HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1970-12-10, Page 7THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1970
Heavy Bean Crop Reported At Annual
Meeting of Producer's Marketing Board
The bean marketing board
controls all white and yellow -
eye bean sales in Ontario by
buying all production and selling
it through dealers to processors.
Mr. Broadwell warned that
Ontario's largest export market,
Gret Britain, could diminish if
Britain enters the European
Common Market. Canada now
enjoys a tariff preference with
Britain and last year sold 600, 000
cwt. of beans there.
The growers gained some sat-
isfaction from hearing that the
Michigan bean crops were below
expectation this year at 5, 700,
000 cwt. as compared to 7, 259,
000 cwt. last year.
The 1970 sales of the Ontario
crop by the marketing board are
A near -record white bean
crop caused smiles at the annual
meeting of the Huron County
section of the Ontario Bean Prod.
ucer's Marketing Board Monday,
in Zurich.
Charles Broadwell, board man
ager and marketing agent, told
more than 100 growers at the
meeting that the average yield
this year is expected to be about
1, 440 pounds per ac re.
He said the high yield, coupl-
ed with continuing strong prices
should give the frowers $25 more
an acre in gross income than
they've had in any year since
1964. He also said he has hopes
that a market may develop in
Cuba.
Mr. Broadwell said 1, 000 tons
have been sold to Cuba and
since the Michigan growers --
Ontario's competitor in the
white bean market --cannot sell
to the Cubans, it is possible
Ontario may be able to export
more there.
There were 81, 200 acres of
beans grown in Ontario this year,
producing 1,175, 000 cwt. of
beans, he said. Huron County
remained the biggest producer
with 35, 000 acres, while Kent
County continued to drop.
Kent in 1968 grew 16, 300
acres, dropped to 11, 000 last
year, and in 1970 produced only
5, 000 acres. This will mean
that the number of directors on
the marketing board from Kent
will drop from three to one.
1-Iuron directors elected Mon-
day were Joseph Miller, Robert
Allan (the current board chair-
man), Keith Lovell and Philip
Durand.
They are also members of the
district committee. Others on
the committee, following
Monday's election are; Donald
Brodie, James Love, Murray
Dennis, Orville Storey, Jack
Ford, Richard Erb, and Jack
Mc Gregor.
Voting was spirited at the all -
day meeting, with spokesmen
for the Ontario Farmers' Union
openly criticizing the operation
of the board. Officials explained
that this was in line with the
OFU policy of seeking to abolish
compulsory legislation such as
that which formed the bean
marketing board.
Attempts were made to have
farm union members elected as
directors, but it was not clear
how successful they were at
Monday's meeting.
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rising hopes that the price will
be more than $9 a cwt, as comp-
ared to the $6.99 paid last year,
said Mx. Allan. Mr, Broadwell
said prices so far have averaged
$8.43, with only 57 per cent of
the total crop sold.
Yellow -eyed beans are holding
strong, he explained, at $20
a cwt. Ontario does not grow
many of these beans and Mr.
Broadwell said the high prices
were due to a low supply and a
strengthened demand.
Soil and disease experts told
the growers that planting less
per acre is an assistance to red-
uce white mould disease and
said that rather than planting as
much as 90 pounds of seed per
acre, the growers should consid-
er planting 40 pounds per acre
and less.
Monday's was the third and
largest of the district annual
meetings. On December 9, the
Kent meeting will be held at
Thamesville, while the Lambton
meeting is set for December 14
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at Warwick and the Elgin meet-
ing for December 15 at the Grand
Central Motel in St. Thomas..
To the Ratepayers:
Of Bayfield, Stanley, Seaforth and
Tuckersmith.
1 appreciate and thank you for the confidence you again
have placed in me through your support at the polls on
Monday.
Compliments of the Season.
JOHN BROADFOOT
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Mr. and Mrs. Don Rigby and
Steward Knights of Blenheim,
visited over the weekend with
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Snell and
Stewart McQueen.
Stewart McQueen and Mrs.
Harry Snell visited last Wednes-
day with Mrs. Percy Bartlett, at
Thamesford.
Thank You !
to the
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for your support
in
Monday's Election
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