C.o* . .1 } L A o 0 S0V)1° J\)VS' 0 "* ~v rt lO><VCfc‘- ! ; n^Sl" ** ‘2!L " vVHW pfrK ' 1 1 < I SM jm MMhM VOL. 30 No. 21 C Gala Hill Kelly Ned-Red caught the judge’s eye and earned the grand championship at the Holstein State Spring Show in Harrisburg on Thursday. From left are Lynette Loper, state dairy princess; Harvey Clem; and show judge Robert Brown. State Holstein title to Kelly Ned-Red again BY WENDY WEHR HARRISBURG When you go to a state Holstein show, you ex pect the top cows to all be there m black and white. But sometimes expectations are dashed and a splash of red reigns in the Holstein show ring. C Gala Hill Kelly Ned-Red returned to claim the senior and grand championships at the Holstein state spring show on Thursday in Harrisburg. Kelly Morris, Wenger introduce farmland preservation bill BY JACK HUBLEY MECHANICSBURG - Members of both the State House and Senate unveiled legislation this week that would allocate state funds for the purchase of conservation easements. Such easements would allow prune farmland to remain in production by paying landowners the difference between the land’s agricultural value and its value for development. The announcement came Wednesday on the farm of Robert a’d Michael Berkheimer, Mechamcsburg, where prime sponsors Sen. Noah Wenger (R- Ephrata) and Rep. Sam Moms (D- Pottstown) held a news conference to introduce the bill. Also present were co-sponsors Rep. Carmel Sinanni and Sen. Patrick Stapleton. The proposed legislation would amend Act 43, of 1981, which authorized the creation of agricultural areas, but made no provisions for the actual purchase of development rights other than through county funding. This will have the state become Five Sections. Ned-Red, owned by Queens Manor, Jamestown, was also named grand champion at the state cham pionship show last September. Out of Gala Hill Dale-Red, Kelly Ned-Red is sired by Agro Acres Marquis Ned. Breeder of the fancy red cow was Robert Blair. Kelly Ned-Red also earned production honors in her five-year old class with a record of 25,268 pounds milk and 1010 pounds fat (Turn to Page A3O) a partner, along with local governments and the counties, in providing funding for purchasing conservation easements and assuring that at least some of our prime farmland will continue to be Responding to questions about proposed farmland preservation legislation are (left) Senator Patrick Stapleton, Representatives Carmel Sirianni and Sam Morris, and Senator Noah Wenger. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 30,1985 Production to increase as dairy diversion ends? BY JAMES H. EVERHART The end of the 15-month dairy diversion program brings some hope of improved prices and a lot of uncertainty about the futuie of dairy production and profitability. Experts interviewed by Lan caster Farming said they expect production figures to increase slightly following the end of diversion next week. But they said the small production hikes in the range of one to two percent would most likely reflect improvements in the feed prices, rather than the release of products withheld from the market because of the producer paid diversion program. “There will be a spring flush, all right, but I don’t see any flood,” said Penn State Extention Agent Tom Jurchak. “If there is, it will be because of the feed-pnce-to milk-pnce ratio, rather than the end of the diversion program.” The Middle Atlantic states, will T je affected less than most other areas of the country, because of the low level of participation in the program, added James Fraher, economist for Interstate Milk Producers. Only eight percent of Penn sylvania’s dairy farmers signed up for the plan, agreeing to “divert” only about two percent of the state’s milk production, Fraher said. And much of the reduction of the past year, he added, could be at tributed to the unfavorable feed available for agriculture in the future,” Wenger said. And to slow the steady loss of the commonwealth’s farmland, Wenger, Morns and their co (TurntoPage A 27) price situation, rather than the voluntary reduction program. Adds Penn State ag economist Jack J. Kirkland, “a lot of them saw the advantage in taking money for what they’ve already done.” Production m the future, the economists said, will be more strongly influenced by outside factors like feed and milk prices than by the end of the diversion plan. INSIDE this issue Dairy policy As the Farm Bill and other Administration proposals begin to take shape in Washington, more attention will be drawn to dairy policy This week, Lancaster Farming begins a senes of nine articles written by dairy experts, who attempt to define the issues at stake Turn to page A 36 for the first in the senes Lehigh Valley Farm stress, the im mediate future of prices and a whole host of farm problems were among the topics discussed at the meeting this week of the Lehigh Valley Farmers. For more information on the meeting, turn to page A 24. APR 3 ISSS $7.50 per Year Figures for February, in fact, indicated that milk production already has begun to climb. That month’s figures, available only recently, indicate production has increased about .8 percent, the first increase observed since the program began. Fraher in particular discounted the possibility that milk production would increase dramatically (Turn to Page A3B) Exclusive TV Sale A Pen-Col bull brought $75,000 in the Exclusive IV and 331st Garden Spot sales in Lancaster Wednesday For more information about the sale, turn to page A 33 Dairy features With the end of dairy diversion comes a new market and a new set of realities for dairy farmers. Lancaster Farming takes a look at the dairy picture from the grass roots level this week, focusing on several individual farming operations. Head about the Leather-mans of Schuylkill County on page A2O, the Graybills of Lancaster County on page A2B, and the Stnckers of Berks County on page A 32.
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