The Rural Voice, 1983-10, Page 7team is unlikely to implement its
proposal to pay dairymen to cull
cows. The problem will continue to be
debated, though, as production is
well above last year. Milk production
in August was 11.6 billion pounds; 2
per cent lower than July but 5 per cent
above August of 1982.
ONTARIO GRAIN & BEAN COM-
PETITION IS FIERCE: Ontario
grain and bean dealers are competing
for business these days. Ample stor-
age and handling facilities exist, while
crops are down. The last Ministry of
Agriculture report pegged grain corn
production at 156 million bushels,
compared to about 204 million last
year; soybeans at only 29 million bu.,
compared to 35 million in 1982; and
white beans at just over 1 million bags
against almost 1.5 million last year.
Result? The larger commercial houses
seem ready to accept slim handling
charges in return for volume.
FARM SUPPLY BUSINESSES
SHOULD BE BUSY IN FUTURE.
The agricultural recovery continues to
gear up. You have high grain prices
which will encourage American far-
mers to plant fence row to fence row
next year. A good quality crop, at
improved prices in Canada's west.
Lower production but better prices in
Ontario. An outlook for steady or
perhaps even lower interest rates at
least until the 1984 U.S. Presidential
election. Agricultural machinery
manufacturers, chemical companies,
etc. have retrenched and become
leaner and meaner, and are poised to
show good profit sheets and good
performance on stock markets into
1985.
CHICKEN AND EGG SUPPLY
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ARE
UNDER PRESSURE. Eastern
Ontario farmers are gaining media
attention as their non -quota birds die
in barns. Despite this, the media is
claiming that the federal government
has been issuing import permits so
U.S. supplies can be brought in.
Certain processors are being accused
of shipping illegally produced
Ontario chicken into Quebec. In
Saskatchewan, egg producers want a
4 4 per dozen price increase instead of
the 2$ raise recently awarded to them,
and the Federal Cabinet Committee
on Wage and Price Restraints is
reviewing the matter. It is no wonder,
with these anomalies and squabbles
reported regularly, that many con-
sumers view marketing boards with
suspicion.
FARM MARKET PERSPECTIVE
JOIN IN THE WORLD-WIDE
OBSERVANCE OF MALNUTRI-
TION AND FOOD SUPPLY PROB-
LEMS... World Food Day began in
1981 as a commemoration of the
founding of the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations.
The observance is held each year on
October 16th, the date FAO was
founded in 1945. Across Ontario,
people will be setting up displays,
holding educational seminars, listen-
ing to speakers, watching films...all
designed to heighten awareness of
world food issues. One idea: It might
be a good time to seek out a well-run
and worthwhile charity through
which to donate some of your wealth.
Most of us will be enjoying a harvest
of better prices and better yields than
were expected last spring. Others in
the world are less fortunate. Let's
share a little.
AND FINALLY, it's accident time
again. Corn harvest time typically
results in many farm fatalities across
North America, as farmers anxiously
go to the fields to take off the crop.
Be careful.0
AreYouSqueezingThe Life
Out Of Your Soil?
The idea is quite simple really ... you can pick up a handful of damp
soil and feel it for yourself.
Take that earth in the palm of your hand ... you can see and feel
how the loose crumbly structure can hold the nutrients, moisture and
oxygen that crops need to grow and flourish.
But squeeze that soil in your fist and you squeeze the capacity to
promote growth and plant life right out of soil. If you can do that
with a squeeze of your hand, what does the weight of a tractor and
spreader do?
An LH manurigation system eliminates that kind of compaction and
supplies your crops' nutrient needs!
Find out more about MANURIGATION, call or write... .
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THE RURAL VOICE, OCTOBER 1983
PG 5