Loading...
The Huron Expositor, 1984-10-10, Page 18A18 THE HURON EXPOSITOR, OCTOBER 10, 1984 FARM HOCKEY DONATION—Don Moylan (cen- tre), fundraising chairman of the Seaforth- Norway hockey exhibition scheduled for Qecember, accepts a cheque for $834 from CLASSIFIED 25 N MEMO TAM HUBERT: In loving memory of Norman (Archie) Hubert who passed away October 12 1964. When family ties are broken And loved ones have to part It leaves a wound that never heals An ever aching heart We cannot bring the old days back When we were all together But loving thoughtsand memories Will live with us forever. Sadly missed by his wife and family and grandchildren. 25-41-1 WILSON, In loving memory of a dear granddaughter Pamela Wilson who passed away one year ago, October 9, 1983. Your place on earth no one can fill, We miss you Pam, and always will. So many times we've cried ff our love could have saved you You would never have died. If we could have a lifetime wish One dream that would come true, We'd pray to God with all our hearts, For yesterday and you. , Always remembered and sadly missed by :frrandpa and Grandma Ritchie. 25-41-1 j29.ENGGEMENTS 1 SIMPSON — DEITNER r. and Mrs. John Simpson, Brussels are eased to announce the engagement of their ughter Joan Elizabeth, to Donald Francis 'Meitner, R.R. 1 Ethel, son of Mrs. Josephine itner and the late Charles Deitner. The dding will take place at St. Ambrose R.C. urch, Brussels, on Saturday, October 20, 84. Open reception to follow at the B.M.G. mmunity Centre at 9 p.m. Everyone !come. 29-41-2 Bill Henderson, lieut. gov. and Harry DenHaan, prea. of the Seaforth Optimist Club. The money was raised at the last Lowdown dance. 26. PERSONAL MEET YOUR MATCH. For all ages and unattached. Thousands of members anxious to meet you. Prestige Acquaintances. Call toll free 1-800-263-6673. Hours: Noon to 8 26-41-01 m 19. NOTICE Geo., Aa Sills /4 40 & Sons MERCHANTS PLUMBING -HEATING & ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS Phone 527-1620 Home Hardware Seaforth VEALS Abattoir and Meat Market H , 83-31/2 miles east of Exeter 235-1123 Try us for CUSTOM KILLING and PROCESSING Kill Days - Tuesdays OUR SPECIALTY Home cured and smoked meats process• ed exactly the way you like it. FRESH HONEY FOR SALE $ 1x00 per pound Discount of .10 a pound in your own containers ELGIN YOUNG R.R. 41 Seaforth, Ontario Phone 527-1519 Crisis not due to misman g�9 emel t The study of 6,000 farmers by the Farm situation might not be as serious now if they'd refinanced. An effective stabilization .pro - Credit Corporation (FCC) just proves what listened to us in the first place. If they had gram must be put in place as soon as farm groups have been saying all along provided long-term, low-interest loans when Parliament reconvenes. Harry Pellssero, the president of the Ontario farmers first started feeling the squeeze, the Federation of Agriculture (OFA) said. statistics might not be as 'startling as they At the Provincial level, the OFA is lobbying "Farm groups can tell political decision are." for a program to freeze interest rates on makers, 'I told you so,' because we've been "The formula for the success of agriculture operating loans, a new capital loans program warning them all along that the crisis in is a two-part equation," Pellssero said. "The for improvements to productivity and envl- farming isn't due to poor management," he first part is long-term, affordable credit and ronmental standards and a re -organization of said. the second part Is providing farmers with the Ontario Farm Adjusent Assistance The study by the FCC relates productivity adequate returns for their products." Program. todebt. It shows that the one-third of The OFA recommends several courses of The FCC study shows that the most Canadian farmers with high debt loads and action for the federal and provincial govern- productive farmers are carrying the most low equity in their farming operations ments. At the federal level, the federation debt. "Consumers benefit from farmers' produced about half of Canada's food last has recommended an arra-bond program, to ability to produce high quality food in year. provide farmers with affordable credit at less abundance and at reasonable prices. Any "Politicians who have hemmed and hawed than market rates. The FCC should be government action to help farmers stagger - because they didn't have the cold,hard facts restored to a preferred source off long-term ing under this debt load would help must take decisive action immediately. The credit, and its high -interest loans should be everyone," Mr. Pellssero said. Total ilk marketings lower in August Total milk marketings to the Ontario Milk Marketing Board were 2.3 ver cent lower in Aug. 1984 than they were in Aug. 1983, This reduction probably reflects. herd reductions at the end of the 1983/84 dairy year required to bring production in line with quota holdings. Slaughterings of dairy cattle in the second quarter of 1984 were even higher (plus 11.8 per cent) than they were last year - previously the highest level since 1978. Slaughterings so far in the third quarter are also running above last year's level. On a month -over -month basis, marketings increased every month from Dec. 1983 to June, 1984. The rate of increase peaked in Feb. and fell steadily after that with May and June being 1.5 and 0.2 per cent higher, respectively, than the same month a year ago. Total marketings actually declined in July, (-0.5 per cent), but this probably reflected adjustments by producers,to bring production in line with quota holdings. The Aug. 1984 reduction over the same month in the previous year is more notable. Aug. 1983 was itself a low production month, following significant cutbacks at the end of the 1982/83 dairy year as a result of reductions in MSQ. FALL PRODUCTION The 1984 fall production should be similar to last fall. The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food cow survey indicates that the Ontario cow population is marginally smaller than it was last year. The Ontario Dairy Farm Accounting Project milk supply survey in June 1984, which estimates prodtiction potential, indicates that, on average, supplies should be up a little in the June to Dec. period. Projected cow freshenings, based on Al data are running at the same level this fall as they were last year. With no change in MSQ for the current dairy year; adequate feed, both in terms of quantity and quality; and sufficient cow numbers, there appears to be no reason why production in the fall months shouldn't be comparable to last year's. Some processors, however, particularly quota plants, remain concerned about the fall supply situation. Residual supplies were relatively scarce some days in Aug., a situation that does not normally occur until Oct. If Aug. is a sign of things to come, then the normal difficult period of Oct. to Dec, could be worse than anticipated. But the August results are at odds with other indicators of production prospects. Producers are encouraged to ship as much milk as possible this fall. Shipping more milk during the fall months is not a question of reducing seasonality but rather, matching supplies with market demand. Demand for dairy products including fluid milk, specialty cheese and confectionary products tends to be strong in the Oct. to Dec. period. But shipping more milk in the fall helps alleviate the supply situation but does not increase the total demand for milk and hence MSQ does not change. It is expected that over -quota levies will be refunded on small amounts of over -quota production. The final numbers will not be known until after the Canadian Milk Supply Management Meeting which is being held in Charlottetown, PEI. On a sales day adjusted basis fluid sales were down 0.-7 per cent in Aug. 1984 compared to August 1983. This follows a month -over -month increase of 1.0 per cent in July and a two per cent decrease in June. On a calendar year-to-date basis fluid sales are 0.3 per cent higher than for the corresponding period a year ago. Crop sharing seen as good long term plan BY ART LAWSON, FARM MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST Late last fall we did a survey to get more information on local landlord/tenant ar- rangements. The survey questionnaire was enclosed with the "Soil and Crop Mes- senger" - a newsletter sent to subscribing members of the Perth and Huron Soil and Crop improvement Associations. STRONG DEMAND FOR RENTAL LAND The first question asked was • "Do you hope to rent more, Tess or the same amount of land in 1984?" The response was that 25 per cent wished to rent more land. The balance wished to rent eIiver your ti4'��_ Soybeans and Corn to your closest W.G. Thompson Elevator Fast unloading, with a complete marketing system backed by our own Brokerage Department. All branches ready to serve you n H'rsS a li 262-2527 Mitchell 348-8433 Gran ton 125-2360 Port Albert 510 7794 1 about the same amount of land. The second question asked was - "How much land was owned and how much was rented?" Some of the people who replied to the survey rented no land. Rented land made up 31 per cent df all the land represented by the replies. If we looked only at the people who rented land (ignored the replies with no rented land) - the rented land made up 44 per cent of their farmed acreage. The rented acreage becomes a very significant portion of the total business when we look at the situation from the point of view of the group that does rent land. CASH RENT MOST POPULAR The third question asked about the type of lease and how many years the leases involved, The replies showed 81 per cent of the agreements were cash rentals. Half of these werefor one year. Most of the rest fell between three and five years. Two agree- ments were "continuous". About 16 per cern of the agreements were set up as crop shares. A couple of others were set up for a set number of bushels of crop per acre. The last question asked what crops were to be grown on the rented acreage. Replies indicated 66 per cent of the rented land will be growing corn and beans. Spring cereals represented per cent of the rented acreage and winter wheat close to 9ioer cent. Forages will be grown on about 14 per cent of the rented land. The rest of the rented land • about 3 per cent - will be growing other crops like flax and canola. HIGHER RENTALS LIKELY The strong demand for rented land indicates higher cash rental rates for 1984. Good returns from corn and beans in I983 will help to fuel the demand. Recent price weakness may help to dampen the enthus- iasm. The number of crop sharing agreements has increased a little bit in the last couple of years. A recent survey of some American consulting firms showed share agreements outnumbered cash rentals by about 3 - 1. This was among professionally managed farms in predominantly cash cropping areas, The risk sharing characteristics and the elimination of guessing "What do 1 offer to pay for rent next year?" were the main attractions to crop sharing agreements. We may be a few years behind the Americans adopting the crop sharing agree- ments. While crop rotation is generally a well accepted land management practice, it appears to be hard to apply to rented land. The predominance of short term cash leases may be part of the problem. As one grower told me. "1'm a little reluctant to grow a cereal crop with a red clover plowdown on my rented land. With a one year deal 1 won't make much money on the grain crop. Next year all the neighbours will be after the land that had the clover. My rent will go up. What's the incentive?" He's probably right. He probably needs a longer term lease to work a rotation and see some of the benefits. In the long term, a good rotation also benefits the landlord. The deal cuts both ways. A landlord should have some assurance that his land will be well managed. He should get part of the rewards if the productivity is improved. A crop sharing arrangement might be part of the longer term deal and cropping plan. As yields go up, so does the amount of crop each person receives. We have developed a crop share plan. This plan uses a sliding scale to vary crop shares. As the yiela goes up, the landlord's percentage share increases. If you're inter- ested in the plan, let me know, I'll send you a copy. TILING RENTED LAND In the survey we asked what percentage of the rented land was tiled. The average was 53 per cent of the land had at least some tiles. There is a problem in working out an agreement for tiling rented land. You can work out an agreement for tiling, but it takes a lot of understanding, patience and trust. But you can do it.