Woodstock OMAFRA Resource Centre Staff

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1 OXFORD COUNTY RURAL GUIDE 2012

2 Woodstock OMAFRA Resource Centre Staff Dan Babak, Further Processing Inspector Ed Bailey, Area Manager, Meat Inspection Operations Christine Brown, Nutrient Management Field Crops Lead Linda Cheyne, Casual Client Service Representative Kim DeKlein, Ag. & Rural Economic. Dev. Advisor Lisa Drabble, Area Coordinator, Meat Inspection Mike Draper, Livestock Community Sales Act Coordinator Don Hilborn, Byproducts Engineer Brian Lang, Dairy Cattle Production Systems Specialist Penny Lawlis, Humane Standards Officer Vicki Luke, Ag. & Rural Economic Dev. Advisor Goce Manevski, Further Processing Inspector Kevin McKague, Rural Environment Engineer Janet McLean, Client Service Representative

3 Erin Panek, Business Development Consultant Lynn Pardoe, Project Analyst Shawna Stonehouse, Ag. & Rural Economic Dev. Advisor Kristy Symon, Veterinary Services Advisor Sherry Taylor, Compliance and Advisory Officer Brenda West, Client Service Representative Matt Wilson, Environmental Specialist Southwest Region OMAFRA Resource Centres Clinton 100 Don St., Clinton N0M 1L Fax: London 667 Exeter Rd., London N6E 1L Fax: Woodstock 401 Lakeview Dr., Woodstock N4T 1W Fax: Stratford 581 Huron St., Stratford N5A 5T Fax: Ridgetown 120 Main St., E., Ridgetown College, Ridgetown N0P 2C Fax:

4 Frequently Used Government and OMAFRA Contacts Agricultural Information Contact Centre AGRICORP Production Insurance Farm Business Registration AgriStability AgriInvest Risk Management Program Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Woodstock After Hours Environmental Farm Plan (Cathy Dibble, OSCIA) Farm Property Class Tax Rate Program Field Cropline (Recorded Message) Foodland Ontario Growing Forward Growing Your Farm Profits (Cathy Dibble, OSCIA) Livestock Emergency Transport Line (24 hour service) Meat Inspection Hotline Ministry of Environment Spills Action Centre Nutrient Management Information Line Ontario Pesticide Education Program Oxford County Board of Health ServiceOntario Contact Centre The Farm Line

5 Do you currently receive our Information Bulletin? This e-bulletin contains information on coming events, OMAFRA programs, services, learning opportunities and other news of interest. Information highlights are to benefit rural and agricultural organizations, municipalities and communities in Oxford County. This will be distributed as information is compiled. To be added to the mailing list, send a message to kim.deklein@ontario.ca or call Agricultural Education Alfred College Alfred, ON K0B 1A Kemptville College Kemptville, ON K0G 1J University of Guelph Guelph, ON N1G 2W Ridgetown College Ridgetown, ON N0P 2C

6 Rural Organizations 4-H Association Chair: Mel Bergsma 95 William St., Tavistock N0B 2R Secretary: Jenn Weldrick R.R. #7, Woodstock N4S 7W Communications: Linda Humphrey 36 John St., Bright N0J 1B Beekeepers Association (Middlesex, Oxford, Elgin) President: Bob Crowhurst R.R. #1, Arva N0M 1C Canadian Association of Farm Advisors Southwestern Ontario Chapter Chair: Ron Vandenhogen Fax: Canada s Outdoor Farm Show 160 Research Lane, Unit 101 Guelph N1G 5B or Fax: info@outdoorfarmshow.com Canadian Food Inspection Agency 1401 Dundas St. E., Woodstock N4S 8X Fax: Canola Growers Association President: James McKinlay R.R. #1, Ravenna N0H 2E jmckinlay@bmts.com CanWest DHI 660 Speedvale Ave. W., Suite 101 Guelph N1K 1E or Fax: info@canwestdhi.com Cattlemen s Association President: Andrew Metcalfe R.R. #3, Ingersoll N5C 3J andchrisfarms@hotmail.com Secretary: Sally Smith-Pelleboer P.O. Box 27, Springford N0J 1X gspelleboer@nor-del.com Chicken Farmers of Ontario 3320 South Service Rd. Burlington L7R 3Y Fax: info@ontariochicken.ca 5

7 Christian Farmers Federation President: Bart Mulder Quaker St., R.R. #3, Norwich N0J 1P Secretary: Dave DeBoer Cornell Rd., R.R. #3, Tillsonburg N4G 4G Community Employment Services 40 Metcalfe St. Woodstock N4S 3E Fax: Dairy Farmers of Ontario 6780 Campobello Rd. Mississauga L5N 2L Fax: Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario Membership Services Coordinator: Karen Maitland E.F.A.O. Office 5420 Hwy. 6 N., R.R. #5 Guelph N1H 6J or Fax: info@efao.ca Fanshawe College 369 Finkle St. Woodstock N4V 1A Fax: Farm & Food Care Ontario (formerly Ontario Farm Animal Council and Ag Care) 100 Stone Road West, Suite 106 Guelph N1G 5L Fax: info@farmfoodcare.org Farm Credit Canada 536 Athlone Avenue Woodstock N4S 7V Fax: onwoodstock@fcc-fac.ca Farm Safety Association Information and publications: Embro Farm Systems John Van Ginkel R.R. # 4, Embro N0J 1J info@farmsafety.ca Egg Farmers of Ontario 7195 Millcreek Dr. Mississauga L5N 4H or Fax: eggboard@getcracking.ca 6

8 Federation of Agriculture President: Walter Kropf Oxford Rd. 34, R.R. #6, Woodstock N4S 7W Administrative Coordinator: Amy Matheson Line 43, R.R.# 2 Embro N0J 1J info@oxfordag.ca Member Service Rep. Janine Lunn c/o Elgin Ag. Centre, 450 Sunset Dr., Room 228, St. Thomas N5R 5V Fax: janine.lunn@ofa.on.ca Grain Farmers of Ontario District 7 Waterloo/Oxford Director: Kevin Armstrong R.R. #4, Woodstock N4S 7V armstrongacres@execulink.com Member Relations: Valerie Gilvesy 100 Stone Rd. W., Suite 201 Guelph N1G 5L vgilvesy@gfo.ca Jersey Ontario Speedvale Ave. W., Guelph N1H 7M Fax: ontario@jerseycanada.com Jersey Club (Oxford) President: Rachael McKinlay 19 Cedar St., Ingersoll N5C 1A Secretary: Frances Campbell R.R. #2 Princeton N0J 1V effran.campbell@silomail.com Junior Farmers Association President: Luke Ward duke_104@hotmail.com Provincial Director: Sarah Harrigan Assistant Director: Brad Ward bward_17@hotmail.com oxfordjf@jfao.on.ca Maple Syrup Producers Office Administrator: Rhonda Roantree 275 County Rd. 44, R.R. #4 Kemptville K0G 1J Fax: admin@ontariomaple.com Master Gardeners Contact: Rose Roi 301 Ingersoll Ave. Woodstock N4S 4W mrbones@sympatico.ca At the present time, Oxford County does not have a Master Gardener group. Contact Rose for information on other Master Gardener organizations in the surrounding area. 7

9 National Farmers Union Perth/Oxford President: George Stevers R.R. #2, Gadshill N0K 1J Secretary/Treasurer: Ann Slater R.R. #1, Lakeside N0M 2G Ontario Agri-Food Education Inc Tremaine Rd., Milton L9T 4Z Fax: Ontario Bean Producers Marketing Board 4206 Raney Cres. London N6L 1C Ontario Broiler Chicken Hatching Egg Producers Association 483 Arkell Rd., Guelph N1H 6H Fax: Ontario Coloured Bean Growers R.R. #5, Mitchell N0K 1N Ontario Farm Fresh Marketing Association 2002 Candorf Sideroad Aurora L4G 7B Fax: Oxford County Public Health & Emergency Services 410 Buller St., Woodstock N4S 4N or Oxford County Library P.O. Box 1614, Woodstock N4S 7Y CEO/Chief Librarian: Lisa Miettinen Oxford Dairy Producer Committee Chair: John Doan Pleasant Valley Rd., Norwich N0J 1P Secretary: Mark Fraser R.R. #1, Embro N0J 1J Oxford Holstein Breeders President: Fraser Doan R.R. #1, Norwich N0J 1P Secretary: Elizabeth Jones R.R. #5, Ingersoll N5C 3J Oxford Small Business Support Centre Inc. 118 Oxford St., Ingersoll N5C 2V Fax:

10 Plowmen s Association (Oxford) President: Jim Cox Secretary: Dave Hill 361 Knightsbridge Rd. Woodstock N4S 7C Pork Producers Association Director: John debruyn R.R. #1, Salford N0J 1W johndebruyn@execulink.com President: Scott Richmond Oxford County Rd. 8 Bright N0J 1B brae-heid@hotmail.com Soil & Crop Improvement Association President: Mark Kirwin R.R. #1, Salford N0J 1W Secretary/Treasurer: Cathy Dibble Township Rd., R.R. #2 Drumbo N0J 1G Fax: cdibble@odyssey.on.ca Stewardship Oxford Coordinator: Dave Depuydt Ministry of Natural Resources 615 John St. N., Aylmer N5H 2S Fax: dave.depuydt@ontario.ca Chair: Jim Magee R.R. #2, Drumbo N0J 1G Swine Liquid Feeding Association President: Joe Dwyer c/o Dwyer Manufacturing Ltd Summerhill Rd. Dublin N0K 1E Fax: joedwyer@dwyermfg.com The Ontario Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers Marketing Board 4 Elm St., Tillsonburg N4G 4H Fax: otb@ontarioflue-cured.com Tourism Oxford 580 Bruin Blvd. Woodstock N4V 1E ext Fax: Tourism Specialist: Cathy Bingham tourism@oxfordcounty.ca Turkey Farmers of Ontario Conestoga College Blvd. Kitchener N2P 2N Fax: United Way of Oxford 65 Springbank Ave. N. Unit #2 Woodstock N4S 8V Fax: Executive Director: Kelly Gilson Office Administrator: Lynda Thornton info@unitedwayoxford.ca 9

11 Women for the Support of Agriculture President: Rose Keunen Townsend Line, Kerwood N0M 2B Secretary: Liesbeth DeBoer Airport Rd., Tillsonburg N4G 4H Oxford District Women s Institute President: Sheila Greason R.R. #4, St. Marys N4X 1C Secretary: Linda Hammond R.R. #1, Mt. Elgin N0J 1N ilhammond@hotmail.com Agricultural Societies and Fairboards Drumbo Agricultural Society 42 Centre St., Drumbo N0J 1G Embro & Zorra Agricultural Society P.O. Box 222, Embro N0J 1J info@embrofair.com Tillsonburg Tri County Agricultural Society P.O. Box 43, Tillsonburg N4G 4H Fax: ttriags@bellnet.ca Woodstock Agricultural Society President: Liz Burrill Secretary: Michelle Ward 875 Nellis Street, Woodstock N4S 4C Fax: woodstock875@rogers.com Conservation Authorities Grand River 400 Clyde Rd. Cambridge N1R 5W Fax: grca@grandriver.ca Long Point Region 4 Elm St., Tillsonburg N4G 0C Fax: conservation@lprca.on.ca Upper Thames River 1424 Clarke Rd., London N5V 5B Fax: infoline@thamesriver.on.ca Tavistock Agricultural Society President: Chris Wiffen R.R. #6, Woodstock N4S 7W info@tavistockfallfair.com 10

12 Horticultural Societies Ingersoll & District Secretary: Vicki Edwards 207 Wonham St., Ingersoll N5C 2Z com/ihs/ Tavistock & Area Secretary: Janice McIntosh Tillsonburg P.O. Box 94 Tillsonburg N4G 4H3 Secretary: Donna Peirce Woodstock President: Vera Schermerhorn 1061 Elora Rd., Woodstock N4S 5L Secretary: Rose Roi 301 Ingersoll Ave., Woodstock N4S 4W Municipal Contacts County of Oxford 21 Reeve Street Woodstock N4S 7Y or CAO: Michael Bragg Ext City of Woodstock City Hall P.O. Box 1539, 500 Dundas St., Woodstock N4S 0A Mayor: Pat Sobeski Ext CAO: David Creery Ext Town of Ingersoll 130 Oxford St., 2 nd Floor Ingersoll N5C 2V Mayor: Ted Comiskey mayor@ingersoll.ca CAO: Darell Parker dparker@ingersoll.ca Town of Tillsonburg Customer Service Centre 10 Lisgar Ave., Tillsonburg N4G 5A Mayor: John Lessif Ext jlessif@tillsonburg.ca Township of Blandford-Blenheim 47 Wilmot St. S., Drumbo N0J 1G Mayor: Marion Wearn mwearn@blandfordblenheim.ca CAO: Fran Bell Ext. 227 fbell@blandfordblenheim.ca 11

13 Township of East Zorra-Tavistock 90 Loveys St., Hickson N0J 1L Mayor: Don McKay CAO: Jeff Carswell Township of Norwich 210 Main St. E., Otterville N0J 1R Mayor: Donald Doan Township of Southwest Oxford Dereham Line Mt. Elgin N0J 1N Mayor: David Mayberry Township of Zorra th Line, P.O. Box 306 Ingersoll N5C 3J or Mayor: Margaret Lupton CAO: Don MacLeod Ext. 226 Elected Officials MPP - Oxford Ernie Hardeman 12 Perry St., Woodstock N4S 3C or Fax: ernie.hardeman@pc.ola.org MP Oxford Dave Mackenzie 208 Huron St., Woodstock N4S 7A or Fax: macked1a@parl.gc.ca Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs The Honourable Ted McMeekin 77 Grenville St., 11 th Floor Toronto M7A 1B or Fax: minister.omafra@ontario.ca Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada The Honourable Gerry Ritz 1341 Baseline Rd. Ottawa K1A 0C Fax: ritz.g@parl.gc.ca 12

14 Media Contacts Waterloo Region Record 160 King St. E., Kitchener N2G 4E or Fax: London Free Press 369 York St., London N6A 4G or Fax: Sentinel Review 16 Brock St., Woodstock N4S 3B Fax: Tillsonburg News 25 Townline Rd., P.O. Box 190 Tillsonburg N4G 4H Fax: Aylmer Express Ltd. 390 Talbot St. E., P.O. Box 160 Aylmer N5H 2R or Fax: Ayr News 40 Piper St., Ayr N0B 1E Fax: Ingersoll Times 19 King St. W., Ingersoll N5C 2J Fax: New Hamburg Independent 77 Peel St., New Hamburg N3A 1E Fax: Norwich Gazette 4 Washington St., Norwich N0J 1P Fax: Ontario Farmer P.O. Box 7400 London N5Y 4X Fax: Oxford Shopping News 16 Brock St., Woodstock N4S 3B Fax: Tavistock Gazette Ltd. 119 Woodstock St. S., Tavistock N0B 2R Fax: Today s Farmer 930 Richmond Street Chatham N7M 5J Fax: Top Crop Manager Magazine 105 Donly Drive S. Simcoe N3Y 4K Fax: CBC Radio P.O. Box 500, Station A, Toronto M5W 1E

15 Blackburn Radio CFCO/CKSY FM 117 Keil Dr. S., Chatham N7M 3H Fax: AM 980, FM 96, The Hawk & Fresh FM 380 Wellington St. #222, London N6A 5B Fax: CHYM FM King St. W., P.O. Box 936 Kitchener N2G 4E Easy 101 CKOT & County FM P.O. Box 10 Tillsonburg N4G 4H Fax: Astral Media Radio CKSL AM 1410 & Q 97.5 FM BX 93 CJBK 743 Wellington Rd. S. London N6C 4R Fax: Foodland Forum 995 Richmond St. Ste. #1 Chatham N7M 5J or Fax: EastLink 18 Sydenham St. E., Aylmer N5H 1L Fax: CTV News 864 King St. W., P.O. Box Kitchener N2G 4E Fax: Rogers Television London 800 York St., London N6A 5B Fax: Rogers Television St. Thomas 535 Talbot St., St. Thomas N5P 1C Fax: Rogers Television Woodstock 21Ridgeway Circle Woodstock N4S 8P Fax: CTV London 1 Communications Rd., London N6J 4Z or Fax: londonnews@ctv.ca Heart FM Norwich Avenue, Woodstock N4S 3V Fax: info@1047.ca 14

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17 If there is a change within your organization, please contact: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs 401 Lakeview Drive Woodstock, ON N4T 1W or Fax: janet.mclean@ontario.ca Thank you! 16