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14' KONGSKILDE S 600
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12'6" KONGSKILDE (Sanderum).
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12' LONG S 895
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PG. 20 THE RURAL VOICE/APRIL 1982
ADVICE ON FARMING
Healthy hikes in input costs
mean greater risk
The Crop Insurance Commission of
Ontario is expecting a significant increase
in the number of farmers insuring their
crops because healthy hikes in input costs
for 1982 mean even greater risks to the
farmers' financial vitality. That word
comes from Crop Insurance Sale Man-
ager, Len Davies, as he assessed this
year's crop budgets. "When 1 see the
dramatic increase in farming costs for the
coming year and realize that somewhere
in the province a weather related setback
will occur, it's no wonder that more
farmers are looking seriously at insuring
their crops" states Davies.
Time was when a farmer could in
reality afford to carry his farm debt from
a disaster year into the next one. In 1967
when crop insurance first started and
interest was 6%, the carrying cost from
one harvest to the next tor a corn crop
was a mere $5.82 per acre. using today's
crop budgets and 20% interest, that
figure has skyrocketed to an unprece-
dented $69.77 per acre. "Farmers used to
be able to survive a crop loss by covering
it with a modest cash reserve or by
seeking off farm employment, but there
is no supplementary income that would
come close to covering such a loss
today", he explained.
Each year crop losses due to hail, wind,
frost, flood, drought, insect infestation
and disease occur and the farmer's only
protection is through Crop Insurance.
"There's no doubt in 1982 farmers will
consider crop insurance as their best
investment toward protecting their fu-
ture.
Chart illustrating carrying costs in case
of a loss for the years 1967, 1982.
1967
Corn
Soybeans
Spring Grains
COST OF
PRODUCTION
$97.00
558.00
$52.66
INTEREST CARRYING
COST
6% $5.82
6% $3.48
6% $3.16
1982
COST OF
PRODUCTION
Corn
Soybeans
Spring Grains
*Statistics
INTEREST
$348.85
$247.93
$199.65
through O.M.A.F.
20%
20%
20%
Economics
CARRYING
COST
$69.77
$49.59
$39.93
Branch.
Changes to hog
In an effort to improve the efficiency
and accuracy of Canada's hog grading
system, a change in the method of grading
hog carcasses will be implemented March
29
"The new system will involve only one
backfat measurement at the loin." reports
Serge Talbot of Agriculture Canada's
livestock and poultry division in Ottawa.
Currently, hog carcass backfat is
measured both at the shoulder and loin.
However, results of research tests.
conducted jointly by Agriculture Canada.
the Canadian Pork Council and the
grading system
Canadian Meat Council indicated the Icin
as the most appropriate measurement site
for split carcasses.
The backfat measurement. combined
with the carcass weight, is the basis for
payment to the producer.
The one -measurement system should t
permit increased throughput in
processing plants while maintaining e
grading accuracy.
The results of the new system will be
reviewed after three months by
Agriculture Canada and the two councils.