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Gov't has forgotten farm potential
The Government of Ontario
has missed an unique op-
portunity to stimulate the
economy, Peter 'Hannam,
President of the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture,
(OFA) told the Ontario
Cabinet
In its annual brief to
Cabinet, the OFA stated the
government seemed , to be
dazzled by the glamour of
industry and had forgotten
the potential of agriculture.
Of particular concern to
Ontario's farmers is the
growing dependency on
imported foods. The province
was nearly self-sufficient in
1961 but is rapidly losing the
capacity to feed its citizens.
The 36 -page brief showed
that, unless present trends
were reversed, Ontario would
be producing only 7 percent of
the wheat, 57 percent of the
beef, 75 percent of the pork,
and 46 percent of the fruits
and potatoes needed by 1985.
Local NFU
wants corn
commission
BY GRACE AUSTIN
In the press release
recently, District 6 members
of the National Farmers'
Union (NFU) have made
known their dissatisfaction
over advice given to them by
various marketing experts
including commodity houses
and grain traders.
Ontario says bean growers
were advised last December
by the Ontario Soya Bean
Growers Marketing : Board,
on theadvice of an "expert"
seriously consider
marketing the bulk of their
product at $6 per bushel.
Many did, and since then soya
beans have exceeded $7. per
bushel at various times.
Corn growers too were
advised to contract some of
their 1978 crop at anything
over $2 per bushel. Now
contracts are offering
producers $2.25 per bushel.
With full production costs
at over $2.50 per bushel, the
result is non-existent wages
and return on investment for
corn producers. Among the
chief victims are beginning
farmers, who often must act
on the advice 'of bank
creditors.
The National Farmers
Union believes that a Corn
Commission should be for-
med to make changes in the
present marketing system for
corn producers.
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Hannam said, the growing
dependence on imported
foods was the result of the
government's failure to
realize the potential of
agriculture for stimulating
the economy.
"This government main-
tains it is committed to a
healthy agriculture but its
support is only half-hearted.
"Perhaps the, ` best in-
dication of its lack of strong
commitment is the budget of
the Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food. Most
ministries received a healthy
increase this year. When
inflation is taken into ac-
count, OMAF's budget will be
cut by six to eight percent."
"The government's lack of
initiative is hurting more
than just the farm com-
munity," continued Hannam.
"We are importing over $340
million in food that could be
produced here.
"Those imports translate
into 6,000 farmers forced out
of business and 7,000 jobs lost
in the food processing sector
alone. When you consider the
farm supply sector as well as
the multiplier effect, we have
probably lost well over 50,000
jobs."
The OFA's brief contained
a number of recom-
mendations to stimulate the
farm sector: a major
promotional and marketing
campaign to sell Ontario
produce; government -
assistance to improve thte
efficiency of the food
processing industry; more
government funds to help
improve farming efficiency
and competitiveness; and a
review of the laws and
regulations which are
'smothering agriculture with
red tape.
Hannam concluded that
farmers are faced with a
tragic paradox. Farm in- .
comes have fallen because of
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a lack of markets, yet hun-
dreds of millions of people are
facing near starvation, in
some parts of the world,
"Obviously, Ontario cannot
solve the world's food
problems. It's a disgrace,
however, that we cannot feed
even ourselves. Our
minimum objective should be
to maintain our production
capacity at a level of self-
sufficiency."
Premier William Davis samples a bowl of 1978 maple syrup with Doug Robinson of RR 22,
Cambridge, vice-president of the Ontario Maple Syrup Producers' Association. To mark
the 1978 season, the Association presented the premier with a gallon of pure Ontario
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