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Farm Price Outlook
(This is the way prospects for Virginia farm prices looked to the Virginia Department of Agriculture on Friday. The Department offers it to farmers with the warning that no one can predict prices and be right all the time.)
BROILERS
Broiler prices should steady some this week, after a drop of four to six cents in the past two weeks. After that, prices will depend on two unknowns. One is the demand for broilers, which usually tapers off at this time of year. The other is the outcome of the strike at three of the six plants operated by Virginia’s largest processor.
Virginia price picture last week reflected uncertainty. The Richmond price was 19 to 20 cents, the Valiev 20 to 21. and Delmarva 24 to 241/2These
variations may level out some this week, probably toward the 21-cent level prevailing in
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