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16—Lancaster Farming,’Saturday. December 22, 1973
Fertilizer Supply Mis
Short Of Demand
Fertilizer producers delivered
12 per cent more fertilizer to the
U.S. market during the first four
months of their fiscal year - July
through October - than for the
same months of 1972, also a year
of excellent fall movement.
The figures released by the
Fertilizer Institute are based on
the industry association’s
monthly data service, Fertilizer
Index.
The sharp increase occurred in
the face of tremendous export
pressures, and amid,moulding'
production and transportation,
noted Institute President Edwin
M Wheeler.
Fertilizer production also ran
ahead of the 1972 four month
penod by 9 per cent. “But, fer
tilizer demand is still far ahead of
supply,” Wheeler emphasized,
“with October inventories 39 per
cent lower than the same month a
year ago.” End-of-month
inventories have been below 1972
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for each month of 1973 so far, he
added.
America’s fertilizer industry
has pulled all stops to try to
satisfy unprecendented farm
demands resulting from rapid
crop acreage increases, and
record grain and fiber prices,
Wheeler said. However, he said,
it’s evident that farmer’s needs
cannot be fully met if additional
crop acreage is planted next
spring as anticipated.
Production of nitrogen fer
tilizers showed an eight per cent
rise from July through October
compared to ’72 while product
movement to market rose an
average 17 per cent. October’s
ending inventories on nitrogen
products averaged 45 per cent
below Oct., 1972.
Phosphate product movement
showed a five per cent drop for
the four month period compared
to a year ago with a correspon
ding production drop of three per
all of us
cent. Still, October ending in
ventories were down 23 per cent.
, Potash products scored a 10-
per-cent gain in production, and a
21-percent increas_e in disap- __
pearance. Inventories of potash
were 44 per cent below October,
1972.
Organic Farmers
Schedule Meeting
For Farm Show
The Pennsylvania Organic
Farmer-Consumer Organization
(POFCO) will meet in RoonT“D”
at the Pennsylvania Farm Show
in Harrisburg on Thursday,
January 10th, from 8:00 A.M. to
9:00 P.M. POFCO’s participation
at the Show is part of its program
to encourage the growing,
distribution and consumption of
organically-grown foods A
diversity of organic growers will
participate in the program and
will answer questions about the
organization and its goals Many
Pennsylvania organic producers
are expected to attend, including
Paul Keene of Walnut Acres, Out
of-state producers will also at
tend, including Glenn Graber of
Ohio
A slide presentation about
organic farming, contributed by
Rodale Press, Inc., publishers of
“Organic Gardening and Far
ming” magazine, will be shown
POFCO will also provide
organically-grown snacks for
visitors. All organic farmers,
retailers, consumers and others
interested in organic farming are
invited.
Before The Japanese
Sapporo, capital of the north
ern Japanese island of Hokkaido
and site of the recent Winter
Olympic Games, derives its name
from the Amu, the light-skinned,
round-eyed people who lived on
the island before the Japanese
arrived The city’s name is a con
traction of the Ainu phrase, “Sato
i poro petsu,” meaning a large dry
river
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Officers Picked Kline was also named to a -
, « year term on the county com-
Dlinna County mittee. Robert E. Martin, New
l/|UIUg Holland RDI, will-serve a one
-j rf .• year term as first alterhafeto the
AoL convention county committee, while John H
Nissley, Mt. Joy RDI, will serve a
one-year term as second alter
nate.
Out of 48 delegates named to
the Lancaster County
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service convention
held Wednesday morning at the
Farm and Home Center, a total of
34 braved the weather to attend.
The delegates voted on officers
for the coming year, and
renamed Fred G. Seldomridge,
Gap RDI, to the position of
chairman of the county ASC
committee. B. Snavely, Garber,
WilloW Street RD2, was named
vice-chariman, and Paul B.
Kline, 1400 Brunnerville Rd.,
Lititz, was named a member of
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