—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 8, 1972
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Support Loon Rates
Basic county support loan and
purchase rates for 1972-crop corn
will be unchanged from the 1971
county corn loan and purchase
rates except for modifications to
improve county-to-county
relationships in a few counties,
the U.S. Department of
Agriculture announced.
Premiums and discounts for
1972-crop com also will be un
McHale Says Money
Meat Inspection Available
Pennsylvania Secretary of
Agriculture Jim McHale has
announced that inspections of
meat plants will not be in
terrupted by legislature’s failure
to allocate funds by July 1, but
“will continue on a stop-gap
funding basis as will other
programs.”
McHale said inspections will be
continuous, enabling plants to
operate, whether or not the state
is able to retain its program. “1
want to allay any fears on that
score,” he said
The Secretary’s comments
followed a meeting between
Agriculture Department per-
May Egg Production
Production of eggs during May
at 315,000,000 was barely a
million ahead of April figures,
according to a recent report from
the Pennsylvania Crop Reporting
Service.
The loss of some 315,000 layers
during the month was offset by a
rise of nearly a half-egg in the
number produced per hen. The
total was three per cent more
than the same period a year
earlier when both the flock and
per layer average were lower.
Prices paid to farmers
remamed the same from April 15
to May 15 but at the average price
of 29 cents per dozen was four
cents under the May, 1971 price.
The monthly U.S. total was
6,088 million eggs.
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Akron 859-2688
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Quarryville 548-2116
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Lancaster 393-3906
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Lebanon
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changed from those in effect for
the 1971 crop.
The county loan rates are
based on a national average loan
level of $l.OB per bushel (No. 2
basis) announced Oct. 18, 1971.
Any producer who participates
in the 1972 feed grain program is
eligible for Commodity Credit
sonnel, several legislators and
high ranking USDA officials.
A USDA spokesman disclosed
at the meeting that an intensive
two-week review of Penn
sylvania’s 526 state inspected
meat plants began last week to
determine if deficiencies en
countered in previous random
inspections have been corrected.
It will be carried out by federal
inspectors, accompanied by state
inspectors.
While the survey is in progress,
he said, USDA officials will
Help Us Serve You
Don’t assume we know about your farm organization’s
meeting. To get your meeting on our Farm Calendar, it’s
safer to assume we don’t know.
Remind us by calling 394-3047 or 626-2191 or by writing
to Lancaster Farming, 22 E. Main St., Lititz, Pa. 17543.
You’ll be belping us to serve you better.
P.S. If you’re not sure you told us already, we don’t
mind hearing from you again.
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ORGANIC PLANT FOOD CO.
2313 NORMAN ROAD
LANCASTER, PA.
for 1972 Corn Crop Announced
Corporation loans and set-aside
payments for corn.
Besides protecting his price by
acting as a floor, the loan can
provide the eligible producer
with several other advantages in
marketing his crop, according to
ASCS Administrator Kenneth E.
Frick.
“Corn producers can borrow on
for
confer with meat plant operators
during a series of meetings.
Pennsylvania has been put on
notice to correct certain
deficiencies in its meat in
spection program or lose it to the
federal government. The
program is currently funded on a
50-50 basis with USDA.
The State Department of
Agriculture is awaiting
legislative approval of a $1.3
million appropriation to continue
its support of the meat inspectior
program in the next fiscal year
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PH: 397-5152
their 1972-crop stored on the farm
at the county loan rate and
receive the cash immediately at
V/z percent interest,” Mr. Frick
pointed out. Loans secured by
corn stored in commercial
warehouses may be made on 100
per cent of the eligible produc
tion. If the farmer intends to feed
out his stored corn, he can simply
stop by the ASCS office and make
a partial payment of the loan to
maintain the margin of security.
Livestock producers can in this
way finance their feed in
ventories through these com
modity loans.
Before a producer can remove
any corn under loan he needs to
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Ephrata, B.D. 2
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Lancaster, Pa.
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obtain in advance written ap
proval from the county office,
Mr. Frick said. “I also want to
remind farmers that ASCS
regulations have been changed to
permit the farmer to borrow on
grain sold under forward con
tract.”
Corn producers placed a record
924 million bushels of 1971 corn
under CCC loan. County loan
rates vary throughout the Nation
because of historical differences
in farm prices by location. These
differences represent county and
area supply and demand factors
and to some extent the cost of
transportation to areas where the
commodity is to be used.