The Rural Voice, 1980-07, Page 251980
SOYBEAN
AGREEMENT
REACHED
The 1980 soybean marketing P,,ree-
ment has been signed by the negotiating
agency comprised of processors, dealers
and growers.
The 1980 agreement required two days of
deliberations relating to the soybean
industry including such items as the
formula for minimum pricing, dealer
handling charges, drying charges, grade
and moisture disputes and the Cash
Advance Payment Program.
The actual change from the 1979
agreement was the drying charges in the
Soya -Bean Conversion Table. During the
past year fuel and energy cost has risen in
propane gas, electricity and natural gas
used for the drying of soybeans should the
moisture be in excess of 14 per cent. The
increase is approximately 12.5 per cent
more or less as the rate is taken to the
nearest 10 cents.
Soybean production in Ontario has been
on the increase during the past two years.
Today, Ontario accounts for approximately
75 per cent of processors' requirements
compared to five years ago when better
than 50 per cent of the crushers'supply had
to be imported from the U.S.A.
Soybeans are Ontario's 4th highest cash
crop and production is on the increase. Last
year Statistics Canada indicated the
acreage was 700,000 producing a crop of
twenty-five million bushels.
As Ontario soybean production continues
to increase the 1980 Negotiating Agency
agreed to have the Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food conduct an in -dept:.
study to determine a more desirable pricing
mechanism from that of the present which
is tied to the land in value.
Rural students
face culture shock
Rural students have a tougher time
adjusting to campus life than their urban
counterparts, according to John Clarke,
vice-president of the University of
Winnipeg.
Mr. Clarke said not only do the students
face financial and identity problems at the
university, but also face the shock of
moving to a large city.
"There's a definite cultural shock in
coming to Winnipeg from a high school
with maybe 200 or 300 students in a town
with a population of 2,000". he said.
The university vice-president said a
recent study showed fewer students from
rural backgrounds were coming to
Winnipeg to attend university and more
were dropping out due to financial
difficulties.
Mr. Clarke said 18.4 per cent of the
students surveyed for the study were
from communities of fewer than 2,000
residents and more than a third of these
students dropped out of university because
of money problems.
"The urban student is quite likely still
living in his parent's home during the first
few years, or even for the entirety of his
undergraduate degree," the vice-president
said.
The director of student counselling
services at the university, Nick Phillips,
said students generally experience an
uncertain period before they finally adjust
to their new environment.
During this period, he said, rural
students become exposed to new role
models which may alter their career
choices.
Another problem Mr. Clarke pointed out
is that students from the rural areas he
studied were all from the upper half of
their high school graduating class.
"These students have been outstanding
at home, at the top of their class and very
often leaders in the student council and in
athletics," the vice-president said.
"Then they come to university, where
they are virtual unkowns, and find that
every other student is outstanding in one
way or another," he said.
Rodeo setup for
Junior Farmers
Now is the time for all you tractor driving
people, who think you're king of the road
(or field) to test your ability at handling one
of those monsters.
The Junior Farmers are setting up a
tractor safety rodeo on Saturday, June 28
at the Exeter fair grounds and are inviting
anyone between the ages of 15 and 29 to
enter. The rodeo will consist of two courses
which the contestants will have to drive
through with a wagon and then attempt to
hitch up a three point hitch.
Only twenty people will be allowed to
enter due to a shortage of time and any
interested people, who would like to enter
the rodeo, can contact the Ministry of
Agriculture and Food, in Clinton.
Roger Morrison, Seaforth, who is
helping to arrange the rodeorsaid that there
will be no quiz for the contestants but when
the winner goes to the zone competition
and then to the Provincial competition, he
or she will have to complete a quiz.
The rodeo is being sponsored by the
Junior Farmers, said Mr. Morrison, and the
tractors are being supplied by John Deere.
There will be no entry fee, he said.
After the rodeo, which will get underway
at 10 a.m. Saturday the Junior Farmers will
be having their summer games, he said.
This will involve ball games, track events
and then a dance in the evening.
Goderich features
farmers' market
A farmers' market offering home baking,
crafts, plants and fresh produce, will be a
new feature this summer in Goderich.
The market, designed similar to the one
in Kitchener -Waterloo, will be situated
downstairs at the Ron Feagan Memorial
Grandstand on MacDonald Street.
A SS per week rental will be charged for
a 10 foot by 10 foot space, but the renter
must provide his own table and chairs.
Reservations can be made each week by
contacting the Goderich Recreation De-
partment.
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