Government Resources and Information:

Government Programs and Services for Ontario Farmers

How to Form a Co-Operative

Start, Manage, and Grow a Business: Food Processing

Organic Farming:

Organic Farming Research Foundation

Other Self-Sustaining On-Farm Solutions:

Windchasers: Home-Built Wind Turbines
A site constructed to give people information about home-built wind turbines, energy conservation and more.
Contact: www.windchasers.ca

Biovator: Controlled Mortality Management
An innovative new alternative to traditional mortality management methods. It provides a cost-efficient and environmentally sound solution to mortality management, virtually eliminating biosecurity risks and reducing many of the concerns associated with more traditional methods of disposal. The Biovator exceeds all provincial regulations and requirements for disposal of mortalities.
Contact: John Kloeze, 519.525.2376

Think Plastics: Recycling of Bale Plastics
Easily dispose of your balewrap without having to worry about disposal costs or impacts to the environment.
Contact: http://www.thinkplastics.ca/pages/ap_farming.html

Specific Research Papers:

Journal of Dairy Science

Journal of Poultry Science

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Science Direct - Livestock Science

Soybean Meal Information/ Research Papers:

The soybean, agriculture's jack-of-all-trades, is gaining ground across Canada
A StatsCan article on the proliferation of soybeans in Canadian agriculture, as well as example usages and the future of the soybean products.

Soybean Meal INFO Centre

Relative Value of Solvent and Expeller Soybean Meal for Lactating Dairy Cows
Study finds that 6.6% expeller and 10% solvent soybean meal produced the greatest and equal milk to feed ratio, indicating comparable utilization of the expeller diet containing only 60% as much supplemental protein.

SVO Research Papers:

Biodiesel Compared to SVO: http://www.ufop.de/downloads/Vehicles_Biodiesel.pdf

Combustion Research - Vegetable Oils: http://www.biomatnet.org/.../F484.htm

Veg Oils - Diesel Replacement: http://www.shortcircuit.com.au/warfa/paper/paper.htm

Unmodified Veg Oil as a Fuel: http://www.jrc.es/.../articles/vol74/TRA1E746.htm

Transportation Fuels Comparison: http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/.../comparison.pdf

Engine Testing with SVO: http://www.regional.org.au/au/gcirc/6/214.htm

General Interest and Research Literature:

Oilseed Processing for Small-scale Producers: http://attra../oilseed.html#basic