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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1985-07-24, Page 14News deadline Monday 4 p� 96 — THE HURON EXPOSITOR, JULY 24, 1985 FARM OSA calls raY®a lou ancear sucess The rally of farmers organized by the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) at Queen's Park on Wednesday, July 10, was an unqualified success. Over two thousand people arrived by car and bus in an inspiring show of solidarity to bring their message to federal and provincial politicians. The message was loud, clear and simple: Agriculture provides an opportunity - don't under -value it...don't ignore it...and don't Marketing Payment for adjusted butterfat tests to Ontario's dairy producers for the months of March, April and May will be made in August. That announcement was made by the Ontario Milk. Marketing Board. Equipment problems at the new Central Nominations Established in 1980 by the Huron Soil and Crop Improvement Association, the Norman Alexander Conservation Award recognizes landlords and tenants for their efforts in conserving soil, water and other natural resources on the farm. Past winners of the award have been honored for conservation miss it! The day's activities began early with morning visits by groups of farmers to offices of federal agencies, federal cabinet ministers and members of the Provincial Legislature. . They presented a brief prepared by the OFA outlining not only the most crucial problems facing the agricultural sector today, but also a strategy for solvinthose problems. problems. The OF'A proposals focussed on reduced interest rates on long-term credit, price stabilization, and a debt review process vljith legislated the After assembling in the park Legislature, the two thousand -strong group,. carrying banners and placards, was led by a piper to 'the steps of Queen's Park. In his opening remarks to the rally, OFA president Harry Pelissero warned that danger signals have been sounding for years and have been ignored for years. He reminded the new government agriculture forms a critical first link in a modern economy, and that as the new administration at Queen's Park, the Liberals have the opportunity to preserve and strengthen that link. Other speakers included Premier David Peterson, Opposition Leader Frank Miller, New Democratic Party Leader Bob Rae, and OFA vice-presidents Brigid Pyle and Jack Wilwd did not welcome the oft -heard promisson. The es voiced by some of the board j �` e t set to m a k e t e s t legislated authority. hear their concerns being politicians - greeting each promise with the chant 'we want action..we want actio .' But the government did come throng with a nugget of hope.Ontario Agri ltu e Minister Jack Riddell announced 'a selective interest -rate program to provide relief for those hardest hit by interest rates and low commodity prices, by the end of . July. He committed the Ontario government to a bi-partite red meat stabilization program retroactive to January 1, 1985, if a national tri -partite plan is not in place by the end of the year. The minister also stated his support for Milk Testing Laboratory in Guelph 'caused terfat r the three-month producer rOnta eragesthets ote is were lower by 0.10, 0.12 and 0,08 ,kg -hl. Last month, the lab was instructed by the • Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food to provide the Board with adjusted producer butterfat tests for the three-month period. • The Board had originally hoped to release the adjusted payments with the regular July , cheques. However, computer programming required to calculate the dollar value of for conservation acceptedpractices, reforestation, stream re- ' this prestigious award? Judging will be tillage •nab' itation; crop rotation, windbreaks,. gras- carried out by one staff member each from sed waterways, pasture and stream manage- the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, and the ment and energy conservation. Maitland Valley and Ausable-Bayfield Con - If • you have a friend or.neighbor who servation Authorities, as well as by past practises any or all of these conservation recipients of the award. The announcement measures, why not nominate that person for ron Soil and Crop Improvemethe winner will be nt Associationde at the uAwards Night in January. Nominations are due by August 31st and can be submitted to Jane Sadler Richards or Robert Traut at the Huron 0.M. A.F. office in Clinton, phone 482-3428. OUR ELEVATORS ARE READY TO RECEIVE YOUR 1985 WHEAT CROP 2 Receiving legs 8000 bu/hour unloading capacity CUSTOM COMBINING TRUCKING AVAILABLE adjustments to producers and processors and to determine their effect on subsidy pay- ments by the Canadian Dairy Commission required more time than what was originally anticipated. Director of Finance, Bill MacPherson, responsible for the Board's data processing ing the activities aid the and complexitytimeof required egdet� were the adjustments underestimated. "The Board regrets any inconvenience caused by the delay. We want to reassure producers that the adjustments will be included in the cheques mailed in August," he said. As of June 1, new and accurate calibration procedures were incorporated into the operation of the lab's butterfat testing equipment. The Central Milk Testing Laboratorypis administered by OMAF nd under ates three - partycomponent testing purposes party agreement with the Ontario Dairy Council and The Ontario Milk Marketing KEN R. CAMPBELL FARMS, R.R.I DUBLIN 527-0249 The rally ended at two o'clock so participantscould discussed during Question Period in the Legislature. Farmers weren't the only ones to support the rally. Agri -business helped in very tangible ways: local bus companies provided buses and drivers - and there were almost 50 buses in all -, farm fuel dealers contributed gasoline and diesel fuel, other businesses made cash donations to help defray the cost involved, while municipal councils passed resolutions of support. Faun related business and rural municipalities know well the nature of the agricultural opportunity...it is jobs...it is income...it is a tax base. If agriculture is threatened, then so are those jobs, that income, that tax base. • The rally achieved several aims. It proved farmers will not stand by to have their livelihood eroded. It presented concrete solutions to the problems besetting agricul- ture. It explained to the public food is a good buy at the expense of farmers' incomes. And it underscored for farmers the importance of solidarity in fighting the problems we shale Board and the Ministry. in common. TRANSPORTATION COSTS DRIVING YOU Stratford Hyundai HAS THE SOLUTION! •RUNS ON LOW COST REGULAR GASOLINE •MICHELIN ALL SEASON RADIAL TIRES •LOW COST MAINTENANCE *CHILD PROOF DOOR LOCKS *SPECIAL ANTI CORROSION TREATMENT FROM k�6345. ETELLAR O 4 DR. LUXURY FOR LESS 01.6 LITRE O.C.H. ENGINE *RUNS ON REGULAR GASOLINE • FRONT & SIDE WINDOW DEMISTERS •MICHELIN ALL SEASON RADIALS MUCH MUCH MORE!! FROM*$8995 STRRTFORD HYUflDRI 570 Huron St. Above prices do not include tax, Freight 9. 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