The Huron Expositor, 1979-02-22, Page 15Quotas
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good or
It depends which side of the bread the butter is on.
It depends, too, on who pays .for the butter.
Some years ago, many members of farm organization*'.
in this country, specifically the :National Farmers Union
and the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, lampooned.
marketing boards. They called these boards tools of the
government and, tpols, Of big business.
They' feared farmers would; lose their independence if
they organized marketing boards. Farmers have lost some
independence in the market .place but many have gained a
great deal in financial independence through marketing
`boards.
I'm not sure exactly where t stand on the question of
quotas andhow quotas should be figured in the final price;,
of a farm product. I do know that marketing using, quotas
are in for some great problems in conning months,
Every consumer organizationin the country is getting
set to pounce on quota -setting. Quotas, for those who do
not know are just that: the marketing .hoards have the
power to tell a farmer just exactly how much he can,
produce in tobacco, milk, chickens, eggs and turkeys.
Naturally, these -quotas become extremely important,
very valuable.
There are about 40, marketing boards operating in this
province. Only a' handful operate under a quota, system.
A notable segment of . the, agricultural sector has
consistently refused to form any kind of marketing board;.
beef producers, Fiercely independent,. the beef producers
in Ontario are no closer to a marketing board now than
they were 20 years ago.
" . Now comes Joe Casey, the Ontario co-ordinator of the
National: Farmers Union. He imaintains beef farmers •today
could be providing consumers with lower-priced beef if
they had a marketing board, '
He is even inviting consumers groups to take a serious
200 CLUB. MEMBER—Fred
odden'
Rol -Den
FarmsClinton left became a member
'of
United, Breeders ''Starlite 200` Club" at'
the
units annual meeting. His cow sired' by the
l Ho
United t ostein ,bull Roybrook Starl te; pro-
duced as a six year old in ten months 11005 kgs.
`of milk, 426 kgs of butter -fat,
fat, which is more
than 200% of the established average for her
age group. Vodden.was presented with a colour
9 9 P
photo of the bull by Harold, Honey of Seagrave,
who• served on the unit selection 'committee
when the.Starlite,bull' was ptarchased..
900 off
also
urina
CAT
CHOW
1.50 off per bale
MILTON J.DIETZ.m..
one' $27
Ph6O8 -Rot,4 Seaforth Ont.
look at how to achieve this desirable goal rather than just
harp on the high price of beef when prices swing too high.
I'm on Joe's side this time. Regular readers of this column
know I favor ;marketing boards.
Mr. Casey advised. consumers to be wary of comments
that "supply .manaagment's (quotas) time has come and
gone," made by Henry Beben, past president of the Meat
Packers Council, of Canada and sales mana8er for J,M.
Schneider. Inc..
supplyMr. manageent. I doubt if'
he has Bmuch use mfor marketing an boards of kind. But
y
they have surely done a great deal for farming..
A few years ago I spoke at a local beef producers , will be received at the time of
t
meeting. 1 said 1 was: an advocate of marketingboards. sale. Veterinarians claim the
You could have cut the air in, that meeting with a knife. card test will 1etect
Tho beef producers t d part fit
The Perth County
Federation of Agriculture
has agreed to• pressure then.
Health :of Animals Branch of
the Ministry of Agriculture
not to relax the current.
system of testing cattle for
the decease Brucellosis,
Brucellosis is an infectious.
disease which causes:
miscarriages in cattle,
At their annual meeting in
Stratford, Federation
members expressed, concern
over a new policy Which, wiil.
curtail the laboratory testing,
of the animals in favour `of
testing :thagni,.at thelpoint of
Sale, •
The ,new testing method,
known as. the card test, is to
come Into effect April '1st.
The card test takes only a
ocuple of hours. It will be
administered and the results
f
the Department of
Agriculture wouldn't do this;
if it was a serious situation""Y
Several other farmers
commented that he' real
concern at this, time is.that
with cattle prices so good to.,
get caught with bn Cillosis in
a herd, could, spell financial;
disaster,
When brucellosis is found'
in a herd the infected, cattle
are destroYedd and.the other
cattle are quarantined
because they could; be
carrying the, disease. The
quarantine '$s ' '120; days.
During, that time the herd is
'tested several times before it
,t, •given a clean record.
The governnnent has been..
giving farmers 5900
compensation for each beast
destroyed however at today's
prices, the farmer at:the
federation meeting, said that
figure was no longer realistic
The federation executive
se a pr uce wane no , :O i brueellOsi$ infection earlier
So when they get hassled for the high price of beef, I'saxSaid they would look into
' however the blood test,
let 'em take it. They have had hundreds of opportunities to which is handlled through the
'form board which could' go a long way to take, the laboratory, is more specific,
extremes out of their business. They have suffered Listowel area dairy farmer •
through half--a-dozen years of disastrously low prices. they John - Vander Eyk, who
are now riding, high as every consumer knows. That high brought- the issue to the
will last for a year or two, maybe until the federal , attention of the farmers, said.
government allows beef import quotas to increase, maybe the incidence of brucellosis is
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'THE: -HURON EXPOSITQRsi F,EsRRUAR (
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whetherthat.tligurehaS been
r&sed, an, if not, the farmers
suggest 4 it be ;abed oto,
about $15011.
The new .executive was
electedat the ,annum!,
meeting tau represent the
farmers for 1979.
Tony Van Xlooster, a dairy'
farmer from,: St, Patals area..
was returned for his second
term as president of the
federation, ' ';Harry
Greenwood, a Vaah , erop
farther from Mitchell was
also returned es 1st .vice
president and Henry
Kleester a dairy farmer from
RR 4 Stratford was acclaimed.
2nd: vice president.
The: farmers also elected
their township directors for.
1979. They are: Fpr Hibbert.
Township Ron Christie,
.Fullerton; Bill MacDougall,
Keith, McMahon and Roy
McKay. For Downie, Victor
Brand, South Easthope,
Andre Gras . and Wayne
u tl cattle herds get built up in three or four or five years- finally down to an acceptable
nt r
,
In the meantime, they'll take the hasslinandfor
Selanetder. " 1'at tIlat,d,,.
Scott and 'Gerald Wa19,s,
Wal:laee, Lloyd' $arges.
Moraington, Mrs, Joyce
Riddle, David Kropf and
'1
Paul Ogram. Ellice, Arnold
Groenestege, Norval
Priestap and David Smith.
Logan, !Nits. Brenda Ward,
John Neter, and Cecil' Roue.
This sp.elany designed pump forces
the manure from tits barn, through an
Widergrowtd pipe, to the storage arse..
Aa the, manure enters tate siorpe area,
frombelow, the outside surface forms a
crust, which retains the Imf rtant
nitrogen and potassium inside the pile.
and also reduces: the odor and fly
problems. Mall the coupon for details,
g; They'll be level . if regulations
accused' of robberyand heaven knows what because the
disease testing; are relaxed
price of beef remains high. The consumers organizations' than - the disease :could
• will scream andyell at them and maybe we'll even, have spread among the herds, int
'another investigation of the meat packers. he county again.
But the rice of beef will remain high and beef fartiers. • Perth Count had as;'rnanv `: % %
p g Y. / l
will chuckle all the way to the, bank to pay off the : as 30 herds under quarantine.
mortgages they were forced into buying whenbeef was so in the fall of 1977. There,
low. - •were more than 1000 herds
It seems to me something is wrong in a cycle of prices under quarantine in the
that keeps producers on the brink of disaster half the,time, province at that time. In June'
- of 1977 Perth Federation took
action by ,'passing a
Fraud t�r i a l w i resolution asking the
be .heli
Kenneth Beverley, Wright,:
of R R 2, SeafQrth, elected
trial by provincial court judge
when he appeared in God-'
erich provincial court, on
'Monday on 'a charge of
attempting to defraud .the
government'. to enforce
a--------s regulations to help
control + the spread of the
Ontario Crop Insurance Com-' disease. The Pe rth
mission. Federation also suggested
Mr. Wright's trial will be ' the department 'conduct a
held on May 7. The :Hullett study to determine ;whether. -
Township farmer is. accused'' •.ome n"- oov,t,e animals can
of making a fraudulent claim carry the disease. The Perth.
on his 1978 white bean crop. Federation was . not. only:
worried that the disease was
going to reach epidemic '
proportions but that it can
cause ,dndulant• fever in
humans as well.
Vander Eyk said that
c.a:lently there are only 4
herds quarantined in the
county. The Health of
Animals Branch lists 2 herds,
under:quarantine in ',Wallace''
Township, one, herd in'.
Hibbert and :another. in
Dotveiei Township.
"I've never .had itin my ,
herd but at today's prices I'm'
scared of Brucellosis" said
Vander Eyk. '•
The majority of farmers at
Jack's Jottings
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sufficiently to return to their
regular life pattern -Further-
more, they are, with Modern
treatment, likely - to be
visiting home, regularly
during :-their hospital stay.
They are not in a position to
be paying "rent" to the
psychiatric hospital while
maintaining their own home
and family.
While both the Taylor
Committee. 'and the: Select
Committee on Health Care
Costs and Financing .recom-
mended user charges for
certain chronic care patients'
in order to'treat them on the
same basis as those in
nursinghomes who curently
payper .diem, charges, .
neither Committee recom-
mended such charges for
psychiatric patients. As the
Minister. has- proposed it to
date, we see little alternative.
but ' to . oppose this sug-
gestion.
In .addition, within a . so-
• .called : "overbedded area
(over four beds per
thousand) all hospitals are
being treated the same. In-
stead of dealing with each
Hospital' individually; of
ficient hospitals and-'' inef-
ficient ones alike are to tie,
'restrained on the basis • of the meeting:. supported
their geographic location.: - Vander Eyk's'feelings; on the
Because efficiency receives .' issue however; dairy farmer
nu -reward, morale' will be Harold Patterson from
`undermined in those ;Fullerton Township•
hoitals thveenreminded s.
makingspa genuiatnehaefforebt `to theremicurrent the system farmeralthough
that
utilize their facilities in an 'more effective, is much more
. . costly.
economical and: efficient.
manner.. This 'is unwise; in "I'm scareckof brucellosis
too...but. you're goingto
our view:. We 'would.: like .to
see the restraints related to= restrict' the movement : of
sortie extent to '.a hopsital's cattle this way and its going
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