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GRAIN MARKETS
month. On the weak end of the scale
are oats and mixed grain, while at the
same time barley has managed to hold
fairly steady, partly due to the fact that
the Western barley supply in Ontario
has been tight. Relatively large quan-
tities of mixed grain have been offered
recently and with very few mills using
it, the price dropped to the $80 area.
In the case of oats, the only decent
market is in the milling industry, and
prices for good quality oats are in the
$90 to $93 range with average quality
feed oats trading in the mid -80s.
According to Statistics Canada,
barley acreage will increase by 15 per
cent in 1991, compared to 1990, while
oat and mixed grain will likely drop.
CAUTIONS ON GRIP
In summary, I want to make a few
comments regarding GRIP and the
effect it could have on prices. The
first point I should make is that GRIP
does not remove the onus from the
producer to do the best job of market-
ing possible. If you end up marketing
poorly, you won't receive one cent
more than a producer who sells at the
top of the market. GRIP can't predict
the price of the grain or the average
price for any given year, so you must
remain cognizant of the same factors
that affect prices today.
Another point I want to make is
that producers are now producing
grain for the govemment and not for
the market. Since there have been no
restrictions put on acreage, you are
encouraged to grow as much as you
can with no regard as to how that crop
will be marketed.
I'm not against GRIP. In fact, it's
about time that producers had some
type of minimum pricing, and, even
though it doesn't answer all your
needs, it is a start. After all, even if I
am a free trader, the fact remains that
every major grain producing country
in the world is heavily subsidized, and
agriculture in Ontario, or Canada for
that matter, has not been front and
centre with its hand out.
In Canada, it has been decided to
produce grain, no matter how much,
and all of the grain farmer's problems
will be solved. Beware!O
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