Herd buyout details
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Dairymen operating more than
one herd production unit cannot
sign up just one. All herds carrying
a producers name must go in the
buyout program together.
Bid acceptance lies totally
within the discretion of ' the
Secretary of Agriculture and there
could be a greater number of. bids
accepted from one region of the
country than another. This
discretionary power would allow
the Secretary to eliminate larger
amounts of production, at possibly
higher bids, in certain regions of
the country, while rejecting lower
bids in areas of milk deficits.
According to Collins, com
position of a herd may also weigh
heavily in the acceptability of a
bid. A herd which would sell out a
large number of heifers, along with
milking cows might be accepted
more quickly because of the need
to eliminate large numbers of
dairy animals.
A dairyman can bid on any or all
of the three “disposal periods” of
cattle, and at different bid prices.
If the bid is accepted, USDA will
decide the actual date the herd will
go to slaughter, balancing the flow
of cattle so as not to disrupt the red
Plant
Birka Barley
this spring## •
The profitable
alternative to oats.
pi ig .ey
sensible alternative to oats
especially when it's the new
Birka Barley Birka outperforms
oats in yield and test weight, and
has excellent standability It has
been the top New York grown
barley in Cornell trials for three
years in a row, and provides the
dependability that oats often
does not
For The Dairyman Birka
Barley is more than a good nurse
crop, so often the primary func
tion of oats Birka is an excellent
dairy feed higher in energy
and TDN than oats, comparable
in protein and palatability, and
excellent for standability even
when extra nitrogen is used
Birka fits well into a summer
feeding and cropping program
because it is ready for combining/
far ahead of corn harvest
f - -
meat market.
While marking of cattle for
slaughter has not been spelled out,
Collins speculates that a branding
procedure may be used. And
regulations do address the
problem of potential cheating in
the buyout program: a fine of
$5,000 per cow for violating herd
buyout regulations.
The biggest question what
kind of bidding figure might be
realistic remains unanswered.
That figure hinges on individual
debt load, financial situation and
future plans.
A diaryman with plans to go
back in business at the end of the
five-year program will have to
take startup costs into con
sideration when figuring a bid
price.
Since cattle will be sold during
the first year of the bid payout,
bidders may wish to defer ad
ditional income that year, to cut
down on taxes. Or a farmer who
plans to sell his farm toward the
end of the five years, might prefer
to take the bulk of his payments
earlier.
Collins suggest that farmers also
consider the difference in value of
cows being sold for beef, rather
than daily prices. Dairymen
high yield, test weight, and ex
cellent resistance to lodging
Two-rowed Birka is a good har
vester Its plump kernels head
out well and do not fall to the
ground before combining There
is generally an immediate
favorable price market for
barley unlike oats, which may
have to be stored to await best
price, and barley fills that long
period before corn harvest Also,
Birka's stiff, sturdy straw makes it
a good seller at the race tracks
and other profitable markets
Birka Barley is sold as certified
seed only Look for the Blue Tag
See How Birka Barley Makes
Profit-Sense in Your Feeding
and Cropping Programs.
selling costly breeding or high
producing herds for slaughter will
have to figure that loss in their bid
cost.
Production must also be taken
into consideration. A high milk
production base will help offset the
cow value loss more effectively
than a low milk production base.
Future use of the farm is a valid
consideration as well. Can it be
used profitably to produce crops
and will it provide a family home,
or must another living area be
found?
Also outlined were other
measures of the 1985 Farm Bill
that will probably effect area dairy
farmers.
One change set for May 1 is in
creased hauling differentials in 35
of the 44 Federal Milk Marketing
Orders. On a local basis, Collins
projects hauling differentials to
increase Order 2 Class I price by
approximately 30 cents and Order
4 Class I by about 25 cents. This, in
effect, reflects the cost of getting
milk from where it is produced to
where it is needed.
Another measure headed for
procedural hearings would im
plement marketwide service
payments. This would mean
reimbursement to handlers for
helping to balance surplus milk
through manufacturing plants or
for hauling it to deficit areas.
Even for dairymen not con
sidering a buyout bid, March I
may be a critical date. That’s when
the Gramm-Rudman “balanced
budget” legislation could become
reality. With 4.3-percent cuts on
budget items, there is speculation
that the support price for milk
might drop by an estimated 50
cents per hundredweight.
Follow up that possibility with
the April 1 40-cent-per
hundredweight contribution to the
buyout program, and dairy far
mers could be looking at a 90 cent
per-hundredweight cut in support
price.
Hauling differential increases
and eventual reimbursement for
marketwide services could ease
HONESDALE - The Nor
theastern Pennsylvania Maple
Producer’s Association Annual
Meeting and Dinner will be held on
Monday, Jan. 27, starting at 10
a.m., at the Pleasant Valley
Grange Hall, Route 191, north of
Honesdale.
Ed Curtis, president of the
Pennsylvania Maple Syrup
Producer’s Council and the Nor
theastern Pennsylvania Maple
Producer’s Association, will give a
report about the 1986 Pennsylvania
Key Technical
Data For
Birka Barley:
Planting Date:
Before May 15, as soon as
ground can be worked
Seeding Rate:
IK) lbs per acre
Soil pH:
6 4 or higher
Fertilization:
Not Forage Seeded 211
Forage Seeded 111
Birka's stiff straw permits
maximum Nitrogen application
for Top Yields without lodging
. Seed Treatment:
Vita Flow 280 for protection
against covered smut, loose
smut, and seedling blight
Nurse Crop:
Birka allows more light
through to the seeding than
taller varieties do
Disease Resistance:
• Powdery Mildew
• Covered Smut
• Black Semi-Loose Smut
• Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus
Heading:
Midseason
Shattering Resistance:
Good
Drought Tolerance:
Good
Rough Awns
Birka Spring Barley
"Unauthorized Propagation
Prohibited US Variety
Protection Applied for
specifying that seed of this
variety is to be sold by Variety
Name Only as a class of
Certified Seed "
For More Information Or
Dealer Inquiry Call These Toll-
Free Numbers
800-462-7787 in New York
Or 800-828-7122
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 25,1986-A29
Maple Producers set annual
meeting for Jan. 27
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this cost cut in certain regions,
especially those deficient in milk.
And Collins speculates that if
Gramm-Rudman budget cuts slice
milk prices, the 25-cent-per
hundredweight drops in the sup
port price scheduled for Jan. 1 and
Oct. 1,1987 would not take effect.
Local ASCS offices will be ad
ministering the provisions of the
buyout. Final details on
regulations are expected to be in
their hands by the beginning of
February.
If the herd buyout program fails
to eliminate the substantial milk
surpluses, the Secretary is
authorized to implement a
diversion program.
Farm Show maple activities and
other state maple activities. Other
association business will also be
conducted at this meeting.
Three educational speakers will
be featured. They include: Bob
Lamb, from Lamb Naturalflow,
Inc., New York, who will present a
program titled, “The Beginning of
Plastic Tubing for Maple
Producers.”
The second speaker will be Lloyd
Sipple, publisher and editor of
“The Maple Syrup Digest.” Lloyd
will present a program entitled,
“Making Maple Sugar and Maple
Cream.”
The third speaker will be Jim
Finley, Extension forestry
specialist at Penn State Univer
sity. Jim will be explaining and
demonstrating how to check the
density of maple syrup to be sure it
is coming off of the evaporator at
the proper time. Jim is hoping to
be able to demonstrate this
technique by testing different
maple syrup samples submitted by
area producers. Area maple syrup
producers are asked to bring
samples of their 1965 maple syrup
to the meeting so that this
demonstration can be conducted.
Also, Jim will have other timely
information about the maple in
dustry to share with the group.
A maple syrup film titled, “Pure
Maple: Frost and Fire” will be
shown.