A24—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 28,1981 Hog and pig report good news seen as DES MOINES, lA. - USDA’s hog and pig report which showed a nine percent reduction in numbers and an 11 percent drop in breeding stock was termed “good news for pork producers” by the National Pork Producers Council. “We feel producers are headed in the right direction towards fewer numbers and lower market weights,” said Orville Sweet, executive vice president of NPPC, “however, we hope the industry has learned from its past mistakes and will not over react to this first bit of good news ” Sweet referred to the p r evious reports by economists which predicted high market prices for hogs in early 1981 which led producers to hold their hogs in anticipation of higher profits. As a result, heavy hogs and an Irwin named (Continued from Page Al) Guidance Award through the National Association of County Agricultural Extension Agents for his service to youth. In the following year, he was honored by the Pennsylvania Association of Farm Co operatives, receiving the Master Educator Award In recognition of conducting movative educational programs, Irwin received the National County Agent Association’s Achievement Award in 1975. Bom and raised on a general dairy and poultry farm in the Altoona area, Irwin graduated from Penn State in 1949 with a degree in agricultural economics His first assignment was as a teacher in a GI Agricultural Training Program in Blair County He then assumed a series of agribusiness career assignments, serving in managerial posts with the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau in Punxsutawney, Venango and Westmoreland County Following the merger with Agway, he became a unit manager in West moreland County In July of 1967, Irwin joined the Lancaster County Extension staff as assistant county agent. He was named associate county agent in 1968 and became a county agent in June of 1976. In his many poultry industry activities, Irwin serves as advisor to the Lancaster County Poultry Association’s Board of Directors He is a Capitol Region Director of the Pennsylvania Association of County Agricultural Agents He is an Elder and Trustee of the Bethany Presbyterian Church of Lancaster. Irwin becomes the third m line of leaders of Lancaster County Extension that began with the late Floyd “Dutch” Bucher back in 1913 and continued through the just-completed 44 years of Max Smith “I will work toward upholding the high standards of Extension activities and service that began under Dutch and continued under Max,” Irwin said “Educational activities are becoming more and more im portant in today’s agriculture, not only explaining the true role of our farm families but helping them keep abreast of the rapidly changing agricultural technologies “We have a tremendous natural resource here in Lancaster County in our agriculture and it is up to all of us to cgntmue working together to the best emotional reaction to the December report caused over supply and market prices to drop “This current report is an in dication that we have an op portunity to escape from the red ink situation experience by most pork producers in the last several months,” said Sweet “However, we won’t celebrate too quickly because we will still be vulnerable to psychology and emotional reaction in the market place for the next year ” For the consumer there is still good news, stable supplies of pork should continue throughout the year “In fact,” said Sweet, “the long range supply of pork is better assured if there is profitability in the industry.” Give Eggs o Newßktomil If you need effective control of tobacco's two worst diseases, then ask your dealer about new Ridomil.® But see him soon. 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