The Citizen, 1986-09-17, Page 32PAGE 32. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1986.
Robinson appointed to pork advisory board
A McKillop Township pork
producer is one of nine members
appointed to the advisory commit
tee of the new Ontario Pork
Industry Improvement Program
(OPIIP), part of a provincial
incentive program which will
provide $54 million in aid to the
industry over the next five years.
Bob Robinson of Vista Villa
Farms, RR 4. Walton, said that his
committee has been put in place to
monitor the progress of the new
program, and to recommend revi
sions as it proceeds. The commit
tee will also review administrative
policy, evaluate producer re
sponse, identify major areas of
research funding priorities, and
assist in the promotion of the
program.
OPIIP has been introduced to
improve the competitive position
of Ontario pork producers and to
encourage improvements in the
Plowing Match
now Oct. 3, 4
The Huron County Plowing
Match which was to have been held
last weekend has been reschedul
ed, thanks to the recent record-
breaking rains which made plow
ing on the Murray Cardiff farm
impossible.
The match will now be held
Friday and Saturday, October 3
and 4 -- weather permitting It will
still be at the Cardiff farm in Grey
Township, two roads north of
Brussels, then east about a mile;
and the schedule will be the same
as last weekend’s: Friday will
feature a coaching session and
special classes for young people;
while Saturday will include regular
classes, conservation tillage, log
sawing and nail driving competi
tions, and the Queen of the Furrow
contest.
Starting time is 10 a.m. each
day. For more information, call
Brian Hall at the OMAF office in
Clinton, at 482-3428 or 1-800-265-
5170.
Correction
There were errors in the story
and cutline about the Huron
County Dairy Princess story last
week, which have been drawn to
our attention by Shirley Ramsey,
Dairy Princess Competition co
ordinator. The bouquet was pre
sented to the winner by Mrs.
Ramsey, not the out-going Prin
cess as stated; also, the girls in the
group photo were wrongly identi
fied: in the back row, from left,
they were Dianne Litt, Darlene
Darrow, Audrey Bos and Heather
Macintosh.
The Citizen apologizes for any
inconvenience.
Belgrave Fair
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children as well as outside races
and horse events but the rest of the
show went on, even if not quite as
usual. Showing of cattle was
moved inside an old barn on the
fairgrounds where conditions were
cramped but the young showmen
and judges both coped valiantly.
Even the indoor show in the
Belgrave arena was not totally dry
as leaks in the roof led to several
wet areas and some ruined exhibits
of school work.
Opening ceremonies were mov
ed inside where Brent Scrimgeour
of Blyth, who last year was the top
exhibitor of school work, officially
opened the fair. Others taking part
in the ceremony were Fair Presi
dent, Bruce Campbell; Don Pullen
of the Ontario Ministry of Agricul
ture and Food; Reeve Ernest Snell
of East Wawanosh; Reeve Douglas
Fraser of Morris; Arnold Mathers
from the Huron County Board of
Education and Cousin Clem, read
ing tidbits from the Westfield Rag.
production and management areas
of individual operations, according
to Ontario Agriculture and Food
Minister Jack Riddell. Areas being
stressed are record-keeping, oper
ation analysis, facility improve
ment, and improvements to breed
ing and herd health.
“Thegoalofthe program is to
improve the Ontario pork industry
asawhole, to make it more efficient
without increasing overall produc
tion,” Mr. Robinson said.
Detailed information and grant
application forms are being mailed
to producers now. Producers will
be able to apply for assistance
October 1st. in such areas as
I
production analysis, operation an
alysis, swine ventilation, facility
improvements, artificial insemina
tion, rodent control, veterinary
visits, feed analysis, and related
education. Future additions to the
plan will consider herd health
improvements, better laboratory
testing and pork marketing assist
ance, with details being released to
producers as they are developed.
To be eligible for assistance,
swine breeders and commercial
pork producers must have a
minimum of 20 sows, or market a
minimum of 300 hogs annually. All
replacement boars and Al boars
will have to meet standards
established by the Ontario mini
stry after April 1, 1988.
Bob Robinson is well known
across the province as an innova
tive and aggressive producer of
both market hogs and purebred
stock, and has served on several
provincial committees set up to
assess and investigate sectors of
the pork industry. He is a director
and past president of the Ontario
Swine Breeders, and a prominent
exhibitor ofswine at some of the
larger Ontario fairs, including the
Royal Winter Fair. He is also well
known as ajudge, with a special
fondness for 4-H and Showman
ship competitions; his two elder
sons, Scott and Brent, have
captured the Showmanship
Championships at the Pork Con
gress one after the other, under
other judges.
Other members of the advisory
committee, which is chaired by Dr.
Clare Rennie, Assistant Deputy
Minister of Agriculture, are Dave
Adams, Islington; Enid Gough,
Mt. Brydges; Dr. J. D. Hanock,
Picton; Cedric Harr op, Guelph;
Bob Hunsberger, Breslau; Warren
Stein, Tavistock; Clara Keller,
Mitchell; and John Weins,
Niagara-on-the-lake. The commit
tee met for the first time August 1