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
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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. It is
impossible to be involved in all of
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them. What these people need to
understand is that through our
early efforts, promotion and
starting markets, their own
market has come into existence.
We are like catalyst in that our
work in one area is spreading to
other areas.
Looking toward the future there
is still much to be done. More
cheese plants need to be contacted.
More work needs to be done with
co-ops. 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
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be encouraged to promote End-
Product Pricing. More research is
needed in the feeding and breeding
for protein.
Looking further into the future,
hopefully we will have a simple
and inexpensive test for casein.
Equity money is now being used to
develop one. By using casein in
stead of protein, it will make the
buying plan more equitable and
better for Jersey dairymen. We
need to start thinking about bow to
receive additional money for
rain stresses Pa. crops
the state, one inch shorter than last
year at this time. Corn in the
northern, central and southern
regions averaged 11, 12 and 14
inches respectively.
Statewide, barley is starting to
ripen with 58 percent of the crop
turning yellow and six percent ripe
compared with last year when 48
percent was turning yellow and
less than five percent was ripe. In
the northern region 55 percent is
turning yellow, in the central
region 58 percent is turning yellow
and eight percent is ripe, while in
the southern region 61 percent is
turning yellow and nine percent is
ripe.
Sixteen percent of the wheat
crop in Pennsylvania is turning
yellow, slightly behind last year at
this time when 20 percent was
turning yellow. In the north 23
percent is turning, in the central
region five percent is turning and
in the southern region 20 percent is
turning yellow. Lodging is
reported to be a problem in some
areas of the state.
The Commonwealth’s oat crop is
47 percent headed compared with
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Jersey milk because of its
manufacturing efficiency,
The cost per pound when making
cheese from Jersey milk, even
when paid for the extra yield, is
1 less than average milk. This is due
to the fixed costs being the same
whether the milk yields 8 lbs. or 12
lbs. of cheese. Equity pricing is the
best and easiest way to keep in
creasing the demand, value and
strength of the Jersey
organizations.”
53 percent last year. In the nor
thern region 49 percent is headed,
in the central region 34 percent Is
headed and in the southern region
57 percent is beaded.
Wet conditions continue to wreak
havoc on the state’s first crop hay,
with alfalfa 40 percent cut com
pered with 56 percent last year.
Statewide, clover timothy stands
are 19 percent harvested com
pered with 37 percent last year.
The quality of hay made during the
week was rated poor by 54 percent
of the reporters, fair by 43 percent
and good by three percent. The
amount of feed obtained from
postures was rated average by 55
percent of the reporters, above
average by 37 percent and below
average by eight percent.
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