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Page '14 Times-Advocate, April 20, 1977. Pea planting underwa Corn pri;es down.
Stress marketing at growers meeting
that 600 acres of peas had already
been planted. He continued, "We
pre at about the same stage as a
sycehareduagleas as arfear acs
o n planting
d.
Pea acreage.is up considerably."
On the subject of sweet corn,
Urquhart said, "acreage is
exactly the same and planting
should begin about May 10."
TALKING CAN CROPS — The goes., speaker at Friday's annual banquet of the Huron-Perth Can Crop
Growers Association was Bill Doyle of the marketing division of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and
Food. Above, Doyle at the left chats with local Ontario vegetable Growers Marketing Board director Harry
Dougall, Growers association president John Oke, Canadian Canners branch manager Jack Urquhart and
Ontario Vegetable Growers Marketing Board chairman Hank Van der Poel. T-A photo
A progrant in marketing
research by the Ontario Ministry
of Food and Agriculture was
suggested in Kirkton Friday
night by the executive director of
marketing for OMAF,
Bill Doyle was the guest
speaker at the annual banquet
and meeting of the Huron-Perth
Can Crop Growers Association.
Doyle, a native of Ireland was
an employee of the Ontario
Vegetable Growers Marketing
Board before joining the
government agency.
He suggested OMAF get into a
market analysis program and
push comprehensive information
to producer and consumer.
Approve advance crop payments
for produce in storage until sold
MPs gave final approval to a
bill to give farmers advance
payments on crops that they can
store until they are ready to
market them.
The bill, introduced last Oct, 21,
was the first piece of legislation
put before MPs in the current
session. Opposition MPs sup-
ported its main principles but
on porn going into the United
States and only eight cents for the
same product coming into.
Canada.
Harry Dougall, the Huron-
Perth director on the Ontario
Vegetable Growers Marketing
Board reported, "a very in-
teresting and frustrating winter
in price negotiations."
Dougall continued, "Most
prices stayed pretty well the
same and contract security
should not be any problem,"
Also speaking were Ontario
Vegetable Growers Marketing
Board chairman Hank Van der
Poel and Exeter branch manager
of Canadian Canners Jack
Urquhart. Chairman of the
meeting was John Oke, president
of the local growers association,
The price for peas this year will
be exactlythe sa me as in 1976 but
producers will receive an extra 75
cents per ton for harvesting.
The price which area farmers
will receive for sweet corn is
$56.75. This is a decrease of $4,50
per ton from a year ago. A small
additional amount will be paid fir
harvesting and trucking,
Manager Urquhart said the
price reduction in corn was
because of an over supply and the
lack of exports.
Urquhart told the T-A Monday
He continued, "There has been
a lack of understanding in the
business, To have the market
place successful it's essential
that everyone knows what is
going on,"
Doyle felt there should be more
promotion on Canadian exports
saying, "We should try those
products which have export
potential. For others the
domestic market is satisfactory.
Corn beans and tobacco can be
exported."
Doyle listed import com-
petition as a real problem. He
added, "The province should
sustain pressure on Ottawa for
tariffs especially in fruit and
vegetables,"
In conclusion Doyle said, "Our
problems are deep seated.
Promotion of our products is not
done on a substantial and co-
ordinated basis, Promotion and
marketing is where the rubber
hits the road."
Huron-Middlesex MPP Jack
Riddell agreed with Doyle on
present tariffs. Riddell com-
mented, "I'm not at all happy
with the tariff structure. I hope
the federal government and
provincial bodies get together to
update these tariffs."
He added, "It's unreasonable
to have a 25 cent per bushel tariff
said it was almost trivial in the
face of problems the country's
farmers are encountering.
The bill needs Senate approval
and royal assent before it
becomes law.
It is primarily aimed at far-
mers of cereal crops—wheat and
barley for example—although
crops such as apples and potatoes
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don't want to become involved
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Saskatchewan New Democrat
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1976, until January, 1977, farm
incomes had dropped 31 percent
and in Western Canada, there
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The winners were Sue
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Agriculture and Food Minister
William G. Newman announced
today the appointment of the
members of the Farm Income
Stabilization Commission of
Ontario.
The members representing the
three major agricultural
organizations are:
Cash crop and beef farmer
Hilbert Van Ankum of Wroxeter,
representing the Christian
Farmers' Federation; dairy
farmer Ellard Powers of Beach-
burg, representing the National
Farmers' Union; and tobacco
and corn farmer Albin Kormas of
Vanessa, representing the
Ontario Federation of
Agriculture.
Other commissioners are:
Cash crop farmer Jules
Debrabandere of St, Marys;
dairy farmer George McLaughlin
of Beaverton, a former chairman
of the Ontario Milk Marketing
Board; and dairy and beef far-
mer Arden Baker of Brockville.
Chairman of the commission is
Henry Ediger, who is also
may also fall under it.
The bill will enable farmers to
store crops on their farm until
they can get a good market price.
They will be able to withhold
their crops at harvest time when
the market is glutted.
Opposition MPs have criticized
the bill for counting on farm
organizations to act as the ad-
ministrative mechanism for the
payments. Independent farmers
will be left out because the
government refused to support a
Conservative proposal that would
have allowed them to deal
directly with banks for advance
payments.
New Brunswick farmer Fred
McCain (PC Carleton-Chalotte)
said it is hard to understand why
the government was creating
such a complicated system for
advance payments when it could
have copied its own farm im-
provement loan program or the
United States advance payment
structures.
Both those systems use the
government as the loan
guarantor and the banks are
administrators, making sure the
money is used as intended.
McCain said losses under the
farm improvement program
have been negligible. If the
government didn't want the
banks involved, it might have
asked the provincial agriculture
departments if they would do the
administration.
As it is, "the bill is following the
philosophical bent of the minister
(Eugene Whelan) rather than
solving a problem"
McCain also said Whelan
hadn't addressed himself to the
problem of the number of far-
chairman of the Crop Insurance
Commission.
In making the announcement,
Mr. Newman said, "I am very
_.pleased with these appointments.
I believe that the experience
these people have in various
sectors of agriculture will help
ensure the success of Ontario's
income stabilization program."
The commissioners will ad-
minister The Farm Income
Stabilization Act, which was
declared recently, Under the act,
agricultural producers will be
able to establish a stabilization
plan for individual commodities.
Each plan will be financed one-
third by participating producers
and two-thirds by the Govern-
ment of Ontario. Plans will be
established only at the request of
producers and membership is
voluntary.
Mr. Newman said that with the
appointment of the commission,
the stabilization programs can be
applied to the 1977 production
year.
Appointments are for one year.
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