HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1974-03-07, Page 13THURSDAY, MARCH '7, 19'74
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Agri -notes
(By Adrian Vos)
It appears that I am not alone
in my concern in the retaining
of land for food production,
From what I heard today of the
throne speech the government
of Canada proposes to do some-
thing about the covering of
food -producing land with asph-
alt and concrete.
The thing I am curious about
is, if this will be just lip service
or if they will really meet head-
on with the real estate specul-
ators. We'll have just to wait
and see.
Farmers in the way of the
transmission lines from the
Bruce nuclear power station are
fighting desperately at the inq-
uiry in Wingham, to have the
lines go over less productive
land. Farmers in Arnprior are
taking legal action against a
dam for a power station that
will take away or spoil .their
drainage systems for ridiculous
high cost electricity.
What gets me is that not
more consumers are helping
the fam.ers in their fight. In
the end it is their food cost
that will go up. Where is the
Consumer Association of Can-
ada now? You can bet your
bottom dollar that they will
be on the forefront, when the
price becomes high, to blame
the producer,
Because we are fortunate
enough to have progressive farm
ers in this country doesn't mean
that we will always have a
surplus of food. It will be a sad
day indeed when the day comes
that we will have to limit the
export of food to hungry peoples
because we squandered our land
resources.
Urge ban on cattle
from United States
"DES must be relicensed for
use in Canada or an immediate
and absolute ban must be appl-
ied on beef and live cattle
imports coining into Canada
from the United States." These
were the sentiments expressed
by Stewart Brown of Shedden,
in his president's address to the
annual meeting of the Ontario
Beef Improvement Association.
An appeal court in the United
States recently ruled that the
ban which had been placed on
the use of diethylstilbestrol in
feeding cattle for market was
illegal because the United
States Department of Agricult-
ure had not conducted public
Bearings into the use and safety
of DES. Des is now back in
use by U.S. cattle feeders in
both the feed additive and sub-
cutaneous implant form.
Mr. Brown went on to state
"Canadian cattle feeders will
face a considerable economic
disadvantage relative to Amer-
ican producers in terms of cost
of production if we are to be
denied the use of DES while our
American counterparts can use
it." Use of DES in finishing
cattle for market increases the
efficiency of feed use by 150
to 12070.
With feed grain prices at
record high levels, use of DES
could effect substantial savings
for the cattle feeder and reduce
or stop the losses he is presently
experiencing in his cattle feed-
ing operation. In the longer
term this very definitely affects
the supply of beef reaching the
consumer and therefore the
price which she must pay for it.
Controversy has surrounded
the use of DES for finishing
cattle because of a very tenu-
ous link to cancer. No residues
have even been found in beef
tissue although extremely
minute residues have been
found in a few beef livers.
Mr. Brown indicated that
cattle feeders are responsible
people and that if there was
any health hazard they would
themselves support a withdrawal
of DES.
In seeking an embargo on the
importation of live cattle and
beef from the United States Mr.
Brown stated. "I feel we should
not accept any type of mean-
ingless certification by U.S.
producers as to whether DES has
been fed and been withdrawn
for a period of days prior to
slaughter." Regulations in the
United States currently require
that DES must be withdrawn
from the feed seven days prior
to slaughter or if used as an
implant, must not be marketed
for a period of at least 120 days
following implantation.
Every consumer should write
a letter to the Prime Minister
and to Ontario's premier, prot-
esting about highways and pipe-
lines and powerlines going
through prime farm land. It
would make them look so much
harder for alternatives.
The International Federation
of Agricultural Producers says.
"Hundreds of millions of people
in the developing world are not
adequately nourished even in
years when crops are good;
among them are tens of mill-
ions of pregnant women,
nursing mothers and small child
ren whose under -nutrition
dooms them, as well as the
unbron babies, to live lives
shorter and less productive
than they might be."
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Liberal
banquet
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nuclear power station in the
area. He said he hoped if this
becomes a reality, Ontario
Hydro people would take a
more realistic approach to
where they would run their pow-
er lines, and not cross valuable
farm land with them,
The MPP concluded his rem-
arks by expressing the desire for
more local autonomy, and add-
ed "since the two by-elections
last year won by the Liberals,
there has been very little talk
about regional government.
And I doubt if there will be any
more move towards regional
government in the future with-
out adequate discussion with the
people involved."
Following the dinner and
address by the MPP, the even-
ing was concluded with a dance,
Music was supplied by the Hey-
wood brothers,
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