The Goderich Signal-Star, 1980-01-17, Page 19„
9,
Russian involvement in Afghanistan is cause
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GODERICB srottargia'r-
Huron county' farmers
wifl tult likely escape the
eConomic hardships
grains producers are new
aufferit* through as a
result of United States,
economic san.ctions •
against Bussia.
Mike. Miller of the.
Cligtori office of the
r • Ministry •ot Agriegitnie,
and Food said' iyionday
that while the world
economic ,plight has
* '‘" caused problemsto
surface in many areas of
agriculture the U.S. move
against Russia "essen-
tially involves grain
prices".
The U.S. embargo of
wheat slated to be sold to
Russia was a surprise
move to farmers in both
the United States and
:Canada. Protesting,
A
• Russian involvment in
Afghanistan
Preaident .Tinarax_Carter
, halted all shipment of
wheat to' the Comniunist
nation dramatically
changing trends in
ngriMllture in both
nations..
Miller said ' grain,
-traditionally sold on a
uwerld market, is priced
atcording to supply and
demand. He said the
demand was high
becaOse 'of purchases
made by Russia but said
that quickly changed
when those purchases
were outlawed. He said
supply is now high which
translates to low prices.
Miller said other prices
affected by the. RuSsian-
American standoff are
probably' stiort term
reactions to pelitical
crisis., lie said prices fell
oft in pork and cattle
markets but added that
both those areas are
expectedto pick up in the
near future. -
• But grain prices cannot
be predicted. Miller said
• the big problem with the
current soft Market for.
grains - is that no one
knows' "how much lower.
prices will go and how
long they will stay low".
•
•
He said low grain
prices will. ,eventually
have an impact on the
price of pork, beef and
other livestock products.
Miller said that as long as
grain is cheap farmers
will either keep what they
have or buy grain to feed
livestock hoping to. Make
up defitits.
He said pork producers
have already begun to
show Signs of. reacting to
the grain price. He said
many • farmers Who
normally would have sold
out their livestock have
• kept them and have even
expanded livestock
operations:
He said pork produc-
tion traditionally follows
a four year cycle. 'That ,
cycle -ranges from a low,
which is presently being
•experienced, to a high
which was enjoyed two
years ago.
The cycle usually
follows production levels.
Miller explained that two
years ago when prime'
were high more farmers
began raising pork to
im to build trade skills
BY JEFF SEDDON
Representatives from
the major industries in
Huron county are
meeting Wednesday
afternoon to try to
develop training
programs aimed 'at
retlucing a shortage of
skilled labour in the
county.
A one day session will
be held in Goderich with
the aim of forming a
Huron County Com-
munity Industrial
Tr ai - Com m itt ee
That committee, madeitp
of representatives from
industry, the county
development office and
Canada Manpower, will
he charged with the task
of developing training
programs to develop'
skilled labour.
Spence Cummings, the
Huron ceunty develop-
ment officer, said the
project is, a co-operative
• effort by his office,
representatives of
Canada Manpower and
Don Longwell; director of
training and development
at Champion Road
Machinery. He said
similar committees have
been formed in other
areas of the province and'
have enjoyed some
successes in developing a
pool of skilled labour.
In -a letter to 26 in-
dustries in 'Huron
Longwell outlined the
purpose of the training
committee. He said the
goals of the, cernmittee
lliLbe-to--identify-preserlt-
and local shortages of
skilled workers, to
examine alternative
methods for meetin-g
these shortages, to
recommend the best
design for .any training
programs and to bring to
this area the best possible
training facilities and
personnel to, meet the
'needs of Hurbn industry.
Spence Cummings, the
Huron county develop -
Ambulances"
now central
• Ontario's 'new central
ambulance dispatch
, centre • was officially
opened last week by
Health Minister Dennis
Timbreli. The centre
co-
ordipates . all long
distance aTh and land
ambulance services in
southern and nor-
theastern Ontario,
"Through the use of a
• complex telecom-
munications network,
this dispatch centre acts
• as the contact point in
times of disaster," said
Mr. Timbrell.
"Its emergency
capability includes a
mobile communications
vehicle and emergency
support units that can be
dispatched inimediately
• anywhere in - • the
province. We are able to
ensure that long distance
•
services are, not
duplicated by using it as
the central., control
point."
He said where a patient
is transferred from one
'city to another: the
dispatch service tries to
ensure the_ ambulance
doesn't return home
empty and on long trips
the service can ' co-
ordinate a series of
ambulances, in a relay
system, allowing each of
them •to return ' to their
home base quickly.
"Since operations
commenced, this centre
has helped to reduce the
average claim for in -
province air carrier cost
from $312 to $272 by using
more effective co-
ordination of air and land
ambulance services."
"An inventory of
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!vent officer, said he
'hoped the training
committee could be
formed Wednesday: He
said he hoped at least half
the committee was from
localindustry and the
Other half from provin-
cial and federal gover-
nment offices and from
the board of education
and community colleges.
The development of -.1,
ficer said Monday if
representatives from
local industry did not
• support the concept of the
—training 'eonini
Wednesday's session it,
would not 'get off the
ground. He said he has no
indication of whether the
project will be favorably
received .claiming all he
could do was "wait and
see what the peOpie say
when they get there".
Cummings said a
program to develop
skilled trades would have
to cone from industry.
'He said if pressure for the
.program was' exerted on
government by industry
it would be done adding
there was little chance
government Institutions
would •go ahead with any
• training program without
supportfrom industry. •
"If they're interested' it
Will go if not it won't,"
said the development
()Meer.
' He explained that
,
"skilled labour shortages
are common in Ontario in
areas " away from' large
centres. He said • in-
dustrial cities have
enough skilled labour, or
training programs aimed
at suppling skilled
labour, to meet their
needs.' But fringe areas,
like Huron county, have
almost no skilled workers
available to industry.
He added that if a
skilled work force could
be developed in Huron it
may be all that is needed
to attract more industry
here. He said one reason
industry overlooks the
county is the fact that any
workers hired for jobs
would' have to be trained
before any expected
production • levels could
be Achieved,
take advantage of ' that
situation. That increased
production slowly caused
prices, tg f_a11 as demand
felibelow.supply,
Miller Said that cheap
feed combined with low
pork 'prices prompted
farmers to keep their
animals in the barn. He
Said those factors will
probably combine •to
lengthen the low cyole
pork ' production, is
•pr eseiat ly in.
Cattle follow a similar
cycle to pork except it is
mach longer. LQW beef
prices and high feed costs
made cattle an unat-
tractive commodity for
farmers several years
ago according to ministry
- agriculture figures.
Miller said that fact will
probably reduce the
impact', the present
economic trends will,
have on beef production.
• He said a change in
market conditions
usually takes one or two
years to affect beef prices
because the number Of
beasts on the market this
year was determined
early in 1979. He said
breeding practices and
feed availablity and cost
last,year would have been
used in determining
production slated for 1980
meat counters.
Miller said the one
thing that surfaced over
the American embargo of
wheat is that farmers will
now have to be prepared
to accept political affairs
as having as much im-
pact, on agriculture as
weather:
He said political
situations in the past five
years have had a greater
affect on agriculturethan
ever before. He.said in
the past the only, thing
that affected agriculture
was war but that has
changed dramatically.
He said farmers will'
have to be "more aware",
of international politics
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when reedit:1g the raaticet.
14e added it was 'Past "one
more hazard" for far-
mers.
He conceded, that the
one problem farmers ,
can't overcome is that
international politics is
very volatile and there is
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Russia experienced a
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