Broiler placements jump another eight percent
HARRISBURG the week ending December
Placements of broiler chicks 20 were 2,303,000, according
in the Commonwealth during to the Pennsylvania Crop
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The placements were eight
percent above the
corresponding week a year
earlier, and three percent
above the previous week.
Average placements during
the past nine weeks were
nine percent above a year
ago.
Placements in the 21 key
poultry producing states
were 78,473,000, one percent
above the previous week and
two percent above the same
week a year earlier.
Average placements in the
21 key states during the past
nme weeks were six percent
above a year ago.
Broiler-fryers slaughtered
in Pennsylvania under
federal inspection during the
week ending December 10
totaled 1,911,000, with an
average hveweight of 3.96
pounds.
Seif-Locking Headlocks
Manage stock more efficiently Cow locks it
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and lowering it to feed Each section also locks
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USDA
suspends
produce
license
HUNTS POINT, N.Y. - A
New York firm, Carnet
Enterprises of New York,
Inc., of Hunts Point has
become ineligible to operate
in the produce industry
under the Perishable
Agricultural Commodities
Act and had its license
suspended for failing to pay-;
a reparation award of
$19,020.
U.S. Department of
Agriculture officials said the
award was in favor of a New
York dealer for five loads of
plantains purchased bet
ween July and December of
1979
The Hunts Point firm had
an opportunity to answer the
dealer’s charges. However,
the firm did not respond, and
USDA ordered payment of
the amount claimed.
The action affects the firm
and also its officers and
major stockholders, Luis
Carnet, who may not be
employed by or affiliated
with any PACA licensee
without USDA approval
Charles Brader, an official
with USDA’s Agricultural
Marketing Service, said the
act provides for damages to
be paid by those who fail to
meet their contractural
obligations in buying and
selling fresh and frozen
fruits and vegetables.
He said interstate traders
must be licensed, and the
law requires that their
licenses be suspended if they
fail to pay reparation
awards.
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