—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 13, 1973
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End Fertilizer
Price Controls,
PennAg Urges
Alarmed by member reports of
fertilizer allocations and
prospects of shortages, the
directors of PennAg Industries
Association have recommended
that price controls on fertilizers
be eliminated. In letters to the
Cost of Living Council and the
Pennsylvania Congressional
delegation in Washington,
PennAg cited two reasons for the
recommendations: world
demand for food has increased
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farm acreage and uncontrolled
foreign fertilizer prices are
higher than domestic prices.
Farmers are taking their land
out of subsidized reserves and
putting it back into production.
These lands, for the most part,
are marginally productive and
therefore will need more fer
tilizer per acre. The reason
higher foreign prices have come
about is because price controls
through the various “phrase”
have kept domestic prices at an
unrealistic low level, while
foreign prices have risen with
demand. Because of low prices,
virtually no new plant facilities
have been built for domestic
production in recent years.
Fertilizer manufacturers have
naturally sold their excess
production abroad.
Penn Ag’s recommendation
recognizes that prices will rise
and there will probably be some
short term market confusion. The
Board felt, however, that lifting
price controls now would be far
more advantageous than later
when major ingredient
movements occur. Export
controls, they felt, should only be
a last-ditch effort to insure
domestic supplies.
PennAg members, a cross
section of Pennsylvania
agribusinesses which sell to and
buy from farmers were urged to
encourage their farm customers
to test their soil this fall to guard
against over fertilization. Early
farm delivery has also been
urged.
Dented Cans
Should you buy dented cans of
food? A small dent probably isn’t
important. If a can is dented
severely enough to break the
seal-don’t buy it. Harold Neigh,
Extension consumer marketing
specialist at The Pennsylvania
State University, says you
probably won’t find a can with a
.bulge on the end, but if you do,
don’t buy it., The food is spoiled.
And if you should find one with a
bulge in your home storage, don’t
open it. Just dispose of it rather
than risk a mini-type explosion.
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