A34-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 15, 1990
NEW YORK Dairy farmers
who supplied milk plants regu
lated under the New York-New
Jersey marketing orders during
October will be paid on the basis
of a uniform price of $13.10 per
hundredweight (28.2 cents per
quart).
The price for the corresponding
month last year was $14.67 per
hundredweight, according to Act
ing Market Administrator Robert
C. Pearce who also stated that the
price was $14.27 in September
1990.
The uniform price is a market-
MILK.
IT DOES A
BODY GOOD.
LAST MINUTE GIFT IDEAS
Department-wide Sale!
TWO DAYS ONLY!! SAT., DEC. 22 & MON., DEC. 24, 9-5
Parts & Accessories
(goob’g LAWN & GARDEN CENTER
QUALITY PRODUCTS AND SERVICE • 133« Main »»., «••♦ lari. PA
717-354-4026
Dairy Farmers Receive $13.10
wide weighted average of the val
ue of farm milk used for fluid and
manufactured dairy products.
The seasonal incentive fund
returned a total of $3,821,184.87,
or $.429 per hundredweight, to the
dairy farmers’ uniform price for
October. This fund was generated
by reducing the uniform price paid
to producers during the high
production spring months.
A total of 13,189 dairy farmers
supplied the New York-New
Jersey Milk Marketing Area with
890,184,999 pounds of milk dur
ing October. This was an increase
of 1.8 percent (about 16 million
pounds) from last year.
The gross value to dairy far
mers for milk deliveries was
$118,896,333.50. This included
differentials required to be paid to
dairy farmers but not voluntary
premiums or deductions author
ized by the farmer.
Regulated milk dealers (hand
lers) used 398,051,786 pounds of
milk for Class I, 44.7 percent of
the total. This milk is used for
ATTENTION
Sy TOBACCO SSI
w GROWERS
GOLDEN LEAF TOBACCO COMPANY. INC. as in years
past, will be a major purchaser of 609 tobacco again this
year. We are very excited about the prices that are being
paid now. The market looks good! We will be receiving
tobacco Monday thru Friday, 8 to 4 at our receiving station
at Martin’s Sales Bam, 2 miles east of Intercourse on Rte.
340 & New Holland Rd. If you have any questions, please
contact Golden Leaf Tobacco Company, or one of our
buyers.
Gene Bare Aaron Miller Mac Bailey Clark Stauffer
Bird In Hand. PA Bird In Hand. PA President Ephrata, PA
717-686-9306 717-768-3074/ 717-733-8921
804-736-9604
It's a Natural Fact.
Harry Binrar Ed Ott Elwood Winter
Box 265, Lamar, PA 16848 2039 Dark Shade Dr, Windbar, PA 15963 RD #4, Box 86! Muncy, PA 17756
(717) 726-3275 (814) 467-5909 (717| 546-6361
Zlmmarman Lima ft Fartillaar Cochranton Co-op Max Iteapcoma
325 W Burkholder Rd, Lrtitz, PA 17543 Box 245, Pine St, Cochranton, PA 16314 RD #l. Lpysvrlle, PA 17047
(717)733-7674 (814)425-7401 (717)789-3223
Randy Botteichar Frad Clark Gaorga Bactitel
RD #2, Box 8, Belleville, PA 17004 PO Box 43, McEwensville, PA 17949 RD #3, Emberton, PA 16373
(717)935-5406 (717)323-0962 (412)867-2468
Christ a Millar Bob Ellis Farm Basics
Box 164, Bird-in-Hand, PA 17505 RD #3, Box 470, Lewrsburg, PA 17837 2409 Marsh Pike, Hagerstown, MD 21740
Trl Our Organic (717)56*0530 (301)733-0796
RD #Z Box 113, McAllistervrlle, PA 17049 William Barr
17171463-2551 PO Box 309, Saegertown, PA 16433
(814)333-8118
For October
fluid milk products such as homo
genized, flavored, low test, and
skim milks.
For October, handlers paid
$15.64 per hundredweight (33.6
cents per quart) for Class I milk
compared with $14.92 a year ago.
The balance (492,133,213
pounds or 55.3 percent) was used
to manufacture Class II products
including butter, cheese, ice cream
and yogurt. Handlers paid $10.54
We use Rumi-Cult 40 because it's a natural
product Our cows are much healthier, they mate
better use of their feed and don't have the cUgestlwe
problems we had with other feeding programs. We
are very pleased with the increase in milk production
and lower vet bills
Contact the representative nearest you.
Milk
per hundredweight for this milk.
The uniform price is based on
milk containing 3.5 percent but
terfat. For October 1990, there
was a price differential of 11.4
cents for each one-tenth of one
percent that the milk tested above
or below the 3.5 percent standard.
All prices quoted are for bulk
tank milk received from farms in
the 201-210 mile zone from New
York City.
AquNla Yod«r
Mtawfitat. PA