(Continued from Page A 1) Under this system, more money is going toward the non-solids in milk. This compensates high volume herds, but fails-to recog nize high-solids herds such as Jerseys and Guernseys. These farmers, recognizing that the solids in their herd’s milk is marketable, are pushing for a change to component pricing basc d on the amount of protein in a herd’s milk. Jersey and Guernsey breeders argue that most of the milk pro duced today goes into manufac tured dairy products such as cheese, yogurt, and ice cream and that fluid whole milk consumption is down. Milk that has a high protein, high-fat content yields more cheese. Therefore, since it is more efficient for cheese produc ers to have the high-solids milk, Jersey and Guernsey breeders feel they should be rewarded for pro ducing it. Component pricing not new Component pricing isn’t a new idea. Paying for milk on fat and solids-not-fat has been going on since the 19405. Currently Europe pays for milk on this basis as docs California and certain areas in the Midwest. It has not been popular in the northeast for several reasons. First, —>►, TERRAMYCIN CRUMBLES Pfizer Active Ingredient!; Terramycin (oxytetracyclme) . 2 gm/lb Vitamin A Vitamin D 3 HEAT LAMPS 125 W & 250 W Clear Your Choice f\ \ . $ 1.29 c. (K 3 V e * ... .3* New FROSTEX II Heating Cable » FUSE PLUG KIT $2.99 most of the dairy herds in the reg ion consist of Holsteins, which are long on volume but rather low on solids. “The current bulterfat pric ing system benefits Holstein breeders,” commented Glenn Shirk, Penn State extension dairy specialist. “For decades the pricing structure for milk has been more attractive for non-solids, which is what Holsteins have been bred for. Holstein breeders resist the com ponent pricing system, which they don’t see as profitable for them.” Component pricing hasn’t caught on yet with most cheese manufacturers who for some rea son haven’t recognized the value of high-solids milk. “Cheese man ufacturers just aren’t aware that more protein yields more cheese. This is partly because they aren’t set up to segregate the milk and run comparisons,” said John I. Collins Jr., district manager for Dairymen Inc., Middle Atlantic Division, a milk cooperative in Sykcsvillc, Md. “We have to increase their awareness and convince them that high-solids milk is more efficient for their uses.” Because Jersey and Guernsey breeders arc scattered, it is costly to gather a load. This cost factor has kept many co-ops from being willing to work with high-solids milk producers in gathering a load We Will Not Be Under Sold! 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Some of the current prog rams, according to Dr. Jack Kirk land, extension dairy specialist for Adams County, include: •Dairymen Inc. is paying a group of southern Lancaster Coun ty farmers 12 cents for every point of protein above the standard 3.2 percent, a bonus that is lied to the somatic cell count (SCC). •Dairylca Inc. has a protein pay ment program where producers are paid 13 cents per point for milk" with a protein percentage over 3.3 percent and with a SCC of less than 350,000 and no antibiotic contamination. •Lcprino-Eastern is giving all producers a premium plus giving 10 cents per point of protein grea ter than 3.3 percent. The base pro tein percentage moves higher as the SCC increases and no protein premium will be paid for milk with a SCC higher than 750,000. •Empire Cheese Inc. has a pro tein payment plan that is deter mined on a quarterly basis. 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The prices paid also depend on the wholesale price of cheese and cream. With the end-product pric ing, the higher the solids level in the milk, the higher the price to producers. The proportion of cheese products is directly related to the level of solids in the milk, the higher the solids, the greater the output of cheese. Many dairymen believe compo nent pricing is an idea whose lime has almost arrived for the north east. “I believe that component pricing eventually will become the pricing system,” said Shirk. “There tends to be a movement in the marketplace in trying to price most commodities on their true value in relationship to the desires of the public.” Shirk feels that component pric ing will be adopted slowly because currently more producers stand to loose. “But in the long run,” he added. “The ones that gain will o ANTI-FREEZE $3.19/Gal. IN CASE LOTS $2.99/Gal 25 Gal. 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