HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1980-01-10, Page 12by "ince Gibb'
Quotas, quota values
,and the supply
'management system
were... defended by Ken
McKinnon, chairman of.
``the Ontario, -.'Milk
'Producers' Marketing,
Ward' •(OMPMB) - .and,
f rn ,Johnstone, chairman
of ' the Qntarlo Egg
' Producers' Marketing
Boardat the • January
meeting . of the. Huron •
County - Federation of
Agriculture: in Clinton on
TIntrs .ay,..
Mr. McKinnon told am,
authence- of over 100.
people` that. he- believes
quotas . in the milk in-
dustry should be "as open
arid ----freely transferable
as possible." He said
quota values should be .
determined by the
`mtar"ketplace.
The marketing board
oh -airman - :said one
concern raised' about
milk quotas has been that
current prices make it
difficult for young people
wanting to enter the dairy
industry. He told the
audience the marketing
board, in legislation
regarding quota " tran-
Ontario
Ministry of
Agriculture
and Food
gcoRb
Jl�
scUSS q
sfers, is "required to use
people t1"esame way."'
Be added, "If .anybody' is.
going to get into the milk
industry today, you're ,
talking several thousand
;dollars per cow." (This.
'figure"includes cost of the
quota,) °Mr.. McKinnon
said the -value of a quota',
system is that it .brings,,
stability and guarantees:
each producer a share,.o f
the market.
In-. defending ‘`'quota
prices, Mr'''. McKinnon
said his board will be
looking at the formula for.
pricing quotas in .the..
future. He pointed Out
studies have shown that
"high prices aren't
necessarily- bad, and
added, "they don't cost
the consumer a cent."
The marketing board ,
c;hai'rman'r'_. Ton- - he
audience• he doesn't see
how it would be possible
to do without quota
values and said this issue
leads to the question of- - '
how best to use capital
within the dairy industry.
He told producers today
"farming is just as tough
as any business down in
the ' city' and that far-
heron farm
and
home news
Bull calves not selected for breedingpurposes
can be marketed for meat. The decision on a
method ofl'handl'ing these calves. will depend" on
accommodation, labour, and feed;avail'.abie.
In many cases, dairymen -find it wise_ tosettall
'bull, calves, ..either privately or through the
weekly auction barn at threedays to 'a week of
age - buyers will pay the highest price for
healthy calves weighing 45 to 50 kg. If the naval
cord is dry, they will assume the calf is at least
two or three days old and has been -fed
ldstrum. • - '
ite meal is produced from feeding,Holstein
bull Ives on a ration which does not contain
iron. No :.rain or forage is fed and coloured dairy -
breeds ar- not used because of th'e yellowish
colour of the `: t.
White veal c. be produced on the farm by a
good operator. Th calves may be•nursed by a`,
cow, Fed whole milk . orn a pail or, fed'*cone
mercial vealer ration. • budget this program,
calves should gain up to o • e kilogram per day.
The cost of :.producing a ilogran of veal
(November 1979) is estimate at "$2;53. This
amount includes housing, calf, f- -d, mortality,
medication, marketing and interest, •ut does not.
include inputs for labqur and m Sagement..,
'Calves marketed at 1.40 to 150 kgs. and c. rying a
good finish; will turn the top price in th- veal
ring.
Red veal - The calf canbe fed on whole m k,
" skim milk, milk replacer, or vealer ration Th
-liquid diet can be -furl fed or .limited, depending
on supply and economics. A supplementary
grain ' ration can be fed " free choice from one
-week of age through the entire vealing period. A
grain ration of 14 percent crude protein at 75
percent 'to 80 percent T.D.N. will provide the
proper ratio of protein to energy. The objective
should be to have'calves finish -at a weight 'or 175
"Itg or less, and at an age of less than 18 weeks.
The usual market price is 20 to 25 cents per
kilograre'below the price of white veal.
Heavy veal has become very popular in the
last few years. These calves are .fed on an all -
grain ration following' weaning and depending on
the type of calf, will finish for market at 200 to 300
kg live weight.
For best results, these calves should be reared
as young bulls. ,
A feeding program to produce heavy, veal
could be as follows:
-a starter vealer ration for five weeks
-an -18 percent crude protein calf starter fed
free choice for 10' to. 12 weeks or until the calf
weighs 100 kgs.
-a finishing 13 percent crude protein drain
ration fed free choice (approx. four kgs. of grain
ration will be required per kilograms of live
weight gain.)
For bes ' u1ts, grain corn should make up at
least 50 percent -of the grain portion of the ration
and .in most rations, it,.rnakes up 100 percent. If
dried shelled grain corn is the only grain in the
ration, it can be fed whole or with a coarse grind.
A mineral of two parts calcium and one part
phosphorus would be added at 10 kg per ton of
grain ration' Vitamin ADE may be injected or
included in the grain ration.
REMINDERS
A good supply of Ontario Farm Record Books
are available ,for your use,at our local
Agricultural Office. Several hundred books art
distributed each year - be sure to drop in'and
pick up yours. We will also try and have a god
supply on hand at winter programs.
Dairy seminars will be held at Blyth Town
Hall; January 15 and 17 - 10 a.m. to 3p.m. Topics
include - Farm Credit, Fertility and Sterility,
°" Butterfat,-- Sire Selection, A Philosophies on
Breedh g; Farm Safety, Brucellosis, Lep-
tospirosis and 'Growing Quality.Roughages. For
more information chll the Agricultural Office at
482-3428 or Zenith 7-2800: . ' ----
`Anyone with an interest is invited to attend an
itifartriation session about the sheep business.Q.:Iap___
Monday, January 14, 1:30 to 3:30 p.rh., at the
,Agricultural Office Boatad:""Roum, Clinton. The
Agenda will include two films - "The Animal
Research Institute of Canada Sheep Breeding
and Production Research" and "Sheep
'Obstetrics" Murray .Emke, Sheep Specialist,
O.M.A.p'., Newmarket ,:will discuss "Selecting
aid Purchasing Ewes". The meeting will be
concluded with' an open agenda question and
discussion period.
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a 1980
mers must act like it is,
He warned ~ producers
must be prepared , to.
operate more on
borrowed ' capital
Mr. Mckinnon.
said his: marketing board
is going to beinOodneing
a new quota exchange
system in the future
whichwill allow a new
producer . in . the dairy
industry the same chance
to share in available
quota. 'Under this system,
the quota will be sold for
the highest dollar.
Mr, McKinnon said the
„board hopes this new
exchan$e system wilt
prevent. third party in-
volvement in quota
transfers,
In response to another
question, the chairman
said -- it's. Wrong to
speculate the quota will
all be bought up by
wealthy farmers. He said.
if urge corporations had
wanted to take over the
• milk .. industry, they've
already had ample op-
portunity todo that. The
speaker said quota didn't
get into the hands of large
operators in the past and
that today there are only
, 26 herds milking over 150
cows. in the province and
onFy two herds milking
over 200 cows - and one of
these is at the Agriculture
Canada Research
Station. -
Mr. ,McKinnon said the
-new quota exchange
system will be introduced
to producers -at a series of
information meetings
which will be held across
.the province. He said the
system will go into effect
with as -few controls- as
possible and ,..wall'- : be.
reviewed at the end of six
months.
The-..OMPMB proposes
-to start" the , new quota
'transfer system in
March.
Iii -response to another
-question on the possibility
of quota values
drastically increasing,
Mr. McKinnon said he
speculates the market
share quota, value will
actually go down after a
few months of the pew
system''
Jim Johnstone,
chairman of the Ontario
Egg Producers
Marketing Board, told
the audience the more
farmers discuss` quotas,
the "more problems we
seem to run into.,"
He said until this year
Pictured is proof positive of a nearly once in a life •
time sight in Huron County - plowing fields in
January. Yes it happened last week when.a number
of area farmers took advantage" of a snowless week •
that gave enough frost to hold up the tractors, :and
Layton of RR.5, Clinton said the.25 acre corn field
across from . Vanastra_ Was plowing very well when
he did It last Thursday, January 3. Some snow blew
into the' �' area by Monday, but no significant
amounts have been recorded yet. ° (News -Record
plowed the fields'missed in the wet fall. Keith photo)
the egg marketing board
always sold quota with a
farm and didn't have..any
face-to-face quota buying
system in effect.
Mr, Johnstone said • in
the past, people have
been able to get into the
egg industry by buying
farms. He said noW
--it--
would cost a producer
$13-$14 per bird toget into
egg,- production, and ,.,_h.e
praised the quota system
saying , it's "insurance
you can recover your
investment over .a period
of time."_
-The- marketing board
chairman said now the
board has decided to open
the system • up, "very,
slowly and very ttuietly."
Producers will be allowed
to buy 10 per cent of -their
current , quota, "so
everyone eventually gets
their barns tilled,"
A member of the
audience asked Mr.
Johnstone if there wasn't
a danger that some day
news fcirrn news
Holstein club wants members
.-u.BY RHEA
HAMILTON .
The goal- for t1 e new
year ",;for the `Huron
County Holstein Club is to
increase its membership
to ;include all. Holstein
breeders in the county::
At a meeting in Clinton
last Thursday, club
directors and members
made plans for a canvass
of • members by local
directors ,who will go over -
any problerns new
members may be having
with their cattle
operation. Special kits of
information are also
being made up to give to,
the new members
In other business_
• committees' were named
who have special buses
tra.ell-ing- to the Royal.'
, The annual__ meeting
,committee is -Joe Van-
Oesch, 11eith Johnston',
Hank Binnendyke and
Elwood Sei1i.'
Bob McNeil was re-
elected , to a two year
term„ as councillor to the
Ontario . Holstein
A.ssociation-.- Dave
Marshall has one year
• left of his two year term.
Each county has two
elected members on the
council.
Judges for the Clinton
Spring Fair , were ap=
pointed. Rodger Dyment
is to be the official judge
and ,Mac Logan- is to be
backup.
"we'll be down to one for the upcoming events ' Dave Dalzell from the
producer in Ontario." in 1980. They are: bus trip .Clinton Kinsmen and the
Mr. Johnstone replied if . - Dennis Martin, Ken Clinton. Fair board met
consumer pressure gets Ramsey and Murray with the club to iron out a
to the point where they Donaldson ; Twilight few requests concerning
say we must have large meeting Bob 'Vodden, the fair for 1980. The club
corporate farms Bill Gibbings, Hank requested that a better
Binnendyke and Dennis sound system be
Martin; Walkerton Little . available for the judging
-Ro-yal =- E1wood:_Seili,_Jo.e__ _and Mr_._Dalze.11-said that,
Van Oesch and Murray due to lack of time last
Donaldson;. Club Sale - year, the system was not
Wilbur Freeman, Dave working properly but
Marshall, Bob Carter, assured members it •
Bob McNeil and Jim would be in- working
McKague ; ladies' night - order in plenty of time
Stu Steckle, Don Watson, , this year.
Glenn Hodgins, Ken He also informed
Ramsey; and bus trip to members that there may
the Royal rather than be a possibility of more
sponsor a' bus ,load, thee-'1iai1 space if an older
"club decided to support building were-el-eaned up.
'Goderi•ch:..--Coach Lines He could foresee no
•
F6rgery-eh
1
'din exporting
BRUSSEL ' - William
Terryberry o .Brussels'is
one of three me • charged
with counts of orgery
and uttering f• ged
documents in connec''on
with the exporting
dairy cattle to Mexico.
Mr. Terryberry and
Calvin Matheson of
Atwood were charged in
Stratford and are to
appear -'in Perth County
Court on January 28 to set
a trial date. Mr.
Matheson is facing 29
charges of forgery and
uttering forged
documents and Mr.
TerryBerry is facing 28
counts.
A third . man, Murray
Gibson of RR 1,
Wilsonville, was also
charged with four counts
of forgery and five counts
of uttering forged
documents. He will ap-
'-pear in •NorthfolkCounty
Court on Jdrival y
RCMP spokesman said
that the investigation of
cattle movement has
brought a threat from the
United States to cut oft a
trucking route from
Canada to—Mexico if —7' CLIP &SAVE
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fre
tub : The
allega on • isthat blank
health ertificates were
obtained : nd filled out to
apply to an als that had
not unde one the
necessary bru-llosis and
tuberculosis to s and
that' the signatu es of
government inspectors
were forged.
Police said that the
charges against Mr.
Matheson, and - Mr.
Terryberry involved
about 1,400 cattle and the
charge agailnst Mr.
Gibson involved about 900
cattle.
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arantee that cattle are.
of brucellois, and
rculosis.
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40.
ofit ratetirops
c' rises'
consumption
Canadians are eating a
. richer and More varied
diet tod ►y .than a decade
age,, 'while. spending less
of their `income *fx fogkd
arta tion-aTcohollcP:
beverages consumed :at
home, the Grocery
Products_, Manufacturers
of ;Canada say in their
annual -reviews, Wood
'Price Facts"' wand
1,` industry .Pata.','
Canadians ,ate an
average.of 112;7 pounds of
beef and veal in 1977, the
'latest year for ;which
. figures are available,.
compared to 96.1 'pounds
.in 1971, for an tnereased
co;nsu,lnption,of around 23
per cent, - • •
Fish consumption
increased from 11.4 to 17
�outicls per , perms n' Aver
the same period.
Consumption of fruits
'and vegetables ,also
,showed big gains, from
253.4 pounds to 296 pounds
in the case of fruit, and
from 114.6 pounds to 127.1
pounds in the case . of
vegetables.
. Among foods which h• ave shown a decline in
per capita consumption
are .milk, pork, eggs, and
sugar. :
possibility of -the__, fair,
board building -a- larger--
'barn or even a lean-to
The ' "Holste•in club
proposed thatthey ad-
Nfertise more for the black
and white show. at the fair
to help promote the Fair.
Two representatives, Ri11=
Gibbing§ and, Murray
Howatt were appointed to
help the, fair board in
setting up the barns ett.
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In 1951, Canadians.
spent 20,6 per cent of
their personal incomes
for food and non.aicoholic
_beverages ,consumed at
home. By 197L, this had
dropped to '14.3 Der ce-nt.:,
and" byy., X977, Ito 13,1 '
percent. '
Fluid . , Mor1,ey
president of .GPMC,,said
tun commenting on,, +e
report' that : "the • con- '
sunter has been squeezed-
•by rapid increase in,epsts
since 1977, and a "
sbrnewhat larger
`proportion of, disposable
income between 13.5 and
14 per cent has ,. been
required for hoine food
and beverage pu`rcl'iases
in 1979. But this is still
considerably. iess than._._
the historic average for
the past tw;adecades.''
A profit' _ rate of L93
cents -per dollar of sale's is
forecast for this year,
compared to 3.12 cents in
..1978.
Total sales are forecast
at $26,623, million',
corripared to- $23,708
million in 1978, with
combined after-tax
profits expected of $780
mfllion, compared to $739
million last year.
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