The Lucknow Sentinel, 1993-03-17, Page 69STOCK
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Farm Progress '93—Page 13A
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Tony Lang, inset, and his grain silos. (Ellis photo) .
Economy may be unstable
but not theworst yet says
Walkerton area farmer
by Sue Ann Ellis
WALKERTON--The state of our
economy is. unstable but it is not
the worst it has been for .farmers,
said Tony Lang.
"The 1991-92 recession didn't
affect. us (farmers) as much as the
farm recession of the mid 80's..
Farmers have been there (in a
recession)., since. The farm com-
munity. got - lean in the 80's and
they still are," said Lang, owner of
Lang Farms . west of Walkerton.
The commercial industry is
coming to realize what the farming
community has known since the
1980s, said Lang, "and they will
adjust and survive like we did."
"The future is unpredictable but it
has been that way . since we
(farmers) started. There's a certain
amount of enjoyment in that...if you
knew what was going to happen.
tomorrow there would be nothing to
---look forward -to."
Lang and his wife Elaine started
a small corn drying operation in
1973 that has grown over the years.
They became an incorporated busi-
ness in 1980.
"We had ,a small dryer for our
own use and went from there. We
felt there . was a need out there for
what we had and we grew as that
need grew."
He had just finished getting his
accounting degree when they
decided to go back to- farming., He.
was raised on a farm a mile from
where his is now located.
"We had a choice in 1973 of
either moving to the. city where the
incomes are substantially higher or
living in the country. We decided
we wanted our children brought up
in a rural atmosphere.", '
As well .as farming his own 2,000
acres, Lang has the capa�ccity to
store 400,000 bushels of gi`ain and
does business with about 350
fanners a year. The large bin at his
operation holds 125,000 bushels of
com, the equivalent of 85 tractor
trailer loads. Lang Farms has- the.
drying capacity. of 1,500 bushel of
corn per hour.
To a degree,the recession has
-affec-ted-his-burin ,
"Volumes have been .going up
about 15 per cent a year until last
year because of the poor crop. But
I think the recession is directly
affecting the towns and cities more.
than farmers."
Per hour return is not there com-
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