The Citizen, 1995-04-26, Page 19THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1995. PAGE 19.
Brussels Livestock report
Grass cattle sell $2 higher, others hold steady
Sales at Brussels Livestock for
the week ending April 21 were: fed
cattle, 742; cows, 175; veal calves,
283; sheep and goats, 322;
stockers, 1,893; and pigs, 92.
The market at Brussels Livestock
saw top quality steers and and
heifers selling steady, with the
second cut selling under pressure.
Cows sold steady. Thursday heavy
veal were selling $4 - $6 lower,
light veal selling $1 - $2 lower.
Lambs sold fully steady to last
week. The grass cattle on Friday
sold $2 higher with other cattle
steady.
There were 491 steers on offer
selling from $89 to $94 to the high
of $100.25. Twenty-five steers
consigned by Cunningham Farms,
Lucan, averaging 1,465 lbs. sold
for an average of $90.95 with sales
to $100.25. Forty-four steers
consigned by Bill Ferguson,
Shelburne, averaging 1,006 lbs.
sold for an average of $90.18 with
sales to $98.50. Thirteen steers
consigned by Schmidt Brook
Farms Inc., Woodstock, averaging
1,424 lbs. sold for an average of
$87.74 with sales to $98. Fifteen
steers consigned by Ken Eadie,
Holyrood, averaging 1,482 lbs. sold
Over the next two weeks, five
groups of farm families in the
northern parts of the adjoining
counties of Wellington, Perth, and
Huron, and southern Grey and
Bruce will be gathering to begin
working on enhancing, expanding
or diversifying their enterprises.
Some enterprises are closely
related to farming, and some are
not. People have decided to look
into opportunities to add a sideline
to their fanning operation for many
different reasons.
Some folks are tired of the strain
that commuting to an off-farm job
puts on their family life. Others
have looked at the economics of
off-farm work and have realized
that earning $5,000 more on the
farm has the same impact on their
disposable income as earning three
or four times as much off the farm.
Many have recognized the value of
having more than one source of
income for their families.
The Farm Ventures program,
provided by Women and Rural
Economic Development (WRED)
through funding from OATI
(Ontario Agricultural Training
Institute) and from OTAB (Ontario
Training Adjustment Board), offers
business development training and
counseling support to farm
families. The core of the concept is
to organize small groups of six to
eight families, who can meet
together on a roughly monthly
basis over the coming year to
discuss their ideas and progress
towards developing their sideline
enterprise. They will be putting
together written business plans
which will serve as their guidelines
as their business develop, and can
help in their search for loan capital,
should they need it.
This core of informal meetings
will be supplemented by a series of
five formal workshops on the
for an average of $93.24 with sales
to $97.
Twenty steers consigned by Kada
Farms, Bluevale, averaging 1, 423
lbs. sold for an average of $91.51
with sales to $96.25. Seven steers
consigned by Doug Shiell,
Wingham, averaging 1,342 lbs.
sold for an average of $94.44 with
sales to $96.25. Five steers
consigned by Kevin Horsburgh,
Mount Forest, averaging 1,488 lbs.
sold for an average of $93.64 with
sales to $96. Thirty-three steers
consigned by James McCarthy,
Granton, averaging 1,472 lbs. sold
for an average of $90.01 with sales
to $94.50. Twelve steers consigned
by Ralph Dickson, Mitchell,
averaging 1,462 lbs. sold for an
average of $91.75. with sales to
$94.25.
There were 225 heifers on offer
selling from $89 to $94 to the high
of $98.50. Twelve heifers consign-
ed by Francis Hunt, Walton,
averaging 1,180 lbs. sold for an
average of $91.62 with sales to
$98.50. Sixteen heifers consigned
by Gerald Rathwell, Brucefield,
averaging 1,077 lbs. sold for an
average of $89.57 with sales to
components of business
development and planning which
will be provided by WRED's Rural
Enterprise Development trainers.
The formal workshops will be
delivered to combinations of the
"kitchen table" groups.
Typically, two groups will come
together for the series of formal
workshops. The topics of these
workshops are: Visualizing your
business; Planning your business;
Marketing your business;
Financing your business and
Putting it all together.
In addition to group discussions
and formal workshops, farm
ventures families will receive
individual business development
counseling on their farms. This
counseling will be done by the
group facilitators, Alison Lobb and
Rick De Brabanderc, who are both
farmers. They also have experience
in training adults and developing
businesses.
Through the mixture of meetings,
workshops and counseling, the
whole family will be involved in
the planning activities.
At present, there is still space for
one or two families to join the
groups centered around Blyth,
Listowel, Milverton, Mildmay, and
Lucknow. People interested in
joining any of these groups should
contact Gianne Broughton at 519-
273-5017 before May 15. A
business development counselor
will arrange to visit people soon
after they call.
The cost of of the program is
$100 per farm family. Assistance is
available for families who find the
fee difficult to meet. No other
enterprise development program
offers this much support to farm
families and their enterprises. A
second session of the program is
planned to begin in the fall of 1995,
to end in March, 1996.
$96.75. Eleven heifers consigned
by Murray Johnston, Bluevale,
averaging 1,165 lbs. sold for an
average of $87.91 with sales to
$94.25. Twelve heifers consigned
by Russ Faber, Kippen, averaging
1,080 lbs. sold for an average of
$90.40 with sales to $94.
Four heifers consigned by Jerr
Cronin, Dublin, averaging 1,228
lbs. sold for an average of $85.84
with sales to $94. Three heifers
consigned by Gordon Borth,
Mildmay, averaging 1,311 lbs. sold
for an average of $90.45 with sales
to $93.25. Two heifers consigned
by Bruce Johnston, Bluevale,
averaging 1,110 lbs. sold for $93.
Twelve heifers consigned by Diane
Osborn, Monkton, averaging 1,044
lbs. sold for an average of $86.01
with sales to $92.75. Three heifers
consigned by Elliott Hackwell,
Walton, averaging 1,135 lbs. sold
for an average of $89.28 with sales
to $91.50.
There were 175 cows on offer
selling from $45 to $64 to the high
of $73. One cow consigned by John
Dietrich, Mitchell, weighing 1,000
lbs. sold for $73. Two cows
consigned by Ken Thompson,
Kincardine, averaging 1,318 lbs.
sold for an average of $65.04 with
sales to $72. Two cows consigned
by Murray Aitken, Mount Forest,
averaging 1,505 lbs. sold for an
average of $67.24 with sales to
$70.50.
There were 24 bulls on offer
selling from $68 to $77 to the high
of $84.25. Five Simmental bulls
consigned by Eric Kerns, Hanover,
averaging 1,227 lbs. sold for an
average of $79.69 with sales to
$84.25. Three Simmental bulls
consigned by Long Lane
Simmentals Puslinch, averaging
1,233 lbs. sold for an average of
$77.86 with sales to $80.
There were 283 veal on offer -
Light Holstein, sold $80 to $95;
Heavy Holstein, $65 to $80; and
Beef, $85 to $114.50. Two veal
consigned by John Verberg,
Londesboro, averaging 718 lbs.
sold for an average of $108.98 with
sales to $114.50. Twelve veal
consigned by Allan McKinnon,
Shallow Lake, Ontario, averaging
624 lbs. sold for an average of
$97.01 with sales to $113.50. Five
veal consigned by Bill Devos Jr.,
Bluevale, averaging 734 lbs. sold
for an average of $91.54 with sales
to $110.
Lambs, under 50 lbs., sold
$157.50 to $250; and 50 - 79 lbs.,
$177 to $240.
Sheep sold $38 to $74.
Goats sold $35 to $90.
Twelve lambs consigned by Cam
Anderson, Belgrave, averaging 60
lbs. sold for an average of $187.22
with sales to $250.
Stockers - steers, 400 - 499 lbs.,
sold $105.50 to $138; 500 - 599
lbs., $102.50 to $131; 600 - 699
lbs., $93.50 to $119. 700 - 799 lbs.,
$87.50 to $114; 800 - 899 lbs.,
$89.25 to $103; 900 - 999 lbs., $88
to $113; and 1,000 lbs. and over,
$81 to $89.50.
Heifers, 300 - 399 lbs., sold $90
to $113; 400 - 499 lbs., $113 to
$124.50; 500 - 599 lbs., $104 to
$120.50; 600 - 699 lbs., $90 to
$111.50; 700 - 799 lbs., $90.75 to
$105.25; 800 - 899 lbs., $87 to
$101.50; and 900 lbs. and over, $85
to $92.85.
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Groups gather, boost
farm-based ventures
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