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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times Advocate, 2004-12-29, Page 19Wednesday, December 29, 2004 Itall startsonthe a culture 19 TIMES -ADVOCATE Support prices for butter and skim milk powder will increase OTTAWA — The Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC) announced Dec. 10 that, effective Feb. 1, 2005, the support price for skim NOVEMBER NOVEMBER 3 • Think your municipal taxes are too high? They could be worse. To satisfy his own curiosity, South Huron Mayor Rob Morley decided to see how property taxes in his own municipality compared with other municipali- ties in the area. He said he was inspired to look at neighbouring numbers when an Exeter resident complained at a public meeting that property taxes in Exeter are more expensive than in London. "We certainly proved that (belief) wrong," Morley said. • The municipality is looking at ways to cut down on its monthly telephone and cell phone expenses. Telcom Enterprises of Wasaga Beach approached South Huron, proposing to review its phone expens- es and give recommendations for monthly savings. In return, the municipality could pay Telcom by giv- ing them 50 per cent of the monthly savings for six months or paying Telcom $75 per hour. It was decided the former option would be better for South Huron. NOVEMBER 10 • A decision is nearing on the Hensall water sup- ply after a status report Monday night to Bluewater council. Bruce Potter from B.M. Ross told council "the message we want to give you is the decision should be made in the next few weeks." Potter said they have been advised by Ministry of the Enivroment (MOE) staff that time is running out for making a decision and the municipality needs to decide in the next one to two months or it risks los- ing OSTAR funding. • One of Exeter's own has received one of Canada's highest honours. John A. MacNaughton was recently appointed to the Order of Canada. Born and raised in Exeter, MacNaughton called it "a very great honour," adding he was "thrilled and moved" when he heard the news. NOVEMBER 17 • No one understands better the importance of the organ donating program than Ron Simpson. The 49 -year-old longtime Lucan area resident has been back at home since Nov. 1, recuperating from a successful liver transplant. Simpson was suffering from a rare hereditary disease called Amyloidosis, which starts at the liver and attacks the nervous sys- tem and heart after abnormal protein deposits build up. • The municipality has chosen its engineering firm for the nearly $4 million Crediton/Centralia sewer project. KMK Consultants were awarded the job at a price of $517,082. The municipality requested quotes from six firms, but only four responded. Of the four, one was deemed unacceptable. Of the other two, B.M. Ross's quote was $418,218, while Gamsby and Mannerow Limited's was $689,000 NOVEMBER 24 • The stories were flying after Kurt Russell made a stop in Huron Park to pick up his new airplane, which was being worked on at Goderich Aircraft Inc. Andy Orr said the plane was at the company for a couple of months to receive customized interior work, maintenance modifications and a compre- hensive avionics installation. He said Russell learned about the business through a customer in California who had dealt with the refinishing company. • Drivers coming in and out of Exeter's west end on Highway 83 have a new landmark to see — an 80 -foot windmill. The windmill is part of Evert Schaap's new home and business, called e -vert energy, that relies com- pletely on wind and solar energy for power. No hydro or gas hook-up's are required and Schaap's energy-efficient home is one of only a handful in North America. The new windmill was erected last Friday morn- ing and Schaap expected it to be generating elec- tricity by the end of the day. milk powder will increase from $5.3928 to $5.7282 per kilogram, and the sup- port price for butter, from $6.2968 to $6.8695 per kilogram. Support prices are the prices at which the CDC buys and sells butter and skim milk powder to bal- ance seasonal supply and demand changes on the domestic market. They are also used as refer- ences by provincial mar- keting boards to price milk sold to processors who manufacture dairy products such as butter, skim milk powder, cheese, yogurt and ice cream. For dairy producers, the higher support prices should translate into a price increase of 3.34 cents per litre for industri- al milk, or 5.2 per cent. Also included in the new support prices is an add- on of 1.66 cents per litre to offset some of the nega- tive impacts of the BSE crisis on farms. Dairy farmers should therefore receive an increase of five cents per litre, or 7.8 per cent. At the next pricing review in December 2005, the need for this add-on will be re-evaluated. "This increase achieves the two goals we had this year. The first was to have support prices that cover the cost of production of nearly 50 per cent of FARM BRIEF Cracking the code Code breakers are at work for Agriculture and Agri -Food Canada. But this is not espionage. Dr. David Hunter is working to crack the enigma of molecular markers for fire blight resistance. Fire blight is a destructive bacterial disease that can ravage pear orchards and other trees in the family, such as apple, hawthorn and mountain ash. In a three-year project with the University of Guelph, Dr. Hunter has developed a technique to fmger- print desirable germplasm. He is delving into the genetic material from leaf tissue to isolate the DNA which may confer fire blight resistance to new pear cultivars. Once the disease resistant genes are identified, many years of breeding and trials are ahead before a successful cultivar emerges. Canada's pear crop is largely grown in Ontario and British Columbia. Canadian dairy farmers. Our second goal was to assist producers in dealing with the financial conse- quences of the BSE crisis," explained CDC chairper- son, John Core. The assumed processor margin will increase by 3.9 per cent, or 0.354 cents per litre. The assumed processor mar- gin represents the esti- mated costs of processing one litre of milk into but- ter and skim milk powder. A study commissioned by the CDC justifies this increase. The market impact of the increase will be influ- enced by many factors such as its implementation by the provinces, as well as manufacturing, trans- portation, distribution and packaging costs through- out the supply chain. For Tues., Dec. 14, the market at Denfield Livestock traded on a good demand at fully steady prices on the fancy cattle with the good fed cattle selling active at slightly lower prices. A large offer- ing of cows were in good demand at steady prices. Stockers traded fully steady, Holstein bull calves very strong. Don Eedy and Mark Vanderploeg, Denfield sold 18 heifers avg. wt. 1370 avg. price 96.36 to a high of 100.25 purchased by Norval Meats. Reg McDonald, Newbury sold 23 steers avg. wt. 1410 avg. price 90.56 to a high of 96.50 purchased by Norwich Packers. Bob Hodgins, Lucan sold 20 steers avg. wt. 1153 avg. price 85.80. Clark Grove Farms, Highgate sold 2 heifers avg. wt. 1410 avg. price 83.98. Jim Brandon, Forest sold 8 steers avg. wt. 1451 avg. price 80.59. Charles and Stuart Eedy, Denfield sold 6 head avg. wt. 1238 avg. price 79.05 to a high of 100 purchased by Denview Meats. Wayne Woods, Dashwood sold a Belgian Blue bull weighing 1935 at 49.50 to Denview Meats. Choice steers: 90-95 to a high of 96.50; Good steers: 77-84; Plain steers: 60-70; Overaged steers: 35-40; Choice exotic cross heifers: 90-95 sales to 100.25; Good heifers: 75-82; Plain heifers: 60-70; Good fed cows: 25-35; D1 & D2 cows: 20-25; D3 & D4 cows: 15-20; Shells: 10-15; Good beef bulls: 25-40 sales to 49.50; Good Holstein bulls: 20-25; Good Holstein bull calves: 150-240; Sows 40-42. Brussels Livestock Market report For the week ending Dec. 21, total receipts were 2,883 head of cattle, '1,837 lambs and goats. Summary Tuesday: The choice fed steers and heifers sold on a steady market. Choice steers and heifers sold 77 to 80 sales to 87, 2nd cut steers and heifers sold 73 to 76.The cows traded at prices $2 lower. Thursday: The veal sold on an active trade with prices slightly lower than last week. The lambs sold MI a strong active trade. Friday: All weights and classes of stockers sold at prices steady to last week. Steers There were 255 steers on offer. David Bowles, Brussels consigned one limo steer weighing 1360 lbs which sold for 85.75. His overall offering of five steers aver- aged 1407 lbs selling for an average price of 78.89. Fifteen steers consigned by Aaron M. Martin, Dobbinton averaged 1531 lbs which sold for an aver- age price of 77.08 with his top three red/gold steers averaging 1495 lbs selling for 84.25. Bruce Woodhouse, Clarksburg consigned two limo steers averaging 1333 lbs which sold for an average price of 80.47 with sales to 81.75. Heifers There were 126 heifers on offer. James M. Bauman, Listowel consigned one limo heifer weighing 1090 Unusual Finds DOLLAR DISCOUNT OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK LARGEST DOLLAR & DISCOUNT STORE IN HURON COUNTY ASSORTED NUTS & CANDY TRAYS OR TINS CALENDARS $2 NEW YEAR'S EVE • Hats • Noisemakers • Pkxtes • Napkins 456 MAIN ST. EXETER COMPLETE $1 PROGRAMME! PLUS LOWEST PRICED FAMILY DISCOUNT ITEMS! OVER 125' OF SCRAPBOOKING & CRAFTS lbs which sold to Dominion Meat Packers for 87. His overall offering of seven heifers averaged 1246 lbs selling for an average price of 81.46. Two limo heifers con- signed by Jack Nonkes, Auburn averaged 1333 lbs selling for an average price of 85.37 with sales to 86.75. John Newans, Wroxeter consigned one red wf heifer weighing 1265 lbs which sold for 77.25. Cows There were 217 cows on offer. D1 & D2: 15-20 sales to 33; D3: 12-15; D4: 5-8. Hanover Stock Farms, Walkerton consigned one blonde cow weighing 1280 lbs which sold for 33. One char cow consigned by Steve Howard, Lucknow weighed 1185 lbs selling for 21. Bruce Woodhouse, Clarksburg consigned one limo cow weighing 1610 lbs which sold for 20. Bulls There were 35 bulls on offer selling 15-27 sales to 37. Don Ahrens, Chesley consigned one red bull weighing 1575 lbs which sold for 27. One limo bull consigned by Gary Becker, Neustadt weighed 1875 lbs selling for 23. Note: Due to the holi- days, there were no sales Dec. 23 and Dec. 24; therefore, there are no veal, lamb and stock- er prices to report. Sales resume their regular schedule Dec. 27. rFARM MUTUAL IM FINANCIAL SERVICES INC. 5 YR.CIC WEEK OF DEC.25/04 -JAN. 2/05 3.875% RATES OCHNGE WITH OUT NOTICE. Don Thompson 235-4000