The Lucknow Sentinel, 1982-04-07, Page 271
8 The Farm &Mks, Week or April 7, 1982
Seed prices will be up this spring
By: L. K. Haney,
Picture Butte, Alberta
President, Canadian Seed
.Growers' Associatio•n
The price of everything the
Canadian farmer uses\ t6
grow his crop in 1982 is going
up. In some cases, the price
increases are staggering.
Pedigreed seed is faced with
the same inflationary pres-
sures and so it seems inevit-
able that the cost of seed for
most varieties licensed ' in
Canada will cost more than it
did.a year ago. Compared to
other inpuis, however, the
'increased cost of seed is
minor, especially when the'
benefits to be derived from
planting certified seed are
examined.
Like any businessman, ,the
objective of the Canadian
farmer is to get the greatest
possible dollar return for
every dollar invested. Noth-
ing, can offer a better return
to the farmer than the invest-
ment in good seed.
Just consider some of the
more obvious advantages of
planting Certified seed.
First, you get seed of a
known variety. In fact, pur-
chasing Pedigreed seed is
the only legal way a farmer
can be sure of his variety.
Regulations under the Can-
ada Seeds Act prohibit seed
to be sold by variety name
unless it has the certificate of
pedigree.
Second, research contin-
ues to show that the improv-
ed quality consistently found
in Pedigreed seed produces
better yields of higher qual-
ity grain at harvest. In fact,
many times, part or all of the
cost of buying Certified seed
can be absorbed by planting
the crop at lower rates. •
Third, Certified seed is
cleaned to very high stand-
ards. Survey after survey
shows that even commercial-
ly cleaned seed is often badly
contaminated by weeds and
sowing it can often mean the
farmer is just planting more
problems.
As 'the President of the
Canadian Seed Growers' As-
sociation for 1981/82, 1 am
the head of an organization
of farmers and other seed
growers who are responsible
for producing all of the Fedi
-
greed seed grown in Canada
except for potato crops and
tree seeds. Our association
has a world-wide reputation
to protect and we approach
the task of seed production
very responsibly. Our prod-
uct is inspected and approv-
ed by government agencies
so that the Canadian farmer
and indeed international cus:
tourers can be confident that
they are purchasing the very
best seed possible. •
When you really think
about it, the price you are
asked to pay for Certified
seed is modest indeed. The
CSGA has been preaching
this message for years, still,
it's surprising how many
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Future menus may feature
fresh Ontario grown shrimp
• Research scientists at the
University of Guelph are
testing the feasibility of
using waste warm water
from hydro stations to raise
freshwater shrimp in Ontr
ario.
The project was suggested
by former Agriculture and.
Food Minister Lorne Hender-
son not just because he likes
shrimp -- he , does -- but
because the potential for the
future pay-off is very large.
Canada imports more than
$100 millionworth of shrimp
a year -- $36 million of that
comes into Ontario. At pres-
ent there is no production of
fresh water shrimp, in Can-
ada and only small harvests
of marine shrimp by East and
West coast fishermen.
Dr. John Hilton, Guelph
University nutritionist, says
it may be some time before
Canadians can expect to find
Ontario shrimp in their sea-
food cocktail at the local
restaurant.
Dr. Hilton and his team
are starting in a small way
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Drainage pays off
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Gocid drainage prevents unnecesscxy soil darnoge such as
compaction. smeang and crusting. Working wet fields with
heaw soils causes yields and damage to soil
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