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66 THE RURAL VOICE
FARM NEWS
Cream industry
produces report
At the Ontario Cream Fair in
Tavistock held this year, Bob Jar-
dine, a former creamery operator
in Stratford and secretary manager
of the Ontario cream board 30
years ago, reported the results of a
study commissioned by the On-
tario Cream Producers' Marketing
Board in 1985 to investigate op-
tions to improve the cream in-
dustry.
Jardine along with the study's
chairman, George McLaughlin, a
leader in the milk industry, looked
at several options to improve the
cream industry for producers.
Among other things, they examin-
ed the possibility of allowing the
sale of farm -separated skim milk,
OR allowing eligible cream pro-
ducers to convert cream quota to
milk quota.
Their study comes out against
selling farm -separated skim milk,
but allows cream quota conversion
to milk quota — with conditions.
The survey produced by
McLaughlin and Jardine was sent
out to 300 of about 2,000 Ontario
cream producers which is accepted
as a fair sampling. Of those 300
producers, only one failed to fill
out the survey and return it. Ac-
cording to the survey, the average
cream producer owns 156 acres of
land and his equipment is 10 years
old.
Only 14 per cent have a milk
house. About 30 per cent cool their
cream in an ordinary home
refrigerator. Most producers have
more than five cows and Tess than
30 with an average 18 cows milk-
ing; 80 per cent being Holsteins.
Jersey is the second most popular
breed. Only 14 per cent are on a
milk recording program like ROP
(Record of Performance); a much
smaller percentage than milk pro-
ducers enrolled in such a program.
About 80 per cent of the pro-
ducers surveyed plan to remain in
the cream business for at least
three more years. And 25 per cent
are even planning a significant ex-
pansion. However, 33 per cent
would like to become milk pro-
ducers if the opportunity arose.
In addition to the survey,
McLaughlin and Jardine talked to
all the milk and cream associations
and boards and to related
organizations. They sent a letter to
all cream producers inviting their