State Legislators Attend Penn State Environment Meet
Representative Sherman L. Hill
(right) was among the 27 Pennsylvania
legislators recently attending a two-day
Symposium of Environmental Quality at
Pennsylvania State University. The Lan
caster lawmaker and his wife toured faci
lities of the College of Agriculture and
heard lectures concerning research and
Egg Marketers Review Price Study
At a recent meeting of the
Pennsylvania Egg Marketing As
sociation, Sam Berenson re
ported the recommendation of
the National Egg Pricing System
Study Committee at Chicago
June 4 as follows:
I—Establishment of a national
base price quotation system, 2
Twice a week quotations, 3
Uniform standards, weight and
quality specifications for shell
eggs Some doubt exists regird
ing any lowering of weight stan
daids available, 4—Broadening
of market mfoimation available,
s—Theie should be an advisow
committee to the USDA to cmy
out objectives, 6—lndia 1 .on of
reseaich into the feasibility of
pi icing eggs by weight, 7—Re
onentation of public institutional
pin chase piogiam, 8 Possible
leseaich and development pio
giam, 9—Committee to be con
tinued and funded by indust y
Beienson said the mattei of
selling eggs by weight was tabled
and theie is no doubt about
seuous consideiation on twice a
week quotations “The assembled
Local Holstein
Delegates Named
Ten of 32 delegates fiom
Pennsylvania recently elected
to the National Holstein Asso
ciation Convention in Boston
June 30 - July 1 aie from Lan
castei County, repoits Elvin
Hess Ji , Stiasbuig RDI, state
dnectoi and vice piesident of
the Pennsylvania Holstein As
sociation
Hess said the election of dele
gates also included alternates
who will attend in the absence
of the delegates
Besides Hess the delegates
fiom Lancastei County aie
J Moweiy Fiey Jr , 401 Beav
er Valley Pike, Lancastei, J
Robeit Hess, Stiashing RDI, J
Wade Groff, 644 Beavei Valley
Pike, Lancastei, Robert H
Kauffman, Elizabethtown RDI
Carl Diller, 1101 Beaver Val
ley Pike, Lancaster, J. Everett
Kreider, Quarryvxlle RDI, Mrs
Khelda E. Royer, 2020 Oregon
Pike, Lancaster; John E Kreid
er, 523 Willow Road, Lancas
ter; and Richard H Hess,
Strasbourg RDI.
group at Chicago accepted the
leport of the National Egg P ic
ing System Study Committee ”
Berenson reported furthei that
a pricing system may be lesolved
with JJEP, Urner-Barry, and the
USDA working together The
producer, packer and processor
are those most vitally intei ested
in fail pricing “Greater coopera
tion in the industiy seems
minent as a lesult of all working
together towaid a reliable puc
ing system ”
Speakers of the evening weie
Irving Isaacson, UEP attorney,
and Ray Delano, NEMA general
managei
Isaacson said, “Theie is con
sideiable feai that light deci
sions foi the mdustiy trust be
made if we wish to avoid letting
anyone be hint NEM\ and UEP
die coopeiatives and onlv bona
fide egg pioduceis may h* mem
beis Coopeiatives such as these
two emoy ceitain immunities
coipoiations do not Puces can
be stablized it the mdustiy co
opeiates ”
He continued, “Piesentlv, con
feience calls aie made to discuss
the egg situation and this be
comes an invaluable tool to know
what the actual maikehng situ
ation is Piesently the industi;
is pai ticipatmg in a lowl du
appeaiance piogiam in an at
tempt to avoid an mdustiy ciash
next yeai It is veiy lo.mruue
that suspician and nusti us~ is
disappeaung foi the good oi the
mdustiy ”
Delano said, “The Egg Maiket
mg gioup ceitainly has some
thing in common with MEMA
Theie aie some smallei pio
duceis in Pennsylvam i, .nd they
should have the same oppoitun
ity as laige pioduce’s to pai
ticipate in activities benefit uil to
the mdustiy Pennsylvu.u peo
ple aie invited and should be
come pait of NEMA 01 UEP
Egg pioduceis aie mteiestad m
a fan puce, based on supply and
demand, and controlling sin plus
eggs wall piovide a means of
developing puce benefits”
“To some it appealed as if egg
prices m New York weie undei
quoted recently, when some eggs
netted 22 cents while $8 per case
was available from breakers. In
Pennsylvania the producers re
ceive more than almost any
where in the U.S. while those in
•le • 111 » i Mirtll) « 1I t » iMKtk
educational programs designed to im
prove the quality of the environment. Lett
to right are. Representative Russell Kovv
alyshyn, of Northampton; George Connor
and Amos Funk, of the University’s Agri
cultural Advisory Council; and Represen
tative Hill.
New England leceive about six
cents under quoted prices ”
Delano continued, “In any pric
ing structuie a great deal of m
foimation is needed, such as pro
ducer paying prices at the farm
on a grade yield basis, volume of
eggs handled, prices sold to n-mil
stores, prices to warehouses, and
average puce leceived Moie m
foimation on longs and short'
are needed by NEMA and they
aie willing to feed back the m
foimation The goal now is to
bung pioduction back within the
USDA guidelines ”
“The industiy is being le
quested to ieduce bud laying
time by 45 days thin Decembei.
Cloister FFA Chapters New Officers
Cloister FFA Chapter of Ephrata re- retary. Standing, Nelson Weaver, trea
cently elected new officers for the 1970-71 surer; Dale Groff, reporter; Clark Stauf
school year. They are, seated, left to right; fer, sentinel, and Marlin Bollinger, chag-
Tom Bollinger, president; Rick Ptautz, lain,
vice president, and Jay Zimmerman, sec-
Lancaster Farming, Saturday. June 27.1979
Pennsylvania lemiKilois icp
icsenling loin House ol Kepie
scnlalives Committees attended
a twodav Symposium on Hnvi
ioninent.il Quaht.v. Foods and
Nutation at Pennsylvania State
Umveisity iccently
The Symposium loi legislator
and then wives was sponsoied
by the sixty-five membei oigani
actions m the Univeisitv'a \gn
ciiltuial Advisoiv Council in co
opeiation with the Penn Stale
College of AgnculUut
The visiting lawmaker weie
irloimed of educational and ic
seaich piogiams i elated to nat
inal lesources, foods and nuta
tion. and weie taken on toms ot
leseaich facilities to heai and
set College ot Agiicultuie sci
enlists descube then v, o.k in
these aieas
SECOND SECTION
1970 This will cost the producei
but it will strengthen the m
dustiy Anothei request is that
there be zero (0) hatching during
the entire month of August to
bung the industiy in line ”
“If the industry does not do
something about pioduction ir
auction by 1971, theie will be
some eggs available next yeai
that cannot be sold at any price ”
“Membeis of the egg mai'act
ing association oi anyone en
gaged in just marketing can en
couiage producers to join NEMA.
oi UEP and collect foi those oi
ganizations on a check-off basis ”
Eail Hess, merchandising com
mittee chan man, stated that the
Home Committees lepie
scnted .it the Symposium by 27
legislator hom thioughout the
Commonwealth. included the
AgiKullui.il and D.ui\ Industry
Committee. Health and Welfare,
Consiimei Piotection, and Ap
aiopnations Committee
College piogiams emphasized
dining the Symposium ielated to
the pioblems of solid waste dis
posal. an pollution damage to
plants application ot sewage
wastes to ciop and loiest lands,
as well as stnp mine spoil banks
to piomote vegetation giowth
and icstoie gioundwatei punty,
new methods ol conlioiling in
sect pests wildlife management,
d..nv bleeding leseaich and lela
tionships to population control,
and the Coopeiative Extension
Seiwce expanded nutntion pro
giam with low-income families
committee had met and devel
oped a suggested piogram on
merchandising of a special pro
duct sold by members
“The idea is to develop an egg
maiketmg progiam for the
PEMA organization utilizing a
biand carton with an objective
of strengthening the members
position in the trade “Every at
tempt will be made to capitalize
on maximum sales potential,
piofit stability pei unit sales, and
solidification of business ”
“The committee decided that
theie must be integuty, uniform
quality, service, and uniform
pi icing There must be program
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