forward to his involvement in this project. “I am pleased to see a science-based approach applied to agricultural biomass initiatives.”
Biomass production may have the potential to provide new opportunities for farmers located in southern Ontario. An important objective of the project is to investigate how purpose-grown biomass crops can be profitably produced in an environmentally sustainable manner that balances society’s need for both fuel and food.
ONTARIO FARMERS LOOK FOR CHANGE FROM MINISTERS
07/05/10
From a Release
GUELPH - The Ontario Agriculture Sustainability Coalition (OASC) and Ontario farmers are looking to this week’s meeting of federal, provincial and territorial (FPT) Agriculture Ministers for agreement on revised business risk management programs to sustain Ontario’s farming and food industry.
“OASC has been telling our governments that Ontario farming is in crisis and at a crossroads,” says Bette Jean Crews, President of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. “Our governments need to act now to sustain Ontario family farms and our local food system.”
“In consultation with farmers, our coalition has developed practical and bankable programs to address long-term sustainability as well as their short-term needs,” says Wilma Jeffray, Chair of Ontario Pork. “It is critical that our changes to AgriStability and an AgriFlex program, to enable the new Business Risk Management Programs, are implemented now to help our farm businesses.”
Farm income forecasts released recently by Statistics Canada show a national farm income loss of over $164 million. Ontario is looking at a farm income loss of half a billion dollars in the coming year. A recent national survey also shows that the majority of Canadian farmers are dissatisfied with the current AgriStability program.
“The numbers clearly disprove what Ministers seem to believe about the farm sector. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) analysts note that the crop and livestock sectors are expected to continue downward trends. To make matters worse, they add that program payments will decline due to weaker reference margins,” says Curtis Royal, President of the Ontario Cattlemen’s Association.
“Even AAFC analysts have told us the current risk management programs do not work under the current market conditions,” adds Crews. “That is why the OASC is calling on the July 7th and 8th meeting of FPT Ministers to immediately address this situation by financially supporting the tools Ontario farmers have developed to cope with the external market factors that are driving prices down.”
EARLY PLANTING PAYS OFF
07/05/10
From FCC Express
by Trudy Kelly Forsythe
Now that the risk of frost is past, Ontario corn growers are breathing easy after gambling with an early spring planting.
With some growers starting to plant as early as mid-April, most of the province's approximately 1.8 million acres of grain corn and 0.3 million acres of silage corn was planted before May 10 -- the target growers aim for when planting each year.
"This year a lot was in before May 1," says Greg Stewart, a corn specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. He says growers took advantage of an early start because April was so warm and dry.
The province saw some frost around May 10 but the damage was minimal since the plants were only up at the two and three leaf stage. The frost killed the plants back to ground level but did not reach the growing point.
The greater risk to the plants was potential frost in early June when the growing point of the corn was above ground and could potentially kill the entire crop. But no frost at that time meant all is well with the crop which continues to grow well.
Usually corn is knee high by the first of July, but Stewart says most is taller. In fact, he predicts some will be shoulder high the first of the month.
Some growers got an early start to planting their soybean crops in the province as well, but planting continued for a longer period into late June. Horst Bohner, a provincial soybean specialist with OMAFRA, says most growers had the majority of Ontario's 50,000 acres of soybeans in by May 20. However, some in the deep south with clay soil were planting later in June and some acres were never seeded because of wet conditions.
Bohner says the crop is developing well since the weather conditions -- lots of heat and moisture -- are optimal for soybeans. The May 10 frost didn't cause significant damage since most of the soybean plants had not reached emergence. There are some areas that have suffered from excess rainfall, but overall Bohner says this is the best growing season he's seen in the past decade.
As for diseases, so far both crops have experienced minimal issues. "There are no aphid populations yet, though in the east they have found a few," Bohner says.
Stewart says June was quite wet so they are watching for the development of leaf diseases in the corn. "But at the moment there are no significant concerns in that area," he adds.
FIELD CROPS DON’T LIKE UNWELCOME NEIGHBOURS
06/29/10
By Owen Roberts, University of Guelph
It’s a special time of the year. Tiny crop plants such as corn and soybeans are poking through the ground, creeping skyward to capture the sun’s warming rays.
And they’re screaming their little green heads off about their no-good, sun-sucking neighbours.
At least, that’s what University of Guelph plant scientist Prof. Clarence Swanton hears when he puts his ear to the ground and listens, so to speak, to plants’ response to their environment. A lot of the talk occurs between the plants, and many of the messages are the same: Get lost!
By listening and watching, Swanton, a world-renowned expert in weed control in crops, is making significant discoveries. For example, he’s found field crop plants don’t like crowds, even though they grow closely together in rows. And he’s also found these plants abhor diversity, despite the fact that’s what makes the botanical world go around.
In fact, they know exactly where another plant species has taken root, by the amount of shade the intruder produces and the light it reflects.
If it’s too close, they sound the alarm.
Agronomically, cries for help appear as growth traits. Plants tell Swanton how they feel by dramatically exhibiting characteristics which have a big impact on farming’s ever-important measuring stick — yield.
For example, when crop plants sense nearby competitors (a.k.a. weeds), they muster all their energy and grow longer stems and stalks, to try to out-compete the unwelcome neighbour. This is much like a houseplant’s desperate and often futile efforts in winter to grasp limited sunlight.
But in a very young plant, during what’s called the critical growth period (which lasts about a month), limited energy is available. Something has to give.
Unfortunately, the victim is root development, as the crop plants focus their efforts on stalks and stems. That means farmers end up with spindly, underperforming plants anchored by shallow root systems that struggle to sustain the plants all season.
This is a fairly recent understanding, and it’s fundamentally changed the way farmers approach weed control. Traditionally, they thought they could wait until the weeds emerged, then nail them with what’s called a post-emergent (literally, “after weeds emerge”) herbicide.
But now, by knowing plants’ high stress levels in the presence of weeds, farmers are using more pre-emergent herbicides, to make sure the environment is what Swanton calls “clean” when plants start to grow. Pre-emergent herbicides are applied to the soil, and kill weeds before they get a chance to become competitors. It’s a crucial time to manage weeds, because lost yields can’t be recovered. Delaying spraying by even a few days makes a huge difference in yield.
The down side is that farmers don’t always know what kind of weeds will emerge, or how thick the infestation will be. They don’t want to spray for nothing.
But economically, research by Swanton and others has shown weeds can cut yield on just one corn plant by more than three bushels a day. That’s a lot of money lost. Given that we pay farmers pennies for their crops, they can’t take the chance that their fields will be weedy.
Swanton’s research into early-season weed control has received support from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and Syngenta. They’re all curious about what his findings mean to science, to farmers and to the crop protection industry.
U.S. APPROACH TO FARMING SHOULD CHANGE TO MEET NEW CHALLENGES, EXPANDING NEEDS
06/30/10
From the Office of News and Public Information of the US the National Research Council
WASHINGTON -- U.S. farmers are under pressure to produce more, pollute less, fulfill consumer preferences, and make a living -- all with increasingly scarce natural resources and the uncertain effects of climate change, says a new report from the National Research Council. To help U.S. agriculture evolve to meet these demands, the report concludes, national agricultural policies and research programs should look beyond focusing only on low costs and high production and adopt a holistic perspective to farming that encompasses multiple end goals.
"Although farming productivity has increased, nowadays farmers are being asked to do more than produce more food for a growing world population," said Julia Kornegay, chair of the committee that wrote the report, and professor and head of the department of horticultural science at North Carolina State University, Raleigh. "Many modern agricultural practices have unintended negative consequences, such as decreased water and air quality, and farmers have to consider these consequences while trying to increase production. If farmers are going to meet future demands, the U.S. agriculture system has to evolve to become sustainable and think broadly -- past the bottom line of producing the most possible."
Farmers in the United States have become more efficient producers. For instance, in 2008 farm output was 158 percent higher than it was in 1948, and farmers today are producing more food with less energy per unit output than 50 years ago. However, U.S. agriculture has external costs that are mostly unaccounted for in productivity measurements, the report says. For example, water tables have declined markedly in some agricultural areas, and pollution from nitrogen and phosphorus in fertilizers and pesticides have infiltrated surface water and rivers, creating oxygen-starved zones in waterways. The agricultural sector also is the largest contributor of two greenhouse gases, nitrous oxide and methane, in the United States.
Additionally, the committee found that farmers face other challenges, such as consumer concerns about the treatment of farm animals and food safety. Farmers' income is also not keeping up with rising production costs, primarily due to the higher prices of external inputs such as seeds, fuel, and synthetic fertilizer. More than half of U.S. farm operators work off the farm to supplement their income and to obtain health care and retirement benefit plans.
To help achieve a sustainable agriculture system that looks beyond the end goal of providing more goods, the committee identified four goals that should be considered simultaneously:
· satisfy human food, fiber, and feed requirements, and contribute to biofuels needs
· enhance environmental quality and the resource base
· maintain the economic viability of agriculture
· improve the quality of life for farmers, farm workers, and society as a whole
The committee emphasized that achieving a balance of the four goals, and creating systems that can adapt to fluctuating conditions, are hallmarks of greater sustainability. Achieving the goals will require long-term research, education, outreach, and experimentation by the public and private sectors in partnership with farmers. Moreover, two parallel and overlapping approaches -- one incremental and one transformative -- could help meet these goals, the committee proposed. The incremental approach would expand ongoing endeavors to create farming practices that improve sustainability, regardless of size or type of farming system. The transformative approach would bring together multiple disciplines of research to identify and design a vision for a balanced agricultural system.
Although the report lays out a framework toward attaining sustainable farming systems, the report stresses that farmers' decisions to employ new practices are influenced by external forces, such as science, markets, public policies, land tenure arrangements, and their own values, knowledge, skills, and resources. The committee said that efforts to promote widespread adoption of different farming practices and systems would require knowing how individual, household, farm, and regional characteristics affect farmers' response to incentives and disincentives.
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HARVEST AND STORAGE STRATEGIES TO MINIMIZE FUSARIUM 2010
06/29/10
Helmut Spieser, the Environmental Engineer with OMAFRA at Ridgetown has some important recommendations for wheat producers looking at possible Fusarium infestation in their ready-to-be-harvested fields.
As we approach wheat harvest, growers need to be remain vigilante and do a pre-harvest scout or assessment of the crop. Environmental conditions have been favourable for Fusarium Head Blight development in some fields in Ontario as well as in surrounding U.S. States such as Ohio and Michigan. Every year we deal with or try to minimize Fusarium impact on the crop and this year is no exception. How much, and to what extent of course, will depend on variety (susceptible vs tolerant), heading dates, environmental conditions, etc.
If you are harvesting wheat that has some Fusarium infected kernels, there are some strategies that will blow out many of the infected kernels in the field and arrest the further development of this disease in storage. There is no rescue treatment available to combat the Fusarium that exists now in the wheat fields. Careful harvesting, drying and storage strategies are the farmers' best way to maximize grain quality. Following these suggestions will eliminate most of the infected kernels and stop the further spread of Fusarium infection in the harvested wheat.
* Harvest early, at 18% moisture content or higher
* Use high fan speeds to blow out infected kernels
* Immediately dry infected grain over 16% M.C. in a heated air dryer to stop the spread of infection
SOYBEAN CROP DESCRIBED AS EXCELLENT
07/05/10
From OMAFRA Soybean Specialist, Horst Bohner
The majority of the Ontario soybean crop is now flowering and in excellent condition. Soybeans in wet areas within fields and in late planted clay soils are lagging behind. A wet June has resulted in additional flushes of weeds in some fields. In wide rows another application of herbicide may be required to control these emerging weeds. A few growers in S.W. Ontario attempt to grow soybeans following the harvest of a winter cereal or a pea crop. Double cropping will only succeed if sufficient moisture is available for quick emergence and September stays warm enough for the crop to finish. Even under good conditions the yield potential of soybeans planted in early July is only 25 bu/ac.
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