HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1993-03-03, Page 12One of
W.G. Thompson &
Sons Ltd.
farm information
meetings was held last
Wednesday at the
Hensall arena. From the
left discussing the day's
activities are employees
Al Knight, Mark Kennedy
and Brad James.
Crop Insurance no longer
on annual contract
TORONTO - A review Qf crop
insurance program delivery by the
Ontario Crop Insurance Commis-
sion has resulted in a significant
change to the delivery of the pro-
gram. The change is expected to
be beneficial to Ontario farmers.
Beginning in the spring of 1993,
crop insurance contracts will be
continuous contracts as opposed to
annual contracts. Farmers will no
longer pay the premium deposit in
the spring. Full crop insurance pre-
miums will be due when crop insu-
rance agents contact farmers to
complete final acreage reports af-
ter planting.
"The changes result in simpler
'enrolment procedures for farmers
'and streamlined administrative
procedures for the Commission",
said Henry Ediger, executive di-
rector of the crop insurance and
stabilization commission. He said
final acreage and yield reports can
be completed in the same amount
as in the past.
Crop insurance contracts have
been renewed annually 'until now
which made it necessary for agents
to visit farmers before applying for
insurance coverage. Agents will no
longer visit growers prior to spring
planting, but will be available to
answer any questions farmers may
have about their enrolment in the
program.
The Crop Insurance Commission
will maintain the same number of
agents and adjusters throughout the
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Tunes -Advocate, March 3, 1993
W.G. Thompson & Sons Ltd. held one of their farm Information meetings last Wednesday in
Hensall. Shown from the left are Andy Daniels of Linnco, Robert Huckle, Hensall branch man-
ager Dale Good and Norma Vlasschaert manager of the firm's trading department in Blenheim.
One Foot
in the Furrow Bob Trotter
They are probably the lowest on
the economic totem pole but farm-
ers are more generous than most
people.
Even though farm prices today
are as low as they were 30 years
ago - how many people do you
know who are making the same
now as they did in the '60s? - farm-
ers are stilt charitable.
With the possible exception of
some dairy farmers, most farmers
have to work off the farrn to make
ends meet. Or, if the farmer doesn't
work off the farrn, the spouse does.
As proof of their generosity,
grain farmers, hit harder than most
last fall, still were generous. The
Canadian Foodgrains Bank reports
that 2,400 farmers donated close to
70,000 tonnes of grain last year to
be delivered to hungry people in 22
countries overseas.
In this area of Canada, one of the
most successful fund-raising efforts
is the annual heifer sale organized
by the Mennonite Central Commit-
tee, one of the sincerest and most
efficient of the world's fund-raising
organizations. The 12th annual sale
was held just last week. Again, it
was successful.
The way it works is this: farmers
donate heifers, the auctioneer do-
nates time and talent and the sales
barn donates facilities. Brubacher
Sales Barn near Guelph is where
the sales have been held for 12
yam.
The idea began when a number
of dairy farmers in Waterloo -
Wellington -Huron -Perth, most of
them Mennonites, coaccuiled of.the
idea.
"We always vosalitlr whether
we'll continue to get support every
year but we always have," said Roy
Snyder of Kitchener, a retired farm-
er who lives in Waterloo and is the
secretary -treasurer for the sale.
As an example of the support,
Snyder says 120 heifers were do-
nated this year. Last year, 127 were
on sale. The sale's lowest figure
was 96 head but one year. 157 were
donated. And these are not "culls,"
my friends. Most of them have
great bloodlines because they come
from some of the fnert dairy herds
in the entire nation.
In the twelve years of its exis-
tence, the spring heifer sale has
raised more than $1.5 million for
the Mennonite Central Committee.
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Now, that is a lot of money and it
has come right from the hearts of
the dairy farmers who donate the
heifers.
The donations, in my humble
opinion, would be about the same
as a car dealer donating a car to a
charity, an event that does not hap-
pen often. Most car dealers "sell"
the car toa charity at cost. Most are
not donated.
But that is what these farmers do.
Not only that, they pay to transport
the cattle to the sale location.
I have attended one or two of
these sales over the years.
At the first sale 12 years ago, an
atmosphere of fun and frivolity per-
vaded. Everyone seemed to come
for a good time and the fact that
money was being raised for needy
people all over the world helped to
engender that feeling.
Every year, several companies ei-
ther donate a heifer or buy a heifer
- some companies do both. And
every year, the same core of dairy
farmers donate a calf.
1t is events such as this that prove
again that farmers, in spite of the
fact that they are not big- earners,
are as generous as any sector of the
economy. They are, perhaps, more
generous because they know about
tough times.
They have suffered and they do
not hesitate to help those who arc
even less fortunate than they arc.
We, the rest of Canada, could take
a up from our farming friends.
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Did you get your extra
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If not, come to our -Cook's Fundulea Hard Red Wheat Meeting
on March 21,
per acre
at Three AAA Restaurant, 1.1. a.m. - 2:45 p.m.
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province and strive to maintain a
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