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problems. Expecting contracting to
solve everything was the easy way
out. The hard way would be to
develop opportunities for all
producers and give them viable
choices that they could make to suit
their own operations.
There are many possibilities of
supplying specific requirements in
the marketplace without creating
inequalities in the system. One
example would be similar to the "B"
pool, a certain packer may want a
slightly lighter hog and another a
slightly heavier hog. Each packer
could negotiate their own grading
grid with the board and producers
could decide which one to ship to.
This would give presorted loads that
could better suit the packer and
producer.
Another example might be having
the major packers offer a future price
at a set time of delivery. This could
be offered through the board to all
producers regardless of size. This
seems to be the point that is being
missed — producers want new
opportunities but they want them to
be offered fairly and equally. We do
not want producers squaring off
against each other, or contracts
offered to one but not another.
Once contracts get above 50 per
cent then the pool hogs are no longer
the base price, they are below the
base price and anyone shipping into
the pool will be disadvantaged. The
Board must go back to the drawing
board and come up with new ideas
for all producers. Contracting in its
present form is not working. They
have a capable staff that can figure
out how to make these ideas work. If
they can't, then come back to produ-
cers for their ideas and we'll help you.
Contracting of niche markets is
not necessarily a bad idea, but all
these other contracts are not needed.
The same thing can be accomplished
by such things as open lot sales, more
than one grid and harder work by our
Board to prevent inequalities.
Producers don't want to hear why
they can't work, they want to see
them made to work, and they want
good value for their marketing fee.0
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R.R. 2, Blyth
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