Meat price ceiling stirs Lancaster area livestock markets
A LANCASTER FARMING survey finds mixed reactions to Nixon’s meat price ceiling. Hogs and beef hit record highs before easing as farmers expect prices to hold, while consumer groups plan a boycott and farmers weigh long term effects on market prices.
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Nixon
Lancaster
Harold Esbenshade
Mount Joy
Esbenshade
Richard Proether
Pennsylvania Farmers Association
Harrisburg
Proether
Philadelphia
Oren Lee Staley
William McCoy
Lancaster Stockyards
McCoy
Farmland loss warned at LEAF meeting in Lancaster
Amos Funk warned Lancaster Environ mental Action Federation that the county loses 8000 acres of farmland yearly, up from 4000 earlier. He cited 604000 total acres with 440000 used for agriculture and 76 percent soil quality classes one to three, urging preservation and planning to avoid Santa Clara's fate.
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Lancaster County
Amos Funk
Lancaster Environmental Action Federation
LEAF
Franklin and Marshall College
Funk
Anthony Perella
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
Donovan Smith
Santa Clara County
California
Santa Clara
Lancaster County Conservation District
County Planning Commission
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