The Huron Expositor, 1979-02-08, Page 14w
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14 THE HURON EXPOSITOR, FEBRUARY 8, 1979
is Jottigs
BY JACK RIDO4t.
Glancing throngh. the Tor.
onto, papers this. allot -fling.
notian article entitled
RQSy- If You Pool Eat"
and a sub -heading "Food.
Prices up IV; in. a Year.- A$
• indicated in toy artielg last
week. farmers in the past
were getting. most of the
blame •for rising food prices.
and I tried to put th-
farrner's 'Position in some
perspective. Lately Market-
ing Boards have also been
blamed for rising food prices.
so I would like to deal with
that matter in this week's.
.!Cokirunt and, once again 1.
wadd tO reiterate that 1
ant sharing the views of
Tking Williamson he ian
agriculture reporter for The
Wmdsor Star. •
•
Marketing • Boards the
wads conjure c isitins of
fanners as 'greedy land
• batons, driving, Cadillac's
voile they have Monopoly
control over food pricesat
thq exPew.i.9f 4.40 cson
Sitniers.
Ever since Beryl: P lu pt re.
• wIrn she chaired the food
prices review board. accused
maiceting boards, of being
• responsible for artificial rood
pice inereasOs, the eontro-
versy has not gone away.
But Canadians - hicluding,
•' many farmers - don't fully
understand, the,Ipow ers and
'Iinitatkrn of ,markging,
boards, For''UanipItt,‘Only.tt
few of them actually "ont ol
• prices and produet ion. Most
boards either act as the
farmers' agent in selling a
particular commodity. nego-
tiate a price with processors
• orset a minimum price to the
farmer based on market
conditions - often •after '
consultation with •whole7,
salers and retailers.
There's a big difference
between the powers of a
board which can set farmer
prices regularly • based on
rest of 'production and one
:wtich determines a ,price
based on what the • market
wag bear,
Marketing boards are not
.1 recent inventions of ;money -
:4 hungry farmers, - British
• Cdumbia enacted the first
legislation in Canada allow:
• ing the formation of boards
• : in1934 and Ontario followed
in 1.937.
The Ontario Farm Prod-
ucts Marketing Act allows
growers of a particular com-
mcdity to :vete whether t
form a board,' and then put
• one togetherunder super-
vision' of the prOvincial farm
•'.prcdticts marketing board. •,
The boards finance their own
• Ji1#43-7, live, lioar4s were
unowdiately bore in Ontario.
A% tarruct's saw the advan.
taws of nrore orderly mark.
eting, more ,boards were
approied. There are now 23
boards operating in this
prosit110....and- in 19'n :farm
pmaucts a1uvd t.ibd
lion were marketed through.
the 'boards under proyinctal
• jinisiliction. • .
$0111P boards ‘oPeratc
eavit passim:, but are "inctre .
orless under .tedt:,•ral control
These include. an Ontario.
boards for nulk4 turkeNs. and •
eggs. and • rutire recently.
chickens. in 19-2, the.federal
iParni Prodnets Marketing
. •Agencies Aet was approved
•And allowed the formation ot
• the Canadian Fgg Marketing •
Aixtricv (CPIVIA) 19'"3 and
the Canadian Turkey Mark-
• etg AgeticV An l9'4. As
irlcated,. a third. national
‘.
agcney for Claktioshas been
• approved just :recently.
CEMA has a vost-of-pro
iluetion formula : which is
wlieh is the basis of the
inalucer price across,
Canada. All provinces have
thtir own egg. marketing
boards. how e er, hitt dole
opt , individual product ion
•'quotas to :farmers, approved
each 'ear by
•TE14KEYS
• lire situation is slightly
different for turkeys. The
• ',kick:cal body sets production
vitiOtas but the producer price
is determined by each of the
eight• provincial :Marketing
boarriS.tjs• iNt5grii-."(Ney.c.,, •
fouridIPM4 and" Prince
• Edward island don't 'produce
enough turkeys • w warrant •
..botircisA• • •
OatiOnal1y. hide:stria! milk
Itmd •for ice cream
• • , cheese
and other 'dairy produets)! is
„Predneed under strict quotas
set by the Canadian Dairy
Conunission (CDC) .and
doled .out. to farmers! by •
priyincial Marketing boards.
The:CDC sets a target' price..
whit/kale provinces Use as
,base.: in determining the
individual farmer „price for
every one hundred 'poitrids of:
milk. Prodoctien and price of
flirid milk Used far .drinking is •
the responsibility of the
provincial boards.. •
As well. -Ontario. tobacco,
•.•
growers operate Under strict
production. •quotas ..;but the
,crq) is :sold by auction:each
year to tobaceo . firths. •
Western,' wheat'.grtiwe'rs.
operate under :th.e Canadian -
.Wheat Board, does,not• •
.set•priees• for 'ex port •W:heat.
HtiweVe,r, all wheat sold
d'ornestically".! (inelading'
Ontario •winter Wheat, mar- .,•
keted,:•b,:y a!separate provin-
cial marketing board) is sold
at a. pegged :price. Export
. gyrations, usually With a,
levy Or check off farmers pay,
• as a percentage of sales or
armage .under production. •
04
•
yylrin - again. including the
Ootarki crop -h sold at world
pftes by the Canadian
Ortario Atle41, boards,
The plethora of marketing
Kinds SktellIS 1:onaples. but
in • order to judge their
-1:Activeness: ont:van rook
pri.e performance: •
lite whole. Idea, behind
ingkettng board., is to pro.
side sol.alled fair octures to
tanners,• and ki:ep'prh
stplcle Board supin
arg,:c that stattiiiiV4In
faun sector leads to stabilitv.
ot retail prices,
• EGGS : '
Eggs, for example. have
.shoan •runarkably stable
rows ualtbough tlitev have
gener,i4y reased each
wart.tn dic recent Pat.
L from 19-4 to Pr', pi.otili6,1,
priceshlr tirade 'N. large let.ttts
'an loronto averaged • 56.1'
..etis a doeen. cents:
Na One ;keeps records of
roll prices ol Ontario grown
greenhouse vegetables. but
•board spokesman •cstimateri
I how p oyes. a slot f
s or. the •
Pr4-7S, period; 09 • to -9
cimsa 1.791114/: ),:034; (11) lo
' •.94.7r„. C'4,11% in
Ohkwsh'there is •
wtdertnargin between Om-
er retail prices and less,
sihts tor greenhouse veg.
et.kles than tor. eggs and. •
tu Akev s prcentivittsern
PrAxitivror'f., As .nOr controlled
And the prtc:A. As.' se t 404m:ding
tt; murlyet trends only.
Eggs PO turkevs. on the
-
other band. ,jre produced
under ststict quotas and the
Limier Price is based on
production cost, So.metnues. •
, as with eggs fecentiv. Che '
tanner prtc:eS van go dovY11.
Ihl%thvy •goup. :however..
as plod oction voms..inVrcaSe„
"
WOriSibly. the production
qtptas keep supply in line
with demand to create price
14147ilitY 41 An •10C1'1%.
TICWOVOrnot all farmers
are in favaur of supply;
nuinagemont god price einit.
41.4, Many feet thev should
be •able .operate on their
„own Yvith no agency Poking
Over their shoot:viers.
' And the SvStetn can Part
rapiers w ho don't follow the•'
rukts.
" Wiry. farmers. for eyample
arefinaneially pcnaliied for
exceeding their prodoction
l4linta5. The ones who stWis
with the busiaess enjoy the
relath.elY stable returns of-
feredbv that industry.
Every system .an be heat -
en. however. The Ontario
Milt Marketing Board op to
now was almost : helpless to
do anything aboiz A number
• Eirmers. everprotraced
\\hie MO% Of 'Weir cob
le4gUes sweated tinder red.,
• twat produetion 41191AS
14101 11104,) Itardtopo the
ie.,. The same dairy proOn.
• howoer. are heavily
•pcualieed for ovrer-quota
thr the mist park 'fartilet'S
under a supply.management
• system. or Any negotiating or
agency type of marketing
board.. •are reasonably
sutis-
tit1; 'that the boardS have
vontriPlated to their well
being, •
there exists. One group .of
fanners which actively rejee-
Is any type .marketing
ageney for vmmodity.
• beef.•
0mi:titian beef producers
are notoriously independent -
so Mach so that they nearly
tirtne thvir industry into
bankrupt ..v a Icw years ago
a, 1
islile con.S.11MerS. gum -4d TO,
Lithely low -prices.
• b 197,5. tattle numbers
were at their peak in Canada.
and prices were accordingly
low. During that period,
eaklemen 104 SoniO $400
aecOrding to the
•Canadian Cattlem en '$ Assoei*
ation (CCA) becauSe they
onldn't meet production"'
costs. Despite urgings from
'fretkliti Agricultiire Minister
Emote Whelan to form_
son V kind of marketing
'4,101cY., beef producers stuck
• 1K/their guns -and their losses.
k took repeated prodding
from the CCA to convince
than to lower cattle no mbe rs
by sending more female
animals to slaughter instead
ofkceping them for breeding.
gyrRimES,
Now the eycle has
ti4Et.g.
to the opposite ex-
treme. Cattle numbers are SP
low that the CCA Wendy
issued another plea. this
lime for producers to keep
nitre animals for 'breeding
and avoid a meat SilertAgC by
198). The CCA's Concern is.
that low supplies:Will drive
beef prices so high that
consumers will be turned off
beef to the detriment of the
industry,
• ibis industry perfectly il-
lustrates what happens, in a
free Marlwt 100t1 econorny. If
prOducers co-operate to keep
herds at a level which meets
demand without Creating ton
much supply, prices would
pmurnably remain mere
• ble. However, the beef eyele
has gone from one extreme
to another and it remains to
be seen whether producers
will voluntarily hold enough
future breeding stock from
-0.33 vents. anal S13•
For the satin.' period. Toronto • •
remit egg prices as eraged S2, •
a dtvm 2 1 ;ems; •
tits.
• Mat mgcmlung
II) to t t. • producer
pries in turto front 197.1
to were 41,'S. vents a
pound:: 42.4 tens: 4o.o cents
Mx' 46.7 cents. For the same
period; priceS w ere
pound: St).6
cents: 92.' cents: and 92.:1
celNitIsa.rketing bard
sup-
poners look at those figures'
and claim that the 'indicate
the Orice,stability for farmers
and consumers' price and
,
nay:Wed:on controls 'can
actitcy e. .•
The Ontatie GreenhOlise
Vegetables Produeers' Mark.
• eting 'Board. based in Lett
ifl�n. (foes not epn trial fresh
wow° and cucumber -pro.
duction but •sets" a !farmer
price based•on market cond-
iSons. Wholesalers' then sell •
the vegetables: :to stores,
wlieh also import .great
quantities of cheaper United •
States and Mexican produce.
Because of the price pressure
ofthese imports, the green-,
house board must set prices,
the market will bear, Which •
frequently do not cover pro-
duction cost. •" •
However other -factors can
bring prices up' Poor *eat-,
hat in major. growing .areas
like California can reduce thq
cap there. bring prices up. r..
and produce a better price
climate. for Ontario crops.
In 1974:: pro' ineial green.
house Vegetable 'growers.
retan, aWaLlage gross.
price of 40,3 cents a pound •
for their. :tomatoes, The
pre rose • to 50.2: cents • in
197. dropped to• 43.2 cents,
.110970, roStito 480 cents in
19 and averaged 4.
cents this vear, •
ONTARIO
BEAN GROWERS
CO-OPERATIVE
Seaforth 345-2007
Spring seeding is fast approaching.
• Now is an excellent time to discuss
and order your seed & chemical.needsl . .
•We can supply atCOMPETITIVE PRICES
• • Seed Barley
'Seed Oats •
• • Mixed. Grains
• • Pride Seed Corn--
• Seed White Bean5
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• Complete Line" of Chemicals
NOTE THAT EARLY MATURING SOYBEANS WILL BE IN
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ONTARIO BEAN GROWERS
fine fridrikets of fine foods
zehrs
SUPER SPECIAL
01:gram-41-despite attraettvo
prices right now -to prevent!
111014 shortage. This dog$ Itet
appear to be happening at.
the present time as the beef
population is still declining.
Hcre's what happened to
beef priees for farmers and
consumers over the past few
years.. In 1974 the average
slaughter cattle market price
for farmers was sO rents a
pound while ConsumerS shel-
led out an aCerage (in
torooto of $1 .47 a pound.
Remember that the retail
ptte average is a blend of
high ;and low •prices for
different meat cuts, In 1975.
AS cattle numbers began" to
put downward pressure on
prices. farmers started get,.
ting less. averaging 47 rents
tiound, In 1970; the aver-
age was 43 eents. (Inn/ling
(Continued on Page 20)
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