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Suspected of causing marketing pressures Cattlemen’s Association has V Boxed beef means dif set out on a fact-finding ferent things to different mission to determine the people, but generally it in possible role boxed beef has dudes breaking down played in the erratic market, carcass beef into primal, subprimal and sometimes retail cuts. The cuts are vacuumpackered and put into boxes primarily at the packing-house and retail warehouse level.. Recent surveys indicate that about 30 percent of the carcasses are boxed at the packer level. While the practice of boxing beef is not new, it has increased in recent years. Indications are that more than half of the beef received at retail .stores is prefabricated. “Boxed beef clearly is a technological advance that has come of Jim Thomas PH: (215] 445-4725 Farm Systems Company The efficient A. R. Wood six-burner design is also available in dome model G-S6D. At least 40% .. . and up,to nearly 170% .. . those are the measured savings possible with the A. R. Wood G-74 brooder. It’s a fact . . . proven by Missouri State Poul try'tests. The A. R. Wood G-74 Brooder conserves fuel by- holding the heat where it’s needed . . . under the hover. That means substantial savings to you, and con servation of critical energy supplies. Ec'onomy . . . plus safety, accuracy and convenience . . . good reasons why more A. R. Wood brooders are incise throughout the world than any other kind. SON SPOT ' For more information complete this coupon and return to: Si FARM SYSTEMS CO., CHURCHTOWN, PA 17510 Name Address City State Phone age,” said Wray Finney, president of ANCA. “We are not opposed to such technology, in fact we have spoken favorably of it on many occasions. But we are concerned that the lack of information on the exact volume of boxed beef may be affecting beef prices significantly. “The price in the market place' is responsive to a number of signals, such as cattle on feed, slaughter, and cold storage reports. Boxed beef is apparently a large volume item and should be considered along with ,the traditional market in dicators. However, no reliable information is available on the amount of boxed beef moving into trade INFRA JET SOLAR DOME Lancaster Farming. Saturday. June'26.1976—27 channels. We need that type of information,” Finney added. In an effort to obtain the needed additional in formation on boxed beef and to seek out possible solutions to the problem, Finney has announced that H. W. “Bud” Harrington, chairman of ANCA’s Marketing Com mittee, and Topper Thorpe, manager of Cattle-Fax, ANCA’s market analysis service, will meet with USDA officials in Washington. “Since boxed beef can be stored for longer periods of time than carcass beef, beef supplies on any given day may appear larger than they really are,” Finney said. Since boxed beef is still a perishable commodity, there is a time when it must be sold. The “must sell” situations create pressure on the carcass market since buyers can buy boxed beef cheaper than carcass beef. As an example, in late March, just prior to the Easter holiday period, fed cattle and dressed beef prices began to move sharply higher. This was a result of a decline in fed cattle available, plus a tough trading attitude on the part of feeders -who had been losing money on fed cattle since the first of the year. WJ Doctor in the Kitchen® I by Laurence M. Hursh, M.D. I Consultant, National Dairy Council QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Q. 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Hie reason, it appears, was that more boxed beef was available to retailers at lower prices than carcass beef. Of course there were a number of other factors in the market-place, Finney said, but it appears that boxed beef was one of the main reasons the market responded as it did. s Another recent develop ment In beef merchandising, frozen retail cuts of beef, is gaining greater acceptance. This may yet add another dimension to the com plicated beef marketing process. “In theory, both boxed beef and frozen beef should add stability to the market. When there is an oversupply, beef can go into storage, and when supplies are short, beef can come out of storage, thus leveling out supply and theoretically price,” ac cording to Finney. “But in the near future these changes are likely to result in more volatile prices than ever-before,”
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