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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-06-19, Page 11a , • kJ; .t 40i cor r Beef producers going broke, says Hill • tiVT,V,04, tict,PAnie no, a4, • J*11" .T0 Says marketing ifsteni needs...overbid. The Ontario Federation of Agriculture told the Federal Beef Marketing Commission this morning that the beef marketing system requires a major overhaul. Chief elements in the.Canadian beef industry of the future, according ,„ to the Federation, are a stabilization program for the cow -calf operator., marketing boards at the provincial and •national levels, measures to plan output to match effective demand, and a teletype auction for all slaughter animal sales. "Many spokesmen for the industry have .told the Com- mission that we have a fiearly perfect, beef system," said Gordon Hill, OFA President. "How can the present system be so good if. under it the .producers are going broke?'" OFA .has in direct voluntary membership, over 10,000 beef prodUcers, and .in addition, nearly 7,000 dairymen whose animals also end up as beef, Hardest hit in the past year has been the first link in this chain, the operator with the (..,.)W herd who sells calves. (The calves are then fed to slaughter weights by stockers and feedlot operators.) Calves that cost about 60 cents per pound to produce before any return to —the operator's labor and in- vestment, have been selling for 35 to 40• cents since last fall. A federal stabilization plan fog mature steers and heifers ' has been in place saw last Jack's. Jottings... (continued from page 2A) elementary and secondary schools throughout the Province plans to participate in. a variety of . ways, by spon- soring art contests, picnics, inviting 'seniors to their classrooms, and other planned activitieS. Many restaurants, shopping pla7as, theatres and otherorganizations have also arranged special activities, as well as reduced prices for the elderly during this special week. Mr. Brunelle indicated that the; theme for this, year's ecijKubmittdted t?Y Unionville, Home for the Aged in Unionville, in a contest,. • Ontario should liberalize its, liquor -.laws but curb ad- vertising ' of alcoholic beverages, Liberal Leader Robert Nixon said. Speaking in the Legislature during the debate on the second reading of a Government bill to amend the Liquor Control Act, Mr. Nixon said he could not see why it should continue to be illegal to take a bottle of wine on a picnic. Advertising of alcoholic beverages though, he said, must be reduced since it is "adding unnecessarily to the consumption of alcoholic beverages 'which, in turn, adds to the sociaLcbsts that we all deplore." The use of alcohol is more injurious to society than the use of tobacco, he said. Sidney Handleman, minister or, consumer and commercial relations introduced the Government's new liquor bill by saying- that.' liberalization was not of primary interest. "There ha'ye been pressures brought to bear on the Government since the in- troduction of the bill, and prior to it, to take a more liberal attitude towards... the availability of beverage , ,.alcohol. , Mr. Handleman said they find public •health and safety more important than longer drinking hours, beer in supermarkets or consumption in public parks. He said as much as we would like to forget' it from time to time there is a direct relationship between freer drinking and thesocial problems of alcohol abuse, The new 'act will make it legal. for parents to serve alcoholic beverages to their children, regardless of their age in their residence. it will alga allow 'motorists to® transport open bottles of liquor in their cars as long as the liquor is not readily accessible while they drive,. 'Donald MacDonald, NDP Member for York South„ was asked to withdraw from the Chamber for the remainder of the day, last week in the Legislature. It all arose as a .result of a question directed to the minister of agriculture and food. Mr. MacDonald referred to his comments on the income stabilization . plan in British Columbia. Mr. Stewart said that he was simply referring to the far t that, r ocir,dijag to al! file --that- could -either -encourage -or - discourage production. . "We are viewing our beef' industry as supplying the Canadian.market," said Ralph Barrie, Second Vice -President of the Federation. "Lower quality beef from other areas August„ The Federation is calling for an immediate plan to apply to the cow -calf business - the weakest link in the beef marketing chain. "The beef industry has been , looking backward for too long," Barney Evans. told the Com- missioners. Mr. Evans is a large cow -calf operator by Ontario's standards, near Embro. "As the Deans of Agriculture and of Veterinary Medicine were saying recently about their own departments, the lack of long-term policies places serious limitations in efficient planning." Evans contended that the past has been a failure, for it has brought no more than survival level incomes for the producer. "By embarking on a new course we have nothing to lose," he reasoned. Along with effective income protection plans for both slaughter cattle and feeder calves: should go direct provisions to discourage the cycles of over -production - under -production., The OFA recommends that marketing boards be_ authorized to set individual quotas on cow -herd - size, based on historical criteria. This is designed to set a firm upper limit on production at its source, with stringent penalties • for violation. To refine the production control mechanism, the Federation submission detailed marketing quotas on calves and slaughter. animals information they were getting from B.C. that the plan "is too rich for their blood." Mr.' MacDonald demanded. Mr. Stewart '',--istop misrepresenting the B.C. situation which he said "amounts to a lie." The Speaker in trying to restore order said that there was a firm rule -that no one accuses another of lying. He asked Mr. MaCDonald to with,„, draw his statement. Mr. MacDonald said he could iot withdraw what is a fact. He said he informed the Minister that he is misrepresenting the 'situation and it's , the 'M-iseepifesentatibri' flat arnountS to a lie. The speaker ' said-IV:'It! MacDonald left him no ,alternative. Mr. MatDonald was escorted from the Chambers by the Attendant. Allowances paid to injured .workers under the Workmen's Compensation Act are to be increased by the , Provincial Government on July 1st. -' The maximum rate of compensation payahle to in- jured workers will rise 25 percent to $216.35 from $173.08a week, representing 75 percent of the ceilings on earnings which will be raised to $15,000 a year, The absolute minimum for 'permanent total disability will be ,increasedth $400 from $260 a month. Pension increases ' to dependent widows*Willso up 10 percent to $286 a month, a depende"nt's child's pension will rise to $77 a Month. Burial allowance wi,11 go from $550 to $600 and the initial lump sum payable fb a widow for incidental /expenses will- be increased to $600. The changes will cost $108,2 million. CANADA WEEK PROCLAMATION To honour Canada, our land created by the ,fuSion of two ' founding cultures, enri,ched by the contribution of Tally other cultures, fatherland of all Canadians; To honour this country, home 01 over 22,0004)00 rreople, proud of their heritage and the freedom they enjoy; *. To honour this land of peace and prosperity, this promised land of untold •fesour4s; To honour fhi country which is ours, of which we all are proud, I hereby proclaim ithe week of June 24 to July t "CANADA'W.EEK". Thus I invite the citizens of the TOWN O1 GODERICH to celebrate it by striving to know our country better, 139 flying our flag and displaying our symbols. D. J. (Deb) Shewfelt, MAYOR Town of Goderich 1 ' • .., such as Oceania could severely depress our domestic prices without any hope that, if our own industry were bankrupted, the world market could supply Canada's needs on a com- petitive and continuing basis." The Federation strongly supported the present global import ceilings until a better system can be' devised to replace it, "The farmer selling directly to one of the large packers is at a clear disadvantage as to bargaining power," argued Bill Wolfe, a feeder from Dobbinton and ,Bruce County Federation President, - Hence the call for- •a marketing system where an electronic teletype offers slaughter animals to all in- terested , buyers "This system maximizes competition, for it ,brings to bear on each lot the demand of all the buyers and it provides the greatest access to market information for all 'parties," said Wolfe. Currently about 20 percent of the Ontario slaughter moves direct from Ontario feedlots to the packers but for Canada as a whole, about two-thirds of staughter animals are sold directly to plants, usually without benefit of direct competition between buyers.1 "We 'recognize. that Some elements of this plan will take longer to achieve than others," said ..1J1.1.1' however, that it is a workable plan, The details 'can be ironed . out successfully once the producers and the industry agree to take hold and deal with their long-term and structural problems.", Huron Holstein Club plans show clinics 4-H dairy club members who have had hesitations about showing their calves need. fear ne more as a Junior -Committee of the Huron Holstein Club has designed three show clinics to help Dairy Club members ,,.prepare for their Achievement Day. , - • The 'show clinics are a new program set up by a committee consistingof three Holstein Club members:. 'Wilbert Freeman, Bill Gibbings and Bob Vodden; three 4-H Club leaders: John- Boneschansker, Bob McNeil and Jack Van Egmond4 and three 4 -I -I Club members: Bill Armstrong, Glen McNeil and Jim Nivins. Club members will arrive at the selected farms, which will host the 'clinics, at 10 in the morning to be paire'd off and given a calf to work dn for the remainder, of the day. DemonstratOrs will show ,the members how to properly clip, wash, lead and show their calf. Members will then display the calves they have worked to prepare all 'morning at a show.. in theafternoon. The three clinicswere designed by Bill Romahn and Len MacGregor, and will be held. on July 21 at Bob McNeil's. farm near Goderich; on July 23 at Cliff Eedy's farm near Winthrop.; and on July 24 . somewhere in Howick Town- ship — a place must still, be selected. 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