HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2015-04-16, Page 11THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2015. PAGE 11.
Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending April
10 were 2,581 cattle and 922 lambs
and goats.
On Tuesday fed steers and heifers
sold on a strong active trade at prices
$1 higher. Fancy steers and heifers
sold $212 to $220 with sales to
$227. Choice steers and heifers sold
$197 to $212. Second cut sold $192
to $197. Cows sold on a strong
active trade at steady prices.
On Thursday veal sold on a strong
active trade with holstein calves up
$2 to $5 from last week with beef
veal calves selling fully steady.
Lambs sold lower to the week’s
decline. Sheep sold barely steady
while goats sold steady.
On Friday all classes of cattle sold
on a strong active trade with grass
type calves selling $5 to $10 higher
and yearlings selling fully steady.
Aaron F. Martin of Newton,
consigned 11 cattle that averaged
1,543 lbs. and sold for an average
price of $215.30. One blue steer
weighed 1,660 lbs. and sold to Clark
Brothers Livestock for $227. Chris
Smith of Brussels, consigned 21
cattle that averaged 1,678 lbs. and
sold for an average price of $205.70.
One limousin steer that weighed
1,630 lbs. sold to Clark Brothers
Livestock for $220.
Darren Johnston of Bluevale,
consigned 24 cattle that averaged
1,356 lbs. and sold for an average
price of $195.06. One charolais
heifer weighed 1,330 lbs. and sold to
Clark Brothers Livestock for
$204.50. Ron Smith of Denfield,
consigned nine cattle that averaged
1,326 lbs. and sold for an average
price of $199.91. One black heifer
weighed 1,305 lbs. and sold to
Horizon Meat Packers for $204.
There were 170 cows on offer.
Export types sold $122 to $135;
beef, $136 to $150 with sales to
$157; D1 and D2, $85 to $90; D3,
$75 to $85; D4, $70 to $75.
There were four bulls selling $125
to $162. Doug Miller of Lucknow,
consigned one charolais bull that
weighed 1,660 lbs. and sold for
$162.
There were 179 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $180 to $230 with
sales to $260; good holsteins, $145
to $160 with sales to $169; medium
holsteins, $130 to $140; heavy
holsteins, $140 to $150. Ezra M.
Martin of Wallenstein, consigned
four calves that averaged 866 lbs.
and sold for an average price of
$237.37. One blue heifer weighed
950 lbs. and sold for $260. John F.
Martin of Wallenstein, consigned
five calves that averaged 881 lbs.
and sold for an average price of
$240.15. One limousin heifer
weighed 850 lbs. and sold for $250.
Jim Maw of Forest, consigned one
blue steer that weighed 860 lbs. and
sold for $234. Aaron F. Martin of
Newton, consigned five calves that
averaged 869 lbs. and sold for an
average of $220.06. One grey steer
weighed 935 lbs. and sold for $229.
Lambs, 50 - 64 lbs. sold for $308
to $370; 65 - 79 lbs., $288 to $330;
80 - 94 lbs., $270 to $284; 95 - 110
lbs., $258 to $283/lb.
Sheep sold $75 to $125 with sales
to $130/lb.
Goats: kids sold $300 to $350 with
sales to $375; nannies, $50 to $120;
billies, $150 to $300/lb.
Top quality stocker steers under
400 lbs. sold $340 to $420; 400 - 499
lbs., $349 to $367; 500 - 599 lbs.,
$344 to $373; 600 - 699 lbs., $294 to
$337; 700 - 799 lbs., $282 to $299;
800 - 899 lbs., $254 to $260; 900 -
999 lbs., $231 to $249; 1,000 lbs.
and over, $216 to $232.
Top quality stocker heifers, 300 -
399 lbs., sold $320 to $351; 400 -
499 lbs., $334 to $357; 500 - 599
lbs., $326 to $360; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$284 to $322; 700 - 799 lbs., $250 to
$264; 800 - 899 lbs., $231 to
$245; 900 lbs. and over, $216 to
$227.
A pilot school program focused on
bringing farm-fresh local food to
communities is going into full
operation and Maitland River
Elementary School is one of the
educational institutions
participating.
The Fresh from the Farm
fundraiser program enables local
schools to raise money by selling
products from farms across Ontario
and volunteers at Maitland River
Elementary School have decided to
take part in the program this year
after it was made available to 28
different school boards across the
province.
Nancy Fisher, who represents the
Huron Perth Eat and Learn program,
part of the Ontario Student Nutrition
Program, said that the new
fundraiser will help schools fill in
blanks as far as finances go while
encouraging healthy eating at the
same time.
“Government funding isn’t
enough for everything that schools
may want to purchase or participate
in,” she said. “It’s left to each school
to find funds or get donations from
the local community, and that’s
where this program comes in.
“The Fresh from the Farm
program offers chances to raise
funds with good healthy local food,”
she said. “Schools can sign up and,
where they may have sold chocolate
bars or gift wrap, they can sell
packages of fresh local food to be
delivered to the school and handed
out to parents or customers.”
Fisher explained that the program
has been in pilot status for several
years and over those years the
organization received input from
several different consulting groups
to improve it.
“We wanted to make it easy for
schools to participate and make sure
the products are local and also items
that would be used by people on a
regular basis,” she said. “It’s been
around about three years right now,
but thanks to the success, last year
was the first year the program started
to grow.”
Locally, Fisher said six schools
took part in the program last year,
including St. Mary’s Catholic
School in Goderich.
From those successes, Fisher said
the program is hoping to grow
substantially.
She said that, as a conduit for the
program, she is just delivering the
information on it as well as
providing support to schools and
volunteers for it, but she said that the
support needed should be minimal.
“The program is very slick,” she
said. “It has forms and dates and is
very prescriptive about having the
fundraiser going. Due to the
scheduling of harvests, it really has
to be done a certain way.”
Products included in previous
year’s harvest include carrots,
potatoes, onions, sweet potatoes and
apples. The produce is split into two
bundles. Bundle A contains five
pounds of potatoes, three pounds of
carrots, three pounds of onions and
three pounds of sweet potatoes while
Bundle B consists of an eight-pound
box of apples.
The harvest, and how much is
available, is dependent on the
farmers involved. Fisher said farmer
involvement is handled by the
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and
Rural Affairs which is one of the
main groups behind the initiative.
The other are the Ministry of
Education, the Ontario Fruit and
Vegetable Growers’ Association and
Dietitians of Canada.
Fisher said that the group is aware
that people participating in the
fundraiser want to make sure the
products are as local as possible, but
also stated that they had to work
with producers who can provide
enough product to make the program
workable.
The fundraising body, be it the
school or volunteers, keep 40 per
cent of the sales from the program.
The remaining proceeds go to local
farmers (50 per cent) and the Fresh
from the Farm program (10 per cent)
to sustain the program.
Thus far, the program has been
active in 150 schools across the
province, distributing more than
130,000 kilograms of fresh produce
to Ontario homes and raising more
than $125,000 for the schools
involved.
“The schools can put the money
towards whatever they want,” she
said. “It could be used to fund other
nutrition programs.”
Maitland River Elementary School
will be one of the institutions doing
just that.
In an interview with The Citizen,
school volunteer Karrie-Anne
Cameron said she and fellow
volunteer Theresa Becker, who run
the Maitland Munchies snack
program, are taking on the volunteer
program themselves to provide
funding for purchasing the healthy
snacks they provide students.
“We signed up for it on April 1,
but beyond that, it’s all next school
year,” Cameron said. “Students will
start selling on Sept. 8 and orders
will have to be submitted online by
Oct. 16. The delivery period is
between Nov. 9 and Nov. 26.”
Cameron said this isn’t the first
program the volunteers have tackled
that encourages healthy eating,
saying that, for the past year, they
have been offering the Good Food
Box through the school.
For more information about the
Maitland Munchies snack program
or any of the affiliated programs,
contact the school at 519-357-3551.
For more information on the Fresh
from the Farm program, visit
www.freshfromfarm.ca
MRES to host Fresh from the Farm program
The Ontario Pork Board of
Directors is pleased to announce that
Amy Cronin was re-elected as chair
and Eric Schwindt was elected as
vice-chair at the board meeting. All
members are returning to the board
table with the exception of Beth
Clark, who retired this year as
director of Grey Bruce, zone three.
This seat will remain vacant until
such time as a candidate is named
from that zone. Other members
include: Doug Ahrens, John de
Bruyn, Oliver Haan, Arno Schober,
Teresa Van Raay and Bill
Wymenga.
“I am grateful for the opportunity
to sit as chair again for this
organization. Over the last few
years, I have seen how well we work
together as a board and as an
industry when we are faced with
challenges. In Ontario we have a
pork industry that people believe in
and I’m excited to be part of its
future growth potential,” said
Ontario Pork Chair Amy Cronin.
For more information visit
Ontario Pork’s website at
www.ontariopork.on.ca
Cronin appointed chair again
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