HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1990-01-24, Page 14PAGE 14. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1990.
Packers share bad times Cattle prices lower at Brussels
with pork producers
The bad times in the pork
industry appear to be hitting
packers as well as farmers, Jim
Rollings, Livestock Marketing
Manager for the Ontario Pork
Producers Marketing Board
(OPPMB) told Huron County Pork
Producers Wednesday.
Speaking at the annual meeting
of the association in Blyth Mr.
Rollings said that traditionally
when it’s bad times for pork
producers it’s good times for
packers but that doesn’t appear to
be the case at present. One packing
plant has laid off 250 workers and
cut its daily kill from 3600 to 2100
hogs, he said and the company says
it may cut even further.
“We’re very concerned,’’ he
said, noting other packers are also
claiming they are losing money.
Currently plants have the capacity
to kill 82,000 hogs a week but at
one time there was capacity for
88,000 hogs a week. Ironically the
board could often only supply
84,000 hogs at that time.
JIM ROLLINGS
Packers in trouble too
The market at Brussels Livestock
Inc. met a moderate demand
selling steady at $2.00 lower on
second class cattle.
There were 470 slaughter cattle
and 235 pigs on offer. Good to
choice steers were $89 to $92 to the
high of $95.25 per hundredweight.
Fourteen steers consigned by
Ken Dalton, RR 1, Walton averag
ing 1276 lbs. sold for $90.82 to the
high of $95.25. One steer consign
ed by Jim Taylor, RR 5, Wingham,
weighed 1290 lbs. and sold for $90.
Twenty-two steers consigned by
George Adams, RR 2, Wroxeter,
averaging 1269 lbs. sold for $88.07
to a high of $93.75. Fifteen steers
consigned by Murray Forbes, RR 2,
Clinton averaging 1313 lbs. sold for
$89.93 to a high of $93. One steer
consigned by Steve Adams, RR 5,
Brussels weighing 1380 lbs. sold
for $90.
Two steers consigned by Tom
Detzler, Mildmay weighing 1270
lbs. sold for $90.14. Nine Holstein
Top pork
producers
honoured
steers consigned by Jim Moffatt,
RR 1, Wingham weighing 1541 lbs.
sold for $74.85.
Good to choice heifers sold from'
$87 to $89. Seven heifers consigned
by Glen Johnston, RR 2, Bluevale
weighing 1147 lbs. sold for $88.46.
Five heifers consigned by Lloyd
Weppler, RR 2, Ayton weighing
1183 lbs. sold for $87.61. Nine
heifers consigned by Abe Vander-
veen, RR 2, Brussels weighing
1091 lbs. sold for $84.20 to a high of
$90. Four heifers consigned by
Noah Weppler, RR 2, Ayton,
weighing 1223 lbs. sold for $86.15.
There were 145 cows on offer
selling $3.00 to $5.00 higher. DI
and D2 cows sold from $56 to $59;
D3 and D4 cows, $52 to $56;
canners and cutters, $50 to $52.
One Charolais cow consigned by
Neil Dolmage, RR 4, Walton
weighing 1890 lbs. sold for $63.75.
Two Holstein cows consigned by
Derk Logtenberg, RR 1, Dungann
on weighing 1235 lbs. sold for
$62.91. Eight cows consigned by
Tom Black, RR 1, Belgrave, weigh
ing 1103 lbs. sold for $64.60. Three
cows consigned by Drennan Farms,
RR 1, Dungannon weighing 1510
lbs. sold for $61.67.
Five cows consigned by Murray
Johnston, RR 2, Bluevale weighing
1252 lbs. sold for $60.45. One cow
consigned by Bev McNay, RR 3,
Lucknow weighing 1340 lbs. sold
for $62. Six cows consigned by
Doug Scott, RR 7, Lucknow weigh
ing 1268 lbs. sold for $58.07. One
bull consigned by Jim Armstrong,
RR 2, Listowel weighing 1750 lbs.
sold for $75.50. One bull consigned
by Gerald Murray, RR 5, Holyrood
weighing 1810 lbs. sold for $74.
Pigs under 40 lbs. averaged
$111.58; 40 to 60 lbs., $86.47; over
60 lbs., $86.93.
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Calls for licencing
rejected by farmers
Top pork producers were hon
oured at the annual meeting of the
Huron County Pork Producers
Association in Blyth Wednesday.
The prize for the top indexing
average among shippers of 50 to
100 hogs was Diane Peckitt with an
index of 108.2. In the 100 to 500
hog bracket, Harold Eskritt had the
top index of 108.4. In the 500 - 1000
hog category, Johana Brand had
the top index of 107.1 while in the
1000 hog and over category, Rick
Govers had a top index of 108.2.
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Two resolutions that would have
licenced pork producers and their
facilities were defeated by produ
cers at the Huron County Pork
Producers Association annual
meeting in Blyth Wednesday.
Jim Hunter of Grey township
proposed the two resolutions point
ing out pork producers have an
image problem with urban people
who worry about animal welfare. In
Europe there are already licences
for farmers, he said. He suggested
that if farmers entered into their
own licencing system it would help
head off the image that farmers
aren’t professionals and show that
farmers have concerns for the
welfare of their animals. Licencing
would limit the number of people
who come into the industry with no
idea of what animals need, he said.
“If we do it (licencing) and we set it
up it’s less likely to be imposed on
us,” he said. Politicians might
jump on the bandwagon if there is
pressure from urban residents, he
said and it would be better for
farmers to look after licencing
themselves.
The second resolution called for
Meeting to look
at Crop Insurance
changes
The Huron County Federation of
Agriculture is sponsoring a meet
ing to hopefully resolve 1989 Hay
Crop Insurance problems on Wed
nesday, January 31 in the cafeteria
of Central Huron Secondary
School, Cliaton.
The agenda will include an
update on crop insurance and the
changes coming up in 1990 on all
crop insurance. There will be a
question and answer period follow
ing.
Guest speakers are: Steve Willis,
Commodity Specialist with the
Crop Insurance Commission of
Ontario and Gordon Hill, Chair
man.
For more information contact
Brenda McIntosh 522-0358.
licencing of new hog facilities to
make sure they live up to the code
of practice set up for animal
welfare. Mr. Hunter pointed out
the licencing would affect only new
facilities not existing ones. “Any
one who’s afraid of having new
buildings that wouldn’t live up to
the code of practice isn’t serious
about the code”, he said.
Both resolutions were lost.
Also lost at the meeting was a
resolution calling for the OPPMB to
support supply management in the
pork industry. Again Mr. Hunter
supported the resolution saying “If
we always oversupply to the needs
we’ll never get the price.”
It was pointed out that the 8 -
10,000 hogs produced extra to the
province’s needs each week cost
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