Pennsylvania Kicks Off2ool
‘Simply Delicious’ Season
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) On behalf of Gov. Tom
Ridge, Agricultural Secretary
Sam Hayes recently kicked off
the 2001 Pennsylvania produce
season and launched the state’s
“Pennsylvania Produce... Si
mply Delicious” marketing cam
paign.
To assist in the promotion of
Pennsylvania produce, more
than 900 supermarkets ranging
from independently owned
stores and small grocery chains
to large corporate retailers have
agreed to feature Pennsylvania
produce.
More than 600 growers are
registered to provide whole
salers and retailers locally
grown produce.
To help spread the “Simply
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Delicious” message, store
promotion items such as price
cards, banners, posters, and
“Simply Delicious” graphics
are available for those who par
ticipate in the program.
Hayes said the department
has added a new initiative this
year “rolling billboards,’ or
posters on the side of trucks
to spread the message of Penn
sylvania’s bounty.
“Gov. Ridge and I are proud
of the hard work of our dedi
cated farmers and growers that
has resulted in the high quality
of Pennsylvania’s produce,”
Hayes said. “We encourage all
Pennsylvanians to look for the
‘Simply Delicious’ logo at their
favorite store or farmer’s mar
ket.”
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Pennsylvania’s “Simply Deli
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crease consumer awareness and
sales of Pennsylvania’s fresh
homegrown fruits and vege
tables. The department of agri
culture, in cooperation with
Pennsylvania Vegetable Mar
keting and Research Program
and Pennsylvania Food Mer
chants Association, sponsors
“Simply Delicious.”
For more information about
the Pennsylvania Produce
“Simply Delicious” program,
contact the Bureau of Market
Development at (717) 787-4210
or through the Department of
Agriculture’s homepage
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www.state.pa.us, or directly at
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June 1 Hog and Pig Inventory
Slightly Below Year Ago,
1% Above March 1,2001
WASHINGTON, D.C.—
(USDA-NASS)—U.S. inventory
of all hogs and pigs on June 1,
2001, was 59.1 million head. This
was slightly below June 2000, but
1 percent above March 1,2001.
Breeding inventory, at 6.20
million head, was down 1 percent
from June 1, 2000, and down 1
percent from March 1, 2001.
Market hog inventory, at 52.9
million head, was slightly below
last year, but 1 percent above last
quarter.
The March-May 2001 U.S. pig
crop, at 25.5 million head, was
slightly less than 2000, and 3 per
cent less than 1999. Sows farrow
ing during this period totaled
2.88 million head, slightly below
last year. The sows farrowed dur
ing this quarter represented 46
percent of the breeding herd.
The average pigs per litter was
8.88 pigs saved per litter for the
March-May 2001 period, com
pared to 8.86 pigs last year. Pigs
saved per litter by size of opera
tion ranged from 7.60 for opera
tions with 1-99 hogs to 9.00 for
operations with more than 5,000
hogs and pigs.
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have 2.92 million sows farrow
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during the June-August 2001
quarter, 1 percent above the actu
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September-November, at 2.91
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cent last year.
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