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—Lincatter Farming, Saturday. May 3, 1975
Neppco Spells Out Poultry
Troubles for Congressmen
A statement concerning The '/-page statement is a and interested federal
the poultry industry of the summarization of agencies with not only the
Northeastern United States discussions with over 1,000 grass roots thinking of
and its ability to provide poultry farmers attending poultrymen in the Northeast,
adequate supplies of eggs some 17 meetings held but also their recom
and poultry meat products to throughout the Northeast mendations for remedial
consumers at reasonable from mid-December to actions.
prices was sent this week by
the Northeastern Poultry
Producers Council (NEPP
CO) to Senators and
Representatives from the 14-
state area covered by
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At each of the meetings
poultry farmers were asked:
“What factors are having the
greatest influence on your
ability to produce high
quality food, get it to the
consumers of the Northeast
at a reasonable pnee, and at
the same time allow you a
reasonable return on your
farming investment or allow
you to make a decent
living?’’
While the answers and
resulting discussions varied
somewhat from area to area,
the factors or issues men
tioned at all the meetings
included:
1. cholesterol con
troversy involving eggs and
particularly the Federal
Trade Commission’s action
against the National Com
mission of Egg Nutrition.
2. The high transportation
costs and poor service of
fered by Eastern railroads in
hauling needed grain and
feed ingredients into the
Northeast, together with
current proposals to
abandon some 5,800 miles of
so-called light density
track.
3. High farm taxes and a
multiplicity of land use
restrictions imposed upon
agriculture by local, county
and state governments.
4. A plethora of regulations
by a growing number of
Federal agencies with
overlapping authorities and
too often staffed by persons
who do not understand
farming or the problems of
the poultry farmer.
Poultrymen are incensed at
filling out the increasing
number of government
reports. They look upon all of
this as a great waste of
Federal tax revenues and
suggested seven ways the
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to assist both them and the
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5. The widening spread
between farm prices and
retail or consumer prices.
6. The impact on Nor
theastern poultrymen of
“tax shelter” farming and
the availability of easy
money for corporate farming
which poses a threat to their
continued existence - all
because of others’ needs to'
hide profits.
7. The present high and
complex import levies of one
kind or another imposed on
U.S. egg and poultry
products by countries that
have easy and often sub
sidized access to U.S. grain
products.
8. The need for a nationally
coordinated and financed
program of research, con
sumer education and
promotion of eggs, poultry
and the products of each.
9. Antiquated laws that
cause trucks to deliver food
and other goods into
metropolitan areas and
return empty or force
truckers to use circuitous
routes, all of which helps to
increase the price of food
In a letter accompanying
the statement, NEPPCO
officials asked Congressmen
for their comments and any
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