The Rural Voice, 1987-05, Page 43NEWS
OVC ESTABLISHES
NEW DEPARTMENT
The Ontario Veterinary College at
the University of Guelph has estab-
lished a new department of population
medicine which will focus on the
health of groups of animals rather than
individual animals.
Canadian veterinarians have be-
come increasingly aware of the im-
portance of population medicine in
recent years, says OVC dean Ole
Nielsen. "It is particularly important
to the agricultural industry because
modern food production tends to
involve large groups of animals."0
VISIT TO THE SOVIET
UNION IS A SUCCESS
Canada has been assured that its
status as a major grain supplier to the
Soviet Union will be maintained,
reports Charles Mayer, Canadian
Wheat Board minister. The USSR is
Canada's largest grain customer.
Mayer, who recently returned from
the USSR, visited grain -growing areas
in the southern part of the country.
His delegation also visited an agri-
cultural research centre outside of
Volgograd and spent a day at a 39,000 -
acre collective farm near Stavropol.
The farm specializes in cereal, dairy,
livestock, and special crop production.
In Rostov -on -Don, the delegation
toured the plant of the world's largest
combine manufacturer, Rostselmash,
which has the capacity to produce
96,000 combines annually.
"Soviet and Canadian agriculture
have much in common," Mayer notes.
"Our farmers work in much the same
weather and soil conditions and share
similar concerns about research and
soil fertility."
Canada and the USSR signed a five-
year grain agreement last October.
The agreement calls for the purchase of
a minimum of 25 -million tonnes of
Canadian wheat and feed grains
between August 1, 1986 and July 31,
1991. Under the previous five-year
agreement, which also called for the
purchase of a minimum of 25 -million
tonnes, the USSR actually bought
35.7 -million tonnes of grain.°
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