HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2011-06-16, Page 13THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2011. PAGE 13.
Council hears differing view on EAB issue
At their June 7 meeting, Morris-
Turnberry councillors recommended
against one severance application for
a surplus on the advice of their
county planner, but indicated
they’d support another, against the
planning department’s
recommendation.
Councillors went along with the
advice of the Huron County
Planning Department in the
application of Rastorfer Farms Inc.
and Esben Anderson for a severance
on Concession 1 of Morris Ward.
Carol Leeming from the planning
department told council that
allowing the severance of the surplus
farm residence would not be
consistent either with the
municipality’s official plan or with
the Provincial Policy Statement
(PPS) on rural planning. She pointed
out that the minimum distance
separation (MDS) between the
house and a manure storage on a
nearby farm is deficient by 27 per
cent from the requirement.
Councillors agreed that the
amount of variation from the MDS
was too great to be classed as a
minor variance.
Councillors did not see eye to eye
with planners after council was
approached by Sandy Fair about
where they would stand if he applied
for a surplus residence severance on
his property at the western edge of
Bluevale. Fair said a farmer was
interested in buying the rest of the
farm if the farm house could be
severed from the farm.
But Leeming pointed out that the
county’s official plan said a
severance of a home can not be
allowed if there has previously been
a house severed from the same farm.
A lot have been severed off the
corner of the farm in the 1970s.
Fair argued that he could see no
negative impact for anyone in the
case of severing his home, which is
so close to Bluevale it seems part of
the hamlet.
But Leeming said Fair’s house
does not meet the criteria of being in
a “built-up area” and therefore
doesn’t meet the criteria necessary
for allowing a severance. She
warned that the Ministry of
Municipal Affairs and Housing had
recently appealed another severance
where the county went against the
PPS.
Despite this advice, council
passed a motion indicating they
would look favourably on Fair’s
application for severance if it
proceeds.
“If you don’t allow surplus
residences you end up with empty
countryside,” said Councillor Neil
Warwick noting if houses are torn
down because they cannot be
severed there will be no children to
go to local schools and no need for
buses. “It’s a downward spiral.
“I’m not aware of any complaints
from people living in surplus
residences,” said Mayor Paul
Gowing. “Let’s hope it stays that
way.”
Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending June
10 were 1,257 cattle, 728 lambs
and goats. On Tuesday fed steers
and heifers sold on a strong
active market at prices $1 to $2
higher. Choice steers and heifers
sold $108 to $112 with sales to
$115.50. Second cut sold $102 to
$107. Cows sold steady $2 to $3
higher. On Thursday veal sold on a
strong active trade with holstein
calves selling steady and beef veal
calves selling $5 to $10 higher.
Lambs, sheep and goats all sold
on a steady market to last week’s
prices. On Friday calves and
yearlings traded on a strong active
market.
There were 50 steers on offer.
Chris Smith of Brussels, consigned
sixteen steers averaging 1,591 lbs.
selling for an average of $109.76
with one limousin steer weighing
1,555 lbs. selling to Holly Park Meat
Packers for $114. Mike and Darlene
Schnurr of Walkerton, consigned
seven steers averaging 1,581 lbs.
selling for an average of $108.46
with one black steer weighing 1,515
lbs. selling to Ryding Regency for
$109.75. Murray Dunston of
Mildmay, consigned five steers
averaging 1,377 lbs. selling for
an average of $101.45 with one
black steer weighing 1,360 lbs.
selling to Norwich Packers for
$106.25.
There were 59 heifers on offer. Art
Bos of Blyth, consigned three
heifers averaging 1,303 lbs. selling
for an average of $105.87 with one
piedmontese weighing 1,385 lbs.
selling to Norwich Packers for
$115.50. Roy McCulloch of
Allenford, consigned twelve heifers
averaging 1,324 lbs. selling for an
average of $108.56 with one black
heifer weighing 1,320 lbs. selling to
Holly Park Meat Packers for
$111.50. Allan Thornton of Gorrie,
consigned three heifers averaging
1,232 lbs. selling for an average of
$107.41 with one simmental heifer
weighing 1,175 lbs. selling to
Norwich Packers for $107.75. Elmer
Brubacher of Elora, consigned four
heifers averaging 1,245 lbs. selling
for an average of $104.14 with one
black heifer weighing 1,235 lbs.
selling to Norwich Packers for
$105.75.
There were 98 cows on offer.
Export types sold $65 to $74.50;
beef cows, $70 to $80 with sales to
$85.50; D1 and D2 cows, $50 to
$55; D3, $46 to $50; D4, $35 to $40.
Mike Henry of Tara, consigned nine
cows averaging 1,501 lbs. selling for
an average of $74.42 with one black
cow weighing 1,770 lbs. selling for
$85.50. Ted Kloostra of Wroxeter,
consigned two cows averaging 1,200
lbs. selling for an average of $78.11
with one holstein cow weighing
1,290 lbs. selling for $82.50. Grant
Gilchrist of Lucknow, consigned two
cows averaging 1,283 lbs. selling for
an average of $74.64 with one bwf
cow weighing 1,315 lbs. selling for
$80.
There were eight bulls on offer
selling $80 to $84 with sales to $98.
Rehorst Farms of Teeswater,
consigned one blue bull weighing
1,875 lbs. selling for $98. Carl
Williams of Englehart, consigned
one limousin bull weighing 1,845
lbs. selling for $93.
There were 130 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $110 to $165 with
sales to $171; good holstein, $90 to
$96 with sales to $105; medium
holstein, $80 to $90; heavy holstein,
$85 to $95. Lamar Frey of Listowel,
consigned ten veal averaging 709
lbs. selling for an average of $146.06
with two limousin steers averaging
708 lbs. selling for $171. Alvin
Horst of Listowel, consigned five
veal averaging 753 lbs. selling for an
average of $137.97 with one
limousin steer weighing 715 lbs.
selling for $143. Maynard
Brubacher of Wallenstein, consigned
four veal averaging 775 lbs.
selling for an average of
$131.95 with two limousin heifers
averaging 745 lbs. selling for
$140.
Lambs under 50 lbs. sold $150 to
$255; 50 - 64 lbs., $174 to $207; 65
- 79 lbs., $166 to $209; 80 - 94 lbs.,
$173 to $194; 95 - 110 lbs., $171 to
$183.
Sheep sold $42 to $92 with sales
to $98.
Goats: kids sold $50 to $160 per
head; nannies, $70 to $120 per head;
billies, $200 to $250 to $300 per
head.
Top quality stocker steers, 400 -
499 lbs., sold $141 to $172.50; 500 -
599 lbs., $130 to $160.50; 600 - 699
lbs., $120.50 to $148; 700 - 799 lbs.,
$104 to $131.50; 800 - 899 lbs.,
$113 to $124; 900 - 999 lbs.,
$105.50 to $110; 1,000 lbs. and over,
$103.75 to $108.
Top quality stocker heifers, 500 -
599 lbs. sold $110.50 to $135; 600 -
699 lbs., $108.25 to $131; 700 - 799
lbs., $100.50 to $120; 800 - 899 lbs.,
$98.50 to $111.50; 900 lbs. and over,
$99 to $105.50.
Huron County Council received a
view on the Emerald Ash Borer
(EAB) at its June 8 Committee of the
Whole meeting that conflicted with
its own and gave council an idea of
the economic impact the pest could
have.
Richard Ireland of Ontario
Selective Harvest Limited in Huron
County spoke to council on the
subject as an insider of the industry,
saying that roping Huron and Perth
Counties off from the rest of
southwestern Ontario will devastate
the sawmill industry.
“This could have a grave effect on
the lumber industry,” Ireland said.
“At least 50 per cent of my product
needs to be ash so I can run at full
production and Huron County does
not have enough to sustain full
production in Huron County.
“If we’re isolated from southern
Ontario, there will be lost jobs and
lost revenue.”
Ireland said that he would like to
keep his business in Huron County,
but if he has to move to get away
from harsh restrictions, he will. He
insisted that he does not have
financial stake in the decision and
that he would be productive if he
moved south to Lambton County,
but it would be Huron County that
would lose out on the jobs and the
income.
Ireland painted a much more grim
portrait of Huron County’s EAB
infestation, saying that the county
has had the bug for two years and the
county hasn’t been further canvassed
since.
“The only solution is for people to
start cutting their ash,” Ireland said.
“This bug has a 100 per cent fatality
rate.”
Ireland said if a tree is infected, it
is guaranteed to die, but if Huron
County starts cutting its mature ash
trees, some lumber can still be
salvaged.
Central Huron Reeve Jim Ginn
said he felt there was some
misinformation in Ireland’s
presentation and that one of the most
important factors to consider is that
other predator species are beginning
to adapt, learning how to hunt the
EAB. Ginn says this gives Huron
County hope that perhaps the EAB
could be eradicated sometime soon
and that all was not necessarily lost.
Ginn said that it was firewood that
was the main issue, not lumberyards.
A lengthy discussion was had and
in the end Forest Conservation
Officer Dave Pullen was asked to
work with Ireland on a potential
solution that could serve both
parties. Ireland said he would be
more than happy to work alongside
Pullen and that he had no problem
with the work Pullen has been
doing.
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UPCOMING SALES
Calender boy
Matty Hallman, centre received the keys to a new John
Deere lawn tractor thanks to how cute he looks in the green
hat. Hallman, shown here with, from left, his mother Alex,
sister Amanda father Ben and Huron Tractor representative
Henry Winters, won a competition to be a part of the
Huron Tractor 50th anniversary calender. The photos of the
top 12 children will go into the calender and all proceeds
will go to Ronald McDonald House. Hallman, for being the
top-voted model, received the tractor. (Denny Scott photo)
M-T approves severance
while denying another
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen