Zurich Citizens News, 1958-07-16, Page 9WE'IIE;SD.AY, JULY 16, 1958
ZURICH Citizens NEWS
PAGE NIINE
Federation Fieldman Compares Prices,
Production on Small and Large Farms
(By J• CARL IlRIVIINGWAY)
On July 25 the Hogg
.are asked to vote on the Hog Pro-
• ducers' 1Vxarketing Plan.
Under this plparn the Hag Pro-
ducers have the privilege of vot-
ing 'at the annuall mneetinig in the
county !an who shall resent
then at the Ontario annual meet-
th g of the organization Art the
provincial annual :these county
'delegates carry out your wishes
in the matter of policy and of-
ficers for your origamizartiom These
officers are 'then obliged to carry
out the wishes of your delegates
on the marketing of your (hags
or face defeat at .the next annual
meeting elections.
The question on Julry 25 is: "Do
Producers you want to have a share in con-
trolling the marketing of your
hrogs?"
Recently the Exeter Tames -Ad-
vocate carried a story on the huge
hog producing set up being de-
veloped in that tam.
Last week there was an account
of a large new turkey broiler pro-
ject.
In other places we hear of the
50,000 layer flocks and 1,000 steer
feeding lots.
Let us see What happens when
I, as an Individual producer com-
petes' with this type of produc-
tiionr?
I produce hogs, eggs and beef,
a'I1 in a small way. I buy :feed.
Since I am a small producer, I
like• to pick up feed at the mill
in small lots in order to have it
fresh A miff operator quoted me
a ,price of $62 a ton for hog grow-
er which I would !pick up at •the
mill door in half -ton, lots. If I
were a large. ;aperator the same
mala would deliver a seven -ton
load, in bags, to my farm for $60
per ton. This rni111 operator ad-
mitted that he had considerably
less profit 'per to in the large
lot tan in the small Biot, yet be-
cause .of the better bargaining
position of the large producer he
was forced Into this practice.
So much for the buying. Now
let us look at marketing. If I
sell one hog through. the hog •pro-
diucers marketing agency I wi la
recsr+ve •exaetly the same price per
cwt as the !producer who sells'
100 or 1,000. This seems to me
to be as it should be.
In the case of turkeys, I can't
afford to rise producing without
a contract because I might have
no market for the 'turkeys. The
processor will take the contract
birds first and the only +brie the
independent can sell his product
is in a. -time of short supply. If I
+ha' e a contract I know that I
must produce better and cheaper
than my neighbour or I will hose
my contract. My tneighbour is
very tough competition.
When •I deliver one case of eggs
a week to the egg -grading station
I get market price. If I have
20 cases oaf eggs a week the egg -
grading siltation will send a truck
to pick up those 20 cases and
pay me a banruis of two or three
cents a dozen over market price.
Yet government reports show that
the smalls producer supplies by
far the most eggs to the consumer
and he does it :cheaper.
In the case of cattle there are
various methods of selling. Here
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auction selling seems to be gain-
ing favour but in my experience
I found that I paid the auctioneer
of a !community sale to +bu..y niy
cattle for a large feeder rather
than to sell my cattle to the high -
es bidder.
We hear a great deal of talk
on how profitable and how effic-
fent large operators are and that
the small producer can't survive;
but why?
In the light of the above facts
it seems to me that the large
operator is making a profit be -
,cause of stranger bargaining posi-
tion; first in buying his feed and
second in selling his product.
I, along with hundreds of other
small producers, who are really
supplying the food of the nation,
don't ask any favours in selling
price but I don't want to sub-
sidize the feed and seliiing of the
product to the large producer.
I have heard a lot of complaints
about the Hog Producers Market-
ing Agency but I have never heard
the strength of their bargaining
positionquestioned. Also hogs
and tobarco are the only farm
products that I know of that are
sold on the basis of a government
grade to the producer. Strong
!bargaining !position and Govern-
ment grade at producer level en-
sure a fair .price- to the producer.
Lets keep them on July 25.
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