Huron Expositor, 2000-03-29, Page 7Agriculture
Agriculture Federation says
time will tell of the impact
OMAFRA changes will have
Jane Muegge will maintain her role in new structure in Clinton
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Information Cuordinator.
• Jane Mueggc will. be
„Filling the same role. in
Clinton.. Carlow stated
that the ministry. is
making every efforcio
:place . the -employees
who's positions arc being
eliminated within the
ministry.
i'We . are - looking
internally first (to fill .the
the never positions in the.
-realignment process),".
said Carlow.
' -Clinton's • Resource
'Centre will he staffed by
thc. Regional Information
Officer. as well as 'a swine
production .specialist.in.
John. Bancroft. Although
• Carlow stated that
Bancroft will be • in
contact' will.area market
hog producers, he wilt not
be available - for
consultation.
However. Carlow
restated that the Resource
Centres will still offer
information on
agricultural issues in the
form of documentation
but the current system_of,
face-to-face consultation
will no longer . he an
option:
11 is this absence of a
trained.' •• unhia•sed
govcrnmcn.1al
representative • at the
grassroots level that
President of the Huron
County Federation of
Agriculture (HCFA) Pat
Down -feels. the
agricultural communities
across the province will
'miss.
Down .stated that area
agricultural producers.
'especially • ones just
starting -out in the
" business relied. heavily
on the wisdom. experuk
and experience that the
Agricultural
,Representative could
• provide.
"young farmers used
(th-c personal
consultations) to he
prodded with unbiased
information. that they
needed to make their own
judgements.'`.. she
'explained.
But the role. of the
Agricultural
• Representative, according
to Dow n, c tended far
beyond -the Ovalis 01. the
Offices in v hich they
spent their days.
•
"The: Agricultural the budget allotted for the increasing the "rural
Representatives played -a delivery of services 10'the infrastructure", -as Down
role in the. community. • agricultural industry... called it, in the dell.very-
Thcy were an uninvolved .The HCFA and •the . of information to
third party," she. stated. • Ontario Federation. of •, agricultural producers.
For example.. Down Agriculture, according td ': "Wehave to look at
described the role that the Down, hope • *alit the certain-.. things.' being'.
A .g r i cru. It'u.r a I � money that has •been •(rural) infrastructure.''
Representative played pulled out- sof the 'Down said in reference.ta
when the Huron. County. OMAFRA sys,tym will be -the field offices and
Environmental Coalition reinvested into the new' a g _r --i c 'u. 1 t u r•a 1
was.bcing formed. - programs to ensure that re presentatives. "We do
• "Thr Agricultural the shortcomings. of chg. not have ` buses ..or
Representative headed the new policies are subways. but.( -the field
mediation committee adequately addressed. ,offices) were an example
.during the creation of the Regardle-ss of the of our infrastructure, We
coalition. - (The. numbers inv.olvcd in the_ have' to recognize our
A g .r. i cu I a u r at equation of service needs as different from
Representative -)'was able deliver•y._ Down".. in those in large urban
to' add the province's concerned that the access centres." •
perspective (into: such to information'to- which As for "the _ HCFA's
initiatives) and prevented agrichlltural producers' future role in the -newly
us from having to reinvent -have become accustomed - defined, ' -- OMAFRA
the wheel," she said. - ' will n6 longer exist information -`delivery.
Down questioned the "(The. 'changes) •`will Down was .unsure of the
recent decision :to reduce.- make it harder—;to get role thyfederation will or
OMAFRA's;'presence in information." she stated. should play.
small communities, as. the D'otyn,exp'laine,d•t,hat in j''. "How much government
deputy minister and some situations, farmers downloading should sou
assistant deputy.minister have a very small amount be-Wi.11ing.to tike:on for
who toured the county last .'of time in which: it is free'' she questioned.
year dud not tnc,lude essential that they receiv'e'_ .. 'But Down stated that':
eliminating the :field -an an.swerto th.eirtime will tell - how
drastically the impact .of
the changes will be .felt.
She anticipated that the
effects will not be .fully
realized until'agricultural
producers turn . to, the
services that they; once
depended upon and realize
that they are no longer
there.
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offices, - in their
1rccommendations: ,
:The -OMAFRA
•committee did' not
recom'mend,closing`'the
field offices she said:
"They also warned us that
.there will be gaps in the
scrvicing changes.'
And although OMAFRA.
contends that the changes
will improve service tp
thdir clients. Down
questioned the ministry's
ability to improve
services when funding for
tl1,e delivery of . their
programs is being cut.
"it :it- difficult to
challenge- an •organization sure but suggested .the
when they are saying that United States Departm ,nt
the changes will be an of Agriculture (USDA). .
improvement." said She cited Michigan as an
Down. "But whenthey are example of what is
spending Tess money. how occurring south of the
can it he : an border between the
improvement'" . agriculture -indust, and
She 'added -that •55.2 f governmental relations,
million has been cut from , pointing out that they are
U- in.g .pesticides as an
example: D o'wn cited :one,
particular situatt8n where
the farmer only had -a 12 -
hour window to ciimplete,
the w('irk.. If there is no.
immediate.. contact''
regarding• the farmer's.
query. which she said is a
definite possibility-4ith
the new phone or internet
systems. the s lack • of
informatipn' could have
dire consequences. -
When • asked • -where
farmers -would be turtling
now if information is not
easily accessible through
OS1.AFRA. Down was not
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