HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1980-04-02, Page 14SWINE, DAIRY WORKERS GRADUATE Graduation exercises for a swine farm and dairy herd, worker training program
offered by the Centralia College of Agricultural Technology were held Friday. Congratulating area graduates Laura Jean
Brock of Exeter, Mark Harris of Londesboro,Valari Pullman of St. Marys, Bruce Pope of Goderich, Ronald Willis of Goderich
and Alfred Etzler of Goderich was school principal Doug Jamieson, T-A photo
Soybean agreement reached
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George White.
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The 1980 soybean
marketing agreement has
been signed by the
negotiating agency com-
prising of processors,
dealers and growers.
The 1980 agreement
required two days of
deliberations relating to the
soybean industry including
such items as the formula for
minimum pricing, dealer
handling charges, drying
charges, grade and moisture
disputes and the Cash
Advance Payment Program.
The actual change from
the 1979 agreement was the
drying charges in the Soya-
Bean conversion table,
During the past year fuel and
energy cost has risen in
propane gas, electricity and
natural gas used for the
drying of soybeans should
the moisture be in excess of
14 percent. The increase is
approximately 12.5 percent
more or less as the rate is
taken to the nearest 10 cents.
Soybeans are Ontario's
fourth highest cash crop and
production isonthe increase.
Last year Statistics ,Canada
indicated the acreage was
700,000 producing a crop of
twenty-five million bushels.
As Ontario soybean
production continues to
increase the 1980 NegotiatiRg
Agency agreed to have the
Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food con-
duct an in-depth study to
determine a more desirable
pricing mechanism from
that of the present which is
tied to the laid in value of
imported soybeans of equal
quality in Canadian funds;
the study will embrace the
costing of the dealer han-
dling charge as to services
rendered and cost of
operation in the handling of
soybeans and the grower
involvement in the cost of
production and a fair return
on investment.
Wendy Elrick, independent
study counsellor.
The material outlines the
areas suitable for corn
production, based on corn
heat units and precipitation,
Crop rotations, their effect
on yields, tillage practices,
time of planting, and
planters are also explained.
Another valuable section
of the course includes three
appendices on grain corn
handling systems, har-
vesting losses and the
economics of storing and
drying corn.
The tuition fee of $70 . for
Ontario residents, and $90
for out-of-province residents,
covers the cost of marking
the seven required assign-
ments. This course provides
five credits toward an
Ontario , Diploma in
Agriculture.
Who cares about crab meat
Rave yen ever felt that
money was being wasted on
useless research? Who cares
about thermal stress and
strain in grapevines? How
many of you will benefit
from the development of a
low cost meat bone
separator for crab Meat?
The prize has to go to this
one; Event Scheduling and
Process Interaction Con-
cepts in Discrete Simulation
Modeling,
There are isolated
examples. There is a lot of
very useful research going
on in industry and at
universities. In the' area of
agricultural engineering
research, several projects
are under way at the
University of Guelph. These
include work on low-
temperature corn drying,
solar energy application,
production of methane,
studies into erosion, and
many others.
Who decides what projects
are the most important?
That's where all of us come
into the picture. Agricultural
engineers from across the
province get together once a
year to come up with
priorities for research needs.
We look at different subject
areas and base our com-
ments on feedback from the
people we work with. For
example, there has been a lot
of interest in Huron County
lately in alcohol production
for fuel. There has been a
fair amount of interest in
new rabbit barns. Is
research needed in either of
these areas? Are other
subjects more important? I
have to rely on feedback
from the farmers to base my
comments. The whole in-
tention of' these engineering
meetings is to try to, get
research projects going that
are going to be the most
useful to the farmers of the
province ultimately.
If you see a need for
research in some particular
area, please let us know.
When the same concern
comes from several people,
there's a good chance it will
be acted on. You do have a
voice in this..
gon'Pleming,
Agricultural Engineer.
"Protec" for high producing
dairy cows
Most high-producing dairy
cows go through an energy
crisis in the first months
after calving. The drain of
high production and "so-So"
appetite creates a negative
energy balance, The
resulting weight loss can
lead to disappointing
production and fat test,
acetonernia and poorer
conception rates.
A new feed ingredient
"ProteV offers a „solution
and shows considerable
promise as an aid in solving
the energy crisis. Protec is a
very concentrated source of
energy, one important
benefit from its use could
very well turn out to be
improved health in early
lactation. In particular,
problems with ketosis, or
acetonemia, caused by
inadequate energy intake,
may be prevented through
increasing the amount of
energy in the ration.
At the current price of
$650.00 per tonne, Protec
should only be fed to high
producing cows. Top
dressing Protec at a rate of 1
pound per cow per day in
early lactation, would be a,
very _efficient way to in-
crease energy intake. At
current prices, the expected
increase in fat test would
return half of this added feed
bill cost, so that an increase
in production per cow of one
half kilogram milk per day
would be needed to reach the
break-even point,
As more information
becomes available from
farm experience and further
research, both product
improvement and
refinement of feeding
recommendations should
• occur.
Dennis Martin, Associate
Agricultural Representative.
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The age of specialization
has affected all aspects of
agriculture, and corn
production is no exception.
Grain corn is the number one
cash crop in the province.
Producers can now learn
• more about specialized corn
production without leaving
the farm through a
correspondence course
sponsored by the Ontario —Ministry of Agriculture and
Food. This is one of 50
ministry-sponsored courses
available through
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"The home study course,
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and supplementary
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To keep quackgrass down,
you have to let it grow up.
FEMA
Barrie will
be speaker
Before you till quackgrass
this spring, let it grow
until it's at least 8 inches high.
Then, apply Roundup®.
You really can get ready to control quackgrass
by letting it grow undisturbed this spring. Don't
touch it or till it, until it's actively growing and
most weeds are 8 inches high —(3 to 4 leaf
stage). Then, apply Roundups herbicide by
Monsanto,
Tillage may break up and spread live
rhizomes throughout your field and all plants
may not re-grow to the proper stage in time
for treatment with Roundup. Roundup, however,
controls emerged quackgrass above and
below ground, when used properly.
Roundup is so effective, that many
farmers, using it as the keystone of their
quackgrass control programs, have been
able to achieve manageable control for
up to 3 years after one application. And
since Roundup has no residual soil activity,
you can till and plant wheat, oats, barley,
corn or soybeans only 5 days after treatment,
without risk of crop injury.
In those infested fields you plowed last fall:
quackgrass may not be ready for Roundup
before planting. If so, we recommend you wait to
apply Roundup as a spot treatment in the crop—
or after harvest, when quackgrass has regrown to
the proper stage.
See your dealer soon about Roundup.
Roundup controls quackgrass—but you have to
let it grow up a little bit first.
Monsanto
Ralph Barrie,
newly-elected president of
the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture will speak to the
Huron County Federation's
meeting on April 3 at 8:30
p.m. at the Grey Township
Central Schdol at Ethel.
His topic is "Together We
Stand" and he will outline
why farmers need the OFA,
the accomplishments of the
OFA and what the OFA is
presently involved in.
He has been asked to in-
clude in his address the ideas
debated at the March
provincial director's
meeting on high interest
rates. Earlier a protest
march by farmers to Ottawa
had been suggested.
High interest rates hit new
farmers who have recently
borrowed large amounts of
money for land and equip-
ment the hardest. With low
pig and cattle prices these
farmers aren't able to pay
their interest costs.
Already some farmers
have been forced out of
business and the outlook for
the next year is grim for
many farmers with a big
debt load. There is some
difference among farmers
across Canada as to whether
interest rates should be
lowered' overall or just
lowered for farmers. But
there is strong feeling in the
farm community that far-
mers will have to be given a
fair break if they are going to
continue to produce the food
we need.
Federation members are
invited to attend and meet
the new president.
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