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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-07-06, Page 15CATTLEMEN FROM ALL PARTS QF QANADA A tour of farms in Western Ontario Wednesday brought beef producers from all parts Of Canada together. Shown above are, McGillivray farmers Allan Hill and Roy Cunningham, Paul Hodgman, secretary-manager of the Brief -iet elude to government r Alberta Cattlemen, Grant Burrows, 2nd vice-president of the Ontario Beef Producers; Hugh Grace of the Ottawa Valley and Walter 13eath of Oshawa. T-A photo INCENT FARM EQUIPMENT LTD. 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Price reports by. phase The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food is now offering a daily grain report to all Ontario farmers and others in- terested. in grain markets one 24 helm a day basis, Farmers May bear this report by calling (416) 924-4466. This report will be updated each market day by 3;45 p.m. and will include cash corn prices offered farmers on a delivered-to- elevator basis in the Chatham, London, Brantford and Eastern Ontario areas, as well as the cash and future markets on corn, aoybeans, wheat, oats, barley, accompanied with buckwheat, rye, flax and white beans in their appropriate seasons. The grain program will also be available to Ontario radio stations along with other updated daily agricultural broadcast market reports already being provided by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. One of the agencies which played a significant part in the development of this report was the Ontario Grain Corn Council supported by other grain marketing groups. This is the fifth commodity grouping report developed for broadcast by the Ministry's Market Information Service during the past year. The creation of this Market Infor- mation Service has enabled Ontario's farmers and others engaged in this province's agricultural industry to keep abreast of current market trends, Cereal plot tour planned at Kippen A tour of the cereal plots at the farm of Jack Peck, 11/4 miles west of Kippen will be held Wednesday afternoon July 12 at two o'clock. Speakers will be present from agricultural colleges com- menting on winter wheat and spring cereal, the varieties and seed treatments for these crops, The National Farmers' Union has urged the Ontario Govern- ment to treat the causes, rather than the symptoms and accept its responsibility to farmers of the troubled farm economy that has sapped and weakened farm communities. This was the main thrust put forward to the Provincial Cabinet, Wednesday, in an NFU brief which stated that, "while farm productivity has continued to increase, declining farm prices and rising costs . .. are reflected in a declining farm population," In the period 1966 to 1971 the number of census farmers in Ontario declined by an average of over 3,000 per year, Walter Miller, NFU Vice President, who made the presentation was accompanied by other union directors in Ontario, Region 3, Mr. Miller said that past and present government formulae for farmers have been far from satisfactory. From the brief he stated, "governments at both provincial and federal levels must accept responsibility for the loss of realized net income to farmers . a cheap food policy at the farm level has been pur- sued at both provincial and federal levels." He said the brief urged the Provincial Government to recognize the weakness of provincial marketing jurisdic- tions, and the only effective alternative being the transfer of marketing authority to federal jurisdiction for development of effective national marketing plans. However, he said, where adequate national plans are not available the brief called for Provincial Crown Marketing Agencies to replace present provincial marketing boards. "This would remove the myth that present marketing boards perform a bargaining function, and are producer-controlled." He said it would also "remove report public; pass legislation prohibiting basic production of food by industrially owned corporations; prevent the further expansion or domination by foreign interests of any form of production, processing or marketing of Canadian farm produce. Mr. Miller said there is a current attempt being made to steer corn growers into another provincial marketing board for corn, "This will not solve the corn grower's problem, in view of the total grains problem in this country," he said. "In the brief we emphatically recommended the Ontario government use its influence to have the marketing and pricing of corn placed under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Wheat Board, which would require the transfer of provincial marketing authority to the federal level." He said this was recommended the influence of persons presently on boards who may have a vested interest in the application of specific policy developments and assist attempts to unite farmers instead of keeping them divided along commodity lines." Mr. Miller said the brief covered a wide range of subjects including a request that the government endorse the NFU boycott against Kraft products and order the discontinuing use of Kraft products in government institutions. A farm machinery act which would establish a warranty of 2000 hours on tractors and 24 months on all farm machinery; assure parts and service facilities; and to join with other provinces in an agency for testing and evaluating farm machinery. refrain from imposing negotiable quotas for egg marketing. study the extent, in detail, of vertical integration and contract farming in Ontario, and make the Hon. Wm. A. Stewart, Ontario's Minister of Agriculture and Food announced in the Legislature on Tuesday the appointment of an Egg Quota Allocation Com- mission. This Cornmissiort will have the responsibility for developing Ontario's Egg quota Policy, and making the initial allocation of quotas to individual producers. Appointed to the Commission are: Chairman, E. R. "Ted" Hoover, of Burlington, Vice- Chairman, James Pilkington, Mount Brydges, Member, B. R. May, RR 5, Belleville. The Commission is already operative, and is working closely with the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Board, and with TOPECON, a firm of agricultural economics consultants who have been engaged to do the necessary research and development work. In announcing the formation of the Commission and the ap- pointment of it's members, the Minister commented: "When Judge James F, W. Ross tabled his report on Ontario's Egg Industry on April 5, he recom- mended that egg quotas be allocated by an independent agency, and in appointing the Egg Quota Allocation Com- mission to do this job, we are acting on that recommendation." The Minister went on to say, "Each of the three men involved has considerable experience in the poultry industry and is respected by poultry producers. We will be introducing a for both corn and soya beans, as it seems to be the only avenue to exert control over imports, tariffs and manipulations of the trade. marketing plan for eggs, com- plete with quotas, in Ontario as soon as possible, In keeping with another of Judge RoSs' recom- mendations, this program will be introduced without a vote of producers. Much work has to be done in the next few weeks to develop a quota policy and this heavy responsibility has been given to Mr, Hoover and his Commission," Tin .,Julie 19.72 Page 1$ Minister names commission to develop quotas for eggs. It's What's Inside That Really Counts And That's Why More and More Huron Farmers Choose John Deere Combines for Grain, Corn and Beans John Deere Combines Guarantee One Thing ... PRODUCTIVITY And productivity means crop in the tank ... and cash in your pocket INSIST ON IT! JOHN DEERE DOES! LI IR 11131 rid SILIC 11 - EXETER. 235 ei 1115