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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 1988-04-06, Page 16PAGE 16. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1988. Soil and Crop sponsors study CHICK There will be two categories: corn and soybeans. Awards will be The new Huron County Milk Recording Committee delegates elected at the organization’s banquet and annual meeting in Brussels on March 30 were [seated, from left] Siebolt Siertsema, Dave Marshall, Bob McNeil, and Art Versteeg. Alternates elected were [standing] Jim Hunter, Nell Vincent, John Branderhorst and Barry Elliott. Later, Mr. Marshall was appointed chairman of the committee, while Mr. Siertsema was named secretary-treasurer. Siertsema re-elected to Huron Milk Committee L - t 1*^ j The Huron Soil and Crop Improvement Association has set up a contest to evaluate fhe effectiveness of various tillage practices in corn and soybean production. The contest will recog nize farmers who are reducing soil loss while maintaining sound economic yields. The contest is being run with the assistance of the Huron Soil and Water Conserva tion District to promote soil conservation in Huron County. given for highestyield, highest economic returns, and mo«t.>uil saved. The winners will be determined by the Soil and Crop Improvement Association based on the establish ed rules, and will receive an award at the Huron Soil and Crop Improvement Association awards’ banquet. If you are interested in joining the group or require further information, please contact Brent Kennedy or Brian Hall at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food office, Clinton. $16,183; for a family of five, $21,345; and for a family of six or more, $24,000. “We conclude that since most families can’t live for a year on $12,000, we should put more emphasis on a realistic cash flow,” Mr. Martin said. “Failing to plan is planning to fail.” Mr. Pennington apologized to the milk producers for the ODHIC computer glitches which had caus ed errors in many of the county milk production records over the past year, adding that the corporation has taken steps to see that it doesn’t happen again. He told producers that one of the major items on the ODHIC agenda this year is to be the strict enforcement of the cow identifica tion rule, noting that at present there are some 9,000 cows in Ontario which can’t be identified for federal records, and are therefore ineligible for federal funding, which is based on the number of official supervised records in each province. ODHIC funding is now in a real turmoil, he added, explaining that OMAF had indicated that the provincial funding to the producer run organization is to be cut back from the present 33 per cent to approximately 25 per cent over the next lOyears, amove which will mean that the producers will have to pick up a larger share of the corporation’s operating costs, which could lead to more herds being taken off test, which in turn would lead to further cutbacks in federal funding. Later, Mr. Marshall told The Citizen that close to 50 per cent of ODHIC’s annual costs of $11.9 million are already being paid by dairy farmers, at the rate of a flat fee per herd of $236 every six months, plus an additional fee of $5.40percowevery six months. With the average Ontario herd now at 42 cows, he said, the annual cost to the average producer is rapidly approaching $1,000 for testing. Mr. Marshall said that the problem of spiraling costs will be high on the agenda when ODHIC Zone 1 delegates from Huron, Perth, Middlesex, Lambton, Nor folk, Essex, Kent and Elgin meet in Brussels Stockyards Milk producer Siebolt Siertsema of RR 1, Auburn has been re-appointed to the position of secretary-treasurer of the Huron County Milk Recording Committee for the 1988-89 term, while dairy farmer Dave Marshall of RR 1, Kirkton, has been appointed to serve as the committee’s chair man. The appointments came at a closed meeting following the elec tion of county delegates and alternates to the Ontario Dairy Herd Improvement Corporation (ODHIC) at the committee’s ban quet and annual meeting in Brussels on March 30. Both Mr. Siertseipa and Mr. Marshall were also elected to serve as county delegates for a two-year term, while Bob McNeil of RR 6, Goderich and Art Versteeg of RR 2, Gorrie were elected for a one-year term. Electedastwo-yearalter- nate delegates were Barry Elliott of RR 1, Lucknow and John Brander- horst of RR 1, Hensall, while Jim Hunter of RR 1, Belgrave and Neil Vincentof RR3, Wingham were elected as one-year alternates. Close to 150 Huron County dairymen gathered to hear guest speaker Dennis Martin of the Clinton OMAF office report on the Family Living Study his office had conducted among county dairy farm families last year ; as well as to hear ODHIC Zone 1 director Bob Rossof RR 1, St. Marys and ODHIC regional supervisor Ray Penning- on of Kincardine present their annual reports. Mr. Martin said that of the 42 families which had undertaken to keep records of all their living expenses for 1987, 32 had finished the study which was designed to show whether the “standard cash flow estimate of $ 1,000 per month ’ ’ in living expenses for dairy farm families was accurate. The study was broken down into families with one or two children, families with three children, and families with four to six children, Mr. Martin said. Using various charts and graphs which indicated that net farm income had to take into account the farm’s debt load and interest load per cow as well as all other expenses, he showed that the figures had proved that the average annual living expenses for a family of three or four was London April 5, and when corpora tion delegates meet in Toronto on April 12. “The major thing for the county milk recording committees is to be highly visible so that producers at the grassroots level can come to us with any concern they may have, so that we can take it on to the zone or to the provincial level,” Mr. Marshall said. “We’re here to serve the dairy farmers.” We will be taking orders for MEAT-TYPE CHICKS (minimum order - 25 chicks) • TURKEYS Wecarryacompletelineof Shur-Gain Feed and Animal Health Products Order Dates Pickup Dates — --------- April 8,1988 May11,1988 TURKEYS April 20,1988 June 8,1988 ORDERSTAKENAT: VARNA FEED MILL LTD. Varna 233-9219 WALTON FEED MILL Walton 887-6023 3rn soybeans white beans coloured bear idneys wheat barley oats canola forage reemerge postemerge spot treatment pr lant incorporate application rates NPK mi utrients liquid fertilizer dry fertilizer soiltesi ustom blending custom application the fu res market outlook contracting storage c p marketing advice production credit corr jybeans white beans coloured beans kid heat barley oats canola forages preem •ostemerge spot treatment preplant incorf ipplication rates NPK micro-nutrients liquic ?rtilizer dry fertilizer soil tests custom blenc ustom application the futures market outl< :ontracting storage crop marketing advice reduction credit corn soybeans white be< □loured beans kidneys wheat barley oat Continued from page 14 average price of $93.26 with sales to $94.75. Choice cows sold at $61 to $67; good cows brought $59 to $64; and canners and cutters fetched $56 to $59. Fifty to 60 lb. pigs traded to a high of 94 cents per lb.; 60 to 70 lb. pigs traded to a high of 80 cents per lb.; and 70 to 80 lb. pigs traded to a high of 86 cents per lb. When there's so many decisions to be made in farming today, it's nice to know you really only have to make one— Cook's—where you can trade with confidence.Division of Gerbro (1967) Inc. Hensail 262-2410 Centralia 228-6661 Branches Kirkton 229-8986 Walton 527-1540 887-9261 Head Office Hensall, Ontario N0M 1X0 (519) 262-2410 Telex 064-7251 FAX (519) 262-3126