HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1981-10-07, Page 12PAGE 12- .CL,INTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, OCrOTR 7• 1981
Huron farm and
home news
Since Ontario's war on
warbles campaign began
four years ago, the incidence
of warble infestations in beef
cattle is down to nine per-
cent..
"It is encouraging. to see
such a rapid decline in the
rate of infestation, but we're
not satisfied yet," ,says
Ralph Macartney,. Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture and
Food beef cattle specialist.
The ministry's camyiaign
to promote warble treatment
began when meat packers
reported that 33 percent of
the cattle coming into the
, packing plants each spring
were infested with grubs.
Grubs enter the cattle
after warble flies lay eggs on
the undersides of the
animals in the summer. Dur-
ing the winter, the grubs
migrate up through the
animal's body to the back
where they form cysts and
eventually bore through the
hide.
"Warble infestation
devalues the -beef carcass
because all of the affected
meat and fat must be trimm-
ed away; resulting in an
unattractive retail product,"
says Mr. Macartney.
The war on warbles cam-
paign encouraged producers
to treatcattle during the fall .
before the grubs caused any
damage. And, in addition to
reducing the grub infesta
• tions; the warble treatment
is showing other side
benefits.„
"We've found that health
and management improved
because of the warble
treatments," • says Mr.
Macartney. "While the pro-
ducers rani the cattle through
chutes for treatment, they
also vaccinated."
Treating cattle for warbles
also reduced the toll of other
parasites : such as lice, and
increased rates of,\gain. Cur-
rent information shows
treated cattle gain about 10
kg (23 lb.) more over the
• winter than untreated cattle.
Based on 1981 beef prices,
this represents an additional
$16 per head.
`, "Cost. of warble treatment
ranges depending on the size
soil test analyzed for this
micronutrient.
As of October 1st, 1981 soil
tests for zinc and also
magnesium, will be
available from the Universi-
ty of Guelph. It will cost $3.00
for each test.
Some special techni-
ques apply when soil sampl-
ing for these micronutrients.
Micronutrient deficiencies
frequently appear in small
patches in fields. Soil
samples taken from the en-
tire field are unlikely to find
the problem - so sample pro-
blem areas separately.
To avoid contamination,
do not use soil probes and
pails which are coated with
galvanized zinc. Plastic con-
tainers in good condition are
best.
A cheque Made out to the
University of Guelph should
accompany the sample and
information sheet. A guide
for interpretation will ac-
company your soil test
results.
ANNUAL MEETING
The 23rd Annual Wheat
Producers' Meeting is going
to be held on Monday, Oc-
tober 19, 1981 at the Red Oak
Inas, Peterborough. The
meeting will commence at
9:30 a.m. and will review the
1980 crop financial state-
ment and 1980 crop year
business.
Keeping track of all the skaters at last Saturday's skate-a-thon fund raiser was a fulltime
job for the volunteer mothers at the arena last Saturday. In the foreground, Donna
Martin and. Karen Baker look after the minor hockeyskaters, while in back, Betty
Lockhart, Mary Jean Glew, and Norma Preszcator kept tabs on the figure skaters.
(James Fitzgerald photo)
news farm news
Bean growers tali marketing
By Stephanie Levesque.
Upwards of 250 white bean
producers and dealers
gathered at Upper Thames
Elementary School in
Mitchell to discuss the
current. situation with
marketing white beans.
Sponsored by the Perth
Federation of Agriculture,
its vice-president Ron
Christie of RR 2, Staffa
chaired the meeting and
introduced . Gordon Hill of
Varna, president of the
Ontario Bean Producers'
Marketing Board.
EMP
it costs about 40 eeri producers ;Sad experienced
treat a 180 kg (400 lb.) calf three bad harvests in the
and about 80 cents to treat a past five years, noting the
450 kg (10001b.) animal. producers are 'well aware'
"Producers should treat of this fact.
all growing cattle, both go- He said in 1977 the last bad
ing into the feedlot and beef harvest year, the federal
heifers kept for breeding government through Food
purposes," says Mr. Macart- Aid purchased the split and
ney. "October is the ideal excessively coloured beans
time but producers can treat for use in third i ,orld
until the end of November." countries. In 1980 Food Aid
Recommended products changed its policy and would
for warble control include no longer buy the inferior
Neguvon, Gribex, CoOp beans. Hill said Food Aid
Grub Killer, Rotenone and would only take number
three beans or better.
The president of the bean
board said in 1978 the board
first introduced a pick and
moisture discount of $50 per
metric tonne. This year, Hill
said the discount was in-
creased to $75 per metric
tonne because of the higher
market value of the beans.
A member of the board
noted the discount en-
courages farmers to produce
a higher quality bean, but
, this . year because of poor
weather, there were fewer
number one beans.
Hill said the only objective
of the discount is to ensure
that the badly discoloured
beans are not a liability to
the producer. He said this
year there is some difference
in the way the dealers are
applying the discount, but he
said it was the dealers'
responsibility. It was noted
the discount does not go the
Spotton.
SOIL TEST
This summer several corn
fields Ghowed some deficien-
cy symptoms. Poor crop
rotations and poor soil struc-
ture are part of the problem
in many cases, but I am not
going to •harp on this issue.
Now anyone who suspected a
zinc deficiency can have a
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GODERICH - Apparently,
there is no truth to the rumor
that the John Labatt Com-
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possibilities of locating a
Budweiser plant in the
Goder ich-Kincardine area.
Town officials say the
rumor came as a big sur-
prise to them.
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dealers but to the bean
board.
During a question and an-
swered period that followed,
several producers com-
plained that all the dealers
were not giving discounts on.
the beans. Some producers
said while their beans may
be discounted, a neighbor
with the same en-
vironmental .conditions
would take their beans to
another dealer and not have
their beans discounted.
HHill asked if the producers
wanted inspectors and itso,
th ost
ave 'tos R borne by the
producers. He said if the
dealer pays top price for
poorquality beans, this is the
dealer's business.
Hill said the best thing to
do is to shop around for the
best prices. Several
producers said this was not
feasible, either L..cause of
the time involved. • One
producer said he took
samples to dealers, took the
best rate on the samples but
once the beans were in the
elevator they were given a
poorer rate.
Earl Wagner of the
•Hensall CO-OP said because
of weather conditions in the
state of Michigan, the unsold
discoloured beans from
Ontario may receive a
higher price than the beans
already sold.
Members .of thebean
board said it . would be
determined at the end f the
year fthe Also:Tuff c tilfd be
returned to the farmers who
paid it.
The producers were told of
the 660,000 hundredweight of
this year's bean crop sold to
date 300,000 hundredweight
were coloured discounted.
Hill said the price as of the
day of the meeting, Thur -
OFA explains food basket prices
sday, October 1 was $33 per
hundredweight.
He noted the board is out of,
the market until the current
situation is examined more
closely.
Large drain
contract let
LISTOWEL -A Listowel firm
has " been awarded what is
believed to be the largest
farmdrainage contract in
Ontario in someyears.
Stender Drainage and
Constuctioe Company hv e
the $908.;009 contract �kb
systemactictilly drain about
2,000 acres in the Kincardine
area, plus install all main
drains and ditches.
The work is being done for
five farmers in the Kin-
cardine area who are paying
for the tiling on a cost
sharing basis.
Plan to attend and encourage our young people at the
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A number of readers have
telephoned or written to
state that the farm -gate
prices imputed to red meats
in the OFA Food Basket are
misleading. The typical
comment was "farmers do
not receive $1.92 per pound
for beef (as quoted in the
August 1981 issue of the Food
Basket), but only 80 cents
per pound."
The reason for this wide
discrepancy is that whereas
farmers sell their livestock
on a ?Ove weight basis (hogs
are Sold on a hot carcass
basis), the Food Basket
prices meat on a retail yield
basis. Consumers purchase
meat in the form of retail
cuts." Consequently, the
common denominator for
comparing what t the con-
sumer pays with what the
farmer receives for meat is
the retail yield basis.
In the OFA Food Basket all
farm -gate prices `are given
on a retail yield basis.
Because retail yields are
typically a fraction of the
live weight (or hot carcass
weight in the case of pork) of
an animal, the farm price
becomes considerably
magnified when computed
on a retail yield basis.
What then happens to the
by -products -hides, tallow,
lard, offal etc.? Do they not
have any value? Indeed they
do. But they are not usually
retailed in food stores. In the
OFA Food Basket these by-
products are arbitrarily
assigned a zero value for one
simple reason -- we do not
have the means to acquire
reliable prices of these items
on a consistent basis. To the
degree that byproducts• do
have value, the Food Basket
overstates the farm -gate
prices of meats and indeed
all food where by-product
values are not negligible.
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