The Rural Voice, 1981-05, Page 33Be united, MPs
tell farmers
On April 3. the Bruce County
Federation of Agriculture's Directors and
executives met with local members of
parliament at the New Seasons Re-
staurant in Kincardine.
Present were Murray Cardiff, Murray
Elston and Gary Gurbin. The members
each addressed the group with various
angles of the farming industry today and
answered questions from the floor.
The financial concerns of farmers today
were discussed and the answers varied. A
strong indication was given by the
members that hogs and beef should be
under quota according to Eugene Whelan
before much can be done about border
controls. This met with nixed reactions.
One point that was stressed by all three
guests was that to be successful in any
lobbying efforts we have to have a strong
united voice and to support the farmer's
organization to the limit.
Predict more corn
Corn plantings in Ontario arc predicted
to increase by five per cent this year.
according to a forecast by Cargill Grain
Co. Ltd. of Winnipeg. This would mean a
production increase of eight to nine
million bushels.
J.E. O'Meara, manager of the Ontario
Grain Corn Council, said it was pretty
early to be forecasting production inc-
creases.
Winter wheat production in the
province has also increased. to 530.000
acres this year, from 520,000 acres last
year. according to the Ontario Wheat
Producers Marketing Board. Assuming
weather conditions are good, this year's
harvest is still expected to be somewhat
Tess than the 1977 record of 31 million
bushels.
Moisture in Southern Ontario is
expected to be adequate for the wheat
crop, but the big question is whether
there will be a repeat of last year's
outbreak of fusarium. At the time, the
Canadian Wheat Board acknowledged
the problem, but now says the disease
"bordered on a disaster."
The Wheat Board has now asked the
federal government for a S17.3 million
compensation payment for farmers whose
crops were damaged by the disease.
The Agriculture Department is fore-
casting the United States may be headed
for another record wheat crop, and this
could temporarily dampen Canadian
wheat prices this spring and summer.
Dianne Harkin to Status of Women
Dianne Harkin. founder and chairman
of the Women for the Survival of
Agriculture (W.S.A.) group was recently
appointed to the Canadian Advisory
Council on the Status of Womcn. Shc will
be the first farm woman to serve on the
council. The committee was recently in
the news when chairman Doris Anderson,
former editor of Chatelaine, resigned
after a disagreement with Lloyd
Axworthy. Minister of Manpower and
Immigration. The Status of Women group
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