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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-02-13, Page 16SEMINAR ON WEED CONTROL — Area farmers attended a recent short course on weed control at Cen- tralia College. Shown above are Pat Lynch, q soils and crop specialist, Jim O'Toole of the College staff and farmers Howard Datars, Jack Hodgert and Paul O'Donnell, T-A photo Beef global quotas official, subsidy policy not substantial You'll Find It Here! 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Because of the unsettled situation in the cattle industry the following comments may be helpful to producers, Canada's cattle and beef global quotas have now been official policy since last August 12 and the US retaliatory quotas started on November 16. Light weight fat cattle (mostly heifers) under 700 pounds can enter Canada legally and are not subject to our quota. Our cattle feeders are very critical of this item as it has been a depressing factor on our fat cattle market. A 5 percent tolerance in this 700 pound weight range had been permitted but this has now been eliminated after protests were made. All imported slaughter cattle, regardless of weight range must be designated as "for immediate slaughter," and of course are subject to Canada's DES cer- tification policy. All feeder cattle, including those over 700 pounds can enter Canada outside our quota provisions provided they are designated as feeders and held for at least 90 days before slaughter. Feeder cattle imports must show the necessary negative tests to 5 health items; T.B., Brucellosis, Anaplasmosis, Blue Tongue and our DES cer- tification policy. Some mixed loads of cattle including heavy slaughter cattle and cattle under 700 pounds have been imported and were not subject to quota because their load average was under 700. All of these loopholes in our quota provisions'` - legal or otherwise, have been vigorously pointed out on several occasions by cattlemen to our federal Agricultural people including Health of Animals who are responsible for the ad- ministration and follow-up procedures involving our quotas. For the last quarter of 1974 there were 7,193 slaughter cattle under 700 pounds imported from the USA - not subject to quota. In the same period (3 months) 9071 feeder cattle were imported into Canada. In 1975, at this date (January 28) 13,576 US cattle have been imported, but this figure includes some out of quota cattle. This is an average of about 714 head per day. At this rate of importation our first quarter quota should be filled by about mid February. While it is perhaps too early to estimate the impact of Mr. Whelan's cow subsidy policy of December 13th, it is my personal view that it will not substantially Again it seems to be more of the same for '75. Our Canadian beef cattle industry is faced with two fundamental market depressing factors: A short term oversupply of breeding cows (and calves) a situation which has apparently put Canada into a net export position for the first time in 4 or 5 years. A shortfall of domestic feed grains with resulting sustained very strong prices for these domestic feed grains, although I,. never have thought that cheap grain was any long term benefit to livestock producers. This same broad situation applies to the American cattle situation, as well and their current market levels are well below ours. reduce our total Canadian cow and bred heifer numbers. There By MRS.. WILLIAM ROHDE THAMES ROAD The Young 'Peoples Sunday: School class and their teachers Mrs. Murray Dawson and Mrs. Floyd, SIpwayt ttended. assA. t St.-Xi'et 141ilka.,44onfit Sunday',' then they' toured e church. The Sunday School class are studying ,different religions and will b& attending other church services in the future. Fifty-three people attended the choir party in the church basement on Saturday. Crokinole was played and prizes were won by Ladies' high, Carolyn Kellett; ladies' low, Mrs. Glen Stewart; Men's high, Bradley Cann; men's low, Janice Stewart participating as a man. The rest of the evening was, By MRS. HAMILTON HODGINS Community Centre, Friday- evening, February 14. dinner guests with Mr. & Mrs.'!" Bruce Nixon, Granton, Friday . evening. with Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Johnson A card party will be held in the: Mr. & Mrs. Larry Hern were Saturday night dinner guests and Betty were Mr. & Mrs. Earl ' Johnson, Mr. & Mrs. Steve Field and family, all of London, Mr. & Mrs. Ivan Johnson and family, Ilderton, Mr. & Mrs. Jim Bet- teridge and boys, St. Marys, Mary Johnson and Jerry Peroni, St. Marys. Jeffery and David Betteridge are spending a couple of days'''. with their grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Johnson. Mr. & Mrs. David Hord, Strathroy were Tuesday visitors with Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Ferguson. Cpi. & Mrs. Don Davies and family, Port Lambton were Sunday dinner guests with Mr. & Mrs. MacLeod Mills and Mr. 84 Mrs. Wm Davies Spalding, Saskatchewan who are visiting with the Mills. - Mr. & Mrs. Bill Morley were Wednesday evening supper guests with Mr, & Mrs. Russel/. Brock, Salford, are now indications that our '75 calf crop could be up 2 percent over '74 and that crop was 7 to 8 percent over the previous year! A delegation from C.C.A. is meeting with the Trade Com- mittee of the American National Cattlemen's Association in Las Vegas, to begin cattlemen-to- cattlemen negotiations, that may restore some common sense to the current very unsettled trade relations between our two countries. Hopefully, mutual un- derstanding of how the 10:1 ratio of our respective cattle populations influence both markets, will move our govern- ments to more statesmanslike negotiations and less short term retaliatory actions. I expect to shortly be receiving a copy of the cattlemen's brief to the Canadian Trade and Tariffs Committee. This is a brief relating to Canada's cattle in- dustry that has been submitted in anticipation of Canada's in- volvement in the Tokyo round of discussions relative to GATT. I have also made representation to the Minister of Agriculture. spent in dancing old and new dances. Lunch was then served. Personals Mrs. Fred Johns is a patient in Seaforth Community Hospital. Mr. & Mrs. William Rohde visited with Mr. & Mrs. Nornian Johns, Woodham on Thursday evening. Mr. & Mrs. William Snow, Tina and Cresta of Kippen spent the weekend with Mr. & Mrs. William Snow Sr. On `Monday ,Bill Jr. and Jim left for Red Lake where they are employed. Mr. & Mrs. -Bud Rice, Grand Bend and Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Stone spent the weekend in Result was shocking By ADRIAN VOS At a farmers meeting I at- tended the farmers were asked to fill out a questionnaire stating, among other things, what the value of their farm, equipment and livestock is. Another question asked their average income over the last five years, The result was rather shocking. Eighty percent had a value of between $100,000 and $300,000 invested. The income from this investment was less than $10,000 average for 70 percent of the people present. If one compares this with the $13,000 income per year that the postmen are asking, one must ask oneself, "What am I doing farming? Why not take a job from eight to five that requires no investment, and in many cases no brains, and sell the bloody farm. "Well, I guess 'you know the answer. We don't work for the money alone. We like to be our own boss; We like to make our own decisions and where else can one expect to do this better than on the farm. We are nuts, but we are, by and large, contented nuts. So be it. A story in McLeans magazine bewailed the fact that so much grain is fed to livestock. It is largely a good article, even if the writer's facts about the amount of grain needed to produce a pound of meat are way off base. If his figures were accurate, not one pound of meat would be produced, because the price would be so high that only the very rich could afford to buy it. His concern about the underfed people of the world I share. However, before we as farmers should feel guilty about producing meat and consumers for buying it, we should get our priorities right. Enormous amounts of number one wheat, barley and corn are used to produce gin, beer and whiskey, while the grain used for livestock feeding is lower grade and not usually used for food. After society cuts out the use of alcoholic drinks and stops eating pastry, then I would feel guilty if there is a shortage of grain. If our western society would lift import restrictions on products of the poorer world and pay them a reasonable price for their product, they would be able to buy our grain at a reasonable price, or better still, they could afford to irrigate their crops and put on enough fertilizer so they could grow their own crops. Pittsburg, Pennsylvania and were guests at the Haney-Jones wedding. „ Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Rohde and Danny were guests with 1Virs. William Thomson, Exeter on Sunday. 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