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Marvin L. Smith
B.Sc.F (Forestry), R,PF.
Farm Woodland Specialist
765 John St West
Listowel, Ontario N4W 1B6
Telephone: (519) 291-2236
Providing advice and assistance with:
• impartial advice/assistance in selling timber,
including selection of trees and marking
• reforestation of erodible or idle land
• follow-up tending of young plantations
• windbreak planning and establishment
• woodlot management planning
• diagnosis of insect and disease problems
• conducting educational programs in woodlot
management
• any other woodland or tree concerns
WINTER DISCOUNTS IN EFFECT
TOP DRY
HOW DOES THE
G. S. I. SYSTEM WORK?
1) Grain is loaded into the upper chamber
of the bin, and dried as a batch
2) When the grain is dry, the burner
automatically shuts off
3) The operator lowers the dump chutes
with a winch, and the grain falls to the
lower part of the bin for cooling/storage
4) The dump chutes are cranked closed
and another batch is loading into the
drying chamber
WHY IS A TOP DRY A BETTER INVESTMENT
THAN A STIRRING MACHINE?
1) LOWER OPERATING COSTS
• Uses much less fuel because it recycles cooling air through
the drying zone
• No gear boxes, motors, or bearings inside the bin
' 100% galvanized construction inside and outside
2) FASTER DRYING
' 2 to 3 times faster per horsepower than a stirring machine
because of lower grain depth (30")
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR A FREE ESTIMATE, CALL TODAY
(AL•mAR;
131 Thames Rd. W.
GRAIN SYSTEMS LTD.
(519)235-1919 / Fax: (519) 235-2562
Exeter, Ontario NOM 1 S3 Visit our website: www.almar.on.ca
16 THE RURAL VOICE
says. When they call him for
exporting advice he asks them first of
all if they have any genetically -
altered ingredients. At first they say
"no", then he begins to run down a
list of possible ingredients and they
say "maybe". In the end, they often
give up trying to export to Europe or
Japan and turn to a country where
GMO concerns aren't so great, he
said.
Meanwhile the pressure
against GMOs is building
here. "We're not even at the
halfway point in North America,"
Mark says. Since experience in
Europe has shown that if one major
retailer rejects GMO food all will
follow, Greenpeace has targeted
Canada's largest retailer, Loblaws.
Retailers are beginning to ask
suppliers it' they would be able to
prove their products were GMO free.
GMO or not, traceability is here to
stay, Mark says. "The future of
agriculture and food is a series of
HACCP (hazard analysis critical
control points) and similar systems."
In Austria one store has the name
of the farm where the food was
produced on the label.
"Yes it will cost and the consumer
will pay," he said. "Foodsafety is the
number one concern of consumers
world wide."
But the cost of GMO labeling is
not as great as GMO supporters here
in Canada have made out. In Britain
labeling has already been done and
the cost was surprisingly low, Mark
said.
"I've never seen a debate that is
discussed out of context as much as
this one," Mark said. "There is no
common sense in the debate. There's
so much misinformation that it's
absurd."
Despite its current problems,
genetic modification technology is
here to stay, Mark forecast. "It's too
good a technology not to be used."
But he illustrated the emotional
debate over GM food himself when
asked, given GMO-labeled food and
alternative, which he would take
home to feed his own daughters. He
has no concern over the safety of
genetically -altered food, he said, but
like all consumers he wouldn't know
until he actually was faced with a
decision in the store, which he would
choose.0