Ontario Hay and Forage Cooperative Inc/Chinook Hay Syst
Contact person: Patricia Ellingwood
Correspondence: English

Get in contact
Address: 206 Toronto St S.
ON N0C 1H0 Markdale Canada
Phone: +1 519 986 14 84
Web: http://www.ontariohay.ca


We visited Dubai from April 7 to April 17, 2017. We travelled, and visited many farms and haystores, as well as distributors all over UAE. This helped us to learn about the hay market opportunities for our co-op, and to establish contacts in the industry. We also attended the AGRA-ME (agricultural tradeshow), and talked shop with buyers and sellers from all over the world.

The UAE, Saudi Arabia and the whole area represent a huge market for hay. Because of a government imposed irrigation ban that reserves water use for high-values crops only, these countries will no longer use precious water resources to irrigate forages. They will instead purchase the hay on the open market, and the government will subsidize their farmers to purchase the hay. Food security is an important policy aspect for these countries. There are substantial numbers of animals using hay in the area. Dairy, cattle, sheep, goats, but also horses, racing camels, and larger camel farms for milk and meat.

LONDON FARM SHOW
National agricultural exhibition
06/03/2024 - 08/03/2024
Location Western Fair Agriplex
London
Canada



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