The Rural Voice, 1979-02, Page 21truck fumes as reasons for their opposition.
Mr. Hill said the dust and noise level is
"expected and accepted" by those con-
nected with the farming industry but would
likely be in conflict with a restaurant.
Huron County planner Roman Dzus said
the ministry of environment would likely
oppose the restaurant at an OMB hearing.
Chris Borgal, of the Goderich
architectural firm of Hill and Borgal, which
is representing Mr. Gibbons, said he will
appeal the planning board's decision
before the town council if that fails, he said
he would appeal the decision to the Ontario
Municipal Board.
Mr. Borgal said noise and dust problems
could be handled with special air cleaning
equipment.
It will take a two-thirds vote of Goderich
council to overturn the board's decision.
Excellent hog prices
explained
Willy Keller, Ontario Pork Producer's
Marketing Board Director from Perth
County, explained to the recent Annual
Meeting of the Perth Pork Producer's
Association in Stratford, January 17, that
were are several reasons for the unprece-
dented long period of favourable hog
prices. First last year's cold winter caused
a high incidence of disease and pig deaths
in the U.S. Predictions of a higher hog run
there didn't come true. Fear of the highly
contagious pseudo -rabies disease also kept
hog men from expanding. The third reason
is Canada's favourable export figure and
fourth is that pork consumption in Ontario
is considerably higher thanks to a turn
from more expensive beef to pork and
chicken and to continuous promotion by
the board.
Mr. Keller expressed some trepidation
over rapid expansion of hog production in
Ontario and Quebec. He sees new
buildings go up everywhere and the
renovation of old buildings. The reason for
this, he said, is that Ontario hog men have
the best system of producing good hogs. In
addition, the supply management systems
of other commodities prevent beginning or
expanding so farmers turn to pork
production.
He said that he heard an American
scientist say that low meat prices were
gone forever, and he agreed with that
view. "There is more demand for grain
from China and other countries," he said,
"and this keeps the grain price high
enough to discourage the crop man from
feeding hogs." This holds the supply down
and the price up."
He said that the pork board was looking
for potential new markets as the present
high number of hogs put pressure on the
sales office to sell the hieh volume.
Perth producer objects to
Stratford yard location
Perth Pork producer Leo Kroonen voiced
his strong objections to the location of the
new assembly yard planned for Stratford.
While agreeing that the present yard could
.not remain where it is now, he said that
the great majority of hogs are coming from
the northwest Perth Townships.
He said that the logical place would be
in this area and strongly supported the
Mitchell area. Mr. Kroonen lambasted the
pork board for its lack of communication
and called the decision to go ahead without
consultation undemocratic. He thought a
vote should be held on the issue.
Perth president Hans Feldman replied
that the board was elected to make
decisions; that the Perth Association was
kept informed through Mr. Keller, and that
Mr. Kroonen's motion to have the Yard
rebuild in Mitchell was debated at a
meeting not attended by Mr. Kroonen, and
was defeated. Some other pork producers
strongly supported Mr. Kroonen, but for
the most part the decision was accepted as
having been made.
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The National Farmers Union Board of
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