USD A Recommends Federal Order Component Pricing
JULY, 1987: For the first time
in history, the dairy Division of the
United States Department of Agri
culture’s (USDA) Agricultural
Marketing Service has recom
mended that a Federal milk mark-
Contest Winners
The Schuylkill Conservation
District sponsored two contests
held in conjunction with the
Schuylkill County Fair. The Soil &
Water'Contest exhibit, won by the
Blue Mt FFA, portrayed the FFA
members planting trees for erosion
protection and wildlife needs on a
plot of land near Hawk Mt. A $lOO
first place award was presented to
the Blue Mt FFA. Their advisor is
Charles Heim.
The District also conducted a
contest at their exhibit in the dis
play tent during the fair. Particip
ants were asked to determine the
amount of soil lost in gullies which
were shown on a photograph.
Suzan Koziol of Zions Grove won
the first place Kwanson Flowering
Cherry Tree, Alberta Huntzinger
of Orwigsburg won the second
place Blue Spruce and Norman
Brobst, Tamaqua, won the Cana
dian Hemlock. The amount of soil
lost in the gullies was 27,400 lbs.
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eting order price milk on the basis
of its protein, as well as butterfat,
components.
The recommended decision will
affect milk in the Great Basin Fed
eral Order which includes all of
Utah and parts of Idaho, Nevcda
and Wyoming. The recommenda
tion follows hearings which took
place in March, 1986 in Salt Lake
City, Utah.
The recommended multiple
component pricing plan would
basically leave the pricing of Class
I (fluid) milk the same as present
Class II and 111 (manufacturing)
milk would be priced based on
both its protein and butterfat
content
For example, a dairyman selling
milk with 3.5% butterfat and 3.0%
protein in that area today receives
$11.95 per hundred weight (cwt).
A dairyman selling milk with 5.0%
butterfat and 4.0% protein receives
$14.35 per cwt
Under the recommended pricing
plan, the 3.5% butterfat and 3.0%
protein milk would be worth
$ll.lB per cwt. The milk with
5.0% butterfat and 4.0% protein
would bring $15.11 per cwt.
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The proposal was first brought
forth by Intermountain Milk Pro
ducers Association (IMPA), a
large, farmer-owned milk market
ing cooperative whose members
produce the majority of the milk in
that marketing area. Testimony
supporting the proposal was given
by several leading milk marketers
and researchers.
In issuing its recommendation,
USDA stated that producers
should be given an incentive to
increase their production of pro
tein relative to water in milk by
being paid for protein at a level that
reflects its value in manufactured
products. Further, USDA stated
that the currently accepted
methods of testing for protein con
tent of producer milk can be used
to provide fair and equitable
results on which payments for pro
ducers milk may be made.
During the next 30 days, inter
ested parties may comment on the
recommended decision. After
USDA reviews all comments and
answers any objections, it will
issue it final decision. Producers in
the area will then vote on the
proposal.