April MOfc 12.85 NEW YORK Dairy farmers who supplied milk plants regulated under the New York-New Jersey marketing orders during April will be paid on the basis of a uniform price of $12.85 per hundredweight (27.6 cents per quart). Market Administrator Thomas A. Wilson also stated that the price was $13.01 in March 1983 and $12.82 in April 1982. The uniform price is a marketwide weighted average of the value of farm milk used for fluid and manufactured dairy products. The seasonal incentive fund removed $.30 per hundredweight from dairy farmers’ uniform price for April, a total of $3,042,619. Deductions will continue through June arid will be returned in the August through November uniform price calculations. A total of 17,600 dairy farmers supplied the New York-New Jersey Milk Marketing Area with 1,014,206,651 pounds of milk during April 1983. This was an increase of 4.8 percent (about 47 million pounds) from last year. The gross ccc donates dairy items WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Credit Corporation has donated 3,969,000 pounds of dairy products to the World Vision Relief Organization for distribution to needy persons in Poland, according to Richard E. Lyng, deputy secretary of agriculture. The dairy products include 1.323 million pounds of nonfat dry milk, 1.323 million pounds of cheddar cheese and 1.323 million pounds of butter. The . products will be given to I some 200,000 elderly persons who lack pensions, the ill and disabled who lack ac cess to social services, and to those people experiencing severe food shortages due to living standards below acceptable norms. This is the ninth program under recent legislation which' amended Section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 to allow the CCC to donate its surplus dairy products to help needy people overseas. This section also authorized domestic donations of these dairy products to help needy Americans. I This brings total value 'of food assistance to Poland under the Public Law 480 Title II food assistance program and Section 416 dairy donation program in fiscal 1983 to an estimated $51.2 million, Lyng said. cmlb asm GROW IT. HOLD IT. SELL IT AT YOUR PRICE! Red Rose’ licensed engineers have found a way for you to store gram, store equipment and save money too. This sturdy dear-span building lets you store gram until you can sell it at your price. It’s perfect for large equipment the rest of the year. Choose from a variety of designs by our licensed engineers. Get in touch with Red Rose today about the availability of deferred payment financing and lease options for Big Acre Buildings Red Rose Building Systems can build a solution for you... Send this coupon. TODAY! Or call: 717-738-4248 WHO IS Wg RED ROSE BUILDING jC BED systems? / * • Formerly Wickes Buildings / ROSE Employees! ; BUILDING SYSTEMS Call Collect 717-738-4248 IXS/21/83 ■ Please contact me with information on the following: ■ □ FARM BUILDINGS □ COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS | □ DO-IT-YOURSELF BUILDING PACKAGES ■ Fill Out And Mail To: Red Rose Building Systems, Inc. P.O. Box 56, Ephrata, Pa. 17522 Call Collect 717-738-4248 2 Name Address or RD Town J Phone (include area code) = 1 Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, May 21,1983—CS value to dairy farmers for milk deliveries-was $133,330,951.11. This included differentials required to be paid to dairy farmers but not voluntary premiums or deductions authorized by the farmer. Regulated milk dealers (han dlers) used 372,471,510 pounds of milk for Class 1,36.7 percent of the total. This milk is used for fluid milk products such as homogenized, flavored, low test and skim milks. For April 1983, handlers paid $14.84 per hun dredweight (31.9 cents per quart) for Class I milk compared with $14.71 a year ago. -The balance, 63.3 percent, was used to manufacture Class II products including butter, cheese, ice cream and yogurt. Handlers paid $12.42 for this milk. The uniform price is based on milk containing 3.5 percent but terfat. For April 1983, a differential of 16.9 cents was applied to the price for each one-tenth of one percent that the milk tested above or below the 3.5 percent standard. All prices quoted are for bulk tank milk received within the 201- 210 mile zone from New York City. f£'. vV+ State County:
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