Donors can contact Lester Weber at 519-584-4171 or Delmer Erb at 519-897-4330; in-kind tax receipts are available for donations of hay.
To date, 31 transport trailer loads of hay have been donated by Ontario farmers to MDS Hay West.
Twenty-six have been shipped; 24 more farmers in Saskatchewan are awaiting hay.
Among the donors is Martin Ritsma, deputy mayor of Stratford, who farms and said last year “was a good year on the farm. I had one of my best crops. It was outstanding.”
Being able to help farmers in another province who didn’t enjoy the same good fortune “is a real blessing,” he said. “By the grace of God, I have the capacity to help.”
