—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. May 11.1968
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Table Egg Marketing Act
A bill has been introduced in
the U.S. Senate for enabling leg
islation to provide the basis for
establishing marketing orders
for table eggs. The bill is known
as the "Table Egg Marketing
Act", according to Poultry Mar
keting Information. If passed it
would be applicable only to baby
chicks, started pullets, laying
hens anr’ table eggs or products
thereof.
The Agricultural Act of 1961
made marketing agreements and
order programs possible for cer
tain farm commodities Turkejs
and turkey hatching eggs were
made eligible. All other poultry
and eggs were specifically ex
cluded from that Act A refer
endum for producers to vote on
a proposed turkey marketing or
der was held in 1962. The pro
posal was defeated and the tur
key industry to date has not re
vised it or initiated another or
der.
If the current Table Egg Mar
keting Act is enacted, the neces
sary steps before any order
would become effective are: (1)
drafting of a specific marketing
order program including appro
val by the Secretary of Agricul
ture after conducting hearings,
and (2) submitting the order to
a referendum of producers The
order would have to be approv
ed by producers voting in a ref
erendum, under conditions des
cribed in the enabling legisla
tion, before an order could be
come effective.
Provisions in the bill for es
tablishing marketing orders cov
er both required and permissive
terms to be included in an order
REQUIRED TERMS IN THE
ORDER One requirement is the
establishment of a National Egg
Board to include two producer
members from each egg produc
ing district outlined in the order
Six is the maximum number of
districts allowed Tenure of
board members is outlined Pow
ers and duties of the National
Egg Board are also defined
These include such items as ad
ministering order, making rules
and regulations: receiving, in
vestigating, and reporting to the
Secretary of Agriculture com-
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pialnts of violations of the order;
formulating and recommending
amendments to the order: and
compiling and analyzing infor
mation necessary for the Board
m perform its functions.
PERMISSIVE TERMS OF
THE ORDER. The enabling leg
islation, as introduced in the
Senate, states that one or more
ol the permissive terms stated
in the Act shall be included in
the order. Some of the permis
sue provisions provide for the
following:
CD Determining total quotas
of baby chicks, started pullets,
or laying hens which all produc
ers of table eggs may acquire in
o des'gnated period or periods
and method of allocating quotas
proporUc.iately among produc
ers.
(2) Method of allotting quan
tity of table eggs each handler
may purchase from or handle
tor any or all producers.
(3) Control and regulation of
sale and transfer of allotments It is important that a distmc
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(4) Licensing of persons who
are a) producers of table eggs:
b) handlers of baby chicks, start
ed pullets and laying hens; and
cl those who handle eggs.
(5) Assessing and collecting
fees and keeping designated
books and records.
(6) Establishing research and
development, and programs de
signed to improve marketing.
(71 Exempting a minimum size
pioduction unit which is not es
sential to the policy of the Act.
(81 Financing a market diver
sion program by an assessment
fund.
In addition to the required and
permissive terms, the enabling
legislation sets forth require
ments for referendum, eligibility
to vote in referendum, and pro
ducers’ approval of proposed or
ders. The legislation also in
cludes enforcement procedures,
provisions, and conditions under
which orders can be terminated.
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tlon be made between enabling
legislation and marketing or
ders. Enabling legislation per
mits the establishment of orders
under the provisions set forth in
the Act. A Marketing Order pro
gram for eggs cannot be initi
ated’without enabling legislation.
Thus at present one cannot say
what a marketing order would
necessarily include or even if one
will be initiated. All that is def
inite is that a marketing order
could not be established if en
abling legislation is not enacted.
If enabling legislation is enact
ed, it would be up to tlr industry
to initiate development a mar
keting order, if it so desires.
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crop. The population per acre
is one that will vary from
to farm and from field to ffeldjc.
but In most cases the treridatea
toward a greater number
plants per acre. Corn sflSgtK
should be planted from 2. foTT
thousand plants per acre thick
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harvest time and drop rooTe
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