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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1990-05-30, Page 15I Farm Bangkok bound A young Yorkshiregiltposeswith Bodmin Ltd. herdsman Carol Koehler, left, and company Breeding Stock Manager Phil Smith, just prior to being loaded for shipment to Thailand on Monday. The animal is one of 39 Bodmin hogs destined for Bangkok, the latest in a growing list of international exports for the Morris Twp. seedstock production farm. Bodmin purebred pigs to improve Thailand herd THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1990. PAGE 15. Prices steady at Brussels Friday A group of 39 purebred swine left Morris Township’s Bodmin Ltd. farm on Monday, destined to add new genetics to a large and sophisticated pig breeding opera­ tion near Bangkok, Thailand. Included in the shipment were young Yorkshire, Landrace and Duroc boars and gilts, selected after two days of intensive viewing of a large number of Bodmin animals in late April by three representatives of the 5,000-sow Charoen Pilphand Co. Ltd. of Bangkok. Dr. Thomas J. T. Yu, Charoen J’okphand’s senior vice-president, *Jatchara Juanroong, department manager of the company’s Swine Genetics Improvement Division, and Dr. Boonyita Rujtikumporn, head of the Animal Health and Technical Service Operations, were accompanied by Dr. Lauren Chris­ tian of Iowa State University’s Department of Animal Science on the Thais’ first visit to Canada to select breeding stock. The group visited several other southwestern Ontario hog farms, including Thames Bend Farms of Tavistock and Dietrich Farms of Shakespeare, purchasing some 95 young animals in all. “They knew exactly what they were looking for,” said George Procter, general manager of Bod­ min’s Swine Division. “The Asian pork industry is very advanced - more specialized than we are in many ways.” Charoen Pokphand. a national leader in genetic improve­ ment and the production of breed­ ing stock, has done much to upgrade the pork industry in Thailand and in several other countries, Mr. Procter added. The Ontario pigs were assem­ bled in Tavistock and trucked to Chicago late Monday, from where they were scheduled to fly to Bangkok on Tuesday. The sale was arranged by Bruce Cluver, presi­ dent of Ag-World Exports of Bloomington, Illinois. Other recent swine exports from Bodmin Ltd. have gone to Taiwan, Singapore and Mexico, while close to 200 animals are currently behing blood-tested for June shipment to a ntimber of producers in New York, Illinoise, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minne­ sota, Nebraska and South Dakota. BRUSSELS LIVESTOCK Moreconsignmentbeing taken Call thesalesbarnat 887-6461 The market at Brussels Livestock Inc. sold on a steady demand on all classes. There were 324 slaughter cattle and 95 pigs on offer. Good to choice steers sold from $87 to $92 to the high of $94.75 per hundred weight. One steer con­ signed by Murray Steven, RR 1, Gorrie, weighing 1340 lbs. sold for $93.75. Four steers consigned by Gordon Daer, RR 1, Auburn aver­ aged 1086 lbs. sold for $90.80. Three steers consigned by Barry Jacklin, RR 2, Bluevale averaged 1350 lbs. sold for $89.66. Two steers consigned by Archie Jacklin, averaged 1260 lbs. sold for $89.60. Twelve steers consigned by Glen Johnston, RR 2, Bluevale averaged 1282 lbs. sold for $89.48 to the high of $94.75. Fourteen steers consign­ ed by Elmer Smeltzer, RR 1, Ripley averaged 1205 lbs. sold for $88.95. Nine steers consigned by George Adams, RR 2, Wroxeter averaged 1213 lbs. sold for $88.55. Two steers consigned by Wallace Nicholson, RR 2, Blyth averaged 1120 lbs. sold for $88.04. Nine steers consigned by Ross Battin, RR 2, Monkton averaged 1257 lbs. sold for $88.02. Nine steers con­ signed by Gord Roulston, RR 1, Ripley averaged 1337 lbs. sold for $87.32. Good to choice heifers: $85 to $89. One heifer consigned by Roy Dobson, RR 1, Formosa weighed 1040 lbs. sold for $89. Four heifers consigned by Earl Reinhart, RR 2, Teeswater, averaged 995 lbs. sold for $88.80. Two heifers consigned by Warden and Glen Haney, RR 4, Seaforth averaged 1115 lbs. sold for $88.75. There were 95 cows on offer. DI and D2 cows sold from $60 to $65; D3 and D4 cows, $55 to $60. One beef cow consigned by Geo. Duncan, RR 3, Mitchell weighed 1280 lbs. sold for $67. One beef cow consigned by William McLachlan, RR 3, Kippen weighed 1320 lbs. sold for $65.25. Two beef cows consigned by Jim McTavish, RR 1, Ripley averaged 1210 lbs. sold for $63.70. One beef cow consigned by Gord Roulston, RR 1, Ripley weigh­ ed 1480 lbs. sold for $62.25. One Holstein cow consigned by Siebolt Siertsema, RR 1, Auburn averaged 1270 lbs. sold for $61. Five cows consigned by Mervin Smith, RR 1, Walton, averaged 1204 lbs. sold for $60.62. Three Holstein cows con­ signed by Bylsma Farms, Blyth averaged 1577 lbs. sold for $60.26. Four Holstein cows consigned by Wynja Farms, RR 4, Seaforth averaged 1240 lbs. sold for $60.10. One Holstein cow consigned by Ralph Matthews, RR 3, Auburn, averaged 1110 lbs. sold for $59.25. Pigs under 40 lbs. sold at $114.29; 40 - 50 lbs., $111.25; 50 lbs. and over, $107.69. The next special stocker and feeder sale will be held on June 5, at 1:30 p.m. More consignments are welcome, call the sales barn at 887-6461 or Gordon Brindley at 529-7970,_____________________ _ Plastic soft drink containers (PET) are recycled into new pro­ ducts such as shower stalls, auto dashboards, skis, fence posts, audio cassettes.