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ingbaa) Advance -Times, April 23, 1980 ,
mg with low pork prices
By Don Pullen
OW Richard Smelski
we've had a number of
enqUiries recently from pork
ProlUcers who are suffering
from the present low prices.
It's difficult to be as helpful as
one would like.
There really isn't a magic
formula which applies to
every situation. It's mainly a
matter of working on a one-to-
one basis to work out the best
plan for the individual. One
man may have long-term
equity and he can spread
short-term loans over a longer
term. Another may choose to
liquidate equipment to reduce
payments and provide money
for other payments. In other
cases it may be a matter of
brainstroming to see if there
are other ways of generating
income for 1980.
Maybe it's a matter of
improving performance with
fewer animals, as Richard
Smelski suggests in the ac-
companying article. This
action [night release extra
feed for sale. Maybe there's a
special cash crop which could
add income in a year of poor
hog returns.
It likely makes a pork
producer angry to hear
suggestion of improved ef-
ficiency when he knows that
the market price is his biggest
enemy. However it's vital to
prune out all the fat when the
market isn't paying all the
costs .This doesn't mean
skimping on a balanced ration
because the pigs are just
around longer, eating more
feed. It could mean checking
the calibration of the mix
mill—maybe you're putting in
too much protein. It means
knowing the fertility supplied
by a manure application in
order to adjust fertilizer
requirements accordingly.
How about ear notching a
pen of weaners and seeing how
many days it takes them to go
to market.. Are there ateps
that could be taken in the sow
barn to turn out the same
number of pigs with fewer
sows? There could be merit in
looking at the entire system to
see where gains might be
made in cutting costs.
I guess that's where our
staff can fit in. We're
available to come to the farm
and chat abopt production and
financing concerns. It's
arriazing,what can come out of
a session when two people put
their heads together to try and
find solutions to a problem.
PORK STABILIZATION
FORECAST FOR 1980-81
. Pork stabilization isn't what
farmers want at this time.
They want a market price
which will let them meet their
payments. However we don't
have that market price, hence
there is an interest in under-
standing how the stabilization
plan works.
The stabilization period is
April 1 to March 31 each year.
We have just completed one
pAlearyi o dp awy
period ain-lodlutbsetfaonorrtiveoltizonntbt7
very small because firat
prices have tended to OffS4
poor second half. .
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Next April a weighted price
will be calculated for there.
vious 12 months from fight
in the Canadian Livestock and
Meat • Trade - Report;
Individual figures will be,
obtained, for different regions
in Canada. The individual
figures will be weighted for -
regional marketings and used
to obtain a national price. The
stabilized price will be
compared to the national
weighted price for the 127,
month period and the dif-
ference will represent any
stabilization payment.
How is the stabilized price
calculated? First we have to
take the average weighted
pork prices during the past
five years. The 1975-76 to 1979-
80 prices (100 index carcass)
were 70.02, 58.92, 63.60, 70.55
and 58.54 (estimate). The
average for the five years
could be 64.33.
The federal government
supports pork at 90 per cent off
this figure, with adjustments
„Wages in the cost of
goo. Ninety per cent of
••',amounts to $57.89. The
also allows the
price to be in-
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the amount. the
,ts increased over
costs for the past
If we assume an
erese, of 0.6, last year's
fig'e; stabilized price for
*,980r8Lfcguld be $58.50.
Don't hang your ha Con this
• figure.,."There are many
0 demonstrate how
3fIglaltirhich can affect it.
The AU n*orks, however the
4,44);tetal;: government
• 0#10Tate.S4 the final figures
and there ista risk in trying to
TheINILticiklita: their calculations.
government also has an
option., as to how many
al*Ftlals are covered by
sta._ 741Bun. Any stabilization
ene.cOP4a won't be coming until
after the kcalculations are
inaclenexrApril
NM PRICE PREDICTIpNS
It's time to forget about
forecasting. hog prices and
ceme back to face the facts..
No one individual is going to •
alter liogoices in Ontario.
MON the same line of
neighbo
net Ai,
ar efliakitathei. e'ait ti7tt
bungs,
market is down,
wotsaoref watdtscite.Q4114:ti:tioirtt, •
TFOM a big..400,1MYer ••the
"'SOP *Otitis for your
neighbor to quit pork
production and:look over your
own operation to see where
you can economize. The
producer who cuts 15 per cent
will do a better job in selec-
tion, breeding, conception rate
and management that will
result in more pigs per litter
and lower operating costs."
Too many pork producers
feel that if only they had 15 per
4 cent more sows.... T feel WS
not 15 per cent more sows they
need but 15 per Gehl better
performance. That's .more
reason to cut your herd by 15
per cent. There's no way to
make profits these days, so
you might as well cut your
losses and 'wait for better
days.
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Peach Halves
rid Monte Fancy Style 14 oz.
Cream Corn
Del Monte Fancy 14 oz.
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