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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1978-01-12, Page 13`•ice x1MEa++ 6 Egg producers need protection Huron Federation of Agriculture (FOt'A) egg producers who lease out their quotas should be compelled to Ieaye their barns empty for the duration of that lease, the Huron FOA feels. The opinion was. contained in a resolution endorsed by the organization at a meeting in Clinton Thursday. The resolution calls on the OFA to put pressure on the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Board (OFPMB) ®to cease the expansion by egg producers into other segments of the poultry in- dustry;specifically, the Huron F of A is concerned about egg producers who lease out their quotas, then raise pullets in barns that would otherwise stand empty. Pullet producers fear this inay drive them out of business. Hein Rooseboom of Hensall, who presented the resolution, said that an egg producer with 15,000 hens can lease his quota for 30 months for $45,000. In the meantime he can raise pullets, presumably flooding the market and driving prices down. Rooseboom pointed out that the raising of pullets is not governed by any agency or marketing board. He said pullet producers need some protection, this kind of ex- pansion by egg producers/ if they are to survive. Egg producer Jim McIntosh pointed out that • most producers raise only replacement hens for their flock and felt there was no way that this could be con- trolled. He also said that it would be difficult for an egg producer to switch to pullet pr-oduction, since the size of the cages and other equip- ment is different for hens than it is for very young pullets. Nevertheless the members of the Huron F of A felt the practice as Rooseboom, described it was unfair and endorsed the resolution, which will be sent to the OFA for further consideration. In other business, field man Bill Crawford has 'been given responsibility over the OFA's four other field men in South- western Ontario. He will act as a liaison person for problems other field men may have, Crawford told the meeting. Formerly one field man was given the duty for the whole province, but that proved to. be geographically im- possible, and the OFA has now split the province ipto three sections with a field man in charge of each, Crawford said. A second Huron F of A nffice will be open in the CIAT building in Goderich in the near future, Crawford reported. The office in, Vanastra will continue to operate. Hours for the new office will be announced later, the field man said. A revised edition calling for studies which may lead to the formation of a corn producers marketing board was also circulated at the meeting. The petition calls for research into the formation of a board with "low level functions" which would act as a spokesman for Ontario corn producers. The board Would have no control over prices or acreage grown. An earlier petition on the matter was revised to allow growers who sold corn farm to farm to vote, as well as those who sold t6 elevators and other commercial con- cerns, John Oke, a member of the OFA's grain committee, said that 2,000 signatures are required from bonafide corn producers before the OFPMB will consider the proposal. A bonafide corn producer for OFPMB purposes is one who has sold 400 bushels of corn either commercially or farm to farm in any of the last three crop years, Oke said. Once the required number of signatures are obtained, the OFPMB will draft a proposal for the board. The proposals will then go back to the corn growers for approval and once that is obtained, the OFPMB will be responsible to set the corn board up and decide how it should be ,financed, Oke said.' Incl.ustrial milk returns rise Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan announced December 30 an increased target returns level for in- dustrial milk to $12.18 per hundredweight for milk shipments under market share quota . effective January 1, 1978. The target returns level is calculated according to the long-term dairy policy returns adjustment formula established in April 1975. The formula measures the change in farmers' average cash costs and the consumer price index (used. as a measure of changes in the 'value of far- Seaforth man Jim Cunningham, general manager of Topnotch Feeds Limited, Seaforth, a sub- sidiary of James Richardson and Sons Limited, was elected recently to' the position of president of the Ontario Grain and Feed Dealers Association. With a membership of approximately 400 member firms, as well as about 100 associate members from the supply trade, the Ontario Grain .and Feed Dealers Association serves to niers' labor), plus other factors. Input prices are monitored quarterly during the dairy year and an interim price increase is indicated when there is a four per cent change from the current returns level. - This is the first time since the formula's inception that a price adjustment has become necessary during the• dairy year and is a reflection of increasing farm costs since the last price change in April 1977. The increase in farmers' target returns for industrial milk is provided by raising the support prices for -butter 4a ed res. promote the interests of the feed trade in Ontario and to act as its spokesman .to Government and other sectors of the grains industry. Mr. Cunningham is past Chairman of. the Ontario Division of the Canadian Feed Manufacturers Association and is currently the Feed Manufacturers representative on the Ontario Grain Corn Council. Topnotch Feeds Limited operate branches at 11 locations throughout Ontario. Oops, that's our mistake In last week's News - Record, it wa4 inadvertently reportedthat two of the flower bearers at the funeral of Thomas R.P. Stevens were Keith Ashton and Lloyd Ashton. However it has been brought to the paper's at- tention that these two men are Keith and Lloyd Pethick. The News -Record would like to apologize to the Stevens, Ashton and Pethick families for any in- conveniences that this error mayhave caused. Elsewhere, in Lucy R. Woods', "Ramblings with Lucy" some mistranslation occurred when it was written that Charles Russell was the author of a book, "Young Goat Herds", however the book was actually called "Young Goal Birds." and skim milk powder. The Canadian Dairy Commission is authorized to increase the support price for butter by $0.04 (3.39 per cent) to $1.22 a pound. For skim milk powder, the support price is increased 2.86 per cent, from $0.70 to $0.72 a pound. The support prices for butter and skim milk powder are the level at which the Canadian Dairy Commission offers to purchase these products in Canada. Manufacturers sell butter and skim milk powder first to the wholesale' and retail "markets and the surplus product is bought by the Canadian Dairy Commission at the support prices. Earlier in . the " year, a somewhat higher price ad- justment was indicated by the formula. However, in delaying the adjustment and reducing it so that it covers only slightly more than in- creased cash costs of in- dustrial milk producers, both producer and consumer in- terests haveyeen taken into account. The increased support prices for butter and skim milk powder will likely result in increases in the prices of milk going into other products such as cheese, yogurt and ice cream by an equivalent amount in order to permit the overall increase in 'producer returns. However, ithe exact amount of the change in prices to producers is subject to negotiations between milk producers' and manufacturers' represen- tatives at the provincial level. "Price increases to con- sumers for dairy products should be well within the Anti - Inflation Board guidelines," Mr. Whelan said. Get an Early Start on Spring! Take Advantage of our January Work Special 10% 10% OFF ALL MATERIAL USED. ON CONTRACT JOBS OFF ALL LABOUR On,ati jobs booked January 1st. to 31st., 1978 Discount a-�._ lies to Cash Payments within 30 days of biiiin PIt Y Y 9 ecorcfhnc ta DRAPERIES PAINTS WALLCOVERINGS 33 HURON ST., CLINTON 482-9542 r A 4 e CLINTONNEWS-RECORD, THURSDAY, JANUARY, 12,1978-,!.PAgE13 High winds from the first real blizzard of the winter blew snow into huge drifts in parts of the area; while leaving the ground bare in others. One seven -foot drift blocked Queen Street for part of the day Tuesday. (News -Record photo) news farm news OFA presents food brief The Ontario Federation of Agriculture recently presented a brief to the Honourable William Newman, Minister of Agriculture and Food, in response to the ministry's "Planning for Agriculture - Food Guidelines." Ralph Barrie, the O.F.A.'s First Vice -President pointed out today that the brief strongly endorses the "Food Guidelines" declaration to, "maintain a permanent, secure and economically viable agricultural industry for Ontario". Mr. Barrie added, however, that, "while we, generally endorse the guidelines, we must take issue with several aspects". "One of the most important is, that it does not give any clear direction to provincial or federal government agencies to live by these same guidelines." "As well, we are concerned about how ' it will be im- plemented. It is questionable whether such important decisions should be left to Provincial Land Use Com- mission composed of both farmers and planners," said Mr: Barrie. "Another problem is the Agricultural Code of Prac- tice. At present, this is far from perfect and it needs revision. It should not be enshrined in municipal by- laws as is now proposed. O.F.A. recommended to Mr. Newman that the Code of Practice should only be used as a guideline by Municipalities in their land use planning activity." Mr. Barrie also painted out that, "One of the major weaknesses of the Green Paper was its failure to provide positive incentives to redirect urban and industrial development into areas with poorer soils. Without this, the development pressures of the last twenty years will con- tinue on our best farm land." In conclusion Mr. Barrie added, "The O.F.A. recommends that the wor- ding of the guidelines be changed to convey a sense of civil servants or politicians. , urgency and obligation. They We recommended a should convey to New research institute formed Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan announced recently that Agriculture Canada is establishing a new engineering and statistical research institute in Ottawa. Effective January 1, 1978, the new institute will combine the statistical research services and engineering research service of the department's research branch into a comprehensive service. "The service of the new institute will extend to all branches of the department," Mr. Whelan said. "The institute will provide a statistical computation service and will develop a library of computer programs. It will also carry out research and provide advice on food process engineering, agricultural engineering, electronics and instrumentation, water resources, waste management and energy use. "Farm buildings and the Canada Plan Service will be part of the new institute's research and advisory responsibilities. The institute also will supervise contract research in agricultural engineering for the depart- ment." Peter W. Voisey of Ottawa will be acting director of the new institute. Selling Your House.... HOW MU'CH LAND? The land -on which your house sits is an important asset. You'd be surprised at how many homowners do not know the dimensions, and therefore, area of their land. When a prospect visits your house, an inevitable question will be, "how big is the property?". It's worth taking the trouble to come -up with a precise answer. This can be found by studying your survey map and the description of the property in your title and/or mortgage. Assuming that the property is a regular shape, square or rectangular, you con • find the square yardage in area by multiplying the length in yards by the depth In yards. If you keep in mind that there are 4,540 square yards in an acre, It becomes an easy matter to figure the size of your land in terms of acreage. If your land is an irregular parcel, acreage can be figured by breaking the Irregular plot Into pieces and adding up the pieces in order to arrive at a total figure. Calculation of land area, living space, and the financial aspects of real estate transactions is second nature to us. WM% List Your Property with Bob Storey 482-7440 SALESMAN FOR G. K. REALTY INC. . 14 ISAAC ST., CLINTiN municipalities that the guidelines must be followed if they are to receive Provincial approval." 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