Researchers Offer
New Bull Rating Index
(Continued from Pago A 32)
which can attect a cow's ability to
stand up to the demands of calving
and milking, year after year.
Using the standard addition
and-multiplication formula shown
here, the Index calculates those
factors and them to a comparable
rating scale of protein and fat
yields.
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Denise Krauter
Your Financial Management Services Specialists.
Just like Farm Credit bankers, you'll find the
Farm Credit Financial Management Services
Specialists ready to talk business with you.
Your business...your recordkeeping, and ...
your taxes.
Underneath the business attire, you'll find
people who know farming. Most Farm Credit
Financial Management Services Specialists
were raised on the farm. They've also been
schooled in training programs recognized as
being the best in the industry.
And that's important.
It means that when you
talk with a Farm Credit
Financial Management
Services Specialist, you
won't waste your time
talking with someone
who's numbers smart
but farm foolish.
LPI Formula:
6x (Sx fat proof + 6x protein
proof) + 4x (3x final class + 4x
mammary system + 2 feet & legs
+ capacity) = LPI
For example, a bull that is + 14
on fat, + 15 on protein, +7 final
class, +4 mammaries, + 8 feet &
legs, and + 8 capacity would add
up like this:
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Routes 22 & 100 South ~ Fogelsville
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Example:
6x (Sxl4, + 6x15) = 960 + 4x (3x7,
+ 4x4, + 2xB, + 8) = 244 960 +244
= 1,204 LPI
An LPI score of 1,200 or better
represents a truly exceptional sire,
but even bulls with scores in the
800 to 1,000 range can be counted
on to contribute to the long-term
profitabililty of a herd.
"We want genetic progress to
improve longevity, while keeping
the emphasis on high production,"
Dekkers said.
Dairymen looking for sires that
combine a profitable balance of
good type and production volume
can use LPI as an indicator.
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What's more. Farm Credit Financial Manage
ment Specialists know farm record keeping
and understand farm tax law. That’s why
they're called Specialists and why Farm
Credit can solve your recordkeeping and
tax problems.
Farm Credit is backed by 75 years of commit
ment to the agricultural community with its
extensive lending programs. The Financial
Management Services department has that
same commitment and reliability.
Farm Disaster Payments
HARRISBURG
(Dauphin Co.) Far
mers may immediately
begin the process of
qualifying for federal
disaster payments for
crop losses from 19900 r
1991 weather or related
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Diane Gassert
So, for unparalleled ex
pertise coupled with
varied recordkeeping
options, a related tax prep
aration service, and the
assurance of complete
confidentiality ~ call your
local Financial Manage
ment Services Specialist.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 21, 1991-A33
Process Begins
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conditions, announced
Don Unangst, state
executive director of
USDA’s Pennsylvania
State Office of ASCS.
Congress has passed
and the President has
signed an appropria
tions act that provides
$995 million to provide
fanners with disaster
payments for 1990 or
1991 crop losses.
Producers may elect
to receive payments for
one of the two years
covered. Payments will
be based on 65 percent
of cither the commodity
target price or loan rate
for program crops.
In the case of soy
beans, sunflowers, and
other non-program
crops, payment rates
will be 65 percent of
average of market prices
for the previous five
years after dropping the
highest and lowest
prices.
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Payments may be
affected by the total of
disaster benefits calcu
lated nationally as the
amount available is set
by legislation and pay
ments may have to be
reduced by factoring in
order to keep expendi
tures under the ceiling.
Qualification for pay
ment is based on the
results of severe weath
er such as the drought
conditions which
affected Pennsylvania
agriculture earlier this
year. Other severe con
ditions may also estab
lish eligibility under
certain circumstances.
Farmers will also
need to demonstrate
production losses grea
ter than 40 percent if
they had no federal crop
insurance or 35 percent
if they carried this
insurance.
Most crops produced
in Pennsylvania will be
eligible for coverage
including corn, soy
beans, ornamental flow
ering shrubs, veget
ables, fruits, etc.
Actual applications
for the disaster payment
will not be accepted
until dates to be estab
lished in early 1992. In
the meantime, ASCS
county offices will
accept preliminary
applications for disaster
credit, basic farm and
production data, and
other preliminary appli
cation information. All
such actions will be sub
ject to final issuance of
program regulations.
“Fanners who exper
ienced reduced yields
this growing season
should check with their
local ASCS office to be
prepared to file when
program signup is
announced,” said
Unangst. There are sixty
local ASCS offices