The Milk Check TOM JVBCHAK Comity Agent AH’* Well That - The Mimes ota-Wisconsin price ended the year with a record high $11.85 for average test milk. When converted to 3.3 test it also gave you a record high Basic Formula Price of $11.34 beating September by a scant two cents. But that wasn’t the end. It also gives you a record high Class n price of $11.40 for December and a record high butterfat differential of 15 cents. The only record you didn’t break this month was the Class I price. For that you’ll have to wait until February when it goes to $13.59 in Order 2. That’s because the Class I price is calculated two months ahead from the< Basic For mula Price. This was $11.34 for December so, adding your $2.25 Class I differential, you get $13.59 the Class I price for February which will be Compare their unique features and advantages. Preserves grain quality, less shrinkage & stress cracks. Conserves energy, lower operating cost, from 3'/bu. for 10 points. Both systems dry 35% moisture corn, requires no wet holding tank or babysitting. Both systems include a G.S.I. Drying Bin, in & out ladders, roof ladder, Cor-lok floor, steel floor supports, transition, fan & heater, ventilator cleaner, motorized spreader, unloading auger system with total enclosed motor, and freight to our warehouse. MARTIN FLO-MOOR SYSTEM .or RECIRCULATING Includes Martin Electronic Moisture Control With Motor Starters. • Drying capacity up to 12,600 bu./day • 15 to 36 ft. diameter bins. 2 STAGE CONT, ‘6931 • Operating temperature adjustable 90° to 160° • Add wet grain as fast as you harvest. Large storage capacity for fast unloading. • Twin tapered sweep augers unload faster • Extra heavy gear box assures trouble free operation • Automatic grain level shut-off • Grain Cleaner removes trash for better drying LOW CASH & CARRY DISCOUNT PRICES. SAVE AN EXTRA 12% ON ORDERS IN JANUARY. SPECIAL SALE 12'-15*-36' BINS & FLOORS y 2 PRICE In Warranty • Slight Imperfections Limited Quantity the first record broken in 1980 and perhaps the last one before rtext Spring when the support price is adjusted on April 1. Getting back to December, you can thank two more records made this month for these price increases. A butter price of $1.3016 and a powder price of .8387 cents just barely edged up into the “record” category by fractions of a cent but enough to do the job. All of these prices were just pennies over previous records but I thought it would be a nice way to cheer you up with the thought for 1979 that all’s well that ends well. However, you still have a blend price to get on your December’s milk but it won’t be a record. That one you made bade in October with $12.64 that was helped by a Louisville Plan payment of 44 cents. MARTIN GRAIN DRYING SYSTEMS / i » • , / i v * r ’ ' I * < 1 >'“•'cs i**" . •• f WE RECEIVED TOP PA DISTRIBUTOR AWARD f- FOR 1977,1978 and 1979 By GSI. I MARTIN DISTRIBUTORS, INC. Rl, Lebanon, PA 17042 ; I Phone 717-866-4906 or 717-866-4555 Your dass prices in December will be higher than October (16 cents on Class I and 9 cents on Class II) but without a Louisville Plan payment in December you won’t make it. However, it’s good to know that the market ended the year on a fairly strong note in spite of the warning signs of trouble ahead for next year. About Face The administration’s bill for a security fund for dairymen surprisingly resembles the one proposed by the milk marketing cooperatives and backed by the Pennsylvania Farmers Association. Surprising, because it’s nearly the same thing that “couldn’t be done” before the PFA annual meeting. Sure, it has some dif ferences like a voluntary fund for co-ops if ten per cent of the members request a referendum and a majority of the members favor it or the delegates ask for it. Other changes are a 90 per cent paycheck instead of 100 per cent and a one cent per hundred payment. But it’s still a plan wholly funded by dealers that they said would never pass in the legislature. Yet to be heard from at this writing is the dairy com mittee of the State Grange. All they need is a “right,! face” to fall in line because Batch With Low Temp. Control *3825 Stirring Equip. Option • Drying Cap. Up to 6400 Bu. Per Day. • 15 to 48 ft. diameter bins • The only system with gas heat (up to 30°) backup to prevent spoilage. • The Martin Low-Temp Control monitors and automatically controls the temperature and the humidity. The ther mometer, hygrometer and monometer display operating con ditions, thus eliminates all guesswork in the easy operating management. • Built-in safety controls assure trouble free operation. • It operates automatically around the clock in sunshine or rain, heat or cold, without any babysitting or readjustments. Strengthen supports during embargo, firm asks DEKALB, IL. - The head of one of the nation’s leading agricultural firms Thursday called on President Carter and Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland to take im mediate action to cushion the economic setback the Soviet grain embargo is causing American Farmers. In a telegrammed message, T.H. Roberts Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of DeKalb Agßesearch, Inc., requested Carter and Bergland to instruct the Commodity Credit Corporation to pur chase corn and Wli§at on the open market at the average farm prices of January 4, 1980, the day the embargo was enacted. their plan is a fund financed equally by producers and handlers. There is still a lot of “dressing up” to do in the ranks before going to battle when the Legislature returns on January 21, but it appears that this time, at last, the troops may get out of the trenches to see what the enemy looks like. MARTIN LOW-TEMP SYSTEM . ‘S WAREHOUSE SALE Prices Limited to Items In Stock New Mix Mill Soybean And Corn Roaster.. Used Mix Mill Soybean . And Corn Roaster.. ....*2,200 New Mix Mill Grinder Mixer *l , 848 Used 8 Ton Double Comp (3&5) Feed Tank Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 26,1980—P3 On that date, cbm was selling at $2.40 per bushel and wheat at $3.90 per bushel. Roberts pointed out that a similar situation in 1971 showed that only relatively small amounts of grain would have to be purchased to achieve this price ob jective and prices would quickly return to their January 4 levels. As an alternative to that proposal, Roberts suggested the 1979 crop loan levels be increased to $2.40 for com and $3.90 for wheat. “The price improvement resulting from this approach would benefit all farmers whether they participated in the program or not,” he said. Roberts further urged Carter and Bergland to announce immediately a 1980 paid diversion program for com and wheat. “Although this action is contrary to the near-term self interest of the seed business,” he said, “it is in the best interest of farmers. Therefore we support it.” “The President’s embargo was made in sincere con viction that it’s in our Name ■ Address {city *3,900 { State ! Phoni •950 national interest. We strongly believe, therefore, that its costs must be shared by the entire nation, not primarily by farmers, who so far have carried most of the load in the form of grain price decline,” Roberts said in his statement Roberts sent the telegram to Washington in reaction to government programs announced through January 9, which he termed inadequate. “Farmers face lower prices this year unless the federal government takes stronger steps than it has so far to correct the price decline caused by President Carter’s decision,” Roberts said, adding, “The Russians may respond to the embargo by cutting back their livestock herds as they did in 1976 after a bad crop in 1975. This will reduce grain demand for more than just this year, should Soviet- American relations return to normal.” Roberts said all of the actions he is suggesting the government take are within the present authority of the Secretary of Agriculture. __ FREE INFORMATION PLEASE SEND INFORMATION & PRICES ON THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: Martin Flo-Moor Martin Low-Temp. Storage Bins Hopper Tanks Transport Auger Grain Cleaner Bucket Elevators Dump Pit U Trough Auger Chain Conveyor Mix-Mill Feed Factory Mix-Mill Grinder Mixer Automatic Mill System Pneumatic Feed Blower Soybean & Corn Roaster Feed Tanks Feed Auger System Flex Augers Methane System Alcohol System Others
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