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In making their recom
mendations, -the team usually
indicated what action should be
taken in the short run, and what
problems would take longer to
solve. Some of the key findings
follow;
EGGS
The egg marketing team called
for some type of quantity or price
adjustment program to solve the
industry’s most pressing
problem—instability of output
and prices. It recommended a
special study of the possibilities
of:
- quota programs;
- pricing programs without
regulation of volume; and
- price support devices that
encourage voluntary compliance
with out-put goals.
An in-depth study would be
completed by mid-1973, and
results would be widely cir
culated and discussed before any
positive action would be taken.
The egg team found that cer
tain income tax policies have led
to the industry’s overexpansion
and instability. For example,
most egg producers now use the
cash accounting method for tax
purposes, which permits the
reporting of expenses when in
curred and income when it is
received.
This method encourages
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producers to reinvest net income,
before taxes, into expansion of
their operations in good years.
That’s because a producer can
write off in the current tax year
the entire cost of raising a bird to
laying age, even though the bird
won’t generate revenue till the
following year. In effect, the
producer saves on taxes, and
uses this money to make ad
ditions to his laying flock.
The egg marketing team
prescribed two steps to hold back
industry expansion: (1) that a
laying hen be treated as a capital
asset, with cost deductions
deferred until the hen goes into
production; and (2) that all egg
producers, as soon as feasible,
convert to the accrual method of
accounting, under which taxes
are paid on the basis of changes
in inventory value.
During its investigation, the
egg marketing team received
many comments that the various
statistical series published by
USDA agencies should be revised
or expanded to help industry
decisionmaking and outlook
projections.
Among the team’s suggested
changes:
- USDA’s Statistical Reporting
Service (SRS) should make
separate estimates for eggs
produced for table use and for
hatching;
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' - SRS should report all egg data
on a calendar year and calendar
month basis;
- USDA’s Market News Service
should release monthly in
ventories of egg solid stocks on
hand;
- The Market News Service
should report weekly retail prices
for cartoned eggs in a substantial
number of cities in every major
region.
The team further advised that
USDA and the industry compile
and periodically revise a
nationwide inventory of
locations, sizes, and charac
teristics of egg-producing flocks.
This would provide a broad data
base, and an up-to-date reference
for Civil Defense and various
disaster relief agencies.
PORK
The pork marketing team
claimed that today’s hog is
meeting consumer demands—
more protein and less fat. Over
the past 2 decades, fat content of
the average hog carcass has been
trimmed about 20 pounds, and
replaced by lean.
Nevertheless, pork still suffers
from a negative consumer
image; namely, that it’s too fatty
and too fattening, that it’s unsafe
to eat unless thoroughly cooked,
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and that its quality is inconsistent
and unreliable.
A consumer knowledge gap
about the merits of pork, the
team reported, may be the in
dustry’s most pressing problem.
Besides intensive promotion,
bridging this gap requires con
tinued research into production
and marketing practices that will
lead to consistently high pork
quality.
The pork team called for
vigorous research in breeding,
reproduction, and nutrition to
increase the number of pigs
marketed per sow. Also, it
recommened the establishment
of national standards to identify
superior sires with potential to
produce high-value pork
products.
The pork team also prescribed
further research into the causes
and prvention of hog diseases—
still the single most important
factor in limiting pig produc
tion—and a uniform national
system of producer and slaughter
hog identification. The system
would help offials trace the
source of a disease and contain
its spread.
Packers have already begun
programs to trace animals back
to producers, but these systems
vary from one packer to another.
Most producers interviewed
favored a uniform identification
system. They also felt this kind of
program should be designed to
reward producers of high value
hogs as well as to identify and
discount lower quality animals.
To avoid high freight charges
and eliminate the stress and
weight loss suffered by hogs
during transit, slaughter hogs
have been sold increasingly in
decentralized local markets
rather than large terminal
markets. This, however, exposes
the hogs to a limited number of
potential buyers, and thus
reduces competition.
To minimize movement of live
animals and maximize com
petition, the team urged
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