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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1988-07-27, Page 17HATS .OFF TO FacuoPuotE HAT AUCTION - A hat auction was added to this year's Zurich Fair..Ag- riculture minister Jack Riddell played auctioneer to get the event off to a good start. Ag ministers meet to maintain strong programs ;TORONTO. - Thc need to main- tain strong national programs to en- . sure that all - parts of r Canada are treated equally was reinforced by federal and provincial agriculture ministers at a recent meeting in To- ronto. The two-day agriculture ministers' `conference -- co -hosted by Ontario Agriculture and Food.Minister Jack Riddell and Federal Minister John Wise =- produced agreement to con- tinue to work together -to imple- ment the 1956 agricultural strategy. • Ministers took action on a num- ber of points in the strategy, which outlines future directions for Cana- dian agriculture'and the type of pol- icies necessary to ensure family Earn;s--ier�vin:-viable--in::.the,:global . marketplace. Actions included agreement_ to pursue administrative changes on the• national 'supply management system . for poultry and agreement that there should be one grain sta- bilization plait for all Canadian pro- ducers. There was also full agreement that crc,p insurance must be the . main tool to deal with losses caused by bad weather conditions. However, while ministers agrccd the crop insurance prpgram may . have to be improved, there was • little progress on specific measures to reform the program. "1 am somewhat disappointed that neither of the suggestions that I made to improve crop insurance was fully accepted," said Riddell. • Ontario suggested that federal leg- islation be changed so that maxi- . mum coverage under crop insurance •ncre.ased to 90 per cern roin the current level of 80 per- . cent. However, the federal minister in- dicated that he wanted to se; chang- . es in the cost-sharing arrangements • before he would Consider amend - menu to allow 90 perccnt covet- - age: . Currently the federal government pays 50 perccnt of the premium for crop insurance,.while the producers pay the other 50 percent. Thc prov- ince pays the administration costs of the program.. Wise suggested that the producer continue to •pay 50 percent of the premium while the federal govcm- Pitch-In CHAPARAL FENCING R.R. 1, Lucan Ontario NOM 2J0 ALL TYPES FREE ESTIMATES Industrial Ponces Chain Link: Patio Perm Ponces Phone Bob Hardy 227-4180 ment reduce its payment to 25 per- ccnt of the premium, with the prov- ince picking up the other- 25 percent. Thc federal and provincial governments would split the cost of adm inistration. However, Riddell said he.was in- terested in reducing farmers' share ol- die fthe premium, not the federal gov- ernment's share. - A second suggestion by Ontario that -the provinces pay 15 perccnt of the premium, thus reducing the. farmer's contribution to 35 percent, was rejected by a number of other provincialagriculture ministers. Riddell, coming off a tour of are- as in Ontario affected by the lack of rain, asked Wise for drought assis- tance similar to that being given to western producers. _ ' During the conference, Wise re- sponded to the requeAt, pledging that Ontario producers would re- ceive the same assistance as western producers. All ministers agreed to wait until the end of the crop year to assess damages. On the issue of tripartite stabili- sation in the red meat sector, federal and provincial ministers unani- mously agreed to use a proposal de- veloped -by the federal government in cooperation with the .provinces as a basis to allow all provinces to join the program. • Hrghlrghis.of the proposal includ- ed - the establishment of a govern- ment support ceiling which would restrict federal and provincial expen- ditures to an agreed level. - the establishment of a panel of experts to look at the degree of mar- ket distortion resulting from federal or provincial support programs and to assess thc degree of possible in- jury caused by any such distortion- Thc ministers instructed their dep- uties to urgently work on details of thc proposal. Times -Advocate, July 27, 1988 Page 5A Cross-country talks on grain stabilization OTTAWA - Grain stabilization programs will be the focus of a ser- ies of cross-country talks this suit - mer between farmers and federal ministers. Grains and Oilseeds Minister Charles -Mayer will chair. the meet- ings. Agriculture Minister John Wise and Minister of State for Ag- riculture Pierre Blais will partici: pate in the consultations. Thc impact of the current drought will also be discussed. "Thc grains and oilseeds industry is an important part of the Canadian economy", Mayer said. "Stability in this sector is of key importance to the Canadian livestock industry and for long-term sales commit- ments abroad". The first meeting will be held in consistent part of this government's the grains, oilseeds and livestock Charlottetown July 21. Further policy making process", Wise said. sectors are an important step in de - meetings are scheduled for Guelph, • "We want- input from farmers on veloping a long-term policy for Ca Montreal, and Saskatoon later this their industry and about the future nadian farmers," Blais said. summer. of these programs". . "Everyone wants programs which "Consulwuon is an important and "Discussions with farmers from treat all train farmers fairly." Dairy operators plan bus trip • CLINTON -; The. Ontario Large the largest in Canada and ltd' Mac Tunmtaor.S1K0 excluding a►r Iarc. Dairy Herd Operators are sponsor- Donald College researchtackity at The tour price -includes first class- ing lassing a bus trip/tour eto Quebec on Ste. Anne de Bellevue. • . accommodation for two. nights, August 30 to September 1. Em . Participants in -the tour may t i- travel by .air-conditioned coach, phasis of the Tour- will be on large thcr fly- from Toronto or drive io., breakfasts and lunches. dairy herd management but all dairy meet the group at their first stop.at - Registrations must be received by farm_crs are invited to take -part: -MacDonald College at 1000.a.m. • • 7 July 30, 191s8 and arc to be sent to: on. August 30. 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