The Milk Check TOM JUHCHAK Comity Agent December Pool The uniform price to producers for milk shipped to regulated handlers in Order 2 in December was $13.41 or 30 cents less than November and exactly the same as December IS6I. All of the 30 cent drop could be accounted for in the Louisville Plan payment you got in November which was the last one for the yearr Production was up more than four percent (on a daily basis) over November and more than three percent over December 1961. The highest for December in 18 years. However, your Class I price was up ten cents and the Class n price up six' cents over November so you were able to maintain the same blend price (without the Louisville Plan payment) as you had in November. Your increased'production and the drop in Gass I sales lowered the Class I utilization 2.8 percent to 42.1 but the higher class prices kept the uniform price up. Confusion Now that the federal judge in Columbia, South Carolina has issued a temporary injunction on January 10 stopping the Secretary of Agriculture from collecting SO cents a hundred on all milk to cut the costs of the dairy price support program the milk marketing situation is even more uncertain Bladex* herbicide for corn has proven its excellent broad spectrum performance in reduced/no-till acres. Used alone or tank mixed with atrazine or other herbicides. Bladex stops both grasses and broadleaves. because it now goes to trial but no one knows when. Handlers are over a barrel deciding whether or not to collect the asses.sment.~A letter bom the USDA to “responsible persons” made the handlers responsible for the collection “should it (the USDA) prevail in the litigation/’ Some handlers have sent letters to their shippers giving them the choice of paying now or later if the restraining order is lifted thus shifting the responsibility to the producers. A few coops are collecting and holding the money for producers. Mostly, however, nothing is being collected with the expectations that either the in junction will be made permanent or, by the time it is lifted, there will be so many uncollected funds that the USDA would have a hard time collecting anything. Get In Lise Besides, even if this injunction is lifted soon, you’d have to get in line to start another one against the USDA for the same purpose. It seems nearly every dairy cooperative in the country, and some state and national farm organizations, have joined with others to file a suit. They come from five different states and so far I’ve counted at least seven different suits that are filed or threatening to be filed. (Continued from Page A 22) Gem hunters and members of artifact clubs have frequented the farm. In fact, Francis has collected a few crude hand tools which probably were formed more A few Cedar-Fringed herd members leave the shelter of their loafing barn and make the most of a Lancaster County sunny afternoon. If this one fails for its reason of “irreparable damage” to South Caroline producers there are more ready to go for reasons of un constitutionality, procedures violations and ineffectiveness for the purpose intended. It just seems like legal overkill to have seven law suits for the same purpose but maybe that’s what it takes to get-the job done. At least organizations joined forces to save legal fees and I hope that while they were together starting law Bladex controls foxtails and fall panicum after they’ve germinated and emerged. It provides effective burndown activity on emerged weeds, especially when applied with liquid fertilizer or contact herbicides. Residual control lasts up to 12 weeks, Kirk Guernseys than a IflOO 8.C., he says. gut irregardless of the gem or Franm laughs when he says semi-precious stones that rest in that after plowing and discing, he the Cedar Fringed land, the Kirks woiddn t mind inviting the gem only had to walk as far as the bam hunters back to pick all the rocks in 1982 to strike cold ♦hpv want. 0 ouits thev nim "wnt