‘Action Now * Program Reported Successful
UEP Says Egg Prices Should Rise
In light of USDA published stand, accoidmg to United Egg
flock size figures of November Producers
1, the present level of whole- Jeny Faulkner, UEP general
sale egg prices is hard to under- manager, said this week that
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USDA flock size reports indicate situation,” Faulkner stated “I
only a two per cent inciease do not believe the economic
over the same period of 1939, slowdown has caused a deciease
and yet New York wholesale in demand for eggs The op
egg prices are more than 30 per posite is usually the case be
cent below the year eailier cause eggs are a veiy good
level economic purchase and a soiuce
„„ ~ , ot high quality piotem so es
“ Some say a possible explana- senbal m everyone’s diet”
tion for the present low price
level is that demand has declm- Faulkner further noted that
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 12,1970 —
yeai but that egg prices in the
fust six months ot 1970 weie
highei than he would have ex
pected in view of the higher
than aveiage flock size dm mg
those months
Anothei factor wmch could
have lesulled in the obviously
unbalanced pi ice flock size sit
uation is psychological, Faulk
ner noted
“Eaily this yeai egg industiy
leaders realized that some 145
million pullets would reach
maturity between July and De
cembei 1970,” he explained.
“Oui piogram ‘Action Now’ was
designed to head off this disas
ter, but many felt a voluntaiv
piogram such as this could not
be successful Thus, this pessi
mistic, psychological factoi was
reflected in the maiket ”
“Figuies show ‘Action Now’
has been successful in holding
flock size in line with USDA
recommendations to date,”
Faulkner said “So it is time
for the maiket price to reflect
this reduced supply ”
Meanwhile, Gene C Masteis,
UEP duector of statistical infor
mation, also said UEP’s “Action
Now” voluntaiy compliance pio
gi am has been a gieat success
so fai
Masters made the statement
following publication of USDA
figures which indicates the 48-
state flock size on November 1
was 328,544,000 This figure is
much smaller than was antici
pated before “Action Now” was'
instituted.
“The goal of ‘Action Now’ was
to enlist the egg industry into
voluntary compliance with the
USDA Egg Marketing Guide
lines for July to December
1970,” Masters stated ‘ Our
figures showed excessive chick
hatches in early 1970 and indi
cated some 145 million pullets
would reach maturity during the
six months coveied by the
USDA guidelines ”
USDA recommended (1) pio
duction during July-December
not exceed the same penod by
more than 2Vz per cent, (2)
that culling of old hens be m
cieased sufficiently to result in.
a lay-flock no larger than IVz
per cent of the 1969 period, and
(3) that the size of egg-type
placement hatch dm mg July-
December 1970 not exceed a
year earlier
“It now appears the July-De
cember production will not ex
ceed the USDA recommenda
tion,” Masters stated “And, it
appears we will be within one
half of one per cent of the lay
flock size i commendation ”
“The most significant evi
dence of ‘Action Now’ success
is in the egg-type hatch figures,”
Masters continued “The pro
gram went into effect late in
July and USDA figuies reveal
the success July’s hatch was
II per cent greater than 1969,
August showed a minus 23 per
cent from a year ago, Septem
ber was even, and October was
only a plus fom pei cent ”
“I would say the cooperation
of egg producers m ‘Action
hiow’ has been phenomenal,”
Masters said “It shows egg
producer s are willing to face
producer responsibility when
the need arises ”
However, the UEP economist
cautioned egg pioducers not to
lest on past success It USD A.
Guidelines are to be met in the
fatuie so that leasonable puces
can be expected, producer ic
sponsibihty must continue to be
exercised,‘*he said.
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