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Farming '92
Morris farm couple cater to tastes of 10,000
Carving a niche
Jeff and Cathy Cardiff of Morris township have carved a
niche for themselves in their catering business. A family
tradition that started in 1970, the couple's barbecue
business now serves 10,000 people annually.
United Breeders hit record
high sales for 1991 year
Members attending the United
Breeders Inc. Annual Meeting, held
recently at Maryhill Knights of
Columbus, heard that the area firm
had record sales of $5,375,263 dur
ing 1991; an increase of 23 per cent
over the previous y^ear. This
increase was offset slightly by a
decrease infield service revenue.
Total revenue was increased by 3.6
per cent to a total of $13,600,024.
Net profit for the member-owned,
and Guelph-based artificial insemi
nation livestock centre was
$348,825.
President Don Fieldhouse report
ed a Venture In Progress (VIP)
rebate to members participating in
the young sire program of $4.00
per first service. President Field
house emphasized the importance
of these breeders by stating that
“supporting the Young Sire Prov
ing Program helps to identify
genetic-ally-superior bulls which
will satisfy the most discriminating
breeder of the future.” Total incen
tives returned to United members
amounted to $694,748, including
the $109,756 from the VIP pay
ment.
General Manager Wilbur Shantz
stated that “every effort will be
made to contain overall expendi
tures of the company without
decreasing any of United Breeders'
service programs.” Shantz cited
optimism for the industry and agri
culture, as in the members to real
ize what Canada has achieved, and
that the institutions we have devel
oped have given us a real advan
tage in the world through their
expertise and resources.
Guest Speaker, Murray Hunt,
Director of Market Development,
CAAB encouraged all members to
become involved in their co-opera
tive, stating that we are looking
into times filled with fascinating
potential.
Shantz closed the meeting say
ing, “By continually working
toward a common goal of provid
ing continually-improved genetics
at a reasonable cost to the mem
bers, United and other Canadian
A.I. organizations can continue to
provide seed stock that will assist
those members to compete effec
tively both at home and in global
markets.”
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own farm. If someone wants a
whole roast he will use one of his
own pigs but he has no beef, and
even if he did, he uses only roasts
so there'd be the problem of what to
do with the rest of the cattle beast.
The family could plant more gar
den such as potatoes but it would
require a huge garden to get enough
potatoes, he says. Instead, he gets
most vegetables from North Huron
Gardens run by John and Carol
Boneschansker. It's convenient to
just be able to call up and order the
washed potatoes and have them
ready when needed, he says. Most
of the other supplies come from
local Brussels stores.
One food that he does grow on
the farm has been finding its way
into meals more and more. The last
couple of years they've set up a
bean pot along with the barbecue at
some events and won raves for tire
taste of the beans cooked over an
open fire.
The equipment they use was
developed by themselves over the
years. There have been many modi
fications along the way.When
Cardiff and Campbell started out,
Murray carted around a pick-up
Marketing
conference
uses survival
theme
Three top Ontario producers will
reveal their plans for survival
through a panel discussion at a reg
ular meeting of the Canadian Agri
marketing Association March 31 at
the University of Guelph.
Lome Allin is a hog farmer from
Newcastle, Dave Loewith is a dairy
farmer from Linden, and Stewart
Creeman is a beef farmer from
Petersburgh. This cross-section of
producers should well represent the
Ontario industry and situation.
Each of these farmers will present
problems by their market segment,
how they have coped to-date, their
survival strategy and what type of
goods and services they will need
to accomplish their goals.
In light of recent developments in
the GATT talks and farmers' visible
protests, this panel promises to be
insightful, topical and controver
sial.
The meeting location is at Uni
versity of Guelph, University Cen
tre, Room 103, with a luncheon at
noon and program from 1:00 p.m.
to 2:00 p.m.
truck load of cement blocks on
which to set the barbecue, he says.
Now the barbecue is all made of
steel, and comes apart easily for
trucking.
In 1990 the Cardiffs modified
part of their driving shed into a
catering area they can driye their
trailer right into for easy cleaning
and sterilizing of equipment. This
year they've bought a 20-foot trail
er which contains a compartment
for hauling the equipment and a
room for refrigeration, equipped
with cupboards. The trailer also
provides somewhere to get out of
the rain when the barbecue has to
be done in inclement weather. The
barbecuing goes on in good weath
er and bad and there's often more
than wanted of the latter.
The catering business makes for
a hectic summer as they try to jug
gle cropping on the 200 acre farm,
the weaner operation with a 150-
sow herd and family obligations.
Jeffs brother Scott helps out by
keeping on with duties like com
bining while Jeff is off on catering
business. It makes for a hectic time:
last year they had only three week
ends when there wasn't catering to
be done. Some days there was more
than one event on the same day in
different places. This summer the
biggest event may be the Usbome
Twp. 150th anniversary homecom
ing when organizers are hoping to
feed 1500 to 2000 people and the
Cardiffs are to provide everything
but the dessert. "We've got our
work cut out for us," Jeff says, who
also will be without the help of
Cathy who is expecting an addition
to the family this spring and is tak
ing the summer off. Just to orga
nize the help for such a big event
will be a collosal task, Jeff says.
Still, he says, they always get a
lot of good comments at such an
event. "That's what makes it all
worthwhile."
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