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County Pork Producers NEWSLETTER
Vince Hulshof, President
R. R. 1, Sebringville, NOK 1X0 393-5586
• The Rural Voice is provided to Perth
County Pork Producers by the PCPPA
REVIEW OF THE SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING
The semi-annual meeting of the
Ontario Pork Producers Marketing
Board was held at the Skyline Hotel,
Toronto, on September 13, 1990.
The meeting began with the
chairman's address which will be sum-
marized in this release.
The Communications Committee of
the Board again held several seminars
for county associations to improve their
skills and knowledge of the total work-
ings of the board. In addition 28 county
presidents were hosted at a special
meeting on July 26.
The Executive Committee's biggest
challenge was sow marketing. In addi-
tion, other issues were studied: niche
markets, carcass or product sales by the
board, Carcass Evaluation Project,
Genetic Task Force, and carcass sale to
Russia. Incidentally, on-going discus-
sions are taking place for similar future
sales.
A Promotion and Market Develop-
ment Committee has moved to expand
county promotion co-ordinators. (As a
result, Huron and Perth Counties are
proud to have Kim Scholl as their pro-
motion officer.) This committee is also
responsible for directing $180,000 into
market development research in prod-
uct packaging, meat technology, nutri-
tional research, and factors affecting
pork quality. PST is also being consid-
ered.
The Research Committee is also
responsible for administering $0.04 per
hog but feels it has generated over
$2,000,000 worth of research. Twelve
projects have been approved on such
topics as manure additives, gene clon-
ing, and electronic sow feeders. A
complete write-up is available from
councilmen or OMAF offices. Further
work was commissioned with the St.
Michael's Hospital to study human
health concerns in hog barns.
Yard projects, animal care, farm -fed
grains, stable funding, tripartite, and
market conditions were also presented.
Helmut Loewen, general manager, dis-
cussed the OPPMB's efforts to cele -
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brate the 50th anniversary of the board.
A new logo was launched plus an his-
toric review.
The sales manager's report shows a
7.6 per cent decline in sales ending the
week of September 1, 1990. Only 2.7
per cent of the sales were to Quebec and
1.3 per cent to U.S. buyers. Market price
averaged $161.86 for the first 35 weeks
of 1990. Pork exports were similar to
last year but live hog shipments in Can-
ada were down 11 per cent. Net exports
approximate 32 per cent of Canadian
production.
The semi-annual ended on a note of
perceived optimism from the chairman
Jim Goodhand predicting that the On-
tario hog industry will remain at 80,000
marketing per week and will not drop to
60,000. He reviewed some of the re-
sources of land, packers, feed supply,
and markets that suited raising hogs.0
Summarized by
Richard Smelski
on behalf of the Perth County Pork
Producers Association.
Frozen boxed pork
Is available from
the following
Perth County
Pork Producers:
Fred de Marlines
(Sebringville) 393-6812
Alfred Young
(Mitchell) 348-9352
Wayne Hartung
(Gowanstown) 291-4038
Carol Rock
(Monkton) 347-2776
Dennis Zehr
(Brunner) 595-4771
Products
currently available:
Boneless Rib of Pork
Smoked Pork Chops
Pork Chops
Pork Sausage Patties
Teriyaki Pork Steaks
250
230
210
190
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HOG PRICE IN 1990
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100
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30
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US$/cwt live