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Farm sales have risen in '
Huron since last year
.
ney in 'Farming is a very noble profession. It
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They're spending mo
the community."
Cummings said the
ommend to county pl
"not to ignore the in
aed induced effects of
Culture."
y rec- needs no other reason for being except
anners for feeding people. I politicians want
direct g p p f
agri- numbers, we've got them.'
He used the analogy of an
iceberg that 10 per cent is
- above the water and 90 per
cent below. In farming three-
quarters of the job numbers
are invisible if you just focus
on the farm, says the profes-
sor. "You miss the ag.-related
businesses."
Farm Sales Up
For two years Cummings
says he worked with the HFA
to go "out there to get the
truth. What is the total eco-
nomic impact of agriculture
on Huron County."
The amount of direct sales s
from agriculture in Huron
County has risen from $436
million in 1996 to $512 mil- s
lion in 1997. There is a total n
of $2 to $2.4 billion in direct
and indirect agriculturally
related sales for 1996.
Cummings says a need su
exists to review economic an
and planning development an
policies in regards to agricul- is
ture and the impact it has on P
the local economy. vi
"A $2 billion industry in be
the county is not to be be
ignored." 24
Cummings says on the ge
impact side of agriculture, is
businesses in the community On
provide various necessities of ua
farming including gravel for us
the road, farm equipment, oth
fertilizer, feed, tile drainage wo
and veterinary service. The H
professor said he and stu- the
dents Karen Morris and Dan to
Mclennan attempted to assess wa
the total role of agriculture in the
Huron. ma
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agr
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clud
ties
cult
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in to
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canni
proc
ethan
eg. a vet, real estate bus
tile drainage, feed suppl
compression specialist,
toir, etc.
A second compone
phase two was an attem
see the number of busi
was accurate.
"Like last year, we tr
promise to be conservati
estimates. The estimate
too low last year. We
back and checked numbe
Morris found that w
talking to farm business
econd time, she discov
hat some farmers did
nclude themselves, th
pouses or children in
umber of employees th
usiness had.
First of its Kind
Wallace said this stu
pported by the HFA, 0
d Huron County planni
d development departme
the first of its kind in t
rovince. "The OFA has ero-
ded funding for a manual to
used in other counties (to
ready by the OFA's Nov.
convention). Then we can
t the accumulated econom-
value (of agriculture in
tario)," he said. This man -
I will outline the methods
ed in the study and how
er counties can do similar
rk.
uron is the clear leader in
province when it comes
agriculture production. As
s reported last year when
first half of the report was
de public, if Huron
unty was a province it
Id be the seventh leading
icultural producer in
ada.
Room for More Money
though the report con-
es that more opportuni-
can still be found in agri-
ure related industry in
n, no specifics are given
rms of what's missing.
example,. processing .or
ng plants.
e don't have a major
essing plant or an
of plant," says Wallace.
iness, "We've talked to the plan -
y, air ning department about this. If
abet you want to expand industry
nt of in Huron County, ag.-related
business is the way to go."
nesses
PI 0 One benefit of local ag.-
industry, off the top, is reduc-
tion in transportation costs,
y to says Wallace.
ve in Family Operations
was Even though the number of
went farms has decreased, the size
rs•" of farms has increased. And
hen the vast majority of farms in
es a Ontario are still family run
ered operations, says Wallace.
n't "Corporate farms are few and
eir far between."
the He says it bothers him
eir sometimes that studies like
this even have to be done to
justify the importance of
FAdy agriculture.
ng `Farming is a very noble P
nt, profession. It needs no other t
he reason for being except for t
feeding people. If politicians N
want numbers, we've got
them."
Morris said when conduct-
ing interviews, one local
trucking company said one of
the biggest complaints it had
was that although it could
find drivers, it couldn't find
young people in Huron
County who could deal with
livestock.
Wallace said he just
received a letter from a local
honour student, who received
a HFA bursary and went to
U. of G. to study agriculture,
who was asked by fellow stu-
dents why he wanted to study
farming when he was smart
enough to do anything. It was
important for him to return to
the farm, said Wallace. And
he thought it was as "cool" a
profession as anything else
he could be studying in uni-
versity. The HFA gives five
bursaries a year in Huron,
one to each high school.
Tourism Study
In addition to gathering
facts on agriculture, the U. of
G. team simultaneously
icked up information on
ourism in Huron and plans
o release that report
ovember 6.
Starting Point
With a list of farms and
farm related businesses from
the assistance of municipal
clerks, phone books and busi-
ness lists, the U. of G. team
endeavored to carry out the
survey. In the summer of
1996, 221 farm businesses
were surveyed by 15 minute
to half-hour phone inter-
views.
"We extended it this sum-
mer in interests of accuracy,"
said Cummings. Twelve long
interviews, ranging from one
to three hours each, were
conducted by a random selec-
tion of the 221 businesses -
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