The Lucknow Sentinel, 1991-03-06, Page 63-- FARM PROGRESS '91
assurance is an En part a operation
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HY DAVID, MAYOURY mance Co. "They' • t afford to
Old �� 1 had a. f a and. 1 It of their Oval Wad
on that foot he bad someiivestocki
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i:c +g ' ec§ ..5 °$3E)�r:'J'r..
oaf ; Wald. ( tt err e r� a 04 10 l York
Gone are the days of %roost the actual sirloin coverage pur
fanners raisinga
handful
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of `cattle, chased for a average � °
prs, horses d po try4 lstvad, readover the. Satre `pd#
they concentrate on one particular ; Y� ago, the coverage ligge
More,; increasing their profit*at:.as
pausethings;w
the same time cheaper, .Today + arise'inflation
.Also gone are *a- eareikei days.. `hay ` made the replacement atrte`.
when accidental los were ranch: higher, fannert need More.
shrugged away as a.Ogre partof .' insurance. It Inorette, antogrot of
farming, Today, virtually, .ever insures that one up more
seri .farm :owner or ':operator than the rates Never said.
�er upe at f a -T-f use of iu ` don't ee " t,:the
ondp� er is.. sing .ever larger
•I a farmer is raising � beef amounts of income into the
cattle, he is looking'at d cost of • necessary' insurance. The ono
about 35 cents per $100 'value" of uipment hetowns,. the. more in -
livestock for .rnsuran Thi 'tee sumo* he requires. The: more
that he couldebe,paying $350 +ref for .ate ylivestock he , the:rnor+e umnce
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herd 6f:cattle worth $10i;,QOs,a. ; As � he needs. Midas at#Qn ,00 4p ,.I
the herd size.' increases so doesitis -does) the ague of hiprovrty
•nsurance .
have sh htt • diff ~. and the necessary utsu an
y , i � machinery, the c of the loss 1 worth of
not. �' f�� Awa tt � �� of f
ft -ora a' fie & a nt and nn $3 �,� b*,ems, in, + Y bv+ mak.
paitection, the m i' .bone' ovi u i • about $100 .. ,:.. ,. like . home i �owarM,.
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e ' <iivet a 1. ` acre 'fob about another $350, Finally,. for mere than for Other Zvi , due '
'ling used td raise �f cattle The about.$1.000.001in iia*bili y _the" to a higher risk jolt.
insurance for :.a $60,000. home fanner would be forced o pay .ale don't � iife insuta e
would stand at about $160. r year,. about.$20. said - Peever. "Eat 1 have seen
a. Win,, worth about $60141, ' z Ali' that together comes' to s.
.� . ;.,schcdulcs from' �t� in. the
and you..pay a mer. $300 +fir , ,, gin. total of r.. tel $2 for ,,d . f ! i
;An teat .rrent�sh �wo� .$:, til Y � l l fanning a h �h�
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p . a . .a- .es.., n a : one year, Add mote lives risk _.erip y nl herefore, it
woe - '. anomer r0 to me __. _ _ :• _
e�rupmentR and. �rmtt add bye '� `mors _post �'" , - • •
lisurance 1 .1# nil that shed: with .r in. . tci: - if , a l " e'
i . ia�g .. today,,ol<d � m► gets
2:0� w . of uivau, enti. and
., cost is far . t taut as his ham s to theground
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add
$100,000 combine,. and add another
gooey.After alit - : Will �:.
youof.te iaee! en . +case of an ems a ►d h he a Muchbetter.off
$35% • h Another' 100,000
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ve $ y exert
costs,. -depending on whether they Abut 100 years age, anus
are broiler or laying operations, were foarrnea to Protect 'farmers
Because of ' the .extra,, heating err* ^ . m. ,:,being ou�g�epda y *Fre
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moms, said' Fce •
volved, braileirs� colt mote, . .
most expel ve of all; hogs an be :largely to competition' among.,
. ' -one
insured around',. is •per • eveil the, mutuals, insurancerates .'
$100 value, titre. largely the '.have• become very reasonable.
ink•ii k of re'brougiit "ou`t
by : the additional heat lamps and and equipment sheds, the ,stand d
gat. is aibbiit 40- `s per ►100
•gas• value, ewer'. Said. Tlis as a little
Lts�utae has become an integral higher thar►cQmparabXe StruEttt�s in
part of the fanning operation due to
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'COO of towr4s elf _ llac,.of e
rept vestock and equipment. Y'roti0i•
"Most people have their farms . The same. factor causes 'Abe
protected," Said Norris Never of surance of any country home to: lie.
West Wawanosh Mutual Fire fn- higher, whether part of *a fart or
N�'tjli. corn can per o.
as vel : as co .vention
An Agriculture Canada ` study till dud reduced tag lowers so
shows that no+til . cora scan perform temperatures," :says Fortin. "Our
as well as or better than conyyn study looked at the effect of these
tionally-tilled corn when :meas lower sols temperatures, no just _lin
ments are taken at identical stagesti gerrnination rates, but on develop.,
of plant development. "No -till. gid m�►t,. p w tns * ughont the envie
•minimum -tilt coni generally reach lifehycle' of th plant."
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niamilty slightly later Man cora 'corn parr s are.
gown Bag co eventiona tillage 4004? ly' on a caale± r- e
methods,"says Agriculture Canasta time scale;" she adds: -"But in terms
scientist Dr. Marie laude Fortin. of n n e tensa , these
�rforma halm cs
the researcher_who s�,�,�the Omp ii�sons bia, in voUr of "
study. "But production ori no -611. hY d• ch Inatfires ea est,"'
ground does not seem to= adversely in a viol* Perim t con*
affect yield and other performance ducted scantly by 9Agricu1tut
characteristics of the .hybrids we. ° °'� and Michigan State.'Unxver-
testa" city, Fortin .,the success duo"
The project, was funded through `till corn according to plant biomass,
the Soil and Water Environmental . i ',height and nitrogen' uptake. Using
Enhancement_ Program (SWEEP), a ' specific stages of plant development
federal -provincial, $30 -million . as her yardstick, she obtained excel,
program to • improve productivity < lent results from no`ill. "In some
Ind reduce phosphorus runoff •from vasesileaves-wemaetnallY larger
agricultural sources. the no -t11 crops Nyhan wintered to
Dr., Fortin drew her conclusions conventionally grown ,crops at, the
from a study on the influence of same stage of .development," , she
soil temperature. on `corn develop- . sayer,
rent in Barrow Sandy town soils •
at Agriculture Canada's Boom WE WOULD BE MORE
Research Station in .Essex County. , -_Content if we could see hoer
Throughout the 1990 growing sea- otherpeople envy use our privileges.
son, Fortin collected data on the --Content if we knew how much
performance of two commercial heavier other people's loads are.
corn hybrids in no-till,ncuiw imam till •-Happy if we thought f ess about
and conventionally4t fled AWOL Ale things We cannot have•
"Crop residue a sociated with no- --Happy if we allowed ourselves
• -• to enjoy our privileges more.
. • Create afresh • mei" looktOryoUriiortirit Choose from over 5000 patterns
by $unworthy, hand Ky.id; Storeys, Well.Te c "" entl,Borges.
Nova ori sale.at., • °
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