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to reconcile all interests.
"Agriculture is a world-wide pro-
blem. We're not on an island;
we're a world trader."
Turner is in favour of lowering
trade barriers by liberalizing trade
but he said "there will be no free
trade with the U.S."
Turner told the farmers that
long-term policies were needed,
stabilization, long-term credit,
preferential interests rates for
farmers, and a taxation policy to
allow farmers to maintain a family
farm. O SM
SURPLUS REMAINS
BELOW AVERAGE
Little change in Canada's agri-
cultural trade surplus from 1985 is
expected by Agriculture Canada
economists this year, with the
surplus remaining well below its
average of previous years.
Grain export volumes have re-
bounded from the depressed levels
of a year earlier. However, lower
prices have held the value of grain
exports down and may more than
offset the higher export volumes
for 1986 as a whole.
In the January to March period,
canola exports fell by 11 per cent
compared to 1985's first quarter,
while flaxseed exports were up 68
per cent. Still, lower prices in both
cases mean the value of oilseed ex-
ports are, in total, running below
1985 levels.
A 69 per cent drop in first
quarter numbers of hogs exported
reflects the impact of the U.S.
countervailing duty. The value of
hog exports is expected to be
marginally down in 1986 and the
value of pork exports to be
marginally higher. Neither cattle
and beef prices nor the net value of
trade in these commodities are ex-
pected to change much in 1986.
Fruit and vegetable imports are
expected to be similar, in aggregate
value, to 1985. Apple export earn-
ings are forecast to improve this
year, but prospects for potato ex-
ports remain bleak.
According to the federal
economists, Canada's agricultural
trade surplus for 1986 will improve
only slightly from 1985, reaching
about $3 billion, still well below
the levels of $4 billion to $5 billion
recorded in recent years.
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