A36-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 20,1986
NFO Proposes Changes In Farm Bill
CORNING, lowa - Because of
the severe financial pressure
facing dairy farmers, the National
Farmers Organization has called
for two immediate changes in the
present dairy legislation under the
1985 Farm Bill.
NFO delegates, at the
Northeast Cooperative Members
Join Bargaining Cooperative
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Members
of Middlebury Cooperative Milk
Producers Association of Mid
dlebury Center, Pennsylvania
have recently reorganized and
have joined United Dairy
Cooperative Services division of
NEDCO for assistance in improved
marketing of their milk and
market wide services. Several of
their members will be shipping to
Dietrich’s Milk Products, Inc.
plant in Middlebury Center. United
has been able to increase the
producer pay price above the
minimum allowed by the Federal
Milk Market Order, the price
usually paid to dairy farmers.
Producer premiums, bonus
Cold Weather
Procedures
For AI
BY MICHAEL L
O’CONNOR
Cold weather is finally
with us and it is time to
provide some extra care
when preparing semen
for insemination. After
semen is thawed,
precautions should be
taken to prevent
thermal damage.
Cold shock is the
permanent injury to
sperm caused by a
sudden decrease in
semen temperature
after thawing. This can
occur during
preparation of the in
seminating device or
during travel to the cow.
Consider the following
precautions.
• Make sure the
animal to be bred is
restrained before
thawing the semen.
•If cattle are
restrained and in
seminated outside or in
an open environment
during the warmer
months then it may be
advisable to provide a
protected and possibly a
heated area for AI work.
If you are un
comfortable as an in
seminator the chances
of making an in
semination error will
increase.
• Check the tem
perature of the thaw
water immediately
before removing the
straw from the bank.
• Warm the in
semination rod and
sheath to body tem
perature (do not use
water for this purpose).
• Handle the thawed
semen and prepare the
rod in a warm en
vironment.
• Wrap the assembled
rod in a clean, dry paper
towel and tuck it within
your protective clothing
for transport to the cow.
Poor semen handling
procedures in the colder
months may result in a
repeat breeding
problem in the spring.
organization’s 31st annual con
vention in Nashville, Tenn.,
proposed the following changes to
improve prices for dairy farmers
nationwide. Immediate discon
tinuation of the assessment on
dairy producers to fund the dairy
program for maintaining constant
year round production, and most
favorable hauling rates and
programs initiated by United to
improve dairy farmer’s income.
United’s President James G.
Patsos stated that we are pleased
with the confidence exhibited by
Middlebury Cooperative members
in joining our growing
organization. United Dairy
Cooperative Services is a
bargaining cooperative whose
main interest is to provide the best
opportunities available for
marketing their member’s milk
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and equipment that may prove
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termination program; and
elimination of the scheduled drop
in price supports, which is
scheduled to begin Jan. 1,1987. The
organization strongly opposes the
first 25-cent cut as well as any
additional cuts which may be
made during the year.
“Pending new and more
desirable legislation, immediate
changes are necessary in present
dairy legislation,” NFO Dairy
Director A 1 Scott emphasized.
“More dairy farmers have sold out
because of financial difficulties
than the total number who sold out
during the dairy termination
program.
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To Save Dairy Farms
“With reduction in supply of
milk far above expected levels, the
affects of further price cuts would
only be harmful to farmers, the
dairy industry and to consumers,”
he concluded.
Given these circumstances in the
dairy industry and the severe
financial stress facing dairy
farmers, NFO has proposed these
immediate changes as well as the
implementation of a three-prong
payment schedule to dairy
producers in Minnesota and
Wisconsin beginning in February.
As of Feb. 1, 1987, the organization
will pay its dairy producers in
these states three times per month
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instead of the traditional two times
per month established by the dairy
industry. The payment schedule is
expected to be expanded to other
states in upcoming months.
“We are certain that if enough
dairy producers participate with
us, we can effect a permanent
change in the dairy payment
schedule,” Scott asserted. “We ask
all dairy producers to consider our
efforts to raise prices and to ship
with us to make this necessary
change in the dairy industry. We
also ask producers to write or call
their dairy plants and legislators
supporting these changes to im
prove price levels for all farmers.”
Our Thanks To
All The Dairymen
For Their Patronage
During 1986.
We Will Continue To
Give Our Best Effort
& Offer The Finest
Service You Deserve
For 1987.
We Wish You
And Your Family
A Joyous Christmas
And A Happy
New Year
FISHER & THOMPSON
INC.
127 Newport Rd., Leola, PA
Amos Fisher & Rick Thompson