The Rural Voice, 2005-04, Page 41company's success and the success of
more than 200 employees depends on
the success of farmers.
Wayne Lyon of Huron Tractor said
sales weren't too bad in January and
February but had bottomed out lately.
He urged the province to get on with
a $300 million payment to farmers to
return a sense of optimism. "You
can't leave them in the dark," he told
Mitchell.
Bill Fleming of Fleming Feed
Mill Ltd. in Clinton said his
business depends on corn and
with low prices he was not able to
increase prices for drying even
though costs for gas and electricity
were up.
Neil McGavin of McGavin Farm
Equipment in Walton warned
Mitchell and Steckle that if nothing is
done to help the farm population the
effects on rural Ontario may be
similar to the destruction of the
tsunami that hit southeast Asia.'
Already, he said, his company's
accounts receivable were in bad
shape.
Joe Seili of Huron Feeding
Systems in Brussels, who is also
mayor of Huron East, told of young
farm families that couldn't afford the
registration to allow their children to
play hockey.
Doug Fines of Huronia Welding
Supply in Goderich told of a farm
customer in tears who had asked to
have his welding gas cylinder picked
up because he couldn't afford to have
it refilled. He told the politicians they
need to understand the depth of the
effect of the crisis.
To illustrate the depressed prices,
Mason Bailey of Blyth pointed out it
would take two bushels of corn to
buy a coffee and a sandwich at a
restaurant.°
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