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there are not enough dry days to
make hay. Drying agents can
decrease the chance of weather
damage and enable belter leaf
retention. Dry matter loss can be
cut in half by mowing, condition
ing, raking and applying a drying
agent compared to mowing and
raking three limes before baling.
Drying agents are obviously less
effective on the first cutting
because there is so much moisture
left in the ground from the spring
thaw. Beware of the percentage of
the mix. For instance propionic
acid should be atleast 50-60 per
cent of the mix, because if not, the
farmer will be spraying on so much
water that he will be adding to his
moisture problem instead of cor
recting it.
“You must determine your need
before you buy any product. Ask
the sales person for published data
in reputable journals. If it has not
been published in reputable jour
nals then it is probably because the
journals would not accept it. Buy
from a reputable manufacturer. It
must increase bunk life and pre
serve nutrient value while it offers
a greater profit over cost,”
explained Kung.
Pitfalls of New Tax Law
Dr. Larry Jenkins, Penn State
University, cautioned farmers on
the new tax law changes which
affect how fanners are allowed to
deduct pre-produclive expenses
for young stock.
“The government wants you to
capitalize expenses. Remember
that capitalizing expenses is the
opposite of deducting expenses as
you go for the current year. You
are postponing deducting until the
animals begin producing,”
explained Jenkins.
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The catch is that whatever the
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increase in self employment tax.
Jenkins urges each farmer to work
very closely with the tax accoun
tant. This law is very confusing to
many people, according to Jenk
ins. So confusing that the Farmers
Tax Guide actually contains an
error.
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help to contact him for a copy of a
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law. Jenkins can be reached at the
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A 12,000 cow dairy farm in
Saudi Arabia, and 1,000 cow oper
ations in Thailand, Zambia and
China all began with a 130 head
dairy farm in Belfast, Ireland by
two brothers. In August of 1987
Masstock’s 1,000-cow operation
began producing milk, but not
without some difficulty.
According to Dr. Raymond
Hunter, of the Masstock Corpora
tion, bringing 1,000 heifers into
production and getting them
accustomed to the stalls and milk
ing was just one of the many diffi
culties of this Atlanta based
operation.
Masstock selected Georgia as
the site of their first American
based farm because of the rapid
population growth being exper
ienced in Florida and Georgia and
also because of the demand for
milk on the east coast. 'Also, the
land in southern Georgia was fer
tile with an underlying aquafer
suitable for irrigation.
“The most important thing in
our operation is that we must give
every animal individual treatment
Masstock
PFU Claims $l5/CWT Milk
Needed For Area Dairy Farmers
HARRISBURG Allen Dei
ter, President of the Pennsylvania
Farmers Union, (PFU) from
Northumberland, PA announced
today that the Board of Directors
of PFU has endorsed a recommen
dation of our State Dairy
Committee.
After much consideration, at a
and attention. If we are not able to
do that we will not be successful,”
explained Hunter.
Their 1250 cows are divided
into groups of 125. Milking is done
in a polygon shaped parlor on 8
hour cycles, 24 hours a day, with
one hour clean up time in between.
They can milk 160 cows per hour.
“We look at our employees as a
primary resource. We want each
one of our employees to pursue his
career to the fullest. We want to
build people in the company and in
that way we are able operate within
a decentralized management struc
ture,” said Hunter.
According to Hunter, Masslock
is enabling the agricultural infra
structure to improve and have
allowed suppliers to expand in
their area. In the northeast, there
were many farmers who benefitted
from their purchase of 1,000 in
calf heifer last year.
Most of all, he hopes that all
dairy farmers will benefit from the
knowledge they have gained and
he hopes also that other dairy fam
ers will share their knowledge with
Masstock. He reminded farmers
that Masstock can employ those
people who are not able to have a
farm of their own and provide
them with valuable training and
expenence until they are ready to
farm on their own.
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recently in Milcsburg, PA, the
Dairy Committee recommended
that PFU establish a goal of $l5.
per CWT as an average annual
blend price for the Northeastern
Dairy Farmer. William Sturges of
Wcllsboro, PA, who was named
permanent Executive Director of
PFU at the same meeting stated,
“Its time everyone recognizes that
dairy farmers are heading towards
a real financial crises in 1988”.
PFU officials are estimating blend
prices in Federal Order #2, (NY,
NJ) to plummet down to a possible
low of $ 10.40 per CWT during the
spring of 1988.
During 1987 PFU conducted a
special survey of 1000 dairy far
mers residing mainly in PA and
NY. Among other things, the
survey indicated that 73% of the
farmers responding favored a milk
supply management program of
some nature. The same survey
revealed that dairy farmers felt the
annual average blend price paid to
dairy farmers should be $ 14.30 per
CWT. Arden Tewksbury, staff
member of PFU, who supervised
the survey staled, “If you take the
$14.30 price and apply the 1987
4.4% inflation rate, you then come
real close to the $l5. blend price
established by PFU’s Dairy
Committee”.
Deiter and Sturges both agreed
that PFU will move in a variable
direction to obtain the $l5. blend
prices. Some of the recommenda
tions of the Dairy Committee are:
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1) PFU will remain committed to
the RCMA Program in an attempt
to recover some of the declining
prices paid to area dairymen, 2)
PFU has endorsed the National
Farmers Union Milk Diversion
Program (with some modifica
tions) as a viable method to restore
the milk support price back to the
$ 11.10 per CWT level, 3) PFU will
begin a campaign in connection
with other farm organizations to
develop and implement a milk
supply management program,
which will aim at keeping milk
production in line with the domes
tic market plus a reasonable
reserve. This same program must
return to dairy farmers a sufficient
price to cover the average cost of
production plus reasonable profit
(possibly 8 to 10 percent).
Deiter revealed that PFU has
spent thousands of dollars and a
countless number of hours of work
on the RCMA Project. Deiter
explained, “RCMA is a viable
organization to recapture some of
the faltering milk prices. However
we need to immediately address
the real issue of inadequate milk
prices being established by anti
quated pricing formulas and the
over production of milk in some
geographic areas”.
Sturges pointed out that with
recent feed prices escalating along
with the faltering milk prices is a
sufficient reason to support the
program adopted by PFU’s Dairy
Committee and the Board of
Directors.
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