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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1976-06-30, Page 6SEAFORTH ELECTRONICS SALES & SERVICE • TV • RADIO • HI- Fl • STEREO Aloe 527-1150 17 SPARLING STREET S'EAFORTH Pardys Dairy Supplies Brussels 887-6694 f Report from Queen's Pork Explains beef income plan (By Murray Gaunt MPP) The province's beef-calf income stabilization program is open for 1976 _registration. Producers who are participating this year for the first time will be able to get contracts and enrolment forms from their local agricultural representataves after July 12. Producers who participated last' year will receive their enrolment forms through the mail in the next few days. All contracts will expire in June, 1980. Enrolment closes this year on August 16 and only Cows in the producer's possession as of June 22nd may be registered. The support price is calculated on the basis of 100 per cent of the producer's 'operating costs. This calculation gives a support price of 51.11 cents for 1976, but we are not raising the support price above 50 cents, said Hon. W. Newman, because we would then be obliged to raise the premium per cow to neiarly $9.00. For every cent the support price is raised, the premium would have to be raised another $4.00. The premium for 1976 ,remains unchanged from 1975 at $5.00 per cow. Since the cow-calf business is still in• some difficulty, the government did • not feel that a premium increase was warranted at this time. Premiums must be paid upon enrolment or the farmer may ask that the premium be deducted from his support payment Lydia Lorraine Gala, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gillis, Brtissels graduated from Wing- ham and District Hospital, Nurs- ing Assistant Training Centre, Friday, May 21. Cathertne L. [Cousins) Mulle:ahy; daughter of Mr, and Mrs: Lawrie iousins, London, graduated from Fanshaw College, June 18. She received her diploma in Fashion Designing and Merchandising and is presently employed at• Ruffles FashiOnsi London, and training for Management. Mri, Mulcahy is a former Brussels resident and granddaUghter Of Mto and. Mrs. Roy Cousin's: cheque. Again this year, all beef-calf producers resident in the province are eligible, regardless of the size of their operations. Cream shippers are also eligible. Although the price being supported by this program is that for -calves, the payments are made on a per cow basis. Payments are made for each cow registered in the program and monitoring' will be carried out to ensure that applicants are bona fide beef calf operators or cream shippers. The payment is based. on four factors: the support price for calves, which is 50 cents a pound, this 'year; the weighted average market price for calves, which will be calculated from fall sales; the average number of calves from 100 cows, which when calculated for the whole province is 85; and- the average weight of the calves in the fall, which is 450 pounds each. The 'farmer is not obliged to sell his calves. He may keep them and sell them later or not at all while still qualifying under the beef-calf program. All producers receive the same payment per cow regardless of the individual selling prices of their calves or their individual costs of production.' We do it this way partly to simplify the program for all concerned, but more importantly because we feel that this method interferes least with the farmer's decision in the management of his farm, while at the same time guaranteeing him a reasonable return for his investment and effort, said Mr. Newman.- The program was well received by producers last year, with .12,000 farmers registering more than 300,000 cows. With a weighted average market, price of 29.8 cents a pound, farmers received a net payment of $72 per enrolled cow, for a total of $22.5 Million. Labour Minister Bette Stephenson indicated • in the Legislature this week that some arenas which do not e meet the National Building Code Standard may be allowed to operate this winter. The operation of such an arena would be dependent on two factors: (1) a beginning of work to permanently rectify the hazard; and (2), monitoring procedures prescribed by the engineer to ensure that the building would be able to withstand - reasonable wind and snow load pressures. Dr. Stephenson's announcement signalled a significant shift in the Government's position in ' a program that has caused, many smaller municipalities a , great deal of concern and unease. At the same time, Culture and Recreation Minister Robert Welch said that Wintario grants would continue to be available on a matching basis for condemned arenas which are going to be repaired or for new arenas cpnstructed in their place, He said that these applications would be processed quickly so that the money would be made available to the affected community as son as possible. The Third Session of the 30th Ontario Parliament has adjourned. for the summer. The Supreme . Court of Canada decision on Ontario's agreement with the Federal Government in regard to inflation controls is not expected until the' fall, and so the possibility of the Legislature being called back before that time is unlikely. In the ,meantime, I wish everyone a good summer. 6—THE BRUSSELS POST, JUNE 30, 1976 •01.111•••••% H&N Dairy Systems Ltd. Sales, Service and Installation of STA —RITE pipelines and Brussels milking parlours Box 159 887-6063 Brussels. BELGRAVE CO-OP For Feed &. 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