A22-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, November 16, 1991
Milk Price Stability
Editor’s Note: This is the final
part of a series on milk pricing.
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Fanning Staff
WEST FALLOWFIELD
(Chester Co.) At least in Pen
nsylvania, under the current set of
circumstances, the prognosis for
on-the-farm milk prices is not
good, according to a variety of
sources.
Although milk prices arc conti
nuing to make incremental recove
ries, the trend in dairying in Pen
nsylvania has been a continued
decrease in the number of farms,
and an increase in the number of
cows per farm and the milk pro
duction per cow.
Iq simple terms, it means that
small dairies are failing and the
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35.000 BTU .
NO.R3SA $148.88
50.000 BTU __ __
No. RSOA $178.88
70.000 BTU __
No. R7OA $248.88
100.000 BTU . __
No. RIOOA $298.88
150,000 BTU . __
No. RISOA $348.88
OPTIONAL THERMOSTAT- $35.99
WD-40 PENETRATING OIL
Spray lubricant slops squeaks, pro- „
tecta metals, frees rusted and corrod- * _ on
ed parts & mechanisms
SALE
Reg. price
KANE
PIG
HEAT
MATS
Size
Cord
12”x36”
12”x48”
24”x36”
24”x48”,
NIPPLE NOZZLES
* KTHtNAUV ADfUSTAIU FLOW RATI -
to Adluto to Dcairad Flow
* NON-CORROSIVE 304 STAINLESS Sim
construction with duraru elastic
FLOW-RATE AOfUSTBI
* MIX-NUT FITTING FOR EAST INSTALLATION
• WORKS ON GRAVITY OR ERESSURE
WATER SYSTEMS
* TWO (2) SIZES AVAILAILE -
NURsenr a ciowing/finishinc
(Sadi Sint With \rr NET Unto law)
Ret.
‘A ’’And ’/. " ..$5.49
MONOFLO
NIPPLE
WATERERS
Reg. $3.99 •
SALE $3.29 Em.
slack in production that results is
being picked up by larger and more
stable facilities.
Although there has been some
finger pointing to the retail sector
of price gouging, and some of it
has been substantiated by state
officials and university econom
ists, there is no blanket support for
the claim that dairymen are getting
“cheated” out of money for their
milk, even though they may be
selling it at the lowest price ever.
The problem seems to be one of
dairymen doing too good of a job
in providing for the needs of the
market And there also seems to be
a lack of cooperation among inde
pendent producers, despite such
cooperative bargaining agencies as
Regional Cooperative Bargaining
Come To The Store & Guess The Pigs
Weight • Closest Weight Wins The Pig!
2nd Prize: 3rd Prize:
Ceramic Heater Gift Certificate
$36.95 ....$31.99
$42.95 ....$36.99
$68.95 ....$59,99
$79.95 ....$69.99
Growing/
Finishing
saleJSavral
$4.49 WSSSif
Low Prices - This Is Our Way Of Saying “Thank You”!
AMERICAN WICK
KEROSENE
HEATERS
22,300 BTU -
$119.99
10,600 BTU-
B $99.99
KERO SCENT
KEROSENE TREATMENT
$2.99
frostex
\ HEAT TAPE
Vl No. 2301
J Per Foot
n°. 3100 frostex
PLUG END Qa
HEAT TAPE
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Heavy duty aluminum re- wO'n/ j
Hector complete with hanger
and double-wire guard. High
heat porcelain socket with salk
18/2 SVT UL listed cord
(round vinyl), 9' cord $4.99, Ba.
Reg. $5.99 Et. By Case of 10
HEAT LAMP
J BULBS
Clear -125 W - 250 W .
Your Choice $1.39 B«.
Red 250 W $3.29 B«.
Sought
Agency, an offshoot of Regional
Cooperative Marketing Agency.
For a growing number of dairy
men, the dairy production industry
trend portends more of a departure
from the small traditional,
immediate-family farm.
With every ebb in the milk
production-price cycle, more and
more smaller farms are being left
high and dry, while larger, better
bankrolled, and more efficient
operations continue to survive, at
least until the next drop in produc
tion creates an increase in on-farm
milk prices.
Without the reserve cash assets
(Turn to Pag* A 34)
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Saturday
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Specialist Notes Culling Rates
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) 1990-91 DHIA test year
data shows that three quarters of all
cows removed from herds last year
left for reasons other than their
productive ability.
This seriously limits a dairy
man’s option to cull for genetic
merit and points out the small
opportunity that exists to upgrade a
herd’s genetics from the female
side.
There was an average of
330,000 cows on test for the
1990-91 year. The total number
removed during the year was
101,758. This is a removal rate of
30.8 percent, which is consistent
with rates in other Northeast states.
Twenty-four and a half percent
of the cows were voluntarily
FOOD
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VAN SICKLE
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Spray - $2*49
Quart - $4.99
Gallon - $14.99
PHILLIPS 66
ANTI- FREEZE
$3.99
Gallon
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“STOCK GUARD” TUBULAR
I’/. ” ROUND CORNER
GALVANIZED
CATTLE GATES
4* 6 bar 1H " (klv .$27,99
$32.99 Av ajS, e:
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io’ 6b«in - odv $43.99 Duty
12' 6 bar IK *' Oalv $49.99 _2”
M-6b.m-<M. $58.99
i«* 6b« i v <u« .$63.99 gmu*
ll' 6 tar IK “ (Wv $72.99
LARRY SPECHT
PSU Dairy Specialist
I HOT DOG & COKE
f 'JSA Fri., Nov. 22 &
’ Sat., Nov. 23 F^S!
BROWN DUCK
QUILT-LINED 818
•*» A OVERALL
U' with
hnnk leg
ZIPPER
fcA $49.99
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1 HOLE
IS GaL Capacity
Capacity; SO head beef,
2S head daily, 30 honea,
1-8” opening. No. 33360
Reg. $349
SALE $3OO
I SAVE $49 |
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removed from the herd with 16.3
percent of those being culled for
low production and 8.2 percent
were removed for poor dairy
qualities.
Of the rest of the cows removed
from herds (75.5 percent), 23.6
percent were culled for reproduc
tive problems, 10.8 percent for
mastitis, 7.6 percent for type prob
lems. 6.2 percent for injury. 2.1
percent fro old age and 25.2 per
cent for reasons not specified.
Milk, fat and protein dollar val
ues woe calculated for the major
removal catagories. Results are
-$l4 for low production; +s2o for
dairy; +s4 for reproductive prob
lems; +s7 for mastitis; +sl3 for
type problems; +sl3 for injury:
-$42 for old age; and +sll for
nonspecified reasons.
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No. 9!
YELLOW
\ CHORE
V GLOVES
12.99
Dozen Pack
2 HOLE
20 Gal. Capacity
Capacity: ISO head beef,
60 head dairy, 2-8” open
ingi. No. 3360
Reg. $395
SALE $329.00
I SAVE $66.00*1
Working To Improve:
• Better liquification of solids
in system
• Minimize agitation time
• Less solids buildup within
the pit or slurry system.
519.99 Ba.
By The Cue (Of 4)
BROWN DUCK
ZIPPER LEG
INSULATED
COVERALLS
TRADCO
STARTING
FLUID
$1.39