B— j ■Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 1,1969 Overproduction May Bring Falling Egg Prices, UEP Says The spectic of overproduction U.E P. recounted the disastrous tices that led to the egg market and falling prices may again be conditions that led to the un- crash of two years ago, according looming on the horizon of egg stable cyclic swings of the egg to U.E P. Because prices have producers. A recent letter from market during the past five again risen, pullet placements United Egg Producers to its yeais: are also beginning to rise As of members warns of dangers ahead ** For t h e twelve months ending July 1, 1969, total pullet hatch if the current tiend of inci casing fn May 1965, we produced the mgs for the preceding 12 months pullet placements, and the re- lowest egg-type pullet hatches had risen to 260 million chicks, suiting overpioduction of eggs, m recent US. history; 241,924,- As U.E P. told its producer is allowed to continue. 000 pullet chicks. This cutdown members. “The red flag is again was due to low egg prices. New waving.” York top large eggs averaged if Wl id market swings aie to be 36c in 1964 But because chick avo ided in the future, UE P placements was so low, the result said> producers must’ break out was very high prices in late 1965 0 f fb e unfortunate cycle which and all of ’66 . . . low dictates that pullet placement hatch point in May 1965, the 12- j s CU f back when egg prices aie month total increased every falling and inci eased when prices month (except one) over 22 a ie rising only to cause anoth straight months until it leached er s er i o us depression in egg a high of 290,425,000 pullets in prices. Such short-sighted prac- March 1967 an increase of t lt . 2S( uE P. says, tend to keep twenty percent. The result was market in an unstable con disastious. dition and work to the detriment “By the first half of 1968,” of all egg producers The indus- UE P. continued, “prices had try’s experience with oversupply fallen to 31.1 c, and the net for in the face of inelastic demand, almost all producers had fallen U.E.P. told its members, has the to about 20c per dozen. Many effect of forcing down the price producers were forced into bank- of all eggs “until financial ruin ruptcy and those who were not causes ■spough selling to bring have yet to make up their losses * the back into line with from the 1967-68 defeat.” denim” There are signs now that pro- U.E.P. also warned its pro ducers are repeating the prac- ducer-members of the dangers According to UE P, “produc tion judgements being made by egg producers now will deter mine profit or loss foi the next eighteen months (Match 1970 through September 1971) If oui andustij blindly disrcgaids good business methods now as it has done in the pas; we aie in for the greatest price depres sion since 1942 The ke\ to a rational balance between egg prodiution and the demands of the market. 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