Show egg price support to be dropped after jan 1 the government price support on eggs is scheduled to be removed atter after january 1 and farmers and poultry men of the state are asking and wondering what the effect will be on the poultry industry of utah which ranks as our leading agricultural activity according to clyde C edmonds general manager of utah poultry and farmers cooperative arid and I 1 president of the alsoc assoc associated bated poultry pouli and egg industries of america the elimination of government support price on eggs is going to hive have very little effect effect he reports that the move was anticipated some time back and the poultry industry as a result have set up a nationwide nation wide program to boost egg consumption during the early months of 1951 as the supply of eggs usually reached the stage of abundance he points out prices right now are at a peak we can expect a material decline from the peak as usual as the volume of production increases but this is a normal trend some of the marginal producers in the midwest mid west who have profited most from the support prices will be the first to feel the pinch and the first to be forced out of the business utah has always produced high quality eggs that have never been sold at support levels there has always been a good goad market for good eggs andi and probably always will As a result I 1 we should be the last to be hurt by any seasonal decline we hope that with the stimulated consumption and the natural I 1 decrease in quantity that the poultry industry soon will be back on a sound economic basis of supply I 1 and demand |