HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1987-10-21, Page 13THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1987. PAGE 13.
Huron cream producers reject OCPMB proposal
The Huron County Cream Producers elected its 1988 executive during its annual meeting in Belgrave on
October 15. Members include [front, from left] John Duskocy, vice-chairman; Brenda Mason,
secretary-treasurer; and William Irvin, chairman. At the back are directors Bill Deichert, Leland
Harkness and Charles Regele, and past-chairman Cecil Cranston.
Huron County cream producers
have voted overwhelmingly to
reject a proposal drafted by the
Ontario Cream Producers Market
ing Board (OCPMB) which they
feel is aimed at unfairly restricting
the opportunity for an individual
cream producer to convert all or
part of his current cream quota to
milk.
If it is accepted at the OCPMB
annual meeting in Toronto next
month and becomes policy, the
Board proposal would insist that
cream producers wishing to con
vert be permitted to do so only as
the result of a lottery, and would
allow only 12-15 producers to take
advantage of the policy in any
given year.
Cecil Cranston of RR 2, Auburn,
outgoing chairman of the Huron
County Cream Producers and a
former member of the OCPMB,
says that the proposal does not go
far enough toward helping present
producers remain in the business.
“For starters, the lottery pro
posal is stupid,” he says. “About
60 per cent of Ontario’s cream
producersare Mennonites, and
their religion does not permit them
to participate in a lottery, so right
away you are eliminating them.
“As well, the amount of quota
the Cream Board has designated as
transferrable in any given year is
only 60,000 kg. Out of Ontario’s
annual production of 3.5 million
kg., with the average quota at
about 1,200 kg., it would take 120
years for all Ontario cream produ
cers to be helped under this
proposal.
“Ontario cream producers can’t
Kennairn Farms wins big at "Little Royal' Fair
wait that long. They’re hurting
now,” he concludes.
After rejecting the OCPMB
resolution by a vote of 17-3, the
50-60 Huron County cream produ
cers at the annual county associa
tion meeting held at East Wawa-
nosh Public School near Belgrave
last Thursday gave cautious sup
port, in a vote of 7-6, to a counter
proposal prepared for them by the
Ontario Milk Marketing Board
(OMMB), a proposal they feel is
much more viable.
Under the Milk Board proposal,
any cream producer would be
allowed to convert all or part of his
quota under conditions that the
Huron producers feel protects both
the cream and the milk industries.
A third resoltuion, calling for the
establishment of an information
line to the OCPMB office in
Toronto which producers could use
one day a month to learn who is
selling or buying quota received
unanimous support.
All three resolutions will be
forwarded tothe annual meeting of
the OCPMB at the Skyline Hotel in
Toronto, where the conversion
policy is expected to be one of the
hottest topics the board has dealt
with in years.
In Thursday’s election of Huron
County Cream Producers’ execu
tive and voting delegates, William
Irvin of RR 7, Lucknow was elected
chairman of the 1988 board of
directors; John Duskocy of RR 4,
Brussels, was named vice-chair
man; and Brenda Mason of RR 1,
Belgrave was elected as secretary
treasurer.
Bill Deichert of RR 1, Zurich and
Leland Harkness of RR 1, Clifford
were returned as directors for a
second term, with Charles Regele
of RR 1, Dublin elected to fill the
The Ken Ramsey family of
Kennairn Farms, RR 3, Blyth, has
once again brought honour to north
Huron by chalking up several
impressive wins at the Tri-County
Holstein Show held Friday in
conjunction with the Walkerton
Fall Fair, often referred to as the
“Little Royal.”
Kennairn Hol steins won both
the Premier Breeders Award,
donated by the David Carson Sales
Arena, and the United Breeders
Inc. Breeder’sHerd Award, aswell
as being named runner-up in the
Premier Exhibitor competition.
Aitkenbrae Farms of RR 1,
Holstein, was named Premier
Exhibitor, and was runner-up to
Kennairn Farms in the Premier
Breeder’s Award.
Shirley, Ken and Brian Ramsey
showed a total of eight animals at
Farm
the Tri-County show, taking a
number of other ribbons as well. A
three-year-old heifer, Kennairn
Matinee Genna, won the best
udder award in her class, and was
runner-up for best udder in the
show; the same heifer came second
in the three-year-old conformation
class.
Kennairn Farms also placed
second in the Progeny of Dam
class; took a third and a fifth place
ribbon with four-year-olds; a
fourth with a senior heifer; fifth
with both junior two-year-old and a
five-year-old; and eighth and tenth
in the three-year-old class.
John Weirsma of RR 1, Blyth
placed second with an aged cow at
the same show; while Art Bos of RR
3, Blyth, was third with a senior
heifer.
third position.
Elected as voting delegates to
the Toronto convention were Bill
Elected as voting delegates to
the Toronto convention were Bill
Deichert, John Duskocy, Brenda
Mason, William Irvin and Cecil
Cranston.
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