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The Goderich Signal Star, 1976-03-11, Page 7Bean .:.,..r =sell 362,1.00 :CW.t. of The Ontgr o Bean Producers Marketing Board rw nager Charles Broadwell' has announced .that the board eo'ld 36?,1;00.1iun- , dredweight bags • of ,beans. to • • -domestic and foreign markets last week.at_prices of. • "5.50 and $24:50.' Mr. 117oad.well said-. the', price of beans, had been fluctuating" at 'various'. levels 'over the past few months but beans hadn't ..been selling, The board decided .to, )ower 'the . price in:: order to move some of the: i975 bean crop.. 'I'm sure the individual • bean producers were looking for a,higher price," said Mr. • Broadwel;l, "so I'.m not. sure• --Whether the, sale is -good news or not. He'said the price was above the average received by the bean, producers last year but lower than the $35.00 per .hundredweight many .ex- . pecten to receive. About 50 . percent' of the .1975 crop has now been sold according to Mr. Broadwell. Tweri'ty • percent .had,been sold before the crop had been harvested. Gordon Hill • (continued from page 6A) that it should, take a farmer only 3 hours a week to look after ' 1000 hens,L....while C.E.M.A. claims that it takes 4, hours. Under ' cross= examination, the C.A.C. • admitted that, 'to. arrive. 'at -their figure, they had only called three egg producers in B.C. and had talked with sotnepeople they'know in:the egg"business. Mr• Hill said. that. it was. rather gratifying to .the farmers in the audience to hear the C.A.C.'s arguments • being demolished. When the • C.A.C. -brief was .completed, the C.E.M.A lawyer; made the statement _ -that had this. • 'beery a •courtofi law he would have asked for a dismissal at that time, based on -the poor Case . that the . C A.C. had rrlade. - ' However, C.E.M.A, then. presented 'their brief, after which the C.A.C. asked for a postponement .of their cross examination. This provided. 'Gordon Hill- with - an op- portunity .to present the submission from the Federation of Agriculture. One of -the. points made in the Federation brief was that for a'farmer with 10,.0:00 layers,-- . 'an extra cent a dozen would Mean $1,900 extra net income per 'year. 'But for the 'con- sumer, an extra cent a dozen would ` hly,cost a family of• "four an extra_74c per year..' Back in Toronto on Friday, February 27th, Gordon along .,with • .vice-president • Mr. Broadwell 'said after the. sales last week, the board has set the -current .price at $29:50 • for 'export and $30,50. for doraestic. The bo.ard manager- sa,id°� the present price to producers in. Michigan is' 'quoted at ,; $-'3.00 with • $21.00 for prune grade. • been: very ^ih-•; consistent, `•'• saiid., Me. Broadwell: ` "We'll just be ,• Playing the market fro'in now- op... There's:.no firm price :. from Michigan right now.", • • Mr.. Broadwell said Michigan buyers were buying from "hand -to -Mouth" and in some cases were taking the beans."right off the shelves:: 40, - He said.the buyers were doing everything possible to `_break the price. • Mr. Broadwell also 'anr. nounced that the board has I The international. Plowing Match comes to Huron County in 1978 and representatives from : 'the county plowmen s association made -sure that delegates to the Ontario. PIoVkanci 's Association annual meeting knew it. Aiming those promoting. the 1978 match during the recent Toronto meeting, were (left to right.) Jack'MeCu•tcheon, warden of Huron County.; Allan Campbell, local committee vide chairman;. Howard Deters, local .chair- • Man; Jim Arrr]•stropg, host farmer for the match and county director; DonPullen, county agricultural representative; and Roy Pattison, local committee vice-chairman. 'hired the .Toronto` firm of H'ickling Johnston- to - do- a �, complete study of bean ����� services marketing' and the possibility of "one deskselling o He w•de d would not disclose the cost of � ■ o e X ■ en the study. Peter Hannam ''and general. manager Jeck Hale had an• Opportunity to meet with•the new. leader of -the Ontario Liberal Party - Stewart •Smith, in order to acquaint him with the O.F.A. and its policies. Mr. Hill made it 'Clear in hisspeech that -it is the policy of the O.F.A. not to support any political party. However, the . O.F.A. •executive meets periodically with ,all_ parties to discuss . farm problenis and to make sure the,.' politicians un- derstand that the O.F.A. is carrying 'forward. the 'con- cerns. of farmers from all across Ontario.. • Mr. Hill : clased 'by saying:. 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