The Rural Voice, 1979-02, Page 23burg has been appointed as a director of
the new agency.
Federal Agriculture Minister Eugene
Whelan who made the announcement said
negotiations would begin immediately with
U.S. officials regarding import controls.
Imports will probably be controlled by a
quota that will be linked either to previous
import volumes or to Canadian production
volumes. Imports for turkeys are based on
historical import volumes and for eggs on
domestic production volumes.
One of the agency's first tasks will be to
set a production target for 1979 and
allocate share to various provinces.
Manitoba will be a member under a
separate agreement. Bert Hall of Manitou,
Manitoba, chairman of the Manitoba
board, said delays in negotiations last year
left Manitoba sitting on the sidelines when
other signed the agreement, so the
province came in under a separate
agreement.
Alberta has agreed to co-operate with
the national agency but will not join. The
province wanted the right to produce more
chicken than the plan might has allowed.
Newfoundland will join next year.
Whelan said the plan will include 92.6
per cent of Canada's chicken farmers and
95 per cent of the chicken produced.
The national agency will develop a cost
of production formula, but it will be used
only as a guide and prices will be set by
provincial, marketing boards.
FCC, U of G research
face cuts
A lot of the money that was to be used
for agricultural programs will either be cut
back or cut off entirely in the new year.
The Farm Credit Corporation is one of
those receiving a cut in funding. It is
receiving $266.5 million this fiscal year,
which ends March 31, and had tentative
approval for $280 million next fiscal year.
The spending for next year has been
slashed to $257 million.
The Farm Credit Corporation will re -lend
money that is paid back during the fiscal
year, including deals that involve re-fm-
ancing. That will increase total lending for
the current fiscal year to about $510
million.
The reduction in Farm Credit Corp-
oration funds will probably mean some
farmers will have to cancel expansion and
purchase plans because the corporation is
clearly going to use all of its 1978-79
money, and forecasts more demand next
fiscal year.
At the University of Guelph, research
into winter triticale may suffer because of
the cancellation of the new crop develop.
ment fund.
Jack Tanner, head of the crop science
department there said the progress on this
project which had been funded by the
International Development Research
Council had been "spectacular" and he
felt that Prof. Ernie Reinbergs who was
heading the study should be encouraged to
continue.
Yields of the winter triticales were better
than winter wheat and their winter
hardiness was better, he said.
Another project funded by the program
was Tanner's peanut crop research. It will
continue under a different system of
Ontario and federal government funding
which will cost $160.000 a year.
Butter producers
decide to fight back
Butter producers have decided to fight
back in a campaign to persuade Canadians
to eat more of their product.
In a survey of 2,800 households across
the country, researchers found that virtual-
ly everyone buys margarine, regardless of
age, sex, education and income, because of
price or perceived health advantages.
The Dairy Bureau of Canada, financed
by the country's 67,000 dairy farmers, has
the chore of promoting the ,:onsumption 'if
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