USDA Food Donations Hit Record High for Fiscal Year
USDA donated 2.8183 billion pounds of food in the fiscal year ending June 30 to domestic and overseas recipients. Domestic distribution rose 32 percent to 1.043 billion pounds, with school lunch programs boosting totals, while foreign aid climbed 45 percent to 1.7754 billion pounds. Mass aid included 18 000 pounds cheese 20 000 pounds flour 10 000 pounds rice 20 000 pounds cornmeal 12 000 pounds lard and large relief after natural disasters such as the Lake Charles Cameron hurricane aftermath.
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US Department of Agriculture
USDA
Agricultural Marketing Service
Louisiana
Lake Charles
Cameron
Puerto Rico
Kentucky
Virginia
Hungary
Austria
Camp Kilmer
New Jersey
Farm Calendar and Tours in Lancaster County
Summary of upcoming farm events across Lancaster County including Swine Poultry and Cattle shows, 4-H dairy and vegetable grower tours, and field days at multiple farms and routes. Also notes Puerto Rico hurricane aid and nationwide food distribution benefiting school lunch programs and charitable institutions.
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SPABC
Spabc Grounds
Lancaster
International Harvester
John Cope Farm
Little Britain
Route 230
June Heat Reduces Pennsylvania Egg Production in June
Harrisburg reports excessive June heat lowered egg production to 275 million from 307 million in May. High 90s temperatures caused bird deaths and reduced average eggs per layer to 1758 with a 4 percent drop in laying hens from a year earlier. Prices remained near May levels but well below last year.
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Harrisburg
State Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
Five poultry disease labs run by Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania operates five poultry disease diagnostic laboratories under the State Department of Agriculture. The network supports disease detection, reporting, and biosecurity efforts for poultry producers statewide.
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Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
Meat Packers Earnings Rise in 1956 From 1955 Figures
The American Meat Institute reports meat packing earnings in 1956 totaled about 114 million dollars, up 11 million from 1955, with record livestock supplies and higher output driving the gain while margins stayed thin at about 1 cent per dollar in sales.
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American Meat Institute
America
Institute
Margift
U.S
United States
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Duputts Alfalfa
Ranger Alfalfa
Buffalo Alfalfa
Vernal Alfalfa
P.l.rohrer
Rae
Pee
Smoketown
Lok - Rib
Wilbur Graybill
Lititz Halfville Pa
W. King St
Stauffer Homestead Farm
East Earl
Lancaster County
Columbia Bridge
York County
Mellinger’s Church
Delaware
Joseph Klock Farm
R2anston
Ayrshire
Vinsonic Homes
Elizabethtown
Sakrete
Groff
New Holland, Pa
Skinner
Myers
Lester A. Singer
Ph. Strasburg OV
Ultra-Life
West Willow
Lane
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