The Rural Voice, 2002-04, Page 68HURON
Box 429, Clinton, Ontario NOM 1L0
519-482-9642 or 1-800-511-1135 Website: www.ofa.on.ca/huron Email: huron@ofa.on.ca
Count Federation ofAgriculture NEWSLETTER "The Rural Voice is provided to all farmers
1, f. 9 in Huron County by the HCFA.
Interesting courses lead to thoughts
EMERGENCY!! You must stop
now, rethink how you are living,
change attitudes, and pay attention to
diet, exercise and relaxation.
Why would anyone start an article
with the above statement? This winter,
as a farmer, I felt like a student again.
The first course was the Livestock
Medicine Program (dairy). Three of the
main components of this course were:
(a) to develop a team approach - who is
in charge of inventory, who is
responsible for purchasing,
transporting, sanitation, security and
disposal of needles, medicines, etc.
(b) be able to read, understand and
follow label directions. This was
handled by practice exercises
(c) Keeping on-farm records - the
inventory record of what was bought
and when, when it was used and why,
the name or identification of animal, as
well as marking system to identify
treated animals and when the drug will
have cleared to allow for sale of meat
or milk. There are many other useful
points in the 70 -page manual which
make this course very useful.
The second course was "Basic
Rescuer" performance guidelines for
CPR and Emergency Cardiac Care. A
brief overview included "The Chain of
Survival" - healthy choices, early
recognition, early access, call for help
(911) and early CPR to be done by a
trained rescuer, under directions of a
trained rescuer or EMS dispatcher, to
be done on someone who is not
breathing and has no heartbeat for any
one of a number of reasons.
I am not going any further with the
differences in adult, child or infant
Huron County Federation of Agriculture
BOARD MEETING
Fourth Monday of the Month
8:00 p.m. - Vanastra Office
Members Welcome!
HCFA OFFICE HOURS
Mondays and Fridays
9 a.m. to 12 Non and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Please leave a message.
(519) 482-9642 or 1-800-511-1135
FAX (519) 482-1416.
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CPR but some CPR is always better
than none if you forget the number of
compressions to breaths.
This course has been changed in the
last year and with the excellent
instructors, I found it to be very
informative. Workers Safety Board also
strongly supports that any farm
business have first aid and CPR trained
personnel.
The third course is "Fundamentals
of Manure Management". A nutrient
management plan fits all the sources of
nutrients together in an environmental
and economic model. A Nutrient
Management Plan helps to ensure that
all manure on a farm can be handled;
encourages the treatment of manure as
a nutrient source; helps prevent over
application of nutrients; allows
flexibility for different crops and yield
ranges; targets additional commercial
fertilizer dollars where they are needed;
helps prevent water pollution from
manure and teaches tillage practices to
prevent or at least minimize manure
from leaving the farm.
All three of these courses were very
interesting and educational but after the
"Environmental Farm Plan" and the
number of farmers working on boards,
committees and councils regarding
conservation and stewardship why are
farmers under so much scrutiny?
We have voluntarily done many
stewardship actions, we have done
required pesticide courses, and
livestock medicine courses that have to
be redone every five years. Why until
"Walkerton" happened did municipal
water employees not have to be trained
and certified?
In the last two weeks, I have had
surgery in Londop, the gravel pit next
door started crushing, I attended my
college reunion while at home the
hydro stopped, the tractor did not work
properly to put on the generator, the
generator did not put up full power
even after putting another tractor on,
the front window of the milkhouse got
sucked out by the wind, the water pipe
froze at the well, the water pipes and
bowls froze in the barn, but only two
broke, but we waited in Waterloo long
enough for the police to take down the
roadblocks but were still asking people
to stay off the roads.
Thanks to my relatives, neighbours
and relief milker for forging through!
What did I say in that first paragraph?0
- Submitted by Neil Vincent
1st Vice -President, Huron County
Federation of Agriculture
Definitions:
Recession: When your neighbour loses his
farm
Depression: When you lose your farm.
Panic: When your wife loses her job in town.
Slice of Huron
April 16, 17, 18, 2002
Seaforth Agriplex
Open House for the public
Wednesday, April 17, 2002
Everyone Is welcome!
Rural well upgrading program information available
Under OFA's Healthy Futures Program for rural well upgrading and decommissionings for
rural and non-farm residents, upgrades will be covered for 67 per cent of the project cost.
Well decommissionings are covered for 64 per cent of the project costs. Funds are limited
and projects will be reviewed on a first-come first-served basis.
Eligible projects are grading/seeding of surfaces around wells allowing for surface water
diversion from wellheads, upgrading/replacement of deteriorated well casings, extension of
well casing to at least 16 inches above grade, repairing or replacement of annular seal,
installation of proper wellhead caps, upgrading larger diameter wells to ensure watertight
casing to depth.
Well decommissioning projects apply to unused wells and wells that were improperly
decommissioned.
NOTE: all work performed must be in compliance with the applicable MOE guidelines
for decommissioning unused wells. Compliance includes the registration of the
decommissioned site with the MOE. For more information and application forms call the
Huron County Federation of Agriculture office at 1-800-511-1135 or 519-482-9642, ask for
Paul Nairn.0