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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1990-12-19, Page 17THE HUAUh EXPOSTOR OECEIWBEFI t9. t iso- t l World trade talks on agriculture will continue into the new year World am* talks on agriculuire will continue it the new yeas[, the three Caladium agra.uttuie milemers announced today at the aid of a muumuu! isteeug under the Gwleril AVoeu,ca on Tariffs and Trait (GA'I'T'). The :mia wnxr14tu carne atter five days of talks, during which u beam clear that the European ca nammi y (EC) wars not prepared to eater into .meaningful (nations on agricultural issues. lack of political will to deal with agriculture in Montreal two years. ago and now in Brraris clearly signals that must be a past of a utas vac GATT cone usioi." said Agriculture !rliairler Dem Mauankowski, bead of tete Canadmu' agriculture The minister added diet las was discouraged, however, that GATT member countries were determined to find d Solution IU dies dinar-11- CM "We are commuted to Ilse process and to furrier dialogue," Mr. Mazankowski said "Callahan fame' deed improved and equally Mashie trade ruder. We want to BARBERSHOP QUARTET - Seaforth High School Grade 12 and 13 students listened to a reading of Layne Coleman's 'Barbershop Quartet' by Blyth actors and actresses. The play looks at a barbershop in a small town. Oxford photo. Tripartite payment triggered for apple producers Apple. producers enrolled in the National Tripartitie Price Stabilization program will receive a final payment of $9.60 per metric tonne for their 1989 crop. The announcement was made by the National Stabilization Commit- tee on behalf of producers, the federal government and par- ticipating provincial governments. Interim payments of $15 and S15.35 per tonne were made earlier this year for the 1989 crop to eligible apple producers; therefore, the total received will be $39.95 per tonne. This third and final payment represents the difference between the 1989 support price of $239.14 per tonne and the market price of $ 199.19 per tonne. When the payout is completed, a total of 2,772 apple producers in British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia will have received payments on 416,000 tonnes of apples totalling $16.6 million for the 1989 crop. National Tripartite Stabilization Programs are established by federal - provincial agreement to stabilize returns to producers during periods of low market prices. Producers and both levels of government contribute equally to the fund. succeed m ire negotiator std we're O 10 contras Io ark ow voa. 10 the oder bibles by Canada. ow objocxiva i• avicul- ture ramie tnmchmuised. They are. • to establish ant thane rules to apply away 1p aM oortrraries, • to subMeeetisiy nom trado-dis- uortung subsidies. • to increase acorn a irernational • to clarity and mrengthea Article XI, and • to set up a framework to prevent the misuse a health and sanitary regulations as burner* to trade. Minima ut Stale for Grains pad Oilseeds, Omits Maya, a n- phasizod slit is inausives uncle' the National Agn- food begun nPolicy Revacw will eouunue as the grade talks proceed. "We've developed valuable parurustups watt industry and he province during die review," he said. "'Riese will conunuc w ensu to mate ow midway, amore com- petitive and responsive to global macks's " Pia= Biala, Minister of Stye for Agriculture, added 'We started the OFA urges national voli The Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) wants the fodaara1 government m "rugs ar cut bait" where farm finance is concerned. "Improving the farm credit situation has always been a high pnaritir for the Ontario Federation of Agriculture," OFA President Roger George told the federal task force on farm finance and management yesterday in Toronto. "The highest priority of Ontario farmers right now is affordable credit" Interest expense for Ontario farmers currently averages more than 32 per dent of net cash in- come, a figure Roger George called "shocking and projections point to that figure increasing," he told the task force. "A commitment to a national farm finance policy is critical," he said, citing the 440 basis points spread between U.S. and Canadian prime rates in the fact that bank prime rate financing is 44 per cent higher in Canada. "When we talk about competitiveness and a level playing field, this puts Ontario farmers in an incredibly damaging position as we move towards inter- national trade. It's obvious that our interest policy is not serving the agricultural sector." He also recommended the man- date of the Farm Credit Corporation (FCC) be revised to allow for more flexibility in acquiring holding, leasing and disposing of land; that it be encouraged to develop and market innovative farm credit PITCH -IM instruments; and be permuted to acct as the delivery agent for a range of concessionary farm credit programs. These programs should be directed towards beginning farmers, farmers restru curing through debt review, or going Uuough production shifts dictated by trade adjustments. However, he stressed that "disc u - ssion of FCC should not obscure the fact that it is the federal govenunent's farm credit policy which is at issue. !ICC only mirrors federal government direction," he said. "It's the federal ggovenunent that must remandas ie WC to be a meaningful lender of farm credit" The OFA also wants to see the Farm Debt Review Boards en- hanced to include the provision of credit guarantees for financially restructured farm operations and financial resources made available for clients to receive independent legal or financial counsel during mediation. "The federal government has let its farm financial.possibility erode away until then ifarm rs of Ontario have been left naked," said Roger George, "now it's time to fish or cut bait." The Ontario Federation of Agriculture is the voice of Ontario farmers. Canada's largest voluntary general farm organizations, is sup- ported by over 20,000 individual members and 28 affiliated or- ganizations and represents farm family concerns to governments and the general public. JOIN US! rgotiations midi a smog +oas t poems actor will be oro'viss to die OM mop with pusttaus intact." The thread of the negotiation u being picked up is Geneva, where the 100-aueomber GATT or- uzation is based. A miniseariol- vel mooting is expected to be held early to the new year. Mr. Mazarikowati dunked the provincial and industry represen- tatives wbo carne to Brussels to support Canada's position during is rertttiations. 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