The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-01-17, Page 16.44 •
airfstore
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naing
is a concern
• Recent figurds show con-
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 -
on January 10.
Hannan' 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, ttie FPI
shows that in the last year
retail chicken prices have
increased by 20 cents or 32
. per cent, while the prices
received by %miners have
increased by Drily 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.
FPI figures indicate the
prices farmers receive often
has little to do With prices
paid by consumers."
Hannam said he was sur-
prisedthe recent reduction in
wholesale chicken' prices had
nof been reflecienn 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 kince
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
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Lucknow Bistritt CAT:op's friendly and he
store staff: Jim Mchially, Bob Shepherd, Linda Wall and George Kluges.
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and 71 per cent respectively': •4%4
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Lucknow District Coop
on the
Opening of your new building
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• Box125, Thornciak, Ontario
Phone 461-1357
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on the
Of your new facilities
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