HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2011-01-27, Page 11Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending Jan.
21 were 1,858 cattle, 374 lambs and
goats. On Tuesday fed steers and
heifers sold on a strong active
market. Choice steers and heifers
sold $98 to $107. Second cut sold
$96 to $98. Cows sold $2 to $3
higher. On Thursday veal sold on a
good strong active trade with
holstein veal selling $1 to $2 higher
and beef veal selling $2 to $5 higher.
Lambs and goats sold steady while
sheep sold slightly lower. On
Friday calves sold $2 to $5
higher. Yearlings sold steady and
strong.
There were 123 steers on offer.
Aaron F. Martin of Newton,
consigned seven steers averaging
1,496 lbs. selling for an average of
$100.70 with one limousin steer
weighing 1,555 lbs. selling to
Horizon Meats for $107.25. Narva
Farms of Cargill, consigned nineteen
steers averaging 1,338 lbs. selling
for an average of $100.23 with four
black steers averaging 1,490 lbs.
selling for $101.50. Miriam Terpstra
of Brussels, consigned two steers
averaging 1,420 lbs. selling for an
average of $99.36 with one black
steer weighing 1,405 lbs. selling to
Holly Park Meat Packers for
$101.25.
Martin Metske of Lucknow,
consigned seven steers averaging
1,467 lbs. selling for an average of
$99.28 with two gold steers
averaging 1,518 lbs. selling to Holly
Park Meat Packers for $100.75.
Warren and Marion Becker of Ayton,
consigned three steers averaging
1,357 lbs. selling for an average of
$96.52 with one simmental steer
weighing 1,375 lbs. selling to St.
Helen’s Meat Packers for $100.
Murray London of Waterdown,
consigned nine steers averaging
1,355 lbs. selling for an average of
$94.46 with one limousin steer
weighing 1,505 lbs. selling for
$99.50. Ed Van Donkersgoed of
Wroxeter, consigned five steers
averaging 1,671 lbs. selling for an
average of $96.63 with three
crossbred steers averaging 1,587 lbs.
selling for $99.
Elam S.B. Martin of Wingham,
consigned ten steers averaging 1,462
lbs. selling for an average of $98.36
with three crossbred steers averaging
1,405 lbs. selling for $98.50.
Connell Farms of Palmerston,
consigned two gold steers averaging
1,533 lbs. selling for $97.25.
There were 203 heifers on offer.
Andy Vanderveen of Blyth,
consigned twelve heifers averaging
1,361 lbs. selling for an average of
$101.89 with three limousin heifers
averaging 1,338 lbs. selling to Holly
Park for $103.50. Damen Farms of
Lucan, consigned fifteen heifers
averaging 1,319 lbs. selling for an
average of $100.73 with four black
heifers averaging 1,388 selling to
Holly Park Meat Packers for $102.
Elam W. Martin of Harriston,
consigned five heifers averaging
1,277 lbs. selling for an average of
$99.61 with one red heifer weighing
1,325 lbs. selling to St. Helen’s
Meat Packers for $101. W. R.
Gardiner of Staffa, consigned eight
heifers averaging 1,263 lbs. selling
for an average of $98.75 with two
black heifers averaging 1,373 lbs.
selling to Ryding Regency for
$100.75.
Edwin Weber of Wroxeter,
consigned eleven heifers averaging
1,248 lbs. selling for an average of
$99.02 with five charolais heifers
averaging 1,308 lbs. selling to Holly
Park Meat Packers for $100.50. John
S. Hunter of Grand Valley,
consigned seven heifers averaging
1,249 lbs. selling for an average of
$99.19 with one grey heifer
weighing 1,225 lbs. selling for
$100.50. Larry Reinhart Sr. of
Mildmay, consigned seven heifers
averaging 1,266 lbs. selling for
an average of $97.70 with one
limousin heifer weighing 1,325 lbs.
selling to Ryding Regency for
$100.25.
Roy A. McCulloch of Allenford,
consigned five heifers averaging
1,344 lbs. selling for an average of
$98.76 with one charolais heifer
weighing 1,380 lbs. selling for $100.
Tim Metske of Lucknow, consigned
three heifers averaging 1,545 lbs.
selling for an average of $96.80 with
one gold heifer weighing 1,510 lbs.
selling to Ryding Regency for $100.
Hank W. Huigenbos of Wingham,
consigned eight heifers averaging
1,408 lbs. selling for an average of
$99.91 with one gold heifer
weighing 1,405 lbs. selling to
Ryding Regency for $99.75.
There were 267 cows on offer.
Export types sold $58 to $62; beef
cows, $59 to $65 with sales to $67;
D1 and D2, $47 to $55; D3, $38 to
$50; D4, $30 to $37. Joe Hendricks
of Lucknow, consigned four cows
averaging 1,394 lbs. selling for an
average of $55.78 with one rwf cow
weighing 1,165 lbs. selling for
$65.50. Gary Nash of Seaforth,
consigned one charolais cow
weighing 1,660 lbs. selling for $64.
Paul Franken of Clinton, consigned
one holstein cow weighing 1,605
lbs. selling for $64.
There were 12 bulls on offer
selling $61.50 to $64.25 with sales
to $68.50. Wade Graham of Parkhill,
consigned one black bull weighing
2,270 lbs. selling for $68.50.
Margaret Sinclair of Hepworth,
consigned one blonde bull weighing
1,900 lbs. selling for $64.
There were 139 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $110 to $140 with
sales to $146; good holstein, $95 to
$105 with sales to $108; medium
holstein, $85 to $95; heavy holstein,
$95 to $105. Maynard Brubacher of
Wallenstein, consigned seven veal
averaging 725 lbs. selling for an
average of $134.42 with one
crossbred steer weighing 705 lbs.
selling for $146. Premium Blues of
Dublin, consigned one black steer
weighing 790 lbs. selling for $138.
Lamar Frey of Listowel, consigned
nine veal averaging 713 lbs. selling
for an average of $128.84 with one
crossbred heifer weighing 655 lbs.
selling for $144.
Lambs under 50 lbs. sold $235 to
$250; 50 - 64 lbs., $256 to $285; 65
- 79 lbs., $190 to $290; 80 - 94 lbs.,
$204 to $237; 95 - 109 lbs., $197 to
$213; 110 lbs. and over, $137 to
$200.
Sheep sold $68 to $121 with sales
to $161.
Goats: kids sold $75 to $120 to
$140 per head; nannies, $50 to $100
to $125 per head; billies, $150 to
$300 to $350 per head.
Top quality stocker steers under
400 lbs. sold $100 to $176; 400 -
499 lbs., $137 to $165; 500 - 599
lbs., $131 to $153; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$111.50 to $147.50; 700 - 799 lbs.,
$103.50 to $138.50; 800 - 899 lbs.,
$100 to $123; 900 - 999 lbs., $100 to
$123; 1,000 lbs. and over, $100 to
$120.
Top quality stocker heifers under
300 lbs. sold $100 to $157; 300 -
399 lbs., $142 to $164; 400 - 499
lbs., $121.50 to $152; 500 -
599 lbs., $122 to $139; 600 - 699
lbs., $109 to $129; 700 - 799 lbs.,
$104 to $127; 800 - 899 lbs., $106 to
$120; 900 lbs. and over, $100 to
$114.
THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2011. PAGE 11.
The Ontario Pork Producers and
Ontario Cattlemen’s Association are
presenting a unified front in dealing
with the federal and provincial
governments, and are calling for a
better insurance program for farmers
in their practice.
Wilma Jeffray, the chair of
Ontario Pork and Curtis Royal,
president of the Ontario Cattlemen’s
Association held a telephone press
conference to explain why
government support is needed for
their industries on Jan. 18.
“We’ve had some tough years
since 2003,” Jeffray said, meaning
both industries. “Cow numbers have
been down 18 per cent, while sows
have gone down [more than] 20 per
cent since 2007.”
Jeffray stated that these drops can
be attributed to the American
Country of Origin Labelling
initiative (COOL), Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
and a lack of government support.
“We’re looking for a program
[similar to the one the grain farmers
have],” Jeffray stated. “AgriStability
is not enough, it’s valuable, but only
for the short term.”
The two groups are pushing for
the insurance program now because
of the shortfalls in the AgriStability
program, according to Jeffray.
“The bad years have driven the
quest for the Risk Management
Program,” she said. “We have asked
for AgriStability changes, but they
fall on deaf ears at the federal level.”
The federal government also
refuses to take action, according to
Jeffray. Despite regular meeting
with the agricultural ministers, the
suggestions from the groups are
largely unheeded.
Jeffray stated that it was important
to build a plan to support the two
industries, and that there needed to
be more responsibility from the
government in both prosperous and
challenging times.
Royal stated that the group has
had discussions with the province,
and that the former Minister of
Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Leona Dombrowsky had suggested
that the Pork Producers and
Cattlemen’s Association work
together to represent each other.
“It is very advantageous for us to
work together, and provide a group
effort,” Royal stated. “It provides
good representation for livestock.”
Jeffray stated that the groups also
face very similar challenges, stating
they both face COOL, Canadian
currency fluctuations and that they
both experienced disease problems
with pork producers dealing with
H1N1 and the cattlemen dealing
with BSE.
The group decided to start their
push now given that elections could
be held this year at both the
provincial and federal level.
“We’re aiming for budget time to
push these ideas,” Jeffray said.
Current minister Carol Mitchell
supports the program, according to
Royal.
“We came together as one group,”
Royal stated. “We discussed and
created a plan with our membership
to work on a agricultural stability
program.”
The plan that the two agricultural
groups designed include producers
paying 30 per cent of their sales to a
long term insurance program,
according to Royal, and that this will
protect against cost fluctuations and
future problems. The program is
also voluntary, according to Royal,
because not all programs fit all
producers’ needs.
“This way, the producers have a
choice,” he said.
The pork and beef producers are
prepared to work together, according
to Royal, to limit the risk to both
their industries.
The memberships of both groups
are mostly supportive.
“Our feedback is positive so far,”
Royal said. “No program fits all, but
we are trying to support the masses.”
Jeffray stated that of 600
producers that participated in a
telephone town hall meeting, 85 per
cent were in favour of the program
and 80 per cent stated they would
support lobbying.
The Ontario Cattlemen’s
Association provides leadership and
representation for their industry. It
represents 19,000 beef farmers in
Ontario.
Ontario Pork represents 2,300
farmers who market hogs and
present their concerns to the
government.
Both groups work through
lobbying, development programs,
promotional initiatives, developing
markets and education.
Grain farmers discuss issues
Pork and beef producers present united front
AgricultureBrussels Livestock report
Fed steers, heifers sell on strong active trade
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
Merv Erb of Agri-Solve from
Brucefield talked about genetics,
evolution, and the problems they
pose during the annual meeting of
the Huron Grain Farmers of Ontario
in Holmesville on Jan. 13.
Erb, who said he would discuss
six production dilemmas for 2011,
stated that the biggest challenge for
the Ontario grain farmer would be
marketing, but also dedicated a large
part of his presentation to
herbicides, fungicides and other
chemicals and how they help
production.
Weeds are becoming more
resistant to the poisons used to kill
them, according to Erb, and the
escalation seems to be growing at an
alarming rate.
“Mother Nature always has the
upper hand,” Erb stated, before
explaining that weeds are
developing resistance in even the
best circumstances.
Early adoption to weed-fighting
chemicals leads to quicker
acclimatization, Erb stated. He also
said that plants are becoming more
tolerant of control, meaning that
they may be mostly cleared out with
treatments, however, some will still
survive.
Some of the biggest problems are
resistant strains of bluegrass,
crabgrass, ragweed and ryegrass.
Fungicides are a great way to help
grains grow, according to Erb, who
stated that they will increase the
growth of plants, make them more
resistant to drought, and delay
maturity of a plant, allowing it to
grow longer.
“The longer grainfill period leads
to more bushels,” he said.
The problem with fungicides, and
growth regulators, according to Erb,
is that they are far more expensive in
Canada than in other countries.
Growth regulators make crops
shorter and stronger so they aren’t as
susceptible to being blown or
knocked down.
A popular growth regulator,
Cycocel, for example, sells for $30
per acre in Canada, and is currently
available for $6.60 Canadian in
Europe.
“Cycocel needs to be about $12
per acre for it to be effective,” he
said. “Growth regulators are grossly
overpriced for the amount of times
you get a good return on the
product.”
While fungicides and growth
regulators help, Erb stated that
chemicals really need to be applied
as part of a “high-tech” package.
Using corn as an example, he
stated that growing conditions need
to be managed.
Low phosphorous and potassium
can lead to losing as many as seven
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By Denny Scott
The Citizen