Woodland CORNING, IA - National Farmers Organization President DeVon Woodland today blasted the import of cheap barley, which he said dealt another blow to finan cially strapped grain producers. Woodland, in making the an nouncement, charged that Con tinental Grain Company’s recent action to buy barley in New Zealand and ship it into the United States is a psychological tatic aimed at breaking already depressed domestic markets. “This action continues a pattern by major grain companies to use imports to eliminate any op portunity grain producers may have to benefit from improved prices,’’ Woodland emphasized. “It seems that major grain companies will stop at nothing to — 4-Wheel DRIVE The A Saving Place lIOOBER mmaaassmßEsmm ■ ■ INTERCOURSE, PA . INTERCOURSE, PA STEIGER'S 5 YR. 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This group action, signed up for the program,” he he said, gives-producers the best said, “they should not consider opportunity to counter the price their contract with the government depressing affects of the release of final until local ASCS officials have PIK grain in May and importing thoroughly explained their Options actions, under the 50/92 ” Hog numbers down 3 percent HARRISBURG Inventory of all hogs and pigs on March 1,1986, in the 10 states conducting quar terly hog surveys is estimated at 38.6 million head, three percent below last March 1, according to the Pennsylvania Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. This is four percent below March 1,1964 and the lowest March 1 inventory since 1976. The 10 quarterly states are Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, PUMA 1000 190 Horsepower MIDDLETOWN, DE (302) 378-9655 Lancaster Fahahg, tateriay, April 12,1M6-A27 lowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina and Ohio. Breeding inventory, at 4.99 million head, is four percent less than last year and eight percent less than March 1,1984. This is the lowest March 1 breeding herd inventory since 1973, when estimates for these comparable 10 states became available. Market hog inventory, at 33.6 million head, is two percent below a year earlier, three percent below two years ago and the lowest March 1 market hog inventory since 1977. The December 1985-February 1986 pig crop was 14.9 million head, one percent above the corresponding period last year and four percent above two years ago. There were 1.94 million sows that farrowed during the quarter, a decrease of one percent from the comparable quarter both last year and two years ago. Sows farrowings averaged 7.67 pigs per litter compared with 7.51 last year and 7.27 two years ago. The litter rate is the highest of record for a December-February quarter. Hog producers in the 10 quar terly states intend to have 2.32 million sows farrow during March- May of this year. If these in tentions are realized, farrowings would total four percent less than the actual number for the com parable period of 1985 and six percent less than the 1964 quarter. Farrowing intentions for June- August are 2.18 million head, slightly below actual farrowings for the same period last year and three percent less than two years ago. Rabbit meeting set for June UNIVERSITY PARK - Rabbits will outnumber people in Penn sylvania by the year 2000, if the present trend continues. Ap proximately one million young rabbits are being produced an nually in Pennsylvania by 24,000 commercial breeders. In 1970, only 50,000 rabbits were produced by 2000 breeders. The rabbit has been in demand as a pet, a show animal, a laboratory model, and as a source of meat and pelts. 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