HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2012-12-20, Page 39THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2012. PAGE 39.
New programs bring promise for farmers
By Keith Currie,
Executive Member,
Ontario Federation of Agriculture
Canada’s federal government has
unveiled three new federal programs
under Growing Forward 2, Canada’s
agricultural policy framework. The
government says the new programs
– called AgriInnovation, Agri-
Marketing and AgriCompetitiveness
– will focus on strategic initiatives in
innovation, market development and
competitiveness to improve the
sector’s capacity to grow and
prosper.
The Ontario Federation of
Agriculture (OFA) supports the new
programs and we anticipate they
have the potential to help farmers in
an increasingly complicated world.
Too often great ideas about new
products or processes die on the
table because there is too little
support on commercialization of
new ideas. The OFA anticipates the
new AgriInnovation Program –
which is intended to focus on
investments to expand capacity to
develop and commercialize new
products and technologies – will go
a long way in answering this
need.
The AgriMarketing Program
appears to have a broad mandate and
includes developing industry’s
capacity to adopt assurance systems
to meet consumer and market
demands. These systems may
include food safety and traceability
initiatives, such as those that are
happening on farms and food
processing facilities across
Canada at the moment and have
tremendous potential for growth and
expansion.
The AgriMarketing program is
also expected to support industry in
maintaining and seizing new
markets for their products through
branding and promotional activities.
These goals are consistent with
some goals in the National Food
Strategy, which the OFA helped to
spearhead with our colleagues
across Canada through our federal
counterparts at the Canadian
Federation of Agriculture. The
National Food Strategy is a
collective vision for Canadian
agriculture and includes key
objectives that address the need to
brand Canadian food as a premium
choice at home and in markets
outside of our borders.
The Ontario Federation of
Agriculture also looks forward to
further details on the new
AgriCompetitiveness Program,
which the government says will help
strengthen the agriculture and agri-
food industry’s capacity to adapt and
be profitable in domestic and global
markets. Canadian agriculture’s
food safety and production standards
are among the highest in the world.
Unfortunately, those standards can
be a hindrance when Canadian
farmers need to compete with
similar products on the world stage.
OFA looks forward to strong
government support that will lead to
capacity development and support in
other factors that keep Canadian
agriculture growing strong.
Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending Dec.
14 were 2,345 cattle, 2,035 lambs
and goats. On Tuesday fed steers and
heifers sold on a strong demand at
steady prices. Choice steers and
heifers sold $114 to $118 with sales
to $124.23. Second cut sold $108 to
$113. Cows sold steady. On
Thursday holstein calves sold on a
steady market, while a larger run of
beef calves traded slightly under
pressure. Good light new crop lambs
sold on a high demand at steady
prices. Heavy lambs sold steady and
old crop thin lambs sold under
pressure. Sheep and goats sold
steady. On Friday calves and
yearlings sold on a good strong
active trade.
Mark and Elaine Fisher of Ayton,
consigned eight steers averaging
1,287 lbs. selling for an average of
$109.87 with one limousin steer
weighing 1,305 lbs. selling for
$121.25. Noah Weppler of Ayton,
consigned three steers averaging
1,387 lbs. selling for an average of
$117.85 with two black steers
averaging 1,318 lbs. selling to St.
Helen’s Meat Packers for $119.50.
John Wiersma of Blyth, consigned
five steers averaging 1,427 lbs.
selling for an average of $118.59
with three black steers averaging
1,405 lbs. selling to Norwich
Packers for $119. Dwayne or Lorrie
Dickert of Ayton, consigned three
steers averaging 1,553 lbs. selling
for an average of $116.48 with one
limousin steer weighing 1,525 lbs.
selling for $118.50. Dr. Keith
Dunstan of Mildmay, consigned four
steers averaging 1,510 lbs. selling
for an average of $108.56 with one
black steer weighing 1,475 lbs.
selling for $114.50.
Southlore Farms of Palmerston,
consigned 10 heifers averaging
1,356 lbs. selling for an average of
$123.31 with one gold heifer
weighing 1,490 lbs. selling to
Horizon Meat Packers for $124.25.
Art and George Hinz of Monkton,
consigned five heifers averaging
1,379 lbs. selling for an average of
$117.32 with one blonde heifer
weighing 1,360 lbs. selling to
Norwich Packers for $120.75. Fred
Bieman of Ayton, consigned one
limousin heifer weighing 1,350 lbs.
selling for $120. Jim Harkness of
Clifford, consigned one blue heifer
weighing 1,355 lbs. selling for $120.
Martin Metske of Lucknow,
consigned 12 heifers averaging
1,425 lbs. selling for an average of
$118.25 with six black heifers
averaging 1,444 lbs. selling for
$118.25. Sandycreek Farms of
Atwood, consigned four heifers
averaging 1,231 lbs. selling for an
average of $113.02 with two grey
heifers averaging 1,228 lbs. selling
to Norwich Packers for $117.25.
Wilsher Farms of St. Thomas,
consigned two heifers averaging
1,250 lbs. selling for an average of
$116.62 with one black heifer
weighing 1,220 lbs. selling to
Norwich Packers for $116.75. Elam
SB Martin of Wingham, consigned
six red heifers averaging 1,314 lbs.
selling for $115.50. Ray Waechter of
Walkerton, consigned two heifers
averaging 1,168 lbs. selling for an
average of $111.27 with one
limousin heifer weighing 1,245 lbs.
selling to St. Helen’s Meat Packers
for $115.
There were 415 cows on offer.
Export types sold $54 to $65.50;
beef, $58 to $69 with sales to $74;
D1 and D2, $48 to $54; D3, $45 to
$47; D4, $37 to $47. Glen Bieman of
Ayton, consigned one red cow
weighing 1,395 lbs. selling for $74.
Robert Blackwell Sr. of Ripley,
consigned five cows averaging 1,604
lbs. selling for an average of $64.29
with one charolais cow weighing
1,560 lbs. selling for $69.50. Robert
Weltz of Ayton, consigned one
charolais cow weighing 1,450 lbs.
selling for $68.50
There were 17 bulls selling $58 to
$68 with sales to $77.50. Brenda
Wright of Kippen, consigned one
black bull weighing 2,065 lbs.
selling for $77.50. Ikendale Farms of
Walkerton, consigned one holstein
bull weighing 2,035 lbs. selling for
$73.50.
There were 197 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $110 to $165 with
sales to $166; good holsteins, $100
to $110 with sales to $115; medium
holsteins, $90 to $100; heavy
holsteins, $100 to $110. Lamar Frey
of Listowel, consigned 13 veal
averaging 745 lbs. selling for an
average of $142.02 with two
limousin heifers averaging 683 lbs.
selling for $166. Tobias S. Bowman
of Wallenstein, consigned eight veal
averaging 842 lbs. selling for an
average of $141.53 with one
limousin heifer weighing 830 lbs.
selling for $152. Maynard
Brubacher of Wallenstein, consigned
11 veal averaging 691 lbs. selling for
an average of $117.68 with one
limousin steer weighing 675 lbs.
selling for $157.
Lambs under 50 lbs. sold $165 to
$322; 50 - 64 lbs., $153 to $300; 65
- 79 lbs., $126 to $262; 80 - 94 lbs.,
$116 to $178; 95 - 109 lbs., $120 to
$136; 110 lbs. and over, $115 to
$138.
Sheep sold $50 to $85 with sales
to $95.
Goats: kids sold $50 to $105 with
sales to $150 per head; nannies, $50
to $105 per head; billies, $150 to
$250 with sales to $350 per head.
Top quality stocker steers under
400 lbs. sold $100 to $171; 400 - 499
lbs., $128 to $176; 500 - 599 lbs.,
$121 to $179; 600 - 699 lbs., $136 to
$172; 700 - 799 lbs., $125 to $149;
800 - 899 lbs., $128 to $147; 900 -
999 lbs., $120 to $142.50; 1,000 lbs.
and over, $118.50 to $136.
Top quality stocker heifers under
300 lbs. sold $100 to $140; 300 - 399
lbs., $105 to $153; 400 - 499 lbs.,
$127 to $161; 500 - 599 lbs., $126 to
$150; 600 - 699 lbs., $121 to $141;
700 - 799 lbs., $118 to $134.50; 800
- 899 lbs., $124.50 to $131.50;
900 lbs. and over, $123.50 to
$131.50.
The Christian Farmers Federation
of Ontario (CFFO) is pleased to
announce that the tribunal has
accredited the organization for three
years.
The CFFO received the tribunal
decision soon after making its
presentation at the tribunal hearing.
“We are pleased with the tribunal’s
finding that the organization has met
all the criteria and is now once again
an accredited General Farm
Organization. Our office is ready for
the upcoming Farm Business
Registration process, with packages
containing membership information
prepared to be distributed to those
who choose the CFFO,” stated Lorne
Small, CFFO president.
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
Call us 519-887-6461
Visit our webpage at:
www.brusselslivestock.ca
email us at:
info@brusselslivestock.ca
BRUSSELS LIVESTOCK
Division of Gamble & Rogers Ltd.
UPCOMING SALES
2012 Special Fall Sale
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20
- 11:30 am
Christmas Lamb & Goat Sale
Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2013.
Thank you kindly for your loyal support.
McCall Livestock
85345 Brussels Line, P.O. Box 140, BRUSSELS
Ross McCall
Matt McCall
Keith McLean
Office. . . . . . . . . . . . 519-887-9571
Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519-887-9171
Call us 519-887-6461
Visit our webpage at: www.brusselslivestock.ca
email us at: info@brusselslivestock.ca
BRUSSELS LIVESTOCK
We’d like to wish all our
customers, neighbours and
friends a very Merry
Christmas and all the best for
the coming year.
The Zahnd Team
Claude Robin
ph.: 519-887-6205
mobile: 519-291-8262
fax: 519-887-6031
email: claude@zahnd.ca
Kurt Keller
ph.: 519-236-7874
mobile: 519-854-8081
fax: 519-236-4040
email: kurt@zahnd.cawww.zahnd.ca
Merry Christmas
Before we close on another year
We’d like to list our best wishes here.
Along with appreciation and gratitude, too
For each and every one of you.
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