Times-Advocate, 1999-03-03, Page 22EY.a. Tiww.INwcsoe
Wednesday. March 3, 1999
Farm news
Can relieve stingof financial stress?
package
their products. IN is downturn.
response to this emerging The program will also be
turf -war, Minister Vanclief trade -friendly and in line
has been meeting with with our international
industry and provincial 'obligations under the
leaders to develop a timely North American Free
and appropriate response. Trade Agreement and
Following the announce- World Trade organization.
ment of the $900 million This announcement is
federal emergency assis- important to all
tance package, discussions Canadians. Agriculture
began in earnest with the and agri-food creates
provinces to work out employment for 1.9 mil-
details, such as cost shar- lion of us, in both rural.
ing. It was hoped that, and urban centres. The
with provincial co -opera- industry is the third
tion, Canadian producers largest employer in
could receive up to $1.5 Canada and is responsible
billion in emergency for over $95 billion annu-
income assistance over the ally in domestic retail and
next two years. I am food service sales. In 1997,
pleased to inform you that, for example, the industry
as of February 24, the fed- set record export sales of
eral/provincial aspect of $22.3 billion. The industry
the discussions have been is a foundation of our
successfully concluded. economy, creating jobs
Our response is not com- and ensuring a healthy,
modity specific, but takes affordable food supply. It
a "whole farm" approach must be protected and
based on historic farm preserved.
income as reported on tax With this package, I am
records. This emergency hopeful that our farmers
assistance package also can now concentrate on
builds on the existing safe- tasks associated with their
ty net programs. The Net spring planting than with
Income Stabilization spring auctions.
Account (NISA) and crop Canadians know how to
insurance address normal come together to give sup -
fluctuations in commodity port to their fellow citizens
in times of need. It is fit-
ting that we come together
now to bring relief to a
proud community in its
address needs resulting time of need.
from extraordinary cir- Sincerely, PAUL STEcta.E
cumstances caused by M.P.
conditions such as the cur- Huron -Bruce
rent international econom-
Dear Editor: weather patterns. In
The 1998 growing sea- response to this crisis, the
son has not been a kind federal Minister of
one for the farmers of Agriculture and Agri-
Hu,ron-Bruce, or for the Food, the Honourable Lyle
Canadian farming com- Vanclief, has announced
munity in general. income -based diaster
Primary producers across assistance of up to $900
this country (and perhaps million, over two years, for
the world) have seen their those Canadian farmers
incomes drop 4harply as a most severely affected by
result of severe interna- circumstances beyond
tional economic condi- their control. With this
tions, plunging commodity package, the Government
prices and unstable of Canada hopes to relieve
some of the stinging finan-
cial stress felt by farmers
and their families during
this very difficult time.
It is important to
remember that this crisis
did not initially develop
domestically. The current
farm income crisis has
been driven by economic
problems that first began
i►, f'.�ia and rippled around
the globe. Canadian farm-
ers have responded to
changes in the market by
decreasing production by
15 percent -Despite this
strategy, farmers in
European Union countries
and in the United States,
who receive considerable
subsidies ($116 per tonne
in the E.U. and $72 in the
U.S., as compared to $15
in Canada) have increased prices and weather-relat-
their production output" ed production losses. The
(by nearly 20 percent in purpose of the emergency
Europe). Caught between assistance package is to
falling commodity prices
and subsidies overseas,
Canadian farmers lost
both traditional and
emerging markets for
Denfield
Livestock
report
The market at Denfield
traded on a strong
demand at fully steady
prices on all classes of fed
cattle with American
orders active at steady
prices, cows sold at strong
prices, stockers strong,
veal steady, pigs, sows
and boars steady.
Don Eedy and Mark
Vanderploeg, Denfield
sold 10 heifers avg. wt.
1322 lbs. avg. price 95.56
with sales to 101.00 pur-
chased by Richard
Heleniak for Norwich
Packers.
Ross and Henry Duff,
Croton sold 12 steers avg.
wt. 1469 lbs. avg. price
94.00 with sales to 98.50
purchased by Norpac and
97.50 purchased by MGI.
Murray Switzer, St.
Marys sold 14 steers avg.
wt. 1330 lbs. avg. price
92.25.
Norman Hodgins,
Parkhill sold 38 steers
avg. wt. 1450 lbs'. avg.
price 91.25.
Morley Hodgins, Parkhill
sold 21 steers avg. wt.
1418 lbs. avg. price 91.00.
Bill Duff, Croton sold 12
steers avg. wt. 1467 lbs.
avg. price 90.75.
Choice steers 92.00-
95.00 sales to 98.50
Good steers 88.00-92.00
Heavy plain steers
83.00-87.00
Choice exotic cross
heifers 92.00-96.00 sales
to 101.00
Good heifers 88.00-
92.00
Common and medium
80.00-85.00
Heifery cows 60.00-
70.00
Good cows 55.00-60.00
sales to 65.00
Shells 30.00-40.00
Direct to Packer cows
over 600 lbs. 1.12
Direct to Packer bulls
1.15
Good veal 80.00-90.00
Yearling steers 90.00-
104.00; Yearling heifers
90.00- 104.00
Steer calves 100.00-
128.00; Heifer calves
100.00-120.00
Good Holstein bull
calves 100.00-220.00
Pigs 40-60 lbs. 65.00 -
75.00; Sows 23.00-30.00;
Boars 15.00-20.00
Volunteers needed for
deer count at Pinery
GRAND BEND - We
are looking for volun-
teers to take part in a
deer survey and get
some real exercise on
Saturday, March 27
from 8:45 a.m. to 2
p.m. An updated esti-
mate of the deer popu-
lation following the
1998 deer herd reduc-
tion in Pinery Provincial
Park is required to pro-
vide guidance for the
development of future
resource management
programs.
The rugged twain,
size of the area to be
surveyed and the time
required to complete
the survey create the
need for 300 volunteers
to carry out the project.
Individuals will be
spaced about 25 meters
(80 feet) apart along the
south `boundary in a
line that will move
across Pinery on foot
driving the deer into
centre of the park. At
the same time, a second
group will form a simi-
lar line along the north
boundary and drive the
deer back towards the
centre of the park even-
tually moving them
across a count line that
has been set up by the
first line of volunteers.
Any deer that cross the
line as it traverses the
park are recorded by
the adjacent line sur-
vey.
This method is very
similar to the surveys
that were successfully
conducted by volun-
teers and recorded 827
deer in 1993, 613 deer
in 1995 and 781 deer in
1988 for the Pinery site.
It is anticipated thatthe
count will take approxi-
mately five hours to
complete starting with a
briefing at 8:45 a.m.
Pinery will be closed to
all day visitor access on
Saturday March 27,
until 2 p.m.
If you are interested
in helping you must
register inadvance by
calking 519-24.3-8574
between 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. before March
18, 1999. We will mail
out more details to
everyone who registers
for the count. Surveyors
must be able to walk at
least six kms through a
rugged forested dune
landscape and be 14
years of age or older.
Please pass this infor-
mation on to any other
individuals who may be
interested in helping
out.
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