HARRISBURG - A public
hearing is scheduled to
discuss proposed amend
ments to the Red Cherry
Marketing Program of 1974.
The hearing has been set for
1:30 p.m. on Wednesday,
November 12, in Room 103 of
the Agriculture Building in
Harrisburg.
Secretary of Agriculture
Penrose Hallowell said the
Pennsylvania Red Cherry
Growers Association had
requested a referendum on a
Hearing to be held on cherry
proposed amendment which
would increase the
assessment rate under the
state’s Red Cherry
Marketing Program from $2
per ton to $3.50 per ton on
processed red cherries.
The referendum will likely
be scheduled for January
1981.
“The national red cherry
crop has been short for three
of the last four years,"
Hallowell said. “As a result,
retail outlets, bakeries and
institutional buyers have cut
back on their purchases of
red cherries. The Red
Cherry Growers Association
has requested the increased
assessment as a means to
help market this year’s crop
and to regam some of these
markets.”
He said, Pennsylvania
ranks third in the nation m
the production of red
chemes. But growers’ in
come and the promotional
momes of the Red Cherry
Marketing Program have
been shrunk by inflation.
The Red Cherry Growers
Association felt that an in
crease in assessment rates
would help fight off the af
fects of inflation on their
promotional funds while
boosting demand for red
cherries.”
The Red Cherry Growers
Association feels Penn
sylvania growers should be
keeping up with other major
production states in
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program
promotional efforts. Penn
sylvania has one of the
lowest assessment rates for
red cherry promotion in the
nation. New York currently
assesses growers $5.50 per
ton while Michigan collects
$3.50 per ton.
The Pennsylvania Red
Cherry Marketing
Program’s estimated in
come for 1980 is $3600. Of
this, $2300 is budgeted to
National Red Cherry In
stitute for national
promotion and $lOOO to
Pennsylvania Red Cherry
Growers Association for in
state promotion. Penn
sylvania’s share is used
mainly to support
promotional activities by the
State Red Cherry Queen.
The Red Cherry
Marketing Program, which
was renewed for five years
in a 1979 referendum, apphes
to all red cherry growers
who deliver their cherries to
commercial processors.
Jersey
accepts 3
COLUMBUS, Ohio -
Thirty-six bulls .have been
accepted into the American
Jersey Cattle Club’s Young
Sire Program since its
adoption in January, 1979,
and more are being
nominated daily as the high
plus Jersey bulls of the
future.
These young bulls are
sired by the top bulls of the
breed. Their sires have an
average Predicted Dif
ference (PD) of +1258M,
+43F, way above the
average PD of all active AI
sires. Even the average PD
of the maternal grandsires
of these young bulls is above
the average of the Al sires,
with a PD of +1,086M, +4OF.
In an effort to encourage
sampling of top quality
young bulls, the AJCC ac
cepts a young bull with a
Pedigree Index or
Estimated Transmitting
Ability equal to or greater
than the average PD of all
active AI bulls in any one of
the following categories:
PDM, PDF of PD$. The
current active AI average is
+1,015M, +34F, +slls.
The young bulls accepted
must also be no older than
nine months of age and have
less than 12.5 percent
inheritance from a declared
abnormality carrier. The
dams must score Very Good
or better.
Further information and
applications for the Young
Sire Program may be ob
taine by writing The
American Jersey Club, P.O.
Box 27310, Columbus, Ohio
43227.
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