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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1989-08-23, Page 131 Times -Advocate, August 23, 1989 Page 13 corn prospects, on noontime program at CCAT Crop Day keep prices suppressed. Reesor did not encourage farm- ers to hold beans this year, adding they should not wait for $9 to $10. He had better news regarding corn. The carry -out is lower - about 1.68 billion bushels. De- scribing the situation as demand- pull rather than supply -squeeze, he predicted a tighter supply may pull prices up, and also bring Europe and Russia knocking at the door. "Storage looks beuer than previ- ous years," he said. Reesor touted membership in a Talking crops - Middlesex Crop ducers. Talking about crops at Wednesday's Centralia College's Crops Update are Specialist, Brian Hall of Huron and Gerry Wallis, a director of the Ontario Lambton- Corn Pro - Demonstrate plowing - Dave Erb of CG Farm Supply and Barry Banks of White -New Idea Farm Equipment chat at Friday's plowing demonstration, near Bayfield. ATTE N TIO N MASSEY FERGUSON QWNERS • -Bearings • Belts •Seals • Baler • Combine • Disc • Agricultural • Tractor • Windrower • Garden Tractor marketing club as an excellent way to find out more about market- ing. He also recommended doing business through options rather than futures. Beans Charles Broadwell, manager of the OBPMB, expects the 118,000 acres planted to white pea beans will produce an average of 13 bags per acre. The Ontario yield is fore- cast at 1,534,000 bags. USDA fig- ures released August 10 estimate 3,240,000 for Michigan, . and 1,800,000 from Minnesota -Dakota. Weather will determine the Michigan crop. It looks good, but 75 percent was planted later than usual. A good September should produce 12 bags to the acre. Broadwell reported a sizeable carry-over from 1987. Sales divid- ed into 22.5 percent domestic and 77.5 percent export resulted in a to- tal of $50,176,938. An initial 1989 payment of $314.97 a" metric tonne, which comes to $14.03 per bag when the board's licence fee is deducted, has been been set. This is down five percent from the previous year. Broadwell is encouraged by a number of factors whichshould spur sales. Promotions emphasiz- ing nutrition and fibre have re- ceived an excellent response in England. The Canadian Bean Council, formed last year, has brought together the bean board and canners, with additional input from Ag Canada and OMAF. Pro- motions in the September editions of Canadian Living and Chatelaine should encourage increased usage. The "Agriculture in the Classroom" program, supported from inception by the OBPMB,.is a long-term but necessary project. In discussing trade practic. es, Broadwell said the US market is easier than some attempted over- seas, much handier, and the prob- ability of paying is much higher than in some other countries. The Ontario board is getting the best ever response • from US domestic canners. At a quality seminar held last Sep ember, every major US canner e, pressed interest in the Ca- nadian product, according to Broadwell. A mut;,al US -Canada concern is the duty imposed by the ECC on an annual basis. A talk to the general secretary got a six-month suspen- sion extended to one year. but pro- tectionist traits in the ECC mean North American producers will have to fight to retain the suspen- sion. If they lose, the duty will be -reimposed in December. Alternate uses are needed. A bean ice cream developed by Dr. Vi Currie, CCAT vice principal, was served and enjoyed by those at- tending the crop update. Diners could choose vanilla, chocolate or strawberry sherbet. Bean -based fi- bre biscuits and snack foods are now in e very supermarket in Bel- gium. Broadwell was impressed with a visit to a federt►l government re- search facility in St. Hyacinthe, Quebec. The staff at the $37 mil- lion comp'ex will either work on a submitted project, or allow groups to bring their own staff and use the research station's facilities. Sprayer Clinic Becker's employee Len Lobb, as- sisted by Bob Trimble, territorial rep for Hardie Sprayers, gave four requirements for accurate spraying. The first necessity is a spray cali- bration jug. An investment of a few dollars can save hundreds, Lobb said. A true ground speed check is an- other vital factor. Lobb warned that the tractor tachometer has the po- tential to be the biggest liar on the farm. A change to larger tires, a few years wear since the last check, and even the type of ground being worked affect the calibration fig- ures. Trimble demonstrated how an ac- curate check is done by filling the tank with water, setting the nozzles at 20 inches, and broadcast -spraying over a predetermined distance. Time, distance, gear and soil condi- tion are all taken into account in the final formula. - Trimble demonstrated a tip varia- tion check, also done with clean water. Lobb advised investing it new tips if there was a vari• of more than 10 percent. The fourth important check was sprayer output. This is done by col- lecting liquid from one tip for the same length of time as it took' to get from stake to stake in the meas- ured distance. The amount is fed into a formula that shows how many litres per- hectare or gallons per acre are being used. There arc different charts for various nozalc spacings. - Lobb also -,discussed the calcula- tions used for band Spraying. He said the calibration jugs and all spraying information arc available at Becker's. Planting Winter Canola? Call us for seed Availability of: Cert. Tandem Cert. Arabella Common Winter Canola If White or Red Winter Wheat is in your plans we have: . Cert. Harus (bagged or bulk) Cert. Augusta plus Cert. 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