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28 THE RURAL VOICE
NEWS
ON TOUR
Huron County schoolchildren got a first-hand lesson in the dairy
industry last month at the farm of Henry and Anne Sloetgraaf,
R. R. 3, Clinton. Huron County Dairy Princess Lisa Boonstoppel and Ontario Dairy
Princess Donna Beggs helped with the hosting.
FARMERS MARCH AT GATT TALKS
a special report by Sharon Rounds
On the GATT agenda, it was listed as
a "photo opportunity, March In Support
of GATT."
In fact, the 3,000 to 4,000 farmers
who marched through the streets of the
East Quarter in Montreal on December
were protesting the GATT talks being
held at the Palais des Congres.
"LET US HAVE UNIVERSAL
FARMING" commented the lead ban-
ner (in French and English) of the parade
organized by the Union Productcurs
Agricole of Quebec.
Thirty-four nations were repre-
sented as one speaker followed another
in the plaza outside the Palais, shouting
thcir disapproval of negotiations which
threaten to cut "trade -distorting subsi-
dies" to agriculture throughout GATT
nations.
A large group of Ontario fanners,
many of whom rode in buses for almost
12 hours to attend the protest, repre-
sented mainly poultry and dairy produc-
ers. Both groups fear the loss of their
money invested in quota, as well as the
loss of the price they now receive for
thcir product. Angry voices reiterated
that quota producers do not flood the
world market with cheap commodities.
They manage production so that they do
not distort the world markets, yet they
feel that they have been targeted by
GATT because they also manage price.
One young farmer from Ontario said
he would lose everything if quota value
droppcd. The strange aspect of his situ-
ation, he said, is that his bankruptcy
would impinge directly upon the Farm
Credit Corporation, which approved a
large loan for his land and buildings
based upon the equity he has in quota.
"This is crazy. It's really poor busi-
ness on behalf of the government. I will
lose everything, but they will lose half
the value thcy place on my farm. The
farm has no value without a guaranteed
production base, and the quota provides
that for a poultry producer."
The farmers presented a Montreal
Agricultural Declaration which dealt
with fair prices to farmers, the protec-
tion of the environment, and protection
for the family farm.
Speakers from the American Corn