AlB—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 12,1981
ORDER NO. 4 CLASS I MILK
PRICE FOR OCTOBER 1981
Middle Atlantic Order Market
Administrator Joseph D. Shine
announced a Class I milk price of
$15.25 per hundredweight for
October 1981. This price is down six
cents from the September price
but is 61 cents above the October
1980 price.
Order No. 4 prices are an
nounced for milk testing 3.5 per
cent butterfat f.o.b. plants located
within 55 miles of Philadelphia and
also within 75 miles from the
nearer of Washington, DC or
Baltimore, MD. There is also a 6-
cent direct-delivery differential
applicable to producer milk
received at plants located within 55
miles of Philadelphia.
Shine announced a Class II milk
price of $12.59 per hundredweight
for August 1981 and a butterfat
differential of 17.0 cents for the
month. The Class H milk price is
up one • cent from the previous
month while the butterfat dif
ferential is unchanged."
These class prices are based on
the August 1981 Minnesota-
Wisconsin manufacturing milk
price of $12,47 per hundredweight
adjusted to a 3.5 percent butterfat
content.
The USDA reported that the
wholesale price of Grade A butter
at Chicago for August was $1.4803
per pound and the nonfat dry milk
price was $.9351 per pound, f.o.b.
plants in the Chicago area.
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RECOMMENDED DECISION
ISSUED ON NEW ENGLAND
MILK ORDER:
Dairy farmers, cooperatives,
milk dealers and consumers have
until Sept. 22 to give the UJS.
Department of Agriculture their
comments on a recommended
decision that would amend the
New England federal milk
marketing order.
Herbert L. Forest, dairy official
with USDA’s- Agricultural
Marketing Service, said' the
recommended decision is based on
the record of a public hearing held
in Framingham, Mass., on Sept. 9-
11. The hearing had been requested
bv the Association of New England
Milk Dealers, Green Mountain
Cooperative Federation, Inc., and
the National Farmers
Organization.- Others - submitting
hearing proposals were the
Association of Rhode'lsland Milk,
Dealers, Moser - Farms -Dairy,
Inc., and the Massachusetts Milk
Control Commission.
Forest said the recommended
decision wohld'Tevise 4he pricing'
structure under the "order by
reflecting increased hauling costs
in the location adjustments for
determining one prices at milk
plants. Also, the recommended
decision proposes changes in the
classification and pricing of milk
moved between and in the order’s
diversion limits.
The recommended decision will
be published in the Sept. 2 Federal
Register, and is also available
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Box 128 R.D. #4. Lititz. PA 17543
Wood Corner Rd.
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Phone: 717 738 1121
from: Market Administrator
Oscar Zucchi, 230 Congress St.,
Rm. 403, Boston, Mass. Comments
should be sent to Hearing Clerk,
Rm. 1077-S, AMS, USDA,
Washington, D.C., where they will
be available for public inspection.
AMENDED ORDER NO. 2
APPROVED IN REFERENDUM
An amended New.. York-New
Jersey milk marketing Order was
approved in a referendfan Sf Order
No.2producers. / ; ~
The amended opderwas ratified
by 89 percent of the 10,787
producers voting in the
dum which ended July 22, l?8iv I
The amended order, effective
September/!, 1981, was signedTn
Washington, D.C. by Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Marketing
and Inspection-Services John E.
Ford on Augustus, 1981.
The .finals decision and
referendum ordef-'were-sigßetHn'
Washington, - D;C. by Assistant
Secretary'C. W. McMillan on June
22, 1981. The amended order was
based on the hearing held in
Albany, New York in June 1980.
A recommended decision was
issued on March 12,1981 followed
by the opportunity for interested
persons to file written exceptions.
ORDER CHANGES
The amended order will include
the following charges ;
The transportation differential,
applied to Class I and uniform
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-prices, will change to +2.2 cents
for each 10-mile zone inside the 201-
210 mile zone.
The direct delivery differentia]
will be changed to a fixed dif
ferential of 15 cents per ; hun
dredweight, applied to Class I and
uniform: prices. The fixed dif
ferential will apply to all milk
producedwithin die 1-TOmile zone.
hauling deduction,,
authorized by the producer, will
change from a maximum of-15
cents' per-hundredweight to the
•fctpdf cost of'-farm-to-first plant
hauling, less the, J5-cent bulk
Aniihal rights get poultry
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meejings off to ‘hot’ start
LANCASTER - The Penn State
poultry science department is
starting off its fall- senes of
producer meetings here at the
Holiday Inn North on Monday with
a hot topic—animal rights.
The meeting, which' begins at
6:30 p.m. with dinner, will
highlight the current movement of
animal rights groups. Sharing his
experiences and up-to-date in
formation with the group will be
John Fidier of Pennfield Cor-
PVC
Heavy Duty
Galvanized
- transportation credit, and less any
amount that the class use value of
the milk at the plant of first receipt
exceeds the class use value at the
bulk tank unit. - ,
The changes are designed to
reflect the higheKcost of tran
sporting milk from farms to plants
and to achieve better price
alignment between Order No. 2
■ and the Marketing
, The chsmgeawill tend to equalize
milk among
competing ork metropolitan
area handlers as well.
poration. f
Also on the agenda is Penn
State’s H. B. Graves, a recognized
authority on animal behavior. He
be._. discussing nutritional,
management and behavorial
aspects of animal rights.
For more information, contact
Owen D. Keene, Extension
specialist m poultry science at
814/865-5573.
The Holiday Inn North is located
along Houte 30, north of Lancaster.
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