The Rural Voice, 1986-04, Page 68FARM NEWS
participation in the project. This
time 47 cream producers replied
with written suggestions. Several
said there is no major problem
with the cream industry, if they
could only get higher prices for
their beef, pork, or even cream
they would be happier farming.
Some of the respondents opposed
skim milk sales.
The sale of farm -separate skim
milk was one of the options con-
sidered by the committee to help
improve cash flow in the cream in-
dustry. Their report shows that the
practice is not legal now but it
could be made so. It says there are
some markets, but quality must be
consistent. Volume would have to
be geared up. The study team does
not agree that the sale of separated
skim milk, as well as the sale of
cream, is likely to be an efficient
employment of the producers'
resources. In fact, it is more likely
to build additional costs to the pro-
ducer in the form of labour and in-
vestment on the farm, in duplica-
tion of transportation, the collec-
ting and testing of samples for pay-
ment and for quality, and in
calculating and making payment to
producers. The practice would also
cause administrative problems be-
tween the Ontario Milk Marketing
Board (OMMB) and the Ontario
Cream Producers' Marketing
Board (OCPMB), Jardine reports.
The committee recommends a pro-
gram be implemented through the
joint effort of the OCPMB and the
OMMB.
At the Ontario Cream Fair, Jar-
dine outlined the conditions on
how cream producers could con-
vert MSQ to milk. He said the pro-
gram is designed so that only bona
fide cream producers can take
part. It is also designed to prevent
a mass exodus from the cream in-
dustry. The regulations for par-
ticipating in the recommended pro-
gram are very stringent. At the
meeting, several producers who
wouldn't be able to participate if
the proposal were passed as it
stands, spoke out to say that there
are too many conditions on who
can convert cream to milk MSQ.
The study team's report has just
recently been presented to the
OCPMB and will be released to the
public soon, Jardine says. He em-
phasizes there is no guarantee that
any of the team's recommenda-
tions will be followed. ❑ PC
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