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Responsibilities of Engineering
Staff
Staff
Dan Carlow
Manager, Innovation, Engineering and Program Delivery - West
Phone: (519) 271-7593
E-mail: dan.carlow@ontario.ca
Colleen Fitzgerald-Hubble
Manager, Innovation, Engineering and Program Delivery - East
Phone: (519) 826-3560 Fax: (519) 826-3259
E-mail: colleen.fitzgerald-hubble@ontario.ca
Responsibilities - Program
- Manages the Engineering and Technology Unit which is comprised
of environmental engineers and strategically assigned discipline
program leads. Ensures that the ministry and its clients have
access to leading-edge technical expertise and technology applications.
- The unit's focus includes: animal and crop care engineering,
environmental engineering, resources management engineering, structural
design engineering, decision supports systems, technology applications
and farm implements.
- The unit has lead role in dealing with on-farm environmental
abatement issues, such as:
- surface and groundwater quality,
- by-product/waste management including the development of
and review of Nutrient Management Plans,
- handling complaints on odours, noise, dust, light, vibration,
smoke and flies,
- Minimum Distance Separation (MDS), and
- the Certificate of Compliance program.
- Manages and administers the Farming and Food Production
Protection Act (FFPPA) including the Normal Farm Practices
Protection Board. Deals with the scope of "normal farm practices"
and restrictive municipal by-laws; develops protocols, ministry
"position statements" and "directives, guidelines
and policy statements" under FFPPA.
- Manages and administers the Farm Implements Act including
the Ontario Farm Implements Board.
- Lead role on issues such as equipment sales, safety, performance,
parts supply and warranty and resolution of disputes.
Responsibilities - Canada-Wide
- Chair of the Canada Plan Service (CPS) Management Committee.
This unit manages a valuable resource of farm building design
information produced by all provinces in Canada.
- Chair of the CPS Environmental Engineering (10000 Series) Committee.
The CPS provides plans and management leaflet information for
use by all provinces in Canada.
Jim Arnold
Nutrient Management Engineer
Phone: (519) 826-4096 Fax: (519) 826-3259
E-mail: jim.arnold@ontario.ca
Responsibilities - Provincial
- Nutrient management strategy and plan review
Tim Brook
Engineer, Water Management
Phone: (519) 846-3390 Fax: (519) 846-8178
E-mail: timothy.brook@ontario.ca
Responsibilities - Provincial
- OMAFRA's Water Management Engineer
- Works primarily with contractors, consultants, government agencies,
Conservation Authorities on issues related to water management,
drainage, irrigation, water wells, water quantity, farm ponds,
and water quality.
- Develops and delivers technical information relating to water
management (drainage, irrigation, water supplies etc.).
- Course trainer of Tile Drainage Contractors in Ontario (installation
and design).
- Provides training for consultants, contractors, OMAFRA staff
and other professionals.
- Technical editor, writer and information resource for the Environmental
Farm Plan Program.
- Expertise in nutrient management planning and in proper fuel
storage, handling, and legislation.
- Involved in the development and review of technical information
for Best Management Practices books.
Responsibilities - Regional
- OMAFRA's regional contact for environmental issues in Waterloo
and Wellington Counties. This include: Minimum Distance Separation
(MDS) and the Farming and Food Production Protection Act.
This includes: Minimum Distance Separation (MDS II) for new livestock
and poultry barns; third party review of Nutrient Management Plans;
and environmental abatement for farm noise, odour, dust, vibration,
flies, light and smoke under the Farming and Food Production
Protection Act.
Richard Brunke
Nutrient Management Engineer
Phone: (519) 873-4082 Fax: (519) 273-5278
E-mail: richard.brunke@ontario.ca
Responsibilities - Regional
- Essex, Kent, Lambton, Middlesex and Elgin
Robert Chambers
Engineer, Swine and Sheep Housing and Equipment
Phone: (519) 846-3406 Fax: (519) 846-8178
E-mail: robert.chambers@ontario.ca
Responsibilities - Provincial
- OMAFRA Swine and Sheep Structures and Equipment Specialist.
- Provides engineering information on swine and sheep housing
and equipment to producers and ag-industry throughout Ontario.
- Provides information in all areas of housing including: layout,
building alternatives, ventilation, manure handling, feeding systems,
deadstock handling, etc.
- Special interest areas include: animal welfare issues (i.e.,
sow and ewe housing), composting and environmental and worker
health.
- Supplies information on options for new and expanding swine
and sheep facilities.
Responsibilities - Regional
- OMAFRA's regional contact for environmental issues in Waterloo
and Wellington Counties. This includes: Minimum Distance Separation
(MDS II) for new livestock and poultry barns; third party review
of Nutrient Management Plans; and environmental abatement for
farm noise, odour, dust, vibration, flies, light and smoke under
the Farming and Food Production Protection Act.
Steve Clarke
Engineer, Energy and Crop Systems
Phone: (613) 258-8305 Fax: (613) 258-8392
E-mail: steve.clarke@ontario.ca
Responsibilities - Provincial
- Energy and Crop Systems Engineer, including alternative and
renewable energy sources, forage crop storage/equipment, and agricultural
plastic recycling.
- Develops, evaluates, demonstrates, trains and transfers engineering
technology in energy systems, field crop storage and equipment,
to the agriculture and food industry with the goal of improving
efficiency, competitiveness and sustainability while ensuring
a safe and healthy rural environment. This process includes conducting
applied research, devising testing methodologies and techniques,
developing functional specifications and verifying their adoption.
- Reviews government funding projects with respect to energy and
crops engineering like Grow Ontario projects.
- Chairperson of the Crops Engineering Research and Services Sub-committee
of the Ontario Agriculture and Food Engineering Research and Services
Committee.
- Steering and Review Committee Member of Rideau Valley Rural
Clean Water Program and City of Ottawa Rural Clean Water Program
Steering and Review Committee
- CSA Technical Committee on Emergency Electrical Power Supplies
for Buildings
- Chair of the Crops Engineering (7000 Series) Committee of the
Canada Plan Service
Responsibilities - Regional
- Provides the lead field role, on behalf of OMAFRA, resolving
problems in the area of odours, noise, dust, light, vibration,
smoke, flies, surface and groundwater quality, waste management,
nutrient management, pollution abatement; and dealing with issues
pertaining to the Guide to Agricultural Land Use, Minimum Distance
Separation (MDS) calculations, for Lanark, Renfrew, Ottawa, Grenville,
Dundas, Leeds and Frontenac Counties.
Jake DeBruyn
Engineer, New Technology Intergration
Phone: (519) 826-4584 Fax: (519) 826-3259
E-mail: jake.debruyn@ontario.ca
Responsibilities - Provincial
- Develop and coordinate partnerships leading to the adoption
of technology systems.
- Support in developing applications for funding programs for
technology systems.
- Strong focus on innovative manure technologies and renewable
energy projects and greenhouse gas and climate change initiatives
in the livestock and manure management areas.
- Anaerobic digestion workshops and information development.
- On-farm energy audits program development.
- On-farm wastewater and water technology issues.
- NMAN nutrient management software development and delivery.
- Regulation development committees: Innovative Technologies,
Agricultural Wastewater - under Nutrient Management Act.
- Applied research in the areas of odour emissions from livestock
housing and land-applied materials.
- Technical Program Committee member, Integrated Solutions to
Manure Management Conference.
- Gives speeches at public meetings pertaining to renewable energy,
nutrient management, environmental impacts of agricultural operations,
and livestock housing odour reduction.
Responsibilities - Regional
- OMAFRA's regional contact for environmental issues in Halton,
Peer and Simcoe counties. This includes: Minimum Distance Separation
(MDS II) for new livestock and poultry barns; third party review
of Nutrient Management Plans; and environmental abatement for
farm noise, odour, dust, vibration, flies, light and smoke under
the Farming and Food Production Protection Act.
Finbar Desir
Coordinator, Farm Implements
Phone: (519) 826-3549 Fax: (519) 826-6611
E-mail: finbar.desir@ontario.ca
Responsibilities
- Implementation of the Farm Implements Act.
- Registration of farm implement dealers and distributors.
- Investigation and resolution of disputes between farmers, dealers
and distributors relating to the sale, performance, safety, parts
supply, warranty and repair of farm implements in Ontario.
- Management of farm implement issues referred to the ministry
by stakeholder organizations (farmers, dealers, wholesalers, distributors).
- Inspection of dealerships to ensure that they comply with safety
and other regulations relating to farm implements.
- Development of farm implement safety and performance standards
through the Canadian Standards Association Technical Committee
on Agricultural Machinery.
- Acting Secretary, Normal Farm Practices Protection Board.
The Normal Farm Practices Protection Board, created under the
Farming and Food Production Protection Act (FFPPA), hears complaints
involving agricultural nuisances. Hearings are held to determine
if the practice causing the disturbance is a normal farm practice.
- First point of contact for the Board: receive complaints, determine
Board jurisdiction, and package information for Board members
and parties to the hearing. Organize and facilitate hearings.
Consult with parties to the hearing regarding the hearing process,
necessary preparation etc., to ensure a fair hearing.
- Prepare, package and present FFPPA/Board information to Municipalities,
producer groups, interest groups, OMAFRA and MOE staff, etc. as
requested.
Hugh W. Fraser
Engineer, Horticultural Crop Protection and Post-Harvest
Phone: (905) 562-1618 Fax: (905) 562-5933
E-mail: hugh.fraser@ontario.ca
Responsibilities - Provincial
- Horticultural Crop Protection & Post-Harvest Engineer
- Works with growers and agribusiness on engineering topics related
to the protection of horticultural crops in the field from the
effects of birds & wildlife, hail, rain, cold injury, etc.
- Works with growers and agribusiness on engineering topics related
to the post-harvest handling of horticultural crops, including;
rapid cooling methods (forced-air, hydrocooling, vacuum cooling,
icing); packing and packaging; reusable plastic shipping containers;
and short or long term storages.
- Chair of Engineering Publications Committee, responsible for
determining needs, finding authors and budget for OMAFRA's Engineering
Factsheets & Publications.
- Member of the Food Engineering Subcommittee of the Ontario Agriculture
& Food Engineering Research and Services Committee, the Ontario
Grape & Wine Research and Services Sub-Committee, and the
Tender Fruit Research & Services Subcommittee who help set
priorities for research & service needs.
- Current applied research includes: bird control using netting
in grapes; working with ways to reduce the noise nuisance effects
of equipment used to protect horticultural crops; and improved
methods of disposing of on-farm livestock mortalities.
- Coordinates revisions to the Minimum Distance Separation (MDS)
formulas which are used to site livestock facilities away from
incompatible uses, and incompatible uses away from livestock facilities.
- Special interests include: mediation of farm disputes dealing
with environmental issues; the Minimum Distance Separation (MDS)
formula; performing cost-benefit and payback analyses for new
technologies; temporary field storage of manure; and sound level
measurement
- Member of the Canadian and American Societies of Agricultural
Engineers.
Responsibilities - Regional
- OMAFRA's regional contact for environmental issues in the Region
of Niagara, Haldimand County, and the City of Hamilton (formerly
Hamilton-Wentworth). This includes: the Minimum Distance Separation
(MDS II) formula for new livestock and poultry barns, third party
review of Nutrient Management Plans (NMP); and environmental abatements
for farm noise, odour, dust, vibration, flies, light and smoke
in the Farming and Food Production Protection Act (FFPPA).
Ben Hawkins
Engineer, BMP Technical Integration and Transfer
Phone: (613) 475-4558 Fax: (613) 475-3835
E-mail: ben.hawkins@ontario.ca
Responsibilities - Provincial
- Engineer, Best Management Practices Technical Integration and
Transfer.
- Provides advice to landowners and Ministry of Environment (MOE)
on surface and groundwater quality, waste management, nutrient
management and pollution abatement problems.
- Deals with issues pertaining to the Guide to Agricultural Land
Use, Minimum Distance Separation (MDS) calculations and the Certificate
of Compliance program. These issues are dealt with according to
the procedures as outlined in documents such as the OMAFRA/MOE
"Protocols for Handling Farm Pollution Incidents."
- Provides training to municipal personnel, consultants, landowners
and other interested parties on MDS II calculations, Environmental
Farm Plan III and the Farming and Food Production Protection
Act.
- Provides third party review of Nutrient Management Plans.
- Writes, edits and reviews factsheets and Best Management Practices
(BMPs) books.
- Provides engineering advice on a variety of topics.
- Member of the Healthy Watershed Program for the Cataraqui Region
Conservation Authority
- Member of American Society of Agricultural Engineers and Canadian
Society of Agricultural Engineers.
Responsibilities - Regional
- OMAFRA's regional contact for environmental issues in the Regions
of York, Durham and Sudbury; Counties of Lennox and Addington,
Prince Edward, Hastings, Haliburton, Victoria, Peterborough and
Northumberland and the Districts of Kenora, Algoma, Cochrane,
Manitoulin, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Rainy River, Sudbury, Timiskaming,
Muskoka and Thunder Bay. This includes: Minimum Distance Separation
(MDS II) for new livestock and poultry barns; third party review
of Nutrient Management Plans; and environmental abatement for
farm noise, odour, dust, vibration, flies, light and smoke under
the Farming and Food Production Protection Act.
Don Hilborn
Engineer, By-Products and Manure
Phone: (519) 537-7928 Fax: (519) 539-5351
E-mail: don.hilborn@ontario.ca
Responsibilities - Provincial
- Byproduct Management Specialist Engineer
- Works with farmers, nutrient management planners, building officials,
building contractors, food processing companies, consulting engineers
and neighbours on the issue of byproduct management on agricultural
lands.
- Develops and supports OMAFRA Nutrient Management Information
Systems including NMAN, MSTOR and MDS Software including linkage
to University of Guelph's Mclone software.
- Develops and supports design criteria for manure storage sizing.
- Develops and provides support for phosphorous, nitrogen and
pathogen indices/management tools for use in Nutrient Management
Planning in Ontario.
- Undertakes applied research in several areas, such as manure
tank leakage, manure application system design, manure and co-substrate
treatment systems and macropore movement of nutrients.
- Member of several provincial committees dealing with nutrient
management including Ontario Farm Environmental Committee (OFEC),
Ontario Pork Environmental Committee and Environment Canada P3
Committee.
- Develops and interprets regulations for storage, treatment and
application of organic materials.
- Develops and supports Best Management Practices (BMP) for storage,
treatment and application of organic materials
- Develops and supports technologies for manure and co-substrate
treatment with emphasis on Anaerobic Digestion Systems capable
of producing renewable energy
- Member of Canadian Standards Association (CSA) committee on
the development of a voluntary environmental standard for Canadian
Hog Farms.
- Organizer for 10th World Conference on Anaerobic Bioconversion
- Gives talks at public meetings pertaining to OMAFRA policies,
manure treatment, transfer and storage, nutrient management and
environmental impacts of agricultural operations.
Responsibilities - Regional
- OMAFRA's regional co-contact for environmental issues in Oxford
and Brant Counties. This includes; the Minimum Distance Separation
(MDS II) formula for new livestock and poultry barns, third party
review of Nutrient Management Plans (NMP); and environmental abatement
for farm noise, odour, dust, vibration, flies, light and smoke
under Farming and Food Production Protection Act (FFPPA).
Harold K. House
Engineer, Dairy and Beef Housing and Equipment
Phone: (519) 482-1488 Fax: (519) 482-5031
E-mail: harold.house@ontario.ca
Responsibilities - Provincial
- Dairy and Beef Housing and Equipment Engineer
- Provides engineering information on dairy and beef housing and
equipment to producers and agricultural industry throughout Ontario.
- Provides information in all areas of housing including: layout,
building alternatives, ventilation, manure handling, feeding systems
etc.
- Special interest issues include: cow comfort, cow mattresses,
other related comfort issues, and robotic milking and feeding
- Supplies information on transition options for dairy expansion.
- Co-author of OMAFRA's Free Stall Housing Manual, used for training
producers, contractors, and equipment suppliers in new free stall
technology.
- Co-author of OMAFRA's Tie Stall Housing Manual, used for training
producers, contractors, and equipment suppliers in new tie stall
technology.
- Member of the Canada Plan Service Beef Committee (CPS 1000 Series)
and Dairy Committee (CPS 2000 Series). The CPS provides current
and consistent structural information for use by all provinces
in Canada.
- Member of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers Dairy
Housing Committee (SE-403).
Responsibilities - Regional
- OMAFRA's regional contact for environmental issues in the counties
of Bruce and Huron. This includes: the Minimum Distance Separation
(MDS II) formula for livestock and poultry barns, third party
review of Nutrient Management Plans (NMP) and environmental abatements
for farm noise, odour, dust, vibration, flies, light and smoke
under the Farming and Food Production Protection Act
(FFPPA).
Samuel Ima
Nutrient Management Engineer
Phone: (519) 826-3565 Fax: (519) 826-3259
E-mail: samuel.ima@ontario.ca
Responsibilities - Provincial
- Nutrient management strategy and plan review
Benoit Lebeau
Engineer, Nutrient Management (Bilingual)
Phone: (613) 258-8257
E-mail: benoit.lebeau@ontario.ca
Responsibilities - Regional
- Frontenac, Lanark, Leeds-Grenville, Renfrew, Ottawa-Carleton,
Prescott & Russell,United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and
Glengarry
Dan McDonald
Engineer, Civil Systems
Phone: (519) 873-4096 Fax: (519) 873-4062
E-mail: dan.mcdonald@ontario.ca
Responsibilities - Provincial
- Civil engineering systems, responsible for structural design
issues on Ontario farms (examples: ungraded lumber, roof failures
and corrosion of steel building components). Produces design information
for incorporation into the Ontario Building Code and the National
Farm Building Code.
- Provides training and advice to Chief Building Officials and
Farm Building Contractors in Ontario.
- Provides limited design information for farmers across Ontario.
Carries out practical on-farm research projects.
- Head of the Canada Plan Service Co-ordination Unit. This unit
manages a web-site at www.cps.gov.on.ca and a valuable resource
of farm building design information produced by all provinces
and territories in Canada. Member of the Canada Plan Service (CPS)
Management Committee and Chair of the Building Engineering (9000
Series) Committee. The CPS provides current and consistent structural
information for use by all provinces in Canada.
- Chair of the Livestock Engineering subcommittee of the Ontario
Agriculture and Food Engineering Research and Services Committee.
This group recommends the priority of specific building research
needs in Ontario.
- Member of the Canada Expert Committee on Agricultural Structures,
dealing with structural issues in Canada.
Responsibilities - Regional
- OMAFRA's regional contact for environmental issues in Elgin,
Lambton and Middlesex counties. This includes: Minimum Distance
Separation (MDS II) for new livestock and poultry barns; third
party review of Nutrient Management Plans; and environmental abatement
for farm noise, odour, dust, vibration, flies, light and smoke
under the Farming and Food Production Protection Act.
Kevin McKague
Engineer, Water Quality
Phone: (519) 537-8491 Fax: (519) 539-5351
E-mail: kevin.mckague@ontario.ca
Responsibilities - Provincial
- Engineering contact for provincial initiatives related to source
water protection and questions relating to agricultural impacts
on rural water quality.
- Prepares training materials and co-leads training courses pertaining
to Ontario's nutrient management planning software (NMAN).
- Provides technical support to producers, consultants, municipalities
and others using the nutrient management planning software NMAN.
- Assists in the preparation of technical, educational, and factsheet
material related to nutrient management and agricultural best
management practices (BMPs).
- Field and watershed scale modelling specialist as it relates
to rural non-point source pollution and the impacts of selected
agricultural management practices on rural water quality.
- Certified Professional Erosion and Sedimentation Control Specialist
(CPESC).
- OMAFRA representative on the Watershed Management Pilot Project
Inter-Ministerial Working Group. Technical team member on selected
Watershed Management Phase II Pilot Projects:
- As part of a team, conducts on-farm and applied research in
the areas of manure and nutrient management to verify components
of the NMAN software. Examples include:
- On-farm partners in nitrogen use efficiency study to verify
nitrogen removal rates of corn and soybeans and evaluate the
economic impact of following a NMP.
- Field measurement of runoff quantity and quality from uncovered
solid manure storages and yard areas designed in accordance
with the nutrient management regulations
Responsibilities - Regional
- OMAFRA's regional contact for environmental issues in Brant
and Oxford counties. This includes: Minimum Distance Separation
(MDS II) for new livestock and poultry barns; third party review
of Nutrient Management Plans; and environmental abatement for
farm noise, odour, dust, vibration, flies, light and smoke under
the Farming and Food Production Protection Act.
- Water Resources Engineer with the Ausable Bayfield Conservation
Authority/Maitland Valley Conservation Authority Source Water
Protection Team.
Jim Ritter
Engineer, Soil Management
Phone: 613-475-5428, Fax: 613-475-3835
E-mail: jim.ritter@ontario.ca
Responsibilities - Provincial
- OMAFRA Soil Management Engineer
- Develops and delivers technical information relating to soil
management. Provides training related to soil management for consultants,
contractors, government staff and farmers.
- Provides information on soil management engineering, soil stability
and degradation and design of soil conservation structures.
- Provides leadership on design and installation of soil related
treatment systems such as vegetated filter strip systems and constructed
wetlands for agricultural washwaters.
- Technical editor, writer and information resource for the Environmental
Farm Plan Program.
- Expertise in nutrient management planning, milking centre washwater
management, household wastewater systems, pesticide storage structures
and stream/ditch/floodplain management.
- Develops and review, technical information for Best Management
Practices books
- Applied research in areas such as vegetated filter strip systems,
flow paths and erosion control structures.
- Presents information at public meetings on nutrient management
related topics, pollution abatement, vegetated filter strip systems
and soil conservation.
- Member of Canadian and American Societies of Agricultural Engineers.
Responsibilities - Regional
- OMAFRA's regional contact for environmental issues in Northern
Ontario and the Regions of York and Durham; and in the Counties
of Lennox-Addington, Prince Edward, Hastings, Haliburton, Victoria,
Peterborough and Northumberland. This includes: Minimum Distance
Separation (MDS II) for new livestock and poultry barns; third
party review of Nutrient Management Plans; and environmental abatement
for farm noise, odour, dust, vibration, flies, light and smoke
under the Farming and Food Production Protection Act.
Terrence Sauve
Engineer, Farmstead Optimization and Safety (Bilingual)
Phone: (613) 679-4703 Fax: (613) 679-0929
E-mail: terrence.sauve@ontario.ca
Responsibilities - Provincial
- OMAFRA farmstead optimization and safety engineering
- Provide engineering information on farm optimization and safety
engineering to farmers and to agricultural organisations throughout
Ontario.
- Develop, evaluate, demonstrate and transfer engineering technology
to the agriculture and food industry to improve its efficiency,
competitiveness, sustainability while contributing to a safe and
healthy rural environment.
- Conduct and interpret research, and develop, test and recommend
technologies to contribute to a safe, efficient and sustainable
agriculture and food industry.
Responsibilities - Regional
- OMAFRA's regional contact for environmental issues in Prescott-Russell,
Stormont and Glengarry Counties. This includes: Minimum Distance
Separation (MDS II) for new livestock and poultry barns; regional
assistance for the Nutrient Management Act and Farm Implements
Act; and environmental abatement for farm noise, odour, dust,
vibration, flies, light and smoke under the Farming and Food Production
Protection Act.
Rebecca Shortt
Engineer, Water Quality
Phone: (519) 426-4920 Fax: (519) 428-1142
E-mail: rebecca.shortt@ontario.ca
Responsibilities - Provincial
- OMAFRA's Irrigation and Agricultural Water Use Engineering
Specialist.
- Lead contact for questions regarding agricultural water use
(including irrigation) and water management.
- Provides agricultural water use (e.g. irrigation, etc.) and
water management technical advice and expertise to Ontario farmers
as well as all other persons involved/affected by water use in
the agricultural industry.
- Develops and delivers technical information for workshops, technical
manuals, information leaflets and web pages relating to water
management (irrigation, livestock watering, water supplies etc.).
- Engineering contact for Ontario Low Water Response and Irrigation
Advisory Committees.
- Undertakes applied research on irrigation technology, efficiency,
optimization and best management practices.
- Gives presentations at meetings pertaining to irrigation best
management practices, technical aspects of irrigation, agricultural
water use and water management.
- Involved in the development and review of technical information
for Best Management Practices books.
- Ontario Director for the Canadian National Committee of the
International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (CANCID).
Responsibilities - Regional
- OMAFRA's regional contact for environmental issues in Norfolk
County. This includes: Minimum Distance Separation (MDS II) for
new livestock and poultry barns; third party review of Nutrient
Management Plans; and environmental abatement for farm noise,
odour, dust, vibration, flies, light and smoke under the Farming
and Food Production Protection Act.
Helmut Spieser
Engineer, Field Crop Conditioning and Environment
Phone: (519) 674-1618 Fax: (519) 674-1564
E-mail: helmut.spieser@ontario.ca
Responsibilities - Provincial
- OMAFRA's Field Crop Conditioning and Environment Engineer.
- Works primarily with producers in Ontario, nozzle manufacturers,
product companies and researchers. Provides information for farmers
across Ontario on a broad range of topics including; mechanics
of droplet behavior, nozzle selection, droplet size, nozzle selection,
drift management options and new spray application technology.
Produces information for farmers in the form of written articles,
factsheets, educational videotapes and in-field demonstrations.
Provides training to: college students, farmers, professional
applicators, and crop input suppliers.
- Works primarily with producers and equipment suppliers in Ontario.
Provides information on the effective drying and storage of various
grain crops. Under adverse growing conditions maintaining good
grain quality into storage becomes difficult. Produces information
for farmers in the form of written articles, factsheets, educational
videotapes and infield demonstrations. Provides training to; college
students, farmers, equipment suppliers, and crop input suppliers.
- Member of the Crops Engineering Research and Services subcommittee
of the Ontario Agriculture and Food Engineering Research and Services
Committee. This group recommends the priority of specific equipment
research needs in Ontario
- Member of the Professional Applicators' Institute. This group
provides education and training to professional applicators in
all aspects of spraying.
- Chair of the Application Technology working group of the Canadian
Weed Science Society. This working group tries to enhance the
understanding of all aspects of spray application by researchers,
industry partners and others as it impacts weed control.
Responsibilities - Regional
- OMAFRA's regional contact for environmental issues in Essex
County and the Municipality of Chatham-Kent. This includes: the
Minimum Distance Separation (MDS II) formula for new livestock
and poultry barns, third party review of the Nutrient Management
Plans (NMP) and environmental abatements for farm noise, odour,
dust, vibration, flies, light and smoke in the Farming and
Food Production Protection Act (FFPPA).
Amadou Thiam
Engineer, Air Quality
Phone: (613) 679-4292 Fax: (613) 679-0929
Email: amadou.thiam@ontario.ca
Responsibilities - Provincial
- OMAFRA's Air Quality Engineer
- Participates in the development of regulatory and technical
standards for Ontario's Agriculture industry.
- Prepares packages and presents information and training programs
for various interest groups regarding nutrient management planning,
livestock facility siting, neighbour relations, conflict resolution,
regulatory compliance and rural urban - Interface issues to municipalities,
interest groups, other resource Ministries, etc..
- Conducts "third party reviews" of Nutrient Management
Plans submitted to municipalities for building permit applications.
- Conducts investigations and provides advice and recommendations
for environmental abatement incident calls.
- Provides alternative dispute resolution services for rural -
urban interface/neighbour disputes regarding agricultural practices
through negotiation and mediation.
- Participates in the development and evaluation of engineering
and technical standards for intensive livestock facilities and
nutrient management practices.
- Participates with the development of GIs based decision support
tools to track and evaluate livestock barn siting and nutrient
management plan proposals.
- Participates in the development, evaluations, implementation
and research concerning livestock environmental concerns and technologies,
including odour, seepage and runoff of manure and riparian access.
- Conducts applied research to analyze/investigate the effects
of ILO developments on communities and the environment.
- Conducts collaborative applied research and investigations to
evaluate new and innovative resource conservation and environmental
protection practices and procedures for sue and acceptance in
Ontario's agriculture industry.
Responsibilities - Regional
- OMAFRA's regional contact for environmental issues in Bruce
and Grey Counties. This includes: Minimum Distance Separation
(MDS II) for new livestock and poultry barns; third party review
of Nutrient Management Plans; and environmental abatement for
farm noise, odour, dust, vibration, flies, light and smoke under
the Farming and Food Production Protection Act.
Sid Vander Veen
Drainage Coordinator
Phone: (519) 826-3552 Fax: (519) 826-3259
E-mail: sid.vanderveen@ontario.ca
Responsibilities - Provincal
- Administration of the Drainage Act, Tile Drainage Act and Agricultural
Tile Drainage Installation Act
Daniel Ward
Engineer, Poultry and Other Livestock Housing and Equipment
Phone: (519) 271-0536 Fax: (519) 273-5278
E-mail: daniel.ward@ontario.ca
Responsibilities - Provincial
- OMAFRA Poultry and other Livestock Housing and Equipment Engineer
- Provides engineering information on poultry housing and equipment
to producers and agriculture industry throughout Ontario.
- Provides information in all areas of housing including: layout,
building alternatives, ventilation, manure handling, feeding systems,
etc.
- Provides expertise in environmental abatement involving odours,
noise, dust, light, vibration, smoke and flies. Provide expert
witness/ technical support at the Farming and Food Production
Protection Act challenges related to "normal farm practices"
and /or restrictive municipal by-laws.
- Provide training to municipal personnel, consultants, producers
and any other interested parties on Nutrient Management planning,
Minimum Distance Separation, etc.
Responsibilities - Regional
- OMAFRA regional contact for environmental issues in Perth County.
This includes: the Minimum Distance Separation (MDS II) formula
for new livestock and poultry barns, third party review of Nutrient
Management Plans (NMP) and environmental abatements for farm noise,
odour, dust, vibration, flies, light and smoke in the Farming
& Food Production Protection Act (FFPPA).
Ping Wu
Engineer, Food Safety
Phone: (519) 826-4363 Fax: (519) 826-3259
E-mail: ping.wu@ontario.ca
Responsibilities - Regional
- Waterloo, Wellington, Grey, Dufferin,Simcoe
For more information:
Toll Free: 1-877-424-1300
Local: (519) 826-4047
E-mail: ag.info.omafra@ontario.ca
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