—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 26, 1972
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PEMA Discusses Phase II of
At the recent meeting of the
Pennsylvania Egg Marketing
Association, Bob Shelly reported
that Phase II of the Egg Products
Act goes into effect July 1, 1972.
This will involve four inspections
annually and a determination of
the manner in which restricted
eggs, checks, dirties, leakers,
and losses must be bandied.
Shelly also stated that U. S.
Standards must be adopted
where eggs in interstate com
merce are involved. “There are a
couple of minor changes in
quality, but some rather major
changes in sizes.”
The industry will be informed
regarding new standards prior to
July 1, 1972
A discussion regarding Phase
II brought out the fact that a
general meeting to inform
Pennsylvania industrymen, as
well as those in neighboring
states should be held soon.
ROHRER’S MILL
R. D. 1, Ronks
HEISEY FARM SERVICE
Lawn Ph: 964-3444
H. JACOB HOOBER
Intercourse, Pa.
HAROLD H. GOOD
Terre Hill
GRUBB SUPPLY CO.
Elizabethtown
C. E. SAUDER & SONS
R. D 1, East Earl
HERSHEY BROS
Remholds
WHITE OAK MILL
R. D. 4, Manheim
(Since the PEMA meeting,
arrangements have been made
with Washington, D. C., for ac
commodations for a meeting
place. The meeting will be held in
the Agricultural Building, Room
309, 2301 North Cameron Street
Hansburg, on Friday, March 10,
starting at 1 p.m.)
President Landis named a
Program Committee which in
cludes Russel Knorr, Ben
Brukholder and Raymond
Sauder.
Following a discussion, it was
decided that after the March
meeting at the Sheraton, Lan
caster, all meetings will be held
in that general vicinity and none
in the Harrisburg area.
Toni Stemberger noted, “The
foremost question today is how to
get the egg business back on a
profitable basis. Any voluntary
program of adjustment does not
seem to work. The Agriculture
WAYNE
ANIMAL
HEALTH
MOUNTVILLE
FEED SERVICE
R D 2, Columbia
DUTCHMAN FEED
MILLS, INC.
R. D. 1, Stevens
STEVENS FEED MILL,
INC.
Stevens, Pa.
PARADISE SUPPLY
Paradise
Leola, Pa.
FOWL’S FEED SERVICE
R D. 2, Peach Bottom
H. M. STAUFFER
& SONS, INC.
Witmer
Act of 1937, which has enabling
Legislation and self help
marketing agreements on orders
is under USDA supervision.
Marketing orders may bring
money for promotions.
“Actually, the Egg Industry
should have some kind of special
legislation that will bring about
desired results, and be supported
by the industry unanimously.
“Presently the more recent
Fowl Adjustment Act is in both
branches of Congress. No one
seems to be sure what is in the
Act now and it is a fact that
everyone in the industry is not in
total agreement. This act, to last
for only two years, would call for
sale of fowl when pricing fell
below costs of production. It has
been established that when
volume of eggs is reduced by one
per cent the value of eggs go up
three per cent.
“There are just too many eggs
and consumers do not respond to
low prices. There are one million
farms producing eggs with
100,000 of them very large. Ex
ports are nil so this does not hlep.
“On quotas the small disappear
and the large get larger because
quotas are sold to large ones and
the situation would drive small
producers out of business. There
could possibly be a quota system
where chickens must remain on
location or where quotas could be
retained by states.”
During a general discussion, a
number of matters were
discussed as follows;
It is predicted that the cor
porate farm will not drive the
small independent out of
business. We will probably have
10, 15, and 20 thousand bird
flocks, as weU-as some smaller
flocks for a long time because of
their variety sales.
A program which would em
brace a guaranteed return would
not work because there would
always by extreme pressure for
expansion.
It will require a couple of years
to get used to vaccination for
Marek’s Disease, which is in
creasing production, and plan on
a cutback of poultry population.
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