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nrnidt influence pn °the Our
gives us ;the , ppottimltY to follow our Seed
Awns the, th stage ,to the time when
rreaches,ldte faro gmwen" .explains 1b t
line wealth* Pet* Palm*.
concern is to fandute very high.. q'
there have been examples of po
seed on• the, market.,, and we want
that situation." 11te trend toward p it
seed varieties also promoted:the g
organize a co y.
The company's fifteen shareholderur'e
. divided:into, and path is res:
sible for a different wmmnodity. Recommeu
dations are made to .the ffoekd by`each
Committee on variety development, puns •
and on what basis to get involved with act,
Currently groups meet todiscuss soybeans,
seed corn, vvhite beans, wheat and grains and
forages.
First line's first cnnunemal project, soy-
beans was introduced in the spring of 1982
and was very successful. Since then First line
has brandied into seed wheat and PAPA Vitra
and now have the recommended corn
hybrids, says Hannam.
"Our comm fitment to high quality seed
continues and is reflected in every aspect of
our Company from research to marketing,"
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Shared risk loans ....
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financial aid tofanmers who might.not be able
to obtain funds from the arnunerdal banks,
expects to make about $250 million in farm
loans this year. h was writing loans of
between $600 million and$700 million in 1982
and 1983. .
Zine demand for loans has been so poor in
the past 12 months that the corporation
recently announced it was slashing more than
$400 million from its loans' fund and using the
money elsewhere in the agricultural depart-
ment's budget.
At a seminar on farm issues organized
earlier in the day by MP Terry Clifford
CM -London -Middlesex), another group of
fanmspokesmen head that the corporation is
constantly studying its operation for more
effective ways to help fanners.
Unfortunately, said Bob Aumell; Ontario
regional manger for the coedit corporation,
the problems of falling faun prices and falling
land values were well known throughout the
industry. Solutions were not nearlyso easyto
find.