—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 17, 1965 16 New Beef Standards To Reflect Changing Consumer Preferences Secretaiv of Agriculture Or- put beef giade standards in \ille L Fieeman has an- line with actual distinctions nounccd that quality standaids the consumer market de ioi beef guides were being mands ” icMscd to leflect consumer "The cattle industry piofeiences moie accurately, pioducers and feeders alike Thp pnncipal effect of the has been moving toward pio rction will be to i educe the ducing a meatier beef animal rmount of fat. or marbling, The new grade standards will which has been consideied a iccognize and encourage that factor in detei mining the tiend. ciade of beef "The simplified application In a paiallel action to en- 0 f quality giade standaids coinage pioduction of beef Wl n make the USDA grade rnimals which will reflect con- maik an even more accuiate sumei pieferences foi moie a nd leliable buying guide for lean type beef, the Depait- (he consumer Production of ment also is instituting a sep greater numbeis of ‘meat fiate and optional standaid type’ cattle stimulated by which can be used to deter- use 0 f (he cutability standards mine the amount of closely can mean larger quantities a mimed letail cuts of meat of high quality beef at lower that a beef caicass can pio- marketing costs as pi oduction, cluee shipping, and trimming of ex- These cutability standards, cess waste fat is reduced, if employed on a wide scale The resulting economic gains in the mdustiy can contnb- will be beneficial to the en ute significantly to lower mar- tue maiketing system” ketmg costs Fieeman noted n e said the revised quality He said the new beef giade giade standards for caicass standaids which will leave beef and the establishment of the pi ime choice good and sepaiate cutability standards strndai d classifications un- f w beef would be effective cr'mged aie “the most foi- June 1 1965 waid looking step taken in Beef grading (based on beef giading since the official quality and confoi matron fac standards weie adopted They tois) will continue to be avail- With Musser M 327 Leghorns 1200 pullets hatched April 27, 1964 The pullets were raised in confinement in an uninsulated single deck house. Ist two weeks of November Last two weeks of November December Ist they peaked at 92.50^ Entire month of Dec. (28 day period) January (35 day period) February (28 day period) March (31 day period) Ist floor 2nd floor • The loss averaged 1 % pter month. MUSSER LEGHORN Outstanding Egg Production Record Donald Miller, R, D. 2, Halifax, SOUND INTERESTING? able, as In the past, under the voluntary Federal meat grad ing .program. Official cutability standards for optional and separate use will be available for the first time. The revised quality stand ards will: reduce the maiblmg requirements .for beef in the UiSDA Prime, Choice, Good, and 'Standard grades, depend ing on the giade and degiee of matin ity. reduce the num bei of maturity classifications from thiee to two in these grades: eliminate considera tion of the two degrees of manbling in excess of that classified as “abundant,” and require that all beef carcasses' offered for grading be “ribbed” (that is, with the hind-and forequarteis separated so that the eaicass übeye muscle is visible to the grader). It was explained that, other giade factois being equal, the eating quality of heef tends to deciease with increased matunty of the ibeef animal At the same time, inci easing amounts of marbling tend to enhance eating quality As a result, official grade standaids historically have lequned in ci easing amounts of 'marbling to offset inci easing matunty in caicasses Recent icseaich indicates thatr too gieat an increase in maiblmg has been lequned to offset mci eased maturity in cattle fiom about 18 to 30 months of age Undei the ic- '2nd tloor out ol water i day due to pump failuie WRITE FOR DETAILS AND CHICK FARMS, R. D. 1, • At 6 months they were laying up to 590 eggs per day. Culling and loss 4.17% 1150 pullets housed Average Production 52.80$ 74.34$ for one week in 84.79$ 74.75 % 67.01% 74.82% 58.12% vised standards, manbling re quirements have been reduced about one full degree for car casses produced from animals about 28 to 30 months old. Progressively smaller reduc tions have been made for car casses fiom younger animals. The cutability standards, proposed in 'September 1963, establish five classifications to identify differences in the per centage of tnm'med retail beef cuts which can be pioduced fiom various kinds of beef cai casses. These classifications lange from 1 to 5. They are based on fat thickness over the carcass nbeye muscle; the size of the nbeye; the quan tity of internal carcass fat; and the carcass weight The number 1 will identify car casses with the highest retail cut-out, and the number 5 will identify those with the low est The cutabihty classifications will piovide reliable estimates of the amount of closely trimmed ictail cuts that can be pioduced fiom a (beef car cass The quantity of 'waste fat which must Ibe tnmmed from caicasms in making re tail cuts af *s caicass value, but past giade standards have given no consideiation to the amount of this waste fat The lack of some system of pro viding a umfoim distinction between cai casses with vaiy mg amounts of excess fat has senously limited the useful Dozen Large 122 275 1241 2055 1617 1056 807 ness of th« trades as a basis for establishing prices. Beef carcasses of the same grade and weight are often traded at nearly uniform market prices in spite of wide varia tions in the amounts of waste fat. Identification of cutaibility differences in beef carcasses —and slaughter cattle can provide the basis on which competition may establish pric es reflecting true mlarket val ue, Division officials pointed out. Price differentials be tween carcasses and cattle of varying cutability would re ward the producer of superior “meat-type” cattle, andshould encourage the production of such animals. The revised quality grade standards and the cutability have been published in the Federal Register. Copies of the standards winy ibe ob tained from the Livestock Di vision, Consumer and Market ing Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C 20250 Groff, Brubaker Named To ABC Sire Committees Earl L. G-ioff, Strasfburg, and Milton Brubaker, Lititz, were appointed to serve on Su e Approving Committees for 1985 'according to Mark N. (Continued on Pase 12) By Pa. Dozen Medium 224 607 114 December at 90%. 964 357 11l 10 20* PRICES. Mt. Joy, Pa. Dozen Pullets and Peewees 302 Pullets 60
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