The Rural Voice, 1982-09, Page 30Energy management
for Canadian farmers
A survey to aid in the development of
cost-efficient energy programs for the
Canadian agricultural sector has been
undertaken by Statistics Canada.
The Farm Energy Use Survey is a joint
project with Agriculture Canada and
Energy, Mines and Resources Canada
Under the National Energy Program. It
will provide detailed information on the
current use and cost of energy on farms.
Farmers were asked energy-related ques-
tions such as types of powered equipment
used, types of fuel used, storage facilities
and energy-saving changes made in the
past few years.
Data collected through the Survey will
be used by farm associations and govern-
ments to determine the need for addition-
al energy conservation and fuel substitu-
FARM ADVICE
tion programs, stand-by programs for
emergency energy distribution, research
projects and information programs for
the farming community.
Statistics Canada interviewers visited a
sample of 7,000 farms between June 28
and July 23 and the results of the survey
will be available early in 1983.
Flax gains popularity
in Bruce county
Flax. as a cash crop, has gained
considerable popularity in Bruce County.
Sandy Little, of Anderson Flax
Products Limited, states that the acreage
has increased from four thousand last year
to over seven thousand this year.
Mr. Little attributes the low cost of
production to the crop's popularity. It is
sown at the same time as spring grains
and needs a little extra nitrogen. The crop
withstands some frost and is harvested
around the middle to the end of August. It
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northern parts of the county. The flax is
refined at the Maple Leaf Mills in Windsor
and the oil cake by-product is used as a
protein supplement in animal rations.
Flax is presently trading at around 58 per
bushel.
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