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Lynn Wolf
Joy
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Melvin Diem Jr.
Crystal 3
Janice 3
Janet 3
Daniel A. Rohrbaugh
8 3
59 3
Robert J. Reheard
117 3
Horace E. Heindel
Jumper 3
Robert W. Mays
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Carl Anderson
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WASHINGTON - To
better reflect today's
agriculture, the official
definition of a farm is being
changed. The U.S. Depart
ment of Agriculture and the
Bureau of the Census will
now define a farm as “any
establishment from which
$l,OOO or more of
agricultural products is sold
or would normally be sold
during a year.”
Under the old definition
used since the late 1950’5, a
farm was any place under 10
acres with annual sales of
$250 or more of agricultural
goods, or any place of 10 or
more acres selling $5O or
more.
The new definition will
result in a decreased number
of farms. The extent of the
decrease will be known
following review of the 1974
Census of Agriculture. The
Bureau of the Census will
report the 1974 information
using both the old and new
definitions. Under the old
definition, the 1969 Census
counted 2.7 million farms.
In view of the diversity of
today’s farming operations,
classes of farms are also
being modified. The major
classes will be;
1. Primary farm - one
where the operator spends at
least half his work-time on
the farm; also one operated
by a corporation or multi
establishment company
which receives at least half
its gross business income
from farming.
2. Part-time farm - one
where the operator spends
less than half his work-time
on the farm.
3. Business-associated
farm - one operated by a
corporation or multi
establishment company
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which receives leas than half
its gross business income
from farming.
A fourth class of “ab
normal farm" will continue
to use to define farms
operated by an institution
such as a hospital or school,
or by an Indian reservation
or as an experimental or
research farm.
Other changes are being
made in the classification
system to add more value of
sales classes for farms with
over $lOO,OOO of sales and to
add more detailed categories
for types of farms.
These changes are being
made so the economic and
statistical information
produced by USDA and the
Census Bureau can better
describe today’s farming
industry. Important
statistical series of USDA
will be changed to reflect the
Order 4 prices listed
July Milk Prices
Base Milk Price $9.05+
Excess Milk Price $7.41+
Butterfat
Differential .088
+Price includes an ad
ditional .06 cents per hun
dredweight which producers
shipping to plants located
within 55 miles of
Philadelphia receive.
The July uniform price for
base milk increased 16 cents
from the previous month.
Excess milk showed a 38-
cent increase.
In comparison to July
levels one year ago, base
milk was $8.60 CWT and
excess $6.35 CWT.
The weighted average
price for the market was
new definition and system of
classifying farms based on
an evaluation of 1974 Census
results and other data.
$8.93, an increase of 23 cents
from June.
A total of 400.2 million
pounds of producer milk was
pooled in July of which 62.5
percent was sold as Class I,
compared to 61 percent for
June and 59.1 percent a year
ago. A total of 8,063 Order
No. 4 producers provided
12.9 million pounds per day
to dealers during July,
averaging 1,601 pounds per
farm per day. Total value of
producer milk was set at
$35.6 million for the month.
In addition, members of
Inter-State Milk Producers’
Cooperative received a cost
of-production adjustment of
7 cents which was paid in
addition to the quoted July
base and excess prices.
FOR MORE INFORMATION.
CONTACT YOUR LOCAL COUNTY OFFICE.
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305 13,957
15,252
13,755
305
305
20,661
18,059
15,899
305
303
305
3 8-8
3 2-10
3 2-1
12,995
13,874
20,182
6-7
5-10
4-10
305
305
305
12,770
13,275
305
305
4-10
3-2
15,747
3-11
15,825
10-4
16,285
14,651
13,190
305
305
305
3 8-1
3 3-7
283
292
12,156
13,735
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11,509
4.3
278
19,134
16,423
305
305
12,729
12,310
12,078
10,121
14,713
12,298
270
305
268
305
17,252
15,727
14,933
16,135
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3.3
4.1
3.4
16,428
305
14,830
15,605
15,734
13,646
15,881
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17,118
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