Pork value task force adopts mission L)ES MOINES, la. A three part mission aimed at developing a grading system based on the value of the product was adopted by members ot the Pork Value Task force during their February meeting at the National Pork Producers Council. The mission calls for the group to identify the value ot the product, develop a system to measure the value, and develop an acceptable Patz •Performance Sirens as Steel DISTRICT MANAGER GEORGE HEATH 472 WoodcrestDr. Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 717-737-0002 Contact your nearest Patz dealer MAXISENBERG 814-669-4027 BALL! LONGACRE ELECTRIC 215-845-2261 BEDFORD. BENCE FARM EQUIPMENT 814-623-8601 BELLEVILLE MACLAY & SON 717-935-2101 CAMP HILL LLOYD SULTZBAUGH 717-737-4554 CHAMBERSBURG CUMBERLAND FARM & DAIRY INC. 717-263-1965 system to communicate and pay tor that value. According to Task Force Chairman Wayne Waller, the group’s mission is made even more complex by the lack ot in- Members ot the Task Force also formation available on the value ot decided that any grading system carcasses with the varying lean , or value system should be based on percentages or varying per- a measurement suxular to the centages of primal cuts. current formula which uses car- As a result, the first step toward cass weight and back tat and accomplishing the group’s mission possibly lom eye area or loin depth will be to accumulate all existing to estimate the pounds ot muscle or HAMBURG SHARTLESVILLE TERRE HILL FARM SERVICE SILO CO. INC. 215-488-1025 215-445-6736 LEBANQN. Maryland d MARVIN J. HORST DAIRY EQUIPMENT 717-272-0871 MILLERSBURG ■ LANDIS LABOR SAVERS 717-692-4647 MILTON .LANDIS FARMSTEAD AUTOMATION 717-437-2375 PIPEPSYILLE; MOYER FARM-SERVICE 215-766-8675 OUAHRYVILLE. UNICORN FARM STREET. MD SERVICE P & S EQUIPMENT. JAMES E. LANDIS INC. 7 1 7-786-4158 301-452-8521 :rre HILL HAGERSTOWN TRI-STATE FARM AUTOMATION 301-790-3698 KENNEDYVILLE MD- PINDER SERVICE CO. 301-348-5263 MD LINEI WERTZ GARAGE, INC. 301-374-2672 NEW WINDSOR. MD 1 ROOP FERTILIZER & CHEMICAL 301-775-7678 information on value and value measurements and present it at the next meeting ot the Task Force, RMomil' in the soil For More Effective Control Ridomil controls blue mold and black shank in your tobacco. But for Ridomil to do its best work, it should be applied to the soil before transplanting. Ridomil destroys diseases present in the soil. Then it is absorbed by the roots and moved systemically throughout the plant to protect your tobacco as it grows. For the best two-way action against blue mold and black shank, follow your label directions —use Ridomil in the soil. Ridomil® trademark of Ciba-Geigy for metalaxyl P.L ROHRER 8 BRO., INC. SMOKETOWN, PA ihe percent ot lean meal. "The Task Force tell strongly that the different grades should reflect varying Jean meat per centages. One packer even suggested that lean percentages may not be enough. It may be necessary to include percentages of primal cuts in addition to lean percentages in a grading for mula," said Walter. Walter also staled that throughout the meeting the entire Task Force agreed that the overriding goal of the total in dustry must be to get nd of fat and that to be workable, any value system must have the consensus ot the industry and increase efV Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 27,1982—815 This publication is available in microform. University Microfilms International 300 Noun Ztrb ßo*d W* pf < «ur Ait** <*\ «WOs USA PH; 717-299.-2571 ficiency rather than increase costs. Intormation trom a research project tunded by NPPC in cooperation with USDA’s Meat Animal Research Center in Nebraska will provide much of the information needed by the Task Force to develop a grading system based on methods of predicting the pounds of muscle in hogs of varying body types. Once the Task Force has this formula and a grading system is developed, the next step will be to develop a system to communicate and pay for the value of that product. These steps will be the focus of the next meeting of the Task Force on April 5.
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