Confidence: Verified — quoted in the cited publications. Note: operators have not been re-contacted for this document; quotes reproduced verbatim from the cited publications.
Reference list of SW Ontario livestock operators publicly on record discussing energy, propane, or barn heating decisions. Use this entry as the source of named real-operator references for marketing pages, articles, and SEO content rather than relying on generic personas.
Dairy
- Maplevue Farms — Dave and Doug Johnston. North Perth, Perth County. 75-cow freestall with two Lely Astronaut A5 robots, built 2018. Source: Farmtario, "Public invited to experience new dairy barn."
- Gerda Bakker. Listowel area, Perth County. Rotary dairy. On-record on annual thermal-imaging insurance practice: "Every year, we find something that definitely should get fixed that we would have not recognized ourselves. It's because you don't open every electrical outlet. With thermal imaging (the insurance company) can see something is wrong." Source: Farmtario, "Finding hot spots in the barn."
- Ian Matheson. Oxford County, tie-stall dairy + farrow-to-finish hogs. On-record on energy monitoring trial. Source: Farmtario.
Poultry
- Brett Shantz / Rickeen Farms. Wallenstein, Wellington County. 20,000-bird broiler barn with Superior radiant ALTX even-heat tube heaters and SKOV ventilation. "Our passion is in the dairy industry, but we just can't grow that the way we want to right now. So, we're diversifying." Source: Farmtario, "Succession plan drives dairy farm's journey into poultry."
- Brent and Catherine Pryce. Walton, Huron County. 20,000-bird broiler in cross-ventilation barn (North American first) with Mabre tube system. "So far, I'm really happy with the heat unit and the environment in there is great… The carbon dioxide and humidity levels are bang on." Source: Canadian Poultry Magazine.
- Tony, Wilma, and Kyle Cornelissen. Watford, Lambton County (adjacent to Middlesex). Hydronic in-floor heating broiler operation. ~half the propane cost compared with conventional; ~$0.02/kg bird weight fuel cost; ~$70,000 capex per 32,000 sq ft barn. Tony quote: "Last winter we kept track of what it cost us in propane compared to other barns, and we were half the cost." Kyle quote: "You're not adding any more moisture or CO2. In return, our humidity levels are lower, and we don't have to exhaust as much air to keep the CO2 down." Source: Canadian Poultry Magazine (Treena Hein).
Beef
- Jairus Maus. Bruce County. ~3,000 head/year backgrounding+finishing on 2,500 acres. Source: Beef Farmers of Ontario board profile.
- Lisa Pallister / Pallister Farms Livestock Ltd. Southgate Township, Grey County. Seventh-generation feedlot+cropping. Source: Beef Farmers of Ontario board profile.
- Joost van der Heiden. Perth County. Cow-calf-to-finish. Source: Beef Farmers of Ontario board profile.
Use case
This entry is reference material for future article and page writers who want to cite real named SW Ontario operators rather than generic personas. It is not customer-facing content itself, and operators must be re-contacted before any direct outreach or quotation in new B&J copy beyond what's already published.
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Before quoting any operator in net-new B&J copy, confirm:
- The quote is reproduced exactly from the cited publication.
- The operator's current operational status (operations change, ownership transfers, herd dispersals).
- Whether the operator wants ongoing association with the topic.
Sources
Farmtario; Canadian Poultry Magazine; Beef Farmers of Ontario.