20—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Mar. 23, 1974
Produce Growers, Buyers
Seen Needing Cooperation
The need for closer
communications between
Pennsylvania produce
growers and wholesale
buyers was cited at a recent
Produce Marketing Seminar
called in Harrisburg by
Secretary of Agriculture Jim
McHale.
Growers and buyers said
rapport was essential for
maximum sales of state
grown fruits, vegetables,
mushroom and nursery
stock.
To better understand each
other’s needs and problems,
plans were made for groups
of growers to visit the
facilities of buyers and for
buyers to make visits to
farms.
McHale told the group the
Department planned to
assist growers in developing
a grading system for their
produce that should lead to
unproved sales.
The Secretary also
described plans to study the
feasibility of establishing
agricenters that would tie in
farm and wholesale
operations, thereby reducing
middleman price spreads.
For example, said McHale,
dairy farmers in a given
area could help establish a
milk processing plant near
their farms or livestock
farmers might locate a
packing plant near them.
McHale also announced
that the Bureau of Markets
will test a Produce In
formation Exchange this
summer. The exchange will
be a clearing house for
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Glenn Guiser, president of
the Philadelphia chapter of
the United Fresh Fruit and
Vegetable Association and
head produce buyer for
Acme Stores, said that year
round supplies of fresh fruits
and vegetables from both
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Order 4 Base Milk
Up 19-cents in Feb.
The February uniform
price for base milk increased
19 cents from the previous
month. Excess milk showed
an increase of 2 cents per
hundredweight according to
Andrew A. Martin, Ephrata,
field representative for
Inter-State Milk Producers
Cooperative.
In comparison to F ebruary
levels one year ago base
milk was up $2.10, to $9.70.
Excess was up $1.50, to $7.00.
The weighted average
price for the market was
increased by $2.00, above
February 1973.
A total of 349.9 million
pounds of producer milk was
pooled in February of which
63.22 percent was sold as
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more agressive marketing
tactics to compete, he said.
He also said the trend in
supermarket produce
departments was toward
more pre-packaged items.
At round table discussions,
it was observed that:
- Speciality crops - such
as asparagus, bleached
celery, cooled sweet corn -
are in demand by super
markets.
- A better market system
and better quality control for
fresh potatoes is desirable.
Class I, showing a decrease
of 1.47 percent of deliveries
made in January, and a
decrease of 4.2 percent under
February a year ago. 7841
Order No. 4 producers
provided 12.49 million
pounds per day to dealers
during February, averaging
1594 pounds per day per
farm. Total value of
producer milk was set at
$32,672,647.94 for the month.
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Asian Trip
Secretary of Agriculture
Earl L. Butz will leave April
2 for three weeks of trade
and agricultural discussions
with Asian countries which
buy one-fourth of the United
States’ agricultural exports.
The Secretary’s trip will
take him to Japan, Korea,
Thailand, Hong Kong, the
Phillippmes and the
Republic of China (Taiwan).
“In the past year, Asia has
become the largest and most
dynamic export market for
American agriculture--
larger than all of Europe,”
Secretary Butz said.
“With U.S. farmers ex
panding their plantings
again this year in response to
domestic and world needs, it
is more important than ever
that we look toward
long-term expansion in Far
East demand, and work to
serve that market and keep
trade channels open,” he
said.
Commenting on the growth
of our Asian markets,
Secretary Butz pointed out
that it was only four years
ago that Japan became the
first billion dollar customer
for U. S. farm products “and
for 1973-74, we are
estimating the Japanese
market at $3.4 billion.”
U. S. agricultural exports
to Asia will exceed $8.5
billion this fiscal year,
compared with $4.6 billion
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industry leaders. While
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In Seoul, the Secretary will
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