A36—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 18,1983
LANCASTER The Lancaster
and Chester County Swine
Producers Association is planning
a picnic at 6:30 p.m. Saturday,
July 23, at the Lampeter
Fairgrounds.
A nominal 50-cent fee will be
charged per person and families
are asked to bring a hot and cold
covered dish.
The picnic, featuring charcoal
broiled pork chops, is open to all
active pork producers in the two
county area. Children twelve and
under will be admitted free.
Persons interested in attending
the picnic may contact directors
John Henkel at 786-2562 or Kevin
Rohrer at 653-8604.
Bill Fisher, president of the
association, of R 2 East Earl, also
urges interested active swine
producers to join the association,
which conducts other activities
throughout the year and is af
filiated with the state and national
producer organizations.
Other activities include the
annual banquet, feeder pig shows
and sales, production meat test
NFO launches sow sell-off
CORNING, lowa In a move to
rescue long-term market hog
prices the National Farmers
Organization has announced a sow
sell-off program starting im
mediately.
In announcing the sell-off, NFO
President DeVon Woodland noted
the current market price of hogs is
hovering at the producer’s cost of
production and is expected to drop
even lower during the next few
months.
“We’re trying to prevent a long
term drastic decline of the market
hog price,” Suntken said. “There
is no way to stop the short-term
decline but a sow sell-off now will
put upward pressure on the market
nine to ten months from now.
“Our goal is to sell off 8 percent
of the current sow population of
about 920,000 head,” Suntken
explained, “reducing the
population to approximately the
Swine producers plan July 23 picnic
program, junior swine workshop
and educational meetings held
over the winter months. Also, there
is the pork producer school for
home economics teachers.
Membership is set at $5 for three
years or $2 for one year.
Intertested potential members
may contact one of the officers or
directors, who include:
Kevin Rohrer, secretary, of R 2
Manheim; Bill Fisher, president,
R 2 East Earl; Chet Hughes,
Livestock Extension Agent for
Lancaster Couinty; Ken Emery,
R 1 Glenmoore; Abe Fisher, R 1
Kinzers; Abe Hess, R 1 Conestoga;
John Henkel, R 1 Strasburg.
Also, John Groff, 1218 Lampeter
Road, Lancaster; Cliff Charles, R 2
Lancaster, treasurer; Mark
Nestleroth, R 5 Manheim; Bill
Beam, R 2 Elverson, vice
president; Barry Haldeman, R 3
Manheim; Phil Hayes, RD Oxford;
Gus Birchler, R 2 Conestoga, vo-ag
advisor from Penn Manor High
School; and Cheryl Fairburn, from
the Chester County Extension
Staff.
1982 level. That would reduce the
pig crop by about 6.7 million head
and result in about 1.47 billion less
pounds of pork reaching the
market in 1984 (live weight at 220
pounds average.”
He said producers can have
some short-term effect by selling
their hogs at lighter weights.
Taking just ten pounds off each
animal would result in taking 3
million pounds of pork off the
national market each day and that
alone would affect the short-term
market price, be said.
“The producer must take this
own action to improve his
situation,” Suntken said. “All we
can do at NFO is provide the
momentum. The March report has
kicked the devil out of the market
price and someone has to help the
producers recover over the next
few months. Our program can do
that.”
Officers and directors of the Lancaster and Chester County Swine Producers Associa
tion include, front row from left, Kevin Rohrer, secretary, R 3 Manheim: Bill Fisher, presi
dent, R 2 East Earl; Chet Hughes, Lancaster County Livestock Agent; back row from left,
Ken Emery, R 1 Glenmoore; Abe Fisher, R 1 Kinzers; Abe Hess, R 1 Conestoga; and John
Henkel, R 1 Strasburg.
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