Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Disaster response pleads for more hay

Mennonite Disaster Response is appealing to Ontario farmers to donate more hay to help hard-pressed cattle owners in Western Canada.

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.”