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