HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1989-11-01, Page 14PAGE 14. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1989.
Hallahan’s Habby a winning Holstein
Lazy Meadows Dairy Farms
operated by Jim and Lorraine
Hallahan and family placed well at
the recent Tri-County Holstein
show at Walkerton taking home the
Grand Champion Female trophy
and Best Udder of the show with
Maplenook Tempo Corrine. Shann
on and brothers Patrick and Jamie
took first place in the Group of
three; all are members of Hallrice
4H Calf Club.
Shannon won Grand Champion
4H calf with her calf Weirholme
Warden Habby which has done
well at recent 4H shows this
summer in both Canadian and
U.S.A. Holstein shows. Habby
placed first at the Huron County
Holstein show at Clinton this
spring then travelled to Indiana
Holstein Show in Indianapolis in
June and placed first in her class.
In August, Shannon competed in
United Breeders 4H Silver Dollar
Competition at Erin and placed
First Junior Yearling and then
Habby was off to Indianapolis
where she won first Junior Yearling
and Reserve Junior Champion at
Indiana State Fair. In September
Habby captured first Junior Year
ling at the Western Ontario
Championship Show at Stratford,
Brussels Fall Fair and the Regional
4H Competition at Stratford. Shan
non took first and Reserve Grand
Champion at the Huron County 4H
Championship Show at Seaforth. In
September Habby placed a respec
table fourth at the All American
Dairy Show in Harrisburg, Penn
sylvania competing against cattle
from as far away as California.
Habby was purchased last winter
from John Wiersma of Blyth for
Shannon’s 4H project. This week
Habby is off to Louisville, Ken-
tucky to compete in the national
show then Shannon will represent
Huron County in the Scotia Bank
Classic at the Royal Winter Fair
and show in the open show at the
Roval in Toronto.
Grand Champion
Shannon Hallahan (second from right) and her championship
calf Weirholme Warden Habby, accept the Grand Champion
award at the recent Little Royal at Walkerton from Ross
Carson of the Cl BC. Brent Walker (left) judge of the class, and
Lisa Boonstoppel, 1988-89 Huron County Dairy Princess also
took part in the ceremony. Shannon’s calf has been collecting
awards all over North America this summer.
Safety seminars offered to employers
BY BRIAN HALL
FARM MANAGEMENT
SPECIALIST
FOR HURON COUNTY
Landscape, horticulture and
agriculture employers are invited
to a series of safety training
seminars sponsored by the Farm
Safety Association. Separate day
seminars are being offered on
Workplace Hazardous Materials
Information System (WHMIS),
Health and Safety Management,
Workplace Inspection, Accident In
vestigation and Safety Committee.
Training for WHMIS will be held
November 14 in London; Health
and Safety Management - Novem
ber 30 in London; Workplace
Inspection - February 27 in London
and the Safety Committee - Febru
ary 13 in London. Courses are also
being offered at other locations
throughout the province.
For further information or for
registration forms, please contact
the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture
and Food office in Clinton.
OMAF looking for information
for custom rate summary
BY BRIAN HALL
FARM MANAGEMENT
SPECIALIST
FOR HURON COUNTY
The Ontario Ministry of Agricul
ture and Food has produced a
publication called “A Summary of
Custom Farmwork Rates Charged
in Ontario” for the past number of
years. This is updated yearly and is
a summary of the custom rates
charged by custom operations in
the past year.
They are presently looking for
information for 1989. If you have
not received a questionnaire in the
past and would like to participate,
please call the OMAF office in
Clinton and you will be sent one.
Please remember this is for custom
work that you do for others.
Pork Producers appeal $2 levy
Appeals by some of the heavy
weights of the Ontario pork indus
try failed to change the minds of
Huron County Pork Producers
Thursday night as they voted 73
per cent to appeal to the Farm
Products Marketing Tribunal
against a ruling by the Ontario Pork
Producers Marketing Board
(OPPMB) that sees a $2 levy
assessed for every pig sent to
market in the province.
About 200 pork producers from
the county packed into the auditor
ium of Hullett Central School in
Londesboro Thursday night to hear
leaders of the Huron County Pork
Producers Association ask for an
endorsement of their plan to launch
an appeal against the levy. Ex
plaining the OPPMB’s position was
board chairman Dave McDonald
while Tom Smith, vice-president of
the Canadian Pork Council and a
member of the OPPMB tried to
give a national perspective to the
board’s decision to join other
provinces in levying the $2 per hog
checkoff in order to build up a
compensation fund in case U.S.
pork producers win the countervail
ing duty they are seeking.
Chris Hills, vice-president of the
Huron association outlined the
executive’s feeling in calling for the
appeal of the levy, saying the
semi-annual meeting of the
OPPMB on Sept. 13 had discussed
the possibility of such a levy but
had voted against it. Later the
Board had decided to go against
that vote and charge the levy which
will go into a trust fund from which
payments will be made to Canadian
packers if the U.S. wins the case for
a duty on Canadian pork.
Local producers feel strongly in
the democratic principle, Mr. Hills
said, although they realize the
Board has a right to overturn the
vote of a meeting of councilmen.
He said in today’s market, the $2
per hog levy is critical to a lot of
producers. He argued that the $2
per hog levy is unfair to Ontario
producers because Ontario pro
duces the second highest total of
hogs (30 per cent), meaning it will
pay heavily in the levy, but it only
produces 19 per cent of the total
hog exports.
Finally, he said, the Huron group
felt that building the fund to pay for
a duty was admitting guilt to the
Americans before they were even
judged.
Tom Smith said the easiest thing
the OPPMB could have done was to
say the producers had spoken
through the vote at the semi-annual
meeting and do nothing about
taking part in the fund. But the
board decided not to lie down and
take what he called a dirty deal
from the Americans.
The Pork Council had been told
Canadian packers would give up
the U.S. market if the duty does go
ahead and so they decided if a $2
levy would keep Canadian prices
up, it would be a good investment
for Canadian hog farmers. Re
search showed that a $33.6 million
investment by farmers would cre
ate a return of $186 to $248 million.
If Canadian packers give up the
U.S. market, he argued, how long
would it take them to redevelop the
markets in the future. The trust
fund, he said, would be distributed
back to the farmers in the future if
the U.S. action is proven unfound
ed. While some people called the
$2 levy a gift to the packers, other
provinces see it as a $2 investment
to return $6, he said.
Dave McDonald called the
Board’s decision to impose the levy
one of the toughest in memory. A
total of 15 hours of debate took
place before the decision was
made, he said. Ontario, he said,
had been a long-time supporter of a
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Inc. on Friday met a very, very
strong demand.
There were 232 slaughter cattle,
70 hogs, 66 sheep and goats on
offer.
Good to choice steers sold from
$86 to $89 with a high of $93.50.
Twelve steers consigned by Glen
Johnston of RR 2, Bluevale averag
ing 1160 lbs. sold for an average
price of $91 with one steer weigh
ing 1190 lbs. topping the sale at
$93.50. Fourteen steers consigned
by Maple Emblem Farms of RR 1,
Dungannon with an average weight
of 1296 lbs. sold for an average
price of $87.75 with one steer
weighing 1270 lbs. at $90.25.
Twelve steers consigned by
Stamm Farms, RR 4, Kincardine,
with an average weight of 1192 lbs.
sold for an average price of $86.94
with one steer weighing 1220 lbs.
selling for $88.50. Twenty-four
steers consigned by Doug Shiell,
RR 5, Wingham averaging 1260
lbs., sold for an average price of
$86.54 with a high of $87.75.
Forty-four steers consigned by
Underwood Farms of RR 1, Wing
ham, with an average weight of
1340 lbs., sold at $86.39 with a lot
of 14 averaging 1339 lbs. bringing a
high of $87.70.
Good to choice heifers sold from
$84 to $86.50. Three heifers con
signed by Jim Mactavish, RR 1,
Ripley, weighing an average of
1083 lbs., selling for an average
price of $85.39 with two heifers
averaging 1065 lbs., selling for an
average of $86.25.
DI and D2 cows sold from $52 to
$55; D3 and D4 cows, $48 to $52;
canner and cutters, $42 to $48;
bulls up to a high of $71.
Brussels Livestock will be hold
ing a special stocker sale on
November 7 at 1:30. Anyone wish
ing to consign cattle to this sale
please call the sales bam at
887-6461. Brussels Livestock will
remain selling their fats for only
$4.00 a head for the month of
November.
Part of a stronger
corn program
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Every Thursday at 12:30 p.m.
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