The Rural Voice, 1983-07, Page 29Stabilization
for sheep
Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan
announced stabilization payments will be
made available to Canadian sheep pro-
ducers for Iambs and wool marketed in
1982.
The payments amount to $1.70 per
Iamb and $0.388 per kilogram of wool.
The support levels for these products
are calculated at 90 per cent of the
previous five-year average market price.
adjusted to reflect changes in cash costs
of production. The payments represent
the differences between the support
levels and the average market prices for
1982.
The 1982 average market return for
slaughter Iambs sold through stockyards
was $68.96 per hundredweight, and the
support price was established at $70.73
per hundredweight. Eligible producers
could then receive a deficiency payment
of $1.77 per hundredweight of $1.70 on a
per Iamb basis for Grade A, B and C and
Easter Iambs.
Payments will be made on a per animal
basis to allow for easier administration of
the program.
Any payments made to producers
under provi ficial income insurance pro-
grams will be deducted from the federal
support payment for Iambs.
Market returns for wool in 1982
averaged $1.704 per kilogram. The sup-
port price at the 90 per cent level was
established at $2.092 per kilogram. A
deficiency payment of $0.388 will be
available to eligible producers. Pro-
cessed wool sold through the handicraft
trade is not eligible for the deficiency
payment.
"Since the returns from wool are not
covered under any provincial price sup-
port plan, all producers across Canada
can quality for federal assistance,"
Whelan said.
Application forms will be sent directly
to sheep producers across Canada.
Forms will also be available at Agricul-
ture Canada stockyard offices, at the
department's livestock and poultry divi-
sion in each province, Farm Credit
Corporation and provincial extension
offices. ❑
Tiling helps
increase yields
Effective April 1, 1983, interest rates
on tile drainage loans were reduced to
eight per cent from 10, with maximum
loan assistance to be continued at 60 per
cent of the cost of eligible installations,
Agriculture and Food Minister Dennis
Timbrell announced.
FARM ADVICE
Initial allocations to municipalities will
equal last year's expenditures. The
ministry will forward survey question-
naires to municipalities from time to time
throughout the installation period. The
information on actual needs as shown by
the surveys will indicate the total dollar
requirements for the 1983-4 program.
The loans will run for a 10 -year period.
Complete details have been provided
to municipalities participating in the
program.
Under the tile drainage program the
municipalities issue debentures to cover
the cost of approved projects. The
province purchases the debentures and
the municipalities lend the proceeds to
farmers whose drainage projects meet
the program's qualifications.
Some 4,000 Ontario farmers tile ap-
proximately 200,000 acres every year.
Through the use of drainage systems in
their fields, farmers can drain the soil of
excess moisture and increase the lands
productivity. Research shows that tile
drainage can increase yields between 1
and 80 per cent.
ANY BROKERAGE FIRM CAN SELL
PROPERTY, BUT WE AT
AGRI-NATIONAL REALTY
BELIEVE THAT SELLING PROPERTY
IS ONLY ONE LINK IN THE CHAIN OF
PROVIDING SERVICE TO OUR CLIENTS.
OUR STAFF OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED
SPECIALISTS TAKE PRIDE IN COMPLETE
STEP BY STEP ANALYSIS OF EACH
SITUATION, PROVIDING THE MOST RE-
LIABLE AND PROFITABLE TRANSACTION
AVAILABLE TO BOTH BUYER & SELLER.
PROFESSIONAL ANALYSIS OF NEEDS,
THE MONEY MARKET FEASIBILITY AND
A THOROUGH UP-TO-DATE
UNDERSTANDING OF TODAY'S BUSINESS
CLIMATE ARE JUST SOME OF THE
QUALITIES WHICH SET US APART
FROM THE OTHERS.
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