The Rural Voice, 1991-12, Page 20The Management and Staff of Monoway farms of Brussels
wish aff of our customers a very Merry Christmas. It has
been our pleasure to provide you with quality breeding
stock,in 1991. We lookforward to serving you in 1992.
RiotiOWAY FARMS
firYORKSHIRE
LANDRACE
DUROC
HAMPSHIRE
Wayne Fear and Sons
ROP Tested - OS Approved
Purebred and Crossbred
Gilts and Boars
York-Landrace-Hamp-Duroc, F1 York x Landrace Gilts
F1 Hamp x Duroc Boars
Herd Health Good "
R. R. 4 Brussels, Ontario
Wayne or Paul Fear Ron Ruttan
(519) 887-6477 Q.S. Rep.
Fax (519) 887-9837 887-9884
SEASON'S
GREETINGS
From
VARNA GRAIN
AND
HILL AND HILL FARMS LTD.
Gordon, Ruby, Bev, Shirley and staff
wish you and your family
a very Merry Christmas — to the greatest people
on the land, our customers.
HILL & HILL LTD. & VARNA GRAIN
233-3218 233-7908
16 THE RURAL VOICE
GRAIN MARKETS
CORN, SOY PRICES
WILL SOON IMPROVE
Last month found us in the heat of
harvest, and all the pressures that go with
it. Many of you have realized record
yields this year to go along with an
exceptionally early and clear harvest. but,
don't forget, there are producers in a strip
from London to Windsor who will have
crop insurance claims this year, and while
many growers north of London have been
bursting bins, those unfortunate enough to
be hit by drought are feeling the pinch.
I said last month that I would spend
some time dealing with the marketing
scenario for the coming year in some
detail.
CORN
There is some divergence of opinions
concerning the size of the 1991 crop in
Ontario. You have probably seen statistics
released by OMAF in early September that
indicate a crop size of about 178 million
bushels, compared to 199 million bushels
in 1990. The latest figure to come out
from OCPA is 185 million bushels, but I
think this is still too low. We may not
have had record production this year, but I
would still estimate it to be in the 195 to
200 million bushel range. By any meas-
ure, the crop is larger than anyone
estimated in August. Coupled with this
large crop was a fairly large carryover of
the 1990 crop, partially due to the fact that
there were only 11 months in which to
market that crop before harvest began this
year. The carryover may have been in the
order of eight million bushels, giving us a
total supply of 205 to 210 bushels, or as
much as 5.3 million tonnes.
Now we need to look at the usage side.
To date, we estimate about 600,000 tonnes
of com has been shipped for export, which
is more than 10 per cent of Ontario's
production, with the main buyers being the
USSR, U.S., and Morocco. This leaves
4.7 million tonnes for domestic use, and
the breakdown historically shows indust-
rial users and feed manufacturers will each
consume 1.2 million tonnes, while corn fed