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42 THE RURAL VOICE
"It is important that the signal
given by the feedlot sector be comple-
mented by similar signals from the
cow -calf sector," the producers say,
referring to provincial lending support.
An interest rate reduction program
would also come at a good time for
sheep producers.
Statistics produced in the report
indicate Canadian sheep producers
supply less than half the domestic
requirements of lamb and mutton.
Praeter suggests the time is right to
displace foreign imports. He quotes
Francis Winger, secretary -manager of
the Ontario Sheep Marketing Agency,
who provided market reports
confirming Toronto to be "the highest -
priced lamb market in North
America."
Praeter admits sheep are still a
secondary enterprise for most farmers
who want to utilize low-grade land.
However, the report notes a recent
statement by provincial sheep
specialist Bill McCutcheon, that
"Ontario's sheep flock is in a
rebuilding stage with 1990 ewe lamb
replacement increasing at 22 per cent
and ewe numbers up 10 per cent
compared to 1989."
While according to cattle producer
Schubert the average cow herd size in
the district is around 30 head, the size
of the flocks is not known, said
Praeter. To market lambs would cost
between $5 and $6 in transportation
representing 12.5 per cent of variable
costs of production.
Schubert said transportation costs
of feeder cattle would be relatively
low since calves could be marketed
from Northern Stockyards in Earlton
or out of New Liskeard. The program,
if approved, would benefit both
northern and southern Ontario cattle
producers. Feed lots would be filled
and slaughter houses kept busy.
Schubert sums it up: "It is
important to realize we have seven
million of the most affluent consumers
in the world at the doorstep of these
plants in the Golden Horseshoe. That
is a significant regional advantage that,
we can capitalize on."
(Jim Patrick is a freelance writer
and cattle producer who lives in
Matachewan, Ontario.)0