Most of the pleasure in
something new is getting ready for
it. Even Christmas morning is a
letdown compared to all the
preparation and anticipation. So,
maybe New Year’s day won’t be so
blah if we do a little dreaming in
anticipation of its arrival, and then
don’t take it too seriously.
We wouldn’t be human if we did
not look ahead a little bit. We can
dream and hope all we want, it
costs nothing and builds up the ego.
Jump into the future as far as you
want and make it as grand as you
can. Build a new barn, trade in the
old pickup, pave the road to the
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farm. Put in a new kitchen, add a
room for Grandpa and Grandma,
and pay off the mortgage. Might
even buy Mom a new coat and take
the whole family on a vacation to
Florida.
What the heck, it’s only a dream
so do it right while you’re at it.
I’ve been dreaming a lot lately,
so I jotted them all down so they
can be confirmed when they come
true.
Six dollar com and $l7 beans and
$l9 milk! And the misses will smile
all the way to the mall.
The church will pay off the
mortgage, republicans will control
the Senate, Israel and Iran will
build a combined Mosque-
Synagogue on the Gaza Strip, and
the U.S. will make Japan and
Taiwan theSlst and 52nd states.
Eastern Siberia will crack off
from Asia and float over to
California, making it necessary to
build bi-lingual schools in the
western States. While South
Africans will move to Australia
and make a fortune selling the
game of apartheid to the
Kangaroos.
Lee lacocca will head up the new
GM-CHRY-FOR-YOTA Corp. The
new OPEC headquarters in Dallas
will sponsor a Foundation for
Destitute Diggers, and oil will
become a collectors item at $lOO a
drop (including bucket).
Hold on, I’m not through
dreaming yet.
We’ll fill in the Chesapeake Bay
with York County and Lancaster
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State’s dairy industry, the back
bone of the state’s $3 billion
agricultural industry, may fare
better in 1967 than in 1966, a Cornell
University dairy specialist says.
“Improved farm milk prices and
stable production costs should
provide most New York dairymen
with better returns in 1967,”
predicted Wayne A. Knoblauch, an
agricultural economist at the New
York State College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences at Cornell.
These and other factors, in
cluding a better supply-demand
situation, lower assessments and
fewer uncertainties of dairy policy,
should make 1987 a better year for
dairy farmers, he said.
Speaking at the Agribusiness
Situation and Outlook Conference
at Cornell on Dec. 16, Knoblauch
predicted that 1987 “could be a
turnaround year for dairy farm
profits."
Walter C. Wasserman, a Cornell
Cooperative Extension dairy
marketing specialist, who also
spoke at the conference, agreed
with Knoblauch’s projections.
“Financial stress on dairy farms
will not be eliminated, but the
situation will not likely become
worse,” Knoblauch said. “A
combination of factors, especially
strengthening milk prices and
stable production costs, should
lead to an improved situation.”
Knoblauch said that many New
York dairy farmers have earned
excellent profits despite financial
problems.
A recent survey showed that 73
percent of New York’s dairy
farmers were in a fairly good
position financially, he said. Only 7
percent of the farmers faced
serious financial difficulty.
“Although this is a small group,
it represents a serious hardship for
the families involved in the
struggle to stay on the farm and for
those forced to leave farming,” he
said.
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The dairy herd buyout program
that went into effect in 1986 should
improve the supply-demand
dramatically at mid-year,
Knoblauch said.
Economists
He added that lower milk sup-
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County mud (with a little cheaper
imported stuff from upper N.Y.),
and then dine on synthetic oysters -
every Thursday night.
Harrisburg will fight it out with
Washington D.C. to become the
Carp and Catfish capital of the
East, with a DIRTY POOL in
every back yard.
Purdue and Reddenbacher will
form a syndicate to make popped
chicken the National emblem
(before it gets on the endangered
species list).
Now, before those dreams start
to sound a little silly, I want to
assure you that planning ahead
and dreaming can not only be fun
but profitable as well. Remember
that dreams can be within the
realm of common sense as well as
nonsense. Some dreams actually
come true, if they are backed by a
little persistence, education and
hard work. A dash of imagination
Predict Better
plies nationally, coupled with
robust commercial demand for
milk and dairy products, may
reduce government stocks of dairy
products to barely maintenance
levels.
In his presentation, Wasserman
said, “The prospect of sub
stantially reduced expenditures
for the dairy price support
program in 1987 should stave off
any interest in making major dairy
policy changes during the year.”
He estimated the 1967 farm milk
price at $11.91 per 100 pounds, an
increase of 20 cents over 1986. He
said that the greatest part of this
increase will result from a 15-cent
reduction in the assessment ef
fective Jan. 1.
New York’s total milk produc
tion in 1986 is estimated at nearly
22 billion pounds, up 1.5 percent
from 1985. With 10,000 cows
scheduled to be removed from the
New York herd in 1987 under the
buyout program, the state’s total
milk production in 1987 is expected
to decline by about 2 percent,
Knoblauch said.
Although the number of cows
MMI Returns $2.6 Million
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than $2.6 million of equity refunds
was returned to the dairy farmer
members of Milk Marketing Inc.
during 1966, according to Don
Schriver, director of member
relations and public affairs for
MMI.
Of the $2.6 million, ap
proximately $1.68 million was paid
in December as regular redemp
tions to the members and inactive
former members of Miami Valley
Cooperative Milk Producers
Association and Milk, Inc., both
predecessor cooperatives that
helped form the 1978 MMI merger.
“With this refund for 1986 the
total redemption from MMI to its
and initiative will also help. It
might even take a push from
within to get it going.
Before your hopes and dreams
for the New Year get really weird
and out of hand, I would suggest
that you eat a light dinner before
retiring on Wednesday night
Go easy qp the potato stuffing
and gravy, and lay off the onions. A
sip of white wine (medicinal) is
allowed, but avoid Irish coffee und
Schnapps. Get to bed before the
Times ball bounces on Broadway,
and I’ll guarantee that you wOl
wake up Thursday morning feeling
like a New Year has Dawned!
You might even let your wife and
kids sleep in for once. The cows
won’t mind the quiet in the barn,
and you might even learn
something new if you listen closely
to their gossip while the milk flows.
Cows dream too, you know.
Happy New Year!
Dairy Year
decreased by 1.5 percent across
the nation in 1906 under the buyout
program, milk production in
creased by 1 percent to a record of
145 billion pounds.
With an additional national
decline of 4 percent in the numbers
of cows in 1907, total milk
production could drop by 2 percent
to 142 billion pounds.
Wasserman said that milk
supplies in the Northeast are likely
to decline by between 2 and 3
percent in 1907, resulting in “an
extremely tight market” favorable
to farmers during the late summer
and fall.
Knoblauch said that production
costs including feed, machinery,
energy, fertilizer and other items
are likely to remain stable in 1907.
Improving milk prices, stable
production costs, strong com
mercial demand for dairy
products, the positive impact of the
dairy herd buyout program and
other factors should make 1987 a
turnaround year for dairy far
mers, Knoblauch and Wasserman
said.
members win total |l6 million
since MMI was organized in 1978.
This is in the line with board policy
to have a 10 year revolving plan for
member financing of the
cooperative. The ability to redeem
member equities is the result of
MMTs commitment to keep the
ownership in the hands of the
users. Redemptions are paid 100
percent in cash,” explained
Schriver.
The remaining redemption
amount, after paying the $1.6
million, has been allotted to retired
members of MMI age 68 and older,
$632,000, to estates, $269,000, and to
hardship cases, $47,000.
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