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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1984-05-09, Page 21WINS NEW CAR — Erma Weernink, a grade 13 student at SHDHS recently won a Camaro Z-28 in a cross -Canada Go For Gold fund raising campaign. Above, she accepts the keys from Rick Frayne of Froyne's Chev-Olds. T -A photo It won't happen, of course. Dennis Timbrell, Larry Grossman and Bill Doyle will not resign or get fired by Bill Davis, even though the 126 -member board of direc- tors -for the Ontario Federa- tion of Agriculture ( OFA) has demanded it. It will this unprecedented step by the OFA, - bring the plight of farmers to the atten- tion of the On rio Cabinet. But Brampeon Bill and his big blue machine are too en- trenched ts, take such a monument/211 step even if the largest fam group in the pro- vince has demanded it. . The move started in early April at the annual meeting of the 14ruce County Federation of ,Agriculture. At that time, the disgruntled members - most of them beef farmers - sent the resolution to the pro- vincial directors. The direc- tors, obviously fed up to here with the economic conditions PIONEER. ALFALFA AS GOOD AS ALFALFA GETS No matter how alfalfa fits into your cropping program. you wan! the most from your alfalfa acres ... and that means quality as well as quantity Pioneer= brand alfalfas are bred to give you top yields of quality forage in both early and medium maturing varieties. Ask your Pioneer Sales Representative about the alfalfa variety that's right for your farm. Your Pioneer Soles Representatives ore: Geo. Sereda Exeter 235-0273 Wm. Coleman Kippen 262-5031 (46k) - PIONEER. R.A./0 At IMSA SIFE) o.on... ,s a team, nam* numb... ,dMhlr •a.Nl Reg.st., d Irad.m... hC 1$Id to f .on jr,. eked L'mnee Chatham Oman. bne loot in the furrow'•w� lute:. we *OW*, Sled b, Bob noun floe Rd 1rm•,a ono Nle id faced by many farmers, backed the resolution to the hilt. "Unless there is immediate provincial assistance for beef, pork and lamb producers, On- tario Treasurer Larry Grossman, OMAF Minister Dennis Timbrell, and Assis- tant Deputy Minister William Doyle should resign." This red meat plan has been promised for almost five years, a stabilization pro- gram that would give pro- ducers a floor price for their products. Ontario farmers are away out in' left field when it comes to such payments. Other provinces have already established stabilization plans but Ontario's politicians are still waffling. Timbrell has said this pro- vince would participate in stabilization payments as long as all the rest of the coun- try - the other beef -producing provinces - participated at the same level. In other words, ne top -loading. He's been travell- ing all across Canada and talking all across Canada for two years with little discerni- ble success and farmers are fed up with waiting. The farm economy, said Harry Pelissero, the usual- ly mild-mannered president of the OFA is not healthy. "Governments have spent, billions of dollars in the last few years bailing out big business and farmers have been told that help is on the way," said Pelissero. "We can't wait any longer." One of every seven farmers cannot meet their loan payments now, he added, and to make matters worse, the Farm Credit Corporation recently increased rates on loans to a minimum of 14 per- cent. He could have added that, for most farmers who qualify for FCC loans, the in- terest rate is more than 15 percent. Pelissero maintains that the sense of frustration in the farm community in general has never. been higher. It is caused by low commodity prices and staggering debt costs. 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But I'd still be willing to bet that neither Timbrell, Grossman nor Boyle will resign by the end of this month. The two senior levels of government can chuckle all they want to about the plight of farmers but agriculture, in the end, will be ignored at their peril. Start 'again in search After spending $95,000 in a three-year search for a new landfill site, Seaforth and the neighboring townships of Tuckersmith and McKillop came up with a loser. Seaforth clerk Jim Crocker said Tuesday the search and tests for a new site must be started again after final tests on the proposed site showed it was a bad choice. Crocker said the tests ordered by the environment ministry showed the site the municipalitiessettled on last fall contained deposits of sand and gravel that would cuts its use in half. He said the tests revealed only about five acres (two hectares) could be used and it would have a lifespan of 15 years compared to the 11-acrg (4.5 hectare) site with a 25 -year lifespan the municipalities expected. Crocker said Conestoga Rovers of Kitchener, which recommended the site north of Seaforth after tests at several locations, will do tests on other proposed landfill sites for free. Neighbouring farm owners Ontario's Cattlonion suggest resignation call ill concolvod The Executive Committee of the Ontario Cattlemen's Association has called the conditional demand for the dismissal of the Hon. Dennis Timbrell, Minister of Agriculture and Food, the Hon. Larry Grossman, Pro- vincial Treasurer and Mr. William Doyle, Assistant Deputy Minister, ill conceiv- ed and has asked the Ontario Federation of Agriculture to reconsider its action. Gerhard Schickedanz a cat- tle feeder from Unionville, a former director to the Ontario Federation of Agriculture and current President of the On- tario Cattlemen's Associa- tion, speaking on behalf of the OCA Executive Committee stated "Nothing is ever gain- ed by such action other than loss of credibility. We believe that the action taken by the OFA Board does not reflect the opinion of the broad base of Ontario beef producers. "Similar requests for emergency assistance have been made repeatedly in the Ailsa Craig man gets Royal post John Craig Eaton, new president of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, has announced that J. Andrew Stewart of Ailsa Craig, is new general manager of The Royal. This year's fair will be held from November 8 through November 17. Andy Stewart is no stranger to The Royal. He Was superintendent of entries from 1950 to 1955, before leav- ing to continue a farming career near Ridgetown in Kent County, and later at Ailsa Craig in Middlesex County. The new general manager has a wealth of knowledge of the agricultural industry in Canada, particularly in the areas of pure bred dairy cat- tle, commercial livestock and cash crops. The many in- novative techniques developed on the Ridgetown farm attracted scores of farm visitors, including the Ministers of Agriculture for Canada, Russia, Poland and Czechoslavakia. Stewart is currently a member of the Ontario Coun- cil of Regents, and a past member of the Ontario Economic Council, the Agricultural Research In- stitute of Ontario, the Board of Governors of Fanshawe College and the Huron Coun- try Playhouse. He was chairman of the board of Fanshawe College Board of Governors for three years and chairman of publicity for the 1982 Interna- tional Plowing Match. He has also been a member of the Ailsa Craig Municipal Coun- cil, the Economic Club of Detroit and the Ridgetown Rotary Club. His duties as general manager of The 'Royal in- clude maintaining Liaison with the Fair's exhibitors, opposed to the site had argued that were aware of potential problems because of the com- plexity of the soil. They com- plained to the landfill commit- tee of the three municipalities and asked the environment ministry to order the new tests. The Honourable George Ashe Minister of Government Services and The Honourable Dennis Timbrell Minister of Agriculture and Food invite you to attend the OFFICIAL OPENING of the NEW AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING SERVICES BUILDING Centralia College of Agricultural Technology, Huron Park on Friday, May 11, 1984 at 4 p.m. Another job creation project from Ontario's $247 -million Accelerated Capital Works Program BILD ONTARIO eib Ministry of Government Services Larry Grossman. Treasurer George Ashe. Minister securing judges, developing special features and establishing a strong working relationship with the Federal and Provincial Ministries of Agriculture. past and the answer has always been the same - No. There is no reason to believe it will be any different this time. The development in- itiatives announced on January 5 by Hon. Dennis Timbrell will inject approx- imately 160 million over the next five years into the red meat sector. These initiatives will be aimed at increasing production efficienty and we expect the details to be an- nounced shortly. "Furthermore, progress is being made on tripartite stabilization which is the real solution to the problems of dif- ferential provincial stabiliza- tion programs. We have come too far to abandon that cause and we have been close enough to the negotiations to know that making a payment as requested would destroy the accord. "Our Federal Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Whelan is committed to achieveing the A -LIF=T SERVICES �. 229-6741 LI R.R. 6 St. Marys Call Bob McLaughlin Local Service & Local Price 24 HOUR REPAIR SERVICE ON FORK LIFTS AND TRUCK CRANES — ALL HYRAULIC REPAIRS FOR HURON AND PERTH goal of uniformity in stabiliza- tion programs for the red meat sector and has recently gained Federal Cabinet ap- proval for legislative amend- ments to .the Agricultural Stabilization Act. The Board of Directors of the Qntario Cattlemen's Association re- mains deeply committee to the principal of tripartite stabilization. "We have expressed the wish to Mr. Whelan that the amendments to the Agricultural Stabilization Act be introduced, debated and passed by the House before the summer recess. We hope that the action taken by the OFA board does NOT provide a signal to Mr. Whelan to slow down in his drive to achieve legislative amendments, for that would be the real in- justice to Ontario producers." 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