St.Thomas/Elgin

A Supplement to The St.Thomas/Elgin Weekly News

February 23, 2012

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Taking care of its trees iswhat gives Van Brenks’ FruitFarm its edgeby Brian Van Brenk

Van Brenks' Fruit Farm wasestablished in 1971 when myfather and mother purchaseda 135-acre farm and planted a10-acre orchard of apples. Ithas since grown, not just insize but also with other fruits

like sweet cherries, plums,peaches, and pears.

It took more then just hardwork to achieve these goals,there was SOME luck and a lotof neighbourly support. Dadgrafted and grew all his owntrees from M9 stock, whichwas new and upcoming due toits dwarf growth habit.

It didn't take long for Adrian

Broyman to notice of a goodthing. "Where did you getthese trees!" the Dutch applegrower exclaimed. I rememberhim well as he never mixedwords. My dad said, "I grewthem myself." And just likethat we were in the nurserybusiness.

When I was 12 years old, weonce sat around the kitchentable, with Adrian, who by nowwas an old family friend.Adrian asked me what Iwanted to be when I grew up,

andjust asI began tosay "accoun-tant...,” he slammedhis fist down on the table andyelled, "No, you’re going togrow trees." Well, he wasright.

As I now guarantee all thetrees I sell, we strive to meetglobal standards driven byquality and market value.Farmers can't afford sub-stan-

How sweet it is

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An example of the multi-trek tractor Van Brenk Fruit Farms is buying thisspring to improve its production operations.

(Photo courtesy of Brian Van Brenk) Continued on page two

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dard trees and demand a levelplaying ground. I agree withthem. That's why over the pastfive years, we have modern-ized our entire operation. Istarted with quality throughtrickle irrigation and deerfences. As production went up,I purchased specialized plat-form equipment that helpswith the planting, growing anddigging of all of our trees.

"Watch the grade," I tell myemployees. "It’s me who visitsthe apple grower to inspect hisnew planting. I know they lookgood in bundles but rememberhe'll see each tree individually,everyday for years and years.He's a perfectionist and YOUare too!"

This spring, I'm expectinganother new piece of equip-

ment, a multi-trek tractorwhich is used in weed control,root pruning, fertilizing, culti-vating, rotatiling and spraying.With all the tasks it’s capableof, it's not cheap, but I'm sureit will take our little family farmto the standard that is equal toor better than many largercompanies in the US and Hol-land. We can and will com-pete.

Our apple growers are doingthe same with their operationsthrough much higher densitygrowing systems that can gettheir newer and better vari-eties to the shelf faster. I'mbetting you are going to eatthese apples, not becausethey are local, but because ourindustry is meeting the chal-lenge of competing with globalmarkets.

How sweet it isContinued from front page

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young fellow than life on a cattle ranch in those days. It was a fine,healthy life, too; it taught a man self-reliance, hardihood, and the

value of instant decision...I enjoyed the life to the full."- Theodore Roosevelt

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Sports Night thisFriday first eventof the yearby Selena Schuit

2012 is shaping up to be avery busy time for ElginCounty Junior Farmers. OnFebruary 24, we will be havinga Sports Night at Dutton-Dun-wich Community Centre,which may include dodge ball,soccer, floor hockey and bas-ketball. Youth who are 15 to29 years of age are invited to

join. In March, we will be having

our annual general meeting(March Conference) to con-nect with old and new friendsacross the province. This year,the March Conference is beingheld in Peterborough.

During the summer months,we plan to attend the CancerRelay for Life, barbeques atTriple C horse shows in Shed-den and the Belmont CornMaze.

In December 2011, we se-lected our new executive and

we look forward in the comingmonths to a lot of fun activi-ties, including our annual Au-tumn Profile, Sing Swing,dances and international del-egates.

IF YOU GO…Junior Farmers Sports NightWhen? Fri. Feb. 24, 7pmWhere? Dutton-DunwichCommunity Centre, 1 Scolland, DuttonCost? FreeMore info? www.jfao.on.ca

Elgin County Junior Farmersplan 2012 activities

Brian Sterling, Brittany Galenkamp and Katrina Stadnik promote Elgin Junior Farmers at the Talbotville LivestockExchange in May last year. (Photo courtesy of Selina Schuit)

Workshop explainshow to plan for thefuture on your farm

Succession planning and es-tate planning on a farm maypresent a host of potential dif-ficulties ranging from theemotional to the technical.

If you want to know moreabout how to make the transi-tion a smoother process, planto attend ‘Avoiding Farm Suc-cession Planning Minefields,’a workshop coming up inMarch.

It focuses on how to dealwith potential communica-

tions problems between fam-ily members and will helpfarm business owners andmanagers to understand theguidelines that the CanadianRevenue Agency has in placefor the $750,000 Capital GainsExemption.

The workshop will be led byJennifer Stevenson, BusinessFinance Program Lead at theOntario Ministry of Agriculture,Food and Rural Affairs(OMAFRA).

Workshop limited to 25 par-ticipants. Register with pay-ment by March 16, 2012.  

IF YOU GO…Farm Succession WorkshopWhen? Thu. Mar. 22, 9am-4pmWhere? Elgin Business Resource Centre, 300 S. Edgeware Rd., St. ThomasCost? $50 per personMore info? 519-633-7597,ext. 326

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by John Walker Jr.

J&L Walker Farms, a dairyoperation located five kilome-tres east of Aylmer, has beenin the family name since 1962.In 1996, Jon Walker Jr. andwife Linda bought the homefarm from his father John. It iscurrently being managed byJohn Jr., who is Jon andLinda's son. Previous to 1996,the operation was locatednear London under the prefixFuturecrest.

The operation breeds andraises its own replacementheifers on the farm and on afeedlot located in Richmond.Heifers are raised at the feed-lot until close to calving whenthey are moved back to thehome farm.

The operation has expandedto a herd size of 1,100 milkcows. Milking occurs twice aday at the home farm, as wellas at a new 50-stall rotary fa-cility, built in 2008 for 1,000+milking cattle. The facility is lo-cated just north of Talbot LineEast on Carter Road.

J&L Walker Farms plans onincorporating more technologyinto the operation to increaseefficiencies. Recently a roboticfeed pusher was implementedto allow the feed to be acces-sible to the cattle at all times,thus raising milk production.

Such innovations will con-tribute to the farm's ability tofurther expand its milking op-eration while providing a com-fortable, healthy environmentfor our cattle in the years tocome. J&L Walker Farms con-tinues to work hard to main-tain the family business andsustain it for future genera-tions.

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Rotary milking parlour at J&L Walker’s new facility on Carter Road. The parlourholds 50 cows at a time during milking. (Photo courtesy of J&L Walker Farms)

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The emphasis onbuying local hashelped McSmithsOrganic Farm thriveby Cathy McGregor-Smith

Gary Smith and Cathy Mc-Gregor-Smith are consideredpioneers of organic farming.They both “quit their govern-ment jobs at Canada Agricul-ture to go back to the land inthe 1980s.”

McSmiths Organic Farmhas been certified organicsince 1984. The diversity oftheir mixed farm has pro-vided a year-round income.Cathy and Gary work to-gether every day and recog-nized early in theirrelationship that each hastheir own forte.

Cathy‘s strength is in inten-sive vegetable productionusing various styles of green-houses to grow fresh,flavourful and unique vari-eties of lettuces, tomatoesand greens. She enjoysgrowing them for customersat the St. Thomas Horton

Farmers’ Market.A true organic farm needs a

livestock component to givefertility back to the croppedland. Gary grows all the or-ganic grain needed by thelivestock. McSmiths has apasturing beef herd as wellas several hundred layinghens. In recent years, Mc-Smiths has been known fortheir Organic Broiler Chick-

ens.Over the last three decades,

McSmiths has watched thedemand for organic productsincrease dramatically. The‘local’ movement has alsohelped Gary and Cathy makea living on their small farm.They are pleased to see thatthe next generation hasstarted its own direct farmmarketing operation.

“Stick-to-it-ness” is a virtuethat McSmiths applies everyseason.

Visit the OFA (OntarioFederation of Agriculture)display at the LondonWestern Fair Farm Show,March 7, 8 & 9.Look for the June EFA (ElginFederation of Agriculture)Newsletter in the mail, for our info on “Waste Oil & Battery Recycling Day” in July.

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Elgin Federation of Agriculture president Fons Vandenbroek (left) and past president Ed Ketchabawpresent the Ball family with a plaque inducting Robert Ball (deceased) into the Elgin County Agricul-tural Hall of Fame at St. Anne's Centre in St. Thomas February 4. Accepting on behalf of the familyare Robert's wife Liz, his son Bill and his daughter Bonnie.

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Ever wonder why old barns are usuallyred in color? Red is (or, perhaps, was) apopular color for barns due not to itscolor shade but for its usefulness.Many years ago, choices for paints,

sealers and other building materials didnot exist. Farmers had to be resourcefulin finding or making a paint that wouldprotect and seal the wood on theirbarns. Hundreds of years ago, manyfarmers would seal their barns with lin-seed oil, which is an orange-colored oilderived from the seeds of the flax plant.To this oil, they would add a variety ofthings, most often milk and lime, butalso ferrous oxide, or rust. Rust wasplentiful on farms and because it killedfungi and mosses that might grow onbarns, was very effective as a sealant. Itturned the mixture red in color.When paint became more available,

many people chose red paint for theirbarns in honor of tradition.

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Sam Brown (left) accepts the $500 Elgin County Kettle CreekAgricultural Conservation Scholarship from Kettle Creek Con-servation Trust president Richard Haddow and Elgin Federa-tion of Agriculture vice-president Bill Luyks at the annualFederation of Agriculture banquet February 4 at St. Anne'sCentre in St. Thomas. Raised in Central Elgin, Sam is takinghis B. Sc. in the Environmental Sciences program at Trent Uni-versity in Peterborough and Fleming College in Lindsay. 

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OFA is asking governmentto suspend use ofindustrial wind turbinesin rural Ontarioby Mark Wales, President, Ontario Federation of Agriculture

In January 2012, the Ontario Federation ofAgriculture (OFA) took a hard look at the con-cerns we had with wind turbines. We have al-ways been concerned with the price paid forwind power and the fact that it is not dis-patchable – it is not stored for use duringpeak demand periods, making it highly ineffi-cient. This was noted by Ontario’s AuditorGeneral in his recent Annual Report in Decem-ber 2011.    

In addition, our technical concerns with re-gard to setback issues, induced current andnoise impacts remain unaddressed.   

OFA believes that the amendments to thePlanning Act made under the authority of theGreen Energy Act are not having the desiredeffect of providing for good planning. Removalof municipal input into industrial wind turbineprojects has alienated the rural populationand ignored competing community needs andpolicies.

All of these issues have been emphasizedclearly by our members. Over the past fewweeks we have clearly heard OFA memberstell us of health concerns, concerns over theloss of farmland, encumbrances on their farmproperties and many more issues related tothe imposition of wind turbines across ourrural landscape.

Most disconcerting of all is the impact wind

turbines are having on the relationshipsacross rural communities. When wind devel-opments come to a community neighboursare pitted against neighbours. The issue of in-dustrial wind turbine development is preoc-cupying the rural agenda.

OFA is telling the Ontario government ourmembers have had enough. Rural Ontariocannot continue to be torn apart by wind tur-

bines. The province needs to immediatelysuspend any further developments until ourfarm families and rural residents can be as-sured their interests are protected.

On behalf of rural Ontario, OFA needs to seethe government enable community involve-ment in wind developments to ensure localplanning issues and priorities are addressed.We need wind power to be priced right andmade dispatchable so it can be used when weneed it, rather than selling it at a loss duringthe nighttime. We need health and nuisanceconcerns addressed immediately and weneed serious studies done on reasonable set-back distances for the newer and larger tur-bines being planned.

The onus is on our provincial government toensure the interests of rural Ontarians areprotected. Our members are clearly telling usnow that they are not. There are very seriousconcerns with wind energy as it is currentlyrolling out.

OFA supports green energy – Ontario needsa reliable, affordable source of renewable en-ergy for our future. But we all need to work toensure that green energy projects will respectconcerns for noise, community involvementand price, balanced against the effective pro-vision of that power.  

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5 Professional Technicians on staff for parts& service on most makes.

Natural Gas & Dishwasher hook – ups.Delivery and Removal Services.

St. Thomas Since 19627 Hydro Rd., St. Thomas

519-633-0107

Do You Have ? • Hard Water

• Staining

• Rust Coloured Water

• Spotty Glasses

• Calcium, Lime & Rust

build up on shower walls

and tub

• Rotten Egg Smell

• Don’t like the taste

• Bacterial Concerns

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Equipment to solve all these problems

& WELL WATER SPECIALISTS!

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Distributor ofPROPANE

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“ Lubricants you trust at the prices you want ”

HYDRAUL 56 FLUID• A universal hydraulic transmission fluid for use on all your field equipment

• Good for transmissions, final drives, wet lubes, wet clutches, power steering andpower take-off

• Minimizes wear, inhibits rust and controls foaming

DELVAC 1300 SUPER 15W40

SUPER 1000 5W20, 5W30, 10W30• Protects Diesel and gasoline engines

• Reduces engine wear

SALE March 1stto

April 30th, 2012

THE MOBIL LUBRICANT SALE