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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1991-04-17, Page 26Page 26 Times -Advocate, April 17, 1991 Family identified EXETER - A local resident was able to identify all the people in a photograph that may find its way into the book planned by the Us - borne Township Sesquicentennial Committee. Olive Parsons called the Times Advocate after seeing a photo- graph published in the paper two weeks ago. She recognized her grandmotherMary Parsons as one of the young ladies alt gathered for a formal family portrait at the turn of the century, and was able to identify them all as daughters of William and Catherine Treble of Usbome Township. In the back row in the photograph are Ruby Treble, Mary Parsons, and Ada Evans. In the middle row are Veda Crocker, Elizabeth Ho- skin, and Effie Treble. In front is Olive Andrew. Wheat producers get $28m payment CHATHAM - The Ontario Wheat Producers Marketing Board has re- ceived an interim payment of $28 million under the Agricultural Prod- ucts Coo rative Marketing Act (APCMA). The funding, presented to the board by Huron Bruce MP Murray Cardiff, parliamentary secretary to agriculture minister Don Mazan- kowski, will cover the organiza- tion's deficit as of October 31, 1990. This assistance will enable the board to pay back a portion of the Farm job opportunities CLINTON - The Ontario Minis- try of Agriculture and Food is once again providing job opportu- nities for young people as well as summer help for farmers through the Junior Agriculturalist program. This program provides an oppor- tunity for students between the ages of 15-24, with no farm experience, to work on a farm for eight weeks. Students receive $40 per day with every second weekend off. Host farmers are asked to provide room and board, and contribute $20 per day to the Junior Agriculturalist training fund. If you are a student or a farmer, and would like more information regarding this program, please con- tact the OMAF office in Clinton at 482=3428 or 1-800-265-5170. Crediton forms new 4-H club By Lisa Clarke CREDITON - On April 10, Cre- diton started a new 4-H club for girls and boys 10 to 12 years of age. The club is called Exploring 4-H. Our first meeting went well, we talked about what 4-11 meant, picked our officers and did a couple of fun games. Our leaders are Beth Clarke, Carolyn Pritchard and Glenda Wuerth. Our club officers are pres- ident Mary Anne Grotentraast, vice president Christine Pertschy, secretary Denise Pfaff and press reporter Lisa Clarke. We have four other members. Hurondale 4-H By Jackie Morgan THAMESROAD - Last Monday the Curious Cats of Hurondale I held their final meeting. For this meeting we took a special trip to the Exeter Animal Hospital. Dr. Balsdon told us some stories about careless people, stories about hap- penings in the hospital and some interesting articles in the hospital. When we came back from the hospital, roll call was, "If you could find a way to talk to an ani- mal, which one would it be?" We talked about some animal care health -tips and played a game. We then had a snack and talked about our achievement program,which is going to be held April 29 at Tha- mes Road Church. At 9 p.m. the meeting adjourned. Grand Bend 4-H club GRAND BEND - Monday, April 8 marked the last official Health and Fitness meeting of Grand Bend i 4-14 club. Sixteen club members (11 girls and 5 boys) spent their time finishing their project books and playing volleyball, after an 8 - week program. Sunday, April 28 will be their Day of Achievement as the entire Program Club meets at the Pinery Park to complete the Great Ride for Cancer. Grand Bend i has planned a special meeting at the Public School to receive their awards. Those joining 4-H for the first time receive a plaque with an engraved plate; the rest add another engraved plate to the fist on their plaque, and each receives a certificate of Achievement. Everyone had fun during the pro gram and hope to meet again in an- other 4-H project. money borrowed to make initial payments to its 18,000 producer members across Ontario. The or- ganization suffered a deficit in the 1990 crop year, because wheat pric- es hit an all-time low. The APCMA is designed to en- courage the co-operative and orderly marketing of agricultural products by allowing the Minister to enter into a one-year agreement with a marketing organization. The agree- ment guarantees the initial pay- ment made by the organization to producers and covers the group's marketing costs to a fixed maxi- mum. "This is an example of how the APCMA helps produces enjoy the benefits of co-operative marketing, without exposing them to the risks of severe fluctuations in the mar- ket," Cardiff explained. A final payment covering the balance of the board's forecast defi- cit of $35-40 million in the 1990 crop year will be made in early fall once all of the wheat is sold. FARM 1IPDATE Christian farmers want hands-off on farm safety policy. plans HORNBY - The Christian Farm- ers Federation of Ontario is willing to accept new health and safety standards for agriculture but it wants no part of provincial bureau- crats writing them. A statement adopted by the Fed- eration's Provincial Board, 35 fami- ly farm entrepreneurs from 20 Dis- trict Associations, calls for the implementation of any health and safety legislation by the farm com- munity itself. "We recognize that our new gov- ernment has adopted an agenda of revising labour legislation," Henry Aukema, CFFO President, said af- ter the meeting. Inevitably the ap- plication of labour law to the agri- cultural work place will be an issue for them." "We accept that education alone is no longer satisfactory for our technology based agriculture," Au- kema said. "But we want no part of the regulatory framework that the Ministry of Labour has created in other sectors." The Federation wants farmers themselves to develop codes of practice and guidelines, specifically for agriculture. "Agriculture has a history of working with enabling legislation," Aukema pointed out. "Just look at our effective use of enabling legis- lation to set up marketing boards." "We need enabling legislation that allows the farm community's experience with health and safety education through the Farm Safety Association to be expanded with appropriate standards," Aukema said. The Federation's policy advisory commiuee, in a background report, has identified benefits for self regu- lation, including: * A reduction in safety related in- cidents will reduce down time and make enterprises more competitive. * More attention to safety will make our farms a safer place for our families. * We, as farm entrepreneurs, will be safer in our work. * Standards will lead to the adop- Coloured bean tripartite payment announced OTTAWA - Producers enrolled in the National Tripartite Price Sta- bilization Program for other col- oured beans will receive an interim payment of $2.43 per hundred- weight for beans marketed from August 1, 1990 up to now. Bacteria boost soybean income, production GUELPH - With no extra fertiliz- er or chemicals, Ontario farmers earned an extra $3 million last year on new soybean acreage, thanks to research being done at the Univer- sity of Guelph. The key is application of a soil ibacterium that boosts the ability of soybeans to use nitrogen, which in- creases yields and protein content. The imported Brazilian rhizobi- um bacterium, Bradyrhizobium ja- ponicum, was used exclusively for the first time on all new tracts of Ontario soybeans in 1990. It caused yields 10 percent higher than older strains of soybean rhizobia, says crop scientist Dave Hume, who's been working with the new bacteri- um, dubbed strain 532C, since 1978. "It does so much for so little, without any extra costs or inputs like fertilizer or chemicals," says Hume. For the past four years, soybeans have been one of the few profitable crops for Ontario farmers. Acreage has soared to 1.2 million acres and the harvest is now worth $300 mil- lion a year. Hume says yield increases attrib- utable to 532C have put another $3 million into farmers' pockets. It can produce up to four extra bushels of soybeans per acre and increase seed protein content by two percent, he says. "That helps Ontario soybean pro- ducers compete with other farmers around the wotld." Legume crops like soybeans need nitrogen for growth, yield and pro- tein content. They can get nitrogen either from external sources such as fertilizer, or they can effectively produce it themselves ;n the pres- ence of rhizobia bacteria. Rhizobia induce the formation of nodules on The announcement was made by the National Stabilization Commit- tee on behalf of producers, the fed- eral government and participating provincial governments. ' An estimated 4,100 bean produc- ers in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Man- itoba and Ontario enrolled in the program will benefit form the pay- ment. The final support price is expect- ed to be announced by late sum- mer, once the market price and pro- duction costs are determined. National Tripartite Stabilization the plant roots and fix atmospheric Programs are established by feder- nitrogen (in symbiosis with the al -provincial agreement to stabilize plant), so a ready supply of nitro- returns to producers during periods • gen is available. of low market prices. Ontario soils don't contain soy- I Producers and both levels of gov- bean rhizobia until they are added ernment contribute equally to the by a process called inoculation. fund. Typically the bacteria are cultured by inoculant producers in a peat powder base, then dusted on the seeds by growers. After the seed"' are planted and roots develop, theyP are immediately exposed to the rhi-2 zobia, and nodule formation and trogen "fixing" begins. But Hume has found 532C is bet- ter at fixing nitrogen than other strains of rhizobia. He's still re- searching the reasons why, but thinks it's because 532C has an un- precedented ability to attract and use other nutrients needed for nitro- gen fixation. "It doesn't cause more nodules to form," he says, "but makes the nod- ules present more efficient." Strain 532C's superior ability to make its own nitrogen also means farmers who follow a normalcorn- soybean crop rotation can reduce their use of manufactured nitrogen + fertilizer for corn. Research in progress shows that corn gets about a 40 -kilogram -per -hectare "credit" form a previous soybean crop that fixed nitrogen with 532C. The next step in the research is to try to get the 532C rhizobia to out- do strains in soybean fields inocu- lated prior to the development of 532C. This research was originally sponsored by the Nitragin Co. of • Milwaukee and the Ontario Soy- bean Growers' Marketing Board. The board is continuing its support, along with an array of inoculant producers. tion of more technology to replace employees. This will results in few- er people needed to work in high risk agriculture. * Technology on our farms has become safer. * Safe equipment is certainly available. This added incentive will encourage farm technology manu- facturers to build in safety features. The Federation is also asking for government grants of 50 percent to cover the capital cost of all the changes in existing facilities or equipment that are required or an-• ticipated by the codes of practice and guidelines. In the past, CFFY has taken a similar approach to other farm la- bour legislation. CFFO opposes the application of the Labour Relations Act to farm workers, primarily be- cause it includes the right to strike, but C1-1.0 supports new enabling legislation that would allow farm workers to organize. "Probably the best solution is the creation of an "Agricultural Work Place Act," says Aukema. 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These meetings were started in 1986 with a dual purpose; one, to hear from people who use the Ministry's services and two, to have OMAF staff report to farm leaders on activities conducted in Huron County. This year 29 farm leaders were challenged with four questions asking about issues in the rural community, how to encourage consumer awareness, the role of the OMAF field office and an evaluation of present office servic- es. Leaders were asked to identify at least five major issues facing farm people and to suggest solu, tions to three of them. ?Some of the issues discussed included low net farm incomes, property taxes, rules and regulations, waste man- agement, land use, animal welfare, loss of young people, environmen- tal protection, water quality and quantity, provincial road system in Huron, lack of volunteers and shortage of off -farm jobs. The question requiring a great deal of thought was how to make consumers more aware of the agri- food industry. Some of the sugges- tions included farm tours, adopt a farmer project, agriculture in the classroom, up-to-date videos on prime agriculture, open line TV/ radio shows, open 4-H to urban children, mall displays, farmers as guest speakers on food issues, edu- cate the health care experts, demon- stration on safety of food handling, food consultants in grocery stores, live animal displays at local fairs and find out exactly what our con- sumers want. The Ministry will attempt to in- corporate as many • of these pm- poscd solutions as poa.4iblc into the 1991/92 plans of work for Huron County. The staff at Clinton field office were pleased that so many of the County's Agricultural Leaders could join them on March 18 in Holmesville. SOLUTELY NO 1 SERVICE CHARGES FOR ANY CUSTOMER WHO MAINTAINS A BALANCE OF $2,500 iN THEIR PERSONAL ACCOUNT. Tired of paying bank service charges? 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