Family Farming in Canada

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Rick Willemse inspects a crack in the guide arm belonging to his planter. The guide arm was damaged when it ran into a small tree while been used to plant corn seed.

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Two farmers crank open the door to their drive shed on Southwestern Ontario family farm.

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Rick Willemse loads his planter with dry fertilizer as prepares to plant seed for the upcoming growing season on his family farm in Southwestern Ontario.

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Rick Willemse loads his planter with seed as he prepares to begin planting his family farm for the season.

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A planter bin full of treated corn seed.

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A farmer watches as his field starts to be planted for the upcoming growing season.

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Simon Willemse inspects the corn as it comes in from being harvested off of the field.

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Simon Willemse inspects corn that has just been freshly harvested and brought in from the field.

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A farmer inspects his soybean crop for infestation on a farm in Southwestern Ontario.

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Learning on a family farm starts at a young age. Here a young boy is shown a crop of soybeans by his father and grandfather. The family has farmed this land in Southwestern Ontario for more than 100 years. T.

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Simon Willemse inspects his corn crop on his farm in Southwestern Ontario.

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A young boy follow his father into a field of soybeans on a family farm in southwestern Ontario.

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Silos and outbuildings glow in late day sun on family farm in Southwestern Ontario.

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Barns and silo's lit in late day sun on a family farm in Southwestern Ontario.

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Corn from the combine is being transferred into a wagon as the fall harvest continues into the night.

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Rick Willemse moves his planter in front of an out building so it can be loaded with seed.

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A tractor and wagon head out into a field to unload a combine during fall harvest in Canada.

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A tractor and wagon drive out to unload a combine during the fall harvest in Canada.

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Two farmers begin to plant their fields on a family farm located in Southwestern Ontario.

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Rick Willemse inspects a sample of freshly harvested beans.

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A crop of Ontario soybeans just prior to harvest.

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A farmer stands behind a stalk of soybeans just prior to harvest.

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A young farm boy leans against the wheel of a large tractor. .

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Three farmers inspect their emerging wheat crop on a family farm in Southwestern Ontario.

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Three farmers inspect their emerging corn crop on a family farm in Soutwestern Ontario.

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Farming has long been a way of life for many Canadians. In recent years farmers have had to learn how to work more efficiently has they deal with higher costs and at the same time seeing prices for their crops decreasing to near record lows.

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Mark Spowart

London, Canada, North America

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