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SYRACUSE. N.Y. Eastern Street Journal stories on drug
Milk Producers Cooperative” is residues in milk.
committed to a safe and whole- He assured farmers that East
some milk supply,” and “routine- ern’s quality control procedures,
ly tests milk’ ’ for quality and drug supported by a state-of-the-art
residues, according to Eastern laboratory, “prevent tainted milk
General Manager Michael Dono- from entering the marketplace.”
van. Speaking at a district meeting Futhermore, Donovan said
of member-farmers held in Wysox Eastern provides incentives for
recently, Donovan made the state- member farmers to produce qual
ment in reaction to recent Wall ity milk.
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Why give up yield and forage quality for superior dis
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RD 3 Box 436 732 Temperance Hill Road
Bernville, PA 19506 Lltitz, PA 17543
215-488-1965 717-626-5469
OLIVER S. MAST
RD 2 Box 101
Elverson, PA 19520
215-286-9426
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• Excellent plant health and * Excellent emergence and
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“We pay extra for higher qual
ity milk,” he said. “We also pay
farmers who alert us to possible
contamination problems before
their milk is picked up.”
Eastern President Lewis Gard
ner, a dairy farmer from Galeton,
reported that Eastern began an
informational campaign about the
proper use of animal drugs a year
and a half ago. At the same time it
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VERY HIGH DISEASE RESISTANCE PLUS RESISTANCE
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STANDS.
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banned sulfamethazine from its
member farms.
The Wall Street Journal report
said trace amounts of sulfametha
zine and other antibiotics used to
treat injured or sick animals were
found in milk samples.
Farmers who allow tainted milk
from their farm to spoil a load of
milk are penalized for the loss, he
noted, and repeated violations will
result in a farmer’s dismissal from
the cooperative.
Donovan said that Eastern pro
ducers represent some 3,000
farms in nine states and bring to
market over 1.8 billion pounds of
milk a year.
P.O. Box 218, State Street
East Petersburg, PA 17520
1-717-569-3296
1-800-346-4769 (GROW)
|j? DK 125
• Outstanding yield potential of high
quality forage
• Multiple pest resistai.ce (MPR) in
cluding resistance to Verticillium
wilt and anthracnose
• Excellent winterhardiness
• Fast recovery after cutting
• Displays superior yields in Penn
State research trials
ing, Saturday, January 13,1990-433
Jersey Shore
Livestock Market, Inc.
Auction every Thursday
at 4:00 pjn.
Jeraey Shore, Pa.
Report supplied by Auction
Thuraday, Jan. 11, 1990
RETURN TO FARM CALF
150.00-187.00.
GOOD VEAL 70.00-100.00.
COMMON VEAL 35.00-69.00.
LOW CHOICE STEERS 70.00-75.00.
SELECT STEERS 65.00-71.00.
COMMON STEERS 55.00-64.00.
COMMERCIAL COWS 47.00-54.00.
CANNERS-CUTTERS 45.00-55.25.
SHELLS 38.00-44.00.
CHOICE HEIFERS 65.00-69.00.
SELECT HEIFERS 60.00-66.00.
COMMON HEIFERS 55.00-59.00.
GOOD FEEDERS 70.00-88.00.
COMMON FEEDERS 50.00-69.00.
BULLS 53.00-66.00.
GOOD HOGS 49.00-49.50.
n HEAVIES 42.00-48.00.
SOWS 37.00-42.00.
ROUGHS 25.00-36.00.
Shenandoah
Valley
Livestock
Harrisonburg, Va.
Jan. 1, 1990
Report supplied by auction
STEERS: M&L-l 300-500
LBS. 89.00-92.00; 500-700
LBS. 72.00-86.00; 700-1000
LBS. 70.00-84.00; HOLS
TEIN 300-1000 LBS.
73.00-77.00.
S*L&M&L-2 300-500
LBS. 74.00; 500-700 LBS.
68.00- 700-1000 LBS.
66.00-
FEEDER BULLS: 300-500
LBS. 73.00-79.00; 500-700
LBS. 68.00-74.00.
HEIFERS: M&L-l
300-500 LBS. 75.00-82.00,
500-700 LBS. 70.00-75.00;
700-1000 LBS. 60.00-66.50.
STOCK COWS: BEEF
752.50 AND DOWN; BABY
CALVES 35.00-135.00.
SLAUGHTER COWS
TREND: UTILITY & COM
MERCIAL 2-4 45.00-50.75;
CANNER & CUTTERS 1-3
40.00-45.00.
SLAUGHTER BULLS
1&2 52.00-65.00.
LAMBS; BLUE O HIGH
CHOICE AND PRIME 58.50;
RED O CHOICE 56.00;
FEEDER LAMBS CHOICE
56.00-67.50; SLAUGHTER
EWES 14.00-19.00.
HOGS: US 1-3 200-240
LBS. 44.00; SOWS 1-3 45.50
AND DOWN.
VEALS; CHOICE AND
PRIME 86.00 AND DOWN.
Valley Livestock
Athens, Pa.
Monday, Jan. 8, 1990
Report supplied by auction
HOLSTEIN HEIFER
CALVES TO 135.00.
VEAL CALVES NO
MARKET TEST.
VEALER BULL CALVES
TO 167.50.
SLAUGHTER CALVES
78.00 AND DOWN.
GRASSERS & FEEDERS
46.00-
LAMBS. 42.00-68.00.
SHEEP 12.00-24.00.
HOGS 200 TO 250 LBS.
38.00-
SOWS 25.00-32.00.
BOARS TO 25.00.
PIGS 15.00-26.00.
HEIFERS 50.00-57.00.
STEERS 55.00-66.00.
FEEDER STEERS
50.00-
BULLS 48.00-57.75, NO
TOP BULLS.
COWS GOOD
48.00- 00. TOP 54.25.
COWS MEDIUM
46 00-50 00
COWS POOR OR SMALL
44 00 AND DOWN
CATTLE MARKET
SOME CHEAPER.
CALF MARKET
STEADY.
HORSES TO 440.00.
PONIES NONE.
GOATS TO 87.50.