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demand, provide a relatively
firm base for stronger gram,
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Grain market outlook firm
despite current weakness
In early December,
year end world stocks of
grain for 1980/81 were
estimated at 152 million
metric tons little changed
from the November estimate
but 20 percent below the 191
mmt earned over in 1980.
This will be a record
single-year decline in world
carryover gram stocks.
Total production is ex
pected to remain near the
1979-80 output, but con
sumption is trending up
ward. Stocks will show the
greatest decline in the
United States because 1980
coarse . gram crops were
sharply reduced and use is
up in response to strong
demand.
World consumption of
wheat and coarse grams in
1981 is expected to exceed
production by nine and 32
mmt, respectively. Con
sequently, year end stocks of
wheat in 1981 will be reduced
to 70.4 mmt; this would be
the lowest level since 1976
and represents a lower
stock-to-use ratio than
during the tight supply
situation of the mid-1970’5.
Year end stocks of coarse
grains are projected to be
lower than in the mid-1970’s
both in absolute terms and in
the stocks-to-use ratio, with
the U.S. situation par
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will reinforce the situation m
the spring.
In 1981, prices will nse for
most farm inputs, with
energy prices increasing the
most. On a per-acre basis,
crop production costs may
average 10 to 13 percent
higher than m 1980
DES MOINES, lA. - The
USDA has asked a federal
court for a one-year delay in
obeying the court’s decision
regarding accurate labeling
of cured turkey products.
The National Pork
Producers Council has
called that appeal a “stall”,
and is “vigorously op
posing” any delay beyond
the disappearance of turkey
thigh meat already
mislabeled.
NPPC’s President, Bill
BuUer, said, “the appeal for
a delay is based on USDA’s
proposal to draft a new
labeling proposal, to work up
an economic impact
statement, to hold public
hearings. These proposed
steps add up to nothing more
than a bureaucratic boon
doggle...a stall.
“The facts are clear.
Turkey thighs have been
properly and accurately
called turkey thighs for 200
years or more. USDA
allowed turkey meat to be
improperly and inaccurately
labeled turkey-ham’,” he
said.
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However, if crop yields
return to more normal levels
next year, increases m per
unit costs will be much less.
Net farm income (in
current dollars) will im
prove m 1981, perhaps
regaining all the loss of 1980.
Sharply h'3 h er priepe for
Producers oppose
in turkey labeling
Pork
delay
To protect consumers
against misleading labeling,
and NPPC brought suit in
federal court, and on July 3,
Judge Kellam ordered
USDA to stop using the
misleading label.
“All this court order
requires is that the USDA,
the turkey people, the food
trade and the consumers go
back to calling turkey what
they’ve always called
it...turkey,” Buller said. “In
fact, alternative labeling has
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most farm commodities will
be instrumental in raising
cash receipts. If growing
conditions are more normal
next year, increased farm
inventories would add to net
farm income, and higher
yields would partly offset the
impact of rising input prices.
already been approved by
USDA. It can be used im
mediately, thus erasing the
last possible reason for delay
in obeying the law.”
NPPC Executive Vice
President, Orville Sweet,
said that the Council is
“pleased that we won the
case. David doesn’t lick
Goliath very often. We felt
we bad to bring USDA into a
courtroom, since appeals to
the Department were
repeatedly rejected.
“We’re complimented that
It recreates Cyrus Hall will be broadcast by CBS-TV
McCormick’s first sue- throughout North America
cessful demonstration of the from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m.
mechanical, reaper at (C.S.T.), January 1. The
Steele’s Tavern, Virginia m float is scheduletLto appear
1831. The 18 foot wide by 65 during the last 30 minutes of
foot long float features a the telecast
replica of McCormick’s
original reaper and a
professional actor m the role
of the inventor.
The Cotton Bowl parade
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Retail food prices are
expected to rise 10 to 15
percent in 1981, let by meat,
poultry, and eggs. The farm
value component will ac
count for more of the in
crease in retail prices than it
did m 1980.
others want to ride along on
the popularity of ham, but if
consumers see labels saying
turkey-ham or chicken-ham
or catfish-ham or frog-ham,
we’d have confusion at the
meat case.
“Turkey is a good product.
It can stand on its own, go by
its right name, and compete
for its share of market. We
are not fighting turkey. We
are only protecting pork and
the consumer,” Sweet
concluded.
McCormick’s invention ot
the reaper in 1831 marked
the beginning of modem
agriculture.