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farmer marketing problems
By Rep. Kent Shelhamer,
Chairman
House Agriculture
Committee
While harried housewives
try valiantly to keep their
food purchases within the
confines of the family’s
allotted budget, many of
them are ready to throw in
the proverbial sponge as the
bottom line at the checkout
counter shows no signs of
diminishing.
And yet, while food prices
have been undergoing a
relentless upward spiral
these past several years, no
one - producer, distributor,
manufacturer, or retailer -
has accepted any direct
responsibility for his con
tribution to the inflationary
process.
The small farmer has been
TEST RESULTS
(1 4 yrs PA type climates)
WL 305 out yielded Vernal by
10 9%
WL 311 out yielded Vernal by
12 69% and Saranac
by 10 26%
W 31S out yielded Vernal by
11 3%
[Mean annual yields test data available
H.B. 211 to ai
almost as much a victim as
the consumer • even though
he has been saddled with
higher costs in everything he
buys to produce his crops, he
has been unable to recoup
these costs in sufficient
amounts to realize a com
fortable profit.
One of the principal
reasons for the small family
farmer’s dilemma is his lack
of expertise in the field of
marketing. He may have
purchased new labor-saving
equipment which increases
MldtDeburg, PA
February 3,1971
CATTLE 199. Compared
with last Tuesday’s market,
slaughter steers grading
Standard & Good strong to 75
cents higher. Slaughter cows
steady to 25 cents lower. Few
Choice slaughter - steers
38.0040.60, Good 34.85-38.00,
Standard 32.50-35.50, Utility
26.75-30.75. One Good
«l»nght»r heifer at 34.50, few
Utility 26.50-32.00. Utility &
High Dressing Cutter
slaughter cows 27.0029.50,
one at 30.35, Cutters 24.75-
27.00, Canners 22.5024.75,
few Shells down to 20.00.
Couple Standard slaughter
bullocks 32.00 and 32.75, few
Utility 26.2028.75. Few Yield
Grade Mo. 1 12501685 lbs.
slaughter bulls 32.5033.00.
CALVES 152. Vealers
steady to $3 higher. Couple
Prime vealers 75.50 and
>77.00, Choice 65.0073.00,
Good 50.0063.00, Standard
41.0049.00, Utility 90110 lbs.
32.0037.00, 7085 lbs. 29.00
32.50. Farm calves, holstein
bulls 90115 lbs. 33.0043.00.
HOGS 497. Barrows & Gilts
steady to 75 cents lower. US
NO. 1-2195-225 lbs. barrows &
gilts 50.50-51.50, one lot 51.90,
No. 1-3 200240 lbs. 49.10
50.40, No. 2-3 240270 lbs.
48.0049.60. US No. 1-3 350550
lbs. sows 42.0045.50. Boars
30.25-35.25.
FEEDER PIGS 123. US
No. 1-3 30-45 lbs. feeder pigs
39.00-52.00 per head.
SHEEP 13. Few Utility &
Good 65-75 lbs. wooled
slaughter lambs 35.00-47.00.
Few Slaughter ewes 8.00-
19.00.
on request)
Middleburg
Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Feb. 7,1976
his production; he may turn
out a more plentiful harvest
each season; but he is still at
the mercy of the buyer, and
more often than not he is
literally forced to sell his
products at prices that
barely allow him to break
even.
It would seem fairly ob
vious that five, or say ten
farmers growing corn, for
example, could fare out
much better financially if
they banded together and
bargained for price prior to
harvest time, than one
farmer acting along to
dispose of bis produce.
The House ’ Agriculture
Committee will be con
sidering House Bill 211, a
measure which establishes
standards for the ac
creditation of Agricultural
Cooperative Organizations
for bargaining purposes, and
it also defines the mutual
obligations of the coops and
handlers to bargain with
respect to production, sale,
and marketing of products.
Under the provisions of the
bill, an Agricultural
Bargaining Board, con
sisting of three members
appointed by the Governor,
would be responsible for
administration and en
forcement of the Act. It
would determine the
eligibility of an association
by holding public hearings to
establish that the association
is (1) producer owned and
controlled,* (2) has contracts
with members that are
binding; (3) is financially
sound; and (4) represents a
Meat production
HARRISBURG + Red
Meat production in Penn
sylvania during November
1975 was five percent below a
year ago. Slaughter of meat
animals was up for cattle
and calves, but down for
bogs, sheep and .lambs,
according to the Crop
Reporting Service.
Cattle slaughter increased
12 percent, calves 39 percent,
.while hog slaughter
decreased 28 percent and
sufficient number of
producers and-or products to
make it an effective agent
for producers.
The bill also imposes
certain restrictions on both
association members and
handlers. No member of a
producing association would
be allowed to sell a com
modity for a lower price than
that agreed upon by the
entire association through
bargaining, nor could the
handler negotiate in
dividually with any member
of the association.
The Bargaining Board
would also provide con
ciliation and mediating
services In the event the
association and handler
cannot agree with the terms
surrounding the marketing
of a commodity. If an
agreement is not reached in
a 15-day period, the
negotiations would be taken
over by a Joint settlement
committee composed of
representatives of the
bargaining parties, plus a
neutral member.
A number of other states
have recently adopted
similar measures, and we,
will be giving Rouse Bill 211
full consideration in com
mittee, recognizing Oat its
passage could offer a
valuable marketing tools to
die small farmer. With the
profit-and-loss picture so
precarious these days, even
a fractional addition to
prices as the result of the
association's bargaining
process could put many
small family farmers on a
solid financial footing.
increased
sheep and lambs were 23
percent below November a
year ago.
Nationally total red meat
production during November
1975 was down six percent
from a year ago. Beef
production increased one
percent from November 1974
and veal was 60 percent
higher. Hog production was
down 20 percent, lamb and
mutton down 12 percent from
a year ago.
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