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—i qncaster Farming. Saturday. June 3, 1972
Dr. Masters
Hope
United Egg Producers recently
warned that some egg price
forecasts now being circulated in
the industry are causing some
egg producers to have un
warranted high hopes for
drastically improving egg prices.
Dr. Gene C. Masters, executive
vice-president and general
manager of U.E.P., said
projections are estimating 45c
average prices for the last half of
this year. He said these estimates
are 5c higher than forecasts
made by U E P
“I’m afraid the projections
were based on an anticipation of
continued high slaughter rates,”
Masters said “I do not think
Governor Shapp Proclaims
Proclamation
The dairy industry annually
observes the month of June as the
time when the health and life
sustaming values of fresh milk
and dairy foods may be stressed,
because June is the period when
the abundance of nature is
manifest in the Keystone State
and our dairy herds achieve their
peak of production
The production, processing and
distribution of milk and dairy
products in Pennsylvania con
stitutes an important part of our
economy
Therefore, I, Milton J Shapp.
Governor of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, do hereby
proclaim June, 1972, as DAIRY
MONTH in Pennsylvania, and
commend the cooperative efforts
of all groups within Pennsylvania
which have consistently ad
vanced the standards,
wholesomeness and quality of
dairy products I urge our
citizens to participate in its ob
senance to the end that our
health ma\ be improv ed and our
economic welfare enhanced
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enough weight was given to the
effects of Mareks vaccine or to
the vast amount of empty
production capacity within the
industry. All of these variables
will have great influence over
producer receiving prices in the
months ahead.”
Dr. Masters said the egg in
dustry has made considerable
adjustment in the supply during
the past month, but there
remains a tremendous number of
birds being molted and the laying
flock is so young it can be ex
panded by holding birds a few
weeks longer if there is much
optimism
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estimated that as much as 30 per
cent of the birds in that area have
been force molted. If this is true
and producers hold birds longer,
it will be difficult for prices to
rise much above the cost of
production, Masters continued.
“If the high slaughter rate of
April had continued for several
weeks, I could agree with the
projected high figures,” Dr.
Masters continued. “But
slaughter has dropped
drastically in all areas of the
country. Some reports indicated
slaughter plants will operate on a
part-time schedule.
“If industry begins to believe
prices will average 45c for the
last half of this year, there is
almost no possibility that such
prices will occur,” he warned.
“This is not the time for
producers to become over en
thusiastic about future prices.”
Dr. Masters acknowledged that
adjustments already made
should bring improved prices in
the weeks ahead, but he noted
that there is a heavy inventory of
dried and frozen eggs which will
help hold prices down. He said
the dried inventory amounts to
about 5 to 6 months supply and
the frozen inventory is a 3 to 4
month supply.
In summary, he said if
producers begin to believe that
prices will average 45c during the
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last half of this year they will
expand production and prevent
even more realistic estimates
from occuring. Expansion would
not depend upon greater hatch,
Masters said. It would come from
holding birds longer, a factor
which appears to have already
started.
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