—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 23,1978
104
He added that juice and marketing season, wen
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Apple prices not showing inflated costs *******
PARK RIDGE, 111. -
Prices offered Eastern apple
producers by processors are
not reflecting current in
flated costs, or supply and
Fertilizer law praised, soil
conditioners to be tested
HARRISBURG - While
addressing a group of
Pennsylvania State Grange
leaders in Harrisburg last
week, State Secretary of
Agriculture Kent Shelhamer
commended the Grange for
its work with the fertilizer
laws this past year.
Under the old regulations,
fertilizer manufacturers
were penalized for three
times the fertilizer value
that their product was
deficient.
The new regulations
supported by the Penn
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members, according to
competition which took
place here last week at the
York Fair.
Placing second in the all-
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demand, Howard Reed
Heritage said recently.
“Prices offered producers
are inconsistent with supply,
demand and all other factors
sylvania State Grange,
penalized the manufacturers
for ten times the deficient
fertilizer values.
Shelhamer promised that
“we will be paying a lot of
attention to the violators”
and that the bulk plants
would be regulated.
The Secretary further
promised some evaluations
would be performed on soil
conditioners.
He cautioned that at the
present time, there is no
procedure to test' this
product. “However, Penn
State is' working on this
county event was Clay Tyson
of Red Lion High School.
Third in line for the honors
was Jeff Koler from the
Eastern FFA Chapter.
Jeff Kerr, Northern; Andy
Range, Southwestern;
Nelson Brenneman, Dover;
and Greg Fantom, Kennard-
Dale, followed in that order.
State
that affect the market,”
Heritage said. “I can’t ex
plain it, and the producers
don’t understand it.”
Heritage, general
problem with money from
the Ag Research Fund.”
While talking about soil
conditioners, Shelhamer
pointed out that there is
some data available on those
soil conditioners that are
algae-based.
“These soil conditioners
do work in some parts of the
world,” said the. Secretary,
but they need a warm, high
humidity, they must be
applied no deeper than 1/10”
in the soil, and they cannot
stand herbicides.
Secretary Shelhamer went
on to cite the ac
complishments of the State
Department of Agriculture
this past year.
“We were the first Ag
Department of all the states
to come out against the use
of caseins in ice cream.”
Mr. Shelhamer said that
he has been working to
streamline his Department.
“I have abolished 50
positions in my Department
this year with little effect on
our efficiency.”
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manager of the American
Agricultural Marketing
Association, said a recent
U.S. Department of
Agriculture forecast
predicted that, in view of
smaller supplies of other
fruits, prices to apple
growers during 1978 should
remain at levels only slightly
below those of 1977.
“However, prices
currently offered by
processors are considerably
lower than 1977 prices,”
Heritage said. “For
example, Virginia
processors are offering
seven per cent less for juice
apples and a whopping 27 per
cent less for sauce apples
than last season.”
Heritage pointed out that
apple product demand has
been excellent with juice
shipments for the 1977-78
marketing season up 13 per
cent and applesauce ship
ments up nine per cent.
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