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THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2016. PAGE 19.
Agriculture
Brussels Livestock report
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Fed steers, heifers sell steady at sale
Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending Oct.
28 were 2,543 cattle and 545 lambs
and goats. On Tuesday fed steers and
heifers sold steady. Choice steers
and heifers sold $124 to $127 with
sales to $135.25. Second cut sold
$121 to $124. Cows sold steady. On
Thursday veal calves sold on a good
active trade steady to last week's
market. Lambs sold barely steady.
Goats sold steady and sheep sold
higher. On Friday calves and
yearlings sold on a strong active
trade at steady prices.
Aaron and Jason Coultes of
Wingham, consigned two head that
averaged 1,358 lbs. and sold for an
average price of $128.28. One
limousin steer weighed 1,385 lbs.
and sold for $129.50. Oscar
Brubacher of Mount Forest,
consigned 18 head that averaged
1,593 lbs. and sold for an average
price of $126.58. Three red steers
weighed 1,575 lbs. and sold for an
average price of $128.25.
Sidney B. Martin of Harriston,
consigned four head that averaged
1,399 lbs. and sold for an average of
$128.04. One black heifer weighed
1,345 lbs. and sold for $135.25.
Donald Cormack of Mount Forest,
consigned 40 head that averaged
1,354 lbs. and sold for an
average price of $125.07. Two
charolais heifers weighed 1,373 lbs.
and sold for an average price of
$130.
There were 200 cows on offer.
Export types sold $68 to $73; beef,
$80 to $90 with sales to $97; D1 and
D2, $75 to $80; D3, $50 to $75; D4,
$50 to $65. Wayne Beirnes of
Listowel, consigned one gold cow
that weighed 975 lbs. and sold for
$97.
There were 13 bulls selling $93 to
$125. Willjonathan Farms Ltd. of
Goderich, consigned one limousin
bull that weighed 2,140 lbs. and sold
for $125.
There were 150 head of veal on
offer. Beef, $125 to $170 with sales
to $177; good holsteins, $120 to
$140 with sales to $142.50; medium
holsteins, $105 to $120; Si heavy
holsteins, $120 to $130; heavy
holsteins, $105 to $115. Emanuel M.
Martin of Elmira, consigned two
limousin heifers that averaged 810
lbs. and sold for $177. Allen Sherk
of Wellesley, consigned two calves
that averaged 895 lbs. and sold for
an average price of $172.09. One
blue steer weighed 910 lbs. and sold
for $177.
Lambs under 50 lbs. sold $223 to
$280; 50 - 64 lbs., $274 to $300; 65
- 79 lbs., $237 to $251; 80 - 94 lbs.,
$209 to $230; 95 - 110 lbs., $217 to
$226 / lb.
Sheep sold $80 to $140 / lb.
Goats: kids sold $150 to $310;
nannies, $80 to $130; billies, $150 to
$300 / lb.
Top quality stocker steers under
400 lbs. sold $212 to $240; 400 - 499
lbs., $187 to $220; 500 - 599 lbs.,
$183 to $198; 600 - 6991bs., $180 to
$190; 700 - 799 lbs., $168 to
$176.50; 800 - 899 lbs., $170 to
$175; 900 - 999 lbs., $166 to $177;
1,000 lbs. and over, $155 to
$167.50.
Top quality stocker heifers, 300 -
399 lbs., sold $190 to $208; 400 -
499 lbs., $170 to $202; 500 - 599
lbs., $150 to $198; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$153 to $163; 700 - 799 lbs., $142
to $160; 800 - 899 lbs., $139 to
$159; 900 lbs. and over, $142 to
$154. Phillip Alexander of New
Liskeard, consigned 102 head of
cattle. Eleven steers averaged 750
lbs. and sold for an average price of
$176.25. Dalton Enright of Douglas,
consigned 57 cattle. One charolais
steer weighed 670 lbs. and sold for
$173.
Par-Chier Farms welcomes hundreds to open house
A day for learning
Par-Chier Farms just north of Blyth hosted hundreds of curious neighbours on Saturday as
they hosted an open house at their farm and new barn. The main attraction was the new rotary
parlour, seen above. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
Continued from page 18
and it now set to be fully operational
after Saturday's open house.
On this day, the wash boom was
being installed. It will allow the
Parishes and Passchiers and their
four part-time employees to wash
the entire rotary parlour in about five
minutes.
The holding pen, crowd gate, Big
Ass fans, warm water waterers,
loading ramp and overhead catwalk
are completed. They may require a
few modifications which will reveal
themselves once the goats get inside
and indicate what works and what
doesn't.
Right now, hopes are high. There's
a lot of excitement about work
efficiency and data management.
"I recall when Jim and Dave first
came from Holland how excited they
were about being able to track
production. Right now, we have no
idea except for visuals how much
each goat actually gives," explained
Kirsten.
Dave agreed. "Not knowing
exactly how much a goat gives
means we aren't as efficient as we
could be when deciding to rebreed."
The couples employ the concept of
duration milking at Par-Chier Farms
meaning they don't rebreed a goat
until her production dips below two
litres. They have some goats milking
four years before they kid again.
"It's actually hard on the does to
kid every year," said Dave.
With the new technology, it will be
easier to monitor the high producers
and feed them accordingly. The
lower producers won't be able to
gorge on pellets better utilized by the
high producers; a win/win since
these fatter goats can suffer from
pregnancy toxemia, a costly and
problematic disease in goat herds.
Fine-tuning it even more, Dave is
hoping to feed dry goats according
to how many kids they are carrying,
further reducing the risk of
pregnancy toxemia.
From both the labour and
enjoying -life -off -the -farm
standpoints, the rotary parlour with
its possibility of one-man operation
is something Kirsten in particular is
looking forward to.
Currently, it takes three people to
milk the herd — two to milk, and one
to chase the goats into the parlour.
So if both couples need a night away
on the same night, the farm has to
hire four people to replace them.
The new barn features a crowd
gate and a floating platform for the
rotary operator. Milkers emerge
from the robotic carriage between
the goat's feet allowing Jim, Sylvia
or staff to quickly pop them on. The
goats continue to rotate until the
auto -take -off activates and the doe is
sorted out their respective ramps.
While being milked, the goat gets
one of her rations for the day. She
can return later when milking is
finished and the computer will
release her portioned pellet rations
up to seven more times during the
day. Free -choice hay is offered in the
barn.
The entire system largely hinges
on the use of pellets as the primary
feed source. It's not without
contention in the goat industry
as pellets are expensive and some
doubt the potential to increase
production to offset the increase in
feed costs.
However, pellets were introduced
at Par-Chier farms in 2009 to newly
freshened goats which had the
production levels and rumen bacteria
to process the pellets. A pellet -based
diet requires warm water feeding to
ensure adequate water intake and a
willingness to learn a new
management system.
At Par-Cheir it made sense to go
into pellets. Having limited acreage
of 147 acres owned and 75 rented,
the families decided they would feed
pellets and cash -crop more of their
land as a sideline income.
When Dave calculated the
difference between pellets and
home-grown feed, he estimated that
pellets only increase feed costs by
two cents per goat per day. That
made the decision to feed with
pellets even easier.
"Pellets also save a lot of time and
that's not something farmers always
think about," said Dave.
Currently production at Par-Chier
Farms is at 3.2 litres per goat per
day. With the new milking/feeding
parlour and well -ventilated, spacious
facilities, they hope to increase
production to four litres per goat.
It's a busy and exciting time for
the Parish and Passchier families as
they literally ramp up their goat farm
by bringing cutting-edge European
technology to Ontario.
BRUSSELS LIVESTOCK
Division of Gamble & Rogers Ltd.
UPCOMING SALES
TUESDAYS
9:00 a.m.
Fed Cattle, Bulls & Cows
THURSDAYS
8:00 a.m. Drop Calves
10:00 a.m.Veal
11:30 a.m. Lambs, Goats & Sheep
FRIDAYS
10:00 a.m. Stockers
Visit our webpage at:
www.brusselslivestock.ca
email us at:
info@brusselslivestock.ca
Call us 519-887-6461
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