A34—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 15,1980 Chester GUTHRIESVILLE - The herd of Melvin S. Stoltzfus, of Oxford, received the top butterfat production award at the annual Chester County DHIA meeting and banquet Thursday night. The Stoltzfus’ herd produced 806 pounds of butterfat during the past testing year, topping the nearest rival by more than SO pounds. The award marked a step up for Stoltzfus, who last year placed second in the annual competition. Other dairymen honored with the presentation of plaques and rosettes, whose herd butterfat production topped 700 pounds, included Dunwood Farms, Alvin Stoltzfus, Oxford, 750 pounds; John S Stoltzfus, Atglen, 732 pounds; Jef ferson D. Yoder, Elverson, 725 pounds; Robert E. Pepple, herdsperson Mrs Patty Edwards, Oxford, 725 pounds; Paul King, Cochranville, 707 pounds Also honored with cer tificates were those dairymen whose herds topped 650 pounds of but terfat. They included- Jonas Z. King, 694; John M Umble, 693; George P Lambom, 688; Androssan Farms, 687; H. and R Mason, 677; Donald Hostetter Jr., 677; Jonas B. Stoltzfus, 670; David Windle, 670; Christ L Stoltzfus, 667;’ Ephrata Adult Farmers to meet Tuesday EPHRATA The wildlife conservation and Ephrata Area Adult Farmer outdoor recreation will be Association will meet presented Tuesday evening, Novmeber Refreshments will be 18at7.45p.m. served following the The meeting will be held in meeting, the ag department of the I ?° re . Ephrata Senior High School contact Pf I®* 1 ®* , at Following the business e School, 717/733- meeting a program on 7961, extension 261. Order tickets today for January no-till meeting LANCASTER - The Mid- Atlantic No-Till Conference, which draws capacity crowds of over 1000 farmers each year, will be held January 8 in Lancaster, with tickets available by mid- November from county agricultural agents in six states Site of this year’s con ference will be the Host Farm Resort, five miles west of Lancaster of U.S. Route 30. No tickets will be sold at the door, says general chairman Donald J Over dorff, county agent in Cumberland County The event attracts far mers from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Virginia, and West Virginia. The speaking program will cover management factors affecting the future of far ming, Overdorff stated Topics will include spraying, ' -far runoff, insect control, d; Aeather stress, and new equipment for planting and fertilizing no-tillage crops. Morning topics January 8 open at 9.30 with “Spray It Yourself”, presented by Donald R. Daum, agricultural engineer at Penn State. ‘ Chinese Fanr ng. Super-Till to No- Till”, -’ll be the topic of County Willowland Farms, 665, Merle J. King, 663, David t Weaver, 656; Richard Proud and Son, 653, and Harold R Kulp, 652 The awards were an nounced by E. Richard Hoopes, vice president; and presented by Nelson K Stoltzfus, secretary. Three directors were elected at the business session of the annual meeting. They were Glenn Freese, Oxford, George P Lambom, Nottingham; and Stephen Mason, Not tingham In a report to the assembled group of about 250, Nelson Stoltzfus an nounced that Penn State fees for testing will be increasing by four cents per cow for 1981. A report on Penn State dairy extension activities was given by Earl Baum, DHIA fieldman. Master of ceremonies for the evening was Nicholas Tkaczuk Entertainment was provided by Yvonne King, Chester County Dairy Princess, who presented her puppet milk promotion act, and the Kitchen Ramblers Band, a senior citizens group from Coatesville, which presented a medley of songs from the Roaring 20’s The annual session was held in the. East Brandywine Fire Hall at Guthriesville. William Hinton, farmer from Fleetwood, Pa. Glover B Triplett, agronomist from Ohio State University, will discuss “Tillage and Agricultural Challenges.” S.H Phillips, crops specialist at the University of Kentucky, will Grain supplies tighten , prices should rise LANCASTER Because of further deterioration in world crops and continued strong export demand, prices for feed grams and oilseeds are likely to be stronger than earlier ex pected Although world grain production is forecast up slightly for 1980-81, this will not offset the 12 percent smaller stocks carried into the marketing year In early October, total world grain supplies for 1980-8] were estimated at 161 billion metric tons down slightly from last year’s supply of 1 62 billion World cotton supplies remain tight as the smaller U S crop has reduced total world supplies for 1980-81 by about three percent from a year earlier DHIA presents butterfat awards ■ person for Robert E. Pepple, Oxford, accepts Chester County OH IA award for herd butterfat production of 725 pounds. Top butterfat award for herd production of 806 pounds is presented to Melvin S. Stoltzfus, of Ox ford, Chester County. speak on “Managing No-Till for the Future.” The afternoon program January 8 will start at 1:30 on the topic, “Stalk Borer Control”, presented by Stanley G. Gesell, en tomologist at Penn State William H Mitchell, World trade and use of grains are expected to set records in 1980-81, with ending stocks likely to be down around 20 percent from the 192 5 million tons on hand at the end of 1979-80 However, since earlier October, indications are that grain production prospects in the Soviet Union, Argentina, and Australia may have deteriorated If this is the case the world grain supply situation may be even tighter than these lastest figures indicate Next year’s carryover stocks will decline to about 10 5 percent of use the same tight relationship that stocks bore to world use at the end of the 1974-75 maiketing year when the stock/use ratio reached tlu lowest level of the 1970’s TCMIMKBMLANCBI MT University of Delaware agronomist, will describe “Energy Requirements of No-Till versus Conventional Tillage.” “No Tillage Under Stress Conditions” will be the topic of V. Allan Bandel, agronomist from the The improved farm prices of the second half of 1980 will offset the lower prices of the first half, leaving average prices received by farmers slightly higher than last year However, total cash receipts may be up six to seven percent, mainly because of larger marketings Farm in ventories of corn, soybeans, cotton, and hogs are being reduced Net farm income in 1980 I after inventory ad justment ) is still expected to fall within a range of $23 to $25 billion down 20 to 25 percent from 1979 Before inventory ad justment, net farm income in 1980 will be down less than 10 percent from 1979 Prospects for higher crop and livestock prices in 1981 Runner-up Chester County DHIA award for butterfat production of 750 pounds is presented to Alvin Stoltzfus of Ounwood Farms. :y plaqi honoring fat production of 725 pounds is presented to Jefferson D. Yoder, right, by Nelson K. Stoltzfus. Third-place Chester County butterfat award is received by John S. Stoftzfus, right, of Atglen. University of Maryland. Berkey of State College, Pa. A panel of fanners will Moderating the panel will be discuss no-till drilling of Lynn D Hoffman, Penn alfalfa and small grams state agronomist versus conventional seeding. The Mid-Atlantic No-Till The panel will include Fred Conference will include McGillvray of Newville, Pa , , displays by numerous seed E Kenneth Stonesifer of Still and chemical companies Pond, Md., and Bruce S. indicate a brighter farm behind the increase In the income situation, as cash fourth quarter, retail food receipts will likely rise more prices will increase more than costs Thus, net farm slowly than in the third, and income in 1981 is expected to the year-over-year increase increase significantly, m 1980 is expected to be possibly recouping all of this about nine percent year’s decline Next year, retail prices for Retail food prices rose at all food categories are ex an unadjusted annual rate of pected to rise faster than 12 9 percent during the third they have in 1980, with the quarter of 1980, with higher overall increase averaging farm prices the major factor 10 to 15 percent DON'T BE SLOW Call Now To Place Your CLASSIFIED AO Ph: 717-394*3047 or 717-626-1164 S®
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