Stray voltage – a problem that just won’t go away

Oxford County’s Allan Innes is convinced that it is still a headache for a number of Ontario farmers and is trying to build a list of those affected Is undocumented stray voltage still an issue on Ontario dairy farms?

by DON STONEMAN

Oxford’s Allan Innes thinks so, even though the province brought in new regulations and tougher standards for power distributors nearly two years ago. So the Embro dairy farmer launched a campaign of his own last fall to try to suss out stray voltage across the province, starting in his own Oxford County.

Better Farming - February 2011