Dairy farmers tq receive 310.95 for April milk
NEW YORK, N.Y, -
Dairy farmers supplying
milk plants regulated under
the New York-New Jersey
marketing orders during
April will be paid on the
basis of a uniform price of
$10.95 per hundred pounds or
23.5 cents per quart. Market
Administrator Thomas" A.
Wilson, who announced
April’s price, also stated that
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S. G. LEWIS AND SON
West Grove, PA
Ph: (215) 869-9440
869-2214
PETERMAN FARM EQUIPMENT
22$ York Road
Carlisle, PA
Ph; (717)249-5338
the uniform farm price was
$11.12 per hundredweight in
March
hundrsdweight in April 1978."
The New York City area
milk strike in effect almost
the entire month, reduced
the April 1979 uniform price
by 11 cents per hun
dredweight The uniform
price is a marketwide
weighted average of the
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REX RUSSEL EQUIPMENT
Rome, PA
Ph: (717) 247-7858
2 mi. N. Rome off Rt. 187
MARLIN W. SCHREFFLER
Pitman, PA
Ph: (717) 648-1120
value of farm milk used for
fluid and manufactured
dairy products.
The seasonal incentive
fund„ tembved a total of
$2,693,189.1)3 or $.30 per
hundredweight from the
dairy fanners’ uniform
price for April Deductions
for this fund will continue
through June and will be
returned in the August
through November uniform
price calculations.
The total amount of milk
received from the 17,699
dairy farmers supplying the
New York-New Jersey
Marketing, Area was
897,729,678 pounds during
April 1979. This was more
Hum 30.7 million pounds
above last year. The gross
value to dairy farmers for
milk deliveries was
$100,409,530.46. Mr. Wilson
explained that this included
differentials required to be
paid to dairy farmers but not
voluntary premiums or
deductions authorized by the
farmer.
Regulated milk dealers
(handlers) utilized
346,111,997 pounds or 38.6 per
cent of the total amount of
milk for Class I. The Class I
milk is used for fluid milk
products such as
homogenized, flavored, low
test and skim milks. For
April 1979, handlers paid
$12.77 per hundredweight, or
27.5 cents per quart, for this
milk compared with $11.25 a
year ago.
The balance of the milk,
61.4 per cent, was used to
manufacture Class n
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GUS FARM EQUIPMENT INC.
Int. 214 £616
Seven Valleys,PA 17360
Ph: (717)428-1967
N.H. FLICKER & SON, INC.
products including butter,
cheese, ice cream and
yogurt. For this milk the
handlers paid $10.54 per
hundredweight.
The uniform price is based
on milk containing 3.5 per
cent butterfat For April
steaks, and turkey hams and are available
for consumption every day of the year.
As might be expected, problems faced
by the industry have also changed since
1950. With large operations concentrated
in small areas, waste disposal has become
a problem. This is especially true for large
caged-layer egg operations with limited
acreage located near or adjacent to
heavily populated areas. Regulations
regarding environmental improvement
through abatement of water, air, noise,
and odor pollution, plus zoning actions,
1 will likely increase investment and
operating costs and may, in some in
stances, result in cessation of business at a
particular site. The energy shortage may
also plague some producers. While fuel in
the past has been a small and often ignored
cost in the egg industry, future costs will
be higher. While higher costs must be
considered, the real problem may be one
of certainty of supply rather than cost
itself. However, higher energy costs mean
higher transportation costs for inputs,
primarily feed.
On the other hand, the industry finds
itself a beneficiary of developments since
1950. The problem of fuel scarcity and
higher fuel costs works to the advantage of
the local producer and disadvantage of the
faraway producer attempting to compete
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Ph: (215) 683-7252
1979, a differential of 13.9
cents was applied to the
price for each one-tenth of
one per cent that the milk
tested above or below the 3.5
per cent standard.
All prices quoted are for
bulk tank milk received
within the 201-210 mile zone
from New York City.
Pa. poultry
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M. M. WEAVER & SON
N. Groffdale Rd.
Leola, PA 17540
Ph: (717) 656-2321
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for the same market The area Is more
deficit now than it was 30 years ago, thus
providing a larger local market for
producers. Greater in-state grain
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700 E. Unden St.
Richland, PA
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