Milk Margins and USDA Efforts to Solve a Market Gap
USDA and Agricultural Marketing Service intensify study of fluid milk margins amid changing consumer tastes. Research covers packaging formats from quarts to gallons, retailer and distributor roles, and regional price spreads. Analyzing 1950s data, margins rise for home-delivered quarts while store sold quarts show different trends. AMS aims for better measurement of margins and cost reductions through efficiency gains.
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Agriculture Research
USDA
Chicago
Akron
AMS
L. F. Herrimann
Garden Spot FFA Elects New Officers and Advisors
Groundhog Chapter of Future Farmers of America named officers and assistant officers on Oct. 11 at Southern Lancaster County Joint Community High School. Front row lists officers Dale Shirk to Kenneth Redcay. assistants and advisors identified. past leaders Robert Ecklin and Richard Hastings attended.
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Groundhog
Future Farmers of America
Southern
Lancaster County Joint Community High School
Dale Shirk
Raymond Deiter
Sentinel
Clair Carter
Robert Bucher
Dick Herr
Ralph Kreider
Kenneth Redcay
Farm Calendar Shows Oct 20 27 Events Across Lancaster Area
Calendar lists Oct 20 27 activities including American Royal in Kansas City and Future Farmers of America convention. It notes Society of Farm Women meetings Oct 27 at Kauffman’s Tea Room with guest from Society No 27 and several Grange events through Oct 30 and Nov 30. Also includes feeder calf sales at Lancaster Stock Yards and a Nov 23 Dec 1 livestock expo in Chicago.
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American Royal
Kansas City
Future Farmers of America
Society of Farm Women No
Kauffman’s
Caleb Bucher
Fulton Grange
Hallowe’en
Oxford Grange
Pomond Grange
Ephrata Grange
Berks County
Bricker
Glenn Knecht
Kirkwood
Lancaster Stock Yards
Lancaster County
Chicago
Furst National Bank
Elizabethtown
C. H. Nissley
Lititz
Pequea Church
Lancaster County Holstein
War Memorial Building
Leola
Fulton Grange 66
Lard Purchases Week Near Oct 17 Reach Nearly 3 Million Lbs
The USDA reports 2,934,000 pounds of lard bought in the week to Oct 17 to aid hog producers by expanding demand beyond normal outlets. Total program purchases stand at 8,918,000 pounds with regional price ranges shown for Oct 15. Southeast 17.99 to 17.99 cents per pound, Midwest 16.95 to 17.25 cents for 3 pound tins and 14.26 cents for 50 pound tins, Southwest 17.36 to 17.62 cents for 3 pound tins across 33 carlots.
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Washington
USDA
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Southeast
Midwest
Southwest
Pennsylvania Farm Show Week Schedule Details
January 14 18 1957 events listed in Harrisburg Pennsylvania include the Farm Show Building Poultry Federation Annual Farm Show Banquet at 6 30 p m Penn Harris Hotel and the Pennsylvania Farm Show events in Harrisburg with dates January 14 18 1957.
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Farm
Harrisburg
Poultry Federation
Penn Haring
Price ranges for plant bids influence award decisions
Prices quoted are per pound on a plant basis with ranges from 16.95 to 1799 cents for 3 pound tins and 14.20 cents for 50 pound tins. Awards considered area price variation and transport costs. Twelve bidders submitted bids totaling 7,860,000 lbs with about 15 million dollars of Section 32 funds to be spent to date.
Inside Earth Might Run Cooler Says Scientists
A humorous note disputes claims that Earth’s interior is extremely hot and questions external heat reports from Baltimore Beacon.
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Baltimore Beacon
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Organic Plant Food Co
Grofftown RD
Ph. Lancaster
Ralph F. Kline
S. Broad ST
Paul Cluck
East Petersburg
Ralph Butler
Frank Herr
Darrell Lewis
Roger Roland
Harold Clark
Bill Jackson
Charles Richardson
Gordon Herr
Jackson Owen
Robert Ecklin
Richard Hastings
Joe Martin
Lancaster Farming
Mar-Gro Mfg. Co
Aaron S. “Martin
Landis Stone Meal CO
ALL Purpose Minerals
Rheems, PA
Edward G. Wilson
Congress
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