HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2007-06-07, Page 13Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending June
1 were 2,671 head of cattle, 908
lambs and goats. On Tuesday the fed
steers and heifers sold $1 to $2
lower. Choice steers and heifers sold
$104 to $108 with sales to $115.50.
Second cut sold $100 to $104. Cows
sold $2 to $3 higher. On Thursday
veal sold steady. Lambs sold $10 to
$20 lower. Sheep and goats sold
steady. On Friday calves sold $2 to
$3 higher and the yearlings sold on a
fully steady trade.
There were 404 steers on offer. M-
R Farms of Exeter, consigned one
belgium blue steer weighing 1,280
lbs. selling to Norwich Packers for
$115. Ellwood D. Donald of Mount
Forest, consigned three steers
averaging 1,420 lbs. selling for an
average of $109.08 with one red
steer weighing 1,455 lbs. selling to
Dominion Meat Packers for
$111.25. Willard B. Martin of
Drayton, consigned fourteen steers
averaging 1,433 lbs. selling for an
average of $107.16 with one
charolais steer weighing 1,275 lbs.
selling to Dominion Meat Packers
for $109.50. Murray Shiell of
Wingham, consigned fifteen steers
averaging 1,360 lbs. selling for an
average of $104.64 with one black
steer weighing 1,355 lbs. selling to
St. Helens Meat Packers for $109.
Ken Eadie of Holyrood, consigned
sixteen steers averaging 1,429 lbs.
selling for an average of $107.78
with ten limousin steers averaging
1,420 lbs. selling to Dominion Meat
Packers for $108.85.
Liz McFalls Feedlot of Parkhill,
consigned four steers averaging
1,501 lbs. selling for an average of
$106.31 with one limousin steer
weighing 1,510 lbs. selling to
Dominion Meat Packers for
$108.75. John Wiersma of Blyth,
consigned seven steers averaging
1,365 lbs. selling for an average of
$104.84 with one limousin steer
weighing 1,430 lbs. selling for
$108.75. Geisel Cattle Company of
Elmira, consigned forty-four steers
averaging 1,523 lbs. selling for an
average of $105.66 with seven red
steers averaging 1,464 lbs. selling to
Dominion Meat Packers for
$108.60.
Warren and Marian Becker of
Ayton, consigned four steers
averaging 1,504 lbs. selling for an
average of $105.97 with three
limousin steers averaging 1,507 lbs.
selling to Dominion Meat Packers
for $108.60. Cunningham Noland
Cattle Co. of Lucan, consigned
thirty-three steers averaging 1,415
lbs. selling for an average of
$106.29 with one limousin steer
weighing 1,400 lbs. selling for
$108.50.
There were 254 heifers on offer.
Don G. Proctor of Brussels,
consigned one belgium blue heifer
weighing 1,075 lbs. selling to
Norwich Packers for $111.50.
Machan Construction of Monkton,
consigned six heifers averaging
1,387 lbs. selling for an average of
$107.41 with one black heifer
weighing 1,215 lbs. selling to St.
Helens Meat Packers for $108.50.
Maynard B. Martin of Drayton,
consigned five heifers averaging
1,339 lbs. selling for an average of
$106.24 with two limousin heifers
averaging 1,330 lbs. selling to
Dominion Meat Packers for
$107.75.
Stephen Carter of Lucan,
consigned twenty-five heifers
averaging 1,182 lbs. selling for an
average of $103.86 with six red
heifers averaging 1,168 lbs. selling
for $107.50. Art and George Hinz of
Monkton, consigned five heifers
averaging 1,305 lbs. selling for an
average of $105.80 with one
limousin heifer weighing 1,305 lbs.
selling for $106.75. Connell Farms
of Palmerston, consigned forty-one
heifers averaging 1,282 lbs. selling
for an average of $104.08 with nine
red heifers averaging 1,241 lbs.
selling for $106.50.
Rick Heintz of Milverton,
consigned one grey heifer weighing
1,295 lbs. selling to Ryding Regency
for $106.50. Lloyd Vivian of
Mitchell, consigned six red heifers
averaging 1,372 lbs. selling to Holly
Park Meat Packers for $106.35.
Aaron and Jason Coultes of
Wingham, consigned four heifers
averaging 1,184 lbs. selling for an
average of $99.67 with one red
heifer weighing 1,175 lbs. selling to
Norwich Packers for $106.25. Lester
R. Martin of Mount Forest,
consigned nine heifers averaging
1,352 lbs. selling for an average of
$105.01 with four gold heifers
averaging 1,328 lbs. selling for
$106.
There were 206 cows on offer.
Beef cows sold $50 to $60 with sales
to $63.50; D1 and D2, $42 to $51;
D3, $38 to $43; D4, $20 to $30.
Jayme Reid of Tiverton, consigned
four limousin cows averaging 1,511
lbs. selling for an average of $55.36
with sales to $63.50. Clint Murray of
Lucknow, consigned three cows
averaging 1,365 lbs. selling for an
average of $55.54 with one blonde
cow weighing 1,460 lbs. selling for
$61.50. Mike Henry of Caledon,
consigned ten blonde cows
averaging 1,436 lbs. selling for an
average of $54.81 with sales to $60.
There were 14 bulls on offer
selling $36.50 to $54 with sales to
$61.50. John Winger of Palmerston,
consigned one limousin bull
weighing 2,135 lbs. selling for
$61.50. Edward E. Gingerich, of
Lucknow, consigned one charolais
bull weighing 2,035 lbs. selling for
$59.50.
There were 225 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $80 to $105 with
sales to $109.50; good holstein, $70
to $77 with sales to $81; medium
holstein, $60 to $70; good heavy
holstein, $62 to $72. Brian Wideman
of Gowanstown, consigned one
limousin heifer weighing 715 lbs.
selling for $109.50. M & P
Pennington of Mildmay, consigned
one red heifer weighing 690 lbs.
selling for $100. Mike Durnin of
Auburn, consigned eleven veal
averaging 839 lbs. selling for an
average of $89.76 with two gold
steers averaging 828 lbs. selling for
$94.50.
Lambs under 50 lbs. sold $100 to
$195; 50 - 64 lbs., $146 to $172; 65
- 79 lbs. $145 to $162; 80 - 94 lbs.,
$145 to $163; 95 - 110 lbs., $143 to
$168.
Sheep sold $40 to $51 with sales
to $70.
Goats: kids sold $60 to $135;
nannies, $60 to $109; billies, $150 to
$280.
Top quality stocker steers under
400 lbs. sold $125 to $150; 400 -
499 lbs., $95 to $145; 500 - 599 lbs.,
$110.50 to $141; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$110.50 to $134.50; 700 - 799 lbs.,
$106 to $130; 800 - 899 lbs., $90 to
$120; 900 - 999 lbs., $105 to
$116.50; 1,000 lbs. and over, $97 to
$102.75.
Top quality stocker heifers under
300 lbs. sold $90 to $132; 300 - 399
lbs., $111 to $139; 400 - 499 lbs.,
$110 to $135; 500 - 599 lbs., $110 to
$131; 600 - 699 lbs., $102 to $124;
700 - 799 lbs., $95.25 to $117.50;
800 - 899 lbs., $94.25 to $114; 900
lbs. and over, $91 to $103.
AgricultureBrussels Livestock reportFed steers, heifers sell $1-$2 lowerTHE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2007. PAGE 13.
The Question of Direction tour
touched down in Huron-Bruce
when Mike Nickerson ran a
workshop at the McQuail farm near
Lucknow.
Nickerson, a long time
sustainability activist, poses the
question “Is it proper, now that our
biggest problems result from our
size, to hold growth as a goal?
Would sustainability make a better
goal?”
The evening at the McQuail farm
started with a potluck picnic and a
tour of the ecologically managed
farm.
Then participants gathered in a
circle on the lawn and shared their
interests and concerns.
Nickerson told the gathering that
“One by one, people are realizing
that human activity cannot grow
forever on a finite planet. When
enough people understand this, the
conventional wisdom will shift
from: ‘Our purpose is to expand
production and consumption’ to
‘Our purpose is to enjoy living while
managing the planet for generations
to come’.”
His book, Life, Money & Illusion,
Living on Earth As If We Want To
Stay explores how to make the
change.
As part of his outreach Nickerson
passes out a card that says “Well-
being can be sustained when
activities use materials in continuous
cycles, use continuously reliable
sources of energy, and come mainly
from the qualities of being
human.”
“Well-being is diminished when
activities require continual inputs of
non-renewable resources, use
renewable resources faster than their
rate of renewal, cause cumulative
degradation of the environment,
require resources in quantities that
undermine other people’s well-being
and lead to the extinction of other
life forms.”
Nickerson is visiting 14
communities during this tour.
He left a box of his books with
the McQuails and a number of
these were purchased the following
day at the Huron Community
Matters Conference held in
Clinton.
Question of Direction makes way to Huron-Bruce
By Bette Jean Crews
Vice-President, Ontario
Federation of Agriculture
Bargain hunting in the grocery
store, while it may save a little
money, may be counter-productive if
some of the deals turn bad – and
that’s happening with increasing
frequency.
Canadian consumers have a
number of individuals and
organizations looking out for their
health and safety through domestic
food production, processing and
marketing chain. Unfortunately, the
same isn’t true for food imports
arriving in our stores from around
the world.
Food imports from China are
earning a growing reputation for
being unsafe, not only for animals
but for humans. They show up on
our grocery store shelves and food
distribution centres for incredibly
low prices – many times displacing
items grown in Canada because they
are so cheap.
And do you know why they are so
cheap? Two reasons – lack of food
safety, environmental and labour
standards in some countries, and
huge government support of
agriculture in others.
Canadian farmers have earned an
international reputation for the high
quality and safety of the food they
produce. Canada’s system is based
on the internationally-recognized
Hazard Analysis Critical Control
Point or HACCP program. HACCP
is a systematic proactive approach to
food safety used throughout the food
system, right from production to
processing, transportation and
marketing.
Canadian food producers want
their products to be HACCP
accredited, giving food for the
export market a quality standard
recognized around the world. This
gives the food a greater value in the
eyes of consumers in other
countries.
Unfortunately, not all food-
exporting countries have anything
comparable to Canada’s HACCP
program.
When you examine China’s
standards for production of safe
food, you quickly see why problems
continue to surface.
A recent report to the World
Health Organization dealing with
China’s food system outlined issues
around that country’s regulatory
framework.
Apparently the framework is
based on loose laws and little or no
monitoring. The report refers to a
system with at least nine ministries
and other agencies involved in the
food safety network – none with any
authority over the others – and
Canada has increased its purchases
of food produced in China by an
estimated 300 per cent over the past
decade.
On to environmental
standards...no environmental or
labour standards are imposed on
food imports to Canada. We need
trade with other countries. We need
to eat healthy imported products
during Canada’s off-season. But, we
also need to ‘walk the talk’when we
talk about how environmentally
conscious we are as consumers.
Consumers are more aware than
ever before, but the average
consumer still does not realize that
by buying cheap imported food, they
are supporting the disastrous
environmental practices of some
countries, not to mention the
environmental cost of long shipping
distances.
Some of the solution here is
consumer awareness of the high
food safety standards we have in
Canada. If you buy Ontario produce
strictly because of the confidence
level you can have in its quality and
safety, then the spill-over support of
Ontario farmers will ensure they are
still here to grow food for your
grandchildren.
Some of the solution is consumer
awareness of the high environmental
standards of Ontario’s farmers.
Some of the solution is competitive
government support of programs
designed by farmers.
The issue of farm sustainability in
Ontario is inherently linked to the
physical and economic health of
Ontarians. The farmers of this
province are best equipped to
produce the food needed to keep the
province healthy.
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THURSDAYS
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10:00 a.m.Veal
11:30 a.m.Pigs, Lambs, Goats & Sheep
FRIDAYS
10:00 a.m. Stockers
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