The Rural Voice, 1980-04, Page 3This month
Special features
Western feedlot in Huron P 3
OBEX cattle sales up P 7
Beef is big business P 9
Jim McNaughton P 9
Pat Daunt P. 12
George Wilson P 13
From dairy farm to high rise P 21
Are round bales taking over? P. 28
Zucchini anyone? P. 34
Kids' Contest P. 36
Regular features
Keith Roulston
Voice of a farmer
P 17
P 22
A matter of principle P 23
Farming in the past P 24
Rural news in brief P. 25
Advice on farming P. 30
The young farmer P 35
Up and Coming P. 38
Rural Voice classified P 39
Mailbox of the month P 44
Perth Pork Producers P 45
Bruce Federation P 47
Huron Federation
P 48
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Inside the Rural Voice
Wes.-�rn Ontario is a big beef producing area. From the
community pastures of Bruce to the feedlots of Huron and Perth,
beef is big business.
This month Rural Voice talked to farmers who are innovators
in the beef business. They range from the Henry family, who run
a Western style large feedlot in Huron County to three very
different beef operators in Perth County: the McNaughton s, the
Daunt s and the Wilson s.
And from Bruce County we feature a success story...the OBEX
beef selling program that turns cattle into movie stars.
Ever wonder how life changes when you give up farming?
Well, we've got an unusual report about a dairy farmer who has
gone back to school and traded his farm for life in a big city high
rise.
Our Young Farmer reporter this month talked to two 4-H
leaders who learned a lot about leading at a recent conference.
For readers who are itching for spring and the time to get back
out to the garden, Gisele Ireland has a few reminders that it's not
all a bed of roses. And our recipes this month feature beef,
naturally, with some mouth watering recipes we guarantee you'll
want to clip and save.
Next month Rural Voice will feature cash crop farmers.
For the kids!
Once again this year the June issue of Rural Voice is going to
pay special attention to those very important people on the rural
scene...the kids.
Last year we planned our June issue, which was full of stories
and artwork from rural kids, in honour of the year of the child.
We no longer have that excuse, but the kids' issue was well
received and we still hear comments about it. We asked in that
issue what farming would be like by the time our kids are grown
up and involved in it. The resulting look we got at farming in the
year 2000 was a good lesson in perspective, in sitting back and
taking the long view at what we are doing every day and why.
We'd like to repeat that experience and there's no one in the
world better at helping to put things into perspective than kids.
So, will you please direct those aged from 5 to 18 in your
household to the full page ad elsewhere in this issue which gives
the details of our contest for stories, poems and artwork. We'd
welcome contributions with a farm safety theme, "something we
are now doing more safely on our farm" but any rural subject is
welcome.
The deadline for contributions, and a chance to win prize
money, is Friday, May 9. Remember kids, we're saving room for
you in the June Rural Voice.
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