HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2012-11-08, Page 15THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2012. PAGE 15.
HayEast 2012 received a major
boost on Nov. 3, thanks to a
commitment from the Ontario and
federal governments for funding to
help transport donated hay from
Western Canada to Eastern
Canadian farmers in need.
The governments committed
$500,000, provided on a cost-shared
basis. They will also match cash
donations made to HayEast 2012 on
a cost-shared basis up to $2.5
million. HayEast 2012 is a
partnership involving farm
organizations across Canada. The
program is a follow-up to the
HayWest program that saw
thousands of Eastern Canadian
farmers send forages to Western
Canada in 2002 to help alleviate the
effects of that region’s drought.
Now, farmers in some parts of
Eastern Canada are the ones in need
and their Western Canadian
counterparts are eager to reciprocate
the good will.
“This is excellent news for the
hundreds of farmers who have
applied to receive hay through the
HayEast 2012 program,” says Mark
Wales, president of the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture (OFA).
“This support from the Canadian
and Ontario governments will go a
long way in helping to sustain
livestock farms through the winter
that would otherwise have had to
ship their animals.”
Ontario farmers affected by the
summer’s drought have requested
more than 60,000 bales of hay to
sustain livestock through the winter.
Farmers in Western Canada have
donated thousands of bales of hay,
which began arriving in Ontario in
October 2012.
“Farmers in Western Canada have
donated what they could to
the program, but the challenge has
been paying the significant
transportation costs of shipping hay
cross-country,” says Nial Kuyek,
General Manager, Agricultural
Producers Association of
Saskatchewan (APAS) and HayEast
2012 organizer. “With this
government support we’ll move as
quickly as we can to get hay to
farmers in need this month.”
“We have seen broad support for
HayEast 2012, thanks to the farmers
and ranchers who are donating hay
and also through significant
financial corporate donations from
Agrium and FCC,” says Lynn
Jacobson, President of Wild Rose
Agricultural Producers in Alberta.
“We will continue to appeal to
corporations, Western Canadian
farmers and ranchers and individual
citizens for donations to help us
access that additional matching
funds from our government
partners.”
Individuals or businesses can
make a donation at any Scotiabank
location across Canada, or cheques
can be made payable to “HayEast
2012.” Ontario farmers in need of
forage must apply to the program for
consideration. Program details are
available at www.hayeast2012. com
Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending Nov.
2 were 2,384 cattle, 696 lambs and
goats. On Tuesday fed steers and
heifers sold $1 to $2 higher. Choice
steers and heifers sold $112 to $118
with sales up to $134.25. Second
cut sold $108 to $111. Cows sold
barely steady. On Thursday all
classes of veal, lambs and sheep sold
under pressure, while goats sold
steady. On Friday calves and
yearlings sold on a strong active
trade.
Wayne B. Martin of Drayton,
consigned seven steers averaging
1,429 lbs. selling for an average of
$121.65 with one limousin steer
weighing 1,335 lbs. selling for $127.
Harvey E. S. Martin of Elmira,
consigned 10 steers averaging 1,449
lbs. selling for an average of $115.56
with one limousin steer weighing
1,290 lbs. selling to Horizon Meat
Packers for $124.50. Neloway
Farms of Brussels, consigned one
grey steer weighing 1,485 lbs.
selling to Norwich Packers for
$116.75.
R. Wayne Culp of Kenilworth,
consigned six steers averaging 1,438
lbs. selling for an average of $112.76
with one red steers weighing 1,490
lbs. selling to Horizon Meat Packers
for $116.25. Warren and Marion
Becker of Ayton, consigned five
steers averaging 1,394 lbs. selling
for an average of $110.80 with one
limousin steer weighing 1,430 lbs.
selling for $115.50. Walter
McKenzie of Dublin, consigned
three red steers averaging 1,507 lbs.
selling to St. Helen’s Meat Packers
for $111.50.
Aaron F. Martin of Newton,
consigned seven heifers averaging
1,324 lbs. selling for an average of
$129.22 with one Belgium blue
heifer weighing 1,370 lbs. selling to
Horizon Meat Packers for $134.25.
Costa Plenty Farms of Wingham,
consigned nine heifers averaging
1,436 lbs. selling for an average of
$117.13 with one black heifer
weighing 1,410 lbs. selling to
Norwich Packers for $122.
Southlore Farms of Palmerston,
consigned 12 heifers averaging
1,334 lbs. selling for an average of
$111.89 with one black heifer
weighing 1,635 lbs. selling to
Horizon Meat Packers for
$119.75.
Don Cormack of Mount Forest,
consigned 35 heifers averaging
1,413 lbs. selling for an average of
$116.02 with one gold heifer
weighing 1,495 lbs. selling to
Norwich Packers for $118.75.
Timeview Farms of Brussels,
consigned two heifers averaging
1,330 lbs. selling for an average of
$113.92 with one black heifer
weighing 1,375 lbs. selling to
Norwich Packers for $115.25.
Sidney B. Martin of Elmira,
consigned five heifers averaging
1,342 lbs. selling for an average of
$114.10 with three charolais heifers
averaging 1,332 lbs. selling for
$114.50. Connell Farms of
Palmerston, consigned 14 heifers
averaging 1,355 lbs. selling for an
average of $113.70 with 10 black
heifers averaging 1,352 lbs. selling
for $114.50. Robin Riehl of
Gadshill, consigned three heifers
averaging 1,275 lbs. selling for an
average of $110.22 with one
grey heifer weighing 1,260 lbs.
selling to Norwich Packers for
$113.75. Warren Andrew of
Lucknow, consigned two
black heifers averaging 1,213 lbs.
selling to Norwich Packers for
$112.25.
There were 363 cows on offer.
Export types sold $58 to $68.50;
beef cows, $59.50 to $70; D1 & D2,
$54 to $60; D3, $48 to $54; D4, $37
to $47. H.F. Jeffrey of Haileybury,
consigned three cows averaging
1,517 lbs. selling for an average of
$65.07 with one hereford cows
weighing 1,455 lbs. selling for $70.
Ferme Alfabair of Earlton,
consigned six cows averaging 1,306
lbs. selling for an average of $60.39
with one holstein cow weighing
1,310 lbs. selling for $68.50.
Bruggert Farms of Clinton,
consigned 10 cows averaging 1,517
lbs. selling for an average of $62.06
with one holstein cow weighing
1,610 lbs. selling for $68.
There were 24 bulls selling $60 to
$74 with sales to $74.50. Tony and
Joanne Los of Atwood, consigned
one holstein bull weighing 1,500 lbs.
selling for $74. Ed Ferguson of
Sheguiandah, consigned one black
bull weighing 1,850 lbs. selling for
$72.
There were 99 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $105 to $170 with
sales to $171; good holsteins, $100
to $110 with sales to $114; heavy
holsteins, $90 to $105 with sales to
$110. Premier Blues of Dublin,
consigned one black steer weighing
775 lbs. selling for $171. Lamar
Frey of Listowel consigned seven
veal averaging 756 lbs. selling for an
average of $136.42 with one
limousin steer weighing 745 lbs.
selling for $171. Kimberly White of
Mount Forest, consigned four veal
averaging 815 lbs. selling for an
average of $122.30 with one
limousin heifer weighing 815 lbs.
selling for $136.
Lambs under 50 lbs. sold $185 to
$200; 50 - 64 lbs., $167 to $235; 65
- 79 lbs., $147 to $193; 80 - 94 lbs.,
$130 to $160; 95 to $109 lbs., $142
to $147; 110 lbs. and over, $121 to
$141.
Sheep sold $60 to $100 with sales
to $110.
Goats: kids sold $50 to $100 with
sales to $135 per head; nannies, $50
to $105 per head; billies, $150 to
$310 per head.
Top quality stock steers under 400
lbs. sold $135 to $185; 400 - 499
lbs., $148 to $179; 500 - 599 lbs.,
$140.50 to $167.25; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$127 to $165; 700 - 799 lbs., $118 to
$153.50; 800 - 899 lbs., $116 to
$139.50; 900 - 999 lbs., $124.75 to
$136.25; 1,000 lbs. and over, $119 to
$128.50.
Top quality stocker heifers, 300 -
399 lbs. sold $130 to $159; 400 -
499 lbs., $133 to $157; 500 - 599
lbs., $134 to $187; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$119 to $144; 700 - 799 lbs., $117 to
$135; 800 - 899 lbs., $119 to
$130.50; 900 lbs. and over, $110 to
$125.75.
Government funding helps HayEast program
Entrepreneurial instincts
The Brussels Legion hosted the Home Entrepreneur Show on Saturday afternoon where
several business owners were on hand to show off their wares and talk to people about
owning their own business. Here Walton’s Dorothy Cummings, right, of Barmy Tech shows off
her creations to Marilyn Jones. (Vicky Bremner photo)
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