The Lucknow Sentinel, 1989-03-29, Page 3Long term
programs
necessary for
agrieuhural
future
ByMelody Falconer
CLINTON - The heads of Huron County's
agricultural conunittees, along with
municipal representatives, met with their
Members of 'Parliament during a dinner
meeting held March 18 at Ontario Street
United -Church.
The dinner was hosted by the Huron
County Federation of Agriculture
(HCFA).
Provincial Agriculture Minister and
MPP for Huron, Jackliiddell, and Murray
Cardiff, MP for Huron -Bruce, were on
hand to listen to both the positive and
negative concerns of Huron County's
agricultural community.
During several hours of debate •on a
variety of subjects, .one point of discussion
keptresurfacing ; a pointthat all those pre-
sent seemed to .agree.upon.
"Government must have a long term vi-
iion for agriculture, ea opp,
Chairman of the IICFA Trade and Finance
Committee.
"What we have to do is .get away from
bandage adhoc programs. These short-
term programs are not meeting the
farmers' needs, they are often im-
plemented after the fact and end up being
poor programs," commented Mr. Riddell.
"I am a strong believer in introducing long
term programs. There should be a security
network for farmers that they can rely on,
one, five, or ten years down the road."
Mr. Riddell went on to say that any pro-
grams implemented must be programs
that will meet the needs of all farmers not
just those who need help coping with debt.
Ken Kelly, .an Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and food (OMAF ) represen-
tative added, "The time has come to put
our cards on the table and hammer out a
better crop insurance program for
farmers. Granted it inay cost more but a
good, •long-term safety net is what is
needed."
Mr. Cardiff agreed with.Mr. Riddell in
regards to adhoc programs. He suggested
that long-tennprogrnmsbe initiated atthe
national level that valtprevent formation
of such shortternrprograms.
"Farmers need confidence; they need to
knotV thatgov.ernmentand agriculture are
heading down the same path," stated
Chris Palmer ,Iluron CountyFederation of
Agriculture -President. "For this reason
the federal sovermnent needs to look at
the longterm ilagriculture .pOlicy, as
adhockprograrnsitiffernofuture,sthey just
keep us going a little whilelonger. "
However, Mr. Kelly eautioned that
despite the factlong4errn solutions are
needed, .adhoc programs should not .he
eliminated completely.
"There are a large number of people -in
farming who are -facing -the future 'with
uncertainty. ILwe don't do a lot of adhoc
in the shorkerrn, the long-term maybe,
very short for some of those people," he
concluded.
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The Members of Parliament Dinner, sponsored13y the Huron Comi-
ty Federation of Agriculture was held March 18 at the Ontario
Street United Church, Clinton. Pictured, left to right, Murray Car-
diff, MP for Huron -Bruce; Chris `Palmer, president of the Huron
County Federation of Apiculture; Jack Riddell, Provincial
Agriculture Minister; Bank Blnnedyk, second vicepresident of the
Huron County Federation of Apiculture; Dave Johnston, Warden
of Huron County, and Ben Reny, Huron County% OFA executive
member. Various agricultural groups presented briefs of general
interest to both agriculture heads and municipal leaders. (Melody
Falconer photo)
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