A24—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 18,1981
Livestock survey shows Canadian transactions up 11 percent
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Although
the volume of Canadian livestock
transactions last year rose 11
percent over 1979, the value ot the
1980 marketings was virtually
unchanged from 1979, according to
an annual study done tor Livestock
Marketing Association
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Practically ail ot some .1,000
Pennsylvania dairy and beet cattle
producers in a recent survey in
dicated that insecticides increased
their profits when used to control
animal pests.
The farmers responded through
a mail survey distributed by the
Agricultural Experiment Station
at The Pennsylvania State
Umversity. The study was carried
out to aid U. S. Department of
Agriculture personnel evaluate the
benefits and safety factors of in
secticides used on livestock.
Both dairy and livestock farmers
considered horn and face flies as
the most difficult to control m
pastures and the ones causing the
most losses in weight gam and
carcass quality as well as milk
production. Thus, horn and face fly
treatments were used most
frequently, followed by in
secticides for stable and house
flies. However, where dairy cattle
were confined in barns or sheds,
stable and house flies were a
serious problem.
In general, sprays were the most
popular form of treatment. For
horn and face flies, the primary
insecticides were pyrethrms and
dichlorvos (Vapona an example).
These insecticides were also used
widely as mist sprays on dairy
farms. Beet producers used
methoxychlor and malathion most
often as sprays.
Most farmers felt that using a
few different insecticides, applied
by various methods, gave the best
results—compared to one in-
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The volume ot Canadian
marketing transactions last yeai—
including cattle, calves, sheep,
lambs, hogs and pigs—was 22.4
million head compared with 20.2
million head in 1979.
The value ot those transactions,
however, was $5.65 billion, down
Profits
increase
secticide applied by a single
method.
Backrubbers were used as well
as sprays in treating horn thes. On
dairy farms, backrubbers most
often contained malathion,
dichlorvos (Vapona an example),
Ciovap, or ronnel (Korlan). Beet
producers used backrubbers
treated with ronnel, toxaphone,
methoxychlor, or crotoxyphos
(Ciodnn an example).
Holly W. Barr ot Washington,
Pa., graduate assistant in animal
industry developed the survey.
Faculty members involved were
Drs. Harold W. Harpster and
Lowell L. Wilson in animal science
and Drs. Charles W. Pitts and
Clarence H. Collison in en
tomology.
Most dairy and beet cattle
producers in the study applied
insecticides to animals or housing
when insect pests were numerous
or when animal discomfort was
noticed. Very tew of the farmers
found any harmful effects from
insecticides on animals being
treated or on workers applying the
insecticides.
"Costs_ot all insecticides were
quite minor tor both beet and dairy
herds in comparison to other
production costs,” declared Dr.
Lowell Wilson, professor of animal
science.
Although the farmers indicated
that insecticides were a necessary
part of their management
programs, manure removal and
cleanliness were also cited as
essential tor adequate pest control.
Clipping of grass and weeds
slightly uom 1979’s $5.74 billion.
The figures are in Canadian
dollars/
Coupled wun previously an
nounced U.t>. figures, the volume
total tor both countries last year
was 260.9 million head, up sharply
from the 1979 figure of 249.6 million
with insecticides
around animal housing facilities
and in pastures also helped reduce
pest problems.
Dairymen used dichlorvos and
phrethrms most otten to control
house, stable and horse thes. Beet
producers, however, preferred
malathion, Ciovap and pyrethrms.
The residual spray used most
frequently on housing was
dunethoate (Cygon an example).
Cattle grubs, a frequent problem
Cheese prices affect all dairy
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Cheese
prices reflect expanding
production and consumption in the
industry, increasing domination by
fewer firms, and substantial
governmental regulation.
The demand for cheese and
resulting prices affect milk sup
plies and, m turn, the supplies and
prices of all dairy products. Cheese
prices doubled m the seventies.
Increased prices for all dairy
products were partly a result of the
rising demand for cheese.
U.S. cheese production more
than tripled to 3.7 billion pounds
between 1950 and 1979, resulting in
cheese utilizing 25 percent ot all
milk production by 1979—up from
10 percent 30 years ago. Per capita
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After adjusting tor the Canadian
currency difference, the 1960
transaction value tor the two
countries was $58.7 billion, down
from the 1979 total ot $61.1 billion.
These are totals in U.S. dollars.
LMA officials said the survey is
with beet cattle, were treated most
often with famphur (Warbex an
example), or with coumaphos (Co-
Hal). Cattlemen were finding that
grub treatment should be done in
late summer or early tall.
For additional information on
the study, or other aspects ot
controlling pests on livestock, get
in touch with Clarence H. Collison,
106 Patterson Building, University
Park, Pa. 16802.
consumption more than doubled.
The nationwide price ot domestic
and imported cheese is based on
pnces established at the National
Cheese Exchange m Green Bay,
Wisconsin, although it handles only
about 1 percent of cheese
production. Prices set at the ex
change are closely tollowed by
other major markets. Cheese
prices strongly influence farm
level manufacturing and fluid
grade milk prices.
Dairy farmers receive about 43
cents of each retail dollar spent on
cheese. Processing, packaging,
and transportation account tor the
remaining 52 cents. Retailers
receive a higher profit from cheese
than from other dairy products.
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transactions, the volume and value
survey provides a more realistic
picture of commerce in an industry
where livestock change ownership
frequently, than by using
traditional slaughter or inventory
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Animals sold more than once
during the year are included as
more than one transaction, and the
value is the dollar total of ail
transactions.
Other highlights from the
Canadian survey (value amounts
are in Canadian dollars):
—Although the volume of cattle
and calves stayed the same in 1979
and 1980, 7.4 million head, their
value in 1980 dropped to $4.34
billion, down from the 1979 figure
of $4.47 billion.
—Hog and pig volume jumped 17
percent in 1980, to 14.8 million
head, from 12.6 million head in
1979. The value ot those tran
sactions, however, rose only
slightly to |1.28 billion from 1979’s
|1.25 billion.
—The unchanged volume ot
sheep and iamb transactions,
200,000 head in both 1979 and 1980,
was coupled ifrith an increase in
their 1980 value to |l7 million, from
$l5 million in 1979.
The study is done tor LMA by
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