Saturday March U, 1978;
Atlantic honors area dairymen
LANCASTER - Atlantic
Breeders Cooperative,
headquartered here,
honored a number of area
dairymen recently during
various membership
meetings held throughout
the state.
All of the recognized dairy
farmers received distinctive
Certificates of Merit for
their high herd averages on
DHIA testing programs.
All herds were at least 15
per cent above the state
average for milk or butterfat
production last year, while
at least two-thirds of the
cows in these herds are
progeny of Atlantic sires.
Some herds are 100 per cent
Atlantic progeny.
Several members were
also cited for their
assistance in using young
sires this past year, as the
Cooperative continues its
extensive program of testing
the true genetic merit of
some 30 bulls per year
through random matings in
many different herds.
Atlantic Breeders
representatives informed
members that 1977 was a
very successful business
year for Atlantic. Service
Technicians provided nearly
300,000 services, and semen
sales continued to be
profitable. Atlantic sires
maintained their rating
among the nation’s best for
transmitting profitable
traits said a company
spokesman.
A 25-minute movie was
shown to help members
understand the importance
of sound type traits for both
production and reproduc
tion. The application of this
principle through Atlantic’s
Mate-Rite program was also
explained as an aid to'
breeding improved cattle.
Atlantic members who
were patrons in 1965 recently
received a cash refund
totaling over $56,000. New
equities have been issued to
members active in 1977,
amounting to 9% of gross
revenue for the year.
Members present voted
for District representatives
for the coming year. Elec
tion results will be an
nounced in the next issue of
the Cooperative’s monthly
newsletter, since more than
one meeting is held in most
of Atlantic’s 16 Districts.
Changes in Social Security
will affect farmers
NEWAEK Del - Fanners as employers of hired help
and as sc , -employed workers will be affected by the
Social Sec nty amendments signed into law December
20,1977 T withholding percentage for employee wages
and the cnn nbution by the employer increased to 6.05 per
cent for 19" b under the old law. According to University of
Delaware Extension agricultural economist W.T.
McAllister, with the new amendments, the withholding
rate increases to 6.13 per cent for 1979 and 1980, then to
6.65 per cent in 1981. The maximum income subject to
Social Security tax also is increasing as shown in the
following table
Maximum
Income
Subject
To Tax
$16,500
$17,700
$22,900
$25,900
$29,700
Year
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
Social security benefit increases will continue n future
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Northern Lancaster County dairymen to receive recognition from Atlantic
Breeders were, clockwise, beginning top right: C. Witmer Sherer, Manheim;
Paul Horning, Stevens: Raymond Martin, Ephrata; Earl Landis, Manheim; David
Landis, Lancaster; Mervin Sauder, Lititz; and J. Earl Horst, New Holland.
York County dairymen who were honored recently by Atlantic Breeders
Cooperative were, left to right; Lynn Wolf, Abbottstown; Wayne Myers, Dover;
E. Wayne Beshore, New Cumberland; Rodney Smyser, York; Tom Boyer, York;
Herman Stebbins, York; and Earl Fuhrman, Hanover.
Self
Employed
Tax Rate
7.9%
8.1%
8.1%
8.1%
9.3%
Employee
Withholding
Rate
5.85
6.05
6.13
6 13
6.65
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Adams County dairymen with high herd
averages and at least two-thirds Atlantic progeny
were, left to right: Glenn Lippy, Littlestown;
Samuel Stoner, East Berlin; and Earl Noel, Mc-
Sherrystown.
years, but will not be as significant as those that occurred
from 1975-1977. says McAllister,
The maximum earnings allowed before benefit
reduction have been increased from $3,000 in 1977 under
the old law to $4,000 in 1978. Under the new law this ceiling
increases at the rate of $5OO per year until 1982, when the
maximum earnings allowed will reach $6,000. There is no
earnings limit for retired persons over 70 years of age.
Persons who delay retirement beyond age 65 will
receive a “bonus” benefit of three per cent for each year
of postponement. For example, an individual eligible for
$275 per month retirement benefit at age 65 who delays
retirement to age 68 would receive an additional $25 per
month, or $3OO per year. Under the old law, the delayed
retirement credit was one per cent per year.
Employer
Contribution
Rate
5.85
6.05
6.13
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