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r tribune april 22 1987 c3 beef herd enjoy mixed menu by evelyn dobie not many beef feedlot oper ators feed their steers a combina tion of grapefruit oranges melons watermelons honeydew and pineapples every day however churchill area resident don taber combines byproducts and innovative marketing methods to keep his operation in the black something few beef far mer accomplish today im a free market man he says with confidence my dad left the dairy business when the milk marketing board was cre ated because he didnt like being told how much he was to produce hes since found ways to make the unregulated business of beef production pay dons father gordon and two capable hired men grow corn wheat and soya beans for sale off the farm corn is sold to a local mill where high moisture corn screenings can be purchased as a byproduct and fed to the 800 short keep steers in the taber lot low er quality crops and hay remain on the farm or are purchased from neighbors at lower cost than purchased feeds the steers are also fed a mixed diet consisting of silage cull pota toes bread bean cake wet brew ers yeast citrus fruits and dry hay we consult with the ministry of agriculture a lot and have our feed analized regularly its also weighed out every day so we know how the feed is performing says don while feeding waste products helps keep the cost of feed down don has also found a way to put better quality steers on the killing floor by selling his cattle through an electronic livestock exchange each week buyers at packing houses are given a description of dons cattle along with his estimate of their eventual grade an auction takes place via computer and if the price is right the taber cattle are loaded onto trucks bound for the packing plant the next day the cattle go directly onto the killing floor without the bruising and shrinkage that trips through the stockyard incur consequent ly the cattle grade al and a2 and are higher quality on the counter buyers are coming back every week for our cattle so im satis fied with the system says don the guelph agricultural col lege class of 68 grad is also pleased with the business itself the farm has strengths and weaknesses he said but we do have an accountant and my wife louise does the books im not good at everything says don with a smile their three boys jeff ted and jim will eventually have the same chance to farm the 1400 acre operation if they are inclined to until then don taber will con tinue to promote free enterprise with snow plowing custom truck ing and louises small flock of laying hens and roasting chickens providing extra income and don as president of the york county cattlemans association will keep on promoting beef farming as a profitable way of life without production quotas everything for the wreugroomed lawn a mixed menu of grapefruit oranges watermelon and pineapples along with sileage potatoes bread and bean cake helps keep costs down for beef feedlot oper ator don taber of rr 3 stouffville his practise of selling cattle every week through an electronic lives tock exchange is also a more profitable way of doing business don says in addition to his many farm duties don is also the 1987 president of the york re gion cattlemans association evelynn dobie courts register convictions infractions uncovered by feder al inspectors from agriculture canada have led to four convic tions in the provinces of ontario quebec and manitoba in ontario the firm of globe wholesale meats inc carrying on business under the names of bright veal meat packers and white carnation meat packers of toronto entered a plea of guilty and was fined 500 for shipping meat interprovincially that did not conform to the meat inspec tion act the meat was confiscated by agriculture canada inspectors the other ontario case involved norfolk cooperative company limited of simcoe they were fined 250 for selling medicated pig feed without the required data on the invoice warning of its with- drawl period and potential 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