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NOVEMBER 2015 21 Authorized local distributor Can-Seed Equipment Ltd. T 800.644.8397 salescanseedequip.com www.canseedequip.com Buhler Inc. T 209.983.8400 sortexsalesbuhlergroup.com www.buhlergroup.com Superior detection for maximum yield. The SORTEX A MultiVision ensures ultimate quality and yield for agricultural seeds including field crops vegetable seeds lawn seeds and many others. Utilizing its advanced MultiVision inspection system and broadband LED illumination the sorter is exceptional in the removal of contaminants and foreign materials such as discolored broken split spot defects and mud-stained product bird excreta glass stones and other seeds. The advanced inspection system can even detect the most challenging applications such as barley ergot and fusarium from wheat. Clean Seed. Productive Seed. BSOC 142895 Germination Advt_May 2014.indd 1 6192015 93558 PM The Need In an opinion letter Dave Baute a farmer president of Maizex Seeds and the 2014 Canadian Seed Trade Association president writes The amount of active ingredient intro- duced to the environment with seed treatments is only 10 per cent of that contributed by in-furrow treatments and its only one per cent of foliar sprays. Baute goes on to highlight that seed suppliers and farmers were the first to take decisive action when dust from planting seed was shown to have a negative impact on bees. In only a few months we worked with regulatory bodies and seed treatment companies to develop best management practices designed to protect bee hives from planting dust he wrote. We participated in countless farmer meetings podcasts and retailer training sessions to ensure that the best management practises were implemented ... We updated and improved labelling on treated seed pack- aging material and put substantial financial and human resources into research projects to test equipment modifica- tions to reduce dust. Seed suppliers offered farmers a greater choice of non-insecticide treated seed and virtually all of the insecticide treated corn and soybeans in Ontario and Quebec were planted using a new lubricant that was shown to very substantially reduce dust while planting. Baute explained that the results said it all despite a very long harsh winter. Government Presses Forward Despite hearing from farmers and the seed industry Ontarios government moved forward with its plans. As such GFO commenced legal proceedings against OMECC the week of June 22 asking the Superior Court to delay the implementation of the regulations until May 1 2016 or such time as the requirements of the regulation can reasonably be met. If the court provided a stay against the regulations farmers would be able to plant next year under the same rules followed in 2015. On Sept. 28 Judge Sunhail Akhtar heard from representa- tives of GFO and the government of Ontario regarding the request for a stay of the seed treatment regulations brought into law July 1. After hearing testimony for four hours the Akhtar reserved judgment on the case. At the end of October the judge ruled in favour of the gov- ernment writing Any claims of loss by farmers is purely speculative at this stage. By contrast there is a public interest aspect to ensuring control of use of neonicotinoid-treated seeds to ensure that pollinators are not at risk. Julie Deering WHEREON THE WEB To view the forms that must be completed visit Ontario.ca.