The Rural Voice, 1986-10, Page 33Big
Bear
SERVICES
INC.
WET BREWERS GRAIN
Or
WET CORN DISTILLERS
can help your feeding
program by:
• Providing a protein
supplement
• Extending roughage
supplies, protein and
palatability to stover diets
• An excellent rumen
stimulant
• Available in full and
split load Tots
Also available —
Hominy, Gluten, Screenings
and Mineral
For further information on
these and other feeds contact:
BIG BEAR
SERVICES INC.
FEED DIVISION
50 Westmount Rd..
Waterloo, Ontario
N2L 2R5
(519) 886-4400
NEWS
AGRI-FOOD
WEEK
Agri -Food Week, which begins
across Ontario on October 6, is
designed to promote awareness of
the importance of agriculture and
agriculture -dependent industries.
Sponsored by the Ministry of
Agriculture and Food, the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture, and
various commodity groups and
community organizations, Agri -
Food Week is also aimed at en-
couraging consumers to purchase
Ontario's agricultural products.
This year's slogan is Buy the Food
Your Neighbour Grows.
In 1900, the Ontario farmer pro-
duced food for 12 people. In 1945,
he produced food for 30 people.
Today he feeds 90 people. But to-
day farmers represent Tess than
tour per cent of the population.
Each year, the marketing system
in the province handles about 1.3
million cattle, calves, and sheep.
Among the crops grown com-
mercially in Ontario are peanuts
and ginseng.
Comparatively speaking, Cana-
dians spend a very small portion of
their disposable income on food.
Only in the U.S. and the
Netherlands do people spend less
per capita.
Ontario exported about $1.8
billion worth of food and
agricultural products in 1985. The
U.S. takes about two-thirds of
these exports.
The most popular type of milk
consumed in Ontario is two per
cent milk.
The average Ontarian eats about
222 eggs (directly as eggs) per year.
The average hen lays 250 eggs a
year.
Ontario has 15 -million acres of
farm land.
In the province, between
130,000 and 150,000 people work
on about 82,000 farms. Many
more are employed in agriculture -
related industries — about 87,000
work wholesaling or retailing
agricultural products, for example.
Chicken consumption has
doubled during the past 20 years
and accounts for 20 per cent of the
meat eaten in Canada. Fast-food
sales account for 40 per cent of the
chicken sales.
Last year Ontario farmers sold
products worth $5.1 billion at the
farm gate.
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