—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 22,1979
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Tobacco market active
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seem to be willing to pay
more for superb crops.
Early Friday morning,
Lancaster Leaf still was
offering 70 cents, However,
they were willing to pay the
grower two dollars per
hundredweight for trucking
expenses.
This adds another two
cents per pound onto their
Thursday 70 cent price
Buyers from the House of
Windsor and the Lonllards
Corporation of Lancaster
are stressing the importance
of watching the moisture
content m this year’s crop.
Since the Fall did not
provide the best curing
weather, buyers are en
couraging growers not to
bale the tobacco when it is
damp. “It should almost
crack as it goes into the
Dairy
large stocks and uncertain
sales prospects, larger
diversions to butter-powder
operations can be expected
to continue.
Although retail dairy
prices rose more than prices
for all food, commercial use
during September-October
declined by only about one
half percent from a year
ago.
A substantial reduction in
butter use was mostly offset
by continuing strong
utilization of cheese. For the
entire year, commercial use
may top the 1978 record by
about one percent.
Sales of dairy products
next year are expected to be
at or near 1979 levels, but
could be greater if the im
pacts of the economic
slowdown are less severe
than now anticipated, or if
meat prices are about ex
pectations.
For 1979, preliminary osta
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bale,” commented a House
of Windsor buyer.
Witmer Rohrer, a buyer
for the Lonllards, added, “it
is important to keep the
bales light; 70 lbs. or
lighter.”
Tobacco that is baled with
a high moisture content in
the leaf will rot in the bale
Buyers opened the market
two weeks ahead of last
year In many casfo, the
growers are not ready to
sell, reported one buyer
It has been a mild Fall,
and many farmers have
continued to work in the
field. Now, it has turned
colder, but there has been no
decent weather for removmg
the tobacco from the sheds.
As a result, they are not
really sure of their crop.
They are not certain of the
Income Outlook
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suggest that per capita
consumption of all dairy
products will probably post a
very small increase over
1978. Increased use of cheese
and low fat fluid milk items
will outweigh declines in use
of other products.
Larger USDA donations
next year (due to larger CCC
purchases) could outweigh
any declines in per capita
commercial use that may
result from slowed economic
conditions.
Commercial dairy product
stocks substantially sur
passed the tight holdings of a
year ago on November 1.
Contributing to the increase
were the larger supplies of
milk available for
manufacturing and the
eased commercial use of
certain dairy products.
For 1979, price support
purchases by CCC will total
about two billion pounds on a
milk equivalent basis, or a
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quality, or how much their
tobacco is weighing.
Without a doubt, the crop
is weighing considerably
lighter than last year’s crop.
At a twelve cent increase
over last year’s price, the
manufacturer is trying to
make up for the limited
amount of tobacco available.
Although no one can expect
the manufacturer to make
up all the difference for a
poorer crop, commented
Rohrer
Martin Kunkle, a buyer
trom Lancaster Leaf said,
“the increase over last
year’s market is needed.
Everything else is up. And
generally, the farmer is
pleased to see the increase.”
On Thursday afternoon, an
A.K. Mann Corporation
spokesman had said “quite a
few acres have been sold.
decrease of about a fourth
from 1978 calendar year
removals.
On December 1, un
committed inventories of
butter, while still relatively
large, were down 18 percent
from a year earlier. Un
committed stocks of nonfat
dry milk, down about a
fourth, were at their lowest
level since late 1976.
Imports, commercial
exports, food-aid shipments
to other nations, and ship
ments to U.S. Territories
were all below year-earlier
levels.
Both world production and
consumption of milk and
dairy products have in
creased in 1979, but con
sumption rose faster due to
rising incomes and sub
sidized sales.
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Some farmers like to be the
first to sell Others will wait
and eventually sell for 70
cents.”
His statement came
several hours before the
other buyers announced the
price increase.
terested in purchasing the
better quality tobacco. He
has offered 65 cents for some
of the poorer quality.
“Although some crops won’t
bring even that much when
the good, major, market
closes,” he said.
As to when all the tobacco
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buyers are willing to com
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With today’s sudden jump
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