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THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2016. PAGE 11.
Agriculture
Brussels Livestock report
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Fed steers, heifers sell on good demand
Total receipts for the Brussels
Livestock for the week ending Oct.
14 were 2,110 cattle and 400 lambs
and goats. On Tuesday fed steers and
heifers sold on a good demand at
prices $1 to $2 higher. Choice steers
and heifers sold $124 to $127 with
sales to $134. Second cut sold $121
to $124. Cows sold steady to last
week's prices. On Thursday veal
calves sold on a good active trade at
prices $1 to $2 lower. Lambs, sheep
and goats sold steady. On Friday
calves and yearlings sold actively at
steady prices.
Richard Slumskie of Dobbington,
consigned six head that averaged
1,115 lbs. and sold for an average
price of $125.50. Three black steers
weighed an average of 1,197 lbs. and
sold for $134. Marvin C. Bauman of
Mount Forest, consigned 18 steers
that averaged 1,734 lbs. and sold for
an average price of $127.08. One
black steer weighed 1,630 lbs. and
sold for $134.
Southlore Farms of Palmerston,
consigned 12 heifers that averaged
1,331 lbs. and sold for an average
price of $118.80. Two heifers
weighed an average of 1,310 lbs. and
sold for $128.50. Keith Weppler of
Ayton, consigned two head that
averaged 1,608 lbs. and sold for an
average price of $119.59. One black
heifer weighed 1,575 lbs. and sold
for $115.
There were 200 cows on offer.
Export types sold $77 to $82.50 with
sales to $84; beef, $83 to $95 with
sales to $96; D1 and D2, $77 to $82;
D3, $74 to $78; D4, $50 to $65.
Aaron Hackett of Lucknow,
consigned one simmental cow that
weighed 1,760 lbs. and sold for $94.
There were five bulls selling $100
to $124. Wayne Zimmerman of
Clifford, consigned one limousin
bull that weighed 1,850 lbs. and sold
for $124.
There were 180 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $130 to $170 with
sales to $177; good holsteins, $120
to $130 with sales to $134; medium
holsteins, $110 to $119; Si heavy
holsteins, $110 to $125; heavy
holsteins, $95 to $105. Lamar Frey
of Listowel, consigned seven calves
that averaged 881 lbs. and sold for
an average price of $154.63. One
limousin heifer weighed 915 lbs. and
sold for $177. Mark M. Martin of
Teeswater, consigned one limousin
steer that weighed 815 lbs. and sold
for $165.
Lambs under 50 lbs. sold $230 to
$240; 50 - 64 lbs., $207 to $252; 65
- 79 lbs., $235 to $257; 80 - 94 lbs.,
$220 to $290; 95 to $110 lbs., $230
to $252 / lb.
Sheep sold $90 to $130 / lb.
Goats: kids sold $150 to $300;
nannies, $80 to $140; billies, $150 to
$300 / lb.
Top quality stocker steers under
400 lbs. sold $197 to $207; 400 - 499
lbs., $204.50 to $227; 500 - 599 lbs.,
$188 to $216.50; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$171 to $201; 700 - 799 lbs., $176 to
$195.50; 800 - 899 lbs., $178 to
$185; 900 - 999 lbs., $168.50 to
$177; 1,000 lbs. and over, $154 to
$168.
Top quality stocker heifers, under
Local farm's NFPPB application dismissed
Huron County is now clear to
proceed with charges under its forest
conservation bylaw pertaining to an
issue in North Huron after an appeal
of clear -cutting as a normal farm
practice was dismissed.
Scott Tousaw, Huron County
Director of Planning and
Development, says that the years -
long issue has been resolved by the
Normal Farm Practices Protection
Board.
At Huron County Council's
committee of the whole meeting on
Oct. 12, Tousaw told councillors that
a decision had been reached between
the case of North Huron's Laurie
Macpherson and Terry Brake and the
County of Huron. The case stretched
back to Jan. 7, 2013 when
Macpherson first made an
application to the board.
According to the decision, which
is a public document, Macpherson,
in her application, alleged that the
county, specifically the forest
conservation bylaw, had impeded
her and the "normal farm practice"
of clear cutting land to establish
additional farmland for cultivation
and planting.
The decision reads that
Macpherson and Brake have
constructed several hoop houses on
the property for the production of
tropical fruits.
The board, which is comprised of
one lawyer and two farmers, decided
that clear -cutting the land on the
Moncrieff Road property in East
Wawanosh, in this circumstance,
was not a normal farm practice.
"...The proposed practice of clear
cutting is not a normal farm practice
as it pertains to the site for the
following reasons:
• The applicants have failed to call
sufficient evidence to prove to the
board on the balance of probabilities
that clear cutting is a normal farm
practice.
• In any event, clear cutting would
not be a normal farm practice on this
site because the zoning bylaw does
not permit the lands which they wish
to clear cut to be used for an
agricultural use.
• The environmental concerns
raised by the presence of
provincially -significant wetlands
and areas of natural scientific
interest as well as the regulation by
the Maitland Valley Conservation
Authority must be balanced with the
needs of the agricultural community
and, in the opinion of the board, in
these circumstances, the
environmental concerns outweight
them.
• The applicants have not
demonstrated that they would
improve the lands to be cleared to
deal with issues of drainage and
erosion.
• This conclusion is consistent
with the findings of the board in
Sproul v. County of Huron, 2016
CanLII 99368 (ON NFPPB)."
Tousaw told councillors that the
zoning of the land, which is natural
environment and not agriculture,
also factored into the decision.
That, however, led to questions
regarding the practice of clear -
cutting trees on land zoned
agriculture.
Tousaw said that the board makes
decisions on each specific situation
and its findings are not precedent -
setting, so the board makes decisions
on a case-by-case basis.
"The board finds that the
applicants carry on an agricultural
operation which includes the
production of agricultural and
greenhouse crops. The practice of
clear cutting may be carried on as
part of an agricultural operation. The
question before this board is whether
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or not such a practice is a normal
farm practice in these circumstances
for the purpose of the non -
application of Forest Conservation
Bylaw Number 38/2013," the
decision states.
Councillors then wondered if the
county would be able to recoup its
legal costs pertaining to the board
Continued on page 22
300 lbs. sold $177 to $180; 300 - 399
lbs., $174 to $187; 400 - 499 lbs.,
$189 to $207; 500 - 599 lbs., $176 to
$197; 600 - 699 lbs., $163 to $174;
700 - 799 lbs., $165 to $170; 800 -
899 lbs., $159 to $173.25; 900 lbs.
and over, $137 to $149. Chris Glavin
of Ailsa Craig, consigned 30 steers.
Nine charolais steers averaged 756
lbs. and sold for $195.50. Enoch S.
Weber of Wroxeter, consigned 30
heifers. Fourteen charolais heifers
averaged 819 lbs. and sold for
$173.25.
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