HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2000-10-18, Page 19THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2000. PAGE 19.
______Agriculture
Brussels Livestock report
Steer prices top Sill, avg. $97 to $103
Total receipts at Brussels
Livestock for the week ending Oct.
13 were 4,555 head of cattle and 294
lambs and goats.
Fed steers and heifers sold at
prices $1 lower. The cows sold
steady. Veal sold $4 to $7 lower.
Lambs traded steady. Choice calves
sold steady with the second cut
selling $5 lower. The yearlings sold
steady.
There were 693 steers on offer
selling from $97 to $103 with sales
to $111.25. Two limousin steers
consigned by Kada Farms, Bluevale,
averaging 1,378 lbs. sold to Norwich
Packers for $111.25. Their overall
offering of 14 steers averaging 1,403
lbs. selling for an average of $99.16.
A limousin steer consigned by Jim
Howatt, Londesboro, weighing
1,480 lbs. was purchased by
Norwich Packers for $109.75. His
overall offering of 16 steers averaged
1,487 lbs. selling for an average of
$99.99. Ten steers consigned by
Brian Bearss, St. Marys, averaging
1,446 lbs. sold for an average of
$101.55 with sales to $108.75. Three
steers consigned by Jim Wilson,
Lucknow, averaging 1,437 lbs. sold
for an average of $99.48 with sales to
$105.
Murray Shiell, Wingham,
consigned 43 steers averaging 1,387
lbs. and sold for an average of $99.27
with sales to $104.25. Twelve steers
consigned by Schmidt Brook Farms
Inc., Woodstock, averaging 1,450
lbs. sold for an average of $98.85
with sales to $107.50. One limousin
steer consigned by Cunningham
Farms, Lucan, weighing 1,535 lbs.
sold for $103.50. Their overall
offering of 34 steers averaged 1,484
lbs. and sold for an average of $97.05
One hundred and two steers
consigned by Bender Beef Farms,
Hensall, averaged 1,479 lbs. sold for
an average of $95.46 with sales
reaching $103.75. Doug Shiell,
Wingham, consigned 19 steers
averaging 1,633 lbs. sold for an
average of $95.29 with sales to
$106.50. A blue steer consigned by
Don Shiell, Wingham, weighing
1,550 lbs. sold to Norwich Packers
for $103.75. His overall offering of
18 steers averaged 1,601 lbs. sold for
an average of $94.92.
There were 360 heifers on offer
selling from $97 to $103 with sales
to $117. A blue heifer consigned by
Flynn Farms Clinton Ltd., Clinton,
weighing 1,105 lbs. sold to Norwich
Packers for $117. Their overall
offering of 23 heifers averaging
1,163 lbs. sold for an average of $98.
One limousin heifer consigned by
Ross M. Barber, Listowel, weighing
1,205 lbs. was purchased by
Norwich Packers for $114.75. His
overall offering of 12 heifers
averaging 1,288 lbs. sold for an
average of $102.13. Merkley Farms,
Wroxeter, consigned six heifers
averaging 1,198 lbs. and sold for an
average of $101 with sales to $110.
Seven heifers consigned by
Donald Thornton, Gorrie, averaging
1,184 lbs. sold for an average of
$101 with sales to $101.75. Twenty
eight heifers consigned by Hugh
Love, Atwood, averaging 1,263 lbs.
sold for an average of $99 with sales
to $103.50. Johnston Farms,
Bluevale, consigned by two limousin
heifers averaging 1,465 lbs. sold to
Norwich Packers for $108.25. Their
overall offering of sixty-two heifers
averaged 1,234 lbs. sold for an
average of $98.93.
Thirteen heifers consigned by
Leneray Farms, Brussels, averaging
1,183 lbs. sold for an average of
$98.16 with sales to $101. Maurice
Coe, Shelburne, consigned thirty-one
heifers averaging 1,265 lbs. selling
for an average of $97.18 with sales to
$99.25. Fourteen heifers consigned
by Mux Lea Farms, Woodstock,
averaging 1,289 lbs. sold for an
average of $96.23 with sales to
$103.75. A gold heifer consigned by
Andy Vander Veen, Bly th, weighing
1,190 lbs. sold to Highland Packers
Ltd. for $102. His overall offering of
ten heifers averaging 1,388 lbs. sold
for an average of $95.36.
There were 164 cows on offer. DI
and D2 cows sold $60 to $65 with
sales to $75; D3, $55 to $60; D4, $50
to $55. One holstein cow consigned
by Paul Martin, Atwood, weighing
1,630 lbs. sold for $65.50. A saler
cow consigned by Lyle Haney,
Seaforth, weighed 1,595 lbs. and
sold for $63.50. Homesteader
Holstein Inc., Lucknow, consigned a
Holstein cow which weighed 1,330
lbs. and sold for $63.
There were 14 bulls on offer
selling from $67 to $75.50 with sales
to $78.50. A black bull consigned by
Margie Fenner, Paisley, weighing
2,100 lbs. sold to MGI Packers for
$75.50. A grey bull consigned by
Dwayne Hachman, Paisley,
weighing 1,960 lbs. sold to MGI
Packers for $74.
There were 237 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $105 to $128;
Holstein, $90 to $112.50; Plain
Holstein, $75 to $90. A hereford veal
steer consigned by Eric Nonkes,
Auburn, weighing 655 lbs. sold for
$128. George Vanderveen, Lucknow,
consigned a black veal steer
weighing 690 lbs. which sold for
$124. A holstein heifer veal
consigned by Martin Metske,
Lucknow, weighing 655 lbs. sold for
$122.50.
Lambs, under 50 lbs. sold to $135;
50 - 64 lbs. sold to $134; 65 - 79 lbs.,
$124 to $166; 80 - 94 lbs., $110 to
$135; 95 to $110 lbs., $108 to $122.
Goats sold $30 to $120.
Sheep sold $45 to $68.
Stockers: steers, under 400 lbs.
sold $146 to $195; 400 - 499 lbs.,
$136 to $177; 500 - 599 lbs., $131 to
$180; 600 - 699 lbs., $105 to $154;
700 - 799 lbs., $110 to $135; 800 -
899 lbs., $112 to $130.50; 900 - 999
lbs., $97 to $135; 1,000 lbs. and over,
$101.50 to $119.50.
Heifers, under 300 lbs., sold $100
to $162; 300-399 lbs., $117 to $161;
400 - 499 lbs., $126 to $162; 500 -
599 lbs., $120.50 to $149.50; 600 -
699 lbs., $112 to $133; 700 - 799
lbs., $106.50 to $130.25; 800 - 899
lbs., $103.50 to $135; 900 lbs. and
over, $93 to $116.
Federation Award
Carol Anne Regele, left, accepts the Huron County
Federation of Agriculture Award for outstanding contribution
to agriculture in the county. Past President Pat Down made
the presentation at the Federation’s annual meeting in
Varna, Thursday. Regele, from RR1, Dublin, was active in
the Federation’s “safety tape” campaign, helping to cut and
package the tape and distribute it to OFA members
throughout the county over the past three years.
FOREST MANAGEMENT
IN THE COUNTY OF HURON
Trees are an important part of agriculture, the environment and
recreation. The County of Huron is holding public open houses io
seek input on a Tree Strategic Plan including the management of
forests owned by the County, as well as a new Tree By-lav under
the new Foresty Act.
Everyone is encouraged to attend and participate.
OPEN HOUSES 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Stanley Township Complex
Council Chambers, Varna , Thursday, October 12, 2000
Fed. adds to ambulance debate
The Huron County Federation of
Agriculture has joined the
ambulance debate, approving a
resolution, at its annual meeting in
Varna Thursday, to lobby the county
to maintain the status quo on
ambulance service.
The resolution calls on the county
to maintain the current ambulance
service with its six ambulance
stations for the year 2001, instead of
going to a four-ambulance system. It
calls for the county to evaluate the
results after running the service for a
year, before spending more money
on new buildings.
The second of three resolutions
passed by the meeting, calls on the
Ontario Federation of Agriculture to
co-ordinate discussion among
commodity groups over a program
like Quebec’s ASRA support and
stabilization program.
Speaking in support of the
resolution, Wayne Hamilton of
Varna, OFA regional director from
Huron South, said Ontario farmers
not only face an uneven playing-
field from heavily subsidized
American and European farmers, but
also from Quebec farmers who get
three times as much support as
Ontario farmers.
The Quebec program provides a
guaranteed cost of production
formula, Hamilton said, and the
Ontario Com Producers Association
is already looking at the plan. “It
needs a bit of study,” he said.
The current problem of low prices
needs to be addressed with more
than just talk, said Gordon Hill of
Varna, an OFA past president in
discussion the resolution. “What are
we prepared to do if we don’t get
resolution to our problems?” he
asked. “Are we going to just sit
around on our hands?” With a
federal election looming it’s an
awfully good time to get some
action, Hill said.
That call for action was supported
by Mason Bailey of Blyth who said,
“We’ve had years and years of
sanctimonious debate.” One of the
few times farmers have actually
gotten action from a government was
in the 1970s when they threatened to
withhold their property taxes if they
didn’t get relief from high education
taxes, he said.
“Agriculture is almost our only
industry in this county,” Bailey said.
“With agriculture going down,
Huron County cannot go upward.”
The resolution was approved.
The third resolution passed called
on the OFA Jo allow representation
at its annual convention by the size
of the membership in the county, not
the number of directors appointed.
OFA had recently increased the
number of members required for
each director to 800 which reduced
Huron’s representation from four to
three directors. However, in counties
with fewer members, 400 was the
cut-off point. This meant Huron was
disadvantaged not only at the board
level but at the convention where
each region appoints three delegates,
said Pat Down, past president. By
using the size of the membership for
the appointment of convention
delegates, Huron would be more
fairly treated, she said.
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