l* ncaster Farming, Saturday, January 20,1979 the vegetable specialist. For adjoining states to attend the For further information, contact Dr. Mike teolek at
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▼ HM.MJM.XIs gl UfTCI O growers in Delaware and meeting. the two-day meeting should Del. (302-856-5250).
to meet
NEWARK, Del. - We’ve
just rounded the comer on a
new year, and it’s none too
soon for commercial
vegetable growers to be
making some decisions. For
this reason, the first annual
meeting of the Delaware
Vegetable Growers
Association will be held
January 29-30 at the
Sheraton Inn in Dover.
The meeting will cover
marketing, packaging,
variety selection, and crop
production techniques.
There will also be an in
dustry Trade Show.
There are two key
decisions a growers needs to
make now - what to grow,
and how to market his crop.
Success in terms of a
profitable 1979 depends
largely on how well these
decisions are made, says
University of Delaware
Extension Vegetable
Specialist Dr. Mike Orzolek.
If you’re planning to raise
vegetables commercially
this year, the most critical
choice you have to make is
where to market your crop.
You have several options.
Each has its advantages - as
well as its drawbacks.
If you decide to compete
for fresh-market sales, there
are several alternatives,
depending on the volume of
production, points out the
specialist. Wholesale
produce centers such as
those in Baltimore,
Philadelphia or New York
offer certainty of sales, but
at a market price based on
packaging and grade of
product. The price you get at
these centers can be quite
variable and at times won’t
result in a net profit to you.
Farmers’ auction blocks
Tractor 4-H club to form
ELIZABETHTOWN - On For further information, one
January 25, a 4-H tractor can contact the 4-H Ex
maintenance club will be tension Office at 717-394-6851
formed, at Messick Farm or Bob Bukowski, leader, at
Equipment. The meeting 717-653-1781; or Messick
will begin at 7 p.m. Farm Equipment at 717-367-
Anyone between the ages 1319 or 717-653-8867.
of 8 and 18 can join. Safety is Messick Farm Equipment
emphasized and a driver is located at the Rheems
certification program will be Exit of Route 283, near
nffered. _ Elizabethtown.
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Tractors
such as those in Laurel, Del.,
or Vineland, N.J., are
another possibility. These
usually bring higher prices
for vegetables, but sale of a
crop isn’t always a cer
taimty, cautions Orzolek.
Field run loads of vegetables
and/or small volumes can be
sold at the auction block. But
the price you get will be
based on grade and quality.
For the grower who is a
gambler, auction sales can
be quite profitable during
the year.
Your other alternative is
to sell to roadside markets or
at your own roadside
market. Prices will be
similar to those at auctions
or wholesale markets, but
volume may be variable
from week to week. This
could leave you with a
surplus and the need to
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A grower also has the
option of contracting with a
processor for one or more
vegetables. The contract
guarantees you an income
from the crop, but at a fixed
price per unit. Both high
yields and extensive acreage
are needed for net profit
under this arrangement.
The second decision you
have to make now is what
vegetable to produce.
Knowledge of national
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may help you with this
decision. If you’re already
locked into the production of
a certain crop because of
investments in equipment
and the availability of labor,
your mam concern may be
deciding just how much of
that crop to plant this year.
These marketing and
cropping decisions can be
tough ones to make, admits
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