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T-A photo, Group elects president MF Massey Ferguson MP Massey Ferguson More than 100 top corn farmers from throughout Canada at- tended a meeting in London, Ontario, on March 23, sponsored by DeKalb Canada Limited, Chatham, in honor of the group's outstanding achievements in agricultural production. The company presented awards to those farmers entering the DeKalb Yielcimasters Club, an elite group of producers who meticulously checked their corn yield at harvest. Paul Coates of Centralia and Allan Oke of Exeter were among the local award winners, which also included Gary and Vern Alderice, two area corn farmers from Kippen, DeKalb's Canadian region manager, George Schleicher, of Chatham recognized the gathering of farmers for making an outstanding contribution in helping to feed a hungry world, Regarding the future of in- creasing corn yields, Dr. Gary Bell, DeKalb plant breeder from Mason, Michigan, spoke en- thusiastically and with great optimism. "Corn yields should continue to increase at about the annual two to three bushel per acre rate for the next 30 years, provided farmers and crop scientists do everything right", Bell said. "For long term gains in productivity", he explained, "scientists must seek a broader range of alternatives for the plant to produce grain, gather sunlight and utilize water and nutrients. added to the world population in 1975. The current world popula- tion of 4.1 billion people is likely to double in the next generation, and will increase more rapidly in Underdeveloped -countries. The future appears dismal for such an enormous world population since it is estimated 10 million people die annually from malnutrition, if not from out- right starvation. Yet every day the number of new births ex- ceeds the total population of the City of London. Regardless of North America's potential abili- ty to produce more food. there is no way to possibly meet such demands even if underdeveloped countries had the wherewithal to purchase it. Dr. Frank Zillinsky a Canadian cereal grain research scientist. now working with Dr. Norman Borlaug in the Rockefeller Foun- dation Research Centre in Mex- ico. advised us of the enormous impact the "Green Revolution" has had in increasing food production in tropical countries. Wheat production in Mexico has increased 7 times over 1945 as a result of new varieties and technology developed and used. India and Pakistan have accepted these new short- strawed, high yielding varieties, with India planting over 6 million acres and Pakistan planting 3 million acres last year. thereby vastly increasing food produc- tion. Dr. Zillinsky cautioned against gifts of food to develop- ing countries, other than to offset emergencies, as such gifts can destroy the necessity to develop production and distribution within the recipient countries. SAVE SPRING SPECIALS Travelling scholarships The London Chamber of Commerce recently held a one- day Seminar on the subject, "World. Food Crisis", Mr. Byron Beeler, General Manager of Stewart Seeds, Ailsa Craig, was Chairman of the Task Force Committee responsible for organizing the Forum. He did an almost unbelievably great job in bringing together in one place for one day some of the most knowledgeable people on the sub- ject to be found in North America. The Speakers' list looked like a section of Agriculture and Academics "Who's Who". There were some who asked prior to the Forum the reason for the London Chamber of Commerce becoming involved in such a complex subject, and one in which, as local businessmen. they might not have had as great an interest as, say, the agricultural community. However, the London Chamber of Commerce has made a major input into the responsible posi- tion adopted by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce regar- ding Agriculture, Food Produc- tion and Land Use presentations annually to the Ontario Govern- ment. So it was perfectly natural, realizing this background, that the Chamber sponsored this meeting to ex- plore the dimensions of the world food crisis — and what could be done about it. Dr. Neal Stoskopf, of the University of Guelph. led off the formal presentations with his ad- dress on "The Population - Food Crisis". He drew our attention to the fact 90 million people were Bruce Saunders, RR 1, Holland Centre, Grey County, is the new provincial president of the Junior Farmers' Association of Ontario. Bruce was elected to the position al the annual meeting of the association on March 19 in Toronto. Bruce is 27, and has been a member of Junior Farmers for eight years. During that time he has been a provincial director of the association for three years, and a member of the executive committee for two. In 1975 he served as vice president. He has attended the Provincial Junior Farmer Leadership Camp, participated in the Alberta Exchange and chaired the annual Summer Games, Locally he has been involved in many club, county and zone activities, Pi. graduate of the University of Guelph with a B. Sc. (Agriculture), Bruce and his wife, Marg, operate a dairy farm, His other community in- volvements include membership in the Holland Township Federation of Agriculture as a director on the Walter Falls Parks and Recreation Board, and playing local league softball and curling. Four rural young people have been awarded the 1976 Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food Travelling Scholarships to the United Kingdom for 1976. These people are Janet Whitehead, Teeswater; Donnalene Pletsch, RR 4, Stratford; Arlene Allin, RR 1, Orono; and Bryan Boyle, RR 3, Ripley. The delegates 'were selected on the basis of their contributions to organizations and activities in their home communities and their ability to serve as ambassadors of Ontario rural youth, including over 30,000 Junior Farmer and 4-H mem- bers, The six week trip, from May 31 to July 15, will be an opportunity for the group to learn about life 'styles in the United Kingdom, current agricultural practices and the role and activities of Young Farmer Clubs. During their travels each delegate will live as a member of several host families. 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While acknowledg- ing criticism by some people in the use of grain to feed livestock and poultry, Mr. Gracey posed the question — was this more im- moral than to devote thousands of acres to produce barley for beer, corn and rye for liquor, grapes for wine, farms for golf courses or pleasure horse pastures, racetracks, etc. He wondered bow one could generate sympathy for supposed- ly starving millions when there are 240 million cattle living and dying in the Asian sub-continent. How can massive food aid be justified in the face of such evidence of food waste? Mr. Gracey left the 500 registered delegates, who heard him, with some profound food for thought, and clearly reminded everyone, livestock are often produced on otherwise waste land unsuitable in many cases for crop produc- tion. Mr. Chas. Munro, of Embro, President of Canadian Federa- tion of Agriculture, and one of the most knowledgeable farmers in the world on food production and distribution in developing countries through his long association with the World Food and Agriculture Organization, whose headquarters are in Rome, cautioned that food gifts can undercut domestic commer- cial production which could be totally increased in such coun- tries by an estimated 35%. Mr. Munro emphasized food aid con- sisted of developing continuity of supply on a regular basis, not just when an unexpected surplus appeared on our domestic markets. To provide food aid only when we had a surplus leads to a "Go-Stop" philosophy that discourages regular distribution channels being established and frustrates the needy country's own efforts to become more self- sufficient. Mrs. Maryon Brechin, Past President of Canadian Con- sumers' Association, disagreed with previous speakers' emphasis on birth control. Mrs. Brechin emphasized the necessi- ty to upgrade health, nutritional and social welfare standards in developing countries. She said it was often necessary for parents to have large families in order to assure themselves there would be some members of the family survive to take care of their parents in their old age. She questioned the necessity of feeding grain to livestock, and pointed out colder climatic changes predicted could decrease world grain production. It was re-assuring to hear Mrs, Brechin say that all Canadians should bear the cost of aid to developing countries in helping them to help themselves. Time or space just doesn't per- mit further reporting to the readers of this column on what has to have been one of the most important and informative seminars on the subject of "World Food Crisis" ever held in Canada. The interest and par- ticipation of the delegates was abundantly evident. People do care. The question on everyone's mind is — How can I help? In this regard Canada has contributed more to world food aid on a per capita basis than any other coun- try, according to statistics given. Obviously. there are great challenges and opportunities for those knowledgeable in science and technology to make phenomenal contributions by showing people in countries needing such advice the way to help themselves. He did urge the great need to provide technical and scientific assistance to train food produc- tion scientists and technologists in their own countries. He made specific reference to Brazil where 200 million hectares of land await development but it will require generous application of lime and phosphate fertilizer to produce efficiently. Already Brazil is moving to put this land into production. I heard of someone who recently returned from Brazil after driving 300 miles through soybeans that appeared to be equal too, or better than, those grown in North America. It's re-assuring to learn of such production potential in view of the world population explosion in which we appear to be locked. To get a more meaningful idea of the amount of grain used annual- ly, - if one could imagine a road 55 feet wide and 6 feet deep run- ning around the world at the equator built out of grain, it would be the equivalent of what we are now using. Each year's new population adds 625 miles to that road! Dr. Howard Steppler, of McGill University, dealt with "The Moral Issues of Food". He, 'too, emphasized the absolute necessity of bringing world pop- ulation under control. There would appear to be no way to avoid major continuing malnutrition unless birth control is practised on a world-wide basis to a much greater extent than presently. He reminded us that Canada has some 63 million acres of land under production in comparison with 60 million acres under production in the State of California alone. Even if Canada were to bring into production a potentially possible additional 27 million acres of marginal land (due to climatic zones) it would be doubtful if it would have much impact on total food resources. Dr. Steppler, in an excellent, challenging address, supported the necessity for training people of underdeveloped countries to help themselves to increase food production, storage and distribu- tion. Mr. George Jones, Research Director of Stewart Seeds, Ailsa Craig, in his usual inimitable style advocated immediate and effective population growth con- trol. He suggested continuing food aid to heavily populated countries should only be provid- ed if birth control measures were adopted in the recipient country Canada, according to -Mr. Jones. exported 4 billion dollars worth of food last year, 72% of which was from grain sales — mostly hard wheat. But Canada imported nearly 3 billion dollars, worth of food, mostly in the form of citrus fruits and juices, vegetables, cheese, meats, etc. Canada's exports in food products amounts to about 20% of the world's present re- quirements of some 60 million tons annually. Our production acreage appears to be well and efficiently used when one con- siders Russia plants 500 million acres annually. said Mr. Jones. He went on to say that Canada and the U.S.A. could both produce much more food "if the price was right", but that farmers had no more respon- sibility to.feed the world at their own expense than had any other Canadian citizen. Mr. Chas. 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