The Milk Cheek TOM JVBCEAK County Agent Peunsy Production There has been a tendency of late for producers and politicals to shift blame for dairy industry supply/demahd problems to the midweslem states. 1 guess it makes people feel better to point a finger at someone else when there’s a problem but in this case, as usually happens, it only delays the decision making needed for a solution and tends to divide those whose support is needed to provide the greatest good tor the greatest number. No matter what the decision is, not everyone benefits ior suffers} uniformly, in the case of Penn sylvania role in increasing national milk production to 10 percent beyond the commercial and governmental demand, 1 believe we’ve contributed our share. Increases here have been nothing short of phenomenal when you consider that in 1960 we were producing 12 percent less milk than we were consuming in all dairy products and now we market GET MORE PROTECTION m V FOR YOUR jL * DOLLAR UfP ID-1, A More and more dairymen who are switching tolD-1 are finding these improvements: • Better quality udders following • Calves get faster start and more freshening protection against pneumonia and scours • Getting on feed faster • Clears up a large percentage of sub-clinical and clinical mastitis • Faster milk-out with less Somatic Cell Count • Herds are getting a higher con ception rate Advantages of ID-1: ID-1 contains a higher amounts of antibodies ID-1 does work well in conjunction with antibiotics and other treatment in difficult cases ID-1 when used alone does not give cause for discarding of milk and does not cause undesirable resistance to bacteria or virus ID-1 has been developed in the field of a practicing veterinarian of 20 years ID-1 is continuing its research on its values and uses of colostrual immunology, a field of which little research has been done. Inquire About HAY CURE eii ArmiDE n jl ri in r .. • Dry, free flowing, absorbent WUKB LACTO-CAL • UMscomaiv*-tssferon A Proven Blend of cnr rmHat PaaHins «Mpmtnt Enzymes and Bacteria For Fermenting Grass Efficiency C£« Up TO 30* DIM* and Corn Silage 26 percent more than we eat or drink. Living' close to some high population densities inside and outside of the state have provided incentives to increase production and there’s nothing wrong with that but let’s see how we stack up nationally before we get defensive about “who’s problem is it?” The First Five For a long time Pennsylvania has been in the top five states in milk production along with Wisconsin, California, New York and Minnesota, in that order. Last year these states produced over half the milk in the nation with Wisconsin contributing 17 percent; California, 11; New York and Minnesota, 8; and Pennsylvania, 7 percent. They were in the same order back in 1979 the last year that national supply and demand were in balance but since then Wisconsin and California have each lost one percent of their share • Less udder edema of the national production and New York, Minnesota and 1 enn syivania have gained about a half percent but in total they were making over half the milk in the country that year also. State Increases Looking at the annual increases in each of the top five states as a percent of the previous year’s production, Pennsylvania has been in second place three of the five years since 1977. We had first place in 1977 and tied with Minnesota for the top spot last yeear. Total in creases in the top five states since 1979 were 13 percent in California and eleven percent in Penn sylvania followed by Minnesota with 10 percent and much further down the line New York with four and Wisconsin with 3.5 percent. The increases in pounds of milk for the same period for the top five states was 4.6 billion pounds with California contributing 36 percent to the increase followed tiy Penn sylvania and Minnesota with 19 percent; Wisconsin with 16 and New York with nine percent Putting it all together it appears that Pennsylvania was second only to California so you can say we’ve done our share of increasing with the best in the country. - Sun Belt Milk Whenever someone talks about percentage increases in milk production the real record holders are in the “sun belt" states that have bad recent population in creases with shifts away from the “frost belt” states. The most dramatic increases have been just within the last year and the top five states are New Mexico, Idaho, Arizona, Utah and Colorado, in that order, with in creases from eleven to eight percent in 1981. However, the total milk production of all these states is only six billion pounds or less than five percent of the national production and only about two thirds of what we produced in lennsylvama alone. So, percent production increases in these states are not very important in the national supply/demand situation and, for the most part, represent milk deficient areas because of increasing population. A Spade a Spade There will be a flood of rhetoric Pa. milk production up HARRISBURG production in Pennsylvania during June 1982 totaled 793 million pounds, up three percent from a year earlier according to the Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service. The number of milk cows in the Commonwealth averaged 721,000 bead, up 6,000 head from a year ago with milk production per cow in June averaging 1,100 pounds, up 20 pounds. Milk production in the state during the April-June quarter totaled 2.4 billion pounds, three percent above the same period in 1981 and six percent above the first Quarter of this year. Milk production per cow for the quarter averaged 3,317 pounds, 57 pounds more than in the second quarter last year. Your silo walb stay clean and your Pats unloader stays level. Spring tension keeps the self-sharpening Patz power cutter knives tight to the silo wail. With no silage buildup, your Patz silo unloader stays level for reliable feeding. Choose Patz ring-drive or surface-drive silo unloaders to meet varied needs. PatZ • Performance Strong as Stool DISTRICT MANAGER - GEORGE HEATH 472 Woodcrest Dr. Mechanicsburg. PA 17055 717-737-0002 Contact your nearest Patz dealer ALEXANDRIA MAX ISENBERG 814-669-4027 BALLY LONGACRE ELECTRIC 215-845-2261 BENCE FARM EQUIPMENT 814-623-8601 BELLEVILLE MACLAY C SON 717-935-2101 CAMP HILL LLOYD SULTZBAUGH 717-737-4554 CHAMBERSBURG CUMBERLAND FARM & DAIRY INC. 717-263-1965 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 31,1982—015 on industry problems from now to election time and you may hear a great deal of what someone thinks you want to hear and you may enjoy listening but try to keep your feet on the ground and don’t be afraid to ask questions especially of speakers with easy answers. Individual states may take different approaches but milk is produced in nearly every one of the 3,000 counties in the country and is more of a national commodity than any other farm product. We’re also going to need friends wherever we can find them before we’re through with this one, so let’s not alienate anyone before we get started. Gram and other concentrates fed to milk cows in the Commonwealth on July 1 averaged 14.7 pounds per head, down 0.1 pound from last year at this time. The value of grains and other concentrates fed to milk cows averaged $B.lO per hundredweight, down $l.lO from a year earlier. Milk Milk production in the nation during the April-June quarter totaled 35.5 billion pounds, one percent above the same period last year and eight percent above the first quarter this year. Milk production per cow for the quarter averaged 3,233 pounds, seven pounds more than in the second quarter last year. Total milk cows in the United States averaged 11.0 million head during the quarter, about one percent more than the 1981 April-June average. HAMBUBfi. FARM SERVICE 215-488-1025 LEBANON MARVIN J. DAIRY EQUIPMENT 717-272-0575 MILTON LANDISH : ARMSTEAD KENNEPVVILLE. MD AUTOMATION 717-437-2375 PIPERSVILLfe MOYER FARM SERVICE 215-7664)675 OUARRYVILIb UNICORN FARM SERVICE JAMES E. LANDIS p * s EQUIPMENT. 717-786-4158 INC - , 301-452-8521 TERRE HILL TERRE HILL SILO CO. INC. 215-445-6736 MARYLAND DEALERS ITOWN. Ml TRI-STATE FARM AUTOMATION 301-790-3698 FINDER SERVICE CO. 301-348-5263. LINEBORO. MD WERTZ GARAGE. INC 301-374-2672 NEW WINDSOR. MD ROOF FERTILIZER & CHEMICAL 301-775-7678 STREET. MD
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers