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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.
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AND STROKE
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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.
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