Hog inventory shows decrease June 1 Inventory Down 19 percent Hogs and pigs on U.S. farms June 1, 1975 are estimated at 48.2 million, 19 percent below a year earlier and 20 percent below June 1, 1973, according to the Crop Reporting Board; This is the CROPSTORE SYSTEM THE NEW Oxygen Limited Glass Lined Steel Cropstore 20 x 30 COMPLETE CROPSTORE UNIT, ERECTED WITH lAIDIG JR. UNLOADER Only S l 2 / 560 ,0O zone n Concrete & Backfill Not Included PENN VALIEV CROPSTORE INC. Box 75 R.D.I Schwenksville, PA Phone 215-287-9650 287-7315 lowest June 1 number since this series of estimates began in 1964. -Number kept for breeding at 7.4 million, is down 17 percent from a year ago and 18 percent less than two years earlier. -Market hogs and pigs at b* WITH POW-R-SWEEP AUGER! 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ISO -219 pounds - 4.3 million, down 13 percent and 11 percent. 220 pounds and over - 1.1 million, down 37 percent and 17 percent. The 14 Quarterly States had 41.0 million head, down 20 percent from a year earlier and down 21 percent from two years ago. These States accounted for 85 percent of the United States all hogs and pigs inventory. December-May Pig Crop Smallest in 40 Years At 35.3 million, the U.S pig crop from December 1974 through May 1975 was down 22 percent from a year ago, and down 24 percent from two years earlier. This is the lowest December-May pig crop since 1935. The 4.9 million sows farrowed during this period was 23 percent below the same period a year earlier. Average litter size during December 1974-May 1975 was 7.15 pigs compared with 7.07 pigs a year ago. The pig crop in the 14 Quarterly States for December 1974-February 1975 was 12.5 million, down 20 percent. For March-May 1975, the crop was 17.5 million, down 24 percent. Farrowing Intentions Lowest Since Early 1950’s Hog producers in the U.S. intend to farrow 4.7 million sows during June-November 1975, down 13 percent from that period last year and 19 percent below 1973. These intentions, and allowances for projected litter size, indicate a pig crop of 34.1 million, down 12 percent from a year earlier. If these intentions are realized, this will be the lowest fall pig crop since 1965. Intentions in the 14 Quarterly States are for 2.0 million sows to farrow June- August 1975, down 17 per cent. September through November 1975 intentions in these States are down 12 percent at 2.0 million sows. DONALD UPPERMAN Chambersburg, PA 717-264-6007 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 12,197^ Pet food uses a g by-products Through their purchases of feed grains and of meat, poultry, and seafood by products riot generally considered suitable for human consumption, the manufacturers of pet food in the United States are making a significant contribution to the income of American farmers and to the economical production of primary food for human consumption. A survey by the Pet Food Institute (PFI) shows that approximately 2.2 billion pounds of meat, poultry, and seafood by-products, (in cluding 500 million pounds of meal rendered from by products), and 2.5 billion pounds of feed grains and grain by-products were used in pet foods during 1974. “We have been asked if pet food manufacturers are drawing away agricultural supples that would otherwise be used for human con sumption,” PFI said in releasing the survey. “Actually, the reverse is true: by providing a profitable market for the by BOTTOM GRAIN UNLOADER products of plants which process meat, poultry, ani. seafood for human con sumption, the pet food in dustry lowers the cost oi providing these primar. food products for th- j American consumer. Pet food manufacturers paid ‘ approximately $320,000,000 for the by products of meat, poultry, and seafood processing in 1974, the Institute reported Of this, $264,000,001 represented direct pur chases of by-products, and $56,000,000 represented purchases of meat, poultry, and fish meal. • Without pet food pur chases, the by-products now used in pet foods would in most cases be sold to ren dering plants at prices far below their value as pet food ingredients. “If pet food manufacturers didn’t use these by-products, the loss to the meat, poultry and seafood processing industry would be in the range of $200,000,000,” the Institute said. “The loss would have to be made up in increased costs to con sumers of primary fooc' products,” the Institute noted. In the case of processors operating on relatively small profit margins, the loss of s profitable outlet for their by-products could mean the difference between survival and bankruptcy,” the In stitute said. “The industry’s purchases of feed grains and soybean meal also provide an im portant source of income for the American farmer at a time when concern is being heard that large crops may lead to surpluses and to market declines,” the In stitute noted. - The total value of the grain, grain by-products, and soybean meal used in pet foods during 1974 was ap proximately $286,500,000. “Obviously,” the Institute said, “These purchases represent significant income to America’s farmers.” The Institute said the grains used in pet foods were almost exclusively those types and grades grown for animal feed, with a small quantity of wheat being the only significant ingredient also used for human con sumption. “Wheat uge»” it noted, “is less than 0.38 percent of total U.S production.” The Institute noted that the wheat, in most cases, was of grades lowei than the wheat m;’?.*--! for human use “As processed for com mercial pet foods, these by products and feed grains are all fine, nutritious products for dog and cat nutrition,’’ the Institute noted. “But they do not come out of the supply of food for human consumption. “This economical usage of agricultural by-products is part of an efficient farm production system,” the Institute noted. 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