Al2-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 10,1985 A panel of dairy industry leaders and economists spoke about the problems facing the dairy industry at a meeting this week at the Farm and Home Center. Participants, from left, were State Rep. John Barley; dairy farmers John Howard and John Brubaker; Earl Fink, executive vice president of the Pennsylvania Association of Milk Dealers; James Fraher, economist for Eastern Milk Producers; and John Collins, manager of Dairymen, ision. James Fraher Lancaster ag output (Continued from Page Al) state, with cattle and calves dropping slightly to 267,000 cattle sold for a value of $153.5 million. Hogs were up slightly in value, to $24 million, while numbers were off 36,000 to 304,000. It was the county’s crop year, however, which drew the most attention from Irwin. The county’s com crop more than doubled the yield from 1983 and surpassed the previous yield record, set in 1982, by ten bushels. Irwin attributed some of the increase to the failure of 1983 plants to fully utilize all the nutrients in the soil, thus giving the 1984 crop “a shot in the arm.” Soybeans, with an average yield We're Buying Quality! Fanner’s Cheese Co-Op Now Offers Premiums For Extra Quality Milk. We Want The Best Quality Milk Because Quite Simply, The Best Quality Milk Makes The Best Quality Cheese. With the use of analytical and computer technology, we will pay you (based on the cheese and cream market) what a hundred pounds of your milk will yield in cheese and cream. Farmer’s Cheese Co-Op will be paying its farmers on a bi-monthly basis, plus offering a group hospital insurance. Quality MUk Costs Mon But No Think It's North It If you want more for your milk - CALL (412) 946-8729 Ask For Ron or Jack Farmer's Cheese Co-Op Ass'n. P.O. Box 198, New Wilmington, PA 16142 (412) 946-8729 Jack Kirkland of 42 bushels an acre, reached $2.3 million, while hay, with an out standing yield of four tons an acre, totaled $29.6 million. Tobacco, an extremely drought resistant crop, remained almost identical to 1983 totals, with sales of $18.9 million on 10,800 acres in production. Wheat, barley and oats all were up slightly in value, to $2.9 million, $l.l million and $231,660, respectively. “I think it’s significant that 1984 was a record year through all the hardships like A.I. and pseudorabies,” concluded Irwin. “Lancaster County is still a very strong agricultural county, and I think we’ve got to look at the good things.” Joseph Mathis KT* ~ t w? W W' *m *m ■» <*p *r w w w m «prw^r^r!W , l^W l l9nWPW | WH|H|MaM £v** *•«¥*««*■*««*««'»**«**44it«*«««*«t**tt*tt k t*****?*****-*** ****♦)(*♦♦« ♦*♦■»*•«'«*««•«» ***««**« «#*^k ;"♦ fe* ALFALFA SEEDING WITH FLUID FERTILIZER Seeding alfalfa with a sprayer, while at the same time applying liquid fertilizer and possibly even insecticides is a very efficient method of establishing alfalfa. H Ph. 717-397-0035 U j. u AL Al. .J_ . uiA u I A Hi l ~ j. .t ..t A j . .. T Pat Wolff, a legislative aide for the Pennsylvania Farmers Association, addresses the dairy outlook session at the Farm and Home Center in Lancaster. (Continued from Page Al) his group also did not support a diversion plan, which, he said, could be costly and could result in shortages in some areas, as it did in the previous diversion program. Noting the possible impact of bovine growth hormone, John Collins, manager of Dairymen, Inc.’s Middle Atlantic Division, estimated that the new technology could increase production 10 percent, with only minor offsetting increases in feed costs. Monsanto, he said, has already had a hormone approved, and Eastman Kodak is readying its version. Introduction of the hormone, he noted, could result in another price rednetinn probably in the three We carry a complete line of most major brands of Alfalfa Seed Find Out How Competitive Our Fertilizer Prices Can Be 2020 Horse Shoe Rd, Lancaster, PA Experts view to four-percent range. During the panel discussion, Fraher noted that the health of the industry requires that supply more closely match demand. “When markets are in better balance, the price will improve,” he noted. All concluded, however, that the dairy industry must have a high degree of cooperation from the entire industry. The recent ad vertising and promotional effort, they said, is a first step in the right direction. “I think dairymen are beginning to realize that we have to sell our own products,” said Kirkland. “I think the dairy industry is finally waking up.” LIQUID FERTILIZER
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