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48 THE RURAL VOICE
NEWS
MARKET SIGNS GOOD
SAYS FARM ADVISOR
We have reached the bottom of the
crop price cycle, says Colin Reesor,
farm financial advisor at the Bruce
County extension office of the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
Reesor told a group of Huron
County Federation of Agriculture mem-
bers meeting in Londesboro recently
that the prospect of crops around the
world is not good. The Soviet winter
wheat crop looks bad, and China has
had two poor years.
In addition, indications are that the
California health movement is return-
ing to "real" food, as long as it is not
fat. But the growth in chicken con-
sumption may have ended, Reesor
said, partly because of the recent
salmonella scare in the U.S.
There are three solutions to the
present farm crisis, he said: increase
production with the same or lower
input costs, limit production through
supply management, and diversify into
new ventures.
Concentrating his presentation on
diversification, Reesor said that at a
recent conference he attended in Iowa
100 new ideas for diversification were
discussed.
But before growing new crops or
spending money on new ideas, a
farmer must investigate whether or not
there is a market for the new product.,
he cautioned.
One must keep in mind the
changes in technology needed to en-
large an enterprise. While a small plot
of sweet corn can easily be picked by
hand, large acreages demand changes.
One participant in the Iowa conference
cut the foliage above the cobs with a
high -boy tractor and cutter, allowing
much more comfortable picking.
Another participant took young
trees from his bush and sold them in
the suburbs nearby. He developed a
method and purchased equipment for
this venture. Another sideline Reesor
mentioned was a mail-order business.
But one item is not enough, he noted.
A line of products must be developed.
When considering diversification,
Reesor added, begin with an inventory
of the whole farm — land, buildings,
(coned)