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pricing
is a concern
Reeent—figures --show -con-,--has-Aittle--to -de- -withprices - -
paid by consumers." •
Hannam said he was sur-
prised the recent reduction in
wholesale chicken prices had
sumers have more cause to
be concerned about pricing
practices of large chain stor-
es than about the formation
of new marketing boards,
Peter Hannam, President,
Ontario Federation of Agri-
culture (OFA), said in Han-
over on January 10.
Hannam told the audience
of the Grey -Bruce Farmers'
Week, this was shown in the
December Farmer' Price In-
dex (FPI) released today by
the OFA.
He pointed out, the FPI
shows thatin the last year
retail chicken prices hate
increased by 26 cents or 32
per cent, while the prices
received by farmers have
increased by only 7 cents or
16 per cent.
"A lot of consumers have
expressed concern about the
new National Chicken Agen-
cy and the effect it will have
on prices," said Hannam.
"The FPI figures indicate the
prices farmers receive often
not been reflected in retail
prices. The wholesale prices
had reached a peak of $.78 in
July and August and fell to
$.73 cent in, November. Reg-
ular retail prices, however,
had remained at $1.08 since
July. He pointed out, "retail
chicken prices tend to be
influenced more by the price
of beef than by the cost of
chicken."
Hannam said the concern
expressed by some consum-
ers about national marketing
boards was not borne out by
facts. He said the FPI
showed that, while on aver-
age, farmer prices have
increased 17.5 per cent dur-
ing the past year, dairy
products and eggs, both with
national marketing boards,
have increased by only 6.1
arid- 7:1 per cent respectively.
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