FLEMINGTON, N.J
, comprehensive study of Hunterdon
County’s agriculture is continuing
under the direction of the County
Agriculture Development Board
(CADB), according to Calvin'G.
Wettstein, senior county agent.
A key part of that study is a
survey of farmer’s attitudes about
the future of agriculture in Hun-
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Hunterdon Co., N.J. ag study underway
terdon and their reactions to the
state and CADB’s efforts to
preserve farmland.
The ag development board was
appointed by the Board of Chosen
Freeholders in April after a 12-
member task force completed its
mission to prepare a farmland
preservation plan for the county.
The survey will be administered
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identified in the county. They in
clude full-time farmers, as well as,
part-time fanners, who, studies
indicate, farm considerable
acreage in the county. All are
involved in the production of
agricultural or horticultural
commodities on a commercial
scale, regardless of size of
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The survey will go to a randomly farmer survey, the planning board
selected three hundred farmers, and agricultural study committee
Survey forms will be delivered in have been hard at work over the
person by a volunteer member of past 6 or 8 months locating and
the Future Farmers of America or identifying farm operations on a
by one of the young farmers who map of the county, determining
have been actively involved in the land use patterns around farms,
county’s farmland preservation land ownership patterns of far
efforts. mland. They are planning a survey
“The survey consists of 22
questions. It can be completed in 20
or 30 minutes,” says Wettstein.
“Farmers will be asked to identify
their most troublesome problems
in farming, and then to recom
mend ways to overcome these
difficulties.”
Farmers also will be asked for plementing its farmland retention
their opinions on the future program, and at the same time,
economic well-being of aid the County Planning Board in
agriculture, as well as, how they developing an agricultural
feel farmland can be retained. element to the county master
The completed survey form will plan,” he states.
be sealed in a plain envelope, no “A big effort, yes but vital if
identifying marks. All replies will we’re to maintain Hunterdon as a
be confidential. strong agricultural county,” he
In addition to launching the concludes.
U.S. red meat production
. HARRISBURG Commercial
red meat production in Penn
sylvania during November totaled
69.9 million pounds, down 13
percent from November 1980,
according to the Pennsylvania
Crop Reporting Service.
Cattle slaughter at 65,800 head
increased five percent from last
November and calf slaughter
increased 13 percent to 24,000 head.
Hog slaughter at 173,200 head
decreased 32 percent from
November 1980. The number of
sheep and lambs slaughtered
totaled 14,100, up 11 percent from
November of last year.
Nationally, commercial red
meat production during November
totaled 3.18 billion pounds, up three
percent from November 1980. Beef
production at 1.80 billion pounds,
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their attitudes and practices
toward agriculture.
The entire study should be
completed by early spring, reports
Wettstein. “It’s intention is to
provide important, yes, vital,
information for the Agriculture
Development Board in im-
up 3 percent
up three percent from November
1980. Beef production at 1.80 billion
pounds was up six percent, while
average liveweight increased two
pounds to 1,073.
Veal production at 35 million
pounds increased 13 percent and
average liveweight decreased to
241 pounds. Pork production
totaled 1.32 billion pounds, a
decrease of one percent. The
average liveweight of hogs
slaughtered was unchanged from
November at 246 pounds. Lamb
and mutton production increased
13 percent to 27 million pounds with
an average liveweight of 110
pounds. Commercial red meat
production includes slaughter in
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