A26-Lanostw Farming, Saturday, February 6, 1988 I*A Jersey Cattle Club (ContlniMd from Pag* A 24) 8:30 - Liberty Jersey Sires “Bull Session,” Room B US Dairy Forum Report BY KATHY E. GILL TARPON SPRINGS, FL. Although local dairy farmers have not yet felt the effects of the most recent 50-cent per hundredweight cut in dairy price supports, an alysts are already predicting a sec ond cut in 1989. Industry analysts and govern ment leaders at the fourth annual US Dairy Forum here suggest that the current expansion in dairy pro duction will trigger another 50-cent price cut, courtesy of the untouchable 1985 Ford Security Act Milk production in 1987 was 142.8 billion pounds, down from 1985 levels. However, estimates for 1988 are at 146.2 billion pounds, with 6.9 billion of that going to the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) as surplus gov ernment purchases. Based upon projected supplies, analysts at the Forum predicted the Minnesota-Wisconsin price will bottom out at $lO.lO or $10.20 per hundredweight in June and rebound to $10.60 in the fall. Cur rent support is at $10.60. National production is unde niably on the increase; however, these increases are not occurring uniformly across the nation. For example, from 1986 to 1987, milk production declined 4.7 percent in Minnesota and 3.6 percent in New York. Conversely, increases were registered in Pennsylvania (0.3 percent), Wisconsin (1.6 percent), California (3.8 percent) and Texas (4.5 percent). Recognition of the blossoming dairy product surplus has led some farm and dairy groups to suggest that the industry need a new supply management program - either another whole herd buyout or a CCC quota plan such as that prop osed by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt). However, Congressional lead ers at the Forum dismissed sugges tions that the 1985 Food Security Act should - or would - be revi sited, despite the temptation to do so. Instead, the saving grace of the Northeastern dairy industry could come in the form of organized over-order premiums, according to Dr. Richard Stammer of Agri- Mark, a New England-based dairy cooperative. The regional supply situation is illustrated by two sta tistics: in 1987, national produc tion exceeded 1983 levels by 2.4 percent: Northeast production lagged 1983 by 2.1 percent. Stammer indicated that without unified support for the Regional Cooperative Marketing Agency (RCMA), Northeastern dairy far mers could see a continuation of regional production lagging national increases. Although industry analysts agreed that production is increas ing precipitously, they disagreed on the level, cause and solutions. In general, though, the finger pointing was directed toward Pacific states and Texas. Production continues to climb in California, even though the state market order sets some of the low est pay prices in the nation. The California blend price in 1987 was $11.52; that compares with an average of $12.52 for all federal orders. According to Dr. Andrew Nova kovic of Cornell University, Cali-' Saturday, March 12th 9:30 - PA State Jersey Calf Sale, Penn State Ag Arena 12:00 - PJCC Annual Meeting and fomia prices dropped more than the national average during the period 1983-86. The California average for that period has dropped $1.32; the national aver age is down only $l.ll. Pennsyl vania prices have moved with the national average over that period. In Texas, the 4.5 percent jump in milk production during the past year is attributed to Class I diffe rential increases that were man dated in the 1985 Food Security Act. David Beren, Southland Corp., indicated that Class I prices in parts of Texas jumped 96 cents per hundredweight in 1986. 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