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New Cattlemen's president says he's
confident U.S. border will open soon
By Susan Hundertmark
Expositor Editor
A trip to Washington last
week left Canadian
Cattlemen's Association
president Stan Eby confident
that the Canada -U.S. border
will open soon to live
Canadian beef, he told local
beef farmers at a meeting in
Brussels last Thursday.
But, he also warned them
that the industry has to find
ways to reduce its
vulnerability in the
international market in the
future.
"Our consumers have been
Stan Eby
very positive and very loyal and we have to build on that. We
need more processing here, more competition on the
processing side," said Eby.
Eby told close to 50 Huron County beef producers that he
spent most of his time in Washington countering rumours that
an open border between Canada and the U.S. will completely
flood the U.S. market with Canadian beef.
"We all know what rumours can do and we had to be there
to counter the rumours. One week's kill here will not flood
their markets," he said.
Asked why one case of BSE in Canada has devastated the
Canadian beef industry but why the same number in the U.S.
hasn't done the same there, Eby said Canadian beef farmers
are far too dependent on exports.
"While the U.S. was shut out of its export market, the U.S.
only exports 10 per cent of their beef. But, Canada exports 40
to 50 per cent of theirs. They have a far lower dependence on
exports," he said.
Eby said that while he doesn't know of any beef farmers
who've had to declare bankruptcy yet, he said he knows the
feedlot operators are hurting the worst.
"Overall, people are working their way through this
financial hurt. We hope we can get the market functioning
again and that we'll have enough equity left to he able to
rebound," he said.
While March 22 was one target date for a reopened border
that has now passed, Eby said that if the border doesn't open
by September, the Cattlemen's Association is already working
on plans for the financial assistance that will be needed, along
with a plan to increase processing plants in Canada.
He added that the Canadian Bankers' Association has been
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asked for leniency and sympathy for beef farmers and he
hopes that continues.
"A number of lenders have been patient and they will have
to be if we are all going to work through this," he said.
Eby said that while the federal government has been very
supportive with the various aid packages for Canadian beef
farmers, it will soon be up to the provincial government to do
the same.
Mark Ishoy, general manager of Gencor Foods, which is
setting up a beef packing plant in Kitchener, told local farmers
that while the packing business was exported out of the
country during the past 10 to 15 years, Gencor plans to bring
it back to Ontario.
"We need a strong packing industry to go forward," he said.
"Not having a cow plant in Ontario was not a good thing for
the long-term health of the industry."
With the U.S. border closed, Ishoy said farmers have been
having to send their animals to Alberta to be killed with
transportation costs of up to $140 a steer one way.
"That was unheard of before the border closed," said Eby.
Ishoy said there's a huge market in Muslim countries for the
feet, spleens, livers and lungs of Canadian cows. He also said
Canadian hides are the best quality in the world and those
from Ontario are sought after for the seat leather in fancy cars.
He said Gencor is hoping to convince local farmers to
produce smaller cows - reducing 1,500 -pound animals down
to 1,200 pounds -because consumers are looking for smaller
cuts in the grocery store.
"If we put lighter cattle through the system, we could put
more of them through the system and we might sell more
because we've finally listened to what the consumer wants,"
he said.
Susan Hundertmark photo
Science fair
Robbie Proctor and Cory Guay, both Grade 7 students at
Clinton Public School, work on some finishing touches to their
science project on wind generators at the Inventors' and
Science Fair in Seaforth last Wednesday.
$14,000 tractor stolen
from Huron East farm
A $14,000 tractor was stolen from a farm yard on Ncwry
Road in Huron East sometime overnight on April 10.
The red 1992 Steiner Model 420 20 horsepower garden
tractor was small enough to have been loaded into a pick-up
truck, says Huron OPP. It was parked next to the barn.
Anyone with related information is asked to call the Huron
OPP or Crime Stoppers.
Ethel man charged
with assault with a weapon
A 34 -year-old Ethel man has been charged with assault
with a weapon after a 58 -year-old Ethel man was struck in the
face with a blunt object.
The assault happened after a heated conversation about
marital situations, says Huron OPP.
The 34 -year-old is scheduled to attend court in Goderich on
June 7.
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