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Huron Clean Water Project celebrates 10 years
The Huron County Clean Water
Project is celebrating 10 years of
providing grants to help county
residents do more than 1,800
projects to improve water quality.
The county has announced two new
categories to help even more people
get involved in the 2015 program:
composting toilets and cover crops.
The county grants have helped
residents to plant more than 160
hectares of trees; complete more
than 500 tree planting projects; fence
cattle out of 40 kilometres of
streams; plant more than 100
kilometres of windbreaks; have 75
liquid manure storages
decommissioned; complete eight
forest management plans; upgrade
more than 300 private wells;
complete more than 140 erosion
control projects; and decommission
more than 400 unused wells. The
County of Huron provides funds for
the Huron Clean Water Project and
the Maitland Valley while the
Ausable Bayfield conservation
authorities provide service delivery
for residents.
Ben Van Diepenbeek is chair of
the project review committee. He
said he is impressed that the Huron
Clean Water Project is celebrating its
10th anniversary. He also said he is
pleased with the support of Huron
County farmers and other
landowners who have completed
projects over the past ten years.
“For every dollar invested by the
county, another three and a half
dollars’ worth of work gets done
thanks to the additional
contributions of landowners and
other funding programs,” he said.
People in Huron County have
completed water quality projects
valued at more than $8 million, with
about one quarter of that coming
from Huron Clean Water Project
grants. The project review
committee chairman said the success
has been possible because county
council and ratepayers have shown
their support for water quality,
because the two conservation
authorities have been able to work
closely with residents to apply for
and complete projects, and because
individual farmers, rural
landowners, and community groups
have shown their commitment by
completing projects.
“It all has to work together to
make it happen,” Van Diepenbeek
said. When the project review
committee allocates grants the
committee members think first about
whether the project will help to
protect and improve water quality. “I
think there have been a lot of water
quality improvements made,” he
said. The committee reviews about
200 applications each year.
According to the committee
chairman, people in different parts of
the province have looked to the
Huron Clean Water Project as a
model of how local government and
landowners can work in partnership
to protect and improve water
quality.
The cover crop incentive category
is new in 2015. It will help
agricultural producers to try new
cover crop mixes that protect and
improve soil, promote nitrogen
fixation, and protect water quality.
Cover crops such as rye, oats, radish
or millet cover the soil during the
time between cash crops, keeping
bacteria, chemicals and nutrients out
of creeks, rivers, and the lake which
protects the health of water and
people.
“The goal of the financial
incentive is to take some of the risk
out of trying something new,” said
Doug Hocking, Water Quality
Specialist with the Maitland Valley
Conservation Authority.
The composting toilets category
was added this year to help reduce
the amount of waste from on-site
septic systems on properties with a
small volume of effluent and not
enough room for a conventional
septic system. Expenses eligible for
funding include the toilet and
associated project costs including
the septic tank pump-out and
inspection.
The Huron Clean Water Project
provides up to 50 per cent grant
support for projects in categories
that include manure storage
decommissioning; clean water
diversion; wetland creation and rural
storm water management; fragile
land retirement; livestock fencing;
well decommissioning; wellhead
protection; forest management plans
and woodlot enhancement;
stewardship guide implementation;
and special projects, as well as the
new cover crop and composting
toilets categories. Funding from the
County of Huron can be combined
with other cost–share programs and
landowner contributions.
“The long-running program has
helped landowners year after year
but we also get interest from new
people who have never done a
project before,” said Kate Monk,
Stewardship, Land and Education
Manager with Ausable Bayfield
Conservation.
“As staff, our job is to provide
information, do the paperwork and
get the best funding possible to help
with project costs. We see positive
changes on local properties and
water in our communities,” said
Hocking. “That’s good for water and
good for the local economy.”
For more information visit
mvca.on.ca, abca.on.ca, or
huroncounty.ca. You may also phone
Maitland Valley Conservation
Authority at 519-335-3557 or
Ausable Bayfield Conservation at
519-235-2610 or toll-free 1-888-
286-2610.
Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending May
8 were 1,717 cattle and 860 lambs
and goats. On Tuesday fed steers and
heifers sold on an active trade at
steady prices. Choice steers and
heifers sold $194 to $198 with sales
to $214.50. Second cut sold $190 to
$194. Cows sold steady. On
Thursday veal sold at prices $2 to $3
easier. Lambs sold slightly lower,
sheep sold barely steady, while goats
sold on a very strong trade. On
Friday calves and yearlings sold on a
steady trade.
Chris Smith of Brussels,
consigned 21 steers that averaged
1,638 lbs. and sold for an average
price of $205.72. Two limousin
steers averaged 1,633 lbs. and sold
to Cargill Meat Solutions for
$214.50. Wilton Dickert of Ayton,
consigned one black steer that
weighed 1,505 lbs. and sold to
Norwich Meat Packers for $197.50.
Noah Weppler of Ayton,
consigned nine cattle that averaged
1,474 lbs. and sold for an average
price of $189.04. One bwf heifer
weighed 1,485 lbs. and sold to St.
Helen’s Meat Packers for $199. Bill
Scott of Harriston, consigned 12
cattle that averaged 1,583 lbs. and
sold for an average price of $187.07.
One black heifer weighed 1,450 lbs.
and sold to Norwich Meat Packers
for $195.50.
There were 134 cows on offer.
Byron Miller of Thornloe, consigned
one charolais cow that weighed
1,500 lbs. and sold for $157.
Export types sold $112 to $124;
beef, $127 to $135 with sales to
$157; D1 and D2, $118 to $125; D3,
$100 to $118; D4, $85 to $95.
There were five bulls selling $141
to $164. Harvey Parker of Charlton,
consigned one hereford bull that
weighed 1,635 lbs. and sold for
$164.
There were 134 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $175 to $235 with
sales to $252; good holsteins, $140
to $150 with sales to $163; medium
holsteins, $130 to $140; heavy
holsteins, $130 to $140. William B.
Bauman of Elmira, consigned two
calves that averaged 865 lbs. and
sold for an average price of $228.94.
One red heifer weighed 780 lbs. and
sold for $252. Lamar Frey of
Listowel, consigned 11 calves that
averaged 881 lbs. and sold for an
average price of $210.37. Two
limousin steers averaged 863 lbs.
and sold for $244. Jim Maw of
Forest, consigned two steers that
averaged 875 lbs. and sold for an
average price of $231.17. One red
steer weighed 900 lbs. and sold for
$244. Reuben S. Martin of
Wallenstein, consigned three heifers
that averaged 787 lbs. and sold for
an average price of $216.72. One
blonde heifer weighed 855 lbs. and
sold for $232.
Lambs, 50 - 64 lbs. sold $290 to
$310; 65 - 79 lbs., $272 to $292; 80
- 94 lbs., $278 to $284; 95 - 109 lbs.,
$277 to $286/lb.
Sheep sold $75 to $119/lb.
Goats: kids sold $250 to $350 with
sales to $400; nannies, $50 to $100;
billies, $150 to $300/lb.
Top quality stocker steers under
400 lbs. sold $303 to $370; 400 -
499 lbs., $282 to $334; 500 - 599
lbs., $290 to $335; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$284 to $314; 700 - 799 lbs., $233 to
$279; 800 - 899 lbs., $244 to $253;
900 - 999 lbs., $239 to $250; 1,000
lbs. and over, $209 to $215.
Top quality stocker heifers, 300 -
399 lbs., sold $301 to $340; 400 -
499 lbs., $258 to $290; 500 - 599
lbs., $255 to $290; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$253 to $271; 700 - 799 lbs., $240 to
$254; 800 - 899 lbs., $229 to
$238; 900 lbs. and over, $214 to
$226.
Agriculture
Brussels Livestock report
Fed steers, heifers sell at steady prices
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UPCOMING SALES
Recognition
Mary Douma, left, and her husband Maurice, not pictured, were honoured last week with a
service award from the Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies (OAAS) for their 10 years
of service to the Brussels Agricultural Society in the secretary and treasurer roles,
respectively. The Doumas were presented with the award at the Brussels Agricultural Society’s
May 6 meeting by President Merv Bauer, right. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
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