HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1994-11-02, Page 23LUChnow Sentinel, Wednesday, November 2, 1994 — Page 23
Steers, heifers trade higher; cows lower
The market at Brussels Livestock
saw fed steers and heifers trading
$3 - 5 higher. The cows sold $1.00
lower. Thursday the veal• were
selling on a steady market, Iamb
and sheep were also selling steady.
Friday saw the stockers selling on a
fully steady trade. •
. Steers
There were 639 steers on offer
selling from 86.00 to 91.(X) to the
high of 104.25.
Don Culbert, Dungannon, 45, avg.
1436 lbs., avg. 89.33 to 97.00.
Lome Forster, Lucknow, 36, avg.
1299 lbs., avg. 87.52 to 96.00.
G. A. Stewart Farms, Ripley, 29,
avg. 1250 lbs., avg. 88.68 to 96.00.
Martin. Metske, . Lucknow, 18,
avg. 1345 lbs, avg. 85.24 to 8825:
Steve Eadie, Holyrood, 16, avg.
13.83 lbs., avg. 87.04 to 87.60.
Gerald Lamb, Godcrich 1,
weighing 1460 lbs., sold for 86.75.
Heifers
There were 230 heifers on offer
selling from 86.00 to 91.00 to the
high of 102.50.
Gordon Dougherty, Godcrich, 6,
avg. 1248 lbs., avg. 84.37 to 95.50.
Terry Dalton, Lucknow, 9, avg.
1193 lbs., avg. 73.66 to 88.00.
Groenberg Farina.; Lucknow, 4,
avg. 1072 lbs, avg. 82.44 to 84.00.
Ronald Menary, Lucknow, 12,
avg. 1036 lbs., avg. 81.21 to 81.75.
Cows
There were 276 cows" on offer
selling from 47.00 to 62.00 to the
high of 71.25.
Bill Elliott,Ripley, I, weighing
1480 lbs. sold for 63.00.
Kevin Shiels, Auburn, 3, avg.
1573 lbs., avg. 59.40 to 62.50.
Grant Johnston, Auburn, 1,
weighing 1350 lbs. sold for 61.75.
Veal
There were 139 veal on offer
selling from 82.00 to 100.00 to the
high of 120.50.
Murray Clarke, Kincardine, 2,
avg. 560 lbs., avg. 106.75 to
109.50.
Dan D. Stutzman, Lucknow, 2,
avg. 640 lbs., avg. 95.41 to 97.50.
Ted Vandervcld, Lucknow, 2,
avg. 695 lbs., avg. 91.85 to 96.50.
Carrick resident named county forage master
-\Congratulations to Bart and Anne-
Mie Dirven of Carrick Township
for being chosen as this year's
Bruce County Forage Master. The
selection was based on a com-
bination of an analysis of their first
cut hay, a visual 'assessment. of the
hay sample and of the regrowth in
the field, and on the calibre of their
forage ' production package. The
Dirvens came out on top of a field
of 12 contestants from all parts of
Bruce County.
Bart will go on to compete at the
Ontario Forage Masters Com -
FBruce County OMAF
ARM REPORT
petition, to be held at Lhc Royal
Winter Fair in Toronto.
Credit Management Skills
Last w•inler 30 farm managers
from Bruce County learned to Shar-
pen their Credit 'Management and
Negotiating Skills at a workshop
held in Walkerton: The, successful
two-day workshop is being held
again on Dec. 14 and 21 at the
OMAFRA Board Room, Walkerton.
The workshops arc designed to
help participants to learn effective
use of credit in the modern farm
business and legal ramifications for
both borrowers and lenders.
Teaching' acanis consist of
specialists from OMAFRA, com-
mercial lawyers, bankers and
`, fanners experienced in farm
finance. They 'will explain security
and debtors' right,, aid in
negotiating and structurin g credit, as
well as sources, costs and effective
• i
use of credit. The highlight from
last year's seminar, Ted Oldfield,
lawyer from Waterloo will be
speaking at this seminar.
. Class size is restricted to 12 to 20
farmers to provide maximum lear-
ning opportunities. Registration for
the two-day workshop, including
two lunches and GST is $40.00 or
$55.00 for two, if they arc attending
from the same farm.
To' -obtain more information or to
register, contact OMAFRA in
Walkerton 881-3301 or 1 -800-265-
3023. •
Grower
pesticide
safety
courses
offered this
winter
Grower pesticide safety courses
will be offered throughout l-lurod
County again this winter.
Thcrc will be two "early bird"
courses offered. The first one will
1 be on Nov. 14 and the second one
will be Dec. 2. Both courses will
begin at 8:45 a.m. at the Ontario.
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and
Rural Affairs office in Clinton. No
other course dates have been set,
however, more courses will be
offered throughout the county
during January; February and,
March of 1995.
If you need a new safety cer-
tificate or a renewal, call the Clin-'
ton office if you would like to
register for either course. The
course fee -is $4Q and advance
registration is required.
Present legislation requires that
one person per farm unit must be
certified Where a farmer uses
Schedule 1, 2 and 5 pesticides.
Most herbicides, fungicides dnd
� I
insecticides that farriers use ate
included in • these schedules.
Everyone must become re -certified
within five years of initial cer-
. tification. This involves attending a
course and successfully completing
an exam. ) I
If you wish to brush 'up on your
math calculations in preparation for
writing the test, pre -workbooks and
a video arc available from the On-
• tario Ministry of Agriculture, Food
and Rural Affairs office in Clinton.
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