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PCFA Office - Rostock, ON NOK 1TO Ph: 519-393-5555 or 1-866-829-8866
Fax: 519-229-6269 Email: perth@ofa.on.ca Website: ofa.on.ca/perth
County Federation of Agriculture NEWSLETTER Members in Perth County by the PCFA.
* The Rural Voice is provided to OFA
Environmental cost -share opportunities for farmers
The Canada -Ontario
Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) is a
Federal program that is up and
running. You are reminded that if you
have an EFP "deemed appropriate"
through peer review between 1993
and April 2004 you may be eligible
for funding on work that was initiated
after April 1, 2004 if the work was
listed in your Action Plan.
An application must be submitted
and approved and all book work done
by March 1, 2006. Act now on this.
The Federal funding for the EFP
$30,000 which is explained in the
brochure that OFA sent to all of its
members in June 2005 outlining the
general categories of eligible
projects, the cost share available and
the funding caps for each category is
there until March 2008. You must
make application for approval before
the work is started. For this
application to be sent in you must
have a deemed appropriate Canada -
Ontario Environmental Farm Plan.
Yes ... that means anyone wanting
The Perth County
Federation of
Agriculture would
like to wish the
farmers of
Perth County a
Merry Christmas
and the hope for
a healthy and
prosperous
New Year.
PERTH COUNTY FEDERATION
OF AGRICULTURE
DIRECTORS' MEETING
Thursday, December 15, 2005
8:00 p.m.
Perth Agri -Centre, Rostock
Everyone is welcome.
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funding must redo their EFP book.
The is why we will have dates
booked for the new year.
Please call to pre -register for a
PERTH COUNTY FARM
SAFETY ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL MEETING
Wednesday,
December 14, 2005
Presbyterian Church, Monkton
For tickets or further information
contact Beth Forrest 595-4031
course 519-393-6232.0
— Mary E. McIntosh
Perth County
Program Rep./Workshop Leaders
PERTH & SOIL CROP
ASSOCIATION ANNUAL
MEETING
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Milverton Community Centre
6:30 p.m. Dinner and meeting
Guest Speaker: Carl Hiebert
For more details contact your local
soil and crop directors or Thelma
271-5190 or Charlie 393-5407
PERTH COUNTY COMBINED CORN,
SOYBEAN AND WHEAT MEETING
Monday, January 9, 2006
Mitchell Community Centre
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Lunch supplied
ANNUAL MEETING RESULTS
2005 - 2006 PCFA Board of Directors elected at
the Perth County Federation of Agriculture's
annual meeting in Milverton, November 3
President — Robert Martin 1st Vice President - Ed Darien
2nd Vice President - Bernice Kelly
Directors: OFA Regional Director Perth South/West — Bert Vorstenbosch
Township Ward Directors
Blanshard — Kirk Rankin, Tim Shute
Downie — Mary McIntosh
Fullerton — vacant
Hibbert — vacant
OFA Regional Directors Perth East — Burnell Kipfer
Township Ward Directors
Ellice — Rhonda Ehgoetz
Mornington — Larry Biesinger, Barb EIg
North Easthope — Jeremy Heyer, William J. Rutherford, Ivan Stueck
South Easthope — vacant
OFA Regional Director Perth East — Burnell Kipfer
Township Ward Directors
Ellice — Rhonda Ehgoetz
Mornington — Larry Biesinger, Barb Elg
North Easthope — Jeremy Heyer, William J. Rutherford, Ivan Stueck
South Easthope — vacant
OFA Regional Director Perth North/West Township Ward Directors
Eima — Bill Frank
Wallace — Don Wilson
Logan — Cecil Rose