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The Citizen, 1998-02-25, Page 17arm Area agriculturalists face environmental charges PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1998. Brussels Livestock report Martin veal avg. $111.41, reach $141 high The sales at Brussels Livestock for the week ending Feb. 20 were: fed cattle, 528; cows, 264; veal and bob calves, 457; lambs and goats, 141; stockers, 1,166. Fed steers and heifers sold $2 higher. Cows sold $2 to $4 higher. Veal sold $4 to $5 lower. Lambs sold on a strong active trade. On Friday all weights of stockers sold at prices $2 to $5 higher. There were 256 steers on offer selling from $90 to $95 to the high of $104. Fifteen steers consigned by Jim Howatt, Londesboro, averaging 1,428 lbs. sold for an average of $99.98 with a Limousin steer weighing 1,430 lbs. selling to MGI Packers for $104. Thirteen steers consigned by Alton O'Neil, Lucan, averaging 1,453 lbs. sold for an average of $92.25 with sales to $103.50. Thirteen steers consigned by Schmidt Brook Farms Inc., Woodstock, averaging 1,562 lbs. sold for an average of $92.21 with sales to $99.75. Fourteen steers consigned by Leonard Black, Proton Station, averaging 1,324 lbs. sold for an average of $89.61 with sales to $97.50. Twenty-nine steers consigned by Cunningham Farms, Lucan, averaging 1,427 lbs. sold for an average of $93.66 with sales to $97.25. Three steers consigned by Dave Bender, Palmerston, averaging 1,252 lbs. sold for $96.25. Four steers consigned by Armand Fischer, Neustadt, averaging 1,332 lbs. sold for an average of $95.45 with sales to $96. Eleven steers consigned by Don Culbert, Dungannon, averaging 1,362 lbs. sold for an average of $91.80 with sales to $92.75. One steer consigned by Rob Vanderveen, Brussels, weighing 1,230 lbs. sold for $92.75. Ten steers consigned by Ivan Schmidt, Hanover, averaging 1,105 lbs. sold for an average of $87.91 with sales to $92.50. There were 262 heifers on offer selling from $90 to $95 to the high of $103. Eleven heifers consigned by Kada Farms, Bluevale, averaging 1,276 lbs. sold for an average of $96.86 with sales to $103. Two heifers consigned by Groenberg Farms, Lucknow, averaging 1,327 lbs. sold for an average of $100.77 with sales to $101. Five heifers consigned by S- Bar Farms, Hanover, averaging 1,274 lbs. sold for an average of $96.12 with sales to $99.25. Five heifers consigned by Hugh Love, Atwood, averaging 1,189 lbs. sold for an average of $93.82 with sales to $98.75. Eight heifers consigned by Charles Fischer, Mildmay, averaging 1,136 lbs. sold for an average of $93.26 with sales to $97.25. One gold heifer consigned by George Poortinga, Woodham, weighing 1,200 lbs. sold for $95.25. Fourteen heifers consigned by Mux Lea Farms, Woodstock, averaging 1,244 lbs. sold for an average of $91.40 with sales to $95. Eight heifers consigned by Woodham Farms, Woodham, averaging 1,262 lbs. sold for an average of $86.35 with sales to $95. Four heifers consigned by David Bowles, Brussels, averaging 1,121 lbs. sold for an average of $92.39 with sales to $94.75. Two heifers consigned by Warren Weppler & Sons Ltd., Clifford, averaging 1,307 lbs. sold for an average of $90.05 with sales to $93.75. There were 268 cows on offer selling from $38 to $60 to the high of $76.50. Six cows consigned by K & A Beef Farms, Wroxeter, averaging 1,390 lbs. sold for an average of $68.41 with sales to $70.50. One cow consigned by Groenberg Farms, Lucknow, weighing 1,325 lbs. sold for $70.50. One Limousin cow consigned by Jeff Scott, Drumbo, weighing 1,325 lbs. sold for $70.50. There were six bulls on offer selling from $59 to $69 to the high of $72. One Simmental bull consigned by George Sheehy, Harriston, weighing 1,885 lbs. sold for $69.50. One Limousin bull consigned by Jim Rapson, Walton, weighing 1,540 lbs. sold for $69. There were 370 veal on offer selling from: Beef, sold $90 to $141; Holstein, $70 to $85; Plain Holstein, $55 to $70. Two veal consigned by John M. Martin, ilolyrood, averaging 618 lbs. sold for an average of $111.41 with sales to $141. Three veal consigned by Hans Boonstoppel, Auburn, averaging 627 lbs. sold for an average of $103.32 with sales to $119.50. Seven veal consigned by Henry Bos, Blyth, averaging 687 lbs. sold for an average of $96.54 with sales to $118. Lambs, under 50 lbs. sold $200 to $210; 50 - 79 lbs., $175 to 215; 80 - 94 lbs., $175. Sheep sold $32.50 to $137.50. Goats sold $32.50 to $137.50. Steers, Under 400 lbs., sold $70 to $120; 400 - 500 lbs., $106.50 to $132; 500 - 600 lbs., $106.50 to $122; 600 - 700 lbs., $107 to $119; 700 - 800 lbs., $100.50 to $114.50; 800 - 900 lbs., $95.50 to $111.50; 900 - 1,000 lbs., $87.50 to $106; 1,000 lbs. and over, $72 to $98. Heifers, under 300 lbs., sold $78 to $130; 300 to 400 lbs., $101 to $121; 400 to 500 lbs., $95 to $114; 500 to 600 lbs., $92 to $116; 600 to 700 lbs., $89.50 to 111.50; 700 to 800 lbs. $83 to $104.75; 800 to 900 lbs., $76 to $103; 900 lbs., and over, $72.50 to $97.50. FSA marks 25th anniversary The Farm Safety Association will be celebrating its 25th Anniversary in 1998. For the last 25 years the Association has been promoting safety to Ontario's agricultural community and has developed educational programs used around the world. The Twenty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Farm Safety Association will be held on Monday, March 23 at the Sheraton Fallsview Hotel and Conference Centre in Niagara Falls, Ontario. This year's conference program has been developed in co-operation and conjunction with the Ontario Agricultural Human Resource Committee. There will also be a greatly expanded display area featuring various safety companies, and agricultural organizations. Special displays on the history of the farm safety movement in Ontario will also be highlighted. This year's program highlights a number of excellent speakers on various health and safety topics. The conference's keynote speaker is Roy Bonisteel, of Trenton. He is an author and hosted CRC The next Leadership in Action program will be offered from Feb. 27 to March 1 at Crieff Hills Community near Guelph. Leadership in Action offers three days of practical leadership development in the form of a dynamic, hands-on seminar for people who are in leadership positions in organizations and groups in rural Ontario. More than 400 people have taken part in LIA over the past nine years and have commended the program as an excellent way to strengthen their organizations and a source of new ideas, skills and confidence to get the job done. The program also provides participants with the opportunity to network with people from a variety of interests across the province. The next LIA seminar will be condensed from four to three days Television's Man Alive program. Occupational respiratory disease in agriculture will be the topic of Dr. David Muir, M.D., Professor, Department of Medicine, McMaster University Medical School, Hamilton. Janis Seaman, Peel Board of Educaiion, Mississauga, will introduce the New Tractor Safety Computer Module being developed for the Farm Safety Association. Glen Wright, chair, Workplace Safety & Insurance Board will address the delegates. Ted Mouradian and Humphry the Camel, of St. Catharines, will talk about why "Life's Too Short" and also provide a wrap-up for the conference. Pipeline Safety on Farmland will be the subject of a talk by Gary Robinson, manager of Environmental Health and safety, Trans-Northern Pipelines, Richmond Hill. Mary McFarlane of Peterborough, will discuss the effects of a fatal farm accident. Farm Safety Association Media and will be held over a weekend. The components that have made LIA a success in the past will be retained in the shorter program. The $250 cost includes all meals and two-night, double accommoda- tion. Thirty-five participants will be accepted for the program on a first come, first served basis. Registra- tion forms can be obtained from any office of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs or can be downloaded from the ministry's web site at www.gov.on.ca/omafraienglishirural. For more details about Leadership in Action, interested individuals should contact the program co-ordinator at 519-826- 3202, Nancy Ross, Rural Community Advisor in the Stratford OMAFRA office, 519- 271-0280 or Jane Mucgge, Rural Community Advisor in the Clinton OMAFRA office, 519-482-3428. Awards will be presented to outstanding individuals and organizations involved in getting the Farm Safety Message to the agricultural community. The Ontario Agricultural Human Resource Committee will be presenting a program for agricul- tural employers. The Agricultural Safety Audit will be introduced by Ken Forth, Lynden. The session on Your Employee Handbook will be cover by Ralph Luimes, OAHRC, Caledonia, and Bev Rawn, OMAFRA, Guelph. The new manager of the Agricultural. Industry Sector, WS & 1B, will talk about workplace safety and insurance board changes affecting agricultural. Entertainment at the annual banquet will be provided by the Brown-Town Steppers of Tavistock, and by The Paul Brothers and Shirley, Kirkton. The Association would like to invite all interested farmers in Ontario to this Conference to help us celebrate 25 years of safety promotion. Help protect the environment, Reduce, reuse and recycle DID YOU KNOW? You should feed your kitten a wide variety of foods, flavours and textures to prevent "food fatigue". , Loolz for It: CVMA Pet Food Certification Program A Clinton area dairy farm, its Goderich area representative, and a Ripley area farm contractor are facing joint charges under the Ontario Water Resources Act and the Fisheries Act in the wake of a Ministry of Environment investigation involving a liquid manure discharge into a popular Huron County trout stream. The incident came to light after a group of sports fishermen noticed a strong odour and discolouration of water, along with a number of dead fish, in Naftel's Creek during a mid-November outing in 1996, said John Scarterfield, of the Ministry's Investigation and Enforcement Branch. The group reported their observations to the Spills Action Centre, which alerted Ministry officers. Samples collected from the stream indicated the watercourse had been contaminated by manure which was traced back to a nearby farm where liquid manure had been applied to the fields, Scarterfield said. Westbrook Dairy Farms Ltd., of RR 2, Clinton, its representative Larry James Westbrook of RR 2, Goderich, and farm contractor Steven Darrel Fair, of RR 4, Ripley, are jointly charged under the Ontario Water Resources Act and the Fisheries Act with discharging or permitting the discharge of liquid manure into Naftel's creek via a drainage ditch. The charges are to be heard March 5 in Goderich Provincial Court at 9 a.m. If convicted, the Fisheries Act calls for fines of up to $300,000. Under the Ontario Water Resources Act, a corporation could be fined up to $50,000 with an individual facing a fine of up to $10,000. March leadership seminar set BRUSSELS LIVESTOCK Division of Gamble & Rogers Ltd. UPCOMING SALES TUESDAYS THURSDAYS FRIDAYS 9:00 a.m. Finished Cattle & Cows 9:00 a.m. Bob Calves Veals followed by Goats Sheep & Lambs 10:00 a.m. Stocker Cattle 1:00 p.m. Pigs BRUSSELS 887-6461