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48 THE RURAL VOICE
News
Huron farm groups,
politicians discuss
hog prices,
environment
By Adrian Vos
A wide range of issues relating to
farming in Huron County was the
object of the annual meeting in
Clinton of farm groups with
members of the federal (Paul Steckle)
and of the provincial government
(Helen Johns). tinder the guidance of
Huron County Federation of
Agriculture (HCFA) president Pat
Down, discussions were about
concerns of U.S. restrictive actions
and decisions made by the World
Trade Organization (WTO) and the
potential threat to supply
management. •
Steckle began by cautioning
farmers to be on the lookout for a
beetle imported from China that can
be a serious threat to our maple trees,
which the beetles favour. Watch for
small piles of sawdust at the base of
the trees, he advised. If that happens
call OMAFRA for help.
From then on the discussion
jumped from problems caused by the
recent low prices of pork to concerns
for the environment.
The chairman of the HCFA
environment committee, Evert
Ridder, noted that the province
stopped monitoring river quality in
1994 and he asked how water quality
improved if its status isn't known?
Water quality, he said, benefits the
whole community and everyone
should help pay. Johns defended her
government's decision by stating
they had merely stopped duplication
of monitoring which was done
already by the river authorities, but
Ridder said that they tested for
different problems. He said one
agency tested for bacteria and others
don't. Carol Mitchell, Huron County
warden stated that the county,
through the county medical officer of
health, plans to monitor and to keep
records.
Pat Down said it's important to
work together so that things can be
done. An example is the clean-up of