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PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1998.
Letters to the editor
Deep price trough concerns pork producer
THE EDITOR,
Another busy farm season is
coming to a close with some
variable yields. Like all things in
farming and other business you
have good years and you have bad
ones. History teaches us that with
markets what goes up does come
down.
With the current pork market the
same thing is happening. What
concerns me though is that the
current price trough we are in is far
deeper than anyone could have
'realistically predicted. Currently a
market hog sold this week will net
a farmer about $65. The same pig
brought about $150 only six
months ago.
Now I know what you're thinking
— Jody you just said what goes up
must come down. True enough and
all farmers realize that also. The
problem is historically speaking
prices on the way down meant $90
not $65! What does $65/hog mean
to the average farmer? Well at $90
you may (if you are an average
producer) lose $10 per hog.
Businesses can generally stand
small losses for a short period of
time. The problem with a $65
market price is that the average
farmer ends up losing at least
$35/hog and on some units that
equals thousands or tens of
thousands of dollars per week. The
current price trend is downward
and we are heading for the
Christmas season, a time of
historically poorer prices. After
THE EDITOR,
The Huron United Way still
needs your help! With our
announced "Touch Down" date of
Nov. 30 fast approaching we still
have some way to go.
Our campaign achievement to
date is $120,000 which represents
60 per cent of our $200,000 goal.
Donations are still arriving daily,
and our payroll deduction
campaigns are well underway.
Individual donations from area
THE EDITOR,
The Santa Claus Parade poster
contest was a great success, thanks
to the participation of the students
and teachers of Brussels Public
School.
As judges we had a tough time
making our decisions because all
the entries were good. However,
through a point system we did
select the following winners:
Primary grades - first, Kelly
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version.
This was an extremely sensitive
and difficult sermon to write and to
deliver. The added pain of seeing
its meaning comprised in any way
makes it even more difficult.
Sincerely,
Rev. Christine Johnston.
Editor's Note:
During paste-up the section to
which Rev. Johnson referred was
unknowingly deleted. We apologize
for the error and are printing the
entire portion as it should have
been.
When I realized there were
buyers, there had to be sellers.
• This past week I've been reading
a novel about Ireland. In it there is
a great deal about the struggles that
Irish Catholics had to survive when
they were at the mercy of the
which we are in to January - April
where prices usually skid sideways
until the summer barbecue season.
The bottom line is it would not
be a leap to predict current prices
will ski lower and remain there for
at least four to six months.
As a lifetime pork producer I
know that producers will go
bankrupt and lose their farms if the
current price situation continues.
Now I know the stereotype of the
crying farmer warning of doom and
gloom if markets or weather keep
going against them (this hasn't
helped us in the past) but I guess
the difference this time is that I am
certain six months of current prices
will put farmers out of business.
They don't have to go lower or
even last two months to see some
producers lose everything.
Farmers are your neighbours,
your hockey coach, your church
leader and your community leader.
Farmers and the farming industry
are the leading economic engine in
Huron County. Without farmers
you don't have grocery stores,
arenas, churches or small villages
(there are no large cities in Huron
County).
As a province and country
agriculture is a primary industry. A
primary industry like fishing and
forestry produce raw goods that are
value added, developed and trucked
all over the world. Agriculture is a
primary industry that yields $7 in
commerce for every $1 of gross
farm income. That is an untold and
towns are down and we urge you to
remember the Huron United Way
in your donation considerations.
Remember, all donations stay in
Huron County! If you would like
information on how to make a
contribution, or want to know more
about our agencies please call 1-
519-482-7643.
Together we care!
Bruce Shaw,
General Campaign Chair.
Kim Bilcke, Executive Director
Huron United Way.
English landowners. The squires
retained land agents who helped
them to evict the families and burn
their homes when they couldn't pay
the rent. One of the land agents
who is fiercely hated is referred to
as a Black Protestant Scot.
As I'm reading it I'm thinking
about how terrible these people are.
How could they do these horrible
things? But wait a minute, my heart
drops into my stomach. I am the
descendant of Scottish Protestants
who emigrated to Ireland.
We could go through a litany of
horrors. We could recite the strife
and suffering that has been directed
to humans by other humans who
think of themselves as superior.
Bill Phipps was right. "We are
the bearers of many blessings from
our ancestors, and therefore we
must also bear their burdens."
unseen benefit we all rely on for
economic survival. Over 640,00
people are directly employed
because of agriculture in Ontario.
If 50 per cent of the pork
producers in this province go
bankrupt you will notice it in your
life.
The major reason I write today is
to question our provincial
government who is sitting by idly
doing nothing as this whole market
scenario is played out. Everyone
else is taking their cuts and
receiving no help from the
government, why should pork
producers be any different?
Farmers realize we are under
fiscal restraint. The problem is
Quebec producers have a current
floor pricing arrangement with their
government that sees them receive
no less than $120/pig. Our friends
in the U.S. will also be receiving
some government assistance
(history tells us they always do).
So our farm neighbours aren't
receiving any government help but
are expected to produce a top
quality product that will employ
thousands of people (maybe even
you) and do it for the next four to
six months at huge losses?
It won't happen and even if they
do come through the downturn they
will be at a tremendous competitive
disadvantage in the global market.
What can you do? Call your MP
or MPP and ask them what they are
Continued on page 14
United Way seeks help
Committee picks poster winners
Krotz; second, Brianne Wheeler;
third, Jessica Machan.
Grade 4 - first, Lauren Spink;
second, Chris Corbett; third, Alyssa
Gowing.
Grade 5 — first, Cory Chapman;
second, Amanda Dorsch; third,
Baylie Thomas.
Posters will be on display in local
stores.
Sincerely,
Chris Ten Pas and Bonnie Gropp
Parade Poster Committee.
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