Lamb crop shows decrease prices high
The Lamb market in Cochranville sees fewer slaughter lambs sold Easter week while prices stay elevated. Early per pound averages hover around 57 cents with southern Pa auctions reaching 81 cents and some near 1.00. western Pa reports 58 to 76 cents. Penn State extension’s Ben Morgan cites a 4 percent drop in state production and 9 percent nationally, predicting prices to remain high into September. A Tuesday sheep shearing clinic notes a long term decline in sheep farming due to cattle glamour and higher costs for six ewes vs one beef animal.
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Melissa Piper x. Cochranville
Southcentral
Commonwealth
Eee
Ben Morgan
Penn State
Morgan
Mushroom industry hurt pressures Pennsylvania farmers
Tim King of the American Mushroom Institute says imported mushrooms squeeze Pennsylvania growers. A delegation of mushroom farmers from PA and other states visited Washington to lobby Congress and the President for relief, hoping for a favorable response.
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Dieter Krieg
Kennett Square
Pennsylvania
Tim King
The
American Mushroom Institute
AMI
Washington, D.C
Congress
King
Maryland egg industry names Friend of the Year 1976
Hendrik Wentink of Pennfield Corp in Lancaster receives Maryland council’s Friend of the Year for 1976. He chairs the National Commission on Egg Nutrition, serves as immediate past president of the Northeast Poultry Producers Council, and holds multiple industry roles including secretary of the Pennsylvania Poultry Federation and U S delegate to the International Egg Commission Sub-Committee on Health and Nutrition.
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Hendrik Wentink
Pennfield Corp
Lancaster
Maryland Egg Industry
Maryland Council
Wentink
National Commission On Egg Nutrition
Northeast Poultry Producers Council
Pennsylvania Poultry Federation
American Feed Manufacturers Association
U. S
International Egg Commission
Fruit Damage Hit Southern Orchards in Teens Freeze
The Lancaster area faced substantial fruit losses as temperatures plunged into the teens. Penn State expert Dean Asquith estimates 40 percent damage to plums and cherries with higher spots spared. Lower areas show 50 to 60 percent injury, while some apples and blossoms begin to open. Local agents note overall looks good if spring frost holds off.
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Dieter Krieg
Lititz
Dean Asquith
Penn State
Biglerville Fruit Research Laboratory
Lancaster Farming
Asquith
Terry Bortz
Schuylkill County
Bortz
Robert Hodge
Marshalltown
Chester County
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Lebanon
Virgin Mary
Christ
Lititz Record Express
Hendrik Wentink Honored
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