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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1977-12-29, Page 11CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1977—PAGE 11 • Corn production continues to grow by Debbie Ranney The increase in corn production in Ontario is one of the most dramatic things that has happened to Ontario agriculture, Dr. Terry Daynard, a professor at the University of Guelph told a meeting of the Huron County Federation of Agriculture in Londesboro recently. lit "This has been a record corn year," Dr. Daynard said, citing Statistics Canada, who show an average yield of 96 bushels to the acre. "Corn production has continued to go up in this province," he said. Dr. Daynard said it looked as .though corn production would continue to climb and said this could create problems for other small grain crops such as barley. He said we still have half a million acres of small grains in this province but that it was dropping rapidly. "It seems to me that more and more of that acreage is 410 going to shift over into corn," he said. "As that acreage shifts into corn, we're going to have more corn than demaild _for it," he said. Professor Daynard said increased average could have a damaging effect on prices. The Ontario price here is relative to the Chicago price he said, and for the past few years that• has been getting lower and lower. He said the Ontario. price is 50 cents below the Chicago price and said he imagined that's what the future price would be. Dr. Daynard said another problem he sees is that we don't have good strong grain crops and that farmers are going to have to start hybrid breeding programs in the near future. "It looks like we're going to have to work hard just to hole our own," he said. However, he suggested that if a farmer was going to depend on just one crop, corn was as good a crop as any but he added that 'corn does better rotating with another crop. Dr. Daynard also talked about the energy problem as it related to crop farming. He said the price of energy is the main reason that the cost of production of corn is going up. He said the cost of drying corn right now is about 12 or 13 cents a bushel but that with technology this could be knocked down to 3 or 4 cents a bushel-. "Technology is probably the answer," he said. The rest of Canada was discovering corn as well now. Corn production in Manitoba doubles every year and certainly corn production in Ontario is going to increase, he stated. "I think research has contributed to this as much as anything,"' he said. Best Interest 9-'r4 % Wp represent many Trust Companies. We are often able to arrange for the highest interest being offered on Guaran- teed Investment Certificates. " Subject to change Singing Christmas Carols before Santa arrived at the Vanastra Day Care Centre last week were, front row, left to right, Rebecca Salton, Kim Dixon, and Angela Bernard. 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