Alternate market for tomato growers
LEWISBURG -
Pennsylvania Agriculture
Secretary Penrose Hallowell
and State Representative
Reno Thomas Thursday
announced that alternative
markets are apparently
available to those farmers
affected by the American
Home Foods cancellation of
1640 acres of tomato con
tracts in Central Penn
sylvania.
“A successful meeting in
East Lewisburg concluded
with proposals from Fur
mans Canning Company and
a green wrap packaging
operation that could use up
to 1800 acres of red and
green tomatoes,” said
Hallowell. “A top priority of
the Department is to help
farmers who have been af
fected by the rapid disap
pearance of their markets. ’ ’
markets ”
“Fortunately, the meeting
was instrumental in finding
new markets for this year’s
crop and alternative
crops for future years,” said
Rep. Reno Thomas, Snyder
County, who had requested
the meeting. “I am very
interested in pursuing the
progress of these proposals
in the coming weeks. ”
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Furman Canning Company
announced plans to contract
500 acres, in addition to the
300 acres they have already
contracted of red tomatoes
for their plant near Allen
town. In addition, Furman’s
will be paying a freight
allowance to offset the cost
of shipping. For further
information, contact Nor
man Geise, at 717/473-3516.
Also discussed at the
meeting were plans for a
green wrap packaging plant
that would create 30 to 50
Ag trade
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
U.S. agricultural exports
were $8.2 billion greater than
agricultural imports during
the first four mohths of fiscal
1980, resulting in an
agricultural trade surplus
about 55 percent ahead of the
same point in fiscal 1979,
Thomas R. Hughes, ad'
mmistrator of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s
Foreign Agricultural Ser
vice, reported Thursday.
Trade data for October
1979 - January 1980 show
total export value was $14.3
billion, up 34 percent
jobs during the summer
months and require up to
1000 acres of green tomato
contracts for their operation.
Rep. Thomas has worked
with the Mifflin burg Bank
and Trust and* the Penn
sylvania Department of
Commerce to finalize the
financial needs for the green
wrap packaging plant.
Extension Vegetable
Specialist Peter Ferretti
discussed the cost of growing
green versus red tomatoes.
Barney Staller of American
surplus already up
from the same period last
year. Export values rose for
all commodity categories
except tobacco. Leading
value gainers were cotton
and linters, up 73 percent,
and grains and feeds, up 65
percent from the year
earher level.
Hughes said that although
the United States produced a
large cotton crop in 1978/79,
strong world demand has
pushed prices well above
last season’s level. In ad
dition, cumulative (October-
January) U.S. cotton exports
of 2.8 million bales are far
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Home i 1 oods discussed the
possibilities of growing
mustard seed, com for
popcorn and adzuki beans
for chile as alternative crops
in future years. Amos
Zimmerman, Union County
Extension Agent, discussed
the potential for soybean
production as an alternative
to red tomatoes.
Regional Director Marlin
McClellan chaired the
meeting which was held
Tuesday at the Farmers
Best-
ahead of the 1.7 million
shipped during the same
period a year ago. At 238,000
bales, U.S. exports to
Europe during January were
times those of January
reflecting the USSR’s ab
sence from the market.
The total value of leaf
tobacco exports decreased
nearly a fifth during the first
four months of fiscal 1980 as
slightly higher prices only
partially offset a drop of
nearly one-fourth in volume.
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