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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2006-12-14, Page 20BRUSSELS LIVESTOCK Division of Gamble & Rogers Ltd. UPCOMING SALES TUESDAYS 9:00 a.m. Fed Cattle, Bulls & Cows THURSDAYS 8:00 a.m. Drop Calves 10:00 a.m.Veal 11:30 a.m.Pigs, Lambs, Goats & Sheep FRIDAYS 10:00 a.m. Stockers Visit our webpage at: www.brus- selslivestock.ca email us at: Infoebrusselslivestock.ca Call us 519-887-6461 Healthy Weight, Healthy You! Even a modest weight loss of 5 to 10 pounds can make a huge difference to your health and well-being! The Heart and Stroke Foundation has all the tools you need to achieve a healthy weight. ' Wishing all of our friends and neighbours a Merry Christmas and a success- ful New Year. glitudiA fo4 50 r ewti of aupptutt! /956 - 2006 cal fan 'Jean-end Special, R. T. BOLTON & SON * DEPENDABLE QUALITY PEDIGREED SEED * 519-525-6430 or 519-527-0205 Seaforth HOMEGROWN WORLD CLASS GENE'T'IC .)14k Aattek *51e PAGE 20. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2006. Agriculture Brussels Livestock report 3,111 head of cattle on offer at sales Total receipts for Brussels Livestock for the week ending Dec. 8 were 3,111 head of cattle, 863 lambs and goats. On Tuesday the fed steers and heifers sold steady. The choice steers and heifers sold $90 to $94 with sales to $100.50. Second cut sold $87 to $90 with the cows selling $2 to $3 higher. On Thursday veal sold $5 lower. Lambs sold on a steady market. Sheep sold $5 to $10 higher and the goats sold $10 to $20 higher. On Friday calves and yearlings sold on a steady market. There were 485 steers on offer. Eight steers consigned by Murray Johnston, Bluevale, averaging 1,381 lbs. sold for an average of $94.34 with five charolais steers averaging If . 1,393 lbs. sold for $94.50 to Ryding Regency. Fifteen steers consigned by Ron and Brian Tulloch, Meaford, averaging 1,234 lbs. sold for an aver- age of $91.46 with sales to $100.50. Ian Johnston, Brussels, consigned four steers averaging 1,371 lbs. sell- ing for an average of $90.93 with a gold steer weighing 1,380 lbs. sell- ing for $92.75 to Ryding Regency. Fourteen steers consigned by Schmidt Brook Farms Inc., Woodstock, averaging 1,569 lbs. sold for an average of $90.48 with a limousin steer weighing 1,565 lbs. sold for $92.25 to Dominion Meat Maitland Valley Conservation Authority recently hosted communi- ty emergency measures co-ordina- tors from its member municipalities for a day-long session on the devel- opment of municipal flood emer- gency plans. Dave Grummett, MVCA's direc- tor of operations, gave, a presenta- tion on the watershed's most notable floods of the past century, the most flood prone areas of the watershed, MVCA's flood forecasting service and climate change's role in the floods of today. He presented slide and static displays of flooding in areas such as Listowel, Harriston and Lowertown, and discussed notable floods of 1948, 1954 and the 1970s. MVCA uses a system of gauging stations throughout its watershed jurisdiction to monitor the potential for flooding. When the potential rises, MVCA issues bulletins to Municipalities, the media and other agencies. Flood forecasting is a demanding exercise that requires a daily commitment to monitoring watershed conditions. MVCA and all Conservation Authorities are fac- ing significant challenges in this area. Climate change has increased the likelihood of flash flooding events, in which a massive amount of rain falls on a small area in a short time. "In the 1970s, winters in this part of the country were referred to as 'old-fashioned winters'," said Grummett. These old-fashioned. winters fea- tured average show depths of 25 to 28 inches, and 30-inch-thick river ice at the Zetland Bridge near Wingham to 36-inch-thick ice at the bridge coming into Goderich. January thaws were very brief. Spring runoff events were pre- dictable and didn't occur until the Packers. Twelve steers consigned by Aden Brubacher, Listowel, averag- ing 1,506 lbs. sold for $90.23 with a limousin steer weighing 1,440 lbs. sold to F.A.B. Meat Products Inc. for $95.50. James Gingerich, St. Clements, consigned 31 steers averaging 1,443 lbs. sold for an average of $90.22 with a limousin steer weighing 1,465 lbs. sold for $92.25 to Dominion Meat Packers. Thirty-nine steers consigned by Cunningham Farms, Lucan, averaging 1,610 lbs. sold for an average of $89.18 with a charo- lais steer weighing 1,560 lbs. sold to Dominion Meat Packers for $92.50. Fifteen steers consigned by Walter Nicholson, Monkton, averaging 1,525 lbs. sold for an average of $89.15 with a simmental steer weighing 1,435 lbs. selling to F.A.B. Meat Products Inc. for $94. Eleven steers consigned by Ivan Weber, Paisley, averaging 1,375 lbs. sold for an average of $88.87 with sales to $92. Fourteen steers consigned by Mike Drost, Staffs, averaging 1,519 lbs. sold for an average of $88.92 with a limousin steer weighing 1,455 lbs. selling to F.A.B. Meat Products Inc. for $93.75. There were 410 heifers on offer. Two black heifers consigned by Laken and Hallie McArter, Exeter, averaging 1,335 lbs. selling to third week of March. However, in the 1980s climate changes began to alter the area's winters. Since then, average snow depth has dropped to six to 10 inch- es, the spring run-off generally occurs earlier and much less pre- dictably, and January thaws can last the entire month. River ice has faded to the point that measurement has not been necessary since 1980-81. Now, with climate change, intense rainfall events have become a con- cern for their ability to cause flash flooding. Grummett cited the exam- ple of the heavy rain that fell in Listowel on June 25, 2000, in which four inches of rain fell on the town over' six hours. The town's under- ground infrastructure was not designed to withstand such a con- centrated rainfall, and the backup of the storm water and sewer system caused substantial flooding and damage. This situation could happen in most urban municipalities across the Ryding Regency for $96.50. Garritt Vincent, Wingham, consigned a lim- ousin heifer weighing 1,300 lbs. sell- ing to Ryding Regency for $95. Five limousin heifers consigned by Lewington Farms, Brussels, averag- • ing 1,263 lbs. selling for an average of $93.60 with one weighing 1,270 lbs. selling to Norwich Packers for $93.75. David Bowles, Brussels, consigned five heifers averaging 1,381 lbs. sold for $92.34 with a lim- ousin heifer weighing 1,360 lbs. sold for $97 to Dominion Meat Packers. Forty-three heifers consigned by Connell Farms Inc., Palmerston, averaging 1,327 lbs. sold for an aver- age of $90.48 with sales to $92.25. Ten heifers consigned by Andy Vanderveen, Blyth, averaging 1,411 lbs. sold for an average of $91.30 with a limousin heifer weighing 1,400 lbs. sold for $94 to Dominion Meat Packers. Darren Johnston, Bluevale, consigned 21 heifers aver- aging 1,350 lbs. selling for an aver- age of $89.76 with a limousin heifer weighing 1,220 lbs. selling to Dominion Meat Packers for $95.25. Four heifers consigned by Tom Hem, Woodham, averaging 1,384 selling for an average of $89.27 with a black heifer weighing 1,290 lbs. selling to Holly Park Meat Packers for_ $93. Thirty-four heifers consigned by Ducharme Farms, province. "Based upon the present trend in climatic changes, I feel our greatest potential for flooding and property damage will result from flash flood- ing," said Grummett. "As a conser- vation authority in partnership with our member municipalities, the time we will have to forecast and to react to such events will be significantly reduced" Increasing the challenge of coping with quick onset, intense flooding is the fact that provincial funding for conservation authority flood fore- casting is frozen at a mid-1900s level. The threat of flooding is evolving, and conservation authori- ties have had to struggle to find other sources of funding in order to provide municipalities and other partners with reliable forecasting services. Conservation Ontario is set to present a case for reinvestment in flood forecasting services to the provincial government. KARI AND STROKE FOUNDATION Of ONTAPIO Finding answers. For life. Zurich, averaging 1,405 lbs. sold for anoverage of $88.52 with sales to $92.75. There were 208 cows on offer. Beef cows sold $40 to $49 with sales to $51.50; D1 and D2, $37 to $44; D3, $32 to $37; D4, $20 to $28. A red cow consigned by Corey Parker, Kincardine, weighing 1,065 lbs. sold for $51.50. Two limousin cows-con- signed by Merkley Farms, Wroxeter, averaging 1,430 lbs. sold for an aver- age of $49.92 with sales to $51. Ten cows consigned by Aaron and Jason Coultes, Wingham, averaging 1,276 lbs. sold for an average of $36.10 with sales to $49. There were 14 bulls on offer sell- ing $30 to $36 with sales to $59.50. Three limousin bulls consigned by Rick Forbes, Clinton, averaging 1,192 lbs. sold for an average of $55.94 with sales to $59.50. Allan Koehler, Walton, consigned a charo- lais bull weighing 1,445 lbs. sold for $52.50. There were 136 head of veal on offer. Beef sold $105 to $120 with sales to $131; good holstein, $100 to $110 with sales to $115; medium holstein, $85 to $100; good heavy, $90 to $100. Durk Tuinier of Elmwood, consigned three veal averaging 642 lbs. selling for an average of $111.94 with one blue belgium steer weighing 660 lbs. sell- MVCA's workshop also included a presentation by Steve Beatty, sen- ior_ officers with Emergency Management Ontario, who dis- cussed the development of munici- pal flood emergency plans. Linda Dickson of the County of Wellington took those in attendance through a case study of Harriston's flood emergency plan and a mock exercise in using this plan to respond to an actual flood. Many participants commented that this was a valuable workshop and a good way to approach the development of their own municipal flood emergency plans. ing for $131. Judith Wideman of Gowanstown, consigned one limou- sin heifer weighing 720 lbs. selling for $115.50. Dan J. and Mary Byler of Lucknow, consigned one limousin heifer weighing 710 lbs. selling for $115. Lambs under 50 lbs. sold $235 to $267.50; 50 - 64 lbs., $190 to $274; 65 - 79 lbs., $174 to $235; 80 - 94 lbs., $154 to $190; 94 to 109 lbs., $151 to $155; 110 lbs. and over, $112 to $149. Sheep sold $80 to $112 with sales to $132. Goats: kids sold $70 to $125; nan- nies, $80 to $100; billies, $200 to $325. Top quality stocker steers under 400 lbs. sold $82 to $135; 400 - 499 lbs., $105 'to $131; 500 - 599 lbs., $104.50 to $131.50; 600 - 699 lbs., $100 to $125; 700 - 799 lbs., $95 to $114.25; 800 - 899 lbs., $94 to $115.25; 900 - 999 lbs., $94.72 to $111; 1,000 lbs. and over, $91 to $102.75. Top quality stocker heifers under '300 lbs. sold $91 to $133.50; 300 - 399 lbs., $106 to $134; 400 - 499 lbs., $102 to $122; 500 - 599 lbs., $81 to $119; 600 - 699 lbs., $96 to $118; 700 - 799 lbs., $93 to $114.50; 800 - 899 lbs., $85 to $102.50; 900 lbs. and over, $90.50 to $102.25. Visit heartandstroke.ca and start now! www.heartandstroke.ca Climate change, flooding workshop topic