A24-Lancuter Farming, Saturday, April 15,1989 Pork Council Urges “Reasonable Pricing” On Pork By Retailers DBS MOINES, lA. The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC), the organization that rep resents a majority of America’s pork producers, issued an urgent call, today to the natidn’s food retailers. It urged them to be rea sonable about their profit margins on fresh pork products or run the risk of causing irreparable damage to farmers’ ability to continue pro ducing pork. In a letter to major food retailers and the association that represents them, the Food Marketing Insti tute, Orville K. Sweet, executive vice president of NPPC, said cur rent retail pork prices around the country do not reflect the price producers are getting for their hogs. 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The pork producer’s share of the consumer dollar spent on pork was 36.5 percent in the first two months of 1989, near a record low. “An excellent opportunity cur rently exists for food retailers to offer consumers outstanding sale prices on fresh pork,” Sweet said, “and the Pork Council is prepared to cooperate financially with retailers to take advantage of that opportunity.” “We certainly are not asking retailers to take a loss on the pork they sell. They have helped us tre mendously during the last couple of years in increasing consumer ATURES AVAILABLE: INC. HOURS Mon., Thun., FH. 7-8:30 Tue*.,W#d. 7-6:30 Sat.: 7-4:00 demand for pork. Pork producers appreciate that, but currently, fresh pork is carrying an unfair share of the cost in keeping the average retail meat case profit able,” the Council official said. Sweet said he will recommend Penn UNIVERSITY PARK, (Centre) —The first annual Penn State 4-H Ambassador Conference, an integral part of the newly formed Ambassador Program, will be held at University Park, June 26 through 28. According to Nancy M. Kad will, Penn State extension agent in Montgomery County and chair of TBor-sar POWER EOUIPMEMT SUPER TOMAHAWK 9 Chipper/Shredder turns unsightly brush into free mulch and compost! Financing Available LANCASTER Rta. 3, 5 Min. East Of Rt* 30 626-2710 to the NPPC Executive Commit- retail pork prices, tee and the National Pork Board The U.S. Department of Agri that some of the funds now used to culture is also being requested to promote consumer demand for increase the amount of pork it pork be transferred to the develop- purchases for various government ment of tracking studies to better feeding programs in order to assist measure the spread between live pork producers through their pre hog prices and wholesale and sent difficulties. 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