BY JOYCE BUPP York Co. Correspondent YORK Dairy producers attending York’s Dairy Day February 18 discussed a range of topics, during the morning man agement session sponsored by the Extension Service. Speakers included Scott Hodg son, Beacon Feeds; Boyd Cook of Dairymen, Inc.; extension area farm management agent Roland Freund; Dr. Michael Radebaugh, Parkton, Maryland, Veterinarian; and Sue Beshore, Dairy of Distinc tion committee. Speeding the dry-down time of mown hay reduces quality loss and lessens exposure time to rain, Hodgson reminded York dairy producers. According to Hodgson, 50 acres of alfalfa takes an estimated 12 hours to cut and 12 hours to bale. Stabilizers and preservatives, which hasten the drying of thick Atlantic District 5 Locals SOUTHAMPTON The Wit mer, West Lampeter and Millers ville Locals of Atlantic Dairy Cooperative District 5 wil hold their annual dinner meeting March 3 at 12 p.m. at the Bird-In-Hand Family Restaurant. James S. Fraher, Atlantic’s eco nomist, will be the guest speaker. Fraher will report on cooperative business and dairy issues. FLAIL SHREDDERS When you buy a Brillion Flail Shredder you avoid gear box failure and other problems that result in costly down time and repairs because Brillion has built-in quality and extra strength where it counts! Brillion Flail Shredders are available in 12 foot and 15 foot cutting widths. The “heart” of the shredder is the heavy duty gear box, made of high strength cast iron, powered by a free telescoping, in tegrally shielded drive shaft. The unit is available in 540 or 1000 R.P.M. The hood is 7-gauge steel with a 3/8” thick center plate and has a full width replace able wear plate. The rotor assembly is dynamically balanced with the side-slicing knives attached to provide smooth, vibra tion-free operation. Wheel mountings are adjustable to fit various row spacings. These are only some of the features that keep the Brillion Flail Shredder going when others quit. Remember... you may be able to buy cheaper, but never better than a Brillion. ON THE MOVE... IN TO THE 90 s Forage Preservatives And Are Topics At York hay stems, help reduce the quality loss time between cutting and baling. Drying agents used alone shor ten drydown by about one day. Applying both drying agents and acid products to hay at cutting, may under ideal conditions, allow for mowing and baling the same day. Cost estimate for such materials is about $6 per acre, plus an esti mated $lBOO to $2OOO for the investment in application equipment. “You must get the agent on the stems and not the leaves,” Hodg son emphasized. “Apply it after the hay is run through the cutting part of the system.” Programs Boyd Cook, manager of Dairy men, Inc.’s Middle Atlantic Divi sion, reviewed the recent history of the government milk support prog- To Meet A business meeting will be con ducted to elect officers, delegates and alternate delegates for the coming year. Current presidents are: Mervin Bare, Witmer Local; Roger Mills, West Lampeter Loc al; and Glenn Binkley, Millersville Local. In addition, a 50-year member ship plaque will be awarded to E. Curtis and Betty K. Funk of Lancaster. AG INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT 1207 Telegraph Road Riaing Sun Federal Support CONTACT YOUR BRILLION DEALER FOR DETAILS: CECIL E JACKSON WALTEMYER S SALES & SERVICE INC RD 1, Box 306 RD **• I B ° x 43 B Meyeradale Red Lion US YEARSLEY & SONS FINCH SERVICES-HANOVER, INC Weal Cheater 515 Frederick Street Hanover ADAMSTOWN EQUIPMENT, INC. NORMAN D CLARK & SON Bo * 456 ' Honey Grove Adamatown BENCE'S FARM EQUIPMENT RD 2, Box 326 Beford IVAN J. ZOOK FARM EQUIPMENT Box 5, Star Route Belleville CH REINHIMER & SONS RD 1, Berwick GUTSHALLS, INC Rt 34, 1201 Spring Rd WENNER FORD TRACTOR Route 202 Concordville GEORGE N GROSS, INC 5261 Davidaburg Road Dover PAUL W. HIST AND CO, INC 697 N Mam Street Doyleatown MESSJCK FARM EQUIPMENT CO Rt 263, Rheema Exit Elizabethtown MEYER'S IMPLEMENTS. INC 400 N. Atnm Way Greencaatle J & M MACHINERY CO RR 3, Sox 147 Greenaburg SHARTLESVILLE FARM SERVICE CHARLES SNYDER, INC RD «1, Bok 1392 t rd Hamburg T,m *« u « MARYLAND FINCH SERVICES, INC PO Box 565 Westminster CECIL E JACKSON EQUIPMENT. INC RRD2 Box 46X Oakland ram, noting how supports became so high in the late ’7o’s and early ’Bo’s that it was fairly profitable to produce milk. However, the gov ernment became the buyer of much of it. With the 1985 Farm Bill came changes, including the 15-centper hundredweight mandatory promo tion checkoff and (he whole herd buyout program. Commercial removal of milk is up ten percent, attributed to increased advertising and favorable retail prices. But reduced production following the buyout is now climbing so quickly that another 50-cent support price cut appears likely in January of 1989. According to Cook, the Farm Bill legislation has a clause permit ting another buyout program. “That’s not likely to happen dur ing a major election year,” is Cook’s assessment. On their checks for January milk, producers were assessed 2.5 cents per hundred toward self funding of dairy program costs, under the mandated Gramm- Rudman budget deficit cutbacks. The assessment was an industry sought alternative to deeper sup port price slashes, which would have cost dairymen considerably more. Numerous self-help solutions to the milk surplus problem are being evaluated. Among those possibili ties are the capping of federal dairy program costs at a pre-determined level, with over-production dis couraged through price penalties. PENNSYLVANIA MILLER EQUIP. CO. Rt 1 Bechtelavillc Carlisle , PEOPLE'S SALES & SERVICE GEORGE V SEIPLE o»kl*nd Mils Vanßuren Road Eaaton SWEIGARD BROS RD #3. Box 13 Halifax Dairy Day “Profit benchmarks”, says man agement specialist Freund, are spot check figures which can be used to gauge a dairy business’ financial efficiency. Guidelines range from very good to serious, and spotlight problem areas in pro duction and cash flow. Freund’s benchmarks at the very good side of the capital scale included one hundred percent owner equity, per-cow facility investment of under $2,000 book value and equipment investment of $250. A 40-percent owner equity, showing no improvement, and per cow investment of $3,000 for facility and $5OO for equipment, point to potential serious financial problems. Other measurements of profit able operations include $230 return over $lOO feed cost, as opposed to $l5O over $lOO for problem ones. Milk to grain ratio of 4.5 is positive, with a ratio of 2 considered serious. Calving inter- C B HOOBER & SON Intercourae LANDIS BROTHERS. INC 1305 Manheim Pike Lancaster UMBERGER'S OF FONTANA RD #4, Box 132 Lebanon GUTSHALL'S, INC. RD 2, Rt. 850 Weat Loytville NG HERSHEY & SON, INC Box 30 Manheim NH FUCKER & SONS, INC Maxatawny CLUGSTON FARM EQUIPMENT HCR 80 • Box 22 Need more A.BC GROFF, INC. 110 S Railroad Avenue New Holland PfKEVILLE EQUIPMENT. INC Oley ANGELO S FARM EQUIPMENT RO #1 • Box 303 Perryopolia GRUMELU FARM SERVICE Robert Fulton Highway Ouarryville SUMMIT MACHINERY. INC PO Box 325 Someraet MAKAREVICH BROS, INC Sliger Street Hackettatown FRANK RYMON & SONS Washington LESLIE FOGG RD #3. Box 179 Bridgeton iMicasfer" HMMq, The Farm A limited and regionally targeted herd reduction program, funded by producer assessment, is being studied by the Dairy Stabili zation Committee and Producer Task Force of the National Milk Producers Federation. Under this proposal, herd reductions would be targeted to regions, based on their expected CCC sales. Cook additionally reviewed the over-order pricing obtained for producers through the efforts of the Middle Atlantic Cooperative Milk Marketing Agency (MACMMA). BRILLION CHISEL Features Twist-Resistant’ Frame BRILLION CHISEL PLOWS provide deep, fast, aggressive tillage. Compacted soil is broken up and crop residue is mixed with top soil. Uses less power than moldboards. Pull type models feature 4"x4" drawbar that extends all the way to the rear of the machine forming double “back-bone” with the frame. Seven to 16 foot widths, rigid or spring banks, regular or twisted shovels. Two ir 3-bar mounted and i-bar pull type models ivailable. NEW JERSEY REED BROTHERS EQUIPMENT PONIATOWSKI BROS EQUIPMENT CO. Petticoat Bridge Rd. Rou,e 31 4 Church SI Columbu. Flemmglon FOSTER EQUIPMENT SALES EJrmr CALDWELL TRACTOR & EQUIPMENT SHORE TRACTOR CO. 4SO US Route 46W RD «1 - Rt 9 Fairfield Freehold Bill vals of 12 months are ideal; a 15-month calving interval is of concern. Mastitis costs the dairy industry an estimated $2 billion per year, or an average of $lB2 per cow, noted Dr. Michael Radebaugh. Somatic cell counts on DHIA sheets offer a guage of problem cows. Rade baugh recommends an ideal of 90 percent of the herd, and 100 per cent of heifers, have SCC’s in the low range. Other goals would be Standard Plate Counts of 5,000, and PI counts of 10,000. “The goal of mastitis prevention is a clean, dry, non-traumalized teat,” summed up the Parkton dairy-specialty vet. Dairy of Distinction Dairy families interested in app lying for the Dairy of Distinction award have until April 15 to fde their application, according to Sue Beshore, New Cumberland. A reg ional chairperson last year for the program, Beshore noted that the shipping of quality milk will be checked before a farm applicant is considered for the award this year. The handler or cooperative which markets the milk for each applicant will be contacted to determine if the quality of milk sent from the farm is acceptable. Farms are primarily judged on their neat and attractive appear ance, from the road, which the motoring public would see. Inspections are made from road side only, with judges not entering the property or buildings. 4 QUALITY CRAFTED Ov
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