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herd before the demand for these cattle
drives the price up?
Which brings me to my next point.
This change is supposed to discourage
producers from increasing butterfat con-
tent in the milk. The way I see it, the very
opposite is true.
The system we have now actually en-
courages you to produce volumes of milk
at a lower butterfat content (you are paid
more per kg of butterfat the lower your
test). The only thing that keeps producers
from doing this is the price of the quota.
You can increase your income per set
amount of quota by increasing your per
cent butterfat.
So my comment to the board in regard
to this quota policy is, are you sure you are
going to get the expected response to the
change (by this I mean, discourage pro-
ducers from increasing butterfat content)?
I think not. If you are only going to pay
me for my butterfat, that is what I am go-
ing to try to produce, which is opposite to
what the consumer wants to purchase. To-
day shoppers are looking for low-fat milk,
butter, cheeses, and other dairy products.
Secondly, how do you expect to pay
producers fairly for their milk shipments?
I feel the board should reconsider this
change before the remaining producers
show their objections this fall when they
receive the August milk cheque.
We must change with the times, but
I am not sure this is the correct kind of
change. It will be hard to get used to the
board's new name, the Ontario Butterfat
Marketing Board. I also do not like the
image of my new occupation as a fat
producer.0
Gary and Nancy Becker
Wishingwell Farms
R. R. 1, Neustadt, Ontario
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