\fanurA MfinaOPniAnf b°ilB down to a people problem. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 1, 19M-A3l
, r I,"” 1 " 1 7 Thcanswcrisgoingtocomcwhcn difficult for as to defeat.” ' eggs he expects 75-80 cents tver
(ContinuMi from P«g» Ai) application. tl,e rural people decide what they Bragg said the question got on age for the quarter and an aver-
Clean water is one of the major “These initiatives illustrate both can P u * U P w ‘ lh stlll ta ™> an <| die ballot by asking if city-oriented age of 70 cents in 1989. The low
pnonty areas of DER s environ- the growing recognition that a scri- the other side, the people will people were in favor of humane cholesterol eggs that arc now being
mental agenda. Legislation has ous problem exists, and that a decide what they can put up with as treatment of animals. Of course, advertised and studied by USDA
murium man res ° lve *° deal wilh the problem is 38 lhc ,, f^ tlcrs 310 concerned. If everyone is. But the implcmenta- will not have an immediate effect
i roS T t evid ? nt * Swarlz said Uis notc J Cy T f h an accommoda ,V on ’ lion of the law. as set forth in the on egg prices in the immediate
agement plans by 1989 and to worthy that improving the rela- then the farmers are going.’ bill, would put livestock farmcrs future beamK of time necded
implement those plans by 1994. In tranship between agriculture and MA Animal Welfare out 0 f business. to do the testing. But preliminary
Lancaster County a model ond- environmental regulators was Another speaker on the opening In other discussions in the morn- reports from USDA show that
nance has been deve oped by the identified as a major objective by a program at the two-day conference i ng session, Dr. Milton Madison, average eggs have 208 mm instead
Conservation District for use by special agricultural task force was John Bragg, Director of Gov- Associate Professor, Ag Econom- of 275 mm that has been the USDA
local mumcipajities to require per- created by Governor Casey. ernmental Relations, Massa- its, Penn State University, said he standard. Fat also is down in the
mils for new livestock operations “The big problem in Pcnnsylva- chuselts Farm Bureau. Bragg dis- was looking for supply and new testing reports, down to 5
and expansion of existing lives- nia is people,” Swartz concluded, cussed the animal welfare situation demand to become more equalized grams from 6 grams. “All this will
lock operations. The basis of these “The way that agriculture func- on the ballot as a referendum in in the coming year. But that pres- cause a new look at the promotion
permits would be a satisfactory tions today docs not easily inte- Massachusetts this fall. Farms are sure would be on profits, because and advertising of eggs,” Madison
nutrient management plan which grate with people. You can’t farm under direct attack,” Bragg said. 0 f the sharp increase in feed costs said
balances the nutrients from man- 0 n one side of the road and have “ w e have the job of educating 2.5 Dr. Madison predicted that last David Fcinbcrg, Area Director
ure and fertilizer applied to farm- the city on the other side. There are million Massachusetts voters in quarter prices for broilers to be 65 Wage and Hour Division U.s!
land. The nutrient needs of the par- too many problems with odors, the next six weeks. Because of the cents and to average 70 cents in Department of Labor discussed
ticular crop grown on the farmland dust and chemicals. I honestly natur e of the wording of this 1989. He said turkey prices for the the implications of the hourlv
would be the basis for the believe that the whole problems referendum, the question is very fourth quarter would average 80 wage laws as they affect agricul
cents and 75 cents in 1989. For ture. William Schlotterbeck
chaired the meeting.
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