The Rural Voice, 1991-02, Page 46NEWS
Although attendance at this year's Grey -Bruce Farmer's Week in Chesly was down
slightly from last year, there were many excellent programs throughout the six days.
One of the features of management day was a panel on marketing opportunities. Left
to right are maple syrup producer Bob Lesperance of Allenford, nut grower Paul
Bennett of Paisley, and pork producer Sarah Borowski of Wiarton.
PRODUCERS GET MORE INTEREST HELP
Farmers now enrolled in the 1990
Farm Income Assistance Program
(FIAP) will receive increased grants
Thames Bend Farms of Woodstock have
been rated as the best hog breeders in
North America when they recently won
the prestigious Seedstock Producer of
the Year award from the National Swine
Improvement Federation of United
States, the first by any Canadian
breeder. Earlier, they won the Canadian
Swine Improvement Advisory Board 's
Swine Breeder's first Merit Award in
Winnipeg. Shown with their NSIF
award are left, Richard Stein, award
judge Dr. Cynthia Wood of Virginia
Tech., and Warren Stein.0
42 THE RURAL VOICE
under the program's interest assistance
and grains/oilseeds components, On-
tario Minister of Agriculture and Food
Elmer Buchanan has announced. The
final payment schedule under the horti-
culture component of the program was
also announced. The increases will
benefit some 26,000 producers.
Under the interest assistance compo-
nent, there is an increase in the maxi-
mum grant allowed — from $3,000 to
$4,500. This change \k ill benefit pro-
ducers enrolled in FIAP who had inter-
est costs of more than $17,000 in 19
Under the grains and oilseeds direct
payment component of the program,
there is an increase in per acre payments
— from $5.80 to $8.00 per acre.
Under the program's horticulture
industry direct payment component,
producers of field -grown vegetables
will receive $32.50 per acre, up from the
original estimate of $25 per acre.
The increased grants are part of the
original money allocated to the 1990
FIAP: $48 -million in Ontario govern-
ment funds for interest assistance; and,
in federal funds, $35.3 -million for
grains/oilseeds producers and $15.2 -
million for horticulture producers.
Producers were to start receiving
their cheques from the ministry in Janu-
ary.0
GREY PORK SHOW
The Grey County Pork Producers
Association recently sponsored a per-
formance tested barrow show. There
were 46 pigs weighed in and tested for
80 days. They were scored for average
daily gain, backfat, live score, carcass
index and scores, and carcass yield.
Nancy Scarrow from OMAF managed
the pigs and Bob Robson from Shur -
Gain Farms judged them live. The pigs
were slaughtered at Bruce Packers.
The cured hams and loins were auc-
tioned off at the awards banquet by
Elwood Snider. The top 10 hogs belong
to: Rueben Martin, Bill Findlay, Terry
Osborne, Bruce Woodhouse, Bill Find-
lay, Glynn Watuton, Heather Martin,
Murray Kerr, Christine Forrester, Bruce
Woodhouse.
The grand champion received the
Grey County Pork Producers Trophy
and sold for $7.50 per pound for the ham
and $6.25 per pound for the loins.
We would like to thank the following
for participating in the sale: Bluewater
Feeds; Desboro Feed Mill; Noble Ins.,
Thornbury; Shur -Gain Feeds, St. Ma-
rys; Walters Falls Milling; P.I.C.; John
Emewein Ltd., Walkerton; Wrights
Country Feeds; Alex Johnson Shur -
Gain; Apple Hills Farms, Clarksburg;
Victoria Farms, Clarksburg; Ken Fur-
long; Hanna -Coffey, O.S.; Farm Labour
Pool, O.S.; Toronto Dominion Bank,
Thornbury; Al Brodie Masterfeeds;
U.C.O., Thornbury.
The barrow show committee would
like to thank the following for their
support: Elanco; Pfizer; Nancy Scar -
row, OMAF; Wayne Gaymar, OMAF;
Sydenham Abattoir Services; Bob Rob-
son Shur -Gain; Bruce Packers Ltd.;
Federal meat grader, Meaford & St.
Vincent Meat Packers.
WORKSHOPS SET
Guelph. Ag. Alternatives has organ-
ized a lineup of informative talks, work-
shops and discussions for its 10th annual
winter conference and trade show, Sat-
urday, February 9 at the University
Centre, University of Guelph. Called
"linking farmer and consumer towards
a healthier environment," more infor-
mation is available by calling 519-836-
4373 or 699-4481.