Maryland Jerseys
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long event was held in New Mid
way with a full agenda addressing Representatives from Atlantic
milk marketing, youth and senior Dairy Cooperative, Maryland
member recognition, and plans for Virginia Milk Producers Coopera
te 1991 AJCC National Meeting hve, and Dairymen, Inc. were
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The Maryland Jersey Cattle Club elected its new officers
for 1988-89 at its 67th Annual Meeting held last Saturday in
New Midway, Maryland. Seated are (l-r) James Stonesifer,
president, and Kay Hoffman, secretary-treasurer. Standing
(l-r): Mike Forsythe, vice-president Western Shore; Bill Elia
son, vice-president, Eastern Shore; and Allan Stile, vice
president.
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invited to address the group of
high-solids milk pioduccrs on pos- through a program offered by
sible component pi icing programs. Dairymen, Inc.
In the past few months several This has touched off discussions
breeders have stalled receiving a about such programs within other
protein premium for their milk cooperatives on eventually pcli-
Award to Esther Hoffman and the late J. Hansen Hoffman,
Sr. at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Maryland Jersey Cattle
Club held last Saturday. The award is presented to the mem
ber who has done the most to promote Jerseys in Maryland
in the past year. The meeting was dedicated to the memory
of Mr. Hansen, a prominent Maryland Jersey breeder, who
passed away this past January.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 12, 1988-A2l
tioning to change the federal order
dictating prices in Order 4. Any
such change would require a com
bined effort by these three
cooperatives.
Ernest Yates, Director of Field
Services for the Mid-Atlantic
Division, Dairymen, Inc., outlined
the protein premium that Dairy
man implemented on November
Ist. This milk is going for cheese
manufacturing to Jefferson Cheese
Company, Hagerstown, Maryland.
There is presently 60,000 pounds
of 100 percent Jersey and Guern
sey milk on the load, every two
days. All extra shipping and test
ing costs are evenly divided among
the shippers on the load, so there
are no costs to any other Dairymen
shipper.
A protein premium of 12 cent
per point over 3.2 percent is paid
for milk with less than 500,000
SCC. There is a graduated scale for
SCC counts above that. Protein
tests arc taken three times per
month and averaged.
Stated Yates, “We think this
program is very fair. The people on
this load pay all the extra costs and
still arc netting 50-59 cents per
hundred weight additional in there
milk check. There’s room here for
all the high protein milk we can
take.”
James Reeder, Director of
Member Relations, Maryland-
Virgmia Cooperative, noted that
he was there to listen and learn.
Maryland-Virgmia is presently
testing all us herds in March to
determine their protein and sohds
not-fal levels. Reeder related that
once these figures have been com
piled and analyzed, Maryland-
Virgmia will then determine its
position on any changes in its pric
ing system.
James Fraher, Economist,
Atlantic Dairy Cooperative,
related that they arc working from
a positive delegate action which
requested them to pursue a multi
ple component pricing system. In
response. Allantic is proposing a
possible change in the Federal
Order which would be revenue
neutral, that is it would not at this
time add more money to the pool,
but re-distnbutc existing monies.
Under Atlantic’s program, to
determine an individual produc
er’s base price, you would multi
ply the producer buttcrfal and pro
tein tests by producer butterfat and
protcin/skim prices per pound and
add the base milk differential price
per CWT. Utilizing solids-not-fal
in the formula creates a less drama
tic change Irom current prices than
utilizing only butterfat and protein.
Stated Fraher, “As we view this,
Id’s not view it as a producer to
producer issue, but as a marketing
issue. It is our policy at Atlantic
not to offer a premium to any of
our members if we can’t offer it to
all our members.”
During the Business Meeting,
the program turned to award rec
ognition. Several youths received
5125 00 scholarships from the
Club to be used lor their continu
ing education. Those youths
receiving scholarships were - Lisa
Burden, Karen Stonesifer, Janet
Stiles, Susan Heath, and Scott
Staley.
Crowned the 1986 Maryland
Jersey Queen was Mindy Johnson,
Damascus, Maryland. She suc
ceeds last year’s Queen, Tonna
Caple
Receiving the Dr. Hoopes
Awards this year were Junior
Member Karen Stonesifer and
Senior Members Esther Hollman
and the late J. Hansen Holfman Sr.
These awards arc presented each
year to the J umor and Senior mem-