C3B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 29,1980
After 16 months of in
creases in national milk
WASHINGTON, DC - For
the second year in a row,
US. feed gram producers
will not need to set aside
acreage to be eligible for the
farmer-owned reserve, com
modity loans and target
price protection, Deputy
Secretary of Agriculture Jim
Williams said last week.
“Feed gram producers
need only to be sure they
plant within their normal
crop acreage on all farms in
which they have an interest
to be eligible for program
benefits in 1981,’ Williams
said.
The normal crop acreage’s
are currently undei review
and may be adjusted in
cases where appropriate to
more adequately reflect
farmers current croppmg
progiams and the applica
tion of best farming prac
tices, Williams said
“With world coarse gram
production likely to be down
slightly from last year,
domestic 1980 crop produc
tion estimated to be 18 per
cent lower than last year’s
crop and the demand for
grams continuing to rise, the
US. Department of
Agriculture expects a
drawdown in stocks and
higher prices
' The provisions of the 1981
feed grain program will
allow U S farmers to res
pond to domestic and world
market requirements but
still provide them with price
and income protection,”
Williams said.
The Milk
Check
TOM JURCHAK
County Agent
production, in spite of
declining consumption and a
Grains eligble for reserve;
He said producers should
remember the importance of
good farming practices as
they plan for 1981; and he
recommends against br
inging fragile lands into pro
duction “Farmers who
plant these lands in 1981 will
not have this acreage added
to their farms’ normal crop
acreage in subsequent
years,” Williams said.
Williams said the loan
price will be at least $2.25 for
com and other feed grain
loan prices would be based
upon a feed value relation
ship to com.
Feed gram target prices
for 1981 crops will be an
nounced next spring but will
be at least equal to the 1980
levels of $2 35 per bushel for
corn; $2.50 per bushel for
sorghum and $2 55 per
bushel for barley
To qualify for full target
price protection, farmers
cannot plant more corn,
sorghum or barley in 1981
than was considered planted
in these crops this year.
Farmers who exceed this
acreage will be subject to an
allocation factor that can
reduce their target price
payment, if any, by up to 20
percent.
National program
acreages of 90.1 million
acres for corn, 15 4 million
acres for sorghum and 9.7
million acres for barley were
also announced today The
national program acreage is
the number of acres for each
crop needed to be planted to
dependency on the price
support program to give you
the increases needed to
cover m.j easily costs, the
whole dairy industry is
displaying a growing con
cern about where all this will
lead as Congress starts
writing a new farm bill in
February 1981.
That concern started
before the elections. It in
dicated a change m the
national attitude toward a
more conservative policy in
federal spending tied to a tax
cut.
The concern
beyond the
organizations to
spread
dairy
include
meet projected domestic and
export requirements, as well
PUBLIC AUCTION
Farm No. 1:67.198 Acre
Dairy and Tobacco Farm
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1980
Location: Just North of Denver in West Cocalico Township, Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania.
ATTENTION Make plans now to inspect these very fine farms These adjoining farms would
provide a golden opportunity for the large operator or for any individual wanting to purchase just one
farm Auction to be held on Farm No 1.
FARM NUMBER 1:
67.198 ACRE DAIRY AND
TOBACCO FARM
Limestone Soil
2Vi Story Frame Dwellim
Containing: Kitchen with built-in cabinets,
large living room, family room, laundry room, 5
bedrooms and full bath, attic storage. Oil hot air
heat.
x3Q2
x 37 2-Storv Cow Barn
With bulk feed bin and attached 14 x 15 block
milkhouse. 14 x 55 concrete stone silo with
unloader
66 x 25 Frame Tobacco Shed
With stripping room and dampening cellar
33 x 44 Frame Equipment Shed
• Well with pressure system
• Cocahco Creek runs through pasture area
• Established shade
• Cistern
Directions To Farm: Take Route 272 North
from Ephrata to traffic light at Reamstown
turn left towards Denver to traffic light in
Denver turn left onto South Fourth Street to
Franklin Street turn right go out of town to
second farm on right
AUCTION CONDUCTED BY:
JOHN E. and PAUL E. MARTIN
AUCTIONEERS
717 - 733-3511 - 717 - 733-3305
EPHRATA. PA.
HARTMAN, UNDERHILL & BRUBAKER, ATTORNEYS
GEORGE BRUBAKER, ATTORNEY
NOTE Inspection of dwellings at Open House Saturday, December 6 and Wednesday, December
10,1980 from 12 00 noon to 3 00 p m Inspection of balance of farm anytime For transportation or a
personal showing call Paul E Martin, Auctioneer at 717 - 733-3305 All information in this ad is
believed to be accurate, but is being used for advertising purposes only
TERMS 10% down day of Auction balance at final settlement on or before April 1,1981
general farm organizations
like Farm Bureau, Grange
and Ml? O and resulted in the
organization of the National
Task Force on Milk Supply
Management.
Then- objective is to get
producers to voluntarily
reduce the milk supply to
bring it into clear alignment
with demand. That way you
can get more of your pnce
increases from the market
place rather than the pnce
support programs.
During the next few
months, you’re going to see
all the farm periodicals
featuring articles furnished
by the National Task Force
as provide for an adequate
carryover.
Two Lancaster County Farms
Bank Barn
on why and how you can
increase your income by
reducing the amount of milk
you produce. Over 20 papers
by authors of national
reputation will be written on
a vanety of topics from
culling your herd to post
poning expansion plans.
They will be provided to all
the media to convince the
farmers that they should
reduce production for their
own good.
With inventories of over a
billion pounds of dairy
products in government
storage on October 1 and
CCC purchases currently
running over three times as
much as last year,
something will be needed to
convince the new Congress
that the dairy pnce support
program should be con
tinued much like it has been
of
Farm No. 2: 53.625 Acre
Steer and Tobacco Farm
2:00 P.M.
FARM NUMBER 2:
53.625 ACRE STEER AND
TOBACCO FARM
Gravel Soil
Containing: Kitchen with built-in cabinets,
formal dining room, large living room, den with
open stairway, 4 bedrooms, full bath, attic
storage, oil hot air heat.
40 x 36 Frame Tobacco Shed
30 x 29 E<
• Wire Corncnb
• Several other small buildings
• Well with pressure system
• Cocalico Creek runs through edge of farm
• Established shade
Directions To Farm; Take Route 272 hforth
from Ephrata to traffic light at Reamstown
turn left toward Denver - go through Denver
after crossing bridge outside of town first farm
on left across from Denver Park
AUCTION BY ORDER OF:
MAHLON N.
ZIMMERMAN
R.D. 2. EPHRATA, PA
717-859-1127
during the past 10 years.
Up to now your record has
been good with only four
tunes that the government
had to buy more than three ,
percent of your production to‘
stabilize prices during those
10 years. Right now,
however, your record is not
so good with purchases of
over six percent of your
production to get you the
prices that you have today.
You’re vulnerable to attack
from people who have been
after your hide in the past or
just want to make an im
pression on the -national
scene.
There isn’t much time left
but if you can convince
Congress that you’re doing
something to improve the
situation,'it will certainly
help you get you a new price
support law.
Brick Dwellim
:‘A Stoi
>9 x 42 2-Stoi
Bank Barn
luipment and Corn Shed
20 x 17 Corn Shed