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Four hog producers from Canadians are beef eaters, but
Southern Ontario loaded their they will substitute pork when
livestock aboard trucks which which beef price' s rise uflexpectedly.
were returning Saskatche This workec. ;to ,keep the hog
market buoyart,t, and the market hogs from the Royal Agricultural
- has ii-emainedistrong during the Fair in Toronto. They had been to
past eigfit/months because thet, Agribition before as .observers '
' and were finally persuaded to demand for bacon and ham was
take an active role in the show. steady.
ltihas fluctuated no more than
flye' cents a pound during the
time, Bergman said.
"I think it will hold stable and
maybe drcpoff toward spring but
then come back up.
But as with any market in
r.anada it is influenced by the
More next yeaf
If the move is successful this
year a lot more Ontairio producers
will be in Regina-bext yearyaid
John Van Vlic't .,q)f Brussels,
Ontario. He said' mnnY Ontario
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Ontario hogs entered in Agribition
producers are serious about U.S.And since hog production is a
attending in the future,. world market local breeders are
On the trip to Regina the truck finding some tough competition
was side-tracked in Thunder Bay, from hog producers in Dehmark
Ont. for about 10 hours and the and. Sweden, he said.. Most of the
cold weather affected some hogs. hogs produced in Saskatchewan
Some were frostbitten.. But a are consumed here,. which tends
Editor's. Note: Jan
Van Vleit of Brussels was one of
four southern Ontario hog
producers who participated in a
recent Agribition in Regina. The
following article appeared in the
Regina Leader Post of Thursday,
December 1:. It was sent to the
Post by Ivan Witiliams, a former
Brussels re sident who is now
Editor of the Leader-Post.
Mr. Williams noted that the
story marked the first' time the
village of Brussels has ever
been mentioned in the Regina
Leader-Post.
' For the first time since the
Canadian Western Agribition was
started Ontario hog producers
have breeder entries in the
annual show and sale.
Federal Minister of Ariculture
the Honourable Eugene. Whelan
says the time has come for
Canadian Farmers to discard the
nice guy image and be the bad
guys when it comes to discussing
agricultural policy, the setting of
commodity prices and dealing in
the world market place.
This brought a barrage of table
thumping, hand clapping, and
cheers from the 450 delegates
attending the 39 annual Ontario
Federation of Agriculture
convention last week in Hamilton.
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week of recuperation in the barns
has brought them around in time
for Wednesday's hog show, Van
Vliet said.
Hampshire, . Yorkshire,
Lacombe, Landrace and Duroc
breeds from Ontario are in
Regina for the competition and
sale.
The hog market, which many
Saskatchewan hog , breeders
thought would drop, has
reniained buoyant because of an
unexpected jump in beef prices,
said John Bergman who raises
Landr ace hogs at his LangenbUrg
farm. .„
According to Whelan the
consumer is getting his money's
worth from his food dollar. He
said "Back in 1951 an average
hour's pay bought 1.2 pounds of
sirloin steak. In 1976 that same
hours pay bought three and a half
pounds." "A 1976 hour would
buy four times as many eggs, two
and a half times as much chicken,
and over twice as, many pork
chops, twice as much milk,
potatoes, apples and
bread compared to 25 years age."
(Continued on Page 19) •
to stabilize the -market locally, but
Saskatchewan's total production
is small on the world scene.
For the first time at agribition
hog breeders have their own barn
and from what Bergman has been
led to believe it will be a
permanent facility.
Some improvements are
needed but it beats what
producers faced last year. Until
this year'ilogs were mixed with
cattle and prOblems resulted.
Hogs prefer a warm barn; cattle
like it cold. Hog producers would
turn up the heat; the cattlemen
would open the doors, BergMan
said.
There are advantages to
Agribition - a high calibre of
judging as well as competition
from some of the best' breeding
stock in the Prairies, he said.
"That's really the grass roots
o1 it. We have to come up with
good stock so 'commercial buyers
will buy it, and they're riot scared
to pay for good stock."
Bergman said he still ha's some
reservations about Agribition the
most obvious of which is that
thereis.no carcass class for hogs,
There are very few agricultural
shows which don't have a market
show for hogs, he-.said..
'Tye tended to, look down on
Agribition because it's built too
much around feeder cattle,
would prefer to have more than
just hogs, cattle, sheep and
horses shown, At the . Royal
Agricultural Fair in Toronto
there's everything from sheaves
to geese to feathers. •
"Agribition could be done this
way. There's lots of potential
since Saskatchewan is an
intensive producer of livestock as
well as agricultural products,"
said Bergman.
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