HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1991-03-20, Page 14PAGE 14. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1991.
Trade disputes need faster resolution, Cardiff told
Canada must find a quicker way
to solve trade disputes with the
United States, Bob Thomas of the
Huron County Pork Producers told
Murray Cardiff, M.P. Saturday at
the annual Members of Parliament
member of the Huron Federation of
Agriculture.
Mr. Thomas said the prolonged
countervailing dispute with U.S.
pork producers had taken a heavy
toll on Ontario pork producers. It
seems, he said that the Free Trade
Agreement (FTA) was finally going
to resolve the problem in the favour
of Canadian producers but a “good
many producers have left the
business during the period of poor
prices.” He said about 25 per cent
of Ontario pork production had
been lost in the time it took to
resolve the dispute.
Mr. Cardiff said it would have
taken two to three years under
GATT to also have resolved the
problems so the F.T.A. wasn’t all
to blame. “We’ve been tested in
every possible way on our subsidies
and that should be the end of it,”
he said of recent FT A rulings in
Canada’s favour. The U.S. Depart
ment of Commerce is looking at one
more complaint mechanism and
has until March 25 to decide if it
will go that route. If that fails
Ontario pork producers should be
getting back $16 million from a
contingency fund they had set up to
counteract the duty, he said.
Mr. Thomas said he had recently
returned from the annual meeting
of the Ontario Pork Producers
Marketing Board and were told
that if the National Pork Council in
the U.S. manages to get protection
from Canadian imports under this
final mechanism the FTA was
useless.
Signs of Spring
It s official
fk ribbon cutting ceremony marked the official change over of Brussels Livestock, now a division
of Gamble and Rogers, Toronto. From left: Leonard Gamble, owner; Murray Gaunt, emcee; Doug
Fraser, Morris Reeve; Brussels Reeve, Gordon Workman (not shown) and Grey councillor,
Graeme MacDonald.
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There were 900 slaughter cattle
on offer and 160 cows on offer at
the March 12 sale at Brussels
Livestock Inc.
Three steers consigned by Alvin
Ritz, Monkton averaged 1213 lbs.
sold for $97.04 to the high of $108.
Eighteen steers consigned by Wm.
Bennett & Sons, Gorrie averaged
1317 lbs. sold for $100.39 to the
high of $107 50. Forty-four steers
consigned by W. B. Pletch, Rock
wood averaged 1239 lbs. sold for
$96.73 to the high of $105.50.
Fifteen steers consigned by Stam
Farms, Kincardine averaged 1348
lbs. sold for $92.92 to the high of
$104.50. Three steers consigned by
Stan Francis, Kirkton averaged
1353 lbs. sold for $92.93 to the high
of $97. Twelve steers consigned by
Doug Wagg, Mitchell averaged
1182 lbs. sold for $94.09 to the high
of $101.
sold for
by Don
1370 lbs.
Forty-four steers consigned by
Cunningham Farms, Lucan aver
aged 1440 lbs. sold for $94.43.
Twenty-nine steers consigned by
G. Blake, Brussels averaged 1313
lbs. sold for $94.40. Nine steers
consigned by Elmer Smeltzer, Rip-
ley averaged 1439 lbs.
$93.36.
One steer consigned
Dundas, Lucan averaged
sold for $94.50. Four steers con
signed by Carlyle Thomson, Park
hill averaged 1312 lbs. sold for
$94.40. Five steers consigned by
Alton O’Neill, Lucan averaged 1480
lbs. sold for $92.00.
HEIFERS
Fourteen heifers consigned by
John Barber, Orangeville, aver
aged 1264 lbs. sold for $105.75 with
two heifers selling at $109 and
three heifers selling at $107. Six
heifers consigned by Wm. Bennett
& Sons, Gorrie averaged 1258 lbs.
sold for $102.68 with one heifer
selling at $107 and four heifers at
$103. One heifer consigned by G.
A. Stewart Farms, Ripley weighed
1110 lbs. sold for $104. Three
heifers consigned by Dave Eadie,
Lucknow averaged 1400 lbs. sold
for $99.25. One heifer consigned by
Kevin Johnston, Bluevale weighed
1090 lbs. sold for $98.50. One
heifer consigned by Harry Ritz,
Monkton weighed 1170 lbs. sold for
$94. Two heifers consigned by Jack
Armstrong. Auburn, averaged
1065 lbs. sold for $87.35.
COWS
Three cows consigned by Wal
lace Lewis, Holstein averaged 1127
lbs. sold for $66.59 to the high of
$77.50.
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