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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-04-03, Page 14Page.2A 1. Times-Advocate, April 3, 1975 DASHWOOD'S FIREMEN — The members of the Dashwood volunteer fire department enjoyed a banquet recently with officials from Stephen and Hay townships, Back, left, Brian Lightfoot, chief Emil Becker, Bob Hayter, Frank Mclsaac, Bill Chandler, Ron Merner, Jim Hoffman, Harold Stire, Jim Becker and Rev. Frank Morgret. Front, Glen Rader, John. Becker, Bill Masse, Ken Rader, Bud Schroeder and assistant chief Don Bender. T-A photo Several Varieties Available ORDER NOW Douglas Lightfoot Ontario dairy farmers who produce milk for table use are to receive an additional $1.16 per hundredweight for their milk, effective April 1. In announcing the increase in returns to the Province's 8,500 fluid milk producers, the Chairman of the Ontario Milk Marketing Board, George R, McLaughlin, stated that for several years the Board has set the price to its producers on an economic formula. "Recently available in- formation on production costs," he said, "indicates that milk producers require an immediate increase in price to offset cost increases and bring milk producers' incomes closer to parity with those of industrial workers. The base value of the formula has been revised to bring it more in line with current cost and income conditions and more nearly reflects the amount of returns required to provide adequate incomes to milk producers." Mr. McLaughlin also said that the new price levels should guarantee consumers adequate milk supplies for the months ahead. "The current values of the economic formula," Mr. McLaughlin said, "indicate that the price of milk should be in the order of three cents per quart higher than now exists." The increase in the producer price is about 10112 percent, The total increase to the consumer will be three cents per quart, plus whatever amount the dairies and stores add on to cover their requirements. There is no government regulation in Ontario controlling the level of consumer price and therefore the total amount of the increase, in ad- Clinic planned for corn growers Farmers in Huron and Perth counties are invited to attend a corn planter clinic at the Strat- ford Fairgrounds on Thursday April 10 at 8 p.m. The clinic is sponsored by the Huron Soil and Crop Improvement Association and will include planting depth, plant population, corn rootworm, fertilizer placement and points of wear on planter. In charge of this part of the program will be Pat Lynch, area soils and crop specialist and Mike Miller, Huron's Associate Agriculture representative. Setting and calibrating and repairs and maintenance will be handled by Perth Farm Supply for International planters and Claassen Farm Equipment for John Deere planters. Master plan for Hullet The master plan for the Hullett Wildlife Management Area is currently being prepared by staff of the Wingham District, Ministry of Natural Resources. 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The second proposal asked the federal beef stabilization price program be modified so farmers can receive assistance every three months when prices fall below 90 percent of the average price over the past five years of $45 per hundredweight. At present farmers are reimbursed at one year intervals. The third resolution asked for grants from the federal and provincial governments to im- prove public relations to tell consumers about the problems facing the beef producer. The final proposal suggested importation of beef from the United States be controlled by a 10-1 formula based on the relative total populations of Canada and the United States. Another proposal failed to get the necessary support. It asked that supermarkets and other chain food stores have gross profits restricted to reasonable levels on beef products. United States should be con- trolled by a 10-1 formula based on the relative total population of Canada and the US. Another proposal, that Stlpefmarkets and other chain food stores have gross profits restricted to "reasonable" levels on beef products, failed for lack of support. Doug Fortune, Wingham, president of the Huron County Federation of Agriculture, said he was disappointed more producers failed to attend the meeting which was called to seek solutions to current low prices. "This is a working meeting to find answers," he said, noting current top prices for finished steers have dropped to about $38 cwt . from a high more than a year ago of nearly $65 cwt. The beef producers had no trouble asking questions - ranging from concern over the effect on the industry of hobby farmersnot motivated by profit, the possibility of a farm income stabilization program, quotas on beef imports, and the reliability of government produced statistics on production - but agreed answers were more difficult. Several farmers even suggested the best policy for beef men "is to ride out the storm like we've done before." The most controversial suggestion came from Alan Walper, RR 3, Parkhill, who claimed a marketing board would "take the humps out of this business," and stabilize the beef producer's income. He said a beef marketing board would have to be established at the federal level but that it need not involve quotas. A modest supply management program, he said, would be a definite asset to disorganized beef producers. "If we've got low prices and can't find any solution, I'm suggesting it's about time we looked at a marketing board," he said. Stan Paquette of the Ontario ministry of agriculture and food office at Clinton noted the Ontario Beef Iniprovement Association recently began a study of the feasibility of a beef marketing board. But, he added the Huron producers were free to express their feelings on the issue. Bill Pullen, RR 2, Blyth said a marketing board was overdue. It's about time we started working together and nottrying to make money at the other guy's expense," he said. The beef producers over- whelmingly approved the shortening of the time period for assistance under the stabilization plan. Wingham-area farmer George Underwood said current federal importation restrictions on beef from the United States need to be modified. Speaking as chairman of a farmer study group, he said that 10 percent of the total annual United States beef production "nearly equals our total production in Canada. "With that situation," he said, "It doesn't take many of their cattle. to drop our prices." Federal regulations which permit imports from the US to remain at 100 percent of the level of total imports from that country averaged over the past five years are inadequate, he said. He suggested a ratio be established under which one beef cow could be imported from the United States for every 10 ex- ported from Canada to its more populous neighbor, . . The new formula, he said would maintain a more equitable balance based on populations of 22 million and 220 million. dition to the producer portion, is dependent on the forces of competition. "For this reason," Mr. McLaughlin said, "we do not know what the final consumer price increase will be." The $1.16 increase per hun- dreweight raises the farm price for raw milk in Southern Ontario from $10.85 per hundredweight to $12.01 per hundredweight and in Northern Ontario from $11.42 per hundredweight to $12.58 per hundredweight. Beef producers in Huron County meeting in Londesboro Wednesday decided to endorse in principle the formation of a beef marketing board to bring supply management into beef produc- tion and modify price fluc- tuations. By a small majority the 40 beef producers in attendance at the meeting decided a marketing board might help eliminate current periods when prices the farmers are receiving for beef drop below cost of production. This decision was one of several aimed at improving low beef prices and will be forwarded to the April meeting of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture in .Toronto. All.111.11111111 • • 44