The Rural Voice, 1979-01, Page 20ucers, consumers, and agri-business rep-
resentatives are expected to attend, says
Dr. W.S. Young, coordinator of agricultural
extension education at OAC.
The first day of the conference features
concurrent sessions updating weed control
in field cropy. and machinery systems for
manure management. One of the high-
lights of the day is the display of a new
weed spraying unit.
The cattle reproduction program sched-
uled for the morning of the second day
deals with controlled breeding, bull
fertility, and reproductive disease prob-
lems. Separate sessions for dairy and beef
producers are scheduled for the afternoon.
Speakers in the concurrent program on
farm land values will discuss the implic-
ations of rising land values. The program
includes demonstrations of computer land
price analysis.
The Poultry Industry School will be held
in conjunction with the conference at the
Arboretum on January 3.
Detailed conference programs are avail-
able for Dr. W.S. Young. Ontario
Agricultural College. University of Guelph,
Guelph. Ontario NIG 2W1.
Broiler marketing
board is coming
A national marketing board for broiler
chickens is close to becoming a reality.
Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan
said recently the government will proceed
with a plan to create the marketing agency
which will set production limits and prices
to farmers.
The marketing board would also control
imports, and protect farmers from meat
importers who flood the Canadian market
with cheaper foreign chickens when they
can.
Farm groups have supported the broiler
chicken marketing board concept while
consumer groups have protested it will
mean higher chicken prices in the super-
market.
Although Mr. Whelan has said he
decided the agency can go ahead, the
agriculture minister hasn't set a date for
the marketing board's creation.
The agriculture minister has offered a
number of reasons for delaying creation of
the board for about a year, quota value has
been the most common one in recent
months.
Allmand warns of
ceiling on beef
ceiling on beef prices in the future.
In a speech to the beef industry seminar
held in Regina recently, the minister said
the public's demand for poorer quality cuts
of beef that go into hamburger has raised
the price of ground beef. Mr. Allmand say s
the burden on consumers could be eased
by importing more grade C and grade B
beef from abroad.
While the minister said he supported the
idea of minimum or floor prices for beef
producers, he would also like to see some
sort of relief for consumers.
The minister suggested it might be time
to convene a meeting of consumers, beef
producers and government to consider
problems within the industry.
David Merz, president of the British
Columbia Cattlemen's Association said a
ceiling on beef prices would mean Tess beef
being produced and he repeated the
cattlemen's plea for tighter beef import
quotas.
Spokesman from the beef industry told
cattlemen the beef industry must market
its product in tune with changing social
trends and deal with attacks on the
nutritional value of beef.
The president of the cattlemen's associ-
ation, Stewart Brown, said the beef
industry must maintain its supplies if it is
to retain its share of the marketplace.
Mr. Brown also appealed to the public to
Consumer Affairs Minister Warren
Allmand recently warned beef producers
there may be higher import quotas and a
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