HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2011-09-29, Page 15THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2011. PAGE 15.
Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending Sept.
23 were 1,821 cattle, 738 lambs and
goats. On Tuesday fed steers and
heifers sold steady. Choice steers
and heifers sold $109 to $114 with
sales to $115. Second cut sold $101
to $108. Cows sold steady. On
Thursday veal sold on a strong active
trade with beef cows fully steady
and holstein cows $2 to $3 lower
than last week’s stronger market.
Lambs, sheep and goats all sold
steady. On Friday calves and
yearlings sold on a strong active
trade at steady prices.
There were 122 steers on offer.
Rob Bren Farms of Wingham,
consigned seven steers averaging
1,500 lbs. selling for an average of
$108.03 with two limousin steers
averaging 1,428 lbs. selling to
Norwich Packers for $109.50.
Bernie Gowan of Allenford,
consigned eleven steers averaging
1,441 lbs. selling for an average of
$105.65 with five red steers
averaging 1,429 lbs. selling for
$108.25. Lakeside Farms of
Baden, consigned six steers
averaging 1,523 lbs. selling for an
average of $100.13 with one roan
steer weighing 1,485 lbs. selling for
$108.25.
There were 62 heifers on offer.
Owen F. Bauman of Wellesley,
consigned sixteen heifers averaging
1,267 lbs. selling for an average of
$109.26 with one limousin heifer
weighing 1,155 lbs. selling to
Norwich Packers for $115. Andy
VanderVeen of Blyth, consigned
seven heifers averaging 1,266
lbs. selling for an average of
$107.08 with four blonde heifers
averaging 1,209 lbs. selling for
$109.50.
There were 217 cows on offer.
Export types sold $57 to $69.50;
beef cows, $67 to $75 with sales to
$76.50; D1 and D2, $52 to $56; D3,
$46 to $52; D4, $35 to $40. Allen
and Dorothy Martin of Listowel,
consigned four cows averaging
1,340 lbs. selling for an average of
$73.29 with one limousin cow
weighing 1,590 lbs. selling for
$76.50. Mark Pfeffer of Clifford,
consigned three cows averaging
1,505 lbs. selling for an average of
$66.12 with one charolais cow
weighing 1,890 lbs. selling for
$73.50. Mary Witherspoon of
Goderich, consigned nine cows
averaging 1,504 lbs. selling for an
average of $67.41 with one charolais
cow weighing 1,615 lbs. selling for
$71.
There were 16 bulls on offer
selling $73 to $82.50 with sales to
$99.50. Laverne T. Becker of Ayton,
consigned one limousin bull
weighing 2,020 lbs. selling for
$82.50. Robert A. Farrish of
Goderich, consigned one limousin
bull weighing 2,060 lbs. selling for
$77.
There were 135 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $115 to $155 with
sales to $157; good holstein, $115 to
$125 with sales to $130; medium
holstein, $100 to $115; heavy
holstein, $105 to $125. Lamar Frey
of Listowel, consigned six veal
averaging 733 lbs. selling for an
average of $148.94 with two
limousin heifers weighing 695 lbs.
selling for $157. Gord Sauder,
consigned one red steer weighing
715 lbs. selling for $140. Keith
Weber consigned four veal averaging
704 lbs. selling for an average of
$128.73 with one holstein steer
weighing 690 lbs. selling for
$128.73.
Lambs under 50 lbs. sold $195 to
$240; 50 - 64 lbs., $205 to $253; 65
- 79 lbs., $170 to $229; 80 - 94 lbs.,
$179 to $202; 95 - 109 lbs., $179 to
$196; 110 lbs. and over, $175 to
$189.
Sheep sold $70 to $108 with sales
to $163.
Goats: kids sold $50 to $120 to
$122.50 per head; nannies, $50 to
$105 to $110 per head; billies, $150
to $250 to $300 per head.
Top quality stocker steers under
400 lbs. sold $117 to $207; 400 - 499
lbs., $127 to $195; 500 - 599 lbs.,
$130 to $178.50; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$126 to $157; 700 - 799 lbs.,
$117.50 to $138.50; 800 - 899 lbs.,
$103.50 to $129.25; 900 - 999 lbs.,
$119.50 to $133.25; 1,000 lbs. and
over, $106.50 to $121.50.
Top quality stocker steers under
300 lbs. sold $115 to $212; 300 - 399
lbs., $130 to $191; 400 - 499 lbs.,
$130 to $169; 500 - 599 lbs.,
$120.50 to $153; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$114.50 to $144; 700 - 799 lbs.,
$113.25 to $131; 800 - 899 lbs.,
$110 to $122.50; 900 lbs. and over,
$106 to $116.
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major hospital upgrades are
completed in a timely manner.
Recruitment of physicians for
rural Ontario is top priority but so is
retention. I will ensure our dedicated
physicians and front-line health care
workers are treated with respect and
have safe facilities to meet the needs
of their patients
Increased healthcare costs and
shortage of hospital beds is related
to the need for more long-term beds.
We will create 5,000 new beds, in
addition to 35,000 renovated beds.
We will also provide significant
increases in funding and more
flexibility for home care out of
respect for our seniors.
GR: We have at least two log jams
in our healthcare system.
There are over 20,000 people on a
waiting list in Ontario for homecare.
That waiting lists means that people
have to stay in hospitals longer, or
are not getting the support they need,
causing them to end up back in the
hospital. It costs about $1,200 a day
to keep that person in hospital, yet
that same money would provide
homecare for 15 people.
The NDP will eliminate the
waiting list for home care by
investing in 1 million more
homecare hours provided by nurses
and personal support workers. We
can also save money by eliminating
LHINs with their expensive
bureaucratic system and consultants,
and instead spend that money on
local healthcare and give back local
control over services in our
communities.
The other log jam in our system is
the long waiting list for long-term
care. We can eliminate that list
through strategic investments that
create more long-term care spaces,
free up more resources for our
hospitals and provide more
appropriate care for those seniors
needing long-term care.
To attract more doctors for under-
serviced communities and new
family healthcare centres, the NDP
will forgive the student debt of 200
graduating medical professionals
each year if they come to practice in
under-serviced rural areas.
PM: Half of our provincial budget
goes toward healthcare, and at the
rate we’re going, 80 per cent of
Ontario’s budget will go to pay for
healthcare by 2030. We need to
improve the value for money spent
to sustain our healthcare system.
The Green Party of Ontario has a
proactive, not reactive, approach to
healthcare. We want to create
happier communities by promoting
healthy lifestyles, ideally reducing
the rising rates of respiratory illness
and obesity-related ailments that
unnecessarily burden the healthcare
system. We promote recreation-
friendly communities.
I believe it’s important to put
communities back in charge of
healthcare decisions. Who knows the
needs of the people in Huron-Bruce
better than the people who live here?
CS: Coming from a family of
healthcare professionals and living
in rural Huron-Bruce, I see first-
hand the challenges of healthcare.
The FCP is committed to reducing
wait times and costs.
The FCP would provide incentives
for prevention medicine and natural
supplements and it would also
expand clinics which provide
services with reduced wait times and
at lower cost.
For example, clinics such as the
Rudd clinics or the Shouldice
hospital have provided excellent
medical care, and all medical fees
are paid directly by OHIP, as
required under the Canada Health
Act. FCP would also eliminate Local
Integrated Health Networks
(LHINs) and replace with locally
accountable organization – this will
put $250 million back into patient
care. The FCP believes that full
funding should only be provided for
medically-necessary procedures.
To address the doctor shortage in
Huron-Bruce, we must provide
incentives for rural doctors.
Expanding on programs that
introduce medical students to rural
practice is a good start. Programs
can be funded by capping the
salaries of hospital CEOs.
The FCP also would provide life-
respecting healthcare. This means
honouring the right of families to
make critical “life and death”
medical decisions rather than
healthcare institutions. The FCP
would also implement community-
driven life-respecting solutions that
support women and their partners in
crisis pregnancies.
A Health Workers Conscience Act
would also be created, which would
exempt healthcare workers from
non-emergency procedures that are
in conflict with their moral values.
For senior care, the FCP would
have more options for families to
make the best decision for their
elderly. These include tax rebates for
renovations for grandparent suites,
expanded homecare, more long-term
care beds as needed, and extended
eldercare leave. The FCP would also
implement mandatory licensing of
homecare workers, making sure our
loved ones receive the quality care
they deserve. Also, reclaiming
surplus school buildings and
converting these into Integrated
Seniors Community Centres is
something that the FCP supports.
DV: Better education of our youth
is important so they take better care
of themselves, or make better
decisions on their own, for their own
health!
Also for the doctor shortage, all
those who want financial assistance
for schooling, they would have to
practice in areas where there is a
need for a set time or have to repay
all monies, they received while in
school.
3. Agriculture is the backbone of
the economy in Huron-Bruce. What
will you and your party do to ensure
the viability of Ontario's farmers
and assist the entrance of a new
generation of farming??
CM: In 2003, 1,000 farmers were
leaving the land a year, and there
was no strategy for rural Ontario.
Ontario Liberals have worked hard
to move agriculture forward.
I was proud to work with our
farmers to create a permanent risk
management plan (RMP) and to
support supply management, both of
which help keep rural Ontario
strong. RMP will give farmers the
bankability, stability and
predictability they need.
We will continue to stand up for
you, calling on the Federal
Government to support supply
management and RMP.
Ontario Liberals have invested in
food processing through our Rural
Economic Development program,
and have spent $80 million to
promote local food. We know it’s all
related.
We also know that we need to keep
young farmers on the land, and have
created a Specialist High Skills
Major in agriculture and will create
one in food processing in Ontario
high schools.
Ontario Liberals have increased
the amount of money available for
the Feeder Cattle Loan Guarantee
Program by $50 million, which will
allow new farmers to get loans to
buy feeder cattle and better access to
competitive interest rates.
We are also creating an
environmental stewardship program,
a Local Food Act, and a one-window
approach to government.
We believe in our record and our
plan.
LT: Strong farms are vital to a
strong Ontario. Like every business,
our farms have been hit by tax grabs,
excessive red tape and skyrocketing
hydro bills.
We will work with farmers to
address their unique challenges to
ensure farmers succeed in maintain
farming as an attractive career
choice for the next generation.
We will deliver the Business Risk
Management Program that we have
long championed.
It was not a priority for Dalton
McGuinty for eight years but it will
remain a top priority for our
government from day one.
Our government will ensure
supply management programs will
provide the predictability, stability
and bankability that is needed to
make farming an attractive, viable
and long term career for young
farmers.
We want to remove red tape which
has become an economic burden for
our farmers. We will build a one-
window system for farmers, all of
their government needs will be
served through the Ministry of
Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
rather than multiple ministries.
We will establish a Buy Ontario
food policy, we must lead by
example in our provincial
institutions like schools and
hospitals.
GR:I am proud to have played a
role in developing the most
comprehensive agriculture platform
the NDP has ever had. You would
not know it from the lack of
attention it gets in Toronto, but
agriculture and food is now the
largest, most important sector of our
economy, having surpassed the auto
sector in the last few years. Yet there
is no strategic plan. No idea in
government what we need to do to
attract young farmers and ensure we
have family farmers growing our
food in the years to come. Nothing is
being done to eliminate the red-tape
that hinders our farmers and
processors.
The NDP will begin a
comprehensive review of all
OMAFRA spending to see whether
it is actually doing anything to help
or whether it is even getting to
farmers. Once we do that, we will
begin to plan the future of farming in
this province. Our goal is to support
family farms of all size, not large,
often multi-national corporations,
who seem to get all the attention.
We will also begin an
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UPCOMING SALES
2011 Special Fall Sales
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8
4-H Show & Sale
10:00 am Show; 1:00 pm Sale
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28
Regular Stocker Sale - 10:00 am
Hereford Influence Sale - 1:00 pm
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Fed steers and heifers sell steady at sale
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