| Show california hurts lamb market with early crop C ra P wrong wron with the lamb market U anis Is question has been really puzzling out our grocers this year according to bill farnsworth Farna worth uintah county agent specialists at utah state university point out that the d disappointing appo t g returns growers grower have been receiving lately are 0 re not entirely the result of heavy marketing nor ia decrease in quality they say that california is one source of trouble there thousands of early lambs have recently been marketed teed feed conditions 1 in much of the state have forced many lambs to market earlier than usual these lambs have corae come in direct competition with ahe the r fed lamb crop 1 I the wool grower tion had bad recognized that one of the troubles to in mark marketing eting stems steins from riot not having a year round supply of a ed product many man retailers do not even en market lambs lamb t be cause Z e they are not able to obtain b a year round supply for this reason and others 1 many packers report that their profit margins are am so low they have discontinued slaughter ing lambs 4 Sheep men recognize that their business Is in different ft from on 2 the he ehl cattle A X major rw 0 r part of the lambs iambi go directly oft off grm grau into the slaughter laughter channels in a rela lively short period of time lime on the other hand band cattlemen have been able to spread their of a highly standardized product throughout the year by putting most moat of the cattle into feed lots before they go to slaughter daughter our growers and other growers in the nation are looking to more effective advertising ver to improve market demands lh they ay are also seek ing to develop markets market for the entire carcass it r many sheep men in the e nation also bellive believe that imports should be plait placed d on a strict quota basis so as to have least possible effect on the market other sheep men however grant rant that the real problem seems to be h V so lambs go to market oda od a sew onal anal grass basil balm it to Is going to be difficult ta guarantee pact paclo era en retailers and consumers with a dependable year around supply of standardized production Ws this we recognize reco gahe la is a serious question for fok study mr farnsworth Farna worth 3 said ta I 1 |
