The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1969-04-24, Page 14Page 14
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More capital, skill needed
for farmers of the future
Exeter
District Co-Op
.Beside CNR Station
FELLOW AGROLOGISTS GATHER — The 10th annual meeting of the Ontario Institute of Agrologists
was held at Centralia's College of Agricultural Technology this week. Attending from this district and
shown above during a coffee break are area farmer Ian McAllister, Huron's Ag Rep Don Pullen and Doug
Jamieson of the Centralia College staff, T-A photo
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Co-ops to co-operate
with new farm group
Delegates tQ the annual
.meeting of the Ontario Institute
of Agrologists at Centralia,
Monday were told much less
land and labour will be needed
in the next 29 years despite the
fact agricultural production
should double.
However, a great deal more
capital and managerial skill will
be required on the land in use by
1990 said Dr. Murray
MacdregOr, a University of
Guelph economist. And, he said,
the development of policies and
plans to meet these eventualities
is important.
Dr, MacGregor used as an
example to illustrate his theory
the Federal Task Force on
Agriculture's recommendation
to cut Western wheat acreage by
10,000,000 acres, or one-third
current production. Be
wondered what would be done
with this land and later
suggested the experts can't really
think of any useful alternative.
Dr, MacGregor said the need
for a provincial land use plan is
inevitable — one that is feasible
and that would make massive
adjustments like the wheat
problem unnecessary.
He said it is obvious much of
Ontario's farm land cannot be
productively used in agriculture
in the near future,
C4.
. And perhaps never again
if our science and technology
continues its rapid advance.
Therefore we must find better
alternative uses for much of this
land outside agriculture. Unless
we do, agriculture can be
burdened by an excessive land
resource that prevents the
development of a strong
competitive agriculture and
continued economic growth of
our economy."
Dr. MacGregor said, if
agrologists can do a reasonable
job of predicting changes in
technology and demand, then
they can do a reasonable job of
land use planning.
The Ontario Institute of
Professional Agrologists is
— Please turn to page 15
general farm organization in
whatever manner the founding
G.F.O. convention might decide.
Supporting the UCO
President, Mr. Bell said, "Our
Board will co-operate with the
farmers' general organization
whether or not it is given a place
on the governing body of the
new G.F.O. It is more important
to keep the real issue of one
G.F.O. before the farmers,
without clouding the issue with
a vote on whether or not
co-operatives should be
represented."
New rabbit club
holds meeting
The April meeting of the
South Huron Rabbit Breeders
Association was held in Elimville
Hall on April 8.
President Wm Dickey
welcomed an interested group of
rabbit raisers. The minutes of
the March meeting were read by
Secretary Angus Murray.
Question and answer time
brought many questions frorri
potential producers with many
of the answers supplied by
veteran rabbit raisers.
Two of Ontario's largest
agricultural co-operatives have
requested the Campaign
Committee of the General Farm
Organization to omit from the
proposed impending G.F.O.
ballot the question on whether
or not co-operatives should have
representation on the new
G. F. O.
Robert McKercher, president
of the province's largest farm
supply organization, United
Co-operatives of Ontario, and
Alex Bell, president of Ontario's
largest dairy co-operative,
United Dairy Producers
Co-operative, made the request
jointly to the G.F.O. Campaign
Committee chairman, Malcolm
Davidson, of Brucefield.
"The question being put to
the farmers for voting is
complicated enough without the
issue of co-operatives on the
proposed G.F.O. board," said
Mr. McKercher. "In our opinion,
it only serves to confuse the
basic question of whether or not
farmers want one general farm
organization to represent their
interests."
As to UCO's ultimate
relationship with the new group,
he indicated that UCO would be
pleased to work with any new