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And we are offering assistance to those farmers who ward to retire or take up iSome other occupation. we have gained approval, in our term of office, for two key c. programs to help us reach our goal: Firstly we now have legislation to enable farmers to establish national marketing • agencies -- if and when they want them, Secondly, we have the small farms development pro- gram. A. model of the new beef research centre now under construction at •Elora, . is examined by Dr. D. N. Huntley, Ekecutive Director of the Agricultural Education and Research Division, Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food (left) and Dr. T. D. Burgess, Department Of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph. Scheduled for completion in late 1972, the complex will house 600 cattle. approximately 300 steers and the remainder, breedirig stock. (Photo by the Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food) Plan Research Centre . , . .. . . . . .. A new beef research center is the beef research program, at now under construction at the the University. Elora Research Station, Elora, Ontario.. Scheduled for complet- ion in late 1972, the center will. be operated 'by the University of. Guelph, under. contract to the Ontario Department of -Agricul- ture and Food. "Programs at the stationwill be geared to providing practical recommendations to Ontario beef . producers" says Dr. T. D. Bur- gess, Department of Animal and PGouuelltprhy, Science,e is o University coordinator off INSURANCE. Auto, Fire, Life Donald G. Eaton Insurance Agency Limited Office in Masonic Block • Main Street Phone 527-1610' -- Seaforth When completed, the building will have approximately-1 1/4 wares of area under , one roof. 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Olsen discussed present agricultural programs in a forum at the recent meeting of the Liberal Party of Ontario in Ottawa. In his remarks Mr. Olsen said: - The trend to an industrial and urban society iiiNorth Amer- ica has tempted modern-day politicians in both Canada and the United States to dismiss %agriculture as a relatively minor industry and farmers as a small and relatively uniform voting block. Both assumptions are dangerous, AS far as I am con- cerned. Agriculture , is an important industry and involves a much larger portion of the public and society than most political pun- dits recognize. In fact, more than 30 per cent of Canada's labor force is directly and in- directly tied to our agricultural industry. Secondly, the agricultural industry can not be treated as a uniform group. No simple' solutions exist. No single pro-:' gram or policy will satisfy the complex challenges farmers and the• agricultural industr y are coping with today. A successful political strategy for agriculture will be built out of a study of the chal- lenges each commodity group faces, out of the challenges peculiar to geographic regions and out of the very different set of circumstances surrounding commercial, farmers on the one hand and small, marginalaand sub-marginal farmers on the other hand. The policies and programs that emerge will not lend them- selves easily to modern-.. day politics which depend to a large degree on capsule com- ments and slogans suited for television, radio and print media advertisements. This is the situation as it exists for parties that form the government at both the federal and "'provincial levels. The situation for parties in opposition is, however, quite different. • The agricultural industry has 'been undergoing a tremendous amount of change, and this in itself has been extremely up- setting for 'large numbers of farmers, and particularly • for 30 Per Cent of Labor Forks Tied To Agricultural Industry farmers who sense that they are being left behind. Opposition partiesjiave been successful, and particularly on the Prairies, in crystaltgag these fears and In building dreams and hopes that they will be able to reverse the trends now taking place. The fact of the matter is, however, that op political party and no government will be able to fulfill these kinds of dreams and hopes they raise In these people's minds. In the long run, they will face up to the disastrous consequences- of the credibility gap. There are some over-riding issues or challenges in agricul- ture today whieb are common to all segments of the industry. First among these is • the challenge to market our products. When this federal government came into office, we pointed out that marketing would be the number one challenge In the years ahead. It was a radical point of view because the industry had come through more than 100 years of focussing attention on production problems -- the, problems of adopting new technology, com- batting disease, taking the risk out of production, increasing yields and producing farm pro- ducts at lower and lower costs in order to hold on to a reason- able profit margin. In the four years since that time, Canada's agricultural in- industry has indeed shifted its attention to marketing and to- day the farm press, farm or- •ganizations and agribusiness are talking about. marketing more than they are about any other single issue. The emphasis we brought to marketing has been , the key to our improved situation today in wheat. inventories and sales, our switch to barley and the huge new markets we have found for feed , grains, the boom is rape- seed, the continued strength shown in the beef industry, _the rationalization of the dairy in- dustry, and so on, And this is 'just the beginning. Xs this approach to agri- cultural policy aild programs be- gins to take hold ' even more. strongly, I predict that we will see some dramatic success stories in Canadian agriculture, and particularly on ' the, export market. Another example' of the importance of marketing -- this time ail unpleasant example was. the chicken and egg, war that erupted abOut a year ago. That marketing war surely pointed up clearly for all to see the vital importance of marketing and the fact that. marketing problem's could• have more impact on the fortunes of egg .and broiler producers than disease, than technology or the other traclitipnally important production problems. Bill C-176, the legislation to set up a legal framework so farmers could establish national marketing agencies, is a vital piece of legislation in meeting the marketing challenges we will face in the future. ' It Is a forward-looking piece of legislation, and there is 'no doubt that some sectors of the agricultural industry are not yet prepared to use the legislation to come to grips with the marketing challenges peculiar to the com- modity they produce. But , for other commodities, national marketing agencie-s are vital to their long-term success and surviial. Eggs and broilers are prime examples. The other over-riding issue today in agriculture is the future for our small farmers. These farmers have become the central issues for Opposition parties hoping to upset governments in power. They like to claim that we are following the Task Force Report on Agriculture recom- mendations to decrease the number of farms drastically. Ladies add gqntlemen, let us emphatically state that at no time has this government abdi- cated its responsibilities to govern'to any task force or any- one else. The Task Force Report is not our Bible concerning agri- cultural policy; it never has been. It is and will continue to be this government's responsibility, that is, the elected members of the federal 'government to make agricultural policies for the Canadian farmer. The re- commendations of the Task Force have been very useful to'the Op-- position parties In trying to discredit the Liberal govern- ment. one of' the emotional charges is that the federal government is trying to move the farmers off the land because the Task. Force Report '‘old ,us to do so. .This charge is garbage. Our small farms development program which the governnient- has committed $150,000,000 to is in direct opposition to encourag- ing small farmers to leave farm- ing. Instead of encouraging small farmers to leave farming, we are offering the financial and coun- selling assistance to such farmers to develop profitable, farms if they are interested. That -- t- "Viand ' like—rural depopulation to me. After campaign rhetoric is swept ,,aside, w e find that all of the ministers of agriculture in Canada today are agreed that we must have a two-pronged set of programs for small farmers. First, we must provide assistance to small farmers who want to develop profitable family farms. Secondly, we must pro- vide help to those farmers who, by their own choice, want to quit farming. This, in a nutshell, is exactly what we have proposbd in our small farms development program. In a federal election .cam- paign, we must seize the initiative on this policy. Several pro- vincial governments fell prey to attacks from Opposition parties who took the initiative In defend- ing the small family farm, creat- ing the impression that the government in power was not doing anything about the issue, or that it was, by default, allow- ing agriculture to fall into the hands of large. operators and corporations. The fact of the matter is that corporations, as: such, have made little or no inroads at all into Canadian agriculture at the pro- ducer level. The family farm is still the most efficient structure and it, will continue to be for the foreseeable future. Federal policies are aimed at strengthening the family farm further, and at creating a place for a 'greater number of profit- able gamily farm operations. ' The success in this policy will depend, to a large extent, on our success in expanding markets for Canadian farm products: Our markets must increase to make room for expanding pro- duction. And any increase in markets must come largely at the export level. • This is where the two policies mesh -- the policy of making our agricultural industry a market- oriented 'industry{ and the policy of encouraging the developtnentof profitable family farms. • • Both work together; one by itself will fail because •it de- pends on the other. Those who promise to save the •family farm without presenting' a policy to expand markets are vulnerable to attack. Again, this is where national marketing • agencies mesh with our overall goals. For many commoditiesatat- lonal marketing agencies could be the most successful organiz- ation for eapthring,new markets and for expanding existing markets, particularly , the export market. ' Thisis the point at which Op- position attacks on the national marketing legislation breakdown because they assume, that a national marketing agency would automatically cut back production 'in' order to-boost-priCes. It is an assumption that the Opposition parties themselves are making and not one that farmers 'who establish national marketing agencies Wouldheces- sarily follow. It fs certainly not an assumption in our policy and programs for Canadian agri- culture. In summary, our objective is to help our Canadian agricultural industry to expand its markets by 4