20—Lancaster Farming, Sa
Tie Egg Market within USDA Guideimes on Jan-
The Northeast Egg Marketing muy 1 This was the goal of
Association (NEMA) report of the ‘Action Now” Program
January 12 made the following if we are to have a stable m
comments about “remarkable dustry, continual adjustments m
results” of efforts to avoid- an the available supply of eggs for
egg crash; cartoning will have to be made.
The UEP “Action Now” pro- Eggs will have to-be diverted to
gram was the first major voiun- breakers to clear temporary sur
tray program by a commodity pluses while moving flocks
group to avoid extreme over- ahead of schedule will be the
production and disastrously low most efficient and most desir
pnces What it has accomplish- able adjustment when the sirr
ed is little short of a miracle, pins is Likely to be fairly heavy
for the problem (m the way of and last for several weeks,
puller chicks placed) was al- If egg producers are able to
ready there before the program correct the dismal outlook of last
was launched spring and make 1971 a proflt-
Every breeder, hatchery man, able year, then we should be
Started pullet grower, and egg able to fine tune our ability to
producer who is participating is cooperate to stabilize our mdus
to be congratulated and should try We have a lot going for us,
he very proud of his Instoiy- our only Limitation being our in
making efforts. ability to cooperate .
Tf disastrously low egg price According to Jim Riggers, who
swings, resuthng from over-pro- spoke at our annual meeting,
ducnon. can be avoided, then ef- “Cooperation is the industry’s
ficient egg producers, large or key to profit.”
email, have a place m the mdus-
try and can expect a reasonable x;Farm Trade Poßcy
return on their investment and
for their efforts
According to the USD A, the from a speech on January 12 by
Nation's laying flock had 325 U S Secretary of Agriculture
million layers on December 1, up Clifford M Hardin before the
two per cent over the 320 million National Council of Farmer Co
layers a year ago There is operatives We think it is an
every reason to believe that the excellent summaiy of admims-
January I figures will show con- tration thinking on farm policy,
tinued improvement with the particularly farm trade policy
laying flock wutun two million Hardin said
of a year ago Fowl sold The aim is to place greater
through USDA inspected plants reliance on the free enterprise
continued to exceed three million system, while helping farmers
a week r which in most eases, rep- and agribusiness make the ad
reesurs nearly one million over justments needed to stabilize ag
tfae same week a year ago nculture and improve farm. in-
Chicks hatched from July 1 come. As a result o£ the new
through December 1970 will be farm legislation now being put
za those hatched m 1969. into effect, we are better equip-
The chw»fc hatch and the size ped tor move in the direction of
of the laying flock should be market - oriented farm pro-
be as sure£...as you can be!
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the job done...
with or without incorporation, without crop dam
age and without carryover' in all soil types from
sands to days
Smoketown, Pa.
irday. February 27,1971
Across the
Editor’s Desk
The following is an excerpt
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duction. crap specialization, and
greater managerial freedom on
farms, wdi better leverage for
expanding export sales
As we lode ahead to the com
ing year and next, ray feeling is
one of decided optimism that
agriculture- is making a turn
around into a new era of prom
ise for farmers and, indeed, for
ttie entire national economy
There’s lots of careful planning
and hard work to be done—raid
we have to-cope with unexpected
developments m nature like the
com blight—but I am confident
tnat the new farm law has given
us better means of tackling agri
culture's problems,, and that in
time the result will prove grati
fying.
Agricultural exports, for ex
ample, pronuse to be a growth,
area in which cooperatives can
play a particularly significant
part. In this Administration, we
are placing heavy emphasis on a
continued expansion hi sales of
our farm products abroad, and
expansion stands our as a major
objective of the new farm pro-
gram,
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