Wholesale Price Of Milk
(Continued from Pago A 22) products to the consumers.
. “But, still it’s been a long time
her to stay home and milk every since the government has pur
mommg at 5:00 a.m. when he s chased any dairy products. The
watching his brother make more surplus is gone and we’re now
money while working five days a feeling the effects.” explains
week at the local auto plant,” he Carlson.
says.
MMI Director of Marketing
Rod Carlson says the government
is still paying an important role in
stabilizing the price of milk to the
producers and the price of dairy
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“The greatest advantage of being involved in the
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genetic program when a bull like VICTORY or KING
comes through with a high proof.
The progeny test program benefits provide the in
centive to keep our records especially accurate and
up-to-date on our registered Guernsey herd.
If dairymen want to see progress in the breed
sampling young sires is essential."
Gary Heinemann
• Goldenrose Guernsey. Farm, Readlyn, lA. ,
Daughter, Tracy, and father* Kenneth
(Ist place Best Three Females, Natl Show 1987)
progeny ~1 prog:
since 1979. We currently receive 50 units of young
sire semen for our herd of 75 Holsteins and use it
primarily for breeding first-lactation cows. We have
had quite a few good daughters from young bulls.
The credit benefits make it nice to be compen
sated for keeping good records. The program also
helps to lower our semen investment. Who knows,
we might be testing the next VALIANT!"
Vernon Treinen, herdsman
Trei-Four-Aces Farm, DePorest, WI
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Akron, PA.
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Wayne Piper 717-532-4401
The government buys surplus
dairy products during times of
overproduction to keep the market
stable, then uses these purchases
for government programs. USDA
reports that the government has
TESTIMONIALS
... Keith Campbell 717-733-0094
.George Showers 717-538-1812
. ..Joyce Rlngler 814-267-5576
..Wendel Muster 814-349-5310
....James Charlss 717-396-9672
Don Knapp 814-664-7993
.. ..Roger Schans 717-768-7788
Paul Martin 717-949-2381
Larry Bowtr 717-323-9710
John M. Bsaehy 717-966-1344
Msrvln Zsndl 717-436-6386
Barry Lawsry 814-839-2044
"The incentive of the progeny test program is the
chance to get genetically superior bulls at an attrac
tive price. Genetically, the potential of the ABS
young sires is much better than a herd bull used
for clean up. And. normally, we never have more
than two daughters from any one bull, so our risk
is kept to a minimum. We also devote much atten
tion to recordkeeping and benefit from the credits
we receive for submitting reports on young sire off
spring."
"We started on the yotmg sire program as soon
as it was available, not necessarily because of the
credit benefits, but because we like the genetics of
the young sires. We also believe it’s our responsibili
ty to the breed to help sample young bulls."
DBS
bought no milk powder in the last
year.
“And the lack of price assur
ances brought about by the lower
support price levels means that an
adequate safety net no longer
exists for farmers. Many of them
simply can’t afford the risks,” says
Carlson.
Carlson predicts that the current
rising cost in wholesale milk
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Randy Ricca, Lawrence Ricca & Sons
Ricca Dairy, Salinas, CA
RHA: 22.632 M 873 F, 420 Holsteins
Jim Head
Sycamore Jerseys
Aurora, MO
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Spring City, PA....
Stewartstown, PA
Thomasville, PA...
Utica, PA
Washington, PA.
Waynesboro, Pa
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IN NEW JERSEY
Lambartville, NJ Robert Fulper 609-397-3479
Port Murray, NJ Robert Kayharl 201-689-2605
prices is not over and prices may
not peak for another month or two.
MMI is a 7,000-member dairy
farmer owned cooperative encom
passing an eight state midwestem
area including Ohio, Indiana,
Pennsylvania, Michigan, New
York, Kentucky, Maryland and
West Virginia. Last year MMI
marketed more than 3.9 billion
pounds or 3,930 million gallons of
milk.
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Dan Myers 814495-5473
Bob Hewitt 215495-7927
Tom Engle 717-993-6836
.. .Ira Boyer 717-225-3758
Gale Dana 814-425-2838
Donald Davors 412-225-3773
Don Koona 717-762-4485
.Sidney Patera 215-869-9187
Richard Bowser 301-895-5709
AI Koona 717-7624485
Allan Pickett 301-6634191
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 9,1989-A29
to having cash flow problems,”
Dr. Keller states. “Very few could
be described as doing well
financially.”
“Few farmers had formal retire
ment plans beyond Social Security
and a farm failure could have a
devastating impact on their retire
ment plans.
The survey revealed that more
than half of those running dairy
farms were between 49 and 74
years of age. Most had sons or
grandsons to help them. The mean
number of cows milked among the
farmers surveyed was 58 and the
mean number of acres farmed was
365.
“It became clear we were study
ing the survivors of a group of far
mers that has been dwindling over
much of the century,” Dr. Keller
says.
In Bradford, Lycoming and
Tioga counties alone, more than
400 dairy farms went out of busi
ness between 1975 and 1988.
Pennsylvania, with more than
700,000 head of dairy cows
statewide, ranks fifth nationally in
milk production.
The survey of dairy farm fami
lies was sponsored by the Center
for Rural Pennsylvania, an agency
of the Pennsylvania General
Assembly.
“We wanted to leant about the
histories of these families, their
experiences in the present and
their plans and expectations for
the future,” Dr. Keller says.
“The future of many small com
munities in Pennsylvania can be
related directly to the future of
family farms.”
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