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Expert Lists Challenges For Poultrymen
University Park Pa One of the principal challenges facing poultrymen is finding ways to boost per capita egg consumption according to Harold E Neigh Penn State at the Pennsylvania Poultry Federation conference The drop in per capita consumption occurs despite lower egg prices and Neigh notes the need to understand attitudes toward breakfast and eggs before countermeasures can work Contract farming is here to stay says W T Me Allister Extension economist from the University of Delaware As more than 90 percent of broilers and over 50 percent of turkeys are produced under contract growers gain market security and steadier incomes He lists six effects including less price fluctuation and year round production with direct marketing by contracting firms and increased eastern competition