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Representing a 1928 Ford automobile and tractor dealership
and an Imperial Oil garage, this is just one of over 30 buildings
to explore at the Ontario Agricultural Museum, Milton.
Organic farms = better returns
A recent study has revealed that
organic dairy farms surveyed earn
more net farm income than conven-
tional dairy farms. The study by D..
Peter Stonehouse and Yetunde O.
Sholubi of the Department 'of
Agriculture Economics and
Business at the University of
Guelph compared . enterprise
budgets, incomestatements and
investment summaries of organic
dairy farms with Ontario Dairy
Farm Accounting Project (ODFAP)
statistics from conventional dairy
farms.
The purpose of the research was
"to use the information collected
about organic dairy farming
methods to begin building a picture
of how organic farms operate, of
the production and marketing
procedures used on farms, and • of
how successful these farms are,
technically and financially."
The published results concluded
that organic farms had about 59 per
cent more farm income than con-
ventional.ODFAP farms. The report
analyzed that, although organic
farms had lower cash revenues,
"farm expenses were lower due to
savings. from lower livestock and
commercial feed purchases. Expen-
ditures were also lower for milk
and livestock marketing, seed,, f. r-
tilizer, synthetic. ' pesticides,
machinery repair and fuel." Milk
production was slightly higher on
organic farms.
"Thisresult shows that organic
dairy •farming is not only more
productive in terms of milk output,
but is also . economically feasible
and profitable, by virtue of being
lower cost." By adopting organic.
methods, dairy farmers may also be
able to reduce some -of the environ-
mental risks posed by conventional
practices, without suffering finan-
cially, thus maximizing both the
economic and environmental
benefits of organic farming.
Farm family spotlighted
at Farm Women's conference
On March 25-26, in
celebration of the International
Yearof the Family, the Ontario
Farm Women's Network will
focus on the farm family at it's
6th Annual Conference and
Annual Meeting at the Holiday
Inn, Barrie.
Farm women are essential to
the survival of the family farm
in Ontario, and the Ontario Farm
Women's Network exists to
promote communication between
farm women and to foster .the
learning, sharing of information,
and personal growth.of its mem-
bers.
The conference will host a
variety of panel discussions and
well-known speakers who will
offer the participants information
on land use, farm families'
future, communications and.
women's safety issues.
Friday's keynote speaker is
.organizational researcher
Elizabeth Teather of the Univer-
sity of New England, Australia.
Ms. Teather is travelling around
the world . researching farm
women's omanizations.
Also.plataed is what promises
to ,be a dynamic five -person
panel debate on Our Land -Our
Future -Our Options. Elbert Van
Donkersgoed of . the Christian
Farmer's Federation will be the
moderator.
The conference is open to all
farm women and provides an
excellent opportunity to meet '
and to present a strong, unified
voice on issues affecting farm
women.
Form more information on
conference registration contact
Jayne Brady-Miltenburg „529-
3241.