Additional Avian C & D funds requested
HARRISBURG The need for
additional cleanup and disinfection
reimbursement was a key topic
discussed during a joint House-
Senate Agriculture Committee
meeting concerning avian in
fluenza on Tuesday.
Although $2,000,000 had been
made available earlier this year to
aid stricken Pa. poultry farmers in
their cleanup efforts, it was noted
that less than $3,000 of this ap
propriation will remain after July
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The need for additional CxD
funding became evident after a
recent decision was made by
USDA to rid the state of all
“suspicious” flocks containing
birds with positive serology.
Serologically positive birds are
those having flu antibodies in
dicating past exposure to the virus.
USDA has determined that such
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birds must be removed before the
remaining quarantine can be
lifted.
About 43 serologically positive
flocks still exist within the
quarantine area, and farmers can
choose between immediate
depopulation with indemnity, or
controlled marketing (slaughter)
to be completed by September 1.
If approved, the additional CxD
HARRISBURG Pennsylvania The number of milk cows in the
milk production during May commonwealth during May
totaled 840 million pounds, down averaged 718,000 head, down 15,000
one percent from last year, ac- head from a year ago. Milk
cording to the Pennsylvania Crop production per cow averaged 1,170
and Livestock Reporting Service, pounds in May, up 15 pounds per
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Agriculture Committee, the
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Scheps denied license
HARRISBURG - The
Pa. Milk. Marketing
Board Thursday denied
a license-renewal
request from Schep’s
Cheese Company in
Bradford County.
In denying the
company’s request, the
board cited Schep’s
inability to pay
producers and
creditors. The company
cow from a year ago. averaged 10.9 million head, 256,000
United States milk production less than May 1983. Production per
during May totaled 12.3 billion C ow averaged 1,132 pounds, six
pounds, down three percent from pounds less than a year earlier,
the previous vear. Total milk cows
owes $6 million to ap
proximately 250 dairy
farmers and $l4 million
to another 100 creditors.
Schep’s Cheese closed
its Bradford County last
July while still owing
money to producers.
The Bradford plant
bought milk from
Pennsylvania producers
and sold it to Scheps for
its cheese production.
Pasture tour
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Bosworth pointed out the ad
vantages of Brassica crops such as
the rape and turnips planted on the
MacCauley farm to be utilized by
their herd of Suffolk sheep.
With a crude protein content of
18 to 25 percent and a digestability
rate of up to 95 percent, Brassicas
are an excellent, high quality
ration, Bosworth pointed out. He
also stated that their low water
requirements make Brassicas an
excellent emergency forage in
times of drought.
Bosworth noted that Brassicas
grazed to a height of not less than
five inches will regenerate suf
ficiently for continued grazing in
as little as four weeks. The use of
movable fencing was recom
mended to properly regulate
grazing pressure.
On the subject of planting, Dr.
Jung recommended establishing
Brassica crops in sod during mid-
May, with nitrogen applied at a
rate of about 75 pounds per acre.
But Jung noted that, even when
planted in August and harvested in
November, turnips produce as
much energy per acre as an acre of
corn yielding 115 bushels.
Because of their high energy and
low fiber content, Dr. Jung stated
that Brassicas should be used as a
high-energy supplement, ac
counting for not more than two
thirds of an animal’s diet. He also
added that the MacCauleys have
found this high energy level par
ticularly useful for flushing their
ewes.
“For fall forage production, I
don’t know of any crop that can
turn it on’ like Brassicas,” Jung
concluded.
Various types of Brassica crops,
including turnips, rape, swedes
and kale, are currently being
grown and evaluated for use by
southeast Pennsylvania livestock
producers. Plots are established in
Chester, Berks, Bucks, Lehigh and
Northampton Counties.
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