Milk favors HARRISBURG • The Pennsylvania State Milk Marketing Council has come out in favor of a milk promotion program for Commonwealth dairymen selling milk in the New York- New Jersey federal marketing areas. Edison W. Osborne, director of the Pennsylvania Agriculture Department's Bureau of Markets, said that the council at a recent meeting resolved to back milk promotion efforts by the American Dairy Association. The council further resolved to back the “positive letter procedure” in promotions. This procedure means that far mers selling milk into federal Order 2 (New York- New Jersey) will automatically have three cents a hundredweight deducted from their milk checks to support promotion programs of the American Dairy Association and educational programs of the SERVING THE FARMERS FOR 102 YEARS IKI/i HAMBURG SAVINGS rule and TRUST COMPANY Hamburg, PA Phone 215-562-3811 A FULL SERVICE BANK CORN RESEARCH CONFERENCE YOU AND OTHER INFLUENTIAL FARMERS IN YOUR AREA ARE IN VITED TO ATTEND A PRODUCTION AND RESEARCH CONFERENCE DESIGNED TO DISCUSS CRITICAL MANAGEMENT ISSUES WITH EX PERTS IN THE FIELDS OF CORN RESEARCH. PRODUCTION AND MARKETING. THURSDAY, FEB. 12, 1976 10 A.M. TO 3 P.M. HUNT VALLEY INN, COCKEYSVILLE, MARYLAND TOPICS: What's New in Hybrid Com Research - by Dr. Dave Nanda, Eastern Research Director, Trojan Seed Company Marketing for the Highest Profit - by Bob Purkey, Commodity Specialist - Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, Inc. More Efficient Fertilizer Usage . by Dr. William k. Griffith, Northeast Region Director of the Potash Institute. Grain Storage and Handling -by Dr. Bruce McKenzie, Agricultural Engineering at Purdue University. Farm Credit and Money Management - by Mr. Richard carpenter, Production Credit Association, Farm Credit Bank of Baltimore SPEAKERS ARE SELECTED FOR THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND NATIONAL RECOGNITION IN EACH TOPIC AREA. FOR PURCHASE OF TICKETS CONTACT YOUR LOCAL TROJAN SEED DEALER. TIMOTHY HUMAN. TROJAN DIVISION AGRONOMIST PROGRAM COORDINATOR 717-757-5973 Marketing promotion New York dairy councils unless farmers write that they do not wish to be assessed for promotion. Currently, promotion programs for Pennsylvania farmers exist in southeastern Pennsylvania (federal Order 4) and western Pennsylvania (federal Order 38). According to Osborne, dairy fanners have become increasingly aware of the need to promote the sale of their products. "Dairy products have been under attack by various so-called experts on heart disease,” said Osborne. “It is time that the other side of the story be told - the fact that milk and dairy products represent the best nutritional value for the money spent on the market today?’ Osborne also noted that milk promotion programs have given a boost to milk sales in areas that have adopted them. Osborne explained that with passage of the Council program resolution, it is now up to the federal administrator in Order 2 to initiate the promotion program. The resolution states in part that the council requests “the federal Order 2 Market Administrator to take appropriate action to effect the positive letter procedure to gain additional support for dairy promotion on milk supplied to the federal Order 2 market.” The council further resolved to request “all milk producer cooperatives and organizations to take ap propriate action in support of the positive letter procedure by notifying the Federal Order 2 market Ad ministrator of such.” Hurst receives honor Isaac Hurst of East Earl, Pa. has received recognition for having completed ten years of Sales and Service as a dealer for Badger Nor thland Inc., manufacturers of farm materials handling equipment. Recognition of the award was made recently at the Company’s Annual Dealer Conference by Mr. Tom Higgins, Vice President of Sales for Badger Northland. Area farmers honored for record corn Three area farmers were recently named members of the DEKALB Yieldmasters Club for producing top corn yields in 1975. They are: James R. Groff, Lancaster - 174.84 bu. per acre with DEKALB XLd4a; Paul M. Shirk, Narvon - 173.84 bu. per acre with DEKALB XLr«4a; and J. Kenneth Hershey, Kinzers - 158.86 bu. per acre With DEKALB XL-54. All yields were mechanically harvested from a solid block measuring one or more acres, calculated on the basis of 15% percent moisture and verified by an impartial third party. Groff pbuited his crop on April 30 in 30 inch rows and harvested an estimated stand of 26,000 plants per acre on September 15. Shirk planted his crop on May 12 in 30.25 inch rows and harvested an estimated stand of 21,000 plants per acre on October 8. Hersbey planted his crop on May 12 in 39 inch rows and harvested an estimated stand of 23,200 plants per acre on October 22. Each year, farmers throughout the country submit more than 1,000 corn, sorghum, wheat and silage yields to the club. Also honored was C. Ivan Stoltzfus of Honey Brook recently named a member of the DEKALB Yieldmasters Club for producing 152.28 bu. of corn per acre in 1975. His yield, based on 15% percent moisture, was Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Feb. 7,1976 mechanically harvested from a solid block measuring 1.780 acres. An impartial third party verified the high yield which was recorded from a field of DEKALB XL -66. Stoltzfus planted the crop on April 29 in 34.45 inch rows and harvested an estimated stand of 28,000 plants per acre on September 16. The purpose of the DEKALB Yieldmasters Club is to promote an exchange of ideas and information among the nation’s leading grain producers and to UEP vote for balanced budget The United Egg Producers regional cooperatives to Board of Directors held its investigate the possibility of quarterly meeting in establishing inter-regional Atlanta, Georgia, last week marketing programs similar (January 28-29) during the to that of the Midwest. The Southeastern Poultry and group encouraged the Egg Convention. establishment of education Among the actions of the seminars for the purpose of Board was approval of a assisting producer members balanced budget for the first in using the production - six months of 1976 and plans marketing guide and for consideration of the calendars, second half of the year after The Legislative Corn current events have in- mittee asked the Board to cheated a definite trend, reaffirm its strong support of There was total support for 'the cooperative movement maintaining a strong, and the Capper-Volstead national program of sendee Act, under which for egg producer members cooperatives operate, through U.E.P. and its Cooperatives anc(TEhe Act are regional membejs: currently under attack by The Board, approved an the Federal Trade', Corn export marketing plan which mission, the Justice includes all regional Department, and several cooperatives’ participation, consumer groups. The Board and recommended all directed its staff to use all its resources and work with other co-op groups in meeting this challenge. U.E.P. President John Wallace presented Went Hubbard, Chairman of the American Egg Board, a check in the amount of $169,226.35, representing the money collected in behalf of AEB and NCEN, the National Commission on Egg Nutrition. The presentation was made during the fund raising luncheon held at the Hilton Hotel in Atlanta. USDA recently purchased 3,698,000 pounds of canned boned chicken for use in school lunches and the elderly feeding programs. yields recognize them for their outstanding ac complishments as well as their important role in helping feed the world. Through the sharing of such information, the program also encourages farmers to adopt management and cultural practices that will aid them in obtaining maximum profit from each acre. Each year, farmers throughout the country submit more than 1,000 corn. sorghum, wheat and silage yields to the club. 77
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