—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 8,1978
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Feeder pig prices
(Continued from Page 1)
market in any week for the
past month.
“It seems that when there
might be a change in
slaughter hog prices, with
them being slightly down,
the feeder pig prices seem to
go up,” Zimmerman com
mented. “My guess is that if
the slaughter market holds
through- April and May,
feeder pigs will stay strong
into June. But if we get dry
conditions, this could all
change.”
The number of pigs
available and the demand
Farmers beware of
pesticide poisoning
DOVER, Del.-Nearly aH
pesticide poisonings result
from the accidental
swallowing of a product.
However, notes University
of Delaware Extension
pesticide specialist John
McDaniel, farmers can also
become ill from breathing in
a pesticide or getting it on
their skin.
Early symptoms of
pesticide poisoning include
fatigue, headache,
nausea, vomiting, stomach
cramps, diarrhea, and
general discomfort, explains
McDaniel.
Pesticide poisoning
symptoms are similar to
those of other diseases. Heat
exhaustion, food poisoning,
asthma, and other illnesses
are sometimes confused
with pesticide poisoning. The
fact that a pesticide ap
plicator becomes ill after
using or being around
pesticides Is not proof that he
or she has been poisoned,
cautions McDaniel.
Poisoning symptoms often
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for pigs can cause *’,, ice
to go up, too, Zimmerman
further explained. “Feeder
pigs available does seem to
have fallen off. I know some
producers haven’t been
taking their feeder pigs to
market, instead they have
found a direct way to sell
their animals.”
Zimmerman added that
recent feeder pigs sales have
been quite successful and
competitive.
“I’m afraid that those
people buying feeder pigs at
thses prices might have
trouble making money off of
them, because of their high
occur when a farmer is
suddenly exposed to large
quantities of a toxic
material. Continual ex
posure to small quantities or
pesticides over long periods
of time may also result in
pesticide poisoning.
Delaware hospital
emergency rooms have, or
can get, pertinent in
formation on all types of
pesticide poisonings from
the Poison Information
Center. The phone number is
302-665-3389. The center is
located in the Delaware
Division of the Wilmington
Medical Center.
McDaniel recommends
getting medical advice
quickly if a farmer has any
unusual or unexplained
symptoms while working
with pesticides or soon af
terwards. One should call a
doctor or visit the poison
treatment center before-he
becomes dangerously ill.
The pesticide container or
label should be brought
along, as it contains in
formation that can help
doctors treat pesticide
poisoning.
cost,- though,” he com
mented. “Particularly if the v
hog market falls off some. If
they’re going to make any
money, they must have a
high market.
Abram Diffenbach, from
the New Holland Sales
Stable in Lancaster County,
too commented about the
prices being the result of the
supply and demand. “I think
there were problems with
farrowing over Winter,” he
noted. “Because of the
weather, there are just not
too many feeder pigs
available. The gilts were not
bred 'When they were ex
pected to be.”
Diffenbach went on to add
that he believes the market
will probably level off. “As
of this past thrusday, the
futures doesn’t warrant the'
price these feeder pigs are
bringing,” he explained. “I
don’t think these prices will
affect the bog market, but
they will affect the hog
market profit. If these pigs
are sold for under 50 cents as
fat hogs, the farmers
probably won’t break even.”
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hogs come to market.
Market prices were to drop
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As of mid-March, he ad
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There were less hogs than
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