Drastic Changes in NEPPCO Marketing for Co-ops
NEPPCO workshop for cooperatives in Washington discusses drastic changes needed in Pennsylvania poultry and egg marketing. Divisions of Cooperatives report streamlined payment patterns and procurement, with talks of mergers ahead, new tie ins with feed manufacturers and incentive programs for larger shippers.
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Neppco Workshop
Pennsylvania
Harry P. Metz
Belleville
Northeastern Poultry Producers Council
Neppco
Func
Washington, D. C
Milk per Cow in March Sets New Record
Figures released March 10 by the Crop Reporting Board show cows in crop survey herds produced an average of 2019 pounds of milk per cow on March 1. This is three percent above the previous high for the date and a March 1 record across all sections. February milk production is estimated at 9,483 million pounds, up 0.5 percent from February 1957 and 12 percent above the February 1947-56 average.
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The
Crop Reporting Board
Brainstorm Session Outlines Incentive Pay for Egg Quality
Delegates at the conference scrutinized incentive payments tied to egg quality and quantity. The first half focused on boosting volume and standardizing quality through improved practices and larger shipments. The second half proposed payment methods from interior quality yield to a scoring system based on quality volume and producer practices.
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Sesson
UK farming uses one tractor per forty acres in 1955
FAO reports one tractor per 40 acres of arable land in the United Kingdom in 1955, compared with one per 104 acres in the United States. UK farm horses fell 16 percent in 1956 57 and 83 percent since 1939, with 123700 horses on farms as of last June.
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the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
United Kingdom
United States
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Mulser
Donegal
Mount Joy, PA
Mt. Joy
Lancaster Farming
Sterling
Hubbard Chicks
Hubbard Farms
Ussard Farms
Lancaster, PA
Manheim Pike
Martin
Ivan M. Martin
New Holland Elgin
Blue Ball
Terre Hill Hillcrest
Kirkwood
George Butt Stevens R
Grabb Supply
Elizabethtown, Pa
I C. Walker & Son
Gap, Pa
Millport Roller Mills
Lititz, Rd.4
D. W. Hoover
East Earl, R. D
S. H. Hiestand & Co
Salunga, Pa
H. M. Stauffer & Sons, Inc
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