HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times-Advocate, 2002-11-27, Page 24For the week ending
Nov. 21
Total Receipts
4394 head of cattle, 689
lambs and goats
Summary
Tuesday:The fed steers
and heifers sold $1.00 to
$2.00 higher. Cows sold
on a steady market.
Thursday:Veal sold at
steady prices with lambs
selling $ 5 - 10.00 higher.
Friday:All weights and
classes of stockers sold on
a good strong active trade.
Steers
There were 483 steers
on offer selling from 99 to
105 with sales to 114.50.
Allan Lewis, Ailsa Craig
consigned one limo steer
weighing 1475 lbs. which
sold to Holly Park Meat
Packers for 114.50. His
overall offering of 40
steers averaged 1452 lbs.
for an average of 105.16.
One limo steer consigned
by Jim Howatt,
Londesborough weighed
1435 lbs. selling to
Norwich Packers for
112.50. His overall offer-
ing of 25 steers averaged
1426 lbs. for an average
price of 103.49.
Heifers
There were 264 heifers
on offer selling from 99 to
105 with sales to 107.
John A. Elliott, Ripley
consigned four black
heifers averaging 1036
lbs. which sold to Norwich
Packers for 107. His over-
all offering of 26 heifers
averaged 1148 lbs. for an
average price of 102.26.
Eight heifers consigned
by David Bowles, Brussels
averaged 1218 lbs. selling
for an average of 101.94
with his top grey heifer
weighing 1225 lbs. selling
for 106.25.
Cows
There were 362 cows on
offer: D1 & D2 Cows 50 -
57, sales to 86.50; D3
Cows 45 - 50; D4 Cows 40
- 45.
Cranbrook Farms,
Brussels consigned one
hol cow weighing 1480
lbs. which sold to
Packerland Packing Co for
86.50.
One hol cow consigned
by Warren Weppler and
Sons, Clifford weighed
1995 lbs. selling to
Packerland Packing Co.
for 68.50.
Trevor Pfeffer, Ayton
consigned one RWF cow
weighing 1560 lbs. which
sold to Aylmer Meat
Packers for 66.
Bulls
There were 33 bulls on
offer selling from 57 to 80,
sales to 86.
Ron Strangway, Oil
Springs consigned one
blonde bull weighing 1790
lbs. which sold for 86.
One char bull consigned
by Ed Meyer, Ayton
weighed 2230 lbs. which
sold to Levinoff Meat
Products for 76.
Veal
There were 108 head of
veal on offer: Holstein 95 -
114.50; Plain Holstein 65 -
80.
John L. Miller, Lucknow
consigned one sim veal
steer weighing 750 lbs.
which sold for 116.
One hol veal steer con-
signed by Shawn Pfeffer,
Clifford weighed 670 lbs.
selling to Nature Veal
Service for 114.50.
Lambs
under 50 lbs. 65 - 215;
50 - 65 lbs. 117 - 227.50;
65 - 80 lbs. 125 - 193; 80 -
95 lbs. 120 - 150; 95 - 110
lbs. 100 - 126; 110 lbs.
and over 96 - 107.
Goats
$20 - $ 175.
Sheep
40 - 69.
Stocker steers
Under 400 lbs. 117-145;
400-500 lbs. 123-145.50;
500-600 lbs. 108-138;
600-700 lbs. 109.50-130;
700-800 lbs. 104-129;
800-900 lbs. 110-122.50;
900-1000 lbs. 110.50-120;
over 1000 lbs. 99-125.
Heifers
Under 300 lbs. 121; 300-
400 lbs. 106.50-126; 400-
500 lbs. 112-137; 500-600
lbs. 103-133; 600-700 lbs.
93-135; 700-800 lbs.
97.50-124; 800-900 lbs.
103.50-117.75; over 900
lbs. 94-118.
26 Wednesday, November 27, 2002Exeter Times–Advocate
COUNTY OF HURON
GROUNDWATER ASSESSMENT
AND MUNICIPAL WELLHEAD SOURCE PROTECTION STUDY
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
HENSALL WELLHEAD PROTECTION PILOT PROJECT
As part of the ongoing Groundwater Study, the County of Huron is
conducting a Pilot Project to evaluate methods to implement a Groundwater
Protection Plan for the Village of Hensall municipal wells. The potential
capture zone for these wells is shown on the accompanying sketch. Activities
in these areas could potentially impact the quality of water used for
communal purposes.
An initial meeting to discuss how the Pilot Project will proceed and what the
County hopes to accomplish will be held on:
7:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 11, 2002
Hensall Community Centre
Property owners within the subject area, Hensall residents, and any other
interested parties are invited to attend this meeting and participate in the Pilot
Project.
For further information on this study contact:
B.M. Ross and Associates Limited
Consulting Engineers
62 North Street
Goderich, Ontario N7A 2T4
Phone: (519) 524-2641
Attention: Matt Pearson, Senior Planner
email: mpearson@bmross.net
Soil and Crop farmers feed the world
By Sandra Forster
TIMES-ADVOCATE STAFF
ILDERTON – How to
meet the challenges of a
changing farm demo-
graphic was the theme of
two guest speakers at
the Middlesex Soil &
Crop Improvement
Association annual meet-
ing Nov. 21 in Ilderton.
OMAF nutrient man-
agement specialist Peter
Johnson tried to dispel
the fear in the 150 farm-
ers attending of the
Nutrient Management
Act’s (NMA) impact on
their farms.
Johnson says farmers
will have 60 days to
make comments on
Stage 2 of the NMA once
it’s up on the Web site,
hopefully in early
December.
NM plans will be
mandatory for farms and
municipalities and both
will need a license to
apply nutrients.
The land application
registry reminds
Johnson of ‘Big Brother’
but may be necessary to
ensure clean water.
NMPs are required first
for those applying liquid
manure and large farms
over 300 nutrient units
(300 beef cows or 165
dairy cows or 1,800
hogs).
NMPs for commercial
fertilizer applicators may
be required within the
next eight years and
could affect Nitrogen
use. Farmers applying
more Nitrogen than rec-
ommended under OMAF
agronomy guide rates
must fill out the long
form of a NMP ( a 3”
binder), not the three-
page short form.
Johnson urged farmers
to “sit up and pay atten-
tion” as the NMA will
impact them all. OMAF is
still working on the
details of the Act, includ-
ing setback distances to
houses and streams,
manure storage, apply-
ing manure to hay or
pasture land or in
August, September or in
the winter.
The NMA Web site is
www.gov.on.ca/OMAF/en
glish/agops/index.html.
Guest speaker
Co-founder of
Farms.com, Joe Dales of
London warned the
speed of change will only
increase for an aging
farm base, but to be suc-
cessful farmers must
“unleash the power of
people” and keep on
learning.
Dales shared gems:
Education is an invest-
ment in yourself,
Knowledge is more valu-
able than capital or land,
Use technology to access
others’ knowledge, and
In changing times, the
learners will inherit the
future and the learned
will be stuck in the past.
Soil and crop director
Larry McGill of Glencoe
said 10,000 Middlesex
students toured the
International Plowing
Match and were eager to
learn. He urged farmers
to take every opportunity
to teach people the
value of healthy soil.
McGill compared an
apple to the earth, only
1/4 is land, only 1/32 is
available to grow crops
and a thin layer of peel
represents the top 6”
used to grow food to feed
the world’s population of
6.5 billion.
Joe Dales Peter Johnson
Recipients of the Best Plot Co-operators awards for Advancement of Ontario
Agriculture were presented at the Middlesex Soil & Crop Improvement Assocation
annual meeting Nov.21 in Ilderton.L-R:Gerard Cornelis of Ailsa Craig,presenter
Steve Fonger of Kerwood,winner Mark McGill of Glencoe.Missing:Joe McIlgargey of
Lucan Biddulph. The three nominees grew 150 varieties of corn,40 of soybeans and
15 of wheat in test plots.McGill says this year the “great Sahara of Glencoe” severely
tested which varieties are drought-resistant.(photo/Sandra Forster)
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