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RMP GIVEN ONE YEAR EXTENSION
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
With files from OMAFRA and GFOThe province is supporting its grain and oilseed producers by temporarily extending the sectors' Risk Management Program (RMP) pilot for the 2010 crop year.
The program helps farmers offset losses caused by low grain and oilseed commodity prices. In 2010, prices for grain and oilseed have dropped more than 25 per cent - significantly below the cost of production. Participation in the extended program is open to farmers who received assistance in 2008 and/or in 2009, as well as those who began farming on or after January 1, 2008.
The decision was applauded by the Grain Farmers of Ontario.
“This is a great day for Ontario farmers as without the Ontario government’s leadership through RMP, we would be losing farms, and losing important food production that helps employ 40,000 Ontarians,” said Leo Guilbeault, Chair of the Ontario Grains & Oilseeds. “RMP is a simple, cost-effective solution to a complex problem that works. It is time that the federal government realized that this solution can be applied to all sectors, in all provinces, where there is a need to protect farmers against global farm subsidies and other problems beyond their control.”
It is now up to the federal government to follow the leadership of Premier Dalton McGuinty and Agriculture Minister Carol Mitchell, and become a full partner in a cost-shared program that is crucial to protecting the viability of the family farm.
“For the past three years, RMP has stood as an example of how cost-shared, insurance-based business risk management programs can provide long-term benefits to farmers, ,” said Don Kenny, Chair of Grain Farmers of Ontario. “Thanks to the leadership of the Ontario government and to Minister Carol Mitchell, RMP stands out as an example of how great things can be achieved when industry and government work together, sharing the risks … and sharing the rewards,” concluded Mr. Kenny.
COALITION HAPPY WITH ONTARIO GOVERNMENT’S FIRST STEP ON RISK MANAGEMENT 08/03/10
From a Release
GUELPH – The Ontario Agriculture Sustainability Coalition (OASC), supporting producers of livestock, fruit and vegetables and grains and oilseeds, is very pleased the Provincial Agriculture Minister announced a Risk Management Program (RMP) for Ontario Grains and Oilseeds in Mount Bridges today.
“The Coalition 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, “and we are glad that Minister Mitchell has taken leadership in extending the RMP, which was developed by farmers and is proven effective.”
“Our coalition of non-supply managed associations has developed practical and bankable programs to address the short-term needs and long-term sustainability of our members,” said Wilma Jeffray, Chair of Ontario Pork. “It is critical that the Business Risk Management Programs developed across other commodities be implemented to help our farm businesses better manage this risk.”
“We look forward to continuing our work with the Minister in implementing similar programs for the livestock and horticultural sectors in the near future,” says Brian Gilroy, President of Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association.
Henry Stevens, President of the Christian Farmers’ Federation of Ontario added that the OASC group will continue working with Minister Mitchell to secure federal participation and ensure the Ontario programs are effective and sustainable.
GREEN ENERGY PROBLEMS CONTINUE TO PLAGUE ONTARIO’S LIBERAL GOVERNMENT 07/27/10
From the Canadian Press
TORONTO – Ontario’s environmental watchdog is demanding answers about a huge cut in the guaranteed price for some solar power projects.
The Ontario Power Authority announced during the Canada Day long weekend that the promised 80.2 cents a kilowatt hour for ground-mounted solar projects was being slashed to 58.8 cents.
Environmental Commissioner Gord Miller says the OPA has a duty to fully disclose the financial assumptions it used to cut the guaranteed rate for solar projects by 27 per cent.
He says a deal is a deal, or should be, and the numbers the OPA has released so far just don’t add up.
Miller says people will lose confidence in Ontario’s commitment to green energy if they don’t get all the financial details used to justify the price cut.
The Opposition says the Liberals promised solar producers one thing but delivered another because they’ve been rushing through their green energy agenda without enough thought.
Miller estimates about 11,000 applicants for solar projects in Ontario will be affected by the rate cut, which some business people say has already resulted in cancelled contracts.
FARMERS IN DENMARK ADJUST TO LIVESTOCK ANTIBIOTIC BAN 08/03/10
From the Des Moines Register
Denmark is to hogs in Europe what Iowa is in the United States. So the Danes can provide lessons for U.S. farmers and the Obama administration when it comes to restricting the use of antibiotics on hog farms. ??The nation banned the use of antibiotics for growth promotion in hogs in the 1990s, a step that the Obama administration is proposing for U.S. farms. That move cut antibiotic use by 40 percent.
Denmark next halted the use of antibiotics for anything other than treating ill animals. Farms could no longer give antibiotics to young pigs to prevent them from getting ill, a practice that became common decades ago in the United States and Europe as pigs were weaned earlier so farms could get as many litters as possible from their sows.??
The second restriction resulted in an actual increase in total antibiotic use as farmers found themselves treating more sick pigs, a fact that's often cited by the U.S. industry in arguing against restrictions on the drugs' use.
Danish farmers have been forced to make changes in their operations, including keeping newborn pigs with their mothers for a week longer, to try to protect them from getting ill.??
Still, antibiotic usage has increased in recent years faster than hog production has grown, a Danish food safety official told a U.S. House committee recently.?? Per Henriksen, a veterinarian, told the panel the government is flagging farms that exceed a certain level of antibiotics and requiring them to cut back.
SYNGENTA SUPPORTING 4-H ONTARIO ARBOR AWARD PROGRAM WITH $21,000 3 YEAR CONTRIBUTION 07/29/10
From a Release – Guelph - Syngenta continues to support passionate and dedicated 4-H Ontario volunteers that are essential to the delivery and success of the Ontario 4-H program with $21,000 dedicated to the Syngenta 4-H Ontario
Arbor Awards program over the next three years.
Volunteers are the foundation of the 4-H Program, and recognizing these volunteers continues to be an important aspect of it. The Syngenta 4-H Ontario Arbor Award program created in 2001 during the International Year of Volunteers, is presented to 4-H volunteers who have made a difference to 4-H in Ontario.
Recipients of this award must have shown significant leadership and initiative and have made a positive impact on 4-H at various levels. They are also recognized for their involvement in other community activities and organizations. Since 2001 44 volunteers have been recipients of this prestigious award.
“4-H has some of the most passionate and dedicated volunteers who are essential to the program’s success, which is why this award resonates,” says Clare Illingworth, Syngenta Internal Communications Specialist and 2010 Arbor Awards presenter. “We are proud to support 4-H and the volunteers who promote youth leadership.”
This year three individuals, Diane Armstrong (Peterborough 4-H), Shelley Barfoot-O’Neil (Grey 4-H), and John den Haan (South Simcoe 4-H) received Arbor Awards. As recipients of this award each volunteer received an award and a tree is planted in their honour.
The first tree planting took place at the Adjala-Tosorontio Municipal Office in late June where a Red Maple was planted to honour John den Haan. Shelley Barfoot-O’Neill and Diane Armstrong’s tree plantings are in the planning stages.
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA CELEBRATES FOOD DAY AND THE BEST FOOD ON EARTH 07/30/10
From a release
Ottawa, Ontario – Food Day, July 31, 2010 is a perfect opportunity to recognize Canadian farmers’ hard work and dedication to producing the best food in the world. This Saturday marks the 8th annual national celebration of Canada’s culinary excellence, from farm to fork.
“Canadian farmers produce the best food in the world and we're not shy to say it,” said Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. “What better day than Food Day to celebrate Canada’s hard working farm families and their important contribution to our economy, our country, and the health of consumers at home and around the world.”
Agriculture is a vital part of Canada’s growing and modern economy as it drives eight percent of our Gross Domestic Product. The industry is responsible for one in eight of jobs and last year its contribution to trade was more than $40 billion.
The Government of Canada has played a proactive role in promoting the world-class agriculture products that come from Canadian farms. In addition to leading dozens of trade missions to expand international markets for Canadian farmers, Minister Ritz has broken down trade barriers in important markets such as Russia, Hong Kong, Colombia and most recently China.
At home, Minister Ritz has hosted a breakfast together with Canadian farm leaders and high profile chefs at the Calgary Stampede and the 2010 Vancouver Olympics where they spread the word about the delicious, healthy and quality Canadian foods to international and domestic media.
Paired with strategic international market development, these events help tell the great story of Canadian food and pave the way for increased international demand to boost the bottom line for Canadian farmers.
"On Food Day and every day of the year, everyone is encouraged to cook, grill and savour Canada's safe, high-quality food,” said Minister Ritz. "Our Government will continue to maximize every opportunity to highlight Canadian agriculture because increased international trade delivers benefits to all Canadians."
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CRUNCH! NEW PEST CHEWING THROUGH CANADIAN CORN CROPS-SCHAAFSMA 08/03/10
From Jessica Murphy The Canadian Press
MONTREAL—A minuscule pest has made its way from corn-belt states in the U.S. and is now slowly chewing its way through crops in Canada.
Entomologists aren’t sure why the Western Bean Cutworm began migrating, but can confirm the critter has popped up in Ontario and Quebec cornfields.
“This is the first year we’re anticipating a significant problem,” said Art Schaafsma, an expert in field crop pest management with Guelph University, Ridgetown Campus.
In just one year, there’s been a proliferation not only in the insect’s numbers but also in the number of regions where it’s been found.
“We’ve been getting significant trap catches,” said Schaafsma. “Last year it was more of a token catch.”
Newly hatched larvae are a dull tan or pink colour with black heads. They feed on the plant’s pollen, its silk and, later, on its developing kernels. Its feeding can open up the ear to other pests, diseases and fungal infections.
Farmers in Ontario and Quebec are being asked to scout for egg masses — pearly thumb-tip-sized patches of eggs that turn purple before hatching — and for the larvae.
Schaafsma said the worst infestation he’s seen so far was in one Ontario field. Eggs were found on 25 per cent of plants, an invasion he estimates could cost the farmer 10 to 15 per cent of his crop yield.
“It hits the farmer in the pocketbook,” he said.
Still, Schaafsma says farmers shouldn’t panic.
He cautions that Canada’s bug problem is mild compared to the cutworm invasion in some U.S. states.
Claude Parent, an agronomist with the Quebec ministry of agriculture, agrees the contamination is, for now, on a relatively small scale. “We’ll see some damage in a couple of fields,” he said.
“But if we look at how it spread elsewhere, it starts small. In all the (U.S.) states we saw the population slowly increase.”
The bugs moved into Ontario in 2008 and spread to Quebec a year later. The pretty adult moth, with its star- and crescent-moon wing markings had flown northeast from Nebraska, Arkansas and Colorado.
The migration was first reported in Michigan a few years ago, and farmers in the border state are now reporting significant damage to their crops.
The insect also dines on dry beans — though not soybeans — and to a lesser extent on tomatoes and nightshade.
In Canada, large amounts of the eggs have been found in fields around Bothwell and Strathroy in southern Ontario, and near Lorrainville and Shawville in Quebec near the Ontario border.
At the moment dry bean crops in the country are free from the cutworm, which seems more attracted to Canadian corn.
For this, Parent breathes a sigh of relief.
Dry beans — like kidney, pinto and romano beans — are extremely vulnerable to the pest. Corn farmers have two weapons in the battle against the cutworm: spraying with insecticides or planting a breed of transgenic corn modified to produce a specific insecticidal protein.
Entomologists are still studying the most effective way to spray the tough-to-kill pests, which can be hard to reach with chemicals once they’ve moved down into the ear of the corn.
Both Schaafsma and Parent agree the first few years of the infestation will be the worst.
CORN PROGRESSING 10% AHEAD OF NORMAL-OMAFRA 07/30/10
From Corn Specialist, Greg Stewart
Heat unit accumulation from May 1 continues to be 8-10 % ahead of the 30 year normal. Pollination is complete in the majority of the acreage with most occurring under good soil moisture and temperature conditions.
Successful pollination can be detected by careful removal of the husks, tapping the ear, and observing the silks that are no longer connected to the kernel. Silks that fall away freely indicate successful pollination.
Western Bean Cutworm (WBC) egg masses are now being detected at numbers considerably higher than in
previous years. Spraying has been indicated as necessary in some of these fields. The WBC moths are less likely to lay egg masses in corn that has tassels. Hence, corn that was planted later appears to be more prone to having egg masses. These fields should be priority number one for scouting. Stay up to date with WBC issues and scouting tips at http://bautebugblog.com/new-western-bean-cutwor...uting-video
GIANT HOGWEED UPDATE 07/30/10
From Bryan Boyle at OMAFRA-Petrolia
There has been much attention in the press recently concerning the giant hogweed. Giant Hogweed, Heracleum mantegazzianum, which has been documented in Ontario since 1949, is distinguished by its huge size, its very large, compound leaf blades, its tall, thick, hollow, often sharply roughened stems, and its large flat-topped compound inflorescence with white flowers and large, flat fruits with prominent dark-coloured oil tubes. Flowering inflorescences are often heavily infested by aphids. See the following webpage from WeedInfo.ca for additional information: http://www.weedinfo.ca/weed.php?w=HERMZ
Ministry staff is aware of the significance of Giant Hogweed from a human health and invasiveness perspective and is working with the University of Guelph and several municipalities across the province to identify best management practices for giant hogweed.
Giant hogweed identification videos are now available on the OMAFRA website at the following links:
http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/insec.../weeds.html
http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/facts...hogweed.htm
If you suspect giant hogweed, have the suspected plant properly identified. Proper identification can be obtained by submitting a photo via www.weedinfo.ca Once confirmed, send the location of the sighting to the Invasive Species Tracking System that is coordinated in part by the Ministry of Natural Resources. It can be found at http://www.comap.ca/its/ as well as to your local municipality to inform them of the sighting.
Landowners can purchase glyphosate products (ie. Roundup) to control weeds that are poisonous to the touch. Homeowners and municipalities that are concerned about Giant Hogweed and wish to manage the plant do not need a noxious weed designation to do so.
Please note – Giant Hogweed can be a serious health hazard for humans. Its watery, clear sap contains photosensitizing compounds (furanocoumarins), which, when in contact with human skin and in combination with UV radiation, can cause burning. Content varies depending on plant part, but contact should be avoided at all times. If you have been exposed to this plant, it is often suggested that you wash affected area immediately, avoid direct exposure to sunlight and seek medical advice.
If you would like further information, please contact OMAFRA’s Agricultural Information Contact Centre, 1-877-424-1300.
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Event - Ontario Weed Tour Date - July 14, 2010 Time - 9:00 AM Place - Harrow Research Station Website - http://onvegetables.files.wordpress.com/2010/06...chedule.pdf
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Event - Irrigation Plot Tour 2010 Date - August 4, 2010 Time - 11:30 AM Place - Farm of Wayne Palichuk, Leamington, 1019 Concession Rd 5, Contact Name - Ridgetown OMAFRA Resource Centre 519 674 1690
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