Milk diversion program
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50 but less than 100 farmers have
established bases. Only a handful
of farmers have signed contracts
to participate.”
Brubaker called the meeting
that drew an estimated crowd of
100, to clear up questions on the
Lancaster ASCS Director, Ray Brubaker, right, answers a
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legislation at a meeting Tuesday night at the Farm and Home
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themselves thus simple question,”
said Brubaker ‘Will the action
reduce the overall supply of milk ”
Brubaker summarized the
major provisions of the bill and
made a special note of final
regulations that changed from
what was originally anticapated
Dairymen who have registered'
cattle and a history of mer- ,
chandising registered cattle, under ‘
contract of the program will be
prohibited from selling registered
cattle for dairy purposes unless
sold to another program par
ticipant. This is contrary to what
dairymen were first told.
Any cow or heifer born before
April 1,1983 may not be sold after
Nov. 8, 1983 except for slaughter,
export to a foreign country or to
another producer in the program,
stressed Brubaker,
All sale of cattle must be
reported by producers under
contract Brubaker said he could
not assure dairymen who sold
cattle to a dealer with the intent of
the cow being sent to slaughter,
that they would not be held liable if
the dealer sold the cow for dairy
purposes.
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quarterly production are eligible
for quarterly payments,” he said.
“To receive quarterly payments,
the producer must bring in milk
check stubs for that quarter. The
milk check stub is your ticket for
payment.” '
Glenn Shirk, Lancaster County
dairy Extension agent, addressed
the question of who may benefit by
participating in the program.
Shirk listed producers who stand to
gam from the program as:
- producers thinking about
selling out;
- persons who want to slow down
and reduce their herd;
- those producers hit hard by the
drought and short of feed;
- producers who have already
experienced a reduction since 1981
and 1982;
- someone who wants to cull their
herd hard and upgrade it; and.
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- those producers with low fixed
cost but high variable costs, such
as someone who rents his farm and
equipment.
Shirk listed those who may not
benefit from the program as:
- the purebred breeder who
wants to merchandize cows during
the next 15 month
- producers tr> n to expand,
especially young ners with
high overhead that i .ust maintain
a certain cashflow to meet many
payments.
Producers were reminded that
the Secretary of Agriculture has
the discretion to reduce the con
tracted percentage up to five
percent if there would be an ex
cessive reduction in the level of
milk production or there has been
a substantial hardship to
producers of beef cattle, dairy
cattle, hogs, or poultry sold for
slaughter.
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