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How Does Your Herd Compare?
STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) This data is pulled from Pennsyl
vania DHIA’s mainframe computer each week. Itis a one-week summary
representing approximately one-fourth of the herds on test, as they are
tested monthly.
These data are valuable from a business management standpoint and
can be used for comparing your operations to the averages from almost
1,400 herds across the state.
State Acts On Ag Bills
HARRISBURG
(Dauphin
Co.) Several
agriculture-related bills
were approved by
Senate committees last
week, according to
Agriculture and Rural
Affairs Committee
Chairman Sen. Edward
Helfrick, R-Elysburg.
Helfrick said his
committee took action
on a bill that would give
some farmers relief
from skyrocketing prop
erty taxes.
Senate Bill 1290
would freeze the tax
assessment and the
county, municipal and
school millage rates
imposed on farms parti
cipating in the state's
Farmland Preservation
Program.
The measure would
also ensure that those
farms are assessed on
the basis of their use
rather than their market
value.
The senator stressed
that the tax relief plan
would only apply to
landowners who have
placed their land in per
petual or 25-year ease
ments under the Farm
land Preservation
Program.
"The tax relief bill
would help ensure that
those farms that cannot
be sold to developers do
not get taxed out of exis
tence," he said.
The senator pointed
out that steadily rising
property taxes will
make it difficult for
farms placed in conser
vation easements to
afford to pay taxes on
the land.
"As the areas around
these farms are built up
by developers, property
taxes will continue to
skyrocket, as new roads
and services are
needed," said Helfrick.
"And fanners who con
tinue to work their land
will have to bear the
increased tax burden.”
Helfrick added that
the Senate Appropria
tions Committee has
approved his legislation'
to enable the state to
participate in the federal
Farms for the Future
Program. This program
offers slates financial
assistance to pay inter
est on borrowed funds
used to buy farm conser
vation easements.
Helfrick noted that
this legislation is part of
FOCUS
the comprehensive "Ag
2000" package that he
introduced earlier this
year, aimed at keeping
farming a profitable
business into the next
century.
"Taken together,
these two bills would
improve Pennsylvania’s
farmland preservation
efforts and protect valu
able land for the next
generation of farmers,"
said Helfrick.
Under the legislation,
fees collected by the
Department through
certification and inspec
tion programs would be
deposited into a
restricted account that
would provide more
money for enforcement
of the Plant Pest Act.
The bill also esta
blishes civil penalties
for violating the law.
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DHIA Averages for all herds processed between 12/02/91 and 12/09/91
Number of Herds Processed
Number of Cows Processed
Number of Cows Per Herd
Milk Per Cow (Lbs)
%-Fat
Fat Per Cow (Lbs)
%-Protein
Protein Per Cow (Lbs)
Average Days in Milk Per Cow
•Value for CWT Milk(s)
•Value for CWT Grain(s) -
•Value for CWT Hay(s)
•Value for CWT Silage(s)
•Value for Pasture Per Day(s)
•Value for Milk Per Cow Per
Year(S)
•Feed Consumed Per'Cow Per
Year(Lbs)
A: Grain
B: Hay
C: Silage
D: Day Pasture
•Feed Cost Per Cow Per Year(s)
A; Grain
B: Hay
C: Silage
D: Pasture
•Total Feed Cost Per Cow Per
Ycar(s)
•Income Over Feed Costs Per
Year(s)
•Grain to Milk Ratio
•Feed Cost Per CWT Milk(s)
Avg Level For 1099 SCC Herds
♦Member generated figures
25%
t Our Year
December
Price
y 2
iiCf
Hardware
1,302
72,370
55.5
17,970
3.65
656
3.17
571
317
12.09
7.87
4.22
1.52
.27
2.173
6,963
2,698
14,920
59
548
113
in
16
906
1,266
1:2.5
5.05
325,313
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Items Cash &
Average Farm Feed
Costs For Handy
Reference
To help fanners across the state
to have handy reference of com
modity input costs in their feeding
operations for DHIA record sheets
or to develop livestock feed cost
data, here’s this week’s average
costs of various ingredients as
compiled from regional reports
across the state of Pennsylvania.
Remember these are averages so
you will need to adjust your figures
up or down according to your loca
tion and the quality of your crop.
Com, No. 2y - 2.73 BU, 4.89
CWT.
Wheat. No. 2 - 3.36 BU. 5.61
CWT.
Barley, No. 3 - 1,95 BU. 4.17
CWT.
Oats. No. 2-1.54 BU. 4.80
CWT.
Soybeans, No. 1 - 5.32 BU. 8.88
CWT.
Ear Com - 65.23 BU. 3.26
CWT.
Alfalfa Hay -126.00 TON 6.30
CWT.
Mixed Hay - 111.13 TON 5.56
CWT.
Timothy Hay - 108.38 TON
5.42 CWT.
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