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The new rates, in effect since June 27, are based on 88.5 percent of average replacement cost less average slaughter value. For example, the current rate for non-registered beef cattle is $62 up from $5O. This is 88.5 percent of $585 (average cost of replacements) less $456 (average slaughter price). Paul Becton, director of the national brucellosis eradication program for USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, said, “these more equitable rates provide an incentive SEALSTOR WE ARE GOOD PEOPLE TO DO BUSINESS WITH! WHEN YOU TALK TO US. YOU ARE NEVER UNDER ANY OBLIGATION. AND WE WILL NEVER PRESSURE YOU. PENN DUTCH FARM SYSTEMS, INC. 1730 Highway 72 North Lebanon. Penna.l7o42 PHONE 717 - 273-9324 seen for Delmarva area corn, especially non irrigated com. The moths won’t lay their eggs in dry com, so they’ll be looking for soybeans and vegetables instead. Soybeans are particularly vulnerable this year because the moths tend to be more willing to enter a crop with an open canopy Due to the dry weather, many of the soybean fields this year have open canopies. The dry weather has . also kept down the populations of beneficial insects and fungus diseases that ordinarily hold for cattle owners to cooperate fully with ongoing efforts to eliminate this disease once and for all.” According to Becton, this rate is the same for all states and will be subject to quarterly adjustment depending upon changes m market values. The new indemnity rates for non-registered dairy cattle, however, vary from state to state in keeping with the differing replacement costs nationally. Indemnity for them now averages about $460, m contrast to the old flat rate of $l5O. For indemnity purposes, such cattle must be over 20 months of age and in a dairy producmg milk for com mercial use. The rates for non-registered dairy cattle also will be subject to quarterly adjustment. * Take A d progrfssShow our Ag , Moisture S C P ofn Compare. A u mSSMtYeD-t Consider Sealstor. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 30,1980—A35 the worm populations in check. These interlocking factors, all going back to the dry weather, make conditions extremely favorable for worms. Check soybean fields frequently m the next few weeks, Graustein advises. Shake the worms onto a three-foot shake cloth and count them. Do this in at least five places in the field ten would be better. Treatment is necessary if you find three earworms per three feet of row in field with wide rows or one worm per The new rates for registered cattle, beef or dairy breeds will be subject to annual adjustment only. Compared with the old rates, however, they are up the sharpest. The registered beef breeds rate, for instance, is $727, up from $250 for any registered cattle. The new rates for registered dairy cattle vary according to breed. They are: Ayrshire - $476; Brown Swiss - $830; Guern sey - $591; Holstein - $1,000; Jersey - $922; Milking Shorthorn-$627. Although not mandatory, USDA also may pay in demnity on female calves under six months of age that are nursing reactor Hams. The new rates are $5O for non-registered females and $250 for registered ones, compared with $25 for all such calves formerly. three feet of row in fields with narrow rows. In fields where pod set is poor, treatment is necessary when the average earworm count is 1.5 per three feed of row. For soybeans, use Lannate or Nudrin at two pints, or Orthene at one pound per acre. If the infestation is severe, add one-quarter pint Parathion to the Orthene. If the population is ear worms only (no fall ar myworms or best ar myworms) you can treat with four pints of Penncap- M. Becton said the old flat rates now become the minimum rates payable. The new indemnity schedule also mcludes maximum rates that cannot be ex ceeded. Brucellosis, also called Bang’s disease, is an easily spread bacterial disease that causes abortions, slow breeding and sterility. Lower milk yields often result when dairy cattle are infected. Becton said the goal of the brucellosis program is to eradicate the disease m the fewer than one-half of 1 percent of U.S. cattle that are still infected, while protecting the more than 99.5 percent that are clean. This can only be achieved with the active participation and support of cattle producers, he said.
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