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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-11-30, Page 36PAGE 16A—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1978 Farrn p e Agriculture relegated to hinterland Porter gave farm sympathy According to farm leaders, they have only been given sympathy in the Porter Royal Com- mission's interim report on nuclear power: "A Race Against Time", released in late Sep- tember. At a meeting of the Food Land Steering Committee, in Waterloo the report was seen as another set back in the already four-year-old battle with Ontario Hydro to get agriculture con- sidered seriously in Provincial planning. Royai's farrn accounting OK Federal proposals to discontinue CanFarm, a nationwide, government- sponsored farm ac- counting system, will have no effect on a similar -type program which The Royal Bank of Canada has been making available to farmers for six years, a bank official reported recently. "Our 'Farmchek' program is a we11 tested and proven system and we are definitely plan- ning to continue to provide Canadian far- mers with an accounting • package td Monitor their financial affairs," said G.W. Arnold, of Toronto, manager of agricultural services for the. Royal Bank. His comments follow recent announcement that CanFarm, the federal government's computerized farm ac- counting system, would cease operations next March 31 as a result of proposed spending cutbacks, Arnold said both programs, CanFarm and 'Farmchek', had- filled a useful , role in adapting the computer to modern farming operations. "Canadian farmers need increasingly sophisticated management tools to remain coinpetitiVe: It is regrettable that the federal government has proposed to discontinue its program but, as far as the Royal Bank is con- cerned, we fully intend to Farmers bargain for better interest Farmers can have big savings by bargaining on interest rates, Bill Benson, Second Vice - President of the Ontario Federation ofAgriculture told a group, of area farmers in Amberley recently. Benson told,the regional meeting othe Huron County Federation of Agriculture, many farmers with a good ;credit rating had recently been able to negotiate a much lower interest rate than was originally. quoted. He added, the practice is not jus.t confined to the banks, but is general amongst financial institutions. Benson urged farmers to be aggressive in their negotiations. "The savings are there but you will.mever get them until you ask. Farmers- should shop for credit just as carefully as they do for anything else," he said. Benson.,pointed out interest payments had become an increasing burden for the province's farmers. "Operating costs have skyrocketed and the price of new land, equipment and buildings is nearly beyond belief. When you combine that with the low product prices of last year's, it means the farmer is now as dependant of o1r-the financial institutions as any other businessman." The latest figures frim Statistics Canada show that in 1977, Ontario's farmers paid $204 million in interest charges. This compares with $187 million the year before. Benson forecast the If you're NEW IN TOWN and don't know which way to turn, call the 1Wrthm?i1on3, C E LTD. hostess at 524.66654 or You'll be glad you did. combination of even higher interest rates and increasing indebtedness would drive the figure still higher in 1978. Benson said he hoped for the sake of the farm community • that the recent increases in farm gate prices would con- tinue. He concluded "we need the increases just to pay the interest." carry on with 'Farm- chek'. In fact, we are preparing for a surge of interest in our own farm cheque accounting facility," he said. 'Farmchek' is a simple electronic farm ac- counting program. Three digit codes classify farm income and expenses on deposit slips and cheques which are subsequently passed through the bank's computer facilities. At the end of each month, the farmer receives his regular bank statement along with a farm income and expense Newman to The Honourable William Newman, Ontario's Minister of Agriculture and Food, will be a guest speaker at the 1978 Annual Con- vention of the Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario on December 7. Christian farmers from across the province will be gathering at the University of Guelph from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on that Thursday to hear reports, elect officers, adopt a budget for 1979 and hear speakers on the theme: "Government Involvement in Agriculture: How Much and What Kind". summary. This report systematically categorizes all items under appropriate headings and gives totals both for the month and the year to date. While the bank's program offers fewer options than CanFarrn, it•. is designed for the average farmer who needs a fast, efficient and confidential record keeping system which provides him with in- formation he can readily use for tax and farm managementpurposes. • be speaker Newman will speak at 1 p.m. Ben Vandezande, Executive Director of Outreach, at St. Catharines area political action group of Christian will speak at 2 p.m. Federation mem- bership -has climbed by 20 percent this year and now stands at 600. The Federation's Executive Board is not proposing an increase from the present $100 membership fee. But members will be urged to pay more as this fee is not high enough to cover the total budget. "Agriculture in rural Ontario, Has once more been relegated to the position of hinterland for Ontario's urban - industrial complex", says Lloyd Moore, Chairman of the Food Land Steering Committee and Chairman of the Concerned Farmers of the United Townships. "The Royal. Com- mission's report recognizes that agriculture will bear a disproportionate share of the risks and in- convenience of large scale electrical. generation but it has made no recom- mendation to eliminate these risks and in- conveniences. Instead the Commission has ac- cepted Ontario Hydro's definition of demand: - if you can predict that someone will desire the power then Hydro must produce it." The Food Land Steering Committee is made up- of seven farm related organizations established in 1975 to co- ordinate the farm community's par- ticipation in the Royal Commission's hearings. It includes the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, the Christian Farmers Federation, the National Farmers Union and the Ontario Institute of Agrologists. The Commission said that the demand for electric power will in- crease 4.0 percent an- nually. Hydro has predicted an increase of 5.5 percent from now .until 1987 and 4.5 from then until 2000. "We are encouraged by the lower prediction," says Lloyd Moore. "But Porter's report still leaves us with having to accept all these risks and inconveniences for every POLAROID'S INSTANT MIRACLES. 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