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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1998-04-29, Page 6MATT'S PRE-WEDDING SPECIAL for the month of April P235-75R15 extra load sport tire, raised white letters $85.00 installed, balanced with new stem M.G.M. Townsend Tire Londesboro 523-4742 After hours - 523-9190 or 522-1629 JOHN McKERCHER CONSTRUCTION LTD. • backhoeing • bulldozing • loader and truck rental • sand, gravel and topsoil • stone pile and rubble removal • septic systems R.R. #2 Bluevale 887-9061 if busy 887-9999 Fax: 887-9999 PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1998. Brussels Livestock report Veal prices tumble $3 to $5, beef hits $126 high The sales at Brussels Livestock for the week ending April 24 were: fed cattle, 834; cows, 263; veal and bob calves, 474; lambs and goats, 231; stockers, 1,836. Fed steers and heifers sold on a steady market. Cows sold $2 to $3 higher. On Thursday the veal sold $3 to $5 lower, with the lambs selling steady. On Friday the calves sold $2 to $3 higher with the yearlings selling steady. There were 463 steers on offer selling from $88 to $93 to the high of $102. Seven steers consigned by Pete Dewys, Varna, averaging 1,427 lbs. sold for an average of $93.73 with a limousin steer weighing 1,450 lbs. selling to MGI Packers at $102.50. Three steers consigned by Bev Hamilton, Hensall, averaging 1,4q1 lbs. sold for an average of $94.06 with sales to $101.50. Seven steers consigned by Allan Thornton, Gorrie, averaging 1,205 lbs. sold for an average of $91.10 with sales to $100.50. Thirty-nine steers L Huron County has a new food processor and a Walton area man has played a key role in getting it going. First production for Quality Jer- sey Products Ltd. came off the line at the company's new Seaforth plant on March 17. For Bruce Schmidt, RR 3, Walton, president of the company, it was the culmina- tion of five years of dreaming and hard slugging to make their new company come to life. The company's plant, set up in a former planing mill in Seaforth, will produce specialty cheeses, pro- duced and packaged in traditional European fashion and designed to replace imports. The cheeses will be marketed under the "Jersey Tra- dition" label. Schmidt, who recently sold his herd of Jerseys, one of the highest producing in Canada, recalls being worried, five years ago, about the future given the talk about GATT negotiations and the possible demise of supply management. "Vertical integration appeared to be an opportunity that if you don't get the money out of the farm you get it out somewhere else in the chain," he recalls recently just before his long-time dream was finally real- ized. "It had a way of creating sta- bility for the family farm operation." The idea took flight within the membership of the Perth-Huron Jersey Club when a group of 14 producers put $500 each into a pot to look at developing differentiated markets for the rich Jersey milk produced by their farms. They used the money in 1994 to hire Western Business Consultants, part of the University of Western Ontario's business school, to do a feasibility study to look at what might be viable products and what different options they could take to develop and market them. The study proposed a return to consigned by Kada Farms, Bluevale, averaging 1,362 lbs. sold for an average of $96.07 with sales to $99. Two steers consigned by Allen M. Martin, Elmira, averaging 1,258 lbs. sold for an average of $91.68 with sales to $98.50. Twelve steers consigned by Schmidt Brook Farms Inc., Woodstock, averaging 1,496 lbs. sold for an average of $94.90 with sales to $98.50. Three steers consigned by Terry McCarthy, Dublin, averaging 1,458 lbs. sold for an average of $97.49 with sales to $98.50. Five steers consigned by Mery McPherson, Orangeville, averaging 1,399 lbs. sold for an average of $94.26 with sales to $96.75. Six steers consigned by John Glousher, Wingham, averaging 1,402 lbs. sold for an average of $94.57 with sales to $96.25. Eighteen steers consigned by Murray Shiell, Wingham, averaging 1,432 lbs. sold for an average of $90.90 with the old days of pasteurized, non- homogenized, cream-topped Jersey milk in a glass bottle as well as dif- ferent types of cream cheese. The producers felt the market required would be too large for them to tackle. The producers used the study as a starting point, allowing them to make the contacts that would later lead to the formation of the compa- ny. One of those contacts was Hans Krach, a consultant to the cheese industry. Krach has worked in the cheese industry all his life, first in Europe, then in Canada. Krach and the producers put their heads together to look at the possibilities for Jersey milk in the specialty cheese market. In early 1997 they hired Jim Brown of the consulting company Strive who conducted a combined training and brainstorming session with the members of the group. Canada's Outdoor Farm Show has been awarded a membership in the North American Farm Show Council. It will now be able to take part in the council's strategic network of farm shows across the continent. The council's mandate is to provide an effective marketing showcase for exhibitors of agricultural products and their customers. Ginty Jocius, president of Canada's Outdoor Farm Show, said "This endorsement supports our mandate to provide the finest outdoor agricultural trade show for both exhibitors and farm families by aggressively promoting innovation, technology, and practical demonstrations." Canada's Outdoor Farm Show earned its membership in the North American Farm Show Council by sales to $96. There were 346 heifers on offer selling from $88 to $93 to the high of $100.25. Thirty-seven heifers consigned by Carl Stanley, Lucknow, averaging 1,273 lbs. sold for an average of $92.17 with a blonde heifer weighing 1,375 lbs. selling to Norwich Packers at $100.25. Fourteen heifers consigned by Johnston Farms, Bluevale, averaging 1,171 lbs. sold for an average of $93.22 with sales to $95. Ten heifers consigned by David Bowles, Brussels, averaging 1,069 lbs. sold for an average of $89.88 with sales to $95. Six heifers consigned by Darren Johnston, Bluevale, averaging 1,200 lbs. sold for an average of $93.19 with sales to $94.75. Two heifers consigned by George Chettleburgh, Wingham, averaging 1,180 lbs. sold for an average of $91.21 with sales to $94.25. Eight heifers consigned by Paul Murray, Ripley, averaging 1,135 lbs. sold for an average of $89.22 with sales to $94. One heifer consigned by Dean Aldwinkle, Varna, weighing 1,065 lbs. sold for $94. Seven heifers consigned by Ronland Farms, Stratford, averaging 1,223 lbs. sold for an average of $92.89 with sales to $94. Four heifers consigned by Dave Tremeer, Seaforth, averaging 1,220 lbs. sold for $94. Four heifers "At the end of the meeting we all came to the conclusion that it would be in the best interests of the group to form a company versus a co-op," Schmidt recalls. "It gave us more flexibility to put the profits back into the pockets of the people who deserved the profits." Around the same time they closed the deal to buy the former Hoffmeyer lumber yard, a building originally built in the 1960s. Krach was retained as a consul- tant to do the plant layout. The company was set up with a seven- member board of directors with dif- ferent directors being given responsibility to oversee different aspects of the development of the company. The company had to work with Dairy Farmers of Ontario to get the milk necessary to allow manufac- turing. They had to develop a con- tract to allow the Jersey milk to be Continued on page 23 demonstrating to a selection committee a commitment to high standards in its dealings with both exhibitors and visitors. As a member of the council, Canada's Outdoor Farm Show will be better able to expand its opportunities into the international arena, bring in new international exhibitors and visitors, and help to provide new ideas to other farm shows across North America. The farm show is one of 26 farm shows to be members of the council in North America. Support from past exhibitors at the show, as well as visitors, were key factors in bringing the show to this new level. Canada's Outdoor Farm Show will be held in Woodstock, Ontario on Sept. 8, 9 and 10. For more information call 1-800-563-5441. consigned by Murray Johnston, Bluevale, averaging 1,160 lbs. sold for an average of $91.12 with sales to $93.75. There were 263 cows on offer selling from $40 to $58 to the high of $75. Four cows consigned by K & A Beef Farms, Wroxeter, averaging 1,551 lbs. sold for an average of $62.78 with sales to $71. Four limousin cows consigned by Val Brook Farms, Chepstow, averaging 1,034 lbs. sold for an average of $61.69 with sales to $69. Four cows consigned by John Winger, Palmerston, averaging 1,319 lbs. sold for an average of $64.92 with sales to $69. There were 20 bulls on offer selling $58 to $68 to the high of $85.50. One blonde bull consigned by William Stocks, Badjeros, weighing 1,735 lbs. sold for $85 50. One limo bull consigned by George Goetz, Mildmay, weighing 1,920 lbs. sold for $79.50. There were 474 veal on offer selling: Beef, $85 to $126; Holstein, $70 to $85; Plain Holstein, $60 to $70. A limousin veal consigned by Decroft Farms Limited, Clinton, weighing 640 lbs. sold for $126 with their total offering of seventeen veal averaging 709 lbs. selling for the overall price of $107.19. Two RWF veal consigned by John Verburg, Londesboro, averaging 640 lbs. sold for $124.50. A blk. veal consigned by John Martin, Lucknow, weighing 680 lbs. sold for $118.50 with his total offering of ten veal, averaging 696 lbs. selling for the average price of $94.40. Lambs, under 50 lbs., sold $160 to $182.50; 50 - 80 lbs., $155 to $192.50; 80 - 95 lbs.,-S177.50 to $185.00; 95 - 110 lbs., $137.50 to $170. - - Sheep sold $4.6 to $78. Goats sold $26 to $91 per head. Stockers steers: under 400 lbs., sold $109 to $141; 400 - 500 lbs., $113 to $149; 500 - 600 lbs., $116 to $137; 600 - 700 lbs., $102 to $125; 700 - 800 lbs., $98 to $115.50; 800 - 900 lbs., $97 to $118.25; 900 - 1,000 lbs., $95 to $103.75; 1,000 lbs. and over, $74.75 to $97.50. Stocker heifers, 300 - 400 lbs., $115 to $135; 400 to 500 lbs., $94 to $126.25; 500 to 600 lbs., $95 to $122.50; 600 to 700 lbs., $93.25 to $115.50; 700 to 800 lbs., $95 to $110; 800 to 900 lbs., $97 to $108.25; 900 to 1,000 lbs., $95 to $103.75; 1,000 lbs. and over, $74 to $96.25. Plain stockers sold $45 to $60. With osteoporosis a fractured hip could be a life sentence. Osteoporosis Society of Canada Call 1-800-463-6842 for more information. Finished Cattle & Cows Bob Calves Veals followed by Goats Sheep & Lambs Stocker Cattle Pigs F arm Walton man heads cheese co. Farm show, a member FRIDAYS BRUSSELS LIVESTOCK Division of Gamble & Rogers Ltd. UPCOMING SALES TUESDAYS 9:00 a.m. THURSDAYS 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m.