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Fed steers, heifers sell on active trade
Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending Dec.
2 were 2,673 cattle and 624 lambs
and goats. On Tuesday fed steers and
heifers sold on a good active trade at
prices $3 to $4 higher. Choice steers
and heifers sold $137 to $141 with
sales to $144. Second cut sold $133
to $137. Cows sold steady. On
Thursday veal calves sold on a good
trade on an active market. Light
lambs sold higher and heavy lambs
sold steady. Goats sold on an active
trade and sheep sold steady. On
Friday calves and yearlings sold
on a strong active trade at steady
prices.
Andrew Black of Proton Station,
consigned 11 steers that averaged
1,499 lbs. and sold for an average
price of $135.85. One grey steer
weighed 1,405 lbs. and sold for
$140.
George Hinz of Monkton,
consigned five heifers that averaged
1,355 lbs. and sold for $138.73. One
red heifer weighed 1,370 lbs. and
sold for $144. M&R Farms of
Exeter, consigned 36 heifers that
averaged 1,455 lbs. and sold for
$138.91. Two limousin heifers
averaged 1,335 lbs. and sold for
$143.25.
There were 400 cows on offer.
Export types sold $70 to $75 with
sales to $82; beef, $75 to $88 with
sales to $93; D1 and D2, $73 to $80;
D3, $65 to $72; D4, $45 to $65. Bev
Annett of Mildmay, consigned one
limousin cow that weighed 1,245
lbs. and sold for $93.
There were 15 bulls selling $80 to
$109. Les Falconer of Clinton,
consigned one blonde bull that
weighed 1,550 lbs. and sold for
$109.
There were 150 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $150 to $190 with
sales to $193; good holsteins, $130
to $145 with sales to $157; SI heavy
holsteins, $125 to $135; heavy
holsteins, $110 to $120; medium
holsteins, $120 to $130; plain
holsteins, $70 to $90. Mosie J.
Shetler of Lucknow, consigned eight
head that averaged 921 lbs. and sold
for an average price of $176.54. One
limousin heifer weighed 890 lbs. and
sold for $193. Matt Ferraro of
Hanover, consigned two head that
averaged 775 lbs. and sold for an
average price of $170.78. One red
steer weighed 840 lbs. and sold for
$193.
Lambs under 50 lbs. sold $255 to
$310; 50 - 64 lbs., $288 to $315; 65
- 79 lbs., $272 to $312; 80 - 94 lbs.,
$222 to $250; 95 - 110 lbs., $216 to
$224 / lb.
Sheep sold $90 to $145 / lb.
Goats: kids sold $200 to $340;
nannies, $50 to $130; billies, $150 to
$300 / lb.
Top quality stocker steers under
400 lbs. sold $199 to $230; 400 -
499 lbs., $209 to $245; 500 - 599
lbs., $199 to $240; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$176 to $206; 700 - 799 lbs., $184 to
$204; 800 - 899 lbs., $176 to $189;
900 - 999 lbs., $172 to $186; 1,000
lbs. and over, $160 to $171.
Top quality stocker heifers, 300 -
399 lbs. sold $176 to $212; 400 -
499 lbs., $164 to $182; 500 - 599
lbs., $155 to $187; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$150 to $174; 700 - 799 lbs., $153 to
$163; 800 - 899 lbs., $149 to $165;
900 lbs. and over, $145 to $164.
Scottslea Farms of Blyth, consigned
116 steers that averaged 578 lbs. and
sold for an average price of $224.12.
Fourteen charolais steers averaged
444 lbs. and sold for an average
price of $245. Blanhaven Farms of
Durham, consigned 11 head that
averaged 594 lbs. and sold for an
average price of $191.47. Three
charolais heifers averaged 552 lbs.
and sold for an average price of
$187.
Ontario's farm groups unite on boundary freeze
For the first time, all of Ontario's
major farm organizations,
representing approximately 52,000
farms and 78,000 farmers, have
come together to present a strong,
united message to the province:
freeze urban boundaries now to stop
urban sprawl and protect farming in
the Greater Golden Horseshoe
(GGH).
"The province needs to impose
real boundaries on urban expansion,
not more restrictions on farming,"
says Keith Currie, President of the
Ontario Federation of Agriculture
(OFA). "Hard municipal growth
boundaries must be part of the
solution to supporting agriculture in
the GGH so we don't pave over the
region's farmland and displace more
farm families and farming
communities."
The OFA is joined by 15 other
agriculture organizations that are
calling for stronger provincial
leadership on farmland preservation,
including the Ontario Farmland
Trust (OFT), Christian Farmers
Federation of Ontario (CCFO),
National Farmers Union -Ontario and
the Golden Horseshoe Food &
Farming Alliance.
The agriculture groups say that the
province's recently proposed
changes to the Growth Plan for the
Greater Golden Horseshoe and
Greenbelt Plan fail to protect the
majority of farmers and farmlands in
the region from ongoing and poorly -
planned urban sprawl. They are
concerned that the proposed new
policy reinforces and enables status
quo sprawl, making it difficult to see
a future for local food and farming in
the region.
"Nothing is more fundamental to
protecting farmland and achieving
the goals of the Growth Plan than
freezing urban and rural settlement
boundaries," explains CFFO
President Clarence Nywening. "This
holds municipalities accountable to
meeting their growth targets by
using urban lands more efficiently
and supporting denser, transit -
oriented developments rather than
allowing councils to be passive and
A Christmas tradition
A special visit from Santa Claus was on the agenda at Huronlea Home for the Aged in
Brussels on Friday night. The visit, organized by a handful of Howson and Howson Ltd.
employees, is always an uplifting time of year. From left: Barb Hodgins, Wayne Allin, Santa
Claus, John Duskocy, Shelley Tyerman, Carolyn Somerville and Jessica Tyerman. Seated is
Clare Vincent, a former Howson employee. (Vicky Bremner photo)
complacent about sprawl."
The province's population
growth projection of 4.5 million
new residents by 2041 is being
used by developers to argue
that more farmland should be
designated for urban uses in the
GGH.
However, independent research by
the Neptis Foundation and others
shows that more land for urban
development in the region is not
needed, with an excess of 25 years'
worth of farmland already
designated by municipalities to
accommodate growth in both urban
and rural settlement areas. An area
of prime farmland 1.5 times the size
of the City of Toronto is in the
process of being converted to
housing subdivisions, warehouses
and strip malls.
Not just home to the best farmland
in Canada, the Greater Golden
Horseshoe is home to one of North
America's largest agricultural and
agri-food industry clusters, with a
unique diversity of primary farm
production, food processing, food
service, food distribution and retail
that represents the fastest growing
employment sector in Ontario and
generates $12.3 billion in annual
economic activity.
Citing the outpouring of public
support for a larger provincial role in
establishing firm urban boundaries
and protecting agricultural land
during the co-ordinated land use
planning review, Norm Ragetlie,
Chair of the Ontario Farmland Trust,
says that "We are at a unique
moment in history where there is an
opportunity for the province to
demonstrate real leadership in
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meaningful limits on urban
expansion. Everyone wins when we
design better planned, healthier
urban and rural communities, while
also creating an environment for
farming and the agri-food economy
to remain prosperous and working
together to protect farmland
forever."
Groups calling for a freeze on
urban boundary expansion include:
the Ontario Farmland Trust, Ontario
Federation of Agriculture, Christian
Farmers Federation of Ontario,
National Farmers Union — Ontario,
Golden Horseshoe Food & Farming
Alliance, Sustain Ontario,
Ecological Farmers Association of
Ontario, Preservation of Agricultural
Lands Society, Food & Water First,
Farms at Work, FarmStart, Land
Over Landings, Langford
Conservancy, Sustainable Brant, and
the Simcoe County Greenbelt
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