A2B-Lancast«r Farming, Saturday, December 6,1986
Jackson , Brown Split Fayette DHIA Recognition
UNIONTOWN - Jackson
Farms, New Salem RDI, garnered
the award for high herd in milk, fat
and protein at the recent Fayette
County Dairy Herd Improvement
Association annual meeting. The
New Salem dairy won the award
for a herd average of 19,647 pounds
of milk, 702 pounds of fat and 602
pounds of protein on 126 cows.
Edward Bumworth, Confluence
RD 1, received recognition as the
second high herd in all three
categories. His herd of 70 Holsteins
averaged 18,595 pounds of milk, 650
pounds of fat and 595 pounds of
protein.
The awards for greatest im
provements in milk, fat and
protein production went to Walter
Brown, Connellsville RD 1. He
improved the herd average of his
82 cows by 2,396 pounds of milk, 77
pounds of fat and 82 pounds of
protein.
Brown also copped the award for
high cow lifetime production. His
aged cow completed a lifetime
production of 182,008 pounds of
milk, 6341 pounds of fat and 1,511
pounds of protein in 11 lactations.
Ralph Hay, Mill Run RD 1,
received the award for the lowest
somatic cell count in the county,
62,000. This low number ranks
Hay’s herd as the second lowest in
Pennsylvania.
Richard Barth (second from left), Pennsylvania OHIA
general manager, presents William Jackson of Jackson Farms
with the award for top herd in Fayette County for milk, fat and
protein. Also honored at the association’s annual meeting
were Ralph Hays, lowest somatic cell count, and Walter
Brown, most improved herd.
Kamp Farms, Confluence RD 2, 1,102 pounds of fat and 914 pounds
the third high herd for milk, fat of protein,
and protein in the county, owned The Fayette County DHIA
the top cow in all three categories finished its 57th year with 25 whole
for the year. Their 5-year-old year herds and 1,558 cows
Holstein out-produced the other averaging 15,865 pounds of milk,
cows on test with a 305-day lac- 561 pounds of fat and 504 pounds of
tation of 26,816 pounds of milk, protein.
Four Herds Share McKean DHIA Honors
SMETHPORT - Four herds
split the top production honors at
the recent McKean County
Holstein/Dairy Herd Im
provement Association annual
meeting.
Charles Irons, Smethport,
received the award for high fat
average. His 82 cows averaged
19,645 pounds of milk, 787 pounds of
fat and 639 pounds of protein. He
also copped the largest protein
increase award with an im
provement of 108 pounds.
John and Itester Lapp, Port
Allegany, reaped the top awards
for milk and protein production
with a herd average on 58 cows of
21,321 pounds of milk, 761 pounds of
fat and 667 pounds of protein.
Thomas Specs, Shmglehouse,
and Orton Kinney, Port Allegany,
were also recognized for their herd
averages.
Specs completed an average of
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fat and 644 pounds of protein. This
average unproved by 3,160 pounds
of milk from 1985 to earn Spees the
most improved herd award.
Orton Kinney’s herd average
improved by 3,103 pounds of milk
from 1985 to its 1986 average of
20,743 pounds of milk, 751 pounds of
fat and 635 pounds of protein on 28
cows.
Other herds registering in
creases over 1,000 pounds of milk
include: Ken and Doug Comstock,
2,979; Charles Irons, 2,906; John
Lapp, 2,005; Mantz Farms, 1,841;
James and Eleanor Tanner, 1,828;
Matthew Windsor, 1,541; Stratton
Farms, 1,389; and Paul Althouse,
1,387.
Safe-Rock Farm, owned by John
and Flone Lapp received the
Holstein farm of the year award.
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Experience with the
EC Program
The quota program completed
its first year of operation in April
1985. In 1983, milk deliveries for
EC-10 had amounted to 103.7
million metric tons. In the tran
sition year 1984 and 85, the
guaranteed total for the Com
munity was set at 99.024 million
tons. In 1985 and 86 and subsequent
years, the production base was
98.152 million tons.
The required reductions or
changes in the first year that
quotas were imposed amounted to
more than 4 percent of marketings
for the Community as a whole. In
some countries like the United
Kingdom and the Netherlands
reductions of more than 9 and 8
percent were required, respec
tively.
The imposition of quotas halted
the steady increase in milk
production in the EC in 1984 and
1985, and at the end of the second
year, April 1986, the guaranteed
total of 98.177 million tons was
essentially met.
The size of the penalty for over
quota deliveries has been a strong
deterrent to additional production
by individual producers. Thus, the
gap between production and
consumption in all forms plus
commercial exports has been
stabilized. There remains a dif
ference of more than 12 million
metric tons between consumption
at 86 million and quota production
of 98 million.
With a very large and complex
system to administer, involving 10
quite different member states, the
EC Commission is quite hopeful
about the operational strength of
the new program. A report to the
Council of Ministers is required on
the operation of the levy system
and the program at the end of the
1986 and 87 operating year.
It is too early to know how ef
fective the social and political
pressure among participating
countries has been in enforcement
of all the elements of the program.
The very existence of the
Common Market concept requires
strict adherence to the rules and
mandates as promulgated.
National governments are
responsible for administration and
reporting on a regular basis to the
Commission.
The allocation of the global quota
to 10 countries essentially freezes
the proportions of Community
production into the pattern of 1981.
Because quotas are tied to farms
or agricultural holdings within
countries, except for portions
acquired in national reserves,
patterns of production within
countries are essentially fixed at
least over the five years of the
program to April 1990.
It is too early to draw many
conclusions about the new system
or its performance. Production
was reduced in the first year very
nearly as targeted. A substantial
gap between production and
consumption remains despite the
quota. Not much friction has
arisen as yet because quotas are
not freely transferable.