-Lamastor Farming. Saturday. September 12.1970
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Bigger Meat Supplies Seen This Fall
(An anahsls H II IHome,
IVnn stale an economist.)
l'lu« appi o.u h ol Kill w ii i .ml 1 '
,1 >Ook .It llU'ttKk Mipplt .111.1
Pt ico piospeets Main P"o
ducei- wondei how timin', could
thanse so nine ti m im! one mm.
Last fall lion ptoduec's wen'
•.Mtulinn up thou most pi of liable
car and now thin aio piepaung
lor shaiply lower puces
Beef puces fell •.Imply last
siimnici but this suinmei they
advanced to levels slightly above
a yeai ago.
Lamb produceis lia\e been dis
appointed with lamb pi ices
which aie about S 2 below a leai
aso despite ieduced siipnlics
Strong .t.eat Poniami
The slowdown in the uenei a I
econonu has not ' educed the
demand foi meat ji nji eaihet
leaied
Total led meat consumption in
[ne first hall ol 1970 a\eiagod
mst o\ei 90 pounds pei pel son
< Imost the same as a \eai ago
Beet consumption was up 2 2
oounds because of a fou’ pei
tent mciease in domeshc pio-
Tietion in addition to a 19 pei
,ent use m beei impoits
Poik consumption was actual
i\ six pei cent less pei pei son
in the hist halt ot 1970 Veal
consumption also dropped m\
per cent in the fus‘ halt of this
>eai Lamb and mutton weie at
rboul the same uue as a jeai
Continued stiong demand wdl
be the biggest stienglhenins fac
to. in lues ock puces dining
Ihc months ahe id
Beet Outlook
Suong demand ioi beef is
endent conside me that letail
stoics moied fom pei cent moie
beef in the fust half of 1970 at
steady to slight Is highei letail
prices Choice giade beef avei
aged 98 6 cents pei pound m
June compaied to 97 3 cents in
T anuaiy and 99 4 cents in.
Jaich
Theie ma\ be some down
"aid piessiue on cattle puces
‘ms fall because ol factois in
,-nd out ol the beel indu-uv
Beef p.odiKP’S aie expected
to maikei thiee pei cent moie
led cittle in the Jul\ Septetnbe.
penod and about die same nam
bei in die fall months as a \ea
ago
WciJits aie st 11 tunning
highei han a \ea ago with an
adte.se impact on puces V.-
though supplies ol fed cattle
will not be much gieatei than a
y eai ago pioducam ad! hate a
bettei chance ol holding pnas
t real cu lent levels il the'
market cable as soon as the
each gidde
Two faclom tha* could hate
n impact on oeet puces t! is
nil aie (1) an expected -umlt
ol bioileis which will be luc
‘o seven pei cent ibove la.t
.yeai and (2) a =ha p mciease
m poik piodmtjon The ol'
ciuestion, will consumeis sub
stitute poik ioi beet’ ma\ be
answeied this tal !
Cattlemen loo' in, loi feedci
cattle will conlmm- to be woik
mg against a negative puce mi.-
My Neighbors
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J-I'CTA !/ |
SALES DIVISION
ONLY I
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smim * I
n |„ m ui Mmiist. leidei expected in the mouths -'head
tabes wo 10 -ohm, loi about I’lodueois uina-ed huiow
S.WSO at Kan-a- Ci.\ a hill mgs about hi pci uni Hi- pa-t
s-) abcno a \oai ago I'lu pio- spnng and annoiinud man
puis lt» highei lood pines lions to incicaso hiiiownus 17
* lus uai max tend to tmtlioi po. cent dm mu Iho uno to No
oduco tu dine mai gins 'mnbei pci md U u-c m o -
tions iHo (Mined out. \\l win
Hoc Outlook ha\e the hugest fall pm ciop on
. , " . , , ... i,>coid It mav exceed the icc
ln cont.ast to loodoi oat do > 1968 , n Js nuldl
/oodei pig putts lia\e chopped. 010 1,111 n
lelleeting the expected puce <l - s nine pci ce
situation foi slaughtei hogs m The intended tailorings loi
the months ahead While mid- this tall could be somewhat 'e
Uigust slaughter hog prices aie duced from the intended 17 pei
a\ ci aging $3 to S 4 below a year cent inciease Some humc. s
go lurthei price declines aie when they saw how huge the in-
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rnitbe °lh.« U ' ° Co > cl Q]l f h ® ld, J 8s ' )0lk
,u's inav Kill to ..bout Sl9 50 will be anothci burden bolding
i Petembei No iceo\eiv of puces down Cold v ‘<»«>ge
i ice i. expected in the e.nly Holding on July 1 were about
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V „ m /-nniimiG lai *e The meieased supply oi meat
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