Times Advocate, 1995-03-08, Page 11Livestock sales
BRUSSELS - Sales at Brussels Livestock for the
week ending March 3, 1995.
Fed Cattle: 566 Cows: 241
Veal Calves: 184 Sheep & Goats: 40
Stockers: 794 Pigs: 65
The market saw top quality steers and heifers selling $1.00
higher, with second class selling steady. -Cows sold on a steady trade. Thursday
saw veal selling $2-3 lower, with Iambs selling steady. Friday saw stockers sell-
ing fully steady.
There were 369 steers on offer selling from $97.00 to 5100.00 to the high of
5109.75.
Twenty-one steers consigned by Jim Howatt, Londesborough averaging 1425
lbs. sold for an average of 104.48 with sales to 109.25.
Ten steers consigned by Paul Johnston, Bluevale averaging 1414 lbs. sold for
an average of 99.17 with sales to 107.25.
Four steers consigned by Murray Smith, Dublin averaging 1304 lbs. sold for
an average of 99.45 with sales to 107.00.
Twenty-nine steers consigned by Bill Hayden, Goderich averaging 1519 lbs.
sold for an average of 96.73 with sales to 106.25.
Thirty steers consigned by Cunningham Farms, Lucan averaging 1493 lbs.
sold for an average of 96.82 with sales to 105:50.
Thirteen steers consigned by Beetonia Farms Ltd., Beeton averaging 1347 lbs.
sold for an average of 96.32 with sales to 105.00.
One steer consigned by Randy Pentland, Goderich weighing 1405 lbs. sold for
101.00.
Fifteen steers consigned by Jack Culbert, Dungannon averaging 1417 lbs. sold
for an average of 96.01 with sates to 100.75.
Ten steers consigned by Kada Farms, Bluevale averaging 1348 lbs. sold for an
average of 98.62 with sales to 100.75.
There were 183 heifers on offer selling from 97.00 to 100.00 to the high of
104.00.
One heifer consigned by Charles Ready, St. Marys weighing 1020 Ibs. s• old
for 104.00.
Four heifers consigned by Irvin Schenk, Petersburg averaging 1062 lbs. sold
for an average of 95.57 with sales to 101.75.
Five heifers consigned by John Black, Goderich averaged 1160 lbs. sold for
an average of 95.53 with sales to 98.75.
Seven heifers consigned by Ron Jackson, Stratford averaging 1 174 lbs. sold
for an average of 96.00 with sales to 98.50.
Fourteen heifers consigned by Woodham Farms, Woodham averaging 1049
lbs. sold for an average of 93.03 with sales to 98.00.
Two heifers consigned by Howard Bender, Listowel averaging 1 105 lbs. sold
for an average of 91.83 with sales to 97.75.
Twenty heifers consigned by Robert E. Wallace, Shelburne averaging 1139
lbs. sold for an average of 95.55 with sales to 97.00.
One heifer consigned by Elmer Black, Goderich weighing 1 170 lbs. sold for
95.50.
One heifer consigned by Bert Elliott, Kincardine weighing 1085 lbs. sold for
95.00.
Ten heifers consigned by Diane Osborn. Monkton averaging 1 163 lbs. sold
for an average of 93.11 with sales to 95.00.
There were 241 cows on offer selling from 45.00 to 65.00 to the high of
79.00.
Two cows consigned by William and Jim Lucan, Atwood averaging 1038 lbs.
sold for an average of 60.78 with sales to 74.25.
Eleven cows consigned by Carl Spencer, Tara averaging 1265 lbs. sold for an
average of 62.72 with sales to 73.50.
Three cows consigned by Ken Eskrick, Kincardine averaging 980 lbs. sold for
an average of 58.71 with sales to 69.50.
There were 184 veal on offer selling from Hol 80.00 - 95.00; beef 90.00 -
113.00.
Three veal consigned by Finley Pfeffer, Clifford averaging 648 lbs. sold for
an average of 100.99 with sales to 113.00.
One veal consigned by Ducharrne Farms Ltd., Zurich weighing 580 lbs. sold
for 110.50.
Three veal consigned by Bernard Vollmer, Listowel averaging 627 lbs. sold
for an average of 100.11 with sales to 109.50.
Lambs were trading on a steady trade.
Steers: 400-499 lbs.
500-599
600-699
700-799
800-899
900-999
1000&over
Heifers: 300-399 lbs.
400-499
500-599
600-699
700-799
800-899
900&over
107.00 to 126.00
105.00 to 120.50
97.00 to 125.50
80.00 to 115.00
94.50 to 118.50
86.50 to 117.00
75.00 to 96.00
85.00 to 106.00
102.50 to 118.00
90.00 to 114.50
86.50 to 108.00
84.00 to 102.00
89.00 to 103.35
74.00 to 103.10
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Page 11
White Bean Day
White bean day was observed Thursday at the South Huron Rec Centre as about 200 pro-
ducers gathered to hear a wide array of speakers. Above, are Jim O'Toole of OMAFRA; Lar-
ry Shapton, Hensall Co -Op; Len Jameson, W.G. Thompson's; Ontario Deputy Minister of
Agriculture Rita Burack and Rob Templeman, a crops advisor with OMAFRA.
Funding major problem
By Heather Vincent
T -A staff
HENSALL - "Agriculture is the
forgotten cousin," said Noble Ville-
neuve, MPP for the Cornwall area,
at the Agri -Critic Meeting Thurs-
day.
Progressive Conservative can-
didate Helen Johns introduced
Villeneuve, the speaker at the
luncheon and meeting at W.G.
Thompson and Sonsin Hensall.
Villeneuve is the Agriculture Critic
Co -Chair of the Rural Economic
Development Task Force set up by
Mike Harris.
He stressed the major problem
facing agriculture today is the re-
duction in funding. The govern-
ment has reduced expenditures on
agriculture but is still spending
elsewhere in order to accumulate
the current federal deficit.
"It is a spending problem, not an
income problem," said Villeneuve.
Villeneuve brought up the gun con-
trol issue as an example of improp-
er spending. Administrative costs
to the tune of $85 million are being
spent to force legal gun owners to
register, re -register and obtain fire-
arms acquisition certificates. He
said that criminals who acquire
guns will not register them.
"We've done what is politically
correct."
After the meeting, Villeneuve
commented on specific areas which
will involve local area residents.
Creating jobs is one of the man-
dates of the party. The ethanol
plant planned for Chatham is an en-
deavor which Villeneuve said is
expected to create in the neighbor-
hood of 300 permanent jobs as well
as many construction jobs con-
nected with the 250 million litre
per year plant.
Subsidy cuts, outlined in the re-
cent federal budget. to dairy pro-
ducers is of major concern, Ville-
neuve said. "This is certainly
going to hurt. What's going to help
is the removal of the CROW rate
which will provide some support or
strength to the grain market here in
Ontario. The long term effect may
well see more hog production units
in Alberta which would then com-
pete with our hog industry here,"
said Villeneuve.
Alternative crops like ginseng are
an opportunity for farmers who are
interested in, or forced to, make a
switch from a traditional crops
such as tobacco.
"We are going to have to provide
some encouragement...some sup-
port to switch," he said. He added;
that government will have to be in-
creasingly more careful about how
money is being spent.
Crop update
SEAFORTH - Huron County
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day of spring (March 21) with a
Spring Crops Update at the Sea -
forth Agricultural Society Build-
ing. This will be the third year for
this popular meeting which com-
bines the latest in crop research
with practical farmer experience.
This year, one of the feature
speakers will be Gordon Scheifele,
from Ridgetown College, who will
be sharing results of a three year
study on narrow row corn and
changes to populations. Huron
County farmers who have changed
to narrow row corn will also share
their practical experience.
Edible bean production, nitrogen
rates -on red wheat, soybean extru-
sion and a market update for
grains and oilseeds will also be in-
cluded on the program.
Registration will begin at 9:30
a.m. on Tuesday, March 21 and
the program will be completed by
3:00 p.m.
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