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Common sense best feed for farm safetyCommentary by ROBIN TARNOWETZKIStettler Independent

It’s farm safety week, and organizations like the Canadian Agriculture Safety Association and the Alberta Farm Safety Centre are trying to promote safety by giving out information on what to do to remain safe. I would like to contribute by telling people what not to do.

I grew up on a goat farm in Saskatchewan, and my two siblings and I were always adventurous. And adventurous in a farm context means doing inadvisably unsafe things. Learn from my mistakes, and avoid the following:

Do not slide on icethat is audibly cracking

Every year when the snow melts, it forms a fast-fl owing creek near my house. I don’t know what the attraction of running water is for kids, but it became an annual tradition to play in the water. Sometimes we would get lucky and the snow would melt and then

freeze, forming an icy surface on which to slide around.

Now, most of the creek was thigh-deep at best, but there were several deep parts that would probably reach up to my neck. But the lure of sliding around on ice is too much for most children, so I made the trek out to play there (God only knows what people driving past thought of a kid sliding around by herself and laughing). Every time I veered too far toward the edges, I would hear cracking. That didn’t deter me.

I was fi ne, but in retrospect, things could have gone wrong.

Do not stand in frontof a fence with long hair

I would estimate that I was about seven or eight when I was playing in the pasture like I always did. The female goats were kept separate from the males by a short fence with large slats. I wasn’t a stupid kid and I knew not to play in the area with the bucks. Unfortunately, I was standing with my back to the fence when one of the bucks

reached his head through and chomped on my hair. I want you to try to imagine the panic I felt, thinking I would never escape from a goat that wanted a taste of my hair. He was extremely strong and determined.

That was a long time ago, and so the memory has blurred, but I remember screaming and trying in vain to recover my hair.

It was either my panic or my tough farm upbringing that made me immune to the pain. Luckily, my mother was there and somehow with her help, I escaped.

When I was 14, I cut all my hair off. In retrospect, it was probably subconsciously because of that experience.

Do not pet roosters. Also,do not listen to your brother

I’ve talked about my troubles with roosters before. In addition to the big evil rooster, we had another rooster who enjoyed bodyslamming. He was about a third of the other rooster’s size, so I was never scared of him. When he was inside the coop, I used to

taunt him and he would bodyslam the fence (note: do not do so).

One day, my brother told me that the rooster had inexplicably calmed down and you could pet him. I was wary, but I love animals and will never pass up an opportunity to pet one.

Also, I trusted my brother.That was a mistake.As he watched, I reached out a hand to pet

the rooster who had been nothing but hostile to me. And he pecked me. And that was the day I stopped listening to my brother.

Do not play with fi reMy brother used to set bonfi res in our

pasture, and we would all hang out there. That’s all well and good, except safety was never a huge concern. My brother enjoyed pushing me toward the fi re and then pulling me back, telling me, “I just saved your life!” Don’t do that.

So, stay safe out on the farm, and use common sense that I did not.

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Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - Salute to Agriculture

Robin TarnowetzkiStettler Independent

This year’s Canadian Agricultural Safety week runs from March 9 to 15, and the theme is “Let’s Talk About It!”

The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) and the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) pro-mote agricultural safety week each year in the third week of March.

The theme for this year was chosen because of the importance of communi-cation in practising farm safety, regard-less of the size of the operation.

“It’s a good starting point for thinking about safety on a more regular basis,” said Michelle French Lancaster, com-munications officer for CASA.

She hopes that the theme of the week helps to uncover safety issues that wouldn’t be discussed otherwise, and open the conversation to new ideas.

“I absolutely think it’s important to have events like this,” said Christa Win-snes, who does farm-safety presentations with the Alberta Farm Safety Centre.

“Anything we can do to raise aware-ness. Being more safe is important.”

CASA is providing resources on their website for anyone interested in farm safety. Anyone can access the “Farm Talk Series,” which is a list of resourc-es about general conversations to have about safety, whether it’s with a child or with migrant farm workers.

CASA also offers “Toolbox Talks,” which are a list of resources for farmers with information on various situations they might encounter on the farm, such as “lifting safely,” “working in extreme cold,” and “general hitching and haul-ing.”

“We’re hoping those resources will help get producers thinking and gener-ating some ideas and overall promoting the idea of the importance of communi-cation,” Lancaster said.

For Winsnes, the biggest farm-safety threats are ATVs and farm machinery.

“Often, we’re putting kids in tractors and that’s not necessarily the right way to do things,” she said.

She said that the danger of ATVs hasn’t been discussed in the past, but now ATV safety has been promoted to the point where it’s the main aspect of her Grade 6 farm-safety presentation.

“I think, in the past, it’s one of the issues that have gotten overlooked,” she said.

CASA has also launched a series of short videos featuring farmers telling stories about safety.

Although CASA promotes agricultur-al safety week every year, this year the group is providing a space for organiza-tions to talk about what they’re doing to promote farm safety.

“This is the first year we’ve created this space,” said Lancaster. “This is something that’s for everybody.”

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Jay Byer, the assistant director of agricultural services for the County of Stettler, said severe cold increases the need to have adequate indoor facilities for farmers who are calving in such winters.

“It certainly changes things for people,” he said.

During cold-weather calving, farmers use more straw and feed the cows more often, Winsnes said.

Byer said that calves born in the cold have a

higher risk of losing parts of their ears or their tail.

Winsnes has a purebred operation, along with a commercial operation, so the appearance of the calves is important to future buyers.

“Calves that lose their ears to cold don’t look as good,” Winsnes said. “It’s a problem.”

Byer also said that some research shows calves that are highly stressed at birth don’t do as well during the course of their lives.

To combat those

dangers, Winsnes has a calving barn that is set up at all times, and has surveillance equipment to keep an eye on the herd.

“We monitor our herd very closely,” she said in early March. “It’s a 24-7 monitoring right now.”

Byer says that farmers who are calving in such extreme winter wather need to keep a closer eye on their herds, and bring any cows inside that are close to giving birth.

As well, additional bedding is an important consideration, he said.

The Alberta SPCA said that pregnancy and cold weather increases the nutrient requirements for cows, so making sure they have adequate feed is necessary.

Alberta Agriculture has said cows need extra nutrients for 90 days after birth in order to produce enough milk. The provincial agriculture department also suggested that farmers use “good judgment” when deciding which cases require professional help.

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Castor and Area Agricultural Society’s farmers’ market is back up and running after its two-month winter break, though the blowing snow dampened some of its March re-opening.

People of all ages came to the Castor Community Centre to take a peek at preserves, crafts and home-business products last Thursday.

Trish Newman, the market manager, is entering her third year managing the Castor farmers’ market.

She said she believes the market is an asset to local farmers, crafters and shoppers, because it brings together all sorts of people and products.

“It helps the people who bake, who do preserves, do crafts or own businesses get their work out there,” she said. “It’s for the people who make it, bake it or grow it.”

The season-opening market this month had 21 tables manned by people from Castor and the surrounding communities, though originally 26 were booked to be open.

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Jessica Anderson, 25, made the trip from Alliance to display her artwork at the market. Her table was covered in paint-ings and fake-flower arrangements. She started selling her work at the farmer’s market in 2007 on the recommendation

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“Painting is where my personality really comes out,” Anderson said.

Across the hall, Carol Brown showcases crochet work. Scarves, hats, and stuffed animals colourfully decorate her table. All of her work is crocheted.

“I don’t like to knit,” she said. “It’s not fun for me, and if we’re not doing this for fun, why are we?”

Her work includes creations from the popular game series Pokemon and Angry Birds, while others are more simple in design, but obviously well-crafted.

The market was an easy decision for Brown, who moved to Castor last July. The community centre in which the market is held is right across the street from where she now lives.

“I thought it would be a good way to meet new people and feed my (crocheting) addiction,” she said with a laugh.

At a table behind Brown, Michele Desouki has a table full of items “taken out of retirement, just like me.”

The collection of items, from display trays, treat display towers, bird feeders, birdhouses and bird feeders are made from re-purposed cups, candle holders, mason jars and glass plates.

“I have a fondness for vintage things,” Desouki said. “Especially plates, but eventually you become bored with them, or break them, or lose pieces of sets, and then what do you do with them?”

An old blue metal coffee pot was turned into a birdhouse with the addition of some copper wire, as was a kettle “that was too thin and overheated.”

The Castor resident, originally from the U.S., also makes soaps. She admitted that the glycerine/lye mixture is premade, as she didn’t want to have to fi nagle the balance and risk lye burns. From there, though, she adds natural

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For Desouki, the market is a way to give once-loved items a second chance at a new and repurposed life.

“Everything is quite sturdy and won’t fall apart,” she said of her creations. “And doesn’t everything deserve a second chance?”

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One of my favourite programs to cover or be in-volved in on the farm beat is always Canada’s Outstand-ing Young Farmers.

It’s designed to seek out and shine the spotlight on innovative producers who are excited about what they do. Even in years of drought, or economic price crunches, there are still such farmers to be found.

Meeting them and learn-ing their stories is always inspiring. Once producers become involved in OYF as a nominee, they stay on board as alumni, to carry the program forward.

The 2013 National OYF Event took place in Novem-ber in Regina. Alberta’s re-gion was represented by Mi-chael Kalisvaart and Karen Jansen, a young couple from Gibbons who head up a large grain operation. Kalco Farms has achieved growth through partnerships, such as the farmer-owned Provi-dence Grain company, and employs lots of technology

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The young Alberta cou-ple went on to be selected from the seven regional representatives as a national winner. But more than the recognition, Kalisvaart saw the whole experience as both an honour and a re-sponsibility.

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That ranged from organ-ic vegetables, to direct food marketers to dairy produc-tion, so it’s a much more diverse group than you’d meet at your average farm meeting.

“But we had so much in common, and learning from each other, and just seeing how everybody does things was probably the greatest part of what we did,” Kal-isvaart said. “With all the alumni there, it’s just such a high-calibre group that you’re a little humbled to become part of that.”

Those recognized by OYF see their role as being an ambassador for agricul-ture, and that’s something they’ve been doing long be-fore the current “ag-vocate” term was coined to describe such activity.

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Kalisvaart and Jansen shared the story of their farm this month in Banff at the regional OYF event. It was also an opportunity to meet the next young fam-ily, who will represent the area at the 2014 National Awards program in Quebec City in November.

Richard and Nicole Brousseau have a dairy farm near St. Paul, a venture they’ve worked into gradu-ally with Nicole’s parents. They’re just moving into a new dairy barn, and sustain-ability is a key philosophy for their operation.

While both grew up on farms, and had hopes of one day being involved in agri-culture, it took hard work, perseverance and a path of discovery off the farm to get to where they are now. Richard’s road began in hog production, and included time teaching and managing the dairy program at Lake-land College, with which Nicole was also involved.

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Nicole wholeheartedly agrees.

“When we worked at the college, part of what we did was seeing other people who’ve never had an op-portunity to be on a farm, or even to know what farming is,” she said. “To give them a little taste in agriculture is so rewarding, and so much fun. Some kids, right from the city, were some of our best students, and some of the people who had such passion in agriculture. So we want to be able to put ourselves out there, and hopefully become mentors, and invite people out, and give them a little taste of agriculture and see if they bite.”

“We both feel that it’s been our calling to be in agriculture, and we’re very fortunate to be able to fol-low our passion and our dreams,” added Richard. “To be able to help someone who doesn’t have the oppor-tunity to do that, to maybe open some doors for them, is definitely what we’re go-ing to aspire to do.”

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There are many reasons why the Alberta cow herd has decreased in size in over the last 10 years. One factor is that many older producers who were counting their cow herd as their retirement plan have now retired and they have sent the cows to town.

“Economic pressures since BSE have resulted in many producers selling their herd and breaking-up pasture and hay land to grow annual crops to improve their on-farm cash flow,” said Barry Yaremcio, beef and forage specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development.

“Some producers are working off farm, either part-time or full-time, to support their operations and are not around enough to manage a cow herd. In other cases, difficulties with hiring labour to work on the cattle operation have either resulted in some herds reducing numbers or being sold off completely.”

No matter what the reason, the size of the Alberta (and Canadian)

cow herd is smaller than what it was 10 to 15 years ago. Alberta’s cow numbers peaked in 2005 at 2,187,000 cows found on 28,718 farms and ranches. In 2006, the Agricultural census reported that cow numbers in Alberta dropped to 2,032,018 on 25,479 farms and ranches.

By 2011, the number of cows had dropped to 1,558,700 cows found on 18,944 farms and ranches. That’s a 23.3 per cent decline in the number of cows in the province and a 25.6 per cent reduction in the

number of producers who had cattle on their farms. Interestingly enough, over the 11 years in question, the average number of cows in a herd increased from 68 to 82 cows.

“The municipalities that saw the largest drop in cow numbers and producers were in the Black soil zones of the province,” Yaremcio said.

“In the Black soil zones, north of Calgary to Edmonton and east of Edmonton to the Saskatchewan border, we saw cow numbers drop

from 711,834 to 444,657, or 37.5 per cent, from 2001 to 2011 and the number of producers who indicated that their primary source of income from the beef operation dropped from 10,254 to 6338, or 38.2 per cent. During this period, the average cow herd size in these regions stayed stable at 70 cows.”

In the Peace River district of the province, in the Dark Grey soil zone, cow numbers dropped from 187,722 in 2006 to 129,050 in 2011, a reduction of 36 per cent, and the number of producers from 2,643 in 2006 to 1,896 in 2011 for a drop of 28.3 per cent. The average herd size dropped from 71 cows to 63 cows.

The Brown Soil zone saw an increase in cow numbers from 310,623 head in 2001 to 360,714 in 2011 for an increase of 16.1 per cent, and the herd size grew from an average 83 cows to 134. However; the number of producers dropped 20.4 per cent; from 3,748 to 2,697.

“To illustrate the change in cow numbers and the number of producers in each county, Alberta Agriculture has put together a number of maps that illustrate the changes from 2001 to 2011,” said Yaremcio, who works out of Stettler.

“The census data was compiled by Marion Harry, research assistant, and the maps were developed by Guangzhi Liu, senior business and research analyst. Maps and a statistical chart have been posted to Alberta Agriculture’s website.

“This data brings into question whether or not the industry will rebound. Only time will tell. Grain prices have come down and grain movement is slow, and these factors will narrow the income differential between grain and cattle.

“Even though beef prices are the strongest in recent history, heifer retention as reported by Statistics Canada is slow to happen and the Alberta and Canadian herd has not gone through a rebuilding so far. With the wide price differential between steers and heifers, this might be the trigger needed to see herd expansion. The July 1 cattle inventory numbers should give us a better picture of what is happening.”

— Agri-News

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Farm Credit Canada’s chief agricultural econo-mist, J.P. Gervais, has shared five key economic issues in agriculture to watch for in 2014.

“Canadian agriculture is a challenging and re-warding industry, filled with professional, for-ward-thinking, business-savvy people who love what they do,” Gervais said. “By building and sharing agriculture knowl-edge, producers benefit, agriculture benefits, rural Canada benefits, and so do all Canadians.”

North American farm-land values have been in-creasing rapidly in recent years, but they could soon plateau, Gervais said. “Many producers will be surveying the landscape to determine if they should buy more land or pay off some debt. A lot of their decisions will be based on commodity price fore-casts, their current profit margin and how much they have invested in land in recent years.”

The tentative agreement between the European Union and Canada on the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement might generate headlines, but Canada is also involved in negotiating other signifi-cant trade deals, including the Trans-Pacific Partner-ship. “Between those two agreements, every sector of Canadian agriculture will have opportunities and face some challenges,” Gervais said. “We need to start preparing to manage our business in a new en-vironment.”

The U.S. Federal Re-serve recently started scal-ing back its aggressive monetary policy because it’s seeing strength in the labour market and house-hold finances.

“Rolling back a pro-gram of this magnitude is sailing in uncharted wa-ters,” Gervais said. “This change in the U.S. mon-etary direction can have wide impacts in the finan-cial markets — mostly on the value of the emerging markets’ currencies — impacting the competi-tiveness of Canadian agri-cultural commodities.”

Canadian livestock pro-ducers — particularly beef producers — should ex-pect healthy returns over the next couple of years, Gervais predicted.

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