CSS—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 16,1980
The why and how of milk controls
FLEMINGTON, N.J. -
When XYZ Cola goes up in
price at the supermarket,
it’s generally accepted.
Inflation! Costs of
ingredients continue to
climb. Costs of bottles,
cartons, handling,
distributing, merchandising
are all on the upswing.
We may grumble a bit, but
we pick up a bottle or two
and move on to the next item
on our shopping list. You can
almost count on it being
higher in cost than the last
time you were in the store.
That goes for non-food items
as well as food.
Now milk, that’s different!
We know when the price goes
up. We brace ourselves for
the stop at the dairy counter.
After all we read last week
that milk was going up a %
cent a quart. Sure enough, a
gallon of whole milk is up a
couple cents from our last
shopping trip.
Everyone is kept informed
as milk prices increase. And,
since milk is such a
uniformly accepted and
utilized food commodity,
just about everyone is af
fected by changes in its
price.
Aerial seeding.
topic of farm
crops program
FLEMtNGTON, N.J. -
The aerial seeding of cover
crops m standing soybeans
and com will be the lead
topic on the program, “Field
Crops II - Grain,” scheduled
by die Extension Service for
Tuesday, February 19, 8
p.nL, m Hunterdon’s Ex
tension Center, Flemington,
N.J.
Three area farmers will
discuss their experiences
i with rye, annual ryegrass,
and hairy vetch as cover
crops seeded in September
in corn and soybean fields,
reports C. G. Wettstein,
Hunterdon Agricultural
Agent
The practice is growing in
popularity with area far
mers in attempting to reduce
soil run-off. The seed ger
minates and begins to grow
before the existing crop of
beans or corn is harvested
Once the crop is removed,
the cover crop develops
rapidly.
Rick Loveless, Dairy and
Crop Enterprise Salesman
for Agway, will discuss
application procedures.
Agway was one of several
organizations coordinating
the aerial seeding program
this past fall.
Other subjects and
speakers on the February 19
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Dairy industry people say
that milk is nature’s most
perfect food. They seem to
have the facts to prove it. It’s
the choice of mothers raising
toddlers and teen-agers, and
senior citizens concerned
about their well-being, to say
nothing of the rest of us who
enjoy and benefit from
drinking milk.
Dairy farmers, those at
the “udder” end of the dairy
business, don’t really like all
the publicity that milk price
hikes get. They kind of feel
its unfair. Their product is
being zeroed in on as one of
the causes of increased food
prices.
After all, they feel the
effects of inflation, too. Fuel
prices have dose to doubled,
labor is up significantly,
utilities up sharply, costs of
feed and supplies all up. It
just costs more to produce a
gallon of milk. That upward
trend goes on and on, it
seems.
Why the publicity on milk
pricing? Joseph Loh, Chief
of Licensing and En
forcement for New Jersey’s
Department of Agriculture's
Division of Dairy Industry
reminds us that the division
program are as follows:
“Field Crop Varieties...An
up-date for 1960,” Dr. James
Justin; “Soil Fertility
Research... A Progress
Report,” Dr. Roy Flannery;
and “Controlling Insects in
Field Crops-1900.”
A discussion of the
production of waxy corn, a
variation of field com sought
by com processors, will be
presented by James John
son, Manager of Farmers
Brokerage and Supply Co.
A number of credits for
continuing certification will
be available for certified
pesticide applicators in the
agricultural plant category
and in Core.
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supplement that helps you keep production up while holding costs in line.
Plus you get savings in time and effort.
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The news releases prepared
-by DDI are aimed at in
forming local stores of the
minimum retail price for
whole white milk and also
the consumer, making the
consumer aware of price
changes.
He also says that the milk
price minimum has been
lowered at times, not just
raised.
The Division of Dairy
Industry sets the minimum
retail price for whole white
milk in the state on quarts
and gallons. On November 1
the price rose % cent a
quart. The lowest prices at
which milk can be sold at
present is 46% cents per
quart, 88 cents per % gallon,
and $1.70 per gallon.
Woodson Moffett, director
of DDI, reports that at this
particular time, the price
change reflects the prices
paid to dairy fanners. And,
the price to dairy farmers is
a result of strong demand for
manufactured dairy
products and a tight milk
supply situation.
Seasonally, we’re in a high
fluid milk demand time new.
As spring rolls around, we
often experience more milk
than needed.
The present system
reflects supply and demand
changes which have been
routinely announced since
this system became ef
fective in 1972.
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There is a move, a hope,
that the system will be
modified to also take into
account changes in cost of
fuel, labor and utilities.
That’s still in the planning
stage.
Director Moffett explains
the “why” of minimum
prices on milk. It’s to
prevent destructive com
petition and below-cost
selling in the marketplace,
he says. And, it’s resulted in
lower prices in New Jersey
compared to those in
neighboring markets and
other markets in the
country.
A few examples - in
Boston, gallon price is $1.74.
In the midwest, Des Moines,
$1.89; Minneapolis, $1.85;
Columbus, $1.73. In the
south, Raleigh $2.11; eastern
Virginia, $1.93.
Compare the value in a
jug of milk to most any other
beverage. It’s still a good
buy!
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