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week.
Jim Van Nes argued against the
resolution. "We can't pass on our
responsibility for our myketing
decisions," he said. • He worried that
packers would make up for the extra
costs involved by dropping their
price 20 cents all year round. "As
producers I don't see how we're
going to gain a single cent," he said.
But John Nyenhuis, sponsor of the
resolution, argued that packers
shouldn't contract for all their hogs if
they weren't going to be able to take
them on short weeks. Arguing that
farmers can't cut back on their
production on short weeks he said,
"We have to run our barns
efficiently."
The resolution carried.
A fourth resolution called on
Ontario Pork to use only prices from
contracts based on "national cost -
when releasing its weekly contract
price. The resolution argued that
contract prices that include ledger or
window contracts, floor price
contracts, packer forward and
platinum contracts can distort the
weekly contract price when prices ate
in a trough. The resolution was
approved.
A resolution calling on Ontario
Pork to accept enforcement of
nutrient management plans by the
provincial government was also
approved.
In supporting the resolution Russ
Danbrook said anyone attending the
OMAFRA/Municipal Affairs hearing
in Clinton on intensive livestock
operations realized there was a lot of
public concern about manure
management. Farmers use nutrient
management as their defence against
cries for more restrictions but
"Enforcement is our weak link," he
said.
The final resolution, which was
defeated, called for Ontario Pork to
change the voting protocol at county
annual meetings so that a full ballot
is not required.
John Lichti, speaking against the
motion, said "This process seems to
give people comfort that the system
isn't being manipulated." Rather than
change the system he suggested,
"Maybe we need to work harder to
let people know the candidates."0
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