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Thunder Bay - Rainy River ­ Kenora Districts Northwestern Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Associations

Ontario Pesticide Education Program Training Course Thunder Bay Emo Dryden

March 7, 2016 March 9, 2016 March 11, 2016

To register contact OPEP – 1-800-652-8573 The course is also available on-line

Growing Forward 2 Courses Generic Biosecurity (livestock) - hunder Bay Jan. 25 Generic Biosecurity (livestock) - Rainy River Jan 26 Food Safety - Thunder Bay Jan 27 & 28 Crop Biosecurity - Thunder Bay Jan 29 GYFP—Thunder Bay Jan 4 & 5

EMO FEED SERVICE LTD. YOUR ONE STOP FARM SHOP Box 26, Emo, Ontario P0W 1E0 Phone (807) 482-2017 Fax (807) 482-2207

Feed – Seed - Fertilizer Farm Supplies – Fencing Gallagher Power Fencing

You can register on the OSCIA website: www.ontariosoilcrop.org Claude Peloquin Regional Program Lead, Northern Ontario Ontario Soil & Crop Improvement Association (705) 491-5094 [email protected]

Canada Post Publication Mail Agreement Number 40010846 Return undeliverable copies to: Suite B012, 435 James St. Thunder Bay, On. P7E 6S7

Dan Adams (807) 343-1460

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Local OSCIA Contacts Regional Director

Stefan Szeder

275-8208

Regional President

Eric Johanssen

628-5260

Regional Secr/Trea

Bruce Forrest

473-9609

Regional Communica- Jeff Burke tions Coordinator

933-0570

President TBSCIA

Jason Reid

935-3224

President KDSCIA

Martin Sherwood

937-5739

President RRSCIA

Larry Lamb

482-2420

Integrated Pest Management courses of Corn and Soybeans: As of August 31, 2016, under Ontario Regulation 63/09 of the Pesticides Act (O. Reg. 63/09), one of the requirements to buy and use Class 12 pesticides is that a person must successfully complete the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Course for Corn and Soybeans and become certified.

BEEF FARMERS OF THUNDER BAY Annual Meeting Meeting Wednesday Wednesday January January 20, 20, 2016 2016 Annual at at Murillo Murillo Hall Hall Dinner Dinner 6.30 6.30 PM PM Meeting Meeting 7.30 7.30 PM PM

Class 12 pesticides are grain corn seeds or soybean seeds that are treated with imidacloprid, clothianidin, or thiamethoxam. Class 12 pesticides do not include seed for popping corn, sweet corn, or corn used for the production for seed (seed corn) or soybean seed grown for certified status in accordance with a seed production contract (seed soybeans).

Please PleaseRSVP RSVPfor fordinner dinnerbefore beforeJanuary January13, 13,2016 2016by bycontacting contactCarol at 625-0030 oring [email protected] or Hollyatat625-0030 [email protected] [email protected] Carol Holly at 475-6921 or [email protected]

More information is available at: http://www.ipmcertified.ca/

Rainy River Feeder Finance Co-Op & Rainy River Beef Breeder Finance Co-Ops

IPM courses Northwest: Murillo Community Hall (Murillo, Thunder Bay district) - March 8, 2016 8:00 AM

Jack Gustafson, Joyous Bragg, Supervisor Administrator 807-483-5839 807-482-3948 Email:[email protected] Email:[email protected]

Emo Inn (Emo, Rainy River district) - March 10, 2016 at 9:00 AM Best Western (Dryden, Kenora district) - March 12, 2016 9:00 AM

Please visit our website for information and forms as well www.rrfeederbreeder.ca

Registration call 1-866-225-9020 or via the website.

Financing is available for producers in Kenora, Dryden, Thunder Bay and Rainy River Districts. Send your articles to: Jeffrey Burke Phone 807-933-0570

Email: [email protected]

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Registration is now open for the Northwestern Ontario Forum for Food, Farms & Agriculture featuring keynote Chef Jamie Kennedy.

Consider an E-version

Get your copy of the Northwest Link sooner by switching from paper to the electronic version of our newsletter. To make the switch send your e-mail address to the editor [email protected]

Visit http://www.nwofoodforum.ca now to register for the event. WHEN: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 WHERE: Victoria Inn, Thunder Bay WHO: farmers, processors, restaurants, caterers, hotels, orgs, government & private individuals WHY: develop food tourism profit opportunities through new relationships, ideas & program supports.

Thunder Bay Federation of Agriculture Board of Directors, 2016 President: Dennis Widdifield First Vice-President: Henriet DeBruin Second Vice-President: Mike Visser Treasurer: Brenda Burke Secretary: Carol Maki Directors: Carl Godin Bill Pinner Jenny Groenheide Raili Roy Policy Advisory Council: Peter Aalbers

This one-day conference aims to make new connections between agricultural, foodservice, industrial and hospitality stakeholders from across Northwestern Ontario. Inspired by keynote speaker Jamie Kennedy and guided by experts, you'll explore ways to promote foods produced within the region both to visitors and among our own communities.

Growing Forward 2 Information Sessions

Throughout the day you’ll take part in facilitated exercises designed to help others learn about you and to help you learn about other businesses with an interest in developing food tourism in Northern Ontario. Your facilitators will spend the day listening to you, sharing case examples in response to your questions, and proposing ideas based on your goals.

OSCIA is again holding some Growing Forward 2 Information Sessions across the province. These sessions are not only an opportunity to learn about the many opportunities under the Growing Forward 2 program, but also an opportunity to learn about what you might need to apply, how to complete the application process, as well as a demonstration of the online application procedure through ontarioprograms.net. The sessions are delivered by OSCIA field staff, who are knowledgeable about the funding opportunities and educational opportunities through OSCIA's many free workshops. The sessions are offered in both french and english, as well as a few sessions that are being offered by webinar (please note that you need a telephone line AND an internet connection for webinars).

Come prepared to shape the future of the partnerships, logistics and marketing that support the brand presence and the viability of our regional food system.

For details on locations and times, or to register for webinar sessions, please visit: http:// www.ontariosoilcrop.org/docs/ gf2_information_sessions_november_2015_hyperlin ks.pdf

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Southwest Ag Conference Webcast January 6. Do not miss this great opportunity for learning and talking about farming practices! Location :Rosslyn Community Hall and Library Times: 9AM-5PM Cost - $15 for the webcast $10 for lunch I need to let SWAC know attendance by Dec 10 to order books.

Upcoming Dates

Stratton Sales Barn Cattle Sale Dates for 2016 April 23, 2016 August 27, 2016 October 1, 2016 October 29, 2016

Schedule: 9AM - 37 Farming Kiwi Style 10AM - 4 Maximum Soybeans 11AM - 33 Making Cover Crops Work 12AM - 3 World Record Wheat 1 AM - Feature Speaker – Retired General Lewis MacKenzie 2:10PM - 6 Social Media Minefield 3:10PM- 44 Soil Fertility Matters 4:10PM - 2 Buried Alive & Survived

Have you checked out our GoFundMe Abattoir Video? Please do – www.gofundme.com/rrabattoir We are looking for support from everyone!

For more information on speakers/topics www.southwestagconference.ca To register or ask questions: Christina Mol [email protected] 629-2947

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Purity Seeds Limited

Box 555, Emo, Ontario P0W 1E0

Phone: 1-807-482-2420 Toll Free: 1-888-500-3159 Cell or Text: 807-271-0507

Email Address: [email protected]

10 % Discount on Everything until January 15, 2016 FORAGE SEED: Full line of alfalfas, clovers, trefoil, brome grasses, tall fescues, orchard grasses, timothies, etc. CEREALS: - Barley – Amberley, Oceanik and Brucefield

Spring Wheat – Brandon and Carberry Oats – Summit and Waldern etc Soybeans – Richer, Osborne, Gladstone, 006RYS24, 007RY32 etc. Corn – Grain 3085, Baxxos RR, R219, HxXtra, RR2 etc. Silage – SR22, SR35 etc *Can arrange transportation to Thunder Bay and Dryden.

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Important findings and recommendations from TBARS Thunder Bay

Winter rye could be a good option for grain (feed or malt)/and straw production!

Dr. Tarlok Singh Sahota CCA

1.2 Based on average over two years:

This year, we not only analysed research data from 2015, but also did pooled analysis of the data from experiments that completed 2-3 years. Main findings/and recommendations are as follows:

Malting barley: Three top grain yielding varieties were AAC Synergy (6,438 kg/ha), Bentley (6,406 kg/ha) and CDC Copeland (6,248 kg/ha). Straw yields were in the order of CDC Copeland (6,300 kg/ha) > Bentley (5,934 kg/ha) = AAC Synergy (5,930 kg/ha).

1 Crop Varieties: 1.1 Based on average over three years: Western spring wheat: Grain yields were in the order of AAC Innova (5,507 kg/ha) ≥ HY1312 (5,472 kg/ha) > AAC Proclaim (5,131 kg/ha). Sable grain yield was 4,618 kg/ha. AAC Innova produced the highest straw (7,543 kg/ha; 1 MT/ha higher than that from Sable). Producers may consider adding these three new varieties, especially AAC Innova, to their cropping systems.

Flax: CDC Glas (last year’s top yielder) and Lightning recorded the highest seed yield (3,450 kg/ha). CDC Sorrel registered the highest straw yield (7,712 kg/ha). Alfalfa: GS-13-06 M recorded the highest dry matter yield (5,632 kg/ha). Red Clover: Belle gave ~0.5 MT/ha higher dry matter yield than GS-11-02.

Ontario winter wheat: Highest grain yield (6,016 kg/ha) was recorded with Keldin. AC Morley maintained its top position in straw yield (6,386 kg/ha); though Keldin was equally good at 6,325 kg/ha.

2 Fertilizer Management Practices: 2.1 Based on average over three years:

Manitoba winter wheat: Three top grain yielding varieties were Swainson (7,584 kg/ha), Moats (6,759 kg/ha) and AAC Gateway (6,572 kg/ha). Straw yields were in the order of AAC Gateway (9,152 kg/ha) > Swainson (8,795 kg/ha)/and Moats (8,754 kg/ha). Winter rye: Guttino (8,973 kg/ha), KWS H-119 (8,950 kg/ha) and Hazlet (8,809 kg/ha) produced highest grain yields. Straw yields were highest with Hazlet (9,300 kg/ha), Prima (9,140 kg/ha) and Guttino (8,973 kg/ha). 7

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Grasses mixture - Timothy (Itasca) 50 %, Bromegrass (Peak) 42.5 %, and Orchard grass (Dividend VL) 7.5 %: Highest dry matter yield was obtained with the blend of urea, ESN and ammonium sulphate @ 140 kg N/ha, which was 1,420 kg/ha higher than that with urea @ 105 kg/ha and 860 kg/ha more than that from urea @ 140 kg N/ha. This meant two dollars return for each dollar invested in extra cost of N from urea, ESN and ammonium sulphate blend @ 140 kg N/ ha as compared to urea @ 105 kg/ha! Highest protein content (18 %) in the first cut was recorded with urea @ 105 kg/ha + ESN @ 35 kg/ha.

yield than corn, (iii) urea + ESN (3:1 on N basis) had ~500 kg/ha yield advantage as compared to urea alone, and (iv) the two crops produced 8,400-8,600 kg/ha dry matter yield in ~80 days. 2.2 Based on average over two years: Fall vs. spring application of N for spring wheat: Grain yield was highest (4,813 kg/ha) when urea and ESN were applied in the fall each @ 40 kg N/ha (80 kg N/ha in total). This was ~450 kg/ha higher than fall application of urea @ 80 kg N/ha and 105 kg/ha higher than the spring applied urea @ 80 kg N/ha. ESN improved grain protein content.

These findings indicate that it is advisable to apply N from a blend of 2-3 N fertilizers than from urea alone! For details/and additional information, please refer to the TBARS Annual Report 2015!

Barley for silage: At the same rates of N application, maximum forage barley dry matter yield (6,914 kg/ha) was recorded with a blend of three N fertilizers; urea @ 40 kg N/ ha, ESN @ 20 kg N/ha and ammonium sulphate @ 10 kg N/ha. Winter Cereals for forage: There was no significant difference between dry matter yields of the 3 winter cereals (wheat 2,562 kg/ha, rye 2,726 kg/ha and triticale 2,453 kg/ha). Replacing 25 % N from urea with ESN appeared to improve forage yields of winter wheat and triticale, but not of rye. Averaged over crops and years, dry matter yield registered a linear increase with increasing rates of N from 0 to 100 kg/ha and exhibited a diminishing trend thereafter. The protein content however continued to increase from 0 (13.0 %) to 150 kg N/ha (16.3 %).

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MasterGraze Corn/Sorghum Sudangrass: (i) 150 kg N/ha was optimum for MasterGraze corn, (ii) at the same rate of N, Sorghum Sudangrass gave 500 kg/ha higher dry matter

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USEFUL CONTACT INFO

EASTGEN

CROP RESEARCH STATIONS

Committed to Serving Our Members! Bruce Forrest 473-9609 784 Barrie Dr. Kakabeka Falls, ON P7K 0J9 Andrew denHaan-Marketing Rep. 1-519-239-7847 Head Office: 1-888-821-2150 http://www.eastgen.ca

Emo Agricultural Research Station: 807-482-2354 (telephone & fax) Email: [email protected] Thunder Bay Agricultural Research Association Director of Research and Business Dr. Tarlok Singh Sahota, CCA Telephone 807-475-1373 Fax 807-475-1313 TBARS website (www.tbars.net) Email: [email protected] NORTHERN ONTARIO REGIONAL OFFICE Caldwell Township Hall Building Hwy 64, Box 521, Verner P0H 2M0 Telephone: 1-705-594-2393 Fax: 705-594-9675, Regional Manager, North Monique Legault Email: [email protected] EMO OFFICE P. O. Box 210, Highway 11, Emo P0W 1E0 Telephone: 1-807-482-1921 Fax: 807-482-2864 Gary Sliworsky, Agriculture Development Advisor Email: [email protected] THUNDER BAY OFFICE Suite B012, 435 James Street, Thunder Bay, P7E 6S7 Telephone: 1-807-475-1214 Fax: 807-475-1313 Rudy Buitenhuis, Agriculture Development Advisor Email: [email protected] NORTHERN ONTARIO SPECIALISTS Barry Potter, Agriculture Development Advisor New Liskeard Telephone: 1-705-647-2086 Email: [email protected] Julie Poirier Mensinga, Verner Agriculture Development Advisor Telephone: 1-705-594-2315 Email: [email protected] Visit OMAFRA on the internet at www.ontario.ca/ omafra

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