A Paisley man and his brother are recovering after a plane crash in northern
Quebec.
Greg Walke and his twin brother Bernard were passengers on a DHC-2
Beaver float plane that crashed Saturday morning.
 It went down in a swamp two kilometres from the La Grande Riviere airport,
not far from James Bay.
The pilot and one passenger were killed. Cause of the crash is under
investigation.
The Walke brothers and another passenger were taken to hospital in Montreal.
Family say the brothers' conditions are improving.

Huron East Against Turbines is asking Huron East council to consider four bylaws that would make it more difficult to erect wind turbines in the St. Columban area. Group spokesperson Robert Tetu says the first bylaw would increase building fees for wind turbines. The second would change their designation for assessment purposes from agriculture to industrial.
The third would involve a licensing recovery fee for wind energy projects and the fourth would regulate low-frequency noise. Tetu says the municipality has agreed to look into the first three bylaws.
The municipality has also agreed to consult with other municipalities on a test bylaw to regulate low-frequency noise. Tetu says the last one will require money for a study to determine what the safe level for low-frequency noise. He also says low-frequency noise is not addressed in the Green Energy Act so it falls within the municipality's jurisdiction. Tetu says he expects the resulting bylaw will be challenged in court. But he says the project being proposed in the St. Columban area doesn't have provincial approval yet so they hope they can have the bylaw in place before that happens.

A new poll by Ipsos Reid shows 9 in ten of us support wind energy.
The poll was done for the Canadian Wind Energy Association and found than 89 per cent of people living in Ontario either strongly supported or some-what supported wind energy in their region.
President of the Association, Robert Hornung says even when you eliminate responses from the Greater Toronto Area, support for wind energy was strong.

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Hornung says they also asked an open ended question regarding concerns with wind energy and found that 23 per cent of people had issues with noise.

BLACKBURN AGRI-MEDIA CLOSING MARKET REPORT:
Date: 07-29-10

On the Chicago Board of Trade:

Corn Futures:
September up 3 at 3.79 and a quarter
December up 3 at 3.93 and a half

Soybean Futures:
August up 16 and a quarter at 10.26 and a half
September up 7 and a half at 9.92 and a half

Wheat Futures:
September up 12 at 6.27 and a half
December up 12 and a half at 6.59 and a half.

Oat Futures:
September up 4 and ahalf at 2.61 and a half
December up 5 and a quarter at 2.74 and a half

From Dauphin Feed and Supply, 48 per cent soybean meal quote FOB Hamilton = $379/tonne

-> CLOSING LOCAL GRAIN PRICES FROM SNOBELIN FARMS:

Note there's a basis change for old soys and for old and new soft red winter wheat:

09 CROP CORN = up 3 at 3.49/BU
2010 CROP CORN = up 3 at 3.59/BU
2011 CROP CORN = up 2 at 3.95/BU

09 CROP SOYS = up 15 at 10.23/BU
2010 CROP SOYS = up 10 at 9.43/BU
2011 CROP SOYS = up 5 at 9.32/BU

2010 CROP SOFT RED WINTER WHEAT = up 7 at 5.18/BU
2011 CROP SOFT RED WINTER WHEAT = 5.64/BU
2012 CROP SOFT RED WINTER WHEAT = down 2 at 5.68/BU

(O-C-A Report)

Ontario Pork Reports:

Total Sales = 26,589
for a 4 day total of = 82,950
That's up 3,753 from last week.
The average price was = $1.54/kilogram
That's up 3 cents
The U-S National cost price = $83.59 U-S, dressed weight.
That's up $1.33
The forward contract price for November-December delivery is $143.11
which is up $2.70
The estimated historical basis for November-December is minus 16 to minus 4 dollars

Huron OPP have laid charges in connection with a police pursuit through Morris Turnberry that toppled some propane tanks, and lead to an evacuation in Walton.
Police got a call in the wee hours of Friday July 16th about a suspicious pick up truck that passed the same home several times.
Officers found the truck, but the driver sped off across country roads, through a field, and several towns. 
The stolen truck was abandoned in a field, but police were unable to track down the suspect until Bracebridge police made an arrest in a similar incident last week.
24 year old John Topor of Central Huron faces multiple charges including flight from police, dangerous driving, mischief, theft and possession of property obtained by crime.

 

A third person is in the running for Bill Murdoch's job.
Port Elgin's Bill Walker has announced he's after the nomination to represent the Progressive Conservatives in the Bruce Grey Owen Sound riding in next year's provincial election.
Walker describes himself as a fiscal conservatives and says the Tories are best party to represent rural Ontario.
He's concerned with the Green Energy Act and the way it's taking power away from local elected officials.
Bill Walker joins the Durham area's Michael Schmidt and Sauble Beach's Mark Wunderlich in the bid for the PC nomination in Bruce Grey Owen Sound.

Police in Owen Sound are now saying an assault and robbery of a man in Harrison Park was not a random act.
According to police the robbery happened late Tuesday night and involved a female acquaintance of the victim.
Police say the girl became the victim's "friend" on Facebook and the two agreed to meet.
The girl had misrepresented her age to the victim. Her boyfriend had found out about the meeting and travelled from Walkerton to confront the victim.
A 17 year old girl and a 19 year old man both from Walkerton are now charged with robbery and assault. They are due in Court in Owen Sound for a bail hearing.
The victim's wallet and bracelet have not been found.

A group of Brussels residents is appealing the process that led to the decision to close Brussels Public School.
Spokesperson Jim Prior says they needed 68 signatures on a petition to launch their appeal to the Ministry of Education, and they've got over 200.
They can't legally challenge the decision, but they can appeal the process.
Prior says they can point to several instances where the Avon Maitland District school board violated its own policy on accommodation review.
Prior says they believe the fate of the Brussels school was decided before this year's A.R.C. ever got underway.
Huron East council has committed up to ten thousand dollars for legal fees, and Prior says that should easily cover their costs.

The battle between the western provinces and Ontario over dairy blends is now in the hands of an Agreement on Internal Trade dispute panel.
The western provinces argue Ontario is violating the agreement by not allowing the sale of vegetable-oil based dairy blends - something they argue was ordered by a previous dispute panel.
At last week's panel hearing Ontario argued what the western provinces are after was not dealt with by that earlier decision.
Ontario's delegation also argued that allowing what Alberta and the other provinces are asking for would place human health in unnecessary danger and make consumers vulnerable.
The argument suggested processors could make modest additions of edible oils to their spreads to avoid coming under scrutiny of the Ontario Milk Act.
They also suggested that if there were a uniform, national framework addressing the manufacture and sale of these dairy products there wouldn't have been any need for a dispute panel.
No word yet on when we can expect a decision from last week's hearing.

The deadline is coming up fast for the 2010 Soybean Yield Challenge.
The deadline is Friday.
Grain Farmers of Ontario's Meghan Burke on how you can get your name in.

(Meghan Burke On Entry Process)

GFO has also extended the deadline to register for the Spring Wheat Challenge - it's now this Friday as well.

(Full GFO Commentary)

OnTrace will be making a big Premises ID registration push at this year's Canada's Outdoor Farm Show.
They'll be conducting two workshops each day of the show.
OnTrace's Brian Sterling says they want to encourage farmers, processors, truckers, distributors and retailers to see the value and benefits of registering their premises.
Registering is voluntary.
OnTrace owns and operates the Ontario registry for emergency management purposes.
They'll be giving a pair of uniquely imprinted Canadian-made rubber wellie boots to anyone registering their premises at the show.
And if you register between now and the show you could win an adult admission to the Outdoor Farm Show.
Canada's Outdoor Farm Show runs September 14th to the 16th at Woodstock.

Syngenta Canada calls it a demonstration of the company's commitment to the cereals business both globally and in Canada.
They've created a new position of National Seeds Marketing Manager for Cereals.
Jim Bagshaw will be doing that job.
It involves developing wheat varieties to help prairie producers respond to the world's growing need for food.
Syngenta says Bagshaw's team will focus on wheat breeding with an emphasis on both grain quality and disease resistance.

Only two of the major corn producing states in the U-S have not yet reached the silking stage with this year's crop.
USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey says even the heavy rains haven't put much a dent in the corn crop's progress.

(Brad Rippey On U-S Corn Crop)

Rippey says you have to go outside the major production zones in the U-S to find any problems with this year's corn crop.

A Perth County man died early this morning in a single-vehicle crash west of Tavistock.
The OPP say a pickup truck was traveling south on Perth County Road 112 and entered into the "T" intersection at the Perth - Oxford Road in Zorra Township.
The pickup continued through the intersection and into the south ditch, crashing into a tree.
The lone occupant was ejected from the vehicle, and the pickup caught fire. A neighbour heard the crash and called police.
The driver has been identified as a 40-year-old man from Perth County, but his name is not being released yet.

3 local golfers have made the cut at the Canadian Women's Amateur Championship.
Stratford's Natalie Gleadall sits in a tie for 4th place, Kincardine's Taylor Schmidt and Brianna Cooper are in 28th and 66th place after 2 rounds.
Gleadall won the long drive competition on Tuesday with a 296 yard blast.

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