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Young farmer pressing for success
Lakeshore Advance
Although the fries were a highlight,
the reason for Saturday's open house
near Parkhill was to showcase Brian
Steeper's oilseed press.
Steeper is a young entrepreneur look-
ing to add value to his farm in a new
way. The now 21 year old was born and
raised on a farm. When he was younger
his family had a herd of l tolstein cattle,
then when he was 9 years old they sold
the dairy quota and got into turkeys and
cash cropping. Steeper is no stranger to
hard work and running his own busi-
ness. At the age of 16 he and his brother
got into sheep. Since then he has his
own cash crop farm and works for a
heating and cooling company. Steeper
also completed a degree at University of
Guelph Ridgetown Campus for
agriculture.
'ib diversify his operation even more,
Steeper has now installed an oilseed
pressing system produced by Energrow,
a local Canadian company, on his farm.
"1 bought this system because 1 wanted
to keep my foot in the door in the field
of agriculture but still be able to work
off the farm. My system is automated
and runs while I'm at work so it will add
value without needing me to be home
to habysit it:'
E:ncrgrow Systems enable producers
to press oilseeds like soybeans in order
to extract oil in order to produce a
freshly pelleted soybean meal. The soy-
bean meal offers dairy cows a palatable
protein feed that's palatable and fresh
and offers more energy than solvent
extracted soybean meal.
Steeper processes his own soybeans
on-farm or offers custom pressing for
local producers. "It's a great way to add
value to my beans and offer my custom-
ers a fresh, consistent, and high quality
soybean meal. "1'm hosting this open
house to invite producers and the pub-
lic to learn more about what I'm doing."
For some added flavour, the oil pro-
duced by Brian's press will be used to
make fresh cut fries for visitors.
'lhis was an opportunity to check out
an innovative, rural entrepreneur.
Lakeshore Advance
Brian Steeper with his pressing system.
Every home in Ontario
must have a working
smoke alarm on every
storey and outside all
sleeping areas.
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OFFICE OF THE FIRE MARSHAL
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