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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-03-21, Page 29Video e f sys e About 50 Ontario fa4 ere are''.pioneering one of Canada's newest technological min- ders, the, 'Teldon agriltwal videotext system called' Grassroots. Despite its folksy name,'Grassroots 1s• technology'. a system thatineci computer data -base with an in -1 modified''TV set or a personal .computer with a display screen:', • . .. For 10 -vents a minute, ,Grassroots subs hers can acss 60,000 ,pages of information,; from detailed weathei hiarecasts. to commod- ity reports, farm, management programs and agricultural news. Grassroots, launched in Manitoba ins 1981, now has'about 2,000: subscribers sin Western Canada It was only last year,, Wever• that the Universit erGuelph established U;niver-; • sitel, which ''bad adapted and expanded Grassroots for Ontario .conditions.. lan Easterbrook ./Of the University Guelph says the. fanners subscribing *0 they:, farm videotext packag :r robably The Fiume Edition, Week of March 21, '1984 9 ws costs 10 cents a minute concerned, ith the.:,ifutu .s., *Market . and, commodity ;p r s, These are tthe : pe'+ le of whom then ste ,will; paY„ fiat itself«tt. Grassroots .pages whit h Ontario sub- are accessing iiia est are those r„onal weather rept �rts,� which: are es; JOHN C. PRESTON P.O. B.ox492 61 Mary St. Clinton, Ontario NOM 11,0 482-3618 Personal Insurance plans Personal tax deferralYplans Business insurance plans Employeebenefit programs London Life 00110 dity farmer,: for e, fan fi iii taut the price of frozen. belit+ s on the Chicago Commodity *change within 10 minutes of trying, he adds., If farmers are seriously dealingin cash gain and futures contracts, for an additional fee they can gain access to. up to the minute reports from Canadian and American. ex- chanesio. Ontarfarmers now have tie option of stibb'scribing.• to a second farm . videotext service, -called AgrryiStai, which o iginates: in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, aAd markets its soft'- v4►arre :through S Birdie Shack outlets. , AgtiStar concentrates on -financial and BRAND,. SOYBEANl'SEED 1282 1 BRAND Al FAL4 A sE BRAND. SEED CORN. Pioneer is a brand name; numbers identify varieties. �Aegistered'trademark licensed to Pioneer Hi -Bred -Limited Chetfiam, Ontario commodity infOrloatlen and markets lna1yjjs Overduin says the school has funding to for furriers, gran dealers and speculators.continue this project for another half year. Although it's'>a� U.S. based service, there But Overduin adds that the recent Agri - is a local., tie in since the. 'University of Star connection is particularly exciting Western :gbtario's {school ° journalism"because we are one of the first Canadian p .rovides a datI, -. package,, of Canadian farm. inforniationproviders" on the system. news for Agritar °" "It's an interesting experiment from our point of view because we can update (news) instantly on AgriStar," Overduin says. The news for Grassroots subscribers is transmitted only once a day, and can't be updated as a story develops. Program avaikib a to beginninginning farmers The journalism school, in an experimental program started in Aril, 1982, has been producing an agricultural news package, called Westex News, for Grassroots sub- scribers. W.estext News senior editor Henry The Beginning' Farmer Assistance Pro=, five-year fixed . rate loan with an approved gram has become retroactive to January 1, lender, 1983. A farmer who has arranged a loan at ; Brochures on the program are available terms -other than atfve year fixed rate or has' 'from'' 'some banks,Farm Credit Corporation, ar rp ,. a loan with a non-approved.lender, is still ,&ani :the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and eligible for the -rebate. The. applicant must Food office, Clinton. -- indicate :: his/her : intent to enroll . in the .. Don Pullen, program prfor to April 30, 1984. He e:.will Agricultural Rep. then have until ALgust 31, 1984 to,artange a for Huron County. 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