Meat Board
Passes $1.5
The livestock and meat in
dustry last year invested more
money than every before in its
own program of meat research,
education, promotion and mer
chandising. At the 45th Annual
Meeting of the National - Live
Stock and Meat Board, it was
reported that total income for
the Board’s program had reach
ed $1,524,522 in the fiscal year
ending April 30, 1968. This was
nine per cent above the pre
vious year.
The financial report was pre
sented at the Board of Direc :
tors’ business meeting, held re
cently at the Sherman House in
Chicago.
.The non-profit service organi
zation is supported by funds
from growers and feeders of
cattle, hogs and sheep, and meat
packers primarily on a per
head basis on livestock market
ed and slaughtered. Livestock
marketing firms cooperate in
the voluntary program by as
sembling and processing live
stock producer funds for the
Board.
There are also direct contri
butions from livestock and meat
organizations and individuals
for use in the total program;
plus “ear-marked” funds for use
in the specialized promotion ac
tivities of the Beef Industry
Council, Pork Industry Commit-
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tee and Sausage Council of the
Board.
Monies invested In Ih <*
Board’s program came from
livestock producers and feeders
and packers, in cooperation with
marketing firms, in 40 states.
Over $350 500 came through the
nation’s central markets (stock
yards) and farmer-owned co
operatives. Nearly $260 000 of
the funds were handled by live
stock auction markets. Meat
packer investments on livestock
slaughtered in their plants
amounted to $323,900. Funds as
sembled by packers on livestock
purchased directly from farm
ers and ranchers rather than
through marketing firms to
taled nearly 257,000. Direct con
tributions and earmarked funds
from associations and indivi
duals were in excess of $90,000.
The balance of industry funds
were processed by feed lots and
livestock order buyers.
Another item of income was
the sale of educational and pro
motional printed materials as
well as television commercials
by the Board and its Promotion
Divisions. Income from these
sources, used to help cover costs
of production, amounted to
8154,725 some $46,500 more
than in fiscal year 1966-67.
Funds are now beh,g budget
ed for the Beef Industiy Coun
cil. Pork Industry Committee
;s a
STATE’S PIG CROP
A count of hog and pig popu
lation on Pennsylvania farms on
June 1 shows a total of 487,000
head, a drop of one percent from
the same dote a year ago. Na
tionally, the total of 59,014,000
also indicated a one percent dc
a case from the previous year.
The Pennsylvania Crop Re
porting Service says the state’s
pig crop population includes
419,000 market hogs and 68,000
head of breeding stock.
The State’s spring pig crop at Off-Farm Income
408,000 equaled the number for . I .
the previous spring and was UOUDICS in 5
11% above the five-year average. «. n ( ,
Year Period
and Lamb Committee of the
Board of direct proportion to
the precentage of total income
derived from collections and
contributions from the cattle,
hog and sheep segments of the
industry, respectively. Policy
has also been established for a
continuing review of total Meat
Board work to assure equitable
appropriation of funds and pro
grams in regard to each of the
meats and “meat” in general.
While specializing in the pro
motion of the specific meats
through its Promotion Divi
sions, the Board continues to
work in behalf of all red meat
products; in keeping with the
philosophy that consumer ac
ceptance and approval of MEAT
is essential to consumer accep
tance and approval of beef, veal,
pork, lamb, sausage and other
meat products.
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Lancaster Farming. Saturday, July 6.1968
Survey Indicates Need
To Improve Milk Quality
Dairy proccs ~g plant per
sonnel and storcovvners must
place more emphasis on improv
ing the quality and flat or of
milk the consumer receives. Sid-
An average of $4,400 off-farm
income was reported for the 3.2
million farm families in 1965,
almost double the $2,300 per
farm family reported in 1960,
according to a publication just
issued by the U. S. Department
of Commerce’s Bureau of the
Census.
In 1965, the on-farm income
(operators share of value of
farm products sold minus oper
ating expenses) averaged $2,900
and in comparison to the $4,400
off-farm average, reflected the
declining proportion of total
farm family income produced by
farming operations.
Cash wages and salaries were
the most important souice of off
farm income accounting for al
most three-fifths of the total
$l4l billion off-farm income in
1965. Three out of five farm op
eiator families showed wages
and salaries received for off
farm work.
In addition to wages and sal
a’ les, the proportions of off-farm
income received from othei im
portant souices were, govern
ment payments 11 percent, net
income from nonfarm business
or professional services 9 per
cent, social security and pen
sions 7 percent, and dividends
5 percent.
Cotton ranks first in liber
stretch stability.
ney 15. Barnard. Extension dairy
specialist at The Pennsylvania
Slate University said recently.
Barnard reported on the find
ings of a survey of milk quality
and flavor in Pennsylvania
stores at the annual meeting of
the American Dairy Science As
sociation held on the Ohio State
University campus.
"Flavor judgments of 145 com
mercially processed whole milk
samples indicated that 25 of the
samples were considered to have
some degree of rancidity," the
Extension specialist pointed out.
“This, however, doesn't mean
that all these samples were not
acceptable for consumption.”
The survey has been an at
tempt to determine milk quality
as the consumer receives it,
Barnard said. Quart samples
have been purchased from more
than 100 stores and represent at
least 125 different brands. All
samples were transported in
iced insulated containers to lab
oratory facilities at Penn State
for examination.
Commenting on the results of
flavor tests, Barnard pointed
out that almost 90 percent of the
milk samples rated either good
or fair, 10 percent having poor
quality. Seventy-three samples
were found to have acid degree
values below established stand
aids and 33 percent of these had
a rancid taste.
The dairy specialist empha
sized the need for a program to
sample all milk from farms and
conduct an immediate flavor
check He also said training pro
grams should be conducted for
sales and distribution personnel
so they have a knowledge of
products and proper handling,
particularly with regard to tem
perature, display case rotation,
and degree of light exposure
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