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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1981-04-15, Page 26PAGE 6A—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15,1 NFU submits dairy brief Marie Bright, Co- ordinator for Region 3 (On- tario) of the National Farmers Union, together with Wayne Easter, NFU V -ice• -President, and members of the NFU Dairy Cornilaittee recently presented a submission to the Dairy Policy Review Committee, on behalf of the National Farmers Union. In attendance at this review were Icon. Eugene Whelan, Federal Minister of Agriculture; Gilles Cho- quette, haquette, Chairman of the Canadian Dairy Commis- sion; Icon. Andre Oueilet,' Minister of Trade andCom- ,merce, and the interdepart- mental committee on Dairy Policy Review. his review group seemed. to accept the NFU presentation with strong enthusiasm, There was general support that the Canadian Dairy Policy � was implemented er the last five years re- • main in place with just a few basic improvements. It was .generally felt any radical re- structuring would have a detrimental effect on the producers of milk and also consumer supply of milk 'products. The brief stated, as part of a rational agriculture policy the government's continued commitment to the dairy in- dustry' is essential. The, government must provide policies to restruct imports and increase tariffs on agriculture goods. The • _ government needs to recogaizethe full potentia1 of food production as, a .source . of employment in both rural and urban. Canada.. Only a policy of self-sufficiency in food production will mean in- . Armed jobs-in_farming and_. food processing. The present subsidy of $6.03, per hectolitre has re: mained constant since April 1, 1975; the_relative impact _ of the subsidy to producers' target returns has declined from 24 percent in 1975 to 17 percent in 1980. As well the subsidy's real value in con- stant 1975 dollars, due to the effect of inflation, is only $3.46 per hectolitre, com- pared to the original $6.03 per hectolitre. While this subsidy is of -assistance to dairy farmers, its real pur- pose is to maintain con- sumer prices at a lower level. The NFU therefore calls upon the federal government to not allow any further reduction in the cur- rent subsidy level in con- stant 1981 dollars. The federal subsidy must be paid on all Canadian - re- quirements for industrial milk and should be paid on production for export. .When the Minister of Agriculture announced a- new target price of $35.70 per hectolitre on December 31, 1980 he stated that it was 9.4 • percent above the target. price of one year ago. This is well below the 13.4 percent increase in real food prices of 1980. These statistics sug- gest the current target return formula certainly protects the interest of the consumer. In re -calculation of the target return formula, the NFU believes considera- tion must also be given to such cost factors as transportation and interest not now included in the for- mula. The 20 percent in the returns adjustment formula has not been used since the formula's inception in 1975 which means the formula is only being triggered by the 80 percent factor that is automatic. In a re- structured formula the judgement factor should automatically increase at the same rate as the average of the other components. Any changes being made to the returns adjustment formula need to insure that fanners' returns for milk cover total cost of production including a fair return for labour and investment. It should be noted that retail prices for dairy products in Canada have been maintain- ed at a level either lower than or comparable to those in most other industrialized countries. NFU believes the return adjustment formula is in fact, today yielding a return that is at least $2 to $2.85 below cost of production. Because of the inappropriate levels of returns- generated by the present formula some Turn to page 7ai; W EASTER HOLIDAY OF VALUES! All A&P stores will be CLcISED Good rriday — April 17th OPEN EASTER MONDAY—APRIL 20th HAPPY EASTER from all of us at A&P! 4 We mon. the right to Omit quantities to normal family requir mental Prices effective thru Saturday, April18th, 1981 Grade "A", Frozen, A&P Self -Basting, Maple Leaf Miracle Baste or Swift Deep Basted BUTTERBALL TURKEYS No Confusion at A&P — One Low Price on All "Same /ow Flee asa year ago!" 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