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Show Turkey operations turn turkey MORONI Moroni Feed Company held its annual business meeting recently, and some of the news reported was not too thrilling, thrill-ing, according to Bruce Jennings of the Manti Messenger. The capacity crowd enjoyed a delicious turkey dinner and entertainment, enter-tainment, and listened as officials explained that it was expected that 1992 will be the fifth year in a row of 'marginal' rewards for Moroni Feed and its turkey growers. They reported that two turkey growers went under in 1992 due to low prices and others dropped out because they could not find financing. financ-ing. Others decided to reduce numbers produced. Because of these actions, the company's people are expected to grow 14 percent fewer birds this year. Joe Nielsen, general manger, says that the reduction in numbers won't adversely affect Moroni Feed's operation. "We'll still be able to operate at a high level of efficiency' he added. The cutback will likely adversely affect employment and some other phases of the business, however. Most of this year's crop of new turkeys was out of the incubators and into the brooder coops the week before Christmas. They will be going to the processing plant in mid-April. From that point on, processing pro-cessing should continue until late December. Nielson says a goal of the company is to achieve a year-round operation. "We've engaged in a very competitive industry," he added. |