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NEW YORK - NY - Dairy
farmers supplying milk plants
regulated under the New York-
New Jersey marketing orders
during February will be paid on
the basis of a uniform price of
$13.46 per hundredweight or 28.9
cents per quart.
Market Administrator Thomas
A. Wilson also stated that the
uniform farm price per hun
dredweight was $13.46 in January
$9Bl and $12.24 tn February 1980.
The uniform price is a
marketwide weighted average of
the value of farm milk used for
fluid and manufactured dairy
products.
A total of 17,719 dairy farmers
supplied the New York-New Jersey
Milk Marketing Area with
836,867,032 pounds of milk during
February 1981. This was an in
crease of 1.7 percent (about 14
million pounds) from last year.
The gross value to dairy farmers
for milk deliveries was
$115,176,218.19.
Wilson explained that this m
■ -Juded differentials required to be
Aaid to dairy fanners but not
voluntary premiums or deductions
authorized by the farmer.
Regulated milk dealers (han
dlers) utilized 358,271,601 pounds of
milk for Class 1,42 8 percent of the
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total. Class I milk is used for fluid
milk products such as
homogenized, flavored, low test
and skim milks.
For February 1981, handlers
paid $14.86 per hundredweight, or
York Countians honored include from left: Leo Rutter;
Martin Grey, Manager of Sinking Springs Farm; Melvin
Hertzler; and Dennis Kebert, Pennfield.
row, left: Tom Brant, D.E. Horn Co., Red Lion; Richard
Staner; Paul King; front row, left: Melvin Marks; Barbara
Kilgore; and C. Robert Kilgore.
32.0 cents per quart, for the milk
used in Class I products compared
with $13.59 a year ago.
The balance of the milk, 57.2
percent, was used to manufacture
Class II products including butter,
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cheese, ice cream and yogurt. For
this milk the handlers paid $12.68
per hundredweight.
The uniform price is based on
milk containing 3.5 percent but
terfat. For February 1981, a dif
ferential of 16.9 cents was applied
<igt» County, Md. a top producers were Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Worthington, shown with Richard Poole, of Penn
field, right.
row, left to right: Jack Miller; Daniel Vosburg; Tom Jackson;
Charles England; Howard England; Peter Knutsen of Penn
field; front row, left to right: Ed Frederick, Cecil County DHIA
Supervisor; Mrs. Yurkanin, with son John; Blair Yurkanin;
Thomas Davis, of Pennfield.
with Robert Gregory, of Pennfield are: Ray Rothermel; Leroy
Heisler; Martin Oaubert; front row, left to right: Mrs.
Rothermel; Mrs. Heisler; Mrs. Daubert.
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All prices quoted are for bulk
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210 mile zone from New York City.
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