Support voiced for beef information
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -
Three Pennsylvania
livestock officials testified in
support of the Beef Research
and Information Order
during a hearing this Fall in
Pittsburgh.
The order is designed to
permit cattle producers to
establish, finance, and
operate a research and in
formation program m the
United States.
Harry H. Stambaugh, of
Green Park’, Pennsylvania
Cattlemen’s Association beef
development and task force
chairman, pointed out that
the state’s beef industry can
be characterized by large
numbers of relatively small
sized herds and feedlots. A
small percentage of these
producers derive sufficient
portions of their income
from beef cattle so as to
become deeply involved in
improvement of their
operations.
- “Communicating with the
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relatively low percentage of
the people involved in the
industry have the op
portunity to assist with
educational, promotional,
and research programs,”
Stambaugh said.
“Few producers can offer
assistance and en
couragement to other per
sons who have land tracts
available which would be
best utilized in a grassland
beef cattle operation. A
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producer receive current
information on prices,
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useful to the industry as a
whole,” he added.
The Cattlemen’s
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that only one-half of the
grasslands in the state are
presently being utilized by
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any type of livestock, and
that the acreages are best
adapted to beef cattle
operations.
“In a recent Pennsylvania
survey, 95.4 per cent of the
producers responding
favored some type of
producer-funded, self-help
educational, promotional,
and research program.
These funds would allow
research specifically needed
by the industry to be con
ducted,” Stambaugh noted.
He added that this would
result in closer com
munication with regard to
changes in prices, marketing
potentials, and other types of
information which would be
conducive to sustaining the
state’s livestock production.
Dr. Lowell L. Wilson, of
State College, secretary of
the Pennsylvania Beef
Council, emphasized that
several misconceptions on
the part of the general public
surfaced during the past few
years. Few consumers
realize that over 90 per cent
of the tccal land used for beef
production is in grassland,
and cannot support con
tinuous or rotational
propagation of grain crops.
“It requires less than three
pounds of grain to produce
one pound of live beef
animal. In addition, ap
proximately 40 per cent of all
beef consumed is from
mature beef and dairy cows,
and these ‘by-products’ of
the industry are usually fed
no grain in connection with
the beef production intent.
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Without the beef industry,
900 million acres of
grassland would contribute
little to the human food
supply,” Wilson affirmed.
Dr. Wilson added that in
recent USDA studies of
household food consumption,
poor nutritional buying
habits are widespread. Other
considerations with similar
impact, such as the large
number of families eligible
for food stamps but are not
presently receiving them,
increased amounts of poor
nutritional quality snack
foods, and changes in
cooking and purchasing
habits of the housewife in
dicate the importance of
coordinated consumer
education programs.
President of the American
Society of Animal Science,
Dr. Thomas B. King, of State
College, pointed out that
since members of the society
are engaged in research and
education related to animal
agriculture, they are vitally
interested in supporting a
proposed national research
and information order for
beef.
“Beef is the dominant
meat in the American diet,”
Dr. King said. “The beef
industry contributes much to
the economy of the United
States.”
Many members of the
society are actively engaged
in seeking ways of improving
the eating quality of beef, the
ASAS president noted. This
work consists of both basic
and applied aspects of
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research and education
dealing with management of
cattle on the farm and ranch
as well as in the feedlot,
cattle breeding and genetics,
physiology, and nutrition.
In addition, many mem
bers are engaged in work
leading to improvements in
beef slaughtering,
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LANCASTER - The Agway
store at 1140 Dillerville
Road, Lancaster, has a
fertilizer blend plant on the
drawing boards, and con
struction of the facility is
expected to be completed in
time for Spring 1977 plan
tings. The announcement
was made during the annual
meeting of the Garden Spot
Agway stores, held here at
the Farm and Home Center
on Monday evening. This
year marks Agway’s 12th
anniversary as a farm
supply and food marketing
cooperative.
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On the agenda of activities
for the evening were reports
from Mark Hess,
representing all of the
Garden Spot stores; Elwin
Peet, Agway Petroleum
manager for the Garden Spot
area; and James Esben
shade, from the Supply
Center, Lancaster.
Guest speaker for the
evening was Arthur
Cochran, areea manager of
Agway, Inc.
Elected to three-year
terms on the Garden Spot
Agway committee were:
John L. Beiler, Paul M.
Herr, Amos H. Rutt, and
Robert L. Weaver. Roy Book
and Robert G. Groff were
elected to the petroleum
committee. Member com
mittees were responsible for
guiding local management,
evaluating the store’s ser
vice to members and other
customers, and nominating
candidates to the 18-member
Agway board of directors.
A report covering the
Garden Spot stores’
operations for the past fiscal
year was given by Mark
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processing, and marketing.
Realizing the need to in
crease financial support of
research and education for
the cattle industry, the
society’s membership would
actively explain the benefits
of the Beef Research and
Information Act to the cattle
industry.
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Hess. He told the 200
members present that sales
volume for 1975-76 amounted
to $8,890,000. Elwin Peet
reviewed the petroleum
operations during the past
year.
Committee chairman
Amos Rutt, who presided
over the meeting, reported
on the Agway annual
meeting held in Syracuse
and a recent Agway Council
meeting. The Agway Council
serves as an advisory group
to the Agway Inc. board of
directors and is made up of
chairmen of Agway store
and representative com
mittees.
A report on developments
within the entire Agway
system was given by Agway
director Ralph Heffner of
Pine Grove, Pa.
Agway has 117,000
member-stockholders and
serves agriculture in 12
Northeastern states.
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