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AgricultureBrussels Livestock reportVeal sells on steady tread, up $2 to $5
Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending June
17 were 2,139 cattle, 635 lambs and
goats. On Tuesday fed steers and
heifers sold $1 lower. Choice steers
and heifers sold $94 to $98 with
sales to $100. Second cut sold $92 to
$94.
Cows sold on a steady market. On
Thursday veal sold on a good active
trade with prices $2 to $5 higher.
Lambs sold $5 to $10 higher, where
sheep and goats sold steady.
On Friday calves and yearlings
sold on an active trade at steady
prices.
There were 244 steers on offer.
Henry Kanters of Elmwood,
consigned one black steer weighing
1,635 lbs. selling to Norwich
Packers for $100.
David Bowles of Brussels,
consigned two steers averaging
1,483 lbs. selling for an average of
$97.39 with one limousin steer
weighing 1,490 lbs. selling to Holly
Park Meat Packers for $99.50.
Chris Smith of Brussels,
consigned twenty-four steers
averaging 1,566 lbs. selling for an
average of $94.25 with two limousin
steers averaging 1,520 lbs. selling to
Ryding Regency for $99.
Keys Farms of Varna, consigned
one black steer weighing 1,400 lbs.
selling to Holly Park Meat Packers
for $98.
Costa Plenty Farms of Wingham,
consigned two black steers
averaging 1,588 lbs. selling to
Dominion Meat Packers for $97.25.
Schmidtbrook Farms of Woodstock,
consigned thirteen steers averaging
1,606 lbs. selling for an average of
$95.11 with three charolais steers
averaging 1,568 lbs. selling to Holly
Park Meat Packers for $96.75.
Mike Alexander of Ethel,
consigned five steers averaging
1,523 lbs. selling for an average of
$94.15 with one black steer
weighing 1,500 lbs. selling to
Ryding Regency for $96.50.
Murray London of Waterloo,
consigned ten steers averaging 1,228
lbs. selling for an average of $92.90
with one limousin steer weighing
1,425 lbs. selling to Ryding Regency
for $96.25.
Robt. S. Mitchell, of Listowel,
consigned fourteen steers averaging
1,372 lbs. selling for an average of
$93.53 with one red steer weighing
1,395 lbs. selling to Ryding Regency
for $96.25.
Andrew Mitchell of Listowel,
consigned seventeen steers
averaging 1,398 lbs. selling for an
average of $93.55 with two black
steers averaging 1,473 lbs. selling to
Ryding Regency for $96.
There were 220 heifers on offer.
Knechtel Farms of Gadshill,
consigned twelve heifers averaging
1,339 lbs. selling for an average of
$94.47 with one limousin heifer
weighing 1,450 lbs. selling to
Norwich Packers for $99.25.
Joanne Cook of Wingham,
consigned three limousin heifers
averaging 1,377 lbs. selling to
Dominion Meat Packers for $98.85.
Nathan Becker of Ayton,
consigned three red heifers
averaging 1,307 lbs. selling to
Ryding Regency for $96.50.
Art and Geo. Hinz of Monkton,
consigned seven heifers averaging
1,273 lbs. selling for an average of
$92.98 with one limousin heifer
weighing 1,245 lbs. selling for
$96.50.
Jerry Zwep of Brussels, consigned
fifteen heifers averaging 1,342 lbs.
selling for an average of $95.33 with
four limousin heifers averaging
1,373 lbs. selling to Norwich
Packers for $96.
Darren Johnston of Bluevale,
consigned thirty heifers averaging
1,367 lbs. selling for an average of
$94.59 with seven charolais heifers
averaging 1,367 lbs. selling to
Dominion Meat Packers for $95.35.
Lyle Kinsman of Kippen,
consigned nine heifers averaging
1,189 lbs. selling for an average of
$94.08 with five black heifers
averaging 1,205 lbs. selling to
Norwich Packers for $95.25.
Brian Reid of Ripley, consigned
thirteen heifers averaging 1,321 lbs.
selling for an average of $90.53 with
two black heifers averaging 1,335
lbs. selling for $93.
Dennis Fisher of Durham,
consigned two heifers averaging
1,265 lbs. selling for an average of
$92.22 with one red heifer weighing
1,220 lbs. selling to Ryding Regency
for $93.
Mark and Elaine Fischer of Ayton,
consigned seven charolais heifers
averaging 1,394 lbs. selling for
$92.50.
There were 212 cows on offer.
Export types sold $51 to $58 with
sales to $65; beef cows, $50 to $58
with sales to $64.50; D1 and D2,
$45 to $51; D3, $35 to $45; D4, $30
to $35.
Francis Walters of Mildmay,
consigned four cows averaging
1,489 lbs. selling for an average of
$59.42 with one black cow weighing
1,340 lbs. selling for $65.
Mary Eadie of Wingham,
consigned one red cow weighing
1,585 lbs. selling for $64.50. Neil
Rintoul consigned two cows
averaging 1,583 lbs. selling for an
average of $57.32 with one red cow
weighing 1,570 lbs. selling for
$60.50.
There were seven bulls on offer
selling $59.50 to $66.50 with sales
to $71.50. Ron Cook of Belgrave,
consigned one charolais bull
weighing 1,920 lbs. selling for
$71.50. Les Caldwell of Blyth,
consigned one red bull weighing
2,220 lbs. selling for $71.50.
There were 206 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $90 to $120 with
sales to $126; good holstein, $75 to
$85 sales to $90; medium holstein,
$60 to $70; plain holstein, $50 to
$60; heavy holstein, $65 to $75.
John Martin of Lucknow, consigned
three veal averaging 728 lbs. selling
for an average of $117.87 with one
rwf heifer weighing 745 lbs. selling
for $126. Darryl Vansickle of
Thamesville, consigned one black
heifer weighing 690 lbs. selling for
$120. Frank VanHooydonk of
Parkhill, consigned six veal
averaging 713 lbs. selling for an
average of $109.87 with one
limousin steer weighing 655 lbs.
selling for $114.
Lambs under 50 lbs. sold $167.50
to $192; 50 - 64 lbs., $165 to $185;
65 - 79 lbs., $155 to $186; 80 - 95
lbs., $156 to $178; 95 - 109 lbs.,
$169 to $183; 110 lbs. and over, $99
to $161.
Sheep sold $49 to $75 with sales
to $83.
Goats: kids sold $50 to $100 to
$125 per head; nannies, $50 to $80
to $100 per head; billies, $150 to
$250 to $300 per head.
Top quality stocker steers under
400 lbs. sold $106 to $147; 400 -
499 lbs., $118 to $127; 500 - 599
lbs., $107 to $137.25; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$105.50 to $119; 700 - 799 lbs., $89
to $124; 800 - 899 lbs., $85 to
$109.75; 900 - 999 lbs., $91.75 to
$103.75; 1,000 lbs. and over, $87.25
to $97.
Top quality stocker heifers, 300 -
399 lbs. sold $80 to $118; 400 - 499
lbs., $95 to $116; 500 - 599 lbs., $88
to $119.25; 600 - 699 lbs., $106 to
$114.50; 700 - 799 lbs., $93.50 to
$102; 800 - 899 lbs., $95 to $101;
900 lbs. and over, $90 to $97.25.Natives threaten to disrupt
summit, receive HST breaks
By Bette Jean Crews, President,
Ontario Federation of
Agriculture
Motivating our governments to
action has proven to be a long and
drawn-out process; at least where
agriculture is involved.
That’s not always the case. Our
provincial and federal governments
have given the country proof that
speedy action is possible, at least if
Native Canadians and the G8 and
G20 summits are part of the mix.
This was demonstrated when
Ottawa announced it is prepared to
offer concessions on the
Harmonized Sales Tax for
aboriginals in Ontario. All it took for
the federal government to offer
concessions was a threat by natives
to disrupt Ottawa’s current pet
project – hosting the summits in
Huntsville and Toronto.
So, now that we know they are not
intransigent on HST, we will remind
the federal government that the use
of the farm business registration
card for point-of-sale tax exemption
is an administratively simple way to
roll out HST for farmers. As we
argued before, what is the point in
collecting HST on farm inputs only
to give it back after a lot of
paperwork?
While governments are in a
progressive state of mind, the
partners in the Ontario Agriculture
Sustainability Coalition (OASC),
the non-supply-managed
commodity organizations in
Ontario, will continue to press for
what is needed to prevent a massive
failure within Ontario agriculture.
Improvements to the AgriStability
program, retroactive to 2008, would
inject $100 million per year into
Ontario farm businesses, helping
stabilize the farm community and
the rural economy. The OASC
partners are also anxious to see the
implementation of a national
AgriFlex program, enabling
Business Risk Management Plans
across their commodities to further
sustain them for years to come.
Our commodity leaders have
been telling governments we are
dangerously close to a disaster in
Ontario agriculture. This message is
being reinforced by Dr. George
Brinkman, Professor Emeritus at the
University of Guelph. Dr. Brinkman
has analyzed the farm income and
debt statistics over the past three
decades and concludes, definitively,
that agriculture in Canada is in
serious trouble. Regrettably, he also
concludes that Ontario agriculture is
in even worse shape.
Farm incomes in Ontario are
negative – there is no way to make
those statistics look good. Debt-to-
equity ratios are unsustainable at
present levels. Dr. Brinkman warns
that stabilizing the farm sector is a
critical task before the inevitable
increase in interest rates tears the
sector apart.
We need to keep showing that
Ontario residents and the Ontario
Government reap massive benefits
from the work of Ontario farmers.
The residents get unlimited supplies
of the safest food needed to stay
healthy and productive. Ontarians
reap the benefits of jobs created by
the agri-food sector, not only for the
food processed and sold in Ontario,
but for exports.
There are a lot of people
benefitting from the food grown,
processed, marketed and consumed
in Ontario, but our governments are
not yet listening. From something as
simple as point-of-sale exemption
for HST to real, bankable risk-
management programs we need to
ensure our political leaders start
leading.
The opportunity for leadership in
agriculture presents itself in early
July when Agriculture Ministers
meet in Saskatoon to review our
situation and programs.
We know Ontario Minister and
Huron-Bruce MPP Carol Mitchell
will be fighting for our AgriStability
and BRMP requirements. We need
all Ministers to get on board to
secure a better business environment
for our farms.
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