HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2007-02-15, Page 12Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending Feb. 9
were 954 head of cattle, 236 lambs
and goats.
On Tuesday there was no sale due
to the inclement weather. On
Thursday veal sold on a strong
market. Lambs, sheep and goats sold
on a steady market.
On Friday calves sold $4 to $5
higher and the yearlings sold
steady.
There were 123 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $100 to $110 with
sales to $120; good holstein, $80 to
$85 with sales to $89.50; medium
holstein, $70 to $75; plain holstein,
$60 to $65; good heavy, $65 to
$70.
Marshall Durnin of Auburn,
consigned two veal averaging 793
lbs. selling for an average of $110.03
with one grey steer weighing 795
lbs. selling for $120. Mike Durnin of
Auburn, consigned ten veal
averaging 754 lbs. selling for an
average of $92.65 with one rwf steer
weighing 765 lbs. selling for
$115.50. Lawrence B. Martin of
Harriston, consigned four veal
averaging 739 lbs. selling for an
average of $78.46 with one rwf
heifer weighing 697 lbs. selling for
$107.
Lambs under 50 lbs. sold $195 to
$235; 50 - 64 lbs., $198 to $210; 65
- 79 lbs., $179 to $198; 80 - 94 lbs.,
$153 to $160; 95 - 109 lbs., $141 to
$152.
Sheep sold $60 - $79 with sales to
$94.
Goats: kids sold $90 to $130;
nannies, $90 to $110.
Top quality stocker steers under
400 lbs. sold $91 to $148; 400 - 499
lbs., $114 to $135; 500 - 599 lbs.,
$110.50 to $130; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$103 to $118.75; 700 - 799 lbs.,
$101.50 to $108; 800 - 899 lbs.,
$95.75 to $105; 900 - 999 lbs., $93
to $108; 1,000 lbs. and over, $92 to
$103.50.
Top quality stocker heifers under
300 lbs., sold $111 to $132; 300 -
399 lbs., $109 to $129.50; 400 - 499
lbs., $101 to $125; 500 - 599 lbs.,
$102.75 to $114; 600 - 699 bs., $105
to $109; 700 - 799 lbs., $85 to $105;
800 - 899 lbs., $86 to $104; 900 lbs.
and over, $93 to $104.
AgricultureBrussels Livestock reportLambs, sheep, goats sell on steady market
PAGE 12. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2007.
A proposal for a risk management
plan for grains and oilseeds
producers could go before Leona
Dombrowsky, Ontario’s minister of
agriculture by the end of the month,
says Geri Kamenz.
Speaking to about 30 farmers at
the Blyth and District Community
Centre Monday, the president of the
Ontario Federation of Agriculture
said discussions have moved past the
debate over support levels because
the government has run the numbers
and “we’re getting feedback that the
numbers are close” to those
predicted.
A meeting planned for Feb. 14
would be about premiums, and other
details, he said. He suggested a plan
might be on the minister’s desk Feb.
26, and will be considered by grains
and oilseeds producers at the annual
meetings of their commodity
organizations in early March.
After that, he said, the work will
be to lobby the federal government
to accept the idea of companion
programs to the Canadian
Agricultural Income Stabilization
(CAIS) program.
Kamenz praised Dombrowsky for
her efforts on behalf of farmers, both
to pressure the federal government to
consider the companion programs
needed by Ontario farmers, but also
for over-riding the reluctance of her
own bureaucrats to consider the
RMP.
“The minister directed the
bureaucrats to come to the table,” he
said. To make sure that the
bureaucrats played straight with the
farm representatives, she put two of
her own political staff in the
negotiations.
“The bureaucracy hasn’t changed
its mind,” Kamenz said of comments
made last winter by highly placed
OMAFRA officials. “They don’t like
entitlement programs. They don’t
like the RMP and NISA-type
programs.”
Claiming the bureaucrats prefer
whole-farm income stabilization
programs that are based on
declining margins that do less and
less for farmers, he said he’d asked
Dombrowsky “What’s the point of
stabilizing farmers in poverty?”
Kamez said he explained that all
of Ontario’s competitors from
Quebec to the U.S. have programs
that pay a per-bushel subsidy if
prices fall. Dombrowsky had
listened to that argument over the
advice of the bureaucracy, he said.
But he warned farmers that if the
RMP comes in, it will be a premium-
type program that will have up-front
premiums. “We must be prepared as
farmers to invest today for security
tomorrow.”
As well, he said, you won’t be able
to participate in the RMP if you do
not enroll in CAIS. “You’re either in
or out.”
“We have a responsibility that if
we grow an acre of corm we take all
the management steps to protect it,”
he said of crop insurance and
CAIS.
OFA president says agreement close on RMP
The Ontario Federation of
Agriculture has proposed that if the
Ontario government wants to restrict
the use of land around municipal
wells, it should lease the land from
farmers.
Speaking to a group of 30 farmers
in Blyth, Monday, Geri Kamenz,
OFA president said the proposal
was put to Ontario Minister
of Environment Laurel Broten
after OFA staff crunched some
numbers.
Looking at the number of
municipal wells across the province
and the $5 million available under
the Stewardship Fund of the Clean
Water Act, OFA proposed that the
government lease the land in a 100-
metre exclusion zone around each
well. This is an area on which it has
proposed to restrict use, Kamenz
said.
“We’ve always said this isn’t
something where you pay (a farmer)
once and control,” he said. “You (the
landowner) are providing ongoing
stewardship and they should pay for
it.”
Using the money in the
Stewardship Fund to lease the land
would be a start for the government
to explore the program but farmers
should get a yearly lease for land
that would be affected, he said.
Kamenz said he had no idea yet
whether the government would
accept the plan but there might be an
indication of what is on the agenda
by June. It’s likely the whole Clean
Water Act will takes years to
implement, he said.
Similarly, OFA is pushing for
compensation for landowners for the
effects of possible restrictions under
the next “species at risk” act. When
it comes to protecting endangered
species “They’re kind of weak on
who is going to pay for it,” Kamenz
said.
The issue has put farmers onside
with the forestry and aggregate
industries, as well as large
landholders, he said.
The best solution for the present is
to keep the issue at the discussion
stage until after this fall’s election.
Talking it over
The farm community had the chance to meet and speak with Ontario Federation of Agriculture
president Geri Kamenz at meetings sponsored by the Perth and Huron Federations. In Blyth
on Monday morning, Kamenz, second from left, took a few minutes to chat with, from left: Bob
Hallam, Walter Stalenhoef and Gordon Hill prior to the meeting. (Keith Roulston photo)
Lease land for well-head protection, says Kamenz
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By Keith Roulston
The Citizen
By Keith Roulston
The Citizen
By Zach Drost,
Press Reporter
The second meeting of the 4-H
Chinchilla Club was held Feb. 3 at
Ray and Barb Storeys at 10 a.m.
The people who came to the
meeting early were able to look at
the chinchillas that they would later
pick as project animals.
The president opened the meeting
with the 4-H pledge.
The secretary read the minutes
from the last meeting. These were
approved.
Members discussed what to feed
chinchillas and how to care for them.
They need fresh pellets and water
daily. They should always have a
hay cube for fibre and wood block to
keep their teeth healthy. They are to
have a sand bath every day.
The leaders also told how to
handle and catch a chinchilla.
The roll call was answered by each
member answering to, “Are you
ready to care for your chinchilla?”
Members were shown two
chinchillas and the leaders told what
to look for when picking one out.
Then they went to the barn. First
they got to look all the animals over
and pick the top five that they
thought were their favourite animals.
Each member chose two
chinchillas.
The next meeting will be on
March 3 at the Storeys.
Storeys host 4-H meeting
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