HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1985-11-20, Page 19WINS STUDENT MECHANIC AWARD — Ken Bruxer of Huron Tractor recently won a '700 tool chest
as the top student in an advanced mechanic course at Fanshawe College. He is shown here with a Huron
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The back roads and the boondocks
in Ontario are not the happiest spots
in the province. Too many farmers,
over-extended in the '70s and early
'80s, have seen their equity drop as
land values sank.
At one time, it was fun to drive the
back roads and pick out the dairy
farmers. Since the Ontario Milk
Marketing Board t OMMB) was form-
ed more than 20 years ago, dairy
farmers saw their incomes climb.
steadily on a cost -of -production for-
mula. Most of those dairymen used
some of their income to make their
farmsteads look prosperous.
In the last three years, though, the.
chicken producers have been edging
out the dairy farmers. Hog producers
are in trouble and only one of many
reasons for their problems is a hefty
$8.50 tariff on every hog shipped to the
U.S. Dairy farmers'today can honest-
ly say that income has not kept pace,
with inflation so they, too, are in trou-
ble in some areas.
probably hardest hit in the last
decade are the beef producers. Their
business is such that they need a lot
of cash at certain times of the year.
Which means they have to pay in-
terest. When interest rates went sky
high in 1980 and 1981, cattlemen were
already down after almost a decade
of poor prices. They got kicked when
they were down and most of them
have never recovered. Many have
been hanging in there with one claw
ever since.
Cash crop farmers are not in much
better shape. Tobacco farmers are
going broke. Grain farmers, especial-
ly in the west, have suffered drought.
Vegetable farmers are helplessly
watching cheap imports cut their
sales while fresh fruit people have
bumper crops and getting low prices.
Who's left? Chicken producers.
They are in the strongest position of
almost any sector of the agriculture
economy. In the past 20 years, they
have seen per capita consumption
jump from nine to 19 pounds. Receipts
have kept reasonably close to costs so
that total receipts have increased
from $50 million in 1965 to more than
$250 million in 1984.
This phenomenal growth did not
come easily. Producers fought to get
supply management in 1967 in On-
tario. Then they had to fight like, well,
fighting cocks, to get a national
marketing agency in 1977. In spite of
that, the fight continues because
under the national supply and
management agreement, a small pro-
vince such as P.E.I. which produces
less than one percent of the national
quota can screw Ontario producers
who produce 30 percent.
It is the consumption of chicken
that has given the producers new life.
Chicken wings, chicken nuggets, Ken-
tucky Fried Chicken...you name it,
chicken has, if you'll pardon the ex-
pression, finally taken off.
The problems besetting the national
agency have not gone away. Ontario
is still getting shafted. But, so many
people like chicken these days that
production has increased to the point
where most barns are full.
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1984 PERFORMANCE DATA
1984 PERFORMANCE DATA
Pride K2204 2.7- 250 138.3 443.94
Pioneer 3906 2.6 26,9 137.3 436.61
°o Yield
Broken °b Bu -'Acre Si
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The cholesterol scare, too, has had
some bearing on the interest in eating
chicken. Red meat -- pork and beet --
is supposed to cause cholesterol build-
up in the arteries although some
juries are still out on final prool.
Chicken, though, is not thought to be
a factor in atherosclerosis. This, too.
has been a factor which has caused
the boom in chicken eating.
It is delightful to be' able to report
that at least one area of agriculture
is enjoying a boom. With so much
gloom and doom in farming, at least
the chicken producers will have a
happy Christmas.
Evaluate
wetlands
Wetlands are disappearing.
Wetlands provide natural and social
benefits, but they are continually
reduced or removed through
drainage and development.
The Ausable Bayfield Conservation
Authority, in cooperation with the On-
tario Ministry of Natural Resources.
will evaluate many of the wetlands in
the A.B.C.A. watershed during the
next few months. The study will
determine the importance of each
wetland on the basis of a province -
wide system developed by concerned
experts. The A.B.C.A. study is one
part of a plan to classify, according
to their merits, wetlands in Ontario
south of the Precambrian Shield.
Heather Manders, the A.B.C.A.
staff member who is coordinating the
study, explains the study method.
"Two evaluators have been hired.
They will research aerial
photographs and other technical data,
and will follow up the research with
studies in the field," Manders says,
"Only wetlands over two hectares
t five acres) in size will be examined."
The two evaluators are: Bob Mur-
ray, a resident of Zurich who has a
Foresty degree from the University
of New Brunswick; and Pat Donnel-
ly, a resident. of London who has a
post -graduate degree in Geography
and Geology from the University of
North Dakota. Manders emphasizes
that Bob and Pat will obtain permis-
sion from the landowners prior to
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is plannedfor Huron
On Thursday December 5 at 7:36
p.m. in the OMAF boardroom inClin-
ton, a soil conservation update
meeting will be held. This is your
chance to express your opinions on
current local and provincial in-
itiatives and where you think they
should head in the future.
Representatives from the Ontario
Chapter of the Soil Conservation
Society of America, the Ontario In-
stitute of Agrologist, the Ontario Soil
and Crop Improvement Association,
the Huron Soil and Crop Improve-
ment Association, Soil and Water
Conservation District, the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture and the
Christian Farmer's Federation of On-
tario will be on hand to present their
views. Come and participate!
This meeting is jointly sponsored by
the Soil Conservation Society of
America, the Ontario Chapter and the
Ontario Institute of Agrologists.
Refreshments will be provided.
Jane Sadler -Richards
Soil Conservation Advisor
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l'he Huron Soil and Crop Improve-
ment Association will be holding its
Annual Meeting and Banquet on
Thursday, November 28, 7:00 p.m. at
the Seaforth Community Centre.
The production meeting is an op-
portunity for growers to hear about
the variety trial results for corn,
barley, and soybeans, conservation
projects and other soil and crop
projects.
Also featured will be research trials
completed at Centralia College by
Bob Forrest and Jim O'Toole.
Tickets are $7.50 each for the din-
ner, or $13.00 for dinner plus member-
ship to the Association. Ticket
deadline is Friday, November 22.
Tickets may be obtained from one of
the following Huron Soil and Crop
Directors.
East Wawanosh - Jim Ross 357-3895;
Hay - Ray Hartman 237-3483; Stanley
- Gerald Hayter262-5854; Stephen -
Gary Baker 237-3345; Osborne : Paul
Passmore 235-2719; Tuckersmith -
making site visits.
Wetlands interest the Conservation
Authority because they have a large
role in water management. Wetlands
act like giant sponges ... soaking up
rain and snowmelt, and releasing it
slowly. Thus they reduce the effects
of flood and drought.
The environmental signficance of
wetlands is linked as well, to the
wildlife habitat that they provide.
Manders explains that this
A.B.C.A. study is one step in the pro-
cess being followed by the Ministry of
Natural Resources to develop a policy
on wetlands protection for Ontario.
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nide K2204.
2850 C.H.U.
Standability that
lets you harvest a
bigger corn crop .
This Canadian -developed hybrid has set a new
standard for standability. Extremely stiff stalks
combined with outstanding yield make K2204
a truly exceptional'hybrid in 2850 heat unit
areas.
1984 PERFORMANCE DATA
% Yield
Broken % Bu!Acre Si
stalks Moisture @ 15.5°%o Acre'
Pride K2204 2.7- 250 138.3 443.94
Pioneer 3906 2.6 26,9 137.3 436.61
Average of
all varieties 6.7 25.9 125.5 401.60
Data collected tram P,,de test 0101 M09,, 0 300 ,) t. , o.''orm.0,( a 0 111.
'S Acre based on S3 s0 bu atter d,v,„q ..osis
Profit from our
InueNew Numbers
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