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growers were averaging $1
per bag less than Michigan
growers and that they aver-
aged $1 per bag more since
, the beans were handled by
the board.
The Ontario Bean Prod-
ucers Board markets all the
beans of Ontario growers,
although growers can hold
their beans back after harv-
est.
BUY ELSEWHERE
Mr. Allen said the Euro-
pean buyers can beans every
day of the year, and "if you
hold your beans back, they'll
buy somewhere else."
He said. the problem
occurs when everyone tries
to sell the• crop at once, and
the price of beans goes
down.
Although dealers sell the
majority of Ontario beans to
Britain, Mr. Allen said last
• year's crop was sold in 51
other countries as well.
He said three, European
buyers' were touring Ontario
this week, and that "they've
got to have our beans and we
(growers and board) have to
have them."
He1 said the buyers in
Britain have assured the
board that they would never
buy their beans all from one
country. One grower in the
audience expressed concern
that buyers might purchase
all their beans from the
United Stales. American
growers are expecting a very
good crop this year.
In response to questions
from other bean growers in
the audience, Mr. Allen said
as far as the board knows,
the dealers cannot put a lien
on future bean crops. He said
dealers can't take the debt
from pool and carry it to the
next.
Mr. Allen also told the
growers that under the
federal government stabiliza-
tion program for the 1977
white bean crop, pedigreed
seed growers do not qualify
for assistance.
PAYMENTS
The government stabiliza-
tion payments are expected
to be made to bean growers
by the end of .this month,
In response to another
question about Ethiopia's
entry into the world bean
market, Mr. Allen said
although the country was the
third largest exporter of
beans for one year, this was
because the government en-
couraged farmers to go into
beans to get money to buy
arms.
Mr. Allen said the Ethiop-
ian beans were sold largely
to German canning factories
since the Germans can their
beans in salt brine, and sell
them in glass jars, rather
than canning them in tomato
sauce..
The board member said
the German factories prefer-
red the appearance of the
Ethiopian beans.
In response to another
question, Mr. Allen said
growers would have taken
more of the 1977 crop off the
land if there hadn't been
crop insurance.
He said if this had
happened, there would have
been more poorer quality
beans to be sold to the
Japanese market or to be
made into dog food.
BEAN JAM
The Japanese buyers use
the beans to make bean jam,
so don't require the highest
grade of bean.
Mr. Allen asked bean
growers who had any ques-
tions about the board to call
him or the other three Huron
County directors. He said the
directors rarely receive calls,
despite the many rumours
about the board.
In other business, mem
bers were asked to contact
their local papers to ask why
they weren't put. 'ng the
monthly Farmers' Price Ind-
ex prepared by the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture.
Peter Hannam, Federation
President, said in a letter to
members, that while the
Toronto dailies ' and other
large national dailies were
publishing the index, the
smalltown papers didn't
seem to use it.
The executive committee
of the Huron County Federa-
tion of Agriculture is going to
draft a letter to the local
media about carrying the
index each month.
50 NEW MEMBERS
Bill Crawford, fieldman for
the Huron County Federa-
tion, told members a very
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