-iwwter Panting, Saturday, May 19,1979 34 Caution marks Penn Stater’s dairy outlook By DIETER KRIEG UNIVERSITY PARK - “Most established dairy farmers in Pennsylvania are in a good financial position and this satisfaction will continue through 1979,” says Penn State’s dairy scientist Bill Johnstone. He made the comment before a group of bankers who were gathered here this week for the 1979 Agricultural Conference for Pennsylvania Bankers. “Any dairyman who has not shown good results this year should be looked at very closely as a credit risk,” Johnstone advised. “If he can’t make it now, then the next bad period will be very difficult,” he predicted. Johnstone is basically optimistic about what might be in store for Penn sylvania’s milk producers. But he is also cautious, emphasizing that there is a delicate balance between ' supplies and demand. Small changes in demand result in drastic changes in price levels. 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R.D. 4, Farmersville Rd. Ephrata, Pa. •FMC William Johnstone warned. He advises dairymen to' study their expansion plans carefully, lest they undo a situation that has looked good now for many months. All that considered, dairymen should keep an eye on Congress to get an idea of what might be done with the milk support price program, once it expires this Fall. He Usually the parents, frightened by the approach of humans, have taken cover a short distance away. They will return to the care of their offspring as soon as they are left alone. Human sympathies are understandably with young rabbits, birds, fawn deer, etc. Annually, district game protectors are plagued with “orphaned” wildlife which would have lived normal lives had they beenleft in the field or forest. Of equal concern are animals which are fed or otherwise attracted to particular locations, usually INTRODUCING . .. YOUR LOCAL Bolens TRACTOR also says there are no clear signals right now for ex pansion or reduction. Milk production has been stable. Considering the present state of the situation, and the uncertainty of - what Congress ;may do with milk support price legislation, Johnstone says dairy marketers are “nervous.” A relatively bullish outlook persists nonetheless, par ticularly among the nation’s better dairy farmers. Milk production haS been on the upswing m Pennsylvania, making it one of die five leading states in the country., Growth of the dairy in dustry is evident in those counties where dairying has historically been strong, and decreases are being - recorded in the same kind of •pattern. With government stocks of milk products reduced, and marketing brisk, there is a strong possibility for increased dairy imports. According to Johnstone, they’re a near certainty. “I don’t think there’s any way to get away from it,” he in natural habitat to be, viewed by humans. 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