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Farm marketing hill advances
with organized support
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
Leaders of the nation’s
foremost farm organizations
testified jointly on Tuesday
in unanimous support of a
legislative proposal to give
farmers more clout in
negotiations with “mid
dlemen” in the agricultural
marketplace. The testimony
was presented in Room 1302
of the Longworth House
Office Building, here in the
nation’s capitoL
Those who endorsed the
National Agricultural
Bargaining Act of 1979 (H.R.
3535) before a House
Agricultural Subcommittee
were: National Grange
Mechanically deboned meat
labeling challenged
ByKENDACEBORRY
ELIZABETHTOWN
“Mechanically Processed
(Meat) Product Contains Up
T To __r-PePceflt Powdered
Bone.”
As consumers shopping in
the supermarket, people
may have noticed that notice
carried on a meat label. And
according to the
American Association of
Meat Processors, most
consumers simply walk
away such a meat product,
finding it unappealing and
unappetizing.
“There is absolutely
nothing wrong with
mechanically deboned
meat,” Steven Knit,
Jerry Swarr is happy to be getting into the hog business with a system which
he believes will save costs. He's putting the finishing touches on his Nebraska
Unit, which is coupled to a high-moisture corn feeding program.
Master John Scott,
American Farm Bureau
Federation President Allan
Grant, National Farmers
Union President Tony
Oechant and National
Council of Farmers
Cooperatives President
Kenneth Naden.
The bill requires handlers
of agricultural commodities
to bargain in good faith with
associations of farmers with
respect to prices and other
items in the sale of farm
products. The legislation
defines “unfair practices” in
the purcahse and marketing
of farm commodities, and
prohibits both handlers and
assistant executive 'director
of the AAMP stressed. “The
meat is mechanically sliced,
and small qualities of bone is
picked up.”
“But every timeyou shce~
meat, you get slivers of,
bone,” he continued. “And it
is dissolved as it is con
sumed. There is no harm in
the product”
“The main advantage of
mechanically deboned meat
(commonly known as MDM)
is that it saves labor costs.
And labor is a big figure in
meat processing.”
Knit told that the USDA
estimates that 335 million
pounds of beef and 309
million pounds of pork could
Lancaster Faming, Saturday, My 14,1979
associations of producers
from employing “unfair”
tactics.
Advocates of the proposal,
introduced by Represen
tative Leon Panetta (D-Cal.)
with 22 co-sponsors, contend
its enactment would provide
a climate for improved farm
income, stabilized prices
and assured supplies for
consumers, and increased
efficiency in the market
system.
The marketing and
bargaining legislative
package was hammered out
by the four leading,
organizations, a number of
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be utilized by the MDM
method. But due to the label
(that ihe OSDA forces such
meat to wear, there is guery
little market forthepreduct
And the meat is not used.
“Poultry and fish have
been on the market for
years, using this method,”
Krut stated. “It has con
sumer acceptance, and it
presently isn’t forced to
wear the label that red meat
is. There’s no reason to
change those labels, but
mechanically deboned beef
bad consumer acceptance at
one time also. Why should it
have to carry such a label?”
The label in question is the
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Which cow is the tallest? Ron Buffington, right, of Select Sires, who works with
the aAa program, says it’s the cow which toes out He spoke to a gathering of
more than 160 people at the Chester County Holstein Field Day. George
tamborn, left, and his family were host
Chester Holstein field day
highlights trait selection
ByDIETERKRIEG
NOTTINGHAM - The
Cheater County Holstein
Club bdd its annual Summer
Field Day on Thursday
night, drawing some 160
people to the event which
was held at the George
Lambom farm, near here.
Guest speaker was Ron
Buffington of Select Sires
who gave a lengthy
presentationon sire and cow
analysis programs. Buf
Energy savings are goal
of new hog operation
ByDIETERKRIEG
MOUNT JOY A young
Lancaster County fanner is
getting into the hog business
with the costs of energy very
much in mind. With fuel
expenses skyrocketing,
Jerry Swarr of Mount Joy R 1
does not want to be caught in
any more of a squeeze than
absolutely necessary. For
that reason be chose to a
Nebraska Unit for his swine
raising adventure, and he'll
be feeding them high
moisture corn in order to
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Life on the farm 10
Judging contest 21
4-Hqueens 26
Juniata County picnic 30
fington, who has been close
to the dairy industry all of
his life delivered Ms com
ments in fite smooth-flowing,
rapid-fire style of a crack
show judge. The descriptive
terms never stopped, thus
enabling the breeders to
picture file animals in their
minds. At one point of file
program, however, the
former Pennsylvania farm
boy used four cows to show
his audience exactly what he
save the expense of drying
com.
The young farmer .expects
to go into business by the end
of next week. But first he'll
host an Open House at tbe
Swarr farm on Wednesday.
The facility is located just
east of Route 283, north of
tbe Manbeim - Mount Joy
Road, along Breneman
Road.
Before deciding on the
Nebraska Unit and the high
moisture com system,
Swarr visited other terms in
Foot rot in sheep 32
Homestead Notes 90
Ida’s Notebook 100
Jr. Cooking Edition 101
Home on the Range 104
Kendy’sKoDumn 110
$7.00 Per Year
means and how heavaluates
the bovine spedes.
A medalist in the field of
genetics and breeding,
Buffington is associated wife
the aAa (Animal Analysis
Associates) program. He is
in bis fifth year with the
service. “It’s awfully im
portant making the right
matings,” he said. To Oat
end be encourages dairymen
to have visitors to their
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Pennsylvania and the
Midwest. He liked what be
saw. A presentation at last
February’s Keystone Pork
Congress in Hershey put the
icing n the cake. Swarr was
convinced the combination
was his best alternative.
“I looked it over and began
to push a pencil to it,” Swarr
began, “and it became
obvious that with the energy
situation, this is die way to
go.” Since there are no
electrical fans in the
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The Dairy Business 116
Lebanon DHIA 117
Berks County DHIA 122
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