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The Citizen, 1991-02-27, Page 20PAGE 20. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1991. Meeting a princess Kelly Little of Markham, Ontario’s Dairy Princess, reminds the Grade one class at Brussels Public School to give the job to milk. Miss Little visited the students to educate them about the dairy industry. Huron Jr. Farmers tops at Winter Games Canadian Consumers Association won't listen to facts,Core says On February 9 the Zone 7 Junior Farmers, consisting of members from Bruce, Grey, Huron and Perth Counties, headed to Belleville to compete in the Junior Farmers Provincial Winter Games. They headed there w;th one thing in mind, winning. Winning they did, capturing the overall champion­ ship, their first since 1978. The Huron County Junior Farm­ ers won mixed broomball. The Perth Junior Farmers’ teams won mixed volleyball, men’s and ladies’ bowling and placed second in men’s badminton. Grey County Junior Farmers won mixed curling. Bruce County placed second in mixed curling. Other events at winter games were ladies' badmin­ ton and men’s and ladies’ basket­ ball. Members of the Huron County Junior Farmers Broomball Team were Rick Fowler, Seaforth; Jerry Zwep, Brussels; Steve Eckert, Sea­ forth; Robert Hunking, Auburn; Mark Ryan, Ailsa Craig; Grant Bergsma, Londesboro; Bill and Kathy McPhail, St. Marys; Tracey Bennett, Seaforth; Joan Bergsma, Goderich; Nadia Francescutto, Seaforth; and Vicki Innis, St. Pauls and Nicki Law, A new spirit of giving A national program to encourage giving and volunteering London, both members of the Perth County Junior Farmers. Anne Al­ ton, Wingham, competed with the Perth County ladies’ bowling team. Provincial Winter Games is one of the many events organized by Junior Farmers for its members. For more information about Junior Farmers in Huron County contact the Clinton O.M.A.F. office. HENSALL LIVESTOCK SALES LTD. REPORT The market on Thursday, February 21 sold steady with good to choice steers and heifers selling $88 to $92. There were 243 slaughter cattle and 255 feeders on offer. Forty-two steers consigned by Earl Foster averaging 1312 lbs. sold for $91.35 with a top sale of $93.50. Purchased by Corsetti Meat Packers. Two steers consigned by Frank Dolmage averaging 1110 lbs. sold for $90.25 with a top sale of $92. Purchased by Dominion Meat Packers. Forty steers consigned by Maple Emblem Farms averaging 1327 lbs. sold for $90.15 with a top sale of $93.50. Purchased by Corsetti Meat Packers. Five steers consigned by Larry Platzer averaging 1237 lbs. sold for $89.65 with a top sale of $91.35. Purchased by Corsetti Meat Packers. Three heifers consigned by Merv Steckle averaging 1026 lbs. sold for $88.20 with a top sale of $90. Purchased by Corsetti Meat Packers. Five heifers consigned by Frank Dolmage averaging 1019 lbs. sold for $87.65 with a sale to $89.50. Purchased by Piave Meat Packers. Twenty heifers consigned by Greb Feedlot averaging 1242 lbs. sold for $86.60 with a top sale of $92. Purchased by Corsetti Meat Packers. Ten heifers consigned by Strange Farms averaging 1126 lbs. sold for $86.60 with a top sale of $89.25. Purchased by Corsetti Meat Packers. Twenty-one heifers consigned by Peter Bollands averaging 1163 lbs. sold for $86.15 with a top sale of $90. Purchased by Dominion Meat Packers. Thirteen heifers consigned by Stan Francis averaging 1155 lbs. sold for $86.10 with a top sale of $89.75. Purchased by Corsetti Meat Packers. Two hundred and fifty-five feeder steers consigned by Don Me Alepine averaging 927 lbs. sold for $101.20. 262-2831 OWNER MANAGER BARRY MILLER 235-2717 SALES REP. JOE ZEHR 887-9599 The Canadian dairy industry has not done a very good job getting its message through to the Canadian Consumer Association, John Core, chairman of the Ontario Milk Marketing Board told the annual meeting of Huron County Milk Committee Thursday in Brussels. Mr. Core was still seething over presentation of the Consumers Association (CCA) to the federal Dairy Task Force of which he is a member. While the Ontario branch of the Consumers Association was very fair in its presentation, Mr. Core said, the national organization “trotted out all their old miscon­ ceptions” both in a presentation to the Task Force and in a report issued last fall. The CCA attacked supply man­ agement in the presentation. The group wants food to be as cheap as possible and doesn’t care where that food comes from whether Canada or abroad, Mr. Core said. It doesn’t matter that Canada has the second cheapest food in the world behind the United States. It doesn’t matter that over the last five years the consumer price index has gone up 25 per cent while the price of milk had increased six to seven per cent. It doesn’t matter that produc­ tivity gains by the Canadian dairy industry are 20 per cent higher than the U.S. where there is no supply management. The CCA claimed that the price of milk in Canada should be the same as the “world price”, Mr. Core said but there is no world price. The international price is the price used by countries to get rid of surpluses. Only about five per cent of world domestic production is exported, he said. If this “world price” were used for milk it would mean prices about 25 per cent of the price today, he said. “Then they had the audacity to suggest they’re not opposed to farmers getting a decent living”. At one point, he said, he asked the CCA officials if they expected farmers to accept world prices if they would also expect Canadian labourers to work for world wages. The officials said there was no connection. It’s not possible to compare prices internationally, Mr. Core said. “We (Canadian dairy farm­ ers) made a decision in 1970 to take most of our price from the mar­ ket.” There is a subsidy on industrial milk but it makes up only about six to seven per cent of farmers’ income. By comparison, he said, although prices are lower in the U.S., 30 to 35 per cent of dairy farmers’ income comes from various subsidy programs. “You JOHN CORE OMMB Chairman can’t compare the price of milk in Buffalo to Niagara Falls, Ont. There is no level playing field.” Mr. Core said he was upset to see cross-border shopping and that people see it as their right to shop in the U.S. “If you suggest to them they maybe have an obligation to spend money in Canada they won’t agree.” Thirty per cent of the fluid milk consumed in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario is purchased in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, he said. People cross the border to get cheaper gas and food but go several miles further into the U.S. and the prices are much closer to Canadian prices. These items are used as loss leaders to lure Canadian shoppers, he said. While U.S. dairy products have been flowing into Canada in the shopping bags of Canadians there’s not opportunity to send merchandise the other way because of tough U.S. restrictions on impor­ ting dairy products. “I challenge you to declare five kg. of Canadian cheese when you’re going into the U.S.,” he said. “You won’t get it into the U.S.” •Alpine Plant Foods •Storage kV Tanks ALPINE •Funk’s Seed Corn •Forage Seeds JOHN A. VAN BEERS R.R. 1, BLYTH, ONTARIO NOM 1H0