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Farm news
Relief Program meetings upcoming
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The meetings in Huron
will help farmers com-
plete application forms
CLINTON - Farmers can learn
more about the Ontario Whole Farm
Relief Program at information work-
shops in Huron County.
Application forms for this program
have been mailed to all registered
farm businesses. The workshops
will also help farmers complete
these forms.
These will be hands-on workshops
with the first hour spent on an
overview of the program and the
second hour spent working on indi-
vidual applications.
Farmers will require 1995, '96 and
'97 complete income tax returns or
N1SA information for those years"
and a preliminary farm income and
expense for 1998. Inventories for
Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 1998 will also be
needed.
The next workshops at the
OMAFRA office in Clinton are: Fri.,
Jan 29, 10 a.m. - noon and Thurs.,
Junior Farmers promote farm safety
Feb. 4, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Farmers are asked to pre -register
by calling the Clinton OMAFRA
office at 482-3428 or 1-800-265-
5170.
In Middlesex County, London
OMAFRA staff will be holding meet-
ings to provide information and
answer questions about the applica-
tion process.
The following is a schedule of
meetings.
Jan. 27 - Four Points Sheraton
Hotel, 1150 Wellington Rd., . London
at 1:30 p.m.
Feb. 4 - Lyons Community Centre,
Lyons at 1:30 p.m.
Feb. 4 - Dutton-Dunwich
Community Centre, Dutton at 7:30
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Feb. 5 - Thorndale Community
Centre, Thorndale at 9:30 a.m.
Feb 5. - Ailsa Craig Recreation
Centre, Ailsa Craig at 1:30 p.m.
For more information on the
• Middlesex meetings, call the London
OMAFRA at 873-4070 or 1-800-265-
4750.
In '99 Junior Farmers
put safety on the line!
This slogan is from a
project by the Junior
Farmers' Association of
Ontario (JFAO) that will be
implemented by Ontario
members in 1999. In
recognition of the Farm
Safety Association's 25
year anniversary, JFAO
members will be distribut-
ing farm safety kits to
farmers across the
province.
Farming is one of the
most dangerous occupa-
tions and the most com-
mon victim is a child.
These numbers escalate in
the summer months when
children are on summer
vacation and large propor-
tions of farm activities
take place. According to
the Farm Safety
Association, "children
have a higher accident
rate than adults when sta-
tistics are adjusted for the
fact that youngsters aren't
exposed to farm hazards
on a full-time basis."
The activities that many
• people engaged in as chil-
s second offer1.g dren should not be contm-
. Board announces ued fort
LONDON - The Ontario Bean
Producer's Marketing Board is
pleased to announce a second offer-
ing of Partial'Production Contract
(P.P.C.) allocations for the 1999 white
pea bean crop. An additional 50,000
bags are offered as of January 18,
99. making the total. P.P. offering
b date,of `150;000 bags. The Board
projects the total 1999 white -pea
bean crop size to be 900,000 bags.:
Partial Production Contracts were
first offered by the O.B.P.M.B. for the •
1998 white pea bean crop. This con-
tract is designed to allow producers
with greater cashflow needs during
genera-
' next enera-
• tion• Those rides on the
ir beans under
the h Mom or Dad
buildings safe; practice
safety and set an example;
and, most importantly,
know where your children
are at all times.
Farm safety kits will be
distributed during
January, 1999. There are
over 1000 active Junior
Farmer members in this
province. Many of these
members are farming
with their families or are
otherwise involved in agri-
culture. The actions of
neighbours, friends and
fellow farmers impact
everyone.
If you wish to receive a
farm safety kit and one
has not been delivered to
the fall to price out tractor wit
The 1999 P.P.C. affords producers
• contract on delivery, when sold. or on some piece of farm
equipment are very dan-
the option to contract up to five bags gerous acts on the part of
per acre direct with the dealer, up to adults. You can't back up
the maximum allocations given to once you have driven over
each dealer by the Board. These pro- a child. The damage is
ducers have the option to fix the price done. These accidents
of these beans between'ign-up, and account 7 pen rcent of
May 1 of 2000, or as long as P.P.C.'s all childdeaths
are available through one of the six It is the role of adults to
licensed dealers. educate their children on
con -
For more information, pleasesafe farm practices and tosupervise them so that
tact the O.B.P.M.B. ,gffice at (519) they can stay safe. Here
652-3566. are a few tips to make
your operation more child -
you.,o� please contact
yet please contact
Perth County Junior
Farmer Provincial
Director Sue Selves, 229-
6490 or any of the Junior
Farmer Club Presidents;
Listowel, Jim Robinson,
291-3948; Stratford, Kelly
Robinson, 229-6487;
South Perth, Mike Ready,
393-6965.
Make sure that your
farm is equipped with a kit
and go over it with your
children. They are the
most at risk on the farm
and they are the future
farmers.
Families that farm safely
together grow up to keep
farming.
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Denfield Livestock Sees report
The market at
Denfield Livestock Sales
traded on a very active
demand at'fully steady
to higher prices on an
excellent offering of fed
cattle. Cows sold fully
steady, a good offering
of stockers sold at
strong prices. Pigs, sows
and boars sold steady.
Steve Vokes, Petrolia
sold 10 head, average
weight 1270 average
price 98.40, with sales
to 103.25-102.00 and
101.75 purchased by
Matthew Heleniak for
•,Norwich Packers.
Art Warmerdam, Oil
Springs sold 5 head
average weight 1348
. average price 96.24
with sales to 100.50
purchased by Norwich
Packers home of Norpac
Meat Products.
Bill Woodburn,
Parkhill sold 13 steers
average weight 1467
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average price 94.
with sales to 97.25 pur-
chased by Norpac.
Ross Duff, Croton sold
6 steers average weight
1438 average price
93.60.
Matt Muller, Crediton
sold 10 steers average
weight 1377 average
price 90.23.
Woodham Farms,
Woodham sold 12
heifers average weight
1255 average price
91.50 sales to 101.50
purchased by Norpac.
Jim Scott, Lucan sold
6 heifers average
weight 1269 average
price 90.36.
At our stocker sale
Jason Hodgins, Lucan
sold 91 heifers average
weight 945 average
price 100.20.
Choice steers 92.00-
97.00 sales to 103.50
Good steers 88.00-
92.00
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John Hanson
(Exeter)
235-4000
Barb Worden
(Staffa)
345-2777
Joe Uniac
(Mitchell)
348-9012
Graeme Craig
(Walton)
887-9381
Dean Whalen
(Goderich)
524-5222
Norris Peever
(Goderich)
524-6105
Bob McNaughton
(Seaforth)
527-1571
Ken Hutchison
(Mitchell)
348-9150
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Plain steers 82.00-
86.00
Choice exotic cross
heifers 92.00-96.00
sales to 101.50'
Good heifers 87.00-
91.00
Common and medium
70.00-80.00
Good cows 52.00-
60.00 sales to 64.00
Canners and cutters
44.00-49.00 -
Shells 30.00-40.00
Direct to Packer cows
over 600 lbs. 112.00
Direct to Packer bulls
115.00
Yearling steers 90.00-
105.00
Yearling heifers
90.00-93.00
Steer calves 100.00-
125.00
Heifer calves 95.00-
118.00
Good Holstein bull
calves 120.00-220.00
Sows 20.00-28.00
Boars 10.00-15.00
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