HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2011-05-19, Page 15THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 2011. PAGE 15.
Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending May
13 were 2,351 cattle, 636 lambs and
goats. On Tuesday fed steers and
heifers sold fully steady. Choice
steers and heifers sold $108 to $112
with sales to $115.50. Second cut
sold $104 to $108. Cows sold on a
strong active trade $1 to $2 higher.
On Thursday all classes of beef sold
on a very strong market with prices
$2 to $3 higher. Heavy lambs sold
steady, while light lambs sold $2 to
$5 lower. Sheep sold steady and all
goats sold higher. On Friday calves
sold on a strong active trade at $2
higher while yearlings traded fully
steady. On Monday, May 9 at the
vaccinated sale, calves and yearlings
sold on a strong active trade.
There were 72 steers on offer.
Schmidtbrook Farms of Woodstock
consigned thirteen steers averaging
1,545 lbs. selling for an average of
$110.99 with one gold steer
weighing 1,435 lbs. selling for
$114.75 to Norwich Packers. Enid
Schmidt of Baden, consigned six
steers averaging 1,542 lbs. selling
for an average of $110.66 with one
limousin steer averaging 1,370 lbs.
selling for $111.50. Brian Reid of
Ripley, consigned one steer
weighing 1,475 lbs. which sold for
$111. Paul Murray of Ripley,
consigned three steers averaging
1,195 lbs. selling for an average of
$106.14 with two gold steers
weighing 1,278 lbs. selling to St.
Helen’s Meat Packers for $107. Bill
Osterndorff consigned two steers
averaging 1,325 lbs. selling for an
average of $104.12 with one
hereford-cross steer averaging 1,325
lbs. selling for $106.25.
Tom and Ernie Lobb of Clinton,
consigned six steers averaging 1,473
lbs. selling for an average of $105.41
with a group of five black steers
averaging 1,439 lbs. selling for
$106.25. Fred Riehl of Gadshill,
consigned three steers averaging
1,315 lbs. selling for an average of
$104.50 with one grey steer
averaging 1,295 lbs. selling to
Ryding Regency for $105.50.
There were 121 heifers on offer.
M-R Farms of Exeter, consigned
seventeen heifers averaging 1,273
lbs. selling for an average of $113.08
with one blonde heifer weighing
1,240 lbs. selling for $115.50. W.R.
Gardiner of Staffa, consigned
twenty-two heifers averaging 1,179
lbs. selling for an average of $106.89
with one limousin heifer weighing
1,190 lbs. selling for $114.75. Lyle
Kinsman of Kippen, consigned five
heifers averaging 1,266 lbs. selling
for an average of $109.27 with one
black heifer weighing 1,325 lbs.
selling for $114.50. Willard Seigner
of Mildmay, consigned two heifers
averaging 1,210 lbs. selling for an
average of $112.75 with one black
heifer weighing 1,200 lbs. selling for
$113.50.
Dave Noble of Glencairn,
consigned eighteen heifers
averaging 1,341 lbs. selling for an
average of $107.70 with one blonde
heifer weighing 1,240 lbs. selling for
$113.50. Gerry McPhee of Auburn,
consigned six heifers averaging
1,350 lbs. selling for an average of
$110.64 with one group of four
charolais heifers averaging 1,441
lbs. selling to Norwich Packers for
$112.25. Corgercrest Farms of
Seaforth, consigned seven heifers
averaging 1,450 lbs. selling for an
average of $109.68 with one group
of two charolais heifers averaging
1,483 lbs. selling to Norwich
Packers for $111.50.
Bill Siemon of Walton, consigned
two heifers averaging 1,293 lbs.
selling for an average of $106.65
with one charolais heifer weighing
1,395 lbs. selling to Ryding Regency
for $109.75. Steve Lobsinger of
Palmerston, consigned two black
heifers averaging 1,215 lbs. selling
for $109. Kevin Stewardson of
Wyoming, consigned eight heifers
averaging 1,403 lbs. selling for an
average of $106.08 with one group
of two red heifers averaging 1,435
lbs. selling to St. Helen’s Meat
Packers for $109.
There were 202 cows on offer.
Export types sold $69 to $76; beef
cows, $76.50 to $84 with sales to
$85.50; D1 and D2, $50 to $55; D3,
$46 to $50; D4, $35 to $40. James L.
Taylor of Wingham, consigned two
cows averaging 1,280 lbs. selling for
an average of $62.21 with one red
cow weighing 1,310 lbs. selling for
$81.50. Baird Bros. of Wingham,
consigned a red cow weighing 1,400
lbs. selling for $81.50. Alan Baker of
Brussels, consigned two cows
averaging 1,455 lbs. selling for an
average of $79 with one charolais
cow weighing 1,585 lbs. selling for
$81.50.
There were 15 bulls on offer
selling $66.50 to $80 with sales to
$86.50. Peter Sweiger of Chesley,
consigned one black bull weighing
1,770 lbs. selling for $84. ABS
Global of Elmira, consigned one
holstein bull weighing 2,010 lbs.
selling for $82.
There were 131 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $100 to $145 with
sales to $156; good holstein, $92 to
$103 with sales to $105; medium
holstein, $85 to $92; heavy holstein,
$90 to $95 with sales to $100. Allen
Sherk of Wellesley, consigned two
veal averaging 635 lbs. selling for an
average for $149.17 with one black
heifer weighing 650 lbs. selling for
$156. Lamar Frey of Listowel,
consigned six veal averaging 690
lbs. selling for an average of $133.89
with one cross-bred heifer weighing
690 lbs. selling for $149. John
Martin of Lucknow, consigned nine
veal averaging 743 lbs. selling for an
average of $107.21 with one
limousin steer weighing 645 lbs.
selling for $150.
Lambs under 50 lbs. sold $225 to
$250; 50 - 64 lbs., $202.50 to
$257.50; 65 - 79 lbs., $199 to $244;
80 - 94 lbs., $216 to $254; 95 - 109
lbs., $207 to $239; 110 lbs. and over,
$159 to $231.
Sheep sold $54 to $84 with sales
to $110.
Goats: kids sold $81 to $125 to
$160 per head; nannies, $50 to $100
to $125 per head; billies, $250 to
$300 to $350 per head.
Top quality stocker steers under
400 lbs. sold $117 to $170; 400 -
499 lbs., $100 to $158; 500 - 599
lbs., $131 to $161; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$122 to $150; 700 - 799 lbs.,
$111.25 to $138.75; 800 - 899 lbs.,
$100 to $135; 900 - 999 lbs., $100 to
$118.50; 1,000 lbs. and over, $95 to
$114.75.
Top quality stocker heifers under
300 lbs. sold $124 to $142; 300 -
399 lbs., $121 to $168; 400 - 499
lbs., $112 to $147; 500 - 599 lbs.,
$113 to $145.50; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$100.50 to $137; 700 - 799 lbs.,
$102.50 to $129; 800 - 899 lbs.,
$104 to $114.75; 900 lbs. and over,
$104 to $112.50.
Top quality vaccinated steers, 400
- 499 lbs., sold $138 to $158; 500 -
599 lbs., $127 to $153; 600 - 699
lbs., $116 to $149; 700 - 799 lbs.,
$127.75 to $147.25; 800 - 899 lbs.,
$117 to $130.25; 900 - 999 lbs.,
$106 to $117.50.
Top quality vaccinated heifers 300
- 399 lbs., sold $121 to $159; 400 -
499 lbs., $126 to $145; 500 - 599
lbs., $121 to $136; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$100 to $122; 700 - 799 lbs., $108 to
$122.30; 800 - 899 lbs., $900 to
$110.50; 900 lbs. and over, $92 to
$109.25.
At their May 3 meeting, Morris-
Turnberry councillors supported a
severance for a surplus farm
residence despite a Huron County
Planning Department recommend-
ation it be rejected.
The application for severance of
the Turnberry Ward residence by
JGN Farms Ltd. involved a unique
circumstance, but one councillors
worry might become more common
in the future.
Carol Leeming, Huron County
Planner, explained to council that
although the farm in question is
zoned as farmland, it is also
designated as having potential
for future gravel extraction, based
on mapping by the Ministry
of Northern Development and
Mines.
“The provincial policy statement
(for land use planning) protects sand
and gravel,” she said. The county’s
aggregate strategy also says
potential sites should be protected.
She had argued at a March 22
meeting that if the house was
separate from the farm property it
might create a constraint on future
development of the gravel resource
on the site.
“Because of the lack of policy that
would support the application it is
recommended that you not support
it,” she told councillors.
But Deputy-Mayor Jason
Breckenridge noted that a lot of
property in Morris-Turnberry would
be prevented from having severances
if the policy was upheld. (Leeming
said 50 properties in Morris-
Turnberry had the potential to be
affected.)
The county’s strategy also protects
aggregate resources of significant
size and quality, Breckenridge said,
but JGN Farms Ltd. had provided a
letter from Joe Kerr Limited, a major
gravel company, saying from its
testing there was no saleable gravel
on the farm.
But Leeming said the county
strategy protects both primary and
secondary deposits.
John McKercher of Devereaux
Murray LLP, lawyer for JGN Farms
Ltd., argued that while the county
says there’s no policy to support the
severance because of the nearby
gravel deposit, there is no
prohibition of severances under the
provincial policy statement.
“There isn’t a specific policy to
provide for this [severance] but there
isn’t a specific policy to prohibit it,”
McKercher said.
Referring the Joe Kerr letter he
asked, “Are we even looking at a
property where there is a primary or
secondary resource to be protected?”
The provincial mapping of gravel
and sand deposits wasn’t done “on
the ground”, he said. “We’re
providing on-the-ground research
that shows there isn’t a resource.”
Even if the gravel on the land
could be regarded as a secondary
resource, the county’s strategy
shows that there is 94-126 years
worth of gravel in primary resources
before secondary deposits would
need to be called on, McKercher
said.
Councillors agreed with
McKercher’s arguments and voted to
support the severance as it goes
forward to the county for approval.
Ultimately the county has the final
say.
Council also asked county council
to revisit its aggregate strategy with
regard to how it affects surplus
farmhouse severances. Leeming said
she understood another municipality
also wants the county to revise this
strategy.
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UPCOMING SALES
By Keith Roulston
The Citizen
With over 400 farmers present,
Don Kenny, chair of Grain Farmers
of Ontario announced the start of the
2011 Soybean Yield Challenge.
Farmers were invited to pick up their
registration cards and try their hand
at the prizes.
“It’s a great competition and
farmers are definitely excited about
it this year,” says Kenny. “It’s a
really great opportunity to recognize
Ontario’s elite growers and to give
everyone a chance to learn from one
another.”
This year’s challenge is slightly
different from last year as it is split
into two divisions – an IP division
and a non-IP division.
“IP and non-IP soybeans require
different management practices and
we wanted to recognize those
differences within the challenges,”
says Crosby Devitt, manager of
research and market development at
GFO. “The new divisions also allow
us to hand out more prizes, which is
always fun.”
The challenge is still separated
into heat unit zones and winners will
be chosen in each zone within each
division. Two grand prizes will be
awarded to the IP farmer and the
non-IP farmer with the highest
yield. Both farmers will win a trip
for two to the National Farm
Machinery Show in Louisville,
Kentucky.
Winners in each zone in each
division will win a cash prize of their
yield multiplied by their bushels per
acre. Runners up in each zone will
win admission to Canada’s Outdoor
Farm Show and their local farm
show – London, Ottawa or Toronto.
The IP prizes are made possible by
DuPont and the non-IP prizes are
made possible by Monsanto.
Farmers can collect registration
cards from GFO or the industry
sponsors of the competition:
Monsanto, DuPont, Pioneer Hi-
Bred, Hyland Seeds, Syngenta
Seeds, Mycogen Seeds, Dekalb,
Maizex Seeds, Country Farm Seeds
and SeCan.
Challenge information, including
rules and a downloadable
registration card is also available at
www.gfo.ca/soybeanyieldchallenge.
The deadline to register for the
2011 Soybean Yield Challenge is
July 29, 2011.
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