The Rural Voice, 1981-12, Page 23Pork heading south
Pork Congress exhibitors and swine
breeders who attended a meeting at the
Stratford Coliseum heard the latest results
of the work done by the Swine Export
Committee. The big news is that Vene-
zuela has ordered another 500 breeding
pigs to be delivered in early December and
Mexico has placed an initial order for 40.
"We hired an export company to put
together the first order to Venezuela and
thirty-seven producers had pigs on that
first planeload." explained Bill Nahr-
gang, vice-president of the Pork Con-
gress. "This time all 97 paid-up members
of the Ontario Swine Breeders Association
are being contacted to find out what they
have available to fill these orders. We'll be
looking for purebreds ranging from 75 to
110 pounds."
Some members of the committee have
travelled to Venezuela to check up on how
the first shipment of pigs has settled in.
They then went on to Mexico to finalize an
order there. Slides of this trip were shown
at the Stratford meeting.
Beef quota pressure
The Ontario Cattlemen's Action Group,
who are promoting supply management
for beef production, claim a significant
victory in Renfrew County. Out of 200
members of the county's cattlemen's
association, 143 voted for a quota system.
Graeme Hedley, secretary manager of
the Ontario Cattlemen's Association
warns, however, care should be taken with
the interpretation of such numbers. While
all the figures may be accurate, he
cautions there were 1,000 cow/calf
producers enrolled in Renfrew in the
Ontario insurance plan in the years
1977/78.
Hedley doesn't doubt there is a shift to
more support for quotas as there is much
financial hardship in the beef industry.
In Huron and Perth counties, there isn't
much interest in changing the marketing
system. At the annual meeting of the
Perth Association, only 75 producers
attended, including the 22 elected
directors. The total enrolment in the
cow/calf insurance plan was ap-
proximately S00.
Perth county has a significant number
of beef feedlots too. They are in sixth place
in all Ontario counties.
Bruce Ward from the Grey county
OMAF office, suspects that the strong
support for supply management evident in
Bruce, Grey, North Wellington and
Renfrew counties may be due to the fact
that most beefmen there have no cash crop
or other enterprise to fall back on when
livestock prices tumble.
OFA Task force in action
The Ontario Federation of Agriculture Task Force met in Hanover on October 21st at
which time briefs were presented by the Federations in Bruce. Grey and Huron as well
as from a real estate agent. an equipment dealer and private persons. From left,
Jim McGregor, a Huron County beef producer. who told the Task Force why beef
farmers are going bankrupt. Next to him are Tony McQuail and John VanBeers who
presented the brief from the Huron County Federation.
We have a good selection of boars and gilts of
Yorkshire, Duroc, Landrace, Hampshire and Hybrid
swine available for private sale.
This is our 15th year of offering progressive pork
producers Ontario's largest selection of R.O.P. and
veterinary approved stock.
Our herd is maintained as a closed minimal disease
operation.
8th Production Sale
Wednesday, December 30
Liz Bend Solhallan 312K
Back Fat 10 m.m. 129 days 151 index
$3525. Top selling boar 1980 Pork Congress
1 Boars, Open gilts,Bred gilts
at the farm of Warren Stein
1 mile south and 2 miles west of Tavistock
THAMES BEND FARMS LTD.
R.R.B, Woodstock, Ontario N48 7W1
519-855-2942 or 482-2704
RICHARD AND WARREN STEIN
THE RURAL VOICE) DECEMBER 1981 PG. 21