HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2012-03-22, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012. PAGE 9.
Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending
March 16 were 1,942 cattle, 739
lambs and goats. On Tuesday fed
steers and heifers sold fully steady.
Choice steers and heifers sold $120
to $124 with sales to $126.75.
Second cut sold $115 to $119. Cows
sold on a strong active trade. On
Thursday veal sold on a strong
active steady trade. Lambs and goats
all sold on a good active trade.
Heavy sheep sold steady and light
sheep sold $10 to $20 higher. On
Friday calves and yearlings sold on a
strong active trade.
There were 95 fed steers on offer.
John Wiersma of Blyth, consigned
four steers averaging 1,470 lbs.
selling for an average of $115.85.
with one grey steer averaging 1,480
lbs. selling to Horizon Meat Packers
for $126.75. Murray Wagg of
Mitchell, consigned 12 black steers
averaging 1,565 lbs. selling for
$122.10. Kevin Wagg of Mitchell,
consigned 12 steers averaging 1,650
lbs. selling for an average of $119.59
with a group of two black steers
averaging 1,565 lbs. selling for
122.10.
Chris Smith of Brussels,
consigned 15 steers averaging 1,581
lbs. selling for an average of $121.40
with a group of eight charolais steers
averaging 1,541 lbs. selling to
Cargill Meat Solutions for $122.
Eric Versteeg of Clifford, consigned
six steers averaging 1,466 lbs.
selling for an average of $117.85
with a group of three black steers
averaging 1,452 lbs. selling for
$121.50. Brian and Bill Dallner of
Atwood, sold one grey steer
weighing 1,320 lbs. for $120.25.
There were 181 fed heifers on
offer. Art Bos of Auburn, consigned
two heifers averaging 1,215 lbs.
selling for an average of $120.88
with one Piedmontese heifer
weighing 1,265 lbs. selling to
Horizon Meat Packers for $126.75.
David Bowles of Brussels,
consigned 10 heifers averaging
1,394 lbs. selling for an average of
$123.52 with one black heifer
weighing 1,330 lbs. selling for
$124.50. Donald Weigand of
Dashwood, sold one limousin heifer
weighing 1,260 lbs. to Norwich
packers for $123.75. Andy
VanderVeen of Blyth, consigned 11
heifers averaging 1,295 lbs. selling
for an average of $122.10 with one
limousin heifer weighing 1,285 lbs.
selling for $123.50. Tom Fischer of
Mildmay, consigned 11 heifers
averaging 1,393 lbs. selling for an
average of $119.70 with one black
heifer weighing 1,505 lbs. selling for
123.75. Brian and Bill Dallner of
Atwood, sold one grey heifer
weighing 1,280 lbs. to Norwich
Packers for $121.50. William M.
Jeffrey Sr. of Stratford, consigned
three heifers averaging 1,382 lbs.
selling for an average of $115.86
with one black heifer weighing
1,305 lbs. selling to Cargill Meat
Solutions for $121. Art and George
Hinz of Monkton, consigned three
heifers averaging 1,448 lbs. selling
for an average of $117.07 with one
limousin heifer weighing 1,505 lbs.
selling to Norwich Packers for
$120.25. Southlore Farms Inc. of
Palmerston, consigned 16 heifers
averaging 1,325 lbs. selling for an
average of $118.50 with a group of
nine red heifers weighing 1,258 lbs.
selling for $120.25.
There were 181 cows on offer.
Export types sold $73.50 to $83 with
sales to $85.50; beef cows, $74.50 to
$87 with sales to $89; D1 and D2,
$57 to $64; D3, $52 to $57; D4, $37
to $47. Dale and Marion Jones of
Bright, consigned two cows
averaging 1,580 lbs. selling for an
average of $85.25 with one
simmental cow weighing 1,580 lbs.
selling for $87. Allan Horsburgh of
Mount Forest sold one black cow
weighing 1,625 lbs. for $85.50.
Sandy Ridge Ranch Co. of
Elmwood, consigned six cows
averaging 1,762 lbs. selling for an
average of $81.53 with one black
cow weighing 1,670 lbs. selling for
$84.50.
There were nine bulls selling $69
to $96.50 with sales to $100. Ken
Pike of Palmerston, consigned one
charolais bull weighing 2,090 lbs.
selling for $84.50. Hillyside Farms
of Mildmay, consigned one holstein
bull weighing 2,190 lbs. selling for
$83.50.
There were 139 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $130 to $170 with
sales to $173; good holstein, $95 to
$105 with sales to $108; medium
holstein, $85 to $90 with sales to
$95; heavy holstein, $90 to $99 with
sales to $100. Lamar Frey of
Listowel, consigned 10 veal
averaging 756 lbs. selling for an
average of $152.17 with one
limousin heifer weighing 745 lbs.
selling for $173. Ray Hallahan of
Blyth, consigned six veal averaging
792 lbs. selling for an average of
$140.77 with one limousin heifer
weighing 755 lbs. selling for $170.
John Duskocy of Brussels,
consigned three veal averaging 753
lbs. selling for an average of
$109.92 with one charolais steer
weighing 665 lbs. selling for
$128.
Lambs under 50 lbs. sold $292 to
$320; 50 - 64 lbs., $233 to $286; 65
- 79 lbs., $219 to $266; 80 - 94 lbs.,
$174 to $232; 95 - 109 lbs., $184 to
$204; 110 lbs. and over, $178 to
$194.
Sheep sold $50 to $85 with sales
to $120.
Goats: kids sold $80 to $150 to
$171 per head; nannies, $30 to $80
to $112 per head; billies, $200 to
$250 with sales to $350 per head.
Top quality stocker steers under
400 lbs. sold $122 to $199; 400 -
499 lbs., $130 to $202; 500 - 599
lbs., $146 to $180; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$145 to $179; 700 - 799 lbs., $141 to
$159.85; 800 - 899 lbs., $121 to
$146.25; 900 - 999 lbs., $112.50 to
$140; 1,000 lbs. and over, $108 to
$139.
Top quality stocker heifers, 300 -
399 lbs. sold $135 to $192; 400 -
499 lbs., $147 to $176; 500 - 599
lbs., $139 to $162; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$128 to $151.50; 700 - 799 lbs.,
$125 to $145.25; 800 - 899 lbs.,
$125 to $136.75; 900 lbs. and over,
$124.25 to $136.25.
A community group worked for a
year to create a new conservation
strategy that will set the mission,
vision, and direction for
conservation efforts in Ausable
Bayfield watersheds for years to
come. This long-term guiding
document was released at a
ceremony held March 15 near
Exeter.
The development team included
34 people from many different
walks of life including farmers,
anglers, hunters, young people, rural
non-farm and shoreline area
residents, government ministries and
agencies, health, education, and
municipalities.
“I applaud the work of these
dedicated community volunteers,”
said Paul Hodgins, Vice Chairman
of the Ausable Bayfield
Conservation Authority (ABCA)
Board of Directors. “They have
provided us with direction for years
to come including practical ways for
agencies, individuals and
communities to protect soil, water
and living things in our watershed.”
The community team decided to
create an easy-to-read, six-page
pull-out document called “The Path
Forward”. The new strategy will
guide the work of the board of
directors and staff, and will give
members of the public ideas on how
they can improve their watershed
community. The strategy defines the
mission and vision for Ausable
Bayfield Conservation. It also
creates a new logo for the
organization which was also
unveiled at the Conservation
Awards. The new logo is a stylized
black cherry leaf and stylized wave
accompanied by the words ‘Ausable
Bayfield Conservation’ and a new
motto for the local agency, ‘Creating
Awareness, Taking Action.’ The
black cherry is an important forest
tree for wildlife because of its fruit
and the leaf represents landowner
actions taken to plant trees, create
and enhance wetlands, and improve
forest conditions. The wave
represents the implementation of
projects to protect and improve
water quality and quantity.
The community group also
created a model for improving
watersheds for healthier
communities and healthier people.
The model of a watershed
community has ‘healthy watersheds’
at the centre, surrounded by the
identification of soil, water, and
living things. The outer ring of the
circle in the diagram directs the local
agency to educate, evaluate,
research, monitor, and implement.
The team lists action items for each.
The document has a section for
positive implementation through: 1)
actions the local conservation
authority can take, 2) actions that
communities are taking, and 3)
actions individuals can take.
The plan was approved by the
community team on Sept. 14, 2011
and approved by the Ausable
Bayfield Conservation Authority
(ABCA) Board of Directors on Dec.
15, 2011. The document was printed
in March 2012 for release at the
annual Conservation Awards
ceremony. Several members
of the team were present at the
ceremony to unveil the new
document.
For copies of the Conservation
Strategy visit abca.on.ca or call
Ausable Bayfield Conservation at
519-235-2610 or toll-free 1-888-
286-2610.
The Huron County low frequency
noise committee set up last year has
been disbanded effective
immediately after a decision made
by Huron County Council at its
Committee of the Whole meeting on
March 14.
Huron County Director of
Planning Scott Tousaw said that
after one or two more meetings, the
report prepared by the committee
would be ready to be presented to
Huron County Council. The issue
was first raised because of the
absence of former Huron County
councillor and current Central
Huron councillor Brian Barnim.
Tousaw said that because the
committee was nearing completion
of its objective, it would help the
committee and provide some
continuity if Barnim were to stay on
as chair of the committee, despite no
longer being a Huron County
councillor after the appeal decision
was made.
Before the issue could be
discussed, however, Goderich
Mayor Deb Shewfelt said he felt the
committee should be disbanded as
Huron County was overreaching its
boundaries in the first place.
“I think we should get rid of the
committee and simply bring the
report to council,” Shewfelt said.
“We’re beating around the bush on
something that’s provincial.”
Shewfelt, referring to the
provincial government’s Green
Energy Act, has said for months that
Huron County Council should have
no say in anything that appears in
the Green Energy Act.
Shewfelt said he had concerns
about the committee from the
beginning and that the committee
could be infringing on area farmers’
rights to farm and do with their
property what they wish.
Shewfelt then made a motion that
the committee be disbanded and that
the provincial report on low
frequency noise be brought straight
to council, which was carried.
A-B conservation strategy released
County drops LFN group
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