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Says Consumers Misled on
Consumers are not being told
the full story on food price in
creases and, in the case of eggs,
consumers are given misleading
information by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture,
according to Dr. Gene C.
Masters, Executive Vice
President of United Egg
Producers, an Atlanta-based
national egg marketing
cooperative
“Eggs have been singled out in
many press reports in recent
weeks as a major contributor to
higher consumer food bills,”
Masters noted “But these press
reports fail to point out that eggs
are still lower than they were
even three years ago, that for
many producers prices moved
above the cost of production in
December and January for the
first time since December 1970,
and were not high enough in
February to meet average cost of
production “Consumer prices
for eggs during the first weeks of
January are said to have been up
40 percent from, January 1972
when producers were losing
about 8c per dozen on all eggs
produced,” he said “The cost of
producing a dozen eggs has gone
up at least 33 percent in the same
period ”
Masters says USDA’s in
formation on egg prices reported
in the Department’s Food Basket
Series is misleading He says the
USDA figures appear to be based
on only large size eggs, not the
total egg production, and in
cludes some marketing expenses
which should not be included in a
quote of farm values.
“Large or larger eggs
represent approximately 60 to 65
percent of all eggs produced by
commercial egg producers,”
Masters said “The other smaller
sizes and undergrades sell at
much lower prices but they cost
lust as much to produce It is
unrealistic to say that farm price
of eggs is a certain amount
without either including all eggs
or stipulating on which size the
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quotation is based ”
Masters said the laying hen’s
food bill has gone up, too.
“If the housewife thinks the
family food bill has skyrocketed,
let her take a look at feed prices
for chickens,” Masters
suggested “Corn, the major
ingredient in chicken feed, has
increased 29 percent from $1.22
per bushel in January 1972 to
$1 57 per bushel in 1973 Soybean
meal, the major protein
ingredient in feed, has gone up
128 percent in the same period
from $B2 60 per ton to $lBB 40 per
ton Fish meal, another
ingredient, for the most part has
been unavailable ”
Other feed ingredients,
equipment, and labor have all
contributed to the increase in egg
production costs during the past
year he added The egg industry
estimates it has lost over $6OO
million in the past three years
because farm prices have not
equalled cost of production
Because of these losses, many
producers are going bankrupt
“Naturally, as fewer producers
remain in the egg business, the
supply is going to get shorter and
prices are going to get higher,”
Masters warned “Unfortunately
Spring Poultry Meeting
Date Is March 20
The annual Spring Poultry
meeting for Southeast Penn
sylvania poultrymen is planned
for Tuesday, March 20 at 6 30
pm at Trainer’s Restaurant,
Quakertown
Speakers for the evening will
include Dr John Dodge, Agway,
Inc , Syracuse, who will speak on
“Cash vs Accrual Accounting ”
Dr Kenneth Goodwin, Head of
the Poultry Science Department
at Pennsylvania State Univer
sity, and Richard Ammon,
NEPPCO, will report on timely
poultry topics
To make arrangements to
attend the Spring poultry
meeting, contact Clayton Det
weiler, Pipersville, Pa 18947, or
call Fran at (215) 723-4355
Reservations should be made by
writing or calling before March
15
Egg Prices
for the egg industry, the farmer’s
receipts have not kept pace with
his cost of production. This can
not continue indefintely
Even at today’s higher prices,
Masters points out that con
sumers are getting a bargain
Last year’s wholesale egg prices
wore below 10 years earlier and
wore also below 20 years earlier
Few foods can make such claims,
he continued He noted that when
large eggs sell for 75c per dozen
consumers are only paying 50c
per pound for one of the highest
quality sources of protein
available This is a bargain
compared to what other protein
foods are selling for today, he
concluded
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