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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1986-10-08, Page 3mes-Advocate .Octob.r . , 1996 LOWEST R.!_STES IN CHRVSL ER HISTORY CITE PROBLEMS — Agriculture Minister Jack Riddell and some of his entourage c , a crop damage tour stopped at Soudant Farms in Hay Township, Friday. Riddell; left, listens as the farmers outline their problems. In the centre(moustache)is John Van Der Burgt, Hensoll Co -Op soils and crop specialist, who presented the area MPP with a 25 -page report outlining inadequacies with the crop insurance plan. He said that some growers would have been worse off after paying premiums than had they not taken' out insurance. Riddell tours area Continued from front page than in not having paid any premiums. Riddell countered by suggesting that if farmers wanted protection similar to fire coverage, they would have to be prepared for high costs. When it was mentioned that there must be something wrong with the program when only " four potato growers in the province carry protec- tion, Riddell said if producers were being honest, they would admit they considered their crops as low risk and that's why they didn't have coverage. The MPP also advised that the banks were implying that they'll re- quire crop insurance before extend - fling credit to any farmers in the near future. "It may be the only thing that will bring farmers into the plan," he said. Before leaving, Riddell asked the growers what they wanted in the way of government aid for their plight and Van der Burgt said they required guaranteed operating loans for next year's production and for the banks to forgive operating interest on this year's loan so growers would not be paying interest on top of interest. "Without some assistance, there's no way of surviving," Frank Soudant commented. At the Stanley farm of Ken McCowan, the agriculture officials were met by about two dozen farmers and they gathered in a nearby white bean field to review their situation. McCowan pointed out that the beans were falling onto the ground more every day and were rotting. When Riddell explained "you don't fix the car until you know what has to be fixed," one farmer cautioned that a long delay in getting answers could arrive too late "for some of us." The farmers were told about the promise given by the bank officials to be lenient and Riddell said he hoped they would live up to their word and forego payments until farmers are on their feet. At the Usborne farm of John Oke, Riddell was shown some mould on corn as well as root rot on soybeans to go along with the white bean pods that were showing some sprouting. Oke and a group of half a dozen neighbors explained that if the root rot on soys continues and is followed by a stiff breeze,, it will cause the plants tobreak off or bend down to the point where they can't be harvested. "You just can't pick thein up," Oke explained. "Should we all go to Florida and say to hell with it?" Riddell asked: "Are you paying?" John' Pym countered. The farmers suggested that crop in- surance for their crops had to be changed to reflect higher input costs and it was also suggested that ad- justers would perhaps be better suited for the job if they weren't farmers. "Nobody's harder on farmers than farmers," Oke lamented in explain- ing how he had been dealt with by a city car insurance adjuster in com- parision with a crop insurance ad- juster following some hail damage. Riddell's last stop was at the Elim- 4 ville farm of Harold and Don Kerslake and some of this optimism for salvaging • crops was watered down as the heavens opened up with a cloud burst. It also rained on Saturday... again on Sunday... and again on Monday. Among the fields which the agricultural officials passed on the tour was one owned by Riddell. Red kidney beans had been pulled there a week ago Friday. Two pay penalty for no insurance Five fines were handed out by Justice of the Peace Douglas Wedlake when he presided over Exeter court, Tuesday. Mary Ann Kenney, Hay Township, was fined $128.75 after pleading guil- ty to a charge of failing to remain at the scene of an accident on September 13 at the intersection of King and Vic- toria St. in Crediton. The charge resulted in seven demerit points. Ken- ney collided with a vehicle driven by Robert Rader, Dashwood, around 8:40 p.m. The accused left the scene and was stopped at concession 6 and 7 after her vehicle stalled. She had the odour of alcohol on her breath breath but she passed the Alert test. There was $525 damage and no in- juries. Kenney was given 30 days in which to pay her fine. ' Two men, Murray B. Blancher, RR 4 Parkhill, and John Ivan Barrett, 61 Gidley St., Exeter,. were given $500 fines for operating a vehicle with no insurance. Blancher pleaded guilty to the September 10 charge. He had no pro- of of insurance but his insurance card was found with a 1985 date seeming- ly altered to read 1986. He was given three months in which to pay the fine. Barrett was stopped in Usborne Township on Highway 4 for following a vehicle too closely around 10:35 p.m. on June 22. He showed the officer his insurance card effective April 23 and good for only 30 days. Walter John Engel, 265 Kipling Ave., Kitchener, was convicted on a charge of driving while under suspen- sion. The accused was westbuund.on. Highway 83• and .turned.onto Highway, 21 without stopping on July 5 around' 1:35 a.m. Engel had recently been suspended for unpaid fines. He was fined $250 and was given 30 days in which to pay. Engel was also suspend- ed for another six months. James R. 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