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VOL. 34 NO. 3 Highland Orchards Bob Wwihingto* wortit Mm (fMMRQitnt by totting put appiM that ara blamlahad and bntiMd. Saa story on paga 23 Milk Prices Make Record Gains BY KARL BERGER Special Correspondent Near record gains in the Minnesota-Wisconsin price series have left area dairy economists happily shaking their heads and given farmers an unexpected boost for the holiday season. After jumping an “unheard oT SO cents between August and Sep Poultry Survey Indicates Changes Needed BY LOU ANN GOOD LANCASTER Poultry pro ducers across the U.S. are focusing on the Lancaster Poultry Associa tion to see which way the industry plans to go in response to the egg crisis. Lebanon Milk Producers Praised BY PAT PURCELL PRESCOTT (Lebanon) Lebanon County DHIA members received a pat on the back at their annual meeting and awards ban quet held Tuesday evening at the Prescott Fire Hall. Ken Winebark, Lebanon Coun ty agent gave milk producers that pat on the back for increasing their herd average in milk production by 1,258 pounds. “That says a lot for the character of milk producers here. This has not been an easy year, but you all got behind your operations and you made Lebanon County second in the state in milk production,” stated Winebark. Lebanon placed second in the state in butterfat production per cow at 656 pounds which is 45 (Turn to Pago A4O) 01619? 1299 : 51g Q Kmi I'IfuNIVEKSITV Three Sections tember, the M-W (a measure of die prices paid for milk by manu facturing plants in the upper Mid west) climbed another 40 cents in October, to $ll.BB a hundred weight for milk containing 3.5-percent butterfaL Since April, when it bottomed out at the federal government’s $10.33 support (Turn to Pago A4l) In order to sec what direction to lake to stabilize the egg market, the association had mailed 2,100 ques tionaires to producers nationwide. On Monday, November 21, Dr. Milt Madison from Penn State and a Poultry Association committee Ken Sellers, (left) Leba non County DHIA 1988 Director presents the top award for herd milk produc tion to Roy E. Nolt (right). Nolt’a herd captured the top spot In the county with a herd average of 23,006 pounds of milk. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 26,1988 BY EVERETT NEWSWANGER Managing Editor LANCASTER-Even though the U.S. economy is now finishing its sixth year of expansion, Mike Jensen, NBC News, chief financial correspondent, said he expects the good times to continue through 1989. Jensen gave the key-note address at the Lancaster Agriculture-Industry banquet here Thursday evening. “I think we’ll have another expansion year ahead of us,” Jensen said. “So I don’t see a recession in 1989. However, Ido see very serious difficulties in terms of the federal budget deficit that has nearly tripled in the last Atlantic Dairy Coop Members Reap Benefit: BY PAT PURCELL LANCASTER Hie Atlantic Dairy Cooperative hosted more than 500 members at die 71st Mid-Atlantic Conservation YORK After 14 years, the annual Mid-Atlantic No-Till Con ference has a new look and a new name. It’s now the Mid-Atlantic Conservation Tillage Conference. The name change represents an effort to present a broader scope of information for crop farmers in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. As in past yean, the event is being sponsored by the Coopera- reviewed the first 600 question aires received. To date, 824 responses have been retured. The survey elicited responses from 40 percent of the producers who with their combined opera tions produce 60 percent of the birds nationwide. Jay Irwin, county extension agent, said, “Normally, a survey generates about a 20 percent reply, but in this case more than 40 per cent have responded.” According to Irwin, the responses reveal a significanl belief that some type of control management and marketing order should be sought for the egg industry. A 1 Wenger, manager of Wcngci Feeds in Rhccms and a spokesper son for the committee, said the committee is not going to drop the issue because the survey’s results dictate a need for some type ol supply management and market ing order. To pursue further direction a national meeting is planned in Chi cago on December 8. At that time, (Turn to Pag* A2O) 1 Financial Correspondent Sees Good Year Ahead eight years. My concern is that the Geoige Bush adminstration’s idea annual meeting held in Lancaster Nov. 17-18. This was the second annual meeting since the merger in February 1987 of Lehigh Valley Tillage Conference live Extension Service at land grant universities in the participat ing states, with assistance from interested agribusiness representa tives. This year’s one-day educa tional meeting and industry dis (Turn to Pag* A 32) SOt Per Copy Mike Jensen Cabbage Harvest Time Andy White, a senior at Garden Spot High School In New Holland, spent sometime last week harvesting some of his cabbage crop. The vegetable was part of a supervised occu pational experience (SOE) project. Andy intends to sell his produce at a road-side stand in front of his house. $lO.OO Per Year of reducing (he deficit slowly may not work in time.” Since President Elect Bush has ruled out cuts in two/thirds of the federal budget, Jensen thinks a recession in 1990 may stop eco nomic growth and thus reduce the federal government’s income to the point where the deficit may grow to 200 to 300 billion dollars from the present 255 billion. “We will have a recession,” Jensen said. “You can’t stop the business cycle. But after we get over the turbulent time-the bubble of undoing the damage of the budget deficit of the last eight years-I see good times ahead.” (Turn to Pag* A 26) Fanners and Interstate Milk Pro ducers. Atlantic nears its two-year mark in strong financial shape. Although member numbers and production figures were down from last year, Atlantic members received $7.7 million from over drier premiums. In addition to over-order premiums, $B.l matton in equity payments were made to members. Atlantic can boast of a good year, according to General Mana ger Dr. Paul E. Hand. The $2.9 (Turn to Pag* A 34)