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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-04-29, Page 8The 1976-77 Dairy Policy has been announced by the Federal Government, The announcement was made several days after the beginning of the Dairy Year commencing on April 1st, sup- posedly, as reported, because Prime Minister Trudeau refused to allow his Minister of Agriculture to make the an- nouncement April 1st. as Mr. Whelan had stated in Strathroy on March 31st he was going to do. Just why the Prime Minister MR, K. WONNACOTT HONORED —During a special ceremony held recently, tribute wris paid to Fina dealer, Mr. K. Wonnacott, on his be- ing appointed to membership in the exclusive Fina Exelleance Club. The certificate of membership was presented to him by Mr. D. McLen- nan of London Chamber of Commerce. T-A photo. Weeds lay heavy toll The toll levied by weeds depends on how good you are with a pencil and paper or an electronic digital computer. One 1972 survey of western Canada grain crops indicated that losses in the three prairie provinces in that year amounted to over $350,- 000.000. That is the dollar value of Ontario's average corn crop, both grain and silage. In terms of an acre, prairie farmers on 70,- '000.000 acres of grain lost $5.00 per acre due to weeds, Broken down, the losses averaged out to $3.00 yield loss, $1.00 extra cultivation. 60 cents dockage for weed seeds, 30 cents for cost of herbicides and about 15 cents for delays in operations. Under Ontario conditions (with high value crops such as corn, soybeans, potatoes. etc) the average cost of weeds runs con- siderably higher than $5.00 an acre. Even with all our modern technology and know-how, losses due to weeds can run to 20, 30 or 40c1 of the potential crop yield. In addition to the competitions of weeds in the crop for plant food, water and light, there are the ad- ditional effects of insects and disease on plants already under stress from weed competitions. Weeds outside the field act as a reservoir for disease and insect pests which move in to attack the crop. Ergot and rust spreading from grasses affect both yield and quality of a crop even though the weed grass may not be in the same field or farm as the crop. Time and power losses are other side effects of weeds. Grain crops lodged by bindweed or wild morning glory slow down operations and raise the cost of harvesting. Some weeds such as couch grass give off a toxic material from their roots which delays or prevents the germina- tion of crop seeds. Maturity can be delayed by heavy weed pop- ulations and, even when harvested, weed seeds cause heating or raise the cost of crop drying. If you are allergic. ragweed pollen can trigger hay fever that cuts your working ef- ficiency by 90r; Weeds cost dollars, plus time, plus emotional disturbance. In fact, they cost too much to be ig- nored. FOR YOUR SPRING PLANTING: Evergreen Shrubs, Flowering Shrubs Roses and Shade Trees SHOP AT HURON-RIDGE ACRES DAVID STECKLE & FAMILY RR 2, ZURICH PHONE 565-2122 ( 1 1,4 miles west, then 3 1/2 miles north of Zurich) Open evenings until 9:00 — ClosedSundays THE KNOCK-EM-DOWNS was the name of the senior boys and girls runner up team in the Minor Bow l- ing championship. From the left, front: Kim Taylor, Ingrid Peitsch, Colleen Waddell, and Cindy Fisher. Back: Paul Hockey, Bruce Anderson and Bob McDonald. 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CARMEL One more religious an- the baptism of Julie Lynn Mrs. James McKinlay which took By PAUL SALMON nouncement of a joyful nature is McKinley, the daughter of Mr. & place on Easter Sunday, Federal Government didn't have choice in reduction stepped into this complex issue is hard to understand, unless, of course, the rumors one hears emanating from the House of Commons are correct, that Mr. Trudeau's huge personal staff are virtually running the Govern- ment over the heads of his ap- pointed Ministers. Somehow I can't visualize anyone telling Mr. Whelan what lie could or couldn't do! He always appears to be his own man. While there has been a well justified 4", increase in the price paid to producers for industrial milk used in the manufacturing of skim milk powder, butter, cheese. casein, etc. there has also been an increase in the producer's export subsidy deduc- tion to $1.35 cwt. And any milk produced over the producer's an- nual industrial milk quota will have an additional $8.60 cwt. deduction. Such penalties indicate the Federal Government, which con- trols industrial milk production in Canada through their heavy subsidization program for in- dustrial milk, is determined to bring production more in line with domestic requirements. One can understand the logic in such reasoning when world skim milk supplies are at an all-time high with little or no immediate prospect of reduction. At such a time one is always inclined to go looking for a culprit when a drop in income for producers is almost a certainty. Before too many misleading statements are made it should be remembered that three years ago Canada was importing up to 60 million pounds of butter an- nually. At that time Canadians were eating about 1 million lbs. of butter daily, so we were only short two months supply, but there was criticism by some farm organizations and con- sumer groups of the Federal Government and of the Provin- cial Governments in the main dairy producing provinces of On- tario and Quebec, for Canada not being self-sufficient in dairy products. What these same critics either didn't know, or were careful not to mention, was the fact that to become self- sufficient in butter it would mean the increased production of millions of pounds of skim milk powder, far in excess of domestic Canadian re- quirements. Well, Canada is now self-sufficient in butter but there is a skim milk surplus of over 100 million pounds. That enormous surplus is nothing compared to over 130 million metric tonnes surplus of skim milk powder in the Euro- pean Economic Community. It's little wonder world skim milk powder prices are depressed. Despite world hunger it isn't easy, in fact it is virtually im- possible, to even give the product to some countries whose people should have increased protein in their diets. Unfortunately many don't have good drinking water to mix with the powder and those who do have reasonably good water have never used the product and are reluctant to try it. I have personally been somewhat annoyed to hear that the Ontario Government is sup- posed not to have had consulta- tion with the Federal Depart- ment of Agriculture prior to in- troducing the Industrial Milk Production Incentive Program — IMPIP. Nothing could be further from the facts of the matter, When the Canadian Dairy Commission — CDC — was es- tablished several years ago by the Federal Minist 9r of Agriculture of the day, the Hon. I-I. A. Olson, the authority was given to the CDC to allocate quotas for industrial milk production to each province, bas- ed on that province's historical record of industrial milk produc- tion, going back over previous years — in other words, a base period was established. It was necessary to establish such provincial quotas in order to con- trol production, otherwise the Federal Government, who quite rightly were to provide an in- dustrial milk subsidy over what the market would pay, could find themselves paying subsidy on milk for which there was no domestic market. Initially Ontario did not use all the quota which had been allocated, due to less than satisfactory prices even with the Federal subsidy. Other lines of production, involving less labour, seemed more attractive to Ontario farmers. The result was several industrial milk manufacturing plants, including some local cheese factories, were unable to obtain sufficient milk supplies to operate even near capacity. It was about that time that the Ontario Milk Commission and the Ontario Milk Marketing Board were told by the Canadian Dairy Commission that any province not using its industrial quota allocation would lose a substantial part of the unused quota at the beginning of each dairy year of April 1st. The Ontario Milk Marketing Board, and indeed the Ontario Milk Commission, had little trou- ble persuading the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food to provide a bank guaranteed loan to help industrial milk producers, including cream shippers, to modernize and ex- pand their milk production operations. Otherwise Ontario would, and in fact did, lose unus- ed industrial quota to CDC, who in turn allocated it to provinces making 'application "for it, providing they had sufficient production to fill the quota which was eligible for Federal subsidy. Quebec gained while Ontario lost, But Ontario through IMPIP did manage to increase in- dustrial milk production within the quota allocated by t the Cana- dian Dairy Commission. The program was so popular in its first year the OMMB encouraged the Ontario Government to carry it on for a 2nd year., To even suggest there was no consulta- tion with the Canada Depart- ment of Agriculture is quite inac- curate and misleading, The current overproduction of industrial milk can be attributed to several factors, such as, lack of export demand for dairy cat- tle, lower salvage value for cows that normally would have gone for slaughter but were retained, an unusually good pasture season in 1975 and the best quality hay, haylage and corn silage perhaps ever stored in Ontario's crop history. These factors coupled with very low beef prices en- couraged expanded dairy herds with increased production per cow. Now, with world dairy products in enormous surplus, the Federal Government had few other alternatives but to reduce the amount set aside for subsidy, and increase export levies on producers in order to control the rate of increased milk produc- tion. However, with increased dairy cattle exports already underway and of course with the possibility of a less than desirable pasture season or harvest, who knows what 1976-77 dairy production may be. Consumers are assured, in any event, of an abundance of dairy products. Any well es- tablished dairy farm operator would be unwise to push the pan- ic button. Surpluses have a habit of disappearing. A very special event took place in Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church on the evening of Mon- day, April 26, that event being the confirmation of 80 candidates, most of them children, Bishop J. Sherlock of Chatham presided over the confirmation ceremonies, and during a question period his rapport with the young candidates was made obvious to all in attendance. Although one particular person attending the confirmation now lives at the Marian Villa in London, we in Mt, Carmel still consider her, and will always consider her, a resident of the village. That person is Mrs. Mary Glavin who came to Mt. Carmel on Thursday, April 22 for a six- day stay. Mrs, Glavin's son, Father Basil Glavin of Ottawa brought Mrs. Glavin from London and spent some time himself in our village. Mrs. Glavin is the mother of Mrs. Charles Dietrich, thus the brother, sister and mother were reunited briefly over this past weekend. Mrs. Glavin had a special interest in Monday night's confirmation ceremonies as she witnessed the con- firmation of two of her grand- daughters, Helen and Jacqueline Glavin, who are cousins.