UEP Asks
Producers
United Egg Producers’ Board
of Directors meeting in Los
Angeles, Calif, recently
unanimously endorsed a policy
position to seek enabling
legislation which would allow egg
producers to vote on production
controls.
President Fred Adams said the
new policy came as result of a
membership survey which in
dicated an overwhelming
majority of U.E.P. members
favor the right of producers to
vote on the question of controls.
The results of the survey were
announced on September 2 at a
meeting of the U.E.P. Executive
Committee.
-“The unanimous vote to seek
enabling legislation should not be
interpreted to mean the U.E.P.
Board unanimously supports
Legislation
to Vote on
production or marketing con
trols,” Adams explained. “It
does mean we believe in our
democratic form of government
which allows an individual the
right to vote. Egg producers
presently do not have this right.”
A special committee
representing all areas of the
country will be appointed to work
with the Long Range Planning
Committee on drafting a
proposal for enabling legislation,
Adams said. Each regional
cooperative member of U.E.P.
has been requested to suggest one
member for this committee.
The Board reiterated its
previous position of favoring
enabling legislation which would
allow egg producers to vote on a
national check-off plan for
promotion, research and ad-
to Allow
Controls
vertising. For several months,
U.E.P. has been working with
industry and the USDA on a
legislative proposal for check-off.
The Board requested the Long
Range Planning Committee to
review recommendations of the
USDA concerning the proposal.
Adams said any enabling
legislation for controls will be in
addition to the U.E.P. check-off
proposal. He said the
organization did not want to
combine the two into one piece of
legislation because the egg in
dustry considers them as
separate subjects.
Considerable time was spent on
methods of price determination
and marketing activities of the
organization, Adams said.
“U.E.P. has provided
leadership in methods of price
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FFA members attending the Atlantic Rural Exposition re
cently are: left to right, Melvin Weiler, Stevens RDI; Dave
Gerlach, Columbia RD2, second high individual score in live
stock judging, and Don Wenger, Manheim RD2. Rodney
Unger, of the Solanco FFA Chapter, was absent when photo
was taken.
FFA Members Place at Richmond. Va.
Four Lancaster County FFA Donald Wenger, Manheim
members had high placings Central FFA Chapter, was one of
recently at the Atlantic Kural three members of the Penn-
Exposition in Richmond, Va., in sylvania FFA dairy judging team
conjunction with the Virginia that was awarded first
State Fair. place. Dave Gerlach, Penn Manor
FFA Chapter, had the second
highest individual score in
livestock judging. His state team
finished fifth.
Melvin Weiler, Cloister FFA
Chapter at Ephrata, and Rodney
Unger, Solanco FFA Chapter,
were members of the three-man
FFA state poultry judging team
which placed third.
determination since its in
ception,” Adams continued.
“New and different problems
seem to confront the egg industry
with each new development
Since these problems directly
affect every egg producer, there
is always great interest and
concern for U.E.P. activities in
this area.”
The most debated of the
organization’s activities was its
participation in egg futures
trading, the President said. After
a thorough discussion, the Board
approved a three-point proposal
concerning egg futures; 1) To
actively seek the abolition of
trading in egg futures; 2) To
participate In futures trading if
necessary for the benefit of
U.E.P. members until such
trading is discontinued, and 3) To
establish an advisory committee
to work with management on any
futures trading which the
organization may undertake.
On other matters, the Board
reiterated its previous positions
on chain store entry into egg
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accounting, and the need for a
retail price to consumers
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recommendation to seek
regulations which would require
eggs of foreign origin to be in- ■
dividually labeled as to country
of origin.
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