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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1989-02-08, Page 311 Speakers - Bev Hill, (left), Tino Breuer, soybean marketing specialist, crop consultant Pat Lynch, and sales rep Pete Rowntree were all present at last Tuesday's Hill and Hill meeting. CHANGE OF ADDRESS Effectivebruary 1, '1989 THE HURON COUNTY HEALTH UNIT ADMINISTRATION OFFICES will be located at the following address: Huron County Health Unit, Huronvlew Building, Hwy. 4 P.O. Box 1120 CLINTON, Ontario NOM 1L0 Telephone: (519) 482-3416 or 1-800-265-5184 Fax: (519) 482-7231 The Health Unit will retain a Branch Office at the Court House in Goderlch, Telephone 524-8301 R3u0°Lress O rrecR ACCOUNTANT -PUBLIC NORRI S, 1101‘11"111, TAYLOR PINI)ER & 1Ic NE1I.1,Y Chartered At(ountiints Auditing', Accounting. 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Residents were pleased to wel- come Dorothy Elder back Thursday morning after her holiday. Every- one really enjoys these personal, manicures. Ray Vann, Harry Jef- frey and Jim and Rona Young were" in Thursday evening to entertain at our monthly birthday party. Birth day greetings to Jessie Armstrong, Dave Watson, Idella Sims and Adtt Ball. Everyone had a super time; thanks to a certain hairdresser that helped a few to kick up their heels. Friday morning Resident Council met and in the afternoon we had our presentation on Popcorn shelling by Ken and Della Gascho. They brought in their 100 -year old shell- ing machine and an ample supply of popcorn on the cob. Anyone who wanted to, had an opportunity to operate the shelter. Mr. Gascho informed us that popcorn is a good nutritious low caloric snack focxl. I think that was before we poured on the melted butter and salt. The Gascho's sell their organically grown popcorn through health food stores and from their home near Zu- rich. 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Local growers gathered to hear Tino Breuer and Bev Hill give their views on cur- rent and future market action and also to listen' to Mr. Pat Lynch summarize weed control practices in 1988 and suggestions for 1989. The first speaker was Breuer who is the. marketing specialist with The Ontaro Soya -Bean Growet-s Marketing Board. In 1989, he has seen a shift in thinking from glut to shortage scenarios. This change has been caused by the U:S. drought of 1988 which saw U.S. corn production drop 30 percent and U.S. soybean production drop 20 percent. U.S. corn supplies, although 1988 production was low, are ade- quate at this time according to Breuer and he suggests that we could be looking at an 8 percent increase of harvested U.S. corn acres for 1989, which coupled with trendline yields will likely cause future prices to be in the area of S2.25 U.S. basis December option at harvest. He also suggests that there is basis risk to Ontario corn producers with little upside poten- tial. Problems that may be en- countered in 1989 U.S. corn pro- duction will obviously have a significant affect on this view. Turning to the outlook for soy- beans, Mr. Breuer said that the stage has been set for the world's largest harvest of oilseeds, in 1989, given a reasonable growing season. For Ontario growers, he anticipates substantial basis risk due to the improved Canadian dol- lar versus the American dollar. Mr. Breuer commented that Onta- rio producers may want to lock in soybean basis to protect them from this risk. Bev Hill, of Hill and Hill Farms Limited, was the next speaker on the agenda. Mr. Hill defined the purpose of the market into three goals; to deplete supply, to replen- ish supply, and to ration supply. For the 1989 soybean gowing sea- son, he suggests that the market is in the replenishment phase and therefore the market will be en- couraging production by offering higher prices in order to increase supply. • Once the market "feels" that sup- ply (plantings) has increased suffi- ciently, future prices will likely fall until harvest, according to Hill. His opinion, in light of this, is that soybean growers should seriously consider pricing their new crop beans in the March, April, May time frame. Hill supported this contention with a look at price action in pre- vious post drought years such as 1981 and 1984. In these years, new crop future prices peaked in early spring and then declined to harvest. Corn growers will likely be see- ing a "countervail" basis on both old and new crop due to the reduc- tion of the 1988 corn production which has put Ontario into a deficit or import situation said Hill. He predicted strcngthing basis for this reason. Due to adequate supplies of corn in the U.S. Hill foresees stag- nant to lower future prices at har- vest. Hill concecds that increasing domestic useage, increasing export demand, and any perceived weather problems in 1989 arc the wild cants. The final speaker of the afternoon was Pat Lynch, crop consultant for Cargill, who talked about nitrogen recommendations for corn and also about weed control in both soy- beans and corn. Mr. Lynch is cur- rently recommending 1.2 to 1.3 lbs. of nitrogen per bushel of ex- pected :corn yield. therefore, he says, with a yield goal of 125 bus. pct ucec , tl,.. rowers can expect between 3-5 percent yield increase by using anhydrous ammonia as their nitrogen source. On the topic of weed control, Lynch was of .the opinion that atra- zine residues from 1988 would not likely be any higher than normal despite the drought. Lynch has had numerous calls from growers who wanted to know whether PPI was better than PRE treatments. Lynch says that both treatments will give comparable weed control in thc so called normal years. However, he says that in ad- verse years, PPI treatments tend to give more consistent results. He suggests that using just a PPI or a PRE treatment results in too many compromises in terms of time, amount of rainfall needed, and rates of chemical. His method to avoid these compromises is O iriter-cett-Aliv 6 00 0 0 0O 0 0• o 0 0 017 0 0 0 •o0 0 00 0O 06 • ol o° O p� ° 0o 0 Fun! from McIntyre T.V. & APPLIANCES R.R. 2, GRAND BEND NOM 1TO 238-8270 a involves the use of a PPI treatment and a PRE treatment. LYNCH'S CHOICE enables the grower to use higher rates of chemicals (/re. me- tribuzins), which reduces dependen- cy on rainfall and somewhat speeds up field operations. The information meeting was sponsored by Hill and Hill Farms Limited, Varna, Varna Grain, Var- na; and First Line Seeds Limited. Guelph. Varna by Joan Beierling VARNA - The Varna U.C.W. meeting held Thursday February 2 was at the home of Ruby Hill with 17 members in attendance. President Deb Rathwell opened with a poem. Helen Taylor read the minutes of the January meeting and Margaret Hayter gave the financial report. A thank.you was read frotn- Flora Dowson. Deb announced that Marg McCly- mont, Marg Haytcr and herself had attended the Huron Perth Presbyteri- al meeting in Goderich. There are 67 U.C.W.s in all. She announced several events coming up. The members were pleased to hear that Joyce Dowson is the assisting sec- retary for Huron Perth Presbytcral. Mrs. Edith Swan from Brucefield is the Regional president for East Huron Lug-a-mugbags are also needed, anyone wishing to make some to sell at conference would be helpful. Deb is also attending the Execu- tive meeting February 27. The United Church Cookbook "Let's Break Bread Together" is still available. Anyone wanting to pur- chase one could contact Mary Ches- sell. Carpet was bought for the two bedrooms at the manse. Ruby Hill read a letter she had re- ceived from Hiep Nguyan (onc of the refugees from the Church Re- sponse) in regards to her, mother passing away. Next meeting will be held March 2 which is World Day of Prayer with Goshen U.C.W. invited. Mona Stephenson and Dorothy Ostrom then started the worship service meditations on the theme of Love. Mona announced the guest speaker for the evening, Michelle Turner, daughter of David and San- dra Turner. Michelle had the oppor- tunity to go on a trip to England, Belgium, France, Germany and Holland, which was organized by her French teacher. She was accom- panied by four others from Clinton High School and six from Scaforth High School. They joined in with another group from Quebec. Mi chelle took the U.C.W. for a trip through these countries. Thcy left on October 4, 1988 and were on a direct flight to London, England, thcir first country. Michelle visited London Buckingham Palace and had a ride in a British taxi. Shc also saw London Bridge, Big Ben, Can- terbury Cathedral and had a tour of St. Paul's Cathedral where Lady Di- ana and Prince Charles were mar- ried. She had a chance to see the Na- tional Art Gallery, Madame Tus- sands Wax Museum and the fa- mous Department Store called Hcrod's during the two -and -a -half days spent here. France was the next. Versailles was headquarters but they wcnt in to Paris sight-seeing. The Coach Bus Tour took them to the Opera House with five diffcrcnt entrances. Michelle and others were disap- pointed thc Eiffel Tower employ- ees were on strike there so didn't sce much of it. Some of the group attended the Church Service at the Notre Dame. They toured the Pal- ace of Louis the 14th and enjoyed a boat cruise of thc Seine River On to Brussels, Belgium, where they spent onc night. Brussels is noted for the Statue of thc Manc- quin Peace. They would change the costume on this mancquin every day. Michelle said they toured many lace shops for which Bel- • glum is also noted. It was not long and they were in Cologne, Germany. Cologne is fa- mous for their 4711 building hav- ing their address and phone number and even a cologne all numbered 4711. Michelle climbed 509 steps which is 400 feet high to see the. Cologne Cathedral. Amsterdam, Holland was their last stop. Michelle saw very few windmills, but did see the Wooden Shoe Shop, the Bronze Statue of Rembrandt, went on a guided tour of the Diamond Factory and the Cheese Factory. One thing - Mi- chelle noticed about the land in Holland was how extremely flat it was. • Michelle really enjoyed this trip and would have liked to have had more time to see more but maybe next time if she gets a chance to go back. Michelle showed many of the souvenirs she brought home from each country, and shared many photos with the group. Dorothy Ostrom thanked her and lunch was served. Personals • Bill and Helen Taylor and Arnold and Nora Keys have just returned from a week's holiday's in Vene- zucla. Wilfred Chuter spent the week- end with his daughter and son-in- law, Vivian and Harvey Boyce and family, .where they had a family gathering for dinner on Saturday. Oystein Lund, Norwegian Ex- change student staying with Barry Cleave in Varna, spent five days in Ottawa. Oystcin was there on a tour with Intcrculture Canada, his hosting agency. While there he had the opportuni- ty to participate in Ottawa's Win- terlude Activities which included Fire Works, Ice Sculpture, Ice Skating on the Rideau Canal. He also enjoyed touring Canada's Par- liament Building with other ex- change students staying at points across Canada and the train ride to and from Ottawa. Happy birthday to B.J. Coultis who celebrated his birthday with a party on Monday, February 6. Varna Youth Group meets at 6:30 on Friday night at the manse to go swimming in Vanastra from 7-8 p.m., with a movie to follow at the manse. Next Sunday Fchruary 12 is the first Sunday of Lent and there will be communion. There is also a Church Board meeting on Fchruary 2f). One town crash EXETER - Only one accident was investigated this wcck by offer cors of the Exeter town police de- partment. It occurred Thursday whcn a ve- hicle driven by Heather Ticman Exeter, slid on the icy surface of Waterloo street at Market street and struck a tree. �IU 3 yrs. mo. RRyshore Trust Rates for 35 Trust Companies 524-2773 3 yr. RSP RRyshore Trust INVESTMENTS' 122 Court Nouse . • uarr, ('.oderlch •No Fees •No Charges 1-8O0-264-5503 ,..t<,. ere. - ....mss =aR. Sugarand Spice will be open at the Frctory outlet Sundoy Feb. 12 from 11- S loo-Tornes P:. 235.12453