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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1986-06-18, Page 16Woodham area girl gets trophy CHAMPION - Ross Haugh presents the Exeter Times -Advocate trophy for the grand champion calf at'the Hensiall Spring Fair to Lisa Hern.. Top N1J1jlf ea, Lisa Hern bested 45 other CO- teatants to win the best finish award and the Exeter Times Advocate trophy in the Hensall Fair calf club show. Lisa, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hera, RR1 Woodham, also won the senior and overall showmanship awards. The reserve championship and the Exeter Co-op tropht went to Michael Hayter, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hayter, RR1 Varna. Michael was the grand champion in the 1965 fair. - The.champion calf award owned by Lisa Hern was purchased by Veal's Meat Market for $1.55 per pound. It weighed 1,009 pounds. Hayter's reserve champion weighing 1,014 pounds went to Hensall District Ca operative. Completing the first eight winners in the finish department were Jeff Gemmell, Scott Bell, Matt Townsend, Brenda Hern, Mark Coward and Tom Passmore. As one of the oldest and least - respected farm journalists in Ontari- ari-ari-o, I was asked to criticize farm writers last month. The Eastern Canada Farm Writers' Association invited me to tell them what I thought of their writing. I do not think I told them anything they didn't already know. But another member of the panel, Bob Mercer of Broadwater Newsletter, had some pertinent comments. SEEK SITE The Middlesex County Plowmen's Association is preparing for the 1986 County Plowing Match with the date tentatively set for Saturday, October 11. However, they are facing one pro- blem which needs to be resolved before their next meeting. The Association requires a suitable loca- tion with approximately 20 acres, preferably wheat stubble, within the County of Middlesex, to hold this event. The Match includes regular com- petition plowing with special classes for the Queen of the Furrow competi- tion and for County reeves as well as horse shoe pitching and machinery displays. The local county matches provide competitors for the Interna- tional Plowing Match that is being held this year in Hastings County. Any one.who is able to provide a site for the County Match is asked to con- tact the Secretary -Treasurer, Marian Weldon, at 652-2261, before July 16th. He told the farm writers that their publications carry all kinds of news and information on how to increase production but precious little on how to market their products. Canadian farmers do not have a production problem, he said. In fact, their biggest problem is over produc- tion. They have mountains of grain in storage, butter to melt and skimmed milk powder coming out of their ears. Without supply management, they would have lakes of milk, tonnes of chicken, eggs and turkeys to store. Yet, farm papers and farm magazines continue to push better production methods. Don't misunderstand me here, friends. He was not saying that farmers should not try to improve production and cut down on input costs. He was simply saying that the emphasis by farm writers was in the wrong place and those writers should be learning more and writing more about how to sell agriculture pro- ducts, rather than how to improve production methods. He cited a case whereby a beef pro- ducer could 'make extra money by holding his fat cattle past a tripartite payout period. By withholding them one weekend - into another month -- the farmer could, in some instances, make an extra few hundred dollars. Yet few publications are stressing such things. His advice seemed worthwhile to me and I am well aware that monthly magazines, for instance, need three or four weeks of lead-in time and even weekly newspapers need three or four days. Still, the need for marketing • know-how is becoming increasingly important to farmers. Farm writers, if they do not know much about it now, should be preparing themselves to give better service to their readers. I have beside me now a couple of editions of Country Guide, Canadian Cattlemen, the Rural Voice, Farm and Country and the Ontario Farmer.. They are all interesting and infor- mative, well edited and graphically good. I am not trying to single out one publication but I'll take country Guide as an example to illustrate my point. Here are the headings on the stories: A Clean -Up for Seeds Act; A New Wrinkle for Straw Ammoniation; A Cash Crop Alternative: Forage Legumes; Fall Pastures for Fall Calving; New Life for ani Old Crop; New Cost Side of Intensive Cereal Management. Good stories, every one, but nothing about marketing, all about produc- tion, and typical of most farm publications. Selling the product is just as impor-; tant.as growing it and cutting down on prodtIcllon costs is just asrimpor- tant as getting it to market. Bothsides of the question.are needed to answer the questions. But it seems to me that farm press has been over attentive to one side of the problem and neglecting the other. ATTENTION: NON-PROFIT HOUSING ORGANIZATIONS Create non-profit housing h your commGet s � application now Meeting Ontarids housing needs. In 1987, 6,700 units will be made available under the Non -Profit Housing Program for the construction of rental apartments and townhouses across the province. The Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario will be cost- sharing assistance directed to needy households. Market units will he fully funded by the Province of Ontario. The program is open to all municipal non-profit, private non- profit and non-profit co-operative organizat ions. Local community organizations - including religious, ethnic and labour groups as well as service and social service chubs -may wish to sponsor non-profit housing projects in their communities. Gnr'ernment grants are available to crnrr the costs gfestablish- ing non-pmfit housing corporations Inc eased access to afforda3le housing. This program helps non-profit housing agencies to create affordable housing for households in need of housing assistance -be they families, senior citizens, physically, developmentally and psychiatrically handicapped persons, or those in need of on-going support ear'. lb a limited extent, the program may be used to develop pro- jects for IOW -income singles. The percentage distribution of rent -geared -to -income units and market rent units depends on the needs of the housing agency and the local community. Call now for details. After Usawen fttso* s o n- shag came Michael Her*, Murray 1brinsend, Scott Cooper, Katie D.adllne is drawing neap K Taylor and Mirk Coward. • 1IthrAnc Nader showmanship winner f�olloweed� by Jeff , Genzrztelij, Matt Toviipsend, Scott Lobb, David Hayter, Robbie Pawnor*, Kris Gasmen and Brad Soatt Bell's cat gained the most weigjt, 516 pounds. Next were Scott Robbie Passmore, Anne Kerslake, Joan Kerslake, Karen Nor- ris, Michael Hayter and Greg Taylor. In the oldtimers division, fair. secretary Beth Cooper was the finish, nshi s i' ins winner. With the deadline foi the National Tripartite Slaughter • Cattle Price Stabilization Program approaching en June 30, it is important that pro- ducers act now to avoid the late enrollment penalty. Of course, ques- tions and/or concerns about the pro- gram may be still on producers' minds. Such concerns as registration, premiums, payouts and benefits of the Fogram have been expressed by beef producers and will be address- ed in the following article. To begin with, beef producers must keep In mind that the stabilization ptogram is designed to reduce in- come loss to producers from market. risks by stabilizing prices. At the same ume, the program is not intended to provide an incentive to over- ' . uce. Stabilization payments will ' - made to participating producers when the average national price falls below the support price. The support price equals the current quarter cash costs per cwt. plus 50 percent of the five year margin (difference between average national cash costs 'and prices) for the same quarter in the previous five years. When a payout is triggered, par- ticipating producers will receive a payout on a per head basis on their ac- tual sales for that quarter. Cattle must be otvned for 60 days, weigh at least 565 pounds at slaughter and grade A, 8 or C, or be sold at equivalent prices. For steers weighing less than 1000 pounds and heifers less than 850 pounds, proof of slaughter will be required. In order to enroll, producers must complete and sign the three page enrollment form and mail it by June 30, 1986 to the Crop Insurance and Stabilization Branch of Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Queen's Park, Toronto M7A 1B7. The report and premium for the cattle on feed as of June 30, 1986 to be sold for slaughter is due in Toronto by July 15, 1986. Thereafter, producers will be re- quired to submit monthly reports of cattle put on feed to be sold for slaughter along with the $6.60 per head premium by the 15th of the following month. Sales of cattle will have to be reported on a quarterly basis. Producers may enroll after June 30, 1986 but they will be subject to the late penalty if they are not a new pro- ducer. A new producer is one who has not marketed more than 10 animals in the 12. month' period 'preceding enrollrnetlt, The late penalty oleos;, that the producer will only receive a portion of a potential payout in the first year following enrollment as follows: First Quarter After Enrollment -25 percent of Potention Payout, Second and Third Quarter. After Enrollment - 50 percent of Potential Payout, Fourth Quarter After Enrollment -75 percent of Potential Payout, Fifth and Following Quarters After Enrollment - 100 percent of Potential Payout. As well, a major question is what would the payouts have been if the Tripartite program had been in place over the last five or ten years. The following chart indicates the payouts per head that would have been trig- gered from 1981 to 1985. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 1981 4.37 26.07 30.13 56.42 1982 58.11 0 0 3.78 1983 13.00 0 0.49 17.46 1984 0 0 0 0 1985 0 30.00 86.78 0 Let's assume a producer had ship- ped one slaughter animal per quarter. each of the five years, and that the premium on average was 86.60 per head. Therefore, over the five years the producer would have received an average payout of $16.33 per head (total of all payouts divided by 20). This means for every $1.00 the pro- ducer paid in, $2.47 would have been paid out ($16.33 divided by $6.60). Finally, each producer has to review the information on the pro- gram and their own farm operation in order to make their decision whether or not to }join the program. If producers have any further questions or would like more information on the National Tripartite Beef Slaughter Stabilization Program, please contact the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food office in Clinton at 482-3428 or 1-800-265-5170. 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