Order No. 4 Base Milk
Price $13.76 For December
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Middle
Atlantic Order Market Ad
ministrator Joseph D. Shine,
January 10, announced a
December 1983 base milk price of
$13.76 per hundredweight and an
excess milk price of $12.05, The
December weighted average price
was $13.74 and the butterfat dif
ferential for the month was 16.5
cents. The base milk price was
down 18 cents from November and
the excess milk price dropped 45
cents. The weighted average
market price was 22 cents lower
than November and down 25 cents
from last December.
The advertising withholding
rate, which is deducted from the
base and excess milk prices but not
the weighted average price, was 14
cents a hundredweight and the
amount withheld totaled $719.9
thousand. The gross value of
producer milk during December
was $70.5 million compared with
$72.7 million a year ago.
Shine said that producer milk
receipts totaled 514.2 million
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pounds during December, a drop ot
6 1 million pounds or 1.2 percent
from a year earlier. This is the
first month that Order 4 milk
production has been below the
previous year since April 1982.
Class I producer milk totaled 250.9
million pounds and was down only
slightly from last December The
Class I utilization percentage was
48.80 compared to 48.31 in
December 1982. Base nulk ac
counted for 90.94 percent of total
December production compared
with 89.14 percent last year. There
were 6,981 producers supplying
pool handlers in December, 25
more than in November but down
247 from a year ago. The average
daily delivery per producer was
2,376 pounds for the month, 54
pounds or 2.3 percent above
December 1982. The average
butterfat test of producer milk was
3.87 percent in December 1983 and
3.78 last year.
Middle Atlantic order pool
handlers reported Class I in-area
milk disposition of 213.9 million
pounds during December, an in
crease of almost one percent from
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a year ago, after adjustment to
eliminate variation due to
calendar composition.
In 1983 a total of 6 14 billion
pounds of producer milk was
pooled under Order 4, almost 97
million pounds or 1.6 percent more
than during the previous year. The
gross value of this milk was $849
million in 1983, up from $832
million in 1982. A total of $8.6
million was deducted for ad
vertising and promotion during the
year compared with $8.5 million in
1982. The average daily delivery
per producer was 2,392 pounds in
1983, an increase of 82 pounds or
over 3.5 percent from the 1982
average. The volume of Class I
producer milk totaled 2.9 billion
pounds in 1983 and increased
almost 93 million pounds from a
year earlier. The Class I utilization
percentage averaged 46.98 during
the past year compared to 46.20 in
1982.
The Order 4 base milk price
averaged $13.86 per hun
dredweight during 1983 compared
with $13.81 a year earlier while the
average excess milk price was
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$12.38 in 1983 and $12.37 in 1982. The
weighted average price in 1983 was
$13.85 or 5 cents higher than the
previous year's average.
Class 1 milk disposition in the
Middle Atlantic marketing area by
Order 4 pool handlers totaled 2 4
billion pounds during the past
year, an increase of over 40 million
pounds or 1.8 percent form 1982.
NY - N J December Milk
collects $13.07
NEW YORK Dairy farmers
who supplied milk plants regulated
under the New York-New Jersey
marketing orders during
December will be paid on the basis
of a uniform price of $13.07 per
hundredweight (28.1 cents per
quart). Market Administrator
Thomas A. Wilson also stated that
the price was marketwide
weighted average of the value of
farm milk used for fluid and
manufactured dairy products.
The seasonal incentive plan does
not affect the uniform price for the
month of December.
A total of 17,135 dairy farmers
supplied the New York-New
Jersey Milk Marketing Area with
956,620,683 pounds of milk during
December 1983. This was an in
crease of 3.8 percent (about 35
million pounds) from last year.
The gross value to dairy farmers
for milk deliveries was
$128,959,988.26. 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 393,575,932 pounds of
milk for Class 1,41.1 percent of the
total. This milk is used for fluid
milk products such as
homogenized, flavored, low test
and skim milks. For December
1983, handlers paid $14.77 per
hundredweight (31.8 cents per
quart) for Class I milk compared
with $14.81 a'year ago.
The balance (563,044,751 pounds
or 58.9 percent) was used to
manufacture Class II products
including butter, cheese, ice cream
and yogurt. Handlers paid $12.17
per hundredweight for this milk.
The uniform price is based on
milk containing 3.5 percent but
terfat. For December 1983, there
was a price differential of 16.5
cents 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.
Tree seedling deadline
CHAMBERSBURG - January
27 is the last day to order tree
seedlings from the Franklin
County Conservation District
Species available this year are
Scotch pine, Austrian pine, white
pine, red pine, Norway spruce,
Colorado blue spruce, Canadian
Hemlock, Chinese chestnut, sugar
maple, red maple, and American
arborvitae We are also offering
crownvetch this year
Seedlings come from a state
certified nursery. Seedings can be
purchased in multiple lots of 5 with
a minimum order of 5 seedlings
There is no use restrictions on
these.
The seedlings are expected to
arrive the middle of April Those
ordering seedlings will be notified
of the dates and pickup areas
Order forms can be obtained by
calling the Franklin County
Conservation District office at 264-
8074 or by stopping by their office
at 550 Cleveland Avenue, Cham
bersburg
Wayne agent
takes leave
HONSSDALE Extension
director John Creighton has an
nounced that Agriculture and 4-H
Agent Tom Callahan will be taking
a leave of absence from his
position at the Wayne County
Extension Office for a period of one
year The agent plans to work on
his Master of Science degree in
Horticulture at Penn State
Callahan’s work will involve
inducing strawberry plants to bear
in the greenhouse during the off
season with alternative lighting
The study, partially funded by Ben
Franklin Contract, will hopefully
provide Pennsylvania fruit
producers a market and attractive
sources of income during the
Thanksgiving and Christmas
season The small fruit market is
established, could compete with
Florida and California crops
Callahan plans to return in
January, 1985