The Times Advocate, 2007-10-31, Page 21Wednesday, October 31, 2007 21
Agriculture
Calves on active trade
Brussels
Livestock Market
Report for the
week ending Oct.
26.
Email us at
info@brusselslivestock.ca.
Total receipts
3756 head of cattle, 490
lambs and goats.
Summary
Tuesday: The fed steers
and heifers sold on a strong
active trade. Choice steers
and heifers sold 75-81.75
sales to 84. Second cut sold
73-75. Cows sold $1-$2
higher.
Thursday: Veal sold $5 -
$10 higher. Lambs, goats,
sheep sold on a steady mar-
ket.
Friday: Calves sold on a
good strong active trade and
yearlings sold $1 - $2 higher.
Vacc Sale saw the calves
and yearlings sold on a good
strong active trade.
Steers
There were 438 steers on
offer.
Heifers
There were 230 heifers on
offer.
Cows
There were 193 cows on
offer.
Beef Cows 38-42 sales to 45
D1 & D2 34-36
D3 30-34
D4 20-28
Ken Hutchison of Gorrie con-
signed one Herf cow weighing
1315 lbs, selling for 45.
John Saunders of Markdale
consigned four cows averaging
1568 lbs, selling for an aver-
age of 38.02 with one char
cow weighing 1445 lbs, selling
for 42.50.
Allen Kistner of Monkton
consigned two cows averaging
1610 lbs, selling for an aver-
age of 38.73 with one Sim cow
weighing 1850 lbs, selling for
41.50.
Bulls
There were 12 bulls on offer.
32-42.
Sean Mackey of New
Liskeard consigned one char
bull weighing 2150 lbs, selling
for 42.
Kie Farms of St. Mary's con-
signed one Hol bull weighing
1720 lbs, selling for 41.
Veal
There were 198 head of veal
on offer.
Beef 95-110 sales to 128
Good Holstein 90-100 sales
to 103
Medium Holstein 85-95
Plain & Heavy Holstein:
Plain: N/A, Good Heavy: 85-
95
Mosie Miller of Norwich con-
signed nine veal averaging 675
lbs, selling for an average of
115, with one Sim steer weigh-
ing 720 lbs, selling for 129.
Lewis Wideman of
Moorefield consigned three
veal averaging 675 lbs, selling
for an average of 119.17, with
one Red steer weighing 650
lbs, selling for 128.
Jim Waddell of Staffa con-
signed two veal averaging 718
lbs, selling for an average of
119.09, with one blonde heifer
weighing 730 lbs, selling for
124.
Lambs
Under 50
50-65 lbs
65-80 lbs
80-95 lbs
95-110 lbs
170-150
156-200
145-170
141-154
133-144
110 lbs and over 126-141
Sheep
46-95
Goats
Kids 60-100 with sales to
130, Nannies 80-100, Billies
150-250
Top quality stocker
steers
under 400 lbs 93-137
400 - 500 lbs 105.50-122
500 - 600 lbs 97-114
600 - 700 lbs 84-110.50
700 - 800 lbs 86-99.50
800 - 900 lbs 83.50-100.50
900 - 1000 lbs 86.25-100
Over 1000 lbs 82.75-91.75
Top quality stocker
heifers
under 300 lbs 79-85
300 - 400 lbs 100-129
400 - 500 lbs 93-114.50
500 - 600 lbs 88-111
600 - 700 lbs 80-89.50
700 - 800 lbs 83-92
800 - 9001bs 80-90.50
Over 900 lbs 77-89.25
Special Vacc Sale
Steers
Under 400 lbs 108-134
400-500 lbs 108-132
500-600 lbs 100-120
600-700 lbs 100-110.50
700-800 lbs 88.50-95.50
800 900 lbs 85.75-94
900-1000 lbs 83.50-86
Over 1000 lbs N/A
Special Vacc Sale
Heifers
under 300 lbs 91-114.50
300 - 400 lbs 106-123
400 - 500 lbs 94-118
500 - 600 lbs 83-119
600 - 700 lbs 82.50-104
700 - 800 lbs 76-97
800 - 900 lbs 80.50-86
Over 900 lbs N/A
Shuffleboard
(4 WINS) BERNICE BOOGMANS
328, (3 WINS) MARGE
MCCURDY 287, JUNE MOORE
286, HARRY DOUGALL 278,
JEANENE HAYTER 215, JOAN
RooD 185,
(2 WINS)
JEAN CRERAR 209, ESTHER
HILLMAN 155, JUNE HODGSON
149, COR RooD 139, JOHN
HORN 122
OFA will begin audit ofAgricorp
The long-awaited audit of Agricorp is about
to begin, and officials from the provincial
Auditor General's office want to hear from
individual farmers. For months, individual
farmers have been sharing their
personal experiences about
Agricorp with neighbours and
sometimes with their farm organi-
zations.
After a number of calls for such
an audit by the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture,
OMAFRA Minister Dombrowsky in
a letter to OFA pointed out that
she had decided to call on the
Auditor General's office to
"request a value -for -money audit
of Agricorp."
Farmers need efficient
services
OFA has been receiving calls from farmers
who rely on the services of Agricorp for
months - a variety of complaints about ineffi-
cient and ineffective services from Agricorp.
Accurate and timely information and pay-
ment is a vital part of farm business manage-
ment for a farming community competing in
the global marketplace.
Modern farmers depend on efficient ser-
vices from an organization such as Agricorp,
and when those services fail, it can mean
farmers aren't getting essential reports on
time or the funds they need to operate their
OFA has
met with
from the
General's
attemptin
establish
workable
for an and
Agricorp.
farms are unnecessarily delayed. For some,
it means an exercise in frustration as they
jump through a variety of hoops attempting
to convince a bureaucrat that they are truly
eligible for program funding that's
already been designated.
At its regular board meeting,
OFA directors from across the
province have reported difficulties
and frustrations with Agricorp.
Producers of a wide variety of
commodities bring their com-
plaints about Agricorp. Producers
of a wide variety of commodities
bring their complaints about
Agricorp to OFA meetings, both at
local and provincial levels.
Documentation needed
Now, to make the process effec-
tive, farmers across Ontario are going to have
to bring their documentation forward and
explain their individual cases. OFA has
already met with officials from the Auditor
General's office attempting to establish a
workable process for an audit of Agricorp.
OFA's contact at the Auditor General's office
has been Gerard Fitzmaurice, audit director.
He can be reached at 905-327-1371.
Now farmers must participate in the audit
process to ensure the best possible outcome.
OFA Commentary #4207 - Geri Kamenz,
president, Ontario Federtaion of Agriculture.
already
officials
Auditor
office
g to
a
process
it of
TIMES–ADVOCATE
$5 million to biofuel sector
UNITY — An ethanol plant will be
built in Unity, Sask., as a result of
the new federal ecoAgriculture
Biofuels Capital (ecoABC) initiative,
announced Minister of Agriculture
and Agri -Food and Minister for the
Canadian Wheat Board Gerry Ritz
earlier this month.
The ecoABC initiative was first
launched by Canada's government
in April 2007, supporting the con-
struction or expansion of transporta-
tion biofuel production facilities in
Canada.
Unity's new plant has received
direct equity investment from 317
farmers, totalling more than $12
million, and an investment of
$5,050,000 by the government.
"Canada's new government intro-
duced this initiative to help Canada's
biofuels industry seize better oppor-
tunities, remain at the forefront of
biofuels production internationally
and to increase the production of
cleaner fuels," says Ritz.
"Soon, Unity, Sask., will be benefit-
ing from a state-of-the-art, $38 mil-
lion ethanol plant, which will use
approximately 68,000 tonnes of
wheat per year with about 95 per
cent of it coming from local suppli-
ers. Our ecoABC initiative will
enable the Unity plant to produce
25,250,000 litres of biofuels annual-
ly — this is good for our farmers,
our communities, and Canada's
environment," Ritz adds.
The plant is scheduled to begin
production in September 2008. It
will be constructed and operated by
North West Bio Energy Ltd., a whol-
ly owned subsidiary of North West
Terminal Ltd. The new plant will be
located adjacent to North West
Terminal's inland grain terminal in
Unity.
The plant will use approximately
68,000 tonnes of wheat per year to
produce ethanol and dried distillers
grains. About 95 per cent of wheat
will be provided by local suppliers.
The project will help Canada meet
its target of an average of five per
cent renewable fuel content in gaso-
line by 2010 and broaden economic
opportunities for Saskatchewan.
The ecoABC initiative is a $200
million, four-year program that pro-
vides repayable contributions for the
construction or expansion of trans-
portation biofuel production facili-
ties. Funding is conditional upon
agricultural producer investment in
the biofuel projects and the use of
agricultural feedstock to produce the
biofuel.
The initiative is part of more than
$500 million announced by the fed-
eral government to assist farmers
and rural communities seize new
market opportunities in the agricul-
tural bioproducts sector through
biofuels and bioproducts initiatives.
Denfield Livestock Sales
Denfield Livestock Market Report for
Tues., Oct. 23. The market at Denfield
Livestock Sales traded on a good demand
at steady prices on all classes of fed cattle
with the choice well fed cattle showing
improvements $1 - $2. Cows traded
steady, a large offering of holstein bull
calves traded in good demand at steady
prices.
Don Eedy and Mark Vanderploeg,
Denfield sold 13 heifers average weight
1383 average price 81.81 to 83.25 pur-
chased by Norwich Packers.
Jack Campbell, Kerwood sold a black
bull weighing 1790 at 47.50.
Choice steers 78-82, Good steers 72-76,
Plain steers 60-70, Choice Exotic cross
heifers 80-83.25, Good heifers 72-76,
Plain heifers 60-65, Good fed cows 40-
59.50, D1 and D2 cows 30 - 35,D3 and D4
cows 25 - 30, Shells 15 - 25, Good beef
bulls 40 - 47.50, Good holstein bulls 35 -
39, Good holstein bull calves $75 - $190
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