A32-Lancasttf Farming, Saturday, July 18, 1992
Dairylea Asks Casey
To Support Ag
SYRACUSE. N.Y. Recog
nizing the vital importance of re
search to the success of a fanning
operation. Dairylea Cooperative
recently urged Pennsylvania Gov.
Robot Casey to continue funding
the agricultural and research ef
forts of The Pennsylvania State
University and the veterinary
medicine program at the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania.
“Dairy fanners indeed, all
farmers today are facing in
creasing pressure to compete in
the international marketplace,”
said Dairylea President Clyde Ru
therford. Rutherford said that in
order for farmers to maximize
their efficiencies to enable them to
compete effectively, they look to
apply the results of research con
ducted by colleges and universi
ties.
Equally important, said Ruther
ford, is that the working relation
ship between a dairy fanner and a
veterinarian is crucial to a dairy
Corn, Oat Stocks Down
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Pennsylvania’s com and oat
stocks on June 1, totaled 28.2 mil
lion bushels and 2.5 million bush
els, respectively, according to the
Pennsylvania Agricultural Statis
tics Service.
At the same time last year, com
stocks were 43.1 million bushels
and oats stock totaled 4.0 million
bushels.
Com stocks on farms totaled
22.0 million bushels, down 41
percent from 37.0 million in 1991.
Oat stocks at I.BS million bushels
were also down 41 percent from
the 1991 inventory of 3.10 million
bushels.
Off-farm grain stocks were:
com - 6.17 million bushels, up 1
percent from 6.09 million in 1991;
oats - 630 thousand bushels, down
31 percent from 948 thousand in
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farm’s success. Fanners are ex
pected to manage their herds to
produce high quality milk, a re
sponsibility that requires farmers
to work closely with their veterin
arians. If the Pennsylvania Veter
inary Medicine School closes, it
would make it much more diffi
cult for Pennsylvania fanners to
have access to top-notch veterin
ary care and research, Rutherford
said.
Agriculture remains Pennsylva
nia’s largest industry, Rutherford
stressed, and dairy fanning is the
keystone of that industry. “Dairy
farmers deserve, and rely on, sup
port from Penn Slate and the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania Veterin
ary Medicine School,” he said.
Dairylea, a Syracuse-based
milk marketing cooperative with
2,500 farmer members throughout
the Northeast, participates in a
milk marketing network stretch
ing from Maine to Maryland to
Ohio.
1991; barley -170 thousand bush
els, down 69 percent from 548
thousand in 1991; wheat - 1.93
million bushels, down 44 percent
from 3.46 million bushels in 1991;
soybeans - 720 thousand, down 13
percent from 828 thousand bush
els in 1991.
Nationally, com stored in all
positions on June 1,1992, is esti
mated at 2.74 billion bushels,
down 8 percent from June 1,1991.
Barley stored in all positions on
June 1, 1992, is estimated at 130
million bushels. 4 percent below
the stocks of June 1. 1991. Oats
stored in all positions on June 1,
1992, totaled 127 million bushels,
down 26 percent from June 1,
1991.
Old crop all wheat in all storage
positions on June 1, 1992, totaled
472 million bushels, down 45 per
cent from June 1,1991.
GOOD WEEK FOR FIELDWORK: Above-average temperatures and below-average precipitation across
the commonwealth allowed five days suitable for fieldwork. Activities included spraying, cultivating, top
dressing com. hauling manure, spreading fertilizer, maintaining machinery, planting, cutting and baling hay,
combining, and caring for livestock.
SOIL MOISTURE: By week’s end, topsoil moisture was rated short by 47 percent of our respondents,
adequate by SO percent, and surplus by 3 percent Forty-one percent of our respondents in the northern region
rated soil moisture as short and 59 percent rated it adequate. In the central region, S 3 percent of our reporters
rated soil moisture as short and 47 percent rated it adequate. In the southern region, 42 percent of the respon
dents rated soil moisture as short, 47 percent as adequate, and 11 percent surplus.
CORN: The com crop for the state was rated 22 percent excellent, SO percent good, 22 percent fair, S percent
poor, and 1 percent very poor.
SOYBEANS: Soybean planting was 96 percent complete. That was 3 percentage points below last year but
the same as the five-year average.
OATS: The oats progress by the end of the week was rated 70 percent headed or in the process of heading, 25
percent turning yellow, and S percent ripe. Last year at this time, 23 percent of the crop was in the process of
heading or in headed stage, 46 percent was turning yellow, 21 percent was ripe, and 10 percent was harvested.
Oats condition was rated 22 percent excellent, 57 percent good, 17 percent fair, 3 percent poor, and 1 percent
very poor.
BARLEY AND WHEAT: Barley was 16 percent in headed stage, 21 percent turning yellow, 20 percent
ripe, and 43 percent harvested. At this time last year, 3 percent was yellow, 14 percent ripe, and 83 percent
harvested. Wheat was 18 percent in the heading or headed stage, 47 percent turning yellow, 31 percent ripe,
and 4 percent harvested. Last year at this time, 10 percent was turning yellow, 33 percent was ripe, and 57
percent harvested. The wheat crop across the state was rated 24 percent excellent, 57 percent good, IS per
cent fair, 2 percent poor, and 2 percent very poor.
FRUIT: Twenty-two percent of the commonwealth's peaches were rated below average, 72 percent were
rated average, and 6 percent were rated above average. Apples were rated 18 percent below average, 67 per
cent average, and 15 percent above average.
HAY AND PASTURE: By week’s end the first cutting of alfalfa was 98 percent complete. Last year at this
time it was 100 percent complete. The second cutting of alfalfa was 33 percent complete. Last year it was 57
percent complete. The quality of hay made was rated good by 42 percent of our reporters, fair by 50 percent,
and poor by 8 percent The quality of feed being obtained from pastures was rated good by 24 percent of our
reporters, fair by 47 percent, poor by 21 percent, and very poor by 8 percent.
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