The Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-12-21, Page 15Me hers ' of the Huron Soil.
and Crop ImproverYtent
Asso ation. ware told at their
ann al banquet in, Auburn last
wee • that the 'average �price for
the 972 white bean cropcould
be somewhat 'over $9 per bag. ,
This staen3ent was made by_
the guest • speaker gharles
If I were Sant- Claus i
would have 8 horses and a big
Sleigh with 200 bags of toys and
candy canes for all the children
in the world. I would have 10
elves. i would come 25th of
�► every rhionth.
Brent Van Osch
Grade 2
Kingsbridge XXX
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Broadwell, mane
erof the
On.
taroleat Marketing Board
.
Mr. Broadwell cautioned the
statement was hypothetical and
it 'was too early to ..calculate'
what the overall average return
to the growers would be.
Growers received a record
average return of $10.53 per
bagJor their 1971 crop. Under
the board's agency marketing•
system, growers receive an
initial payment of $5.77 per bag
on .delivery, then an interim
payment usually in April and a
final payment when the com-
plete crop is sold.
The final cheque for payment
on the 1971 crop was received
by area growers about a month
ago,
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The ., Board manager said the
1971 Ontario crop was the
largest in . history withan
average yield of 16.4 hundred-
weight per acre bringing °a
return of $173 for each acre of
beans.
"F He said this year's total crop
would be even higher than a
year, ago because of increased
° acreages. This yea? a .total of
126,100, acres of • beans'were
planted as compared to 94,300,
acres in 1971. The average
amount of acres per producer
has risen from 34 to 50 acres.
With—a •cofnhination. of June
frost and extremely wet
weather this fall, an estimated?
10 per cent of the white beans
in Ontario are still out in the
fields.
'Of the 1971 Ontario crop, Mr,
Broadwell said 63 per cent was
sold t6 the export market.
He said while export sales
were good, he was disappointed
in the lack of `consumer con-
sumption in Ontario. He said a
housewife preparing dishes- of
beans twice a month was con-
sidered a heavy user, Newly,
printed pamphlets advertisip6
beans are being distributed
across Canada this month.
He added, "At one time
beans were shunned as a poor
man's meal, . but today they
have an honored place in the
world food basket."
• Mr. Broadwell said another
immediate concern of the board
is the Michigan situation where
production is expected to be up
1.5•million bags from last year.
Michigan is Ontario's major
competitor in the export .field
and this year both Ontario and
Michigan are faced with
moving increased production.
Speaking at Zurich the
following Tuesday at one of
many district Ontario Bean
Producer meetings, Mr. Broad-
well said., one of the biggest
challenges facing the industry
in the next few months will be
the sale of more ' than 20
million pounds of discoloured
beans which will not make top
grade. • ,
He said, however, Japan may
be interested in the discolored
beans that are grading ,No. 2
and No. 3. The large quantity
of off-color beans was the result
of wet "weather during har-
vesting which still isn't com-
plete.
Mr. Broadwell said samples
of the beans' have been sent to
Japan and. there is a good
chance the Japanese "could
come back and take the whole
lot,'' He said Japan.grinds the,
beams and' the • color would
make no difference.
The board is hoping to sell
the beans in 100 -pound bags at
between 25 and 65 cents per
hundredweight less than
market prices, . depending on
grade.
So far, the board has sold
382,075 bags of No. 1 beans on
the domestic market from the
1972 crop and another 592,400
bags in the export Market.
The 1972 crop is estimated at
1.8 million bags, a 2.5 million
increase over the 1971 record of
15.5 million.
' Phil Durand of Zurich board
chairman reviewed the year's
activities, including promotion
activities and crop research.
He referred again to
Britain's entry into the
European Common Market
which 'will spell the end of the
four percent preferential tariff
on Ontario' beans going into the
U.K. The tariff will be replaced
•
by a 4.5 percent itnpert *levy.
He said it is most important
torowers that this import levy
be lowered .p andPreassure is
being exerted on the Canadian
government to deal with this at
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Mr. Durand said that. while
prices by growers over the past
two or threey ears have been
good, they alae create incro.ed
competition. He said the U.K. •
Ontario's major export buyer -
is trying to grow beans; so are
Turkey, Bthiopia and, a few
U.S. states,
"This IS a disturbing trend,"
hesaid. •
Mr. Durand stressed, farmers
must do a better job of selling,
suggesting production, of. many
commodities could doubt, of
Only there woo a
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