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popular that one large dairy operation
in Florida milking between 13,000 and
14,000 cows already owns six of the
wagons and has ordered another two.
Nuhn, Van Eyl, Hagedorn, and
Helm were part of an export trade
mission to Empire Farm Days in
Casey Van Eyl: "They're
not standing at the border
with a suitcase of money."
Seneca Falls, New York this past
August put together by the Ontario
Ministry of Industry, Trade and
Technology (MITT). They were part
of a delegation of 30 small Ontario
manufacturing companies — mostly
agricultural -- that made the journey
to display their products. The mission
included other area manufacturers
such as Husky Equipment of Alma,
Kongskilde of Exeter, Emcor of
Clinton, Frey Equipment of Listowel,
PHOTOGRAPH BY W. MERLE GUNBY
Design Concrete of Seaforth, and
M.K. Martin of Elmira, to name just a
few.
All the local manufacturers had to
do was to get their equipment to the
Seneca Falls show: MITT's New
York office made all the arrangements
for the trade mission, including
booking the space, which was
supplied free of charge to the
Canadians.
Van Eyl, Hagedorn, and Helm,
along with 26 other exhibitors, also
took part in another trade mission to
Pennsylvania later in August
sponsored by the federal govemment's
Ministry of Industry, Science and
Technology. Van Eyl says the federal
government looked after setting up the
mission, and paid some mileage.
Although some manufacturers
might have a tendency to look upon
the U.S. as a highly advanced,
superior market with different
customs, that's not necessarily the
case, as our local exporters found out.
"Farmers in Ontario don't realize
they are second to none in the world.
We don't give ourselves enough
credit," says Nuhn, who has 30 years
manufacturing experience. For
instance, Nuhn says Ontario is the
most advanced area in the world as far
as raising hogs goes. "We grow the
best so they (our growers) demand the
best in equipment. That makes our
equipmenthighly exportable to other
markets."
Nuhn says that leadership makes
Ontario equipment innovative in
design, and better built than some
American equipment. The American
farmers recognize this right away.
"They don't have to be educated,"
says Nuhn.
"The smaller manufacturer can
change and adapt his product
quicker," says Helm, whose new
Lucknow large bale shredder is just
beginning to make inroads into the
American market. It took Helm 15
years to get his first snowblower in
"but once they see you've been around
for a while, they'll buy."
"We don't have too much trouble
competing on price," says Helm,
although if the exchange rate
continues to narrow "it would hurt
us."