*3B—Lancaster Firming, Saturday, October 23,1982 Farmers look ARENDTSVILLE - About 300 southcentral Pennsylvania far mers learned what the future holds for their particular commodities at the 1963 Market Outlook Con ference, Tuesday evening at the South Mountain Fairgrounds near Arendtsville, Adams County. Authorities discussed marketing prospects for livestock, dairy products, poultry, field crops, fruit and vegetables. The conference was sponsored by PACMA the marketing cooperative of the Pennsylvania Farmers’ Association. PFA administrative secretary, Richard Newpher, told the con ference that contract marketing is a vital dimension for producers. He outlined PACMA’s new forward contracting program for hogs, cattle and grain. Newpher predicted that while only a few producers presently use contract marketing, future conditions will make it an indispensable addition for agricultural endeavors. He predicted it will become a requirement to receive lines of credit from lending institutions. American Farm Bureau Federation dairy specialist, Hollis Hatfield, said both milk production and government dairy surpluses will set another record this year. He said he has seen no indications of a slowdown in milk production in the future and he predictecpressure to make more changes in the dairy support program will increase. H. Louis Moore, agricultural economist at Penn State, said livestock producers will benefit from depressed grain prices. Since producers haven’t been adding more breeding stock in response to excellent profits, Moore predicted the profit picture for livestock producers will remain relatively good for the balance of this year and early 1983. John Sutton, president of Lovatt BIGGEST INVENTORY EVER 9 3 /4 A.P.R. 12 mo. financing with FMCC and WAIVER OF FINANCE No Payments or interest until March 1 ( 1983 NO REBATE FREE -New 1983 Ford Ranger Pick-up Truck With TWIO, TW2O or TW3O purchase NO REBATE “crystal ball” & Co., commodity brokers, said grain farmers should look into USDA programs to limit supplies. He told the gathering, grain prices are depressed because the United States has become the market of last resort for world buyers of grain. Embargoes and the threat of embargoes have made the United States an unreliable sup plier of food for the world, he said. A 1 Schwartz, northeast editor of Poultry Times weekly and editor of Poultry and Egg Marketing monthly publication, urged poultrymen to place more em phasis on marketing, Producers should determine where then product will be sold before they build a new poultry house, he said. Schwartz predicted a moderate egg price improvement over the next few months. George Perry, Schuylkill County Extension Agent, said prices will improve in 1983 for fresh market BEAVERTOWN - Brooks End and Par Kay Farms, Beavertown, held their annual Fall Sale on Oct. 8 with 241 head selling for 192,620 at average of |384 per head. The top-selling animal was lot 109 RTB2 Accent 18-7 for $l2OO to Delmarva Farms Inc. Baltimore, Md. The top-selling Yorkshire Bred Gilt was Lot 6 purchased by Dale Wadel, Shippensburg, for $730. The top-selling Landrace Boar was Lot 147 purchased by Robert Weaver, Winfield, for $425. The top-selling Landrace Bred Gilt was Lot 65 purchased by Peter Michish, Flemington, N.J. for $550. Ninety head of bred gilts % OR into marketing Brooks End averages $384 at sale DED A TC WAIVER OF FINANCE KB|S#A I t No Payments or interest UK IIDT/% until March 1, 1983 wr IU PLUS vegetables and apples. He noted that during the 1980-81 marketing year, per capita apple con sumption increased by 3 pounds per person to about 21 pounds. Perry also forecast more increases in processing tomato acreage in Pennsylvania next year. Acreage was up 19 percent this year. California’s poor harvest this year is expected to help that trend. Perry forecast increases in acreage for fresh market - vegetables such as cauliflower and cantaloupes. Also offering brief remarks at the conference were PFA president Keith Eckel, PACMA president Guy Donaldson, and Pennsylvania Agriculture Department Secretary Penrose Halloweil. In addition, Darvin Boyd, vice president and director of agri-finances for Hamilton Bank, commented on money management. averaged $497. Other prices 55 head of Yorkshire Bred Gilts avg. $551; 41 head of Yorkshire Boars-avg. $601; 96 head of Yorkshires-avg. $572; 35 head of Landrace Bred Gilts-avg. $412; 9 head of Landrace Boars-avg. $342; 44 head of Landrace-avg. $398. A total of 101 Commercial Open Gilts averaged $2OO. This sale offering sold into nine different states. Most of this sale offering was new imported blood from Scotland. The next sale offering of Brooks End and Par Kay Farms will be January 14, 1983 with something new and different and more Scotch Bloodlines. *6000.00 Penn National (Continued from Page A 34) nickname, “Last Chance.” George Nash, says Beth, switched the horse to three-gaited workouts. And after 'Tuesday’s tanbark appearance at Penn National, it’s doubtful the name will stick. Nash steered the 5-year-old Saddlebred to a blue ribbon in his Open Three-Gaited class. Workouts are a necessary part of Pegasus’ daily regime. The 50-inch Hackney pony has to be worked every day, even when he shows, says owner Marlene Sweigart. However, the Denver woman along with her husband Galen probably don’t mind spending that Trainer Nancy Deep prepares her charge, Mountain Highland Legend for his next class appearance. Owned b£ Lebanon exhibitors. Richard and Patricia Nucci, the gra? gelding notched the fourth spot in his ESHBA Three-Gaited Saddle Horse class. much time with the fiesty 21-year old gelding because as Marlene admits, “We eat, sleep and diink ponies.” Since they acquired the pony at the Devon Horse Show about fiv* years ago, the Sweigarts, of Mt. View Pony Farm have turned down several offers to sell the ribbon-winning gelding. Marlene explains that the pony’s tempermant is less than polite. “He’s mean,” she admits, “But since we’ve had him, he’s developed a trust in us.” The Sweigarts have worked with Pegasus to gain his trust and that type of achievement may be dif ficult to assess with a dollar sign. UP TO '3000.00 REBATE 6> OR 9% % A.P.R. 12 mo. financing with PMCC PLUS UP TO *3000.00 REBATE
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