AM—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Inna 26,1912 COLUMBUS, O. The following is a report by Equity specialist Calvin Covington who recently addressed the 24th Annual Meeting of the American Jersey Cattle Club. National All-Jersey, Inc. “During the past twelve months, 13 plants and co-ops have adopted milk buying plans that include payment for protein. This brings the total to over 80 plants and co ops that are including protein in their payment plana. Ten of these 13 plants and co-ops implemented End-Product Pricing. This is the pricing plan we consider the best for manufacturing milk and which we hope to get in the Federal Order system. The states of Idaho, lowa,, Utah and Wisconsin have protein markets available to most all Jersey dairymen. There are several interesting facts to point out concerning the plants that have adopted End- Product Pricing. Many are very large operations. One of the cheese plants is one of the largest in the United States. Ninety-five percent of the producers for these plants are Holstein dairymen. The boards of directors of the co-ops that have adopted End-Product Pricing have been mostly Holstein producers. This should help convince most people that Equity is not a breed issue. Everyone, by now, knows of the additional money Equity is returning to Jersey producers. It is difficult to estimate the total amount because of the large number. We do know the additional money to Jersey breeders each year is m the millions. In Wisconsin, over $BOO,OOO is being returned yearly to Jersey dairymen. It is encouraging to be able to say to a prospective new Jersey breeder that the price of Jersey milk is 75 cents to $l.OO per hundredweight more than the price a year ago, while other milk prices are 10 - 25 cents/cwt, or more, lower than a year ago. The Equity Program continues CONVERT IT from This to This 00 Convert your present stave silo to a high moisture grain unit. 1. "Guardian” sealed steel roof by DeMuth. 2. Supreme “Super Sweep" bottom un loader w/access tunnel and raised floor. 3. Sealed interior for all typos of high moisture grains. DETWEILER SILO REPAIR Rd 2 box 267-D Newville. PA 17241 Phone 717-532-3039 Covington updates Equity program to do as much as possible to keep its inventors informed about equitable pricing. This year, three regional Equity meetings were held across the country to gain input and new ideas from our in vestors. Several new Equity handouts were developed and widely distributed. Equity con tinued to advertise in major breed and trade magazines. The Equity library continued to advertise in major breed and trade magazines. The Equity library continues to be a national source for all kinds of people from dairymen to processors and also university professors to obtain information. Progress has been made with the major co-ops. One large Ohio based co-op will begin a protein premium program January 1,1983. Most co-ops are testing their members’ milk for protein. Practically all co-ops with significant manufacturing operations are carefully con sidering End-Product Pricing. Support of the Equity Program remains good. The number of investors is staying around 800. We are asking those dairymen receiving direct benefits from Equity to invest 6 cents per cwt or the cash equivalent. Six cents is a small amount to pay considering the return they are getting. There are many dairymen now selling to Equity markets with whom we were not directly involved in establishing then* market. These dairymen think they do not have to invest in program because we did not directly help establish their market. It is true that there are some markets where we were not directly involved in and there will be many more. 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More of the national dairy leaders and organizations need to Too much HARRISBURG In contrast to early-May when crops were showing signs of stress due to lack of moisture, they are now begin ning to show signs of stress due to excessive moisture, according to the Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service. Statewide, only three days during the week ending June 20 were rated suitable for farm fieldwork due to wet conditions. These activities included spraying, making hay and haylage, mowing pastures, planting soybeans, transplanting tobacco, and har vesting green beans, strawberries, cherries and lettuce. Topsoil moisture was rated surplus by 74 percent of the reporters and adequate by 26 percent. The Commonwealth’s soybean' crop is 80 percent planted, slightly behind last year at this time when 82 percent was planted. In the northern region 86 percent is planted, in the central region 70 percent is planted and in the southern region 85 percent is planted. Com averaged 12 inches high for Hesston 9’ SeH Propelled Haybine ‘lB5O OTHER NEW & USED EQUIPMENT SPECIALS SALUTE TO THE DAIRYMEN Through your efforts, we can enjoy quality 1 daily I dairy products each and every day. Congratulations, Dairy farmers, for a job well done! •