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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-12-09, Page 26HOLIDAY SEASON STORE HOURS Sat., Dec. 11 9 to Noon Sat., Dec. 18 - 9 to Noon Mon., Dec. 27 - Closed Fri., Dec. 31 - Closed Mon., Jan. 3 - Open As Usual ezeferZines-,Muocafe $899 REG. PRICE $1199. A declining domestic Market and increasing competition abroad have put the Ontario white bean industry in a vulnerable position. Huron County bean producers were told Friday, "The market for beans isn't increasing so if production goes up we're going to have to go for a ITS' TIME TO LIST AGAIN . . . O SUITS O LEISURE WEAR O SWEATERS O SHIRTS O PULLOVERS O TIES CHECK THAT O BELTS O SLACKS O JACKETS O LEATHER COATS O SOCKS O HATS SHOP EARLY FOR XMAS WHILE SELECTION IS AT ITS BEST WHERE? at McKNIGHTS . . YOUR MERRY CHRISTMAS STORE DON'T FORGET . . . . . . TRY OUR FREE SHOPPING SERVICE PHONE US AT 235-2320 . . . WE'LL SHOP FOR YOU AND DELIVER OR MAIL YOUR PURCHASE. Thanks for Shopping at McKnights Len McKnight & Sons MEN'S WEAR EXETER PHONE 235-2320 case fora party The PoP mixers A Everyday low price. 12-30 fI. oz. bottles The POP Shoppe Mixers; Cola, Soda, Tonic, Festival' Dry ginger ale, Lime Rickey, lemony Plus 4 and Grapefruit, The POP Shoppe Reg. $3.49 SPECIAL $2 • 99 Aw PLUS CASE DEPOSIT Thursday, Friday, Saturday Only A good are fora party 'Trademark RegisterediPOP Shapers of Canada Limited Ba ii°oikLINER'S FLOWERS 235 2603 Page 26 Times-Advocate, December 9, 1976 Bean industry is vulnerable due to declining home market larger share of the present market," Ontario Bean Producers' Marketing Board manager Charles Broadwell told, the annual meeting of Huron County producers in Vanastra, Mr. Broadwell said that more money has to be put into research and into developing new products in order to keep Ontario farmers competitive. He also outlined a five year marketing strategy aimed at gaining a larger share of the European market from Ontario's chief competitor, Michigan. Huron producers approved the plan, agreeing to up the grower's licence fee from six cents per hundredweight bag to 16 cents to help cover the costs. The in- crease, which must be approved by other bean growing countries as well, will also cover the present operating deficit the board is faced with. The election of directors to the board saw two directors voted off the board and two retained. Joe Miller and Phil Durand were elected to another one year term while Richard Erb and John Hazlitt failed to hold onto their seats. Replacing the two directors are Murray Cardiff who will be a director for the first time and Robert Allen, who had been a director before but lost in last year's election. Named as committeemento the board were Victor Hartman, Bev Hill, Nick Whyte, Don Moylan, Glen Miller, Jack Van Wonderen, Glen Hayter, John Paul Rau, Murray Dennis, Glen Ribey and Ken McConan. Director Phil Durand voiced sharp criticism of the Bean Board telling the packed meeting that "if the Board of Directors were not prepared to change the marketing system, you are not going to have it very long," Mr. Durand said that the Bean Board was much too lenient in dealing with the dealers and was willing "to bail them out" when the dealers accepted lower grade beans than they were supposed to. Mr. Durand also cited figures from a confidential consultant's study of the Boards operation which he said showed that Michigan producers were getting a higher price for their beans. "If this marketing system is not returning at least equal to Michigan we had better be prepared to improve it or dissolve it," he said. Lloyd Tayor, chief executive officer of the Bean Board, said that the figures used by the consultants did not tell what the actual return was to the farmer and therefore were not valid. Several farmers demanded that the report presented to the Board last spring be made public. Glen Miller was the 'most persistent telling the Board of- ficials that "It really makes me made public and that a person could not understand the full meaning of the report unless he sat down two days with a con- sultant and went over it. Mr. Miller asked if the Board of Directors understood the report and when Mr. Taylor said they did, asked if "he could see the report if he sat down with a director and went over it with him for two days. "That would have to be a decision by the Board," Mr. Taylor said. Board officials were also questioned about a story in the Huron Expositor which quoted Market analyst, Allan McGrath, as saying that farmers who smuggled beans to the United States were "lousy farmers". One Board official suggested that the story might have misquoted Mr. McGrath, but the chairman of the meeting, Gordon Hill, interjected saying "I think any farmer who sells beans over the board to the States is a lousy farmer, The question is'are we in an Ontario system or not." Producers were informed that 66 percent of the. 1976 crop had already been sold at an estimated net return of approximately $11, per cwt. Mr. Broadwell said that the 1975 crop should be all sold by the end of January with the final payment to producers about 30 to 40 cents per cwt. PRIFITSIVAr iftwAcedenftOffineRim ATTEND OFA CONVENTION — Area townships were well represented at the recent convention of the On- tario Federation of Agriculture. From the left are Allan Walper of Stephen who is president of the Huron F of A; Glenn Miller, Hay; John Oke, Usborne and Albert Erb, Hay. 't*WCPROWIPPIr.itrOVVW,RiPt/V4n.P.Cin.CiginCintrIM.COVW.C.0.041Win.CO.CPROgitf • mad to vote for a report and then i% can't see it." 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