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by John Greig
The Internet is sbnply anoth-.
er tool Jmelyn and Ked dehrer
use to make their dairy- farm
profitable. •
But they -wouldn't meow,.
mend going out and buying a
cwaputer and signing up with
an :Internet service only to
access fang;inforniatien., The
deBoers already had a computer
when they decided" to use the
Internet, ° and they have Young
ers utilize Internet
children whoh • tho wor'l'd
for iufornatica .fir school pro-
jests.
The Internet is a network of
ar iliio s of..eomputers connect-.
ed ar:oend the .:world, :allowing
quick :access t • a wide • variety
of information.
Since signing up with an.
'Internet 'serv'roe pr .vides in
November 1994. the deBoers
have found many ;little ways for
the Internet to ,help their opera -
Ken and Jocelyn' deBoer have been hooked ups .to the•
Internet for a year and, a half. They use it like 'a reference
Library before making management decisions. (John
Greig photo)
tion.•
During hay season, Ken and.
Jocelyn, who live between,
Dungannon and Lucknt.w,
checked the ' Environment
Canada weather site once and
sometimes twice a day -to decide
wlretlier to cut or hale.During beau harvesting sea-
son, they kept up to date with
quotes from the Chicago Board".
of Trades Internet site. The
online ticker has a 15 minute •
delay, but "weknow pretty well
what's happening as quickly as
the elevators 'do," said Ken.
Recently they have. been
swopping ideas online in dis-
cussion groups with other dairy
fanners from around the world.
Jocelyn logged into :a women's
farm discussion group twice
recently at the Farm Journal
site. The Farm Journal is an
American publication . that has
moved onto . the Internet.
Jocelyn or the other women
could type in questions and
answer to 'each other. She said.
the fifteen women logged hi dis-
cussed themarketing of -beans
and organic agriculture. Three
of , the women were from
Canada and one from. Australia.
Ken corresponds with a
farmer. in New York state who
he met on ole of the discussion
'groups at the Farm Journal.
"We treat the Internet as . a
reference .library," said Ken.
"When we're thinking •of chang-
ing something we can find
'information to help us make • our
decision."
The deBoers are soon switch-
ing to milking three: times each
day. They „used the Alta Vista
search engine, a free service
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