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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1988-02-24, Page 6Page 6—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, February 24, 1988 Many farmers only dream of a crop as good Many of us only dream of a crop that can gross $600/acre but it may be a crop that is so very often overlooked that can do it for us. During a two year research project at the University of Guelph, Dr. Ann Clark recorded gains of 700 lbs. of beef per acre on a four field grass -legume pasture. In- dividual gains were 400 lbs. per animal at two different stocking rates. The number of animals per acre is the key to getting such high production from an acre of land. The steers grazed were hereford-cross yearling steers. When they were removed from pasture 60-85% graded A-1 with no further feeding. In this project Dr. Clark has demonstrated that it is possible to attain high gains per acre using a field rotation, adequate fertilizing and good pasture management. Even gains of hall this pro- duction are enough to get your pencils out and to do "some figuring". What are the reasons that few attain these gains? Pasture has a seasonable growth pattern. Waste of this early spring growth allows grasses to mature and stop FARM REPORT VAMI production for the rest of the season. Mechanical clipping, taking a hay crop from mature pasture or adequate stocking rates will help to restart new growth. Stocking rates will have to be high during the early season and reduced by midsum- me� < livevtock alone are to control the gr. Pas. fertilizing and fences to allow rotational grazing unlocks profits for many producers. You have only to talk to a neighbour who has tried these practices to find out just how well they work. Pastures traditionally have been the most abused cropland that we have. A strong perimeter fence often was the only input thought necessary. Recognizing that there is a potential for producing a profit from pasture acres is your first major step. This will give you in - The status of Stewardship As you may be aware, the Land Steward- ship Program (LSP) has taken many twists and turns over the past six months. Fact or fiction often depends on the county your land is in. For Huron County, certain rules have been set and they do differ from neighbor- ing counties. Of major concern is a deadline. The money will be available on a first come, first serve basis, until the funds are used up. Applications will be received indefinitely. Three more workshops will be held to assist in filling out Land Stewardship ap- plications. These workshops will be held as follows: Thursday, February 25 - 1 to 4:30 p.m. at the OMAF Boardroom, Clinton; Thursday, March 10 - 1 to 4:30 p.m. at the OMAF Boardroom, Clinton and Thursday, March 10 - 6 to 9:30 p.m. at the OMAF Boardroom, Clinton. Space is limited, so please register soon at the OMAF office for the workshop you would like to attend. terest in using rotational grazing, fer- tilizers and enough livestock to ad( 'ately harvest the pasture. It can be don( ONTARIO BEEF CATTY PERFORMAN E A JCI, SEMINAR The Ontario Beef Cattle Perforn.,....:e Association is holding its Second Annual Seminar on Saturday, February 27th, 1988 at the Nottawasaga Inn, Highway 89, Alliston, starting at 9:30 a.m. Merchandising Performance Tested Beef Cattle will be the theme of the day. Mr. Henry Gardiner of Ashland, Kansas will be the keynote speaker. Mr. Gardiner, his wife and three sons operate the 13,000 acre Gardiner Angus Ranch. Their herd consists of 900 angus cows; 300 registered and 600 commercial. Henry was named Seedstock Producer of the Year in 1987 by Kansas Beef Improvement Federation. Registration fee is $20.00 for the day. Grain stabilization Producers who purchase processed feeds who were not formerly eligible for the Federal Grain Stabilization program may now be eligible. In the past, when producers applied for stabilization they had to deduct processed feeds from their sales to arrive at the total tonnes eligible for stabilization. However, this deduction in no longer required. This shouldmean some producers who. purchased substantial amounts of process- ed feed could now be eligible. Producers must still deduct purchases of whole grains from sales in calculating eligible tonnes. Application forms for the final payment from the Federal government on 1986 corn, soybeans, and wheat are now in the mail to producers. These applications will let farmers finalize stabilization claims for corn, soybeans and wheat sold in the 1986-87 marketing year. ' Producers who received interim payments on sales to March 31, 1987 will be on the mailing list. Any sales of wheat and Pine River U.C.W. The February meeting of the Pine River U.C.W. met Tuesday morning February 9th in the basement of the church. The meeting opened with the president Betty Jones present. Betty opened the meeting with a reading. The minutes of the last meeting were read by Ruth Farrell. Roll call was answered by the 16 ladies present. Marion Lowry the convenor then took over with a reading. A video tape "Crisis of the Canadian Farmer" was viewed. It was very interesting, being most of the women present were farm women. They were all in agreement of what was said. But it was shocking when it was given just what a farmer gets for the products he produces (e.g. eggs) that the consumer pays a $1.29 a dozen for, the farmer gets .90 cents. Just to put it mildly, the farmer is the loser. The prediction is the farmer and the fishermen are in dire circumstances. Betty closed the meeting with prayer. The lunch committee served coffee and, muffins at the beginning of the meeting. LOCAL NEWS The weekend being ' so very wintery ( snowing and blowing) saw a few people stranded for a few hours before they really did get to their destination. Some were Bill and Joanne Wilkins and their kids Ean and Stacey, they got stranded at Jack Wilkins but later that evening arrived at Charles and Mayme Wilkins. Liz was in London on Friday and on her way home to her parents ran into bad weather when she got near home, and was stranded for a few hours at Amberley, later continued on to her parents home. They all stayed until when they left for their respected homes in Guelph and Mount Forest. Sunday saw cancellations of church ser- vices at both the Pine River and Bethel United Churches respectively. And church services were also cancelled at the Ashfield Presbyterian Church. On Monday Mrs. Gordon Robb and her son Glen visited in Chesley with Bob and Sandra Darling and children. Julie and Michael MacDonald and children of George and Andrea MacDonald of Kincardine spent the weekend with their grandparents Finlay and Margie Mac- Donald and Elmer and Edna Culbert. LO CHALS by Kae Webster .Jim Webster of Waterloo, son of Kae Webster, had the misfortune to slip on ice in the city and stretched the ligaments and tore the muscles of his left wrist, which is now in a cast, hopefully for just two weeks. The community will be glad to,hear that Ross MacKenzie of Goderich and formerly of our area,, is now at home and is con- valescing nicely. Get well soon RoSs. Mr. and Mrs. Cliff McNeil of the Nile visited on Wednesday evening with Charles and Mayme Wilkins. George and Metty Moncrief of Goderich visited on Wednesday with Barry and Bet- ty Jones. Own a John Deere For Less ■ ■ MEM ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 16,98icash 19,976cash W/ John Deere 146 Loader 55 P.T.O. HP John Deere Model 2355 Equip. w/ 16.9 x 30 rear 9.5LX15, front tires 21 gal./min. Hyd. pump, 540 PTO, 3 pt. hitch, remote outlets • Trades Accepted " 8.75% financing /insurance Lease available LrL * 2 yr. power train warranty • In stock ready to go MINN nuns. SALES DEPARTMENT 1-800-265-4220 Exeter 235-1115 Blyth 523-4244 . oybeans registered with the Marketing boards will also generate an application form. Sales of corn through licensed elevators will also trigger the mailing of a form. Forms will not be available from either provincial or federal offices. A form can be obtained from the Agricultural Stabiliza- tion Board: 930 Carling Avenue, Ottawa K1A 005. Callers can telephone 613-957-7078. Total Federal stabilization payments for corn; soybeans, and wheat .are $29.70, $11.40 and $25.13 per tonne. Recipients of interim payments will have their total amount reduced accordingly. No federal announcement has been made on stabilization payments for oats, barley and other grains. The delay on other grains may in turn be delaying the provincial stabilization payments. 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