B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 4, 1969
Extension Service To Sponsor
Dairy Management Conference
A gioup of recognized author- what items bankers will need
ities in the dairy business have from dauymen in order to make
been selected to seive as speak- loans, and Alvar Nixon, vice
eis for the first statewide dairy piesident of Penn Dames, Lan
heid management conference to caster Nixon will present his
be held Febiuary 4-5 at The views on the future needs of
Pennsylvania State Umveisity dairymen
The confei ence, sponsored by W Clark Fleming, Jr, presi
the Penn State Extension Sei- dent and manager of Bayville
vice, is pnmai ily designed for Faims, Virginia, will take a look
dauymen who work with laige at the herd management com
numbeis of milk cows or plan to plex when large numbeis of
mciease their held size, said cows are housed together Flem-
Donald L Ace, Extension dauy mg has managed a large Guern
specialist Sessions will begin at sey heid for a number of years
1p m on Febiuary 4 and con- A panel of dauymen, all
elude at noon on the second day young men in the business of
Ace points out that intei ested milking sizable herds, will give
dauymen should write to him then ideas on successful dauy
at 213 Borland Laboratory, The management. The group m-
Pennsylvania State University, eludes Boyd Wolff of Westmore-
University Paik, Pa 16802 or land County; Ernest Millei of
contact their county agent for Berks County; Buddy Beckstine
course details and applications of Mercer County, and -Gaiy
A registration fee is being Rickard of Wayne County
charged. In addition, Penn State Ex-
Included on the program are tension farm management and
Ralph Higley, vice president of dairy specialists will discuss
Marine Midland Banks, Inc, “Management Tools for the Pro-
Buffalo, N.Y, who will discuss fessional Dairyman ”
Ace said the registration fee
will cover all conference expens
es except lodging.
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• Chairmen
men in organizing the unit are cadia Road just off the Manheim
William J. Poorbaugh, gram Pike
merchant; Christ C Kunzler, This multi-purpose facility,
meat firm executive; Lester L constructed at a cost of $500,-
Hug, retired seed turn execu- 000, houses the offices of the
tive; and Maxwell M. Smith, county su pennte n d e nt of
county agricultural agent These schools, the agricultural exten
men are serving as section chair- sion service, and other agncul
nien and will enlist a total of 16 tare-related agencies.
“Team Captains” for the pur- The auditorium and banquet
pose of building a voluntary facilities have been widely used
force of some 85 business, pro- by many civic, business, and
fessional and industrial men to farm organizations of the city
serve in the drive and county, since the Center
More recently John R Biech- opened early last Spring
ler, president of the Conestoga Aiding Biechler and Snavely
National Bank, and J William m the division are J R. Nissley,
Snavely, treasurer, J C Snavely president, J. Richard Nissley,
& Sons, Inc were named co- Inc; Robert B. Graybill, presi
chairmen of the major gifts di- dent, Miller & Bushong; Wil
vision bam F Hoke, executive vice
The major gifts division, un- piesident, Fulton National Bank;
der Biechler and Snavely, will Charles L VanDusen, executive
solicit suppoit for the Founds- vice president, Lancaster Coun
tion among major coiporations, ty Farmeis National Bank; John
large commercial businesses, E McGrann, retired business
and selected individuals man; and Jay Risser, sales man-
The drive is intended to en- ager, J C Snavely & Sons, Inc
able the Foundation to liquidate These men will serve as team
most of the debt incurred in captains and assist in oiganizmg
building the new Farm and a unit of volunteers of thnty-
Home Centei, located on Ar- two peisons
• Freeman
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“Despite the fact that corn
yields in 1967 and in 1968 were
about 13 percent greater than
the preceding 1962-66 aveiage,
the acreage diversion programs
foi those two years kept cany
ovei stocks near needed reserve
levels.
“Based on the Dec 19, 1968,
ci op report, production for 1968
will be about 168 million tons
Utilization foi the 1968-69 mar
keting year currently is estimat
ed at 169 million tons by Octo
bei 1969, resulting in a slight re
duction in stocks to around 47
million tons Through active par
ticipation in the 1969 piogram,
faimeis can lealize further le
duction ot 3 to 5 million tons by
the end of the 1969-70 maxket
ing year
‘ Finally, I firmly believe the
pnce-suppoit loan program if
fully utilized by producers, will
substantially firm up maiket
prices If growers continue to
use the price-support loan pro
gram for orderly marketing
throughout the year as they now
aie doing, we can look forward
to much progress,” the Secre
tary concluded.
Price-support loan levels un
der the 1969 program will be the
same as in 1968 for corn, $lO5
per bushel; sorghum, $l6l per
hundredweight; oats, 63 cents
per bushel, and rye, $1.02 per
bushel. Barley will be 83 cents
per bushel instead of 90 cents
as m 1968 because it now is
eligible for price-support pay
ment. These price-support pay
ments will be unchanged at 30
cents per bushel for corn and 53
cents per hundredweight for
sorghum Barley payment will
be 20 cents per bushel All price
support payments will be based
on planted acreage up to one
half the farm base times proj
ected yield.
Key provisions of the 1969
feed gram program are - <
1. Required acreage diversion
to conserving use to qualify for
piice support loans and pay
ments is continued at 20 percent
of a farmer’s base acreage of
corn, sorghum, and barley No
diversion payments will be made
foi this minimum diversion, ex
cept for small base farms—the
same as in 1966-68.
2. Additional acreage diver
sion will be possible up to a
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3. As in 1966-68 a farm with gf«? frghmn or barley will be
a base of 25 acres or less will pla , nt ® d r harvest the ,
get payment on the first 20 per- ant * the 25 acres aie diveited-to
cent acreage diversion at 20 per- conserving use .
cent of the total suppoit rate Soybeans planted in lieu of
times yield, and at the regular eed Stains will not earn puce
-45 percent payment rate on the support payments,
remaining acreage diverted to a Substitution provisions relat
conservmg use Producers with in S to wheat and feea grain
feed grain base acreages up to acreage will be continued As an
-125 acres will have the option of nounced Aug 11 1968 (Press
temporarily reducing this base -Release USDA 2581-68), barley
down to 25 acres and still be is included in the 1969 feed
eligible for the small farm pro- S' ain program Malting bailey
vision on condition that no com, will not be exempted from these
total of 50 pei cent of tne base diversion retirements,
oi 25 acies, whichever is larger. Determinations such as ad- _
the same as in 1968 The acreage vance payments, the pioduction
diversion payment late will be of substitute crops on diverted
at 45 percent of the total price acreage, and other details Will.'
support times the pi ejected be announced prior to signup
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