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County Federation of Agriculture NEWSLETTER
Congratulations to Jayne Dietrich
The Bruce County Federation of
Agriculture Executive and Directors
extend their congratulations to Jayne
Dietrich from the Mildmay area for
winning the Tommy Cooper Award
presented on March 12. 1999. at the
Meet The Members and Tommy Cooper
Award meetink in Elmwood. Jayne was
nominated by the Bruce County
Holstein Committee. Jayne and her
husband Ralph, and six children operate
a dairy farm in Carrick Township.
This award is presented annually by
CFOS/CFPS Radio Station. and The Sun
Times. Owen Sound, "To the person
making the greatest contribution to
agriculture and rural living in Grey and
Bruce Counties. during the past year."
Jayne is involved in various
organization. and is very active in her
community . She has been a member of
the Bruce County Agriculture
Awareness Committee/Agriculture In
The Classroom Committee since 1988
and in 1995 was the founding
Chairperson of the Roots of Bruce
program. Jayne has also been an active
member of the Ontario Agri -Food
Education since 1994. Some of the other
organizations she is a member of and
active in: Mildmay Lioness Club,
Mildmay Agriculture Society, Mildmay
Catholic Women's League, Mildmay
Figure Skating Club, Bruce County
Federation of Agriculture, Bruce County
International Plowing Match, 4-H
Leader and volunteers at four local
schools and high schools.
Bruce County Agriculture in Eastern Europe
On March 5, Pat Kuntz of education and technology transfer. A
Walkerton, Ralph Dietrich of Mildmay highlight of the trip was the reception
and 26 members of the Advanced of AALP at Nitra Castle in the historic
Agricultural Leadership Program city of Nitra. Representatives from the
(AALP) landed in Prague. the capitol Ministry of Agriculture, the State
of the Czech Republic to start their Breeding Institute, Transparency
two-week study tour of Central Europe. International and local agricultural
The group met with officials of the leaders attended the formal setting.
Czech Ministry of Agriculture and Also in attendance was Mr.'Denny
representatives of the business Provo, Canadian Consulate General to
community. During the duration of the Slovak/Czech Republic to receive Class
Study tour they will also visit Slovakia, 7 at the elegant state house.
Poland. Austria and Hungary. The remainder of the trip was
On March 8, the class toured travelled through Austria and Hungary
Auschwitz, the German concentration likewise meeting with government and
camp where 1.5 million people were agricultural officials. Mr. Emil Lauko,
murdered, most of them Jews but also General Manager of Insemas, summed
many Polish, Hungarian and Russian up AALP's experience with a
people as well. The visit to the camp statement, "I knew your meeting would
Was extremely thought-provoking as it be successful, but I was astonished at
brought home vividly the horrors that how quickly the Canadians accepted
the people suffered during the war. The and became a part of our culture."
Class 7 participants entered the front If you are interested in becoming a
gates under a sign "Work Makes member of the Class 8 AALP team be
Freedom" knowing countless -victims sure to watch for information meetings
worked until they died. in your area or call the AALP office
On March 1.2 - 14 the c:ass toured 519-826-4204 or email at
Slovakia. They had the privilege of aalp@uoguelph.ca. The deadline for
visiting two co-operative farms for Class 8 applications is May 21, 1999.
dairy ,and sheep. Afternoon meetings .. Check out the AALP website at
were conducted at the Agroinstitute www.aalp.on.ca/index.html and
facility in Nitra, Slovakia's equivalent www.agriculturaltours.com/newpage3.
to the Ministry of Agriculture. This htm0
institute's responsibility includes
developing an extension network for — Submitted by Jayne Dietrich
the agricultural industry for adult 1st Vice President, BCFA
70 THE RURAL VOICE
The Rural Voice is provided to Bruce
County Farmers by the BCFA. •
We would also like to extend
congratulations to the following Tommy
Cooper nominees. It is a great honour to
be recognized and nominated by your
peers. Vicki Braeker, RR 4, Durham:
Linda Freiburger, RR 3. Walkerton; Bev
Fry, RR 1, Ripley: Bob Jackson, RR 3,
Markdale.0
Whole Farm Relief
Program - fill out
your applications!
Bruce County farmers should be
taking a close look at the possibility of
making this program work for them. •
Due to the severe drought and low
commodity prices that farmers have
experienced this past summer Bruce
County Federation of Agriculture is
recommending that farmers make sure
they apply. Although it seems to be
anticipated that many farm families
will not be eligible, we encourage
everyone to not take that chance.
Farmers are asked to take the time
to fill out the applications and in
particular to note any incident in their
farming operation that affected the
information .on the application form.
Offer all information regarding unusual
circumstances or figures that may
affect your submission. In doing so it
has been found that the program has
worked for some that thought
otherwise.
The program has been tailored so
that only one application form is
required. The Whole Farm Relief
Program may help to relieve some
financial problems that the farmers in
Bruce County are facing.°
BRUCE COUNTY FEDERATION
OF AGRICULTURE
Directors' Meeting
Monday, April 26, 1999
8:00 p.m.
OMAFRA Boardroom,
Walkerton
Members are welcome to attend