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The Rural Voice, 1991-09, Page 55AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS • Innovative design & construction • Renovations & repairs to suit your needs Our Foundations Are Satisfied Customers HANOVER ONT. 364-3609 0 NEWS INTERIM PAYMENTS UNDER ONTARIO FARM INCOME STABILIZATION PLAN Ontario soybean, winter wheat, and red spring wheat producers will receive about $8 million in interim payments for the 1990 crop year under the Ontario Farm Income Stabilization Plan. The following interim payments have been approved: $3.74 per tonne for soybeans, based on Sept. 1, 1990 to March 31, 1991 sales. $3.53 per tonne for winter wheat, based on July 1, 1990 to June 30, 1991 sales. $3.00 per tonne for red spring wheat, based on Aug. 1, 1990 to July 31, 1991 sales. Payments are equal to 57 per cent of projected figures. Projected figures are two-thirds (2/3) govemment payment because of fee deduction.° PENFOLD NAMED TO LAND -USE COMMISSION University of Guelph professor George Penfold has been appointed to a three-person provincial commission of inquiry into Land -use planning and de- velopment in Ontario. Also named to the commission are former Toronto mayor John Sewell, who heads the in- quiry, and Toby Vigod of the Canadian Environmental Law Association. The commission will examine the relationship between public and private interests in land -use development and recommend ways to improve the integ- rity of the planning system. Penfold, a faculty member in Guelph's school of rural planning and development, and a member of the Rural Voice advisory board, brings a rural perspective and rural experience to the commission. He has worked for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and ANDMARK BUDERS FOR CONVENIENCE AND SERVICE Deliver Your 1991 Canola, Winter Wheat, Corn and Soybeans to LOWRY GRAIN FARMS LTD. Hwy. 21, 3 miles south of Kincardine Come on in to the newest grain marketing facility in midwestern Ontario licensed under the Financial Protection Plan Elliott Lowry: President 519-395-4404 or 519-395-4405 SEPTEMBER 1991 51