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April 2021
APRIL
April 1, Mother Nature and
Old Man Winter must have been playing tricks with us when the snow appeared on
April Fool’s Day. The weather keeps changing from day to day.
CHICK DAYS Continue!
Second delivery date for Chicks, Ducks and Turkeys will be
April 27
Get your orders in to prevent
being told they are sold out for a given delivery date.
Equipment for Chickens
Brooder Lamps, Brooder Bulbs
Feeders Waterers
Egg Cartons
Shavings for Bedding
Dates to Order
Delivery
March 22 April
27
April 12 May
18
May 3 June
8
May 25 June
29
RTL – order by
May 17
Delivery
June 29
June 28 August
3
August 3 Wednesday, September 8
RTL – order
by July 29
Delivery September 8
Shur Gain APRIL Feed Specials
$2.00
Off Per Bag
$25.00 Off per Metric Tonne
DAIRY
Optivia Dairy Heifer Mineral
(medicated or non-medicated)
Shur Step Heifer Premix (Medicated)
On EQUINE
Save $2.00 per Bag
Equiline Armour
Performance Horse Ration
SMALL RUMINANTS
Optivia Dairy Heifer Mineral
(medicated or non-medicated)
Shur Step Heifer Premix (Medicated)
Feed Products
to Help Maintain Health
Kid/Lamb
Colostrum
For Goats
16%
Just Kidding (Dry Dairy Goat Ration Pellet
20%
Kid Goat Starter Ration (0% ECP) Pellet
17%
Goat Developer
15%
Billy Goat Gro-Finisher Ration Pellet
Dairy
Goat Crumb Mineral Supplement
(As
mentioned on Page 1 – Production of Goat Mineral -
Mash
has been discontinued)
For Sheep
16%
Lamb Starter Ration with Bovatec .66% ECP
16%
Lamb Starter Ration (No Bovatec)
35%
Sheep Supplement (200) (3.3% ECP)
Premium
Sheep Mineral
Other Helpful Products
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Tasvax 8 , E-Sel
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Colostrum, Milk Replacer for kids and/or lambs
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Bottles and nipples, Feeding pails
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All Flex tags (not the
government tags)
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Castrator Rings and/or
applicator
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Goat feeding trough
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Ritchie insulated or
non-electric waterer
Rich's Remarks
Ontario Pork’s report on March 26,
2021 states that the 100% formula price was $217.22/ckg DW. This is up $35.48 from last month’s
newsletter. This is up $61.70 in last 2
months. The CME price was $95.16, which
is up $14.97 from last month’s newsletter.
The Canadian Dollar is at $0.79327, which is down $0.00187 from last
month.
OMAFRA’s Ontario Market Hog Price
Trend Sheet is not being produced right now.
Therefore I have looked at the futures numbers from Ontario Pork’s
report on March 26, 2021 and calculated out the 100% formula prices for April
$227.60, May $225.64, June $236.12, July $234.62, August $229.00, October
$191.83 and December $172.83. These are
all up significantly from last month’s newsletter.
Trouw Nutrition is hosting 2
LifeStart Swine Webinars on April 6 and 13, 2021. An invitation should be in your email. The April 6th Webinar will
introduce the LifeStart concept and discuss how to manage piglets from birth until
day 70 of age. The April 13th
Webinar will discuss the sow’s role in ensuring lifelong health and performance
of piglets.
The USDA Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report came out on March 25, 2021. Couple of interesting points in it are: 1)
Sow Farrowings from December 2020 to May 2021 are estimated to be 2% below 2020
and 2019 numbers. 2) Sow Farrowing intentions
for June 2021 to August 2021 are estimated to be 4-5% below 2020 and 2019
numbers. 3) Estimate market hog
inventory numbers in all weight categories are 1% to 3% below 2020 inventory
numbers. All these would are a good
indication that we are in for some good prices this year. Listening to Pork Checkoff’s analysis of the
report, it was said that China’s rebuild of their pork industry is not going as
well as hoped and they are still importing a lot of American Pork.
Restricted or Commercial
Rat/Mouse Bait
As a
reminder, please update your name on file to include your updated Pesticide
Licence in order to purchase, restricted or commercial Rat/Mouse Bait.
As stated – “Effective
January 1, 2021 every farmer must be certified by successfully
completing the Grower Pesticide Safety Course to purchase and use pesticides
that are federally designated as Restricted or Commercial. These pesticides are now classified as Class
B and C in Ontario respectively.”
The regulatory
amendments 63/09 of the Ontario Pesticides Act came into force on May 1, 2020
changing Class 4 restrictions. Beginning January 1, 2021 a farmer will need a
Pesticide Certificate to purchase Restricted or Commercial Products. The amendments will include changes to
training requirements for farmers as well.
Wool Growers
If you are in need
of the Government Sheep tags, contact: Ontario
Sheep Farmers
130 Malcolm Road, Guelph
Ontario N1K 1B1
Telephone: 519-836-0043
Fax: 519-836-2531
www.OntarioSheep.org
CARL’S CORNER
Because
of the fatality of one of our feed truck drivers in western Canada company
drivers nationally are prohibited from climbing any feed bins to open/close the
lids. If the lid is not open when they arrive, the feed will of necessity be
blown into the bin, even though augering is gentler on the pellets and faster.
They have been threatened with dismissal if they are caught breaking this rule.
Shur Gain is, however, making a free spring-loaded lid kit available to you to
avoid this risk at no cost in two lid sizes: 21” and 23”. The lid can be opened
from the ground by a rope and works well. Although designed to fit round holes
they can be easily adapted to fit square lids using a bit of ingenuity. Ask me
for one if you need one for any of your bins.
I asked the St Mary’s Quality
Assurance Manager for a mycotoxin (DON) summary of the levels in our corn and
distillers ingredients from the day the 2020 harvest began until now. Out of
the 331 truckloads of corn received since that time the vomitoxin levels ranged
from 0.3 – 5.4 ppm with an overall average of 1.1 ppm. The distillers values (55 loads) were 5 times higher: 2.3 – 8.8
ppm with an average of 5.1 ppm. On the other hand the high protein distillers
was much lower with an average of only 2.3 ppm in the 64 loads received.
Because the corn zearalenone levels (60 loads) were minimal they should not
pose any challenge.
The
discovery of BSE in a small number of western Canadian cattle almost 20 years
ago has adversely impacted our international trade ever since. In mid-March the
Federal government submitted all the necessary documentation to have our
national status changed from that of a “Controlled-risk country” to one of
“Negligible-risk”. It is anticipated that this will allow Canadian beef producers
to expand their beef exports to those countries that require that their beef
products originate from BSE-risk countries.
The
concern over limited soybean ending stocks at the end of this crop year could
keep the price of soymeal high. This increasing
demand for soymeal which in turn often results in high feed prices.
The
Distillers’ grains supply situation has improved somewhat which should have a
positive effect on the price of DDGs.
Look elsewhere in this newsletter for
the featured feed products this month so that you can take advantage of the
savings on those feeds that you may currently be feeding.
Upcoming Events
Trouw Nutrition LifeStart Swine
Webinars –
April 6 and 13, 2021
Ontario Pork Congress – June
CANCELLED
TRADING POST
FOR SALE
There are Two Bins For Sale.
Capacity for
each is 7.5 tonnes.
Call Dale @ 519-683-4623
Cell: 519-436-7595
For Sale:
More Galvanized feed bins
Call Henry @ 519-355-4503
For Sale
300 Large square (3' x 4' x 5' bales of
Italian Ryegrass baleage.
Feed anlysis available upon request.
Call Ralph at 519-383-3467
RAINSUITS & BOOTS
With Spring in the air, there is a chance you will need a
rainsuit. We have two types that contain
both the jacket and overalls.
Green Colour
– are a sturdier poly/fabric
and offers a stronger protection for a longer period but they are more money.
Yellow colour
– is cheaper but the texture
to withstand a lot of wear is less.
Ideal for the occasional wet days while detasselling corn or for those
quick showers that require a rainsuit.
Black Hawk Boots
– replaced the red soled
boots made by Baffin. Our understanding
is they are a fully moulded boot with no seams.
Gel Fil Boots by Baffin
are still available
for retail. We have been told by our
supplier that they may be replaced eventually.
So far, they are still in production.
GARDENING
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Come early to pick from the Seed Display. Last year, the favourite seeds did go
quickly.
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250 gram packages of Sweet Corn, Peas, Green Beans and Yellow
beans are in stock now.
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Potatoes are here Early.
They arrived the beginning of April. Customers that have ordered
full 50 lb. bags of potatoes will be called to come pick up their
orders.
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Per kilogram sales of potatoes will be available for retail in
smaller quantities. Potato choices are:
Kennebec, Red Chieftain and Yukon Gold
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Dutch Sets and Spanish Sets will be available as well in smaller
quantities.
Come Early. If it
is like last year, Seeds, Onion and Potatoes sold quickly .
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