Dale Ketcheson's Page

"www.farmtechenergy.com The company has not put a new release up on their website yet. Looks like a good deal for local cash crop farmers. The local people don't look to impressed based upon the comments on the Toronto Sun…"

"Got some off last week, 150 bushel at 19-23%. About 20% above average for yield."

"55ish so far, 11% moisture. May start corn tomorrow as well, got some down to 21%"

"We're looking average to slightly better here (Belleville). We've had over 5" of rain now spread over 3-4 good rains in the last 18 days. Got a couple of fields now with water laying. Some places didn't have anything until…"

"Actually I've found that new immigrants have much more interest in agriculture than 2nd or more generation. A lot of them have been hungry at some time in their home country, and/or a lot of them had a closer connection to the farm at home than…"

"I think anybody who thinks this current or some future Ontario government won't find a way to break these "contracts" and dramatically reduce the prices they're paying hasn't been paying attention to the way governments have…"

"Really? Somebody believed something the McGuinty government said?"

"Around here (north of Belleville) almost any ground can be worked, most people have their barley all in, the only thing holding anybody back is that it's still too early to plant corn. We've already worked land that we usually can't…"

"Thanks guys."

"On a slight tangent, what lenders seem to be the most receptive to consolidating/refinancing farm loans at these lower interest rates? Anybody had any particularly pleasant experiences?"

"Maybe... if all acres were created equal and all farms were dependent on acreage. They aren't. Should an acre under glass in a greenhouse be counted the same as $800 rough pasture? Should 20,000 broilers on a 5 acre lot be counted the same as a…"

"Hoping to finish our last 80 acres of beans in the next 2-3 days. Corn yesterday was down around 22%, mostly grade 2, still have a couple of fields around 35% but we need some HM anyway. Still seems to be running well above average for yield."

"North of Belleville, started today. Some conventional non-BT corn that may not stand up if we get the snow we're supposed to get this weekend so we're going with it. May just keep on going if the forecast doesn't look much better when…"

"OFAH know very well that the farmers are upset. As for wolves, the wolves aren't really interested in the elk unless they can catch a young calf or a lame elk. There's no shortage of timberwolves in the area (since there's a hunting…"

"The OFAH should be a strong ally to farmers.....do they know the farmers in the Bancroft area are pissed off? You would think that the OFAH would want to work with the local farmers and pay them to help establish the elk.... I can't imagine…"