HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1981-07-01, Page 5Page 4-Lstclmow Scadiset, Wedaerdiy, J* 1
1961
Farmers' Union proposes meat marketingprogram
At a recent meeting of the National
Farmers Union, District 5, a decision was
made to launch a concrete proposal in
Ontario and throughout Canada for a
National Meat Marketing Program.
Producers of all farm commodities .prod-
uced in Canada should return the farmer a
price to cover average cost . production
plus a fair return for investrnen • our.
With sky -rocketing interest rates and no
pricing formula for their product, hog and
beef farmers Fare going bankrupt, or the bank
or loaning institutions are foreclosing 'on
farmers, and are forcingmany out of
business:. • .
The hog and beef industries in Ontario
and Canada. needs . a National Meat
Authority, which would have the power to
give the fanner his cost of production plua a
return on investment, and .labour. It would
also have the power to control imports and
exports. It is time hog and beef producers
stop competing and blaming each other for.
their low prices. Reality has hit and farmers
must learn to live with each other and not off
each other,
If supplymanagement is not put into place
ediately and the corporate section takes
over pr 'notion, consumers will be paying a
lot more for their food. Corporations are in
business for one main reason and that is, to
make a profit.
Also. it is going to destroy the rural
communities, because farmers who are
force d out of business will have to go to the
city for a job or go . on welfare . or
unemployment. Does this country need more
Beef program doesn't
far enough: Barrie
The provincial govern-
ment's
overn ment's $30 million program
to aid beef producers is a real
help, but it doesn't go far
enough, Ralph Barrie, Pres-
ident, Ontario Federation of
Agriculture (OFA), . said to-
day.
Barrie said the program,
which will pay farmers P IS40
for every animal sent: to
market in 1980, (a minimum
of 10 per farmer) is good
news for the province's feed
lot operators. Many of them
have been losing over $100
on every animal: sold.
Barrie said he is disap-
pointed the program would
n't apply to thosewho sell
cattle to other farmers.
"Many of the cow -calf and
short keep feeder ;producers
are in desperate straits. They
need help: too."
Hesaid he is especially
disappointed that nothing
has been done to help farm-
ers in other commodities, or
to help farmers deal with
high interest rates.
Earlier in the month, prov-
incial treasurer Frank Miller
said that Ontario could afford
to spend :550 to $100 million
to. help .Ontario's hard pres-
sed farmers.
' `Farmers are grateful for
g
this probram, but we were
hoping for something much
broader. We need a shot in
the arra and ..we needit
now," Barrie said.
He said the OFA will
continue to demand addition-
al programs at both the fed-
eral and provincial .levels.
"We havedemonstrated
that ggv'ernments do respond
to a problem if it is brought
to their attention reasonably
but forcefully: The task now
is to keep applying pressure
so we can help other farmers
who are desperately working
to survive."
Quiet in the Land opens Thythseason
On July 3rd at. 8.30 p.m.,
the premiere of Anne Chis-
lett's Quiet In The Land will
open the seventh season of
the Blyth Summer Festival.
The evening will begin with
the traditional opening sup-
per in the basement of Blyth
Memorial Hall. Mr. and Mrs.
Franklin Bainton of Bainton
Ltd., Blyth, will be , the
guests of honour at the
supper, and will be piped in
to supper, per tradition.
Following the supper, if the
weather is fine, the piper will
play on the lawn of Blyth
Memorial Hall.
Quiet In The Land was
specifically commissioned for
the . Blyth • Summer Festival
and researched by Ms. Chis -
lett in this area. The per-
formance on July 3 will be
the world, premiere. The play
is a gentle drama set in an
Amish community at the
time of the first World War.
War threatens the country,
'and therefore threatens to
destroy the separateness and
paficism that has preserved
the Amish throughout four
hundred years of faith. The
production is directed by Guy
Spring; and stars Janet Am-
os, Beth Amos, William Dun-
lop, David Fox, Sam. Rob-
inson, Keith Thomas and
Kate . Trotter. Actors Dean.
Hawes, Denise Kennedy,
Graham McPherson and four
local children, Deanna
Bearss, Peter Cook, Rachel
Thompson, and Susi Walsh
complete the cast.
Quiet In The Land will play
in . repertory until August 1.
The second play of the.Blyth
season, Love Or Money, will
open on July. 7. Tickets are
still available , for all dates,
and can be obtained by
calling (519) 523-9225.
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welfare and unemployment? Many of 'these
farmers have `put an their lives and money
into their farms and it is being taken away
from thein. It, is not just 'theyoung and
beginning fanners, but also some of the well
established farmers. Many of these farmers
already have off :farm jobs to subsidize their
operation.
This also means farmers will have to
accept certain controls and regulation, to
have a viable industry. Probably a quota
system but this quota should , not have a
dollar, value put on it. It should be the
property of the Authority and be given to
farmers who want to produce that commod-
ity. If a farmer no longer wants to produce
that commodity it should "go back to the
board and .be given to new producers or
small producers who want to expand.
In the short term because of heavy
financial losses and sometimes' bankruptcy a
three-point program is needed:
1. A short term debt moratorium be declared
on capital debt related to net income and
requiring an application to a Board of
Entitlement for prior approval..
2. Legislation be implemented to reverse the
current banking policy of periodic upward
renegotiation of interest . rates on essential
operating and capital '.debts.
3. A selective and adequately funded long
term, low interest capital loans program be
developed for young and beginning farmers.
The NFU will be holding mass meetings
across Ontario hoping to draw a cross section
from both rural and urban people alike to
discuss the National Meat Authority Prod.,
posal.
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