A24-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 16, 1993
DER Milkhouse Wastewater Study
(Continued from Pago Al) being acceptable.”
However, until all the data is
reviewed. Rider could not confirm
that the department will maintain
its position on milkhouse waste
water; though that is most likely,
since normal milkhouse waste
contains nothing toxic after dilu
tion into manure.
The focus, he said, is on onlot
septic systems.
“Once we get the data evaluated
and take a close look at it. we will
have a better idea.” he said.
The evaluation is to get a better
The issue of milkhouse waste
water was briefly raised during the
first meeting of the Nutrient Man
agement Advisory Board to the
State Conservation Commission.
The 15 -member advisory com
mittee is to review all regulatory
proposals from the State Conser
vation Commission for the admi
nistration of the Nutrient Manage
ment Act, made into law earlier
this year.
During discussion on what types
of things might be considered in a
nutrient management plan, the
issue of milkhouse wastewater was
Farm Forum
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Gordon Hiller, Master of the
Pennsylvania Grange said, “I hope
this effort will be a start towards
developing a National Dairy Poli
cy that everyone can support”
The letter was signed by: Na
tional Farmers Union, National
Family Farm Coalition, National
Farmers Organization, National
Dairy Campaign, National Wife
Organization, the Progressive
Agriculture Organization, Penn
sylvania State Grange. New York
State Grange, New York State
Milk Producers Association, and
in Pennsylvania the Scenic Moun
tain, North Penn, and Northern
Tier Milk Cooperatives.
Arden Tewksbury, Manager of
Pro Ag stated, “all of these organi
zations helped to mold the effort,
and the majority of the organiza
tions are strong supporters-of a
new dairy pricing formula based
on the national average cost of
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questioned. In response, a DER
representative said the department
had no problem with milkhouse
wastewater being dumped into a
farm’s regular manure storage pit,
to later be used on fields for the
material’s nutrient and soil
building value.
Rider confirmed that as the posi
tion of the department at this time,
with no red reason to suspect any
change with the completion of the
department’s investigation into
milkhouse wastewater.
“We’ve always advocated pul
ing wastewater in manure.” Rider
said. “We’ve always seen it as
producing milk coupled with a
supply management program,
such as two-tier to maintain an
adequate—stable supply of milk.
Many of the above named or
ganizations were responsible for
bringing many of the dairy farm
ers that attended the National
Dairy Summit this past June in
York, Pennsylvania.
The joint efforts were mainly
prompted by the recent announce
ment from officials of the
U.S.D.A. that the National Aver
age Cost of Producing Milk was
$14.11 in 1991, which left the re
sidual return for management and
risk at a minus -38 cents per cwt.
The residual return in 1981 was a
plus $2.30 per cwt. John Hatha
way, from the Empire Farm Alli
ance, complimented the leaders of
all the organizations for their ef
forts on the joint letter.
Arden Tewksbury
Manager, Pro Ag
ALBANY, N.Y. Daily far
mers who supplied regulated milk
dealers (handlers) under the New
York-New Jersey marketing
orders during August 1993 will be
paid by handlers on the basis of a
uniform price of $12.33 per hun
dredweight (26.5 cents per quart);
the price for the corresponding
month last year was $13.36 per
hundredweight.
Market Administrator Ronald
C. Pearce also stated that the price
was $12.85 in July 1993. The uni
form price is a marketwide
weighted average of the value of
farm milk used for fluid and man
ufactured dairy products.
The seasonal incentive plan has
been suspended for 1993. If the
plan had been in effect, 25 percent
of the monies deducted would
have been returned in the August
uniform price calculation.
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understanding on “just what is in
(milkhouse wastewater) and in
what concentrations.
“We’ve always known it was
mixed with manure and SCS
(USDA’s Soil Conservation Ser
vice)said, ‘fine, ’ and we’vc had no
pollution problems (with it) mix
ed, so we thought it was okay.
“But what we’re looking at now
is just what’s in it and what con
cerns we might have to disposal
into subsurface systems. A lot of
facilities utilize just a subsurface
(system). There may be some con
cerns with these systems malfunc
tioning because of the strengths of
the materials put in it,” he said.
He said specifically that the
August Milk $12.33
supplied handlers regulated under
the New York-New Jersey mark
eting orders with 945,736,466
pounds of milk during August
1993. This was an increase of 1.7
percent (about 16 million pounds)
from last year. The gross value to
dairy farmers for milk deliveries
was $116,697,152.45. This
included differentials required to
be paid to dairy farmers but not
premiums, deductions authorized
by the fanner, or assessments.
Regulated handlers used
365,275,554 pounds of milk for
Class I, 38.6 percent of the total.
This milk is used for fluid milk
products such as homogenized,
flavored, low test, and skim milks.
For August 1993, handlers paid
$14.45 per hundredweight (31.1
cents per quart) for Class I milk
compared with $14.88 a year ago.
Handlers used 183.564,532
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department will be looking at the
waste in terms of biological oxy.
gen demand (BOD) and suspended
solids.
Even though the flow of milk
house wastewater into a subsur
face system may not be as great as
from other sources, the concentra
tion of nutrients is much higher
than normal waste handled with a
subsurface system, he said.
Rider said that following addi
tional inhouse meetings with tech
nical people, meetings between
DER and agricultural representa
tives will be held in an attempt to
work out what needs to be done
and how soon.
pounds of milk for Class II pro
ducts, 19.4 percent of the total.
Class II products include fluid
cream, eggnog, ricotta and cottage
cheeses, ice cream, and yogurt.
Handlers paid $ll.OB per hun
dredweight for this milk.
. The balance (396,896,380
pounds or 42 percent) was used to
manufacture Class ID products
including butter, cheese other than
ricotta and cottage cheeses, and
dried milk. Handlers paid $11.27
per hundredweight for this milk.
The uniform price is based on
milk containing 3.5 percent but
terfat. For August 1993, there was
a price differential of 6.9 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.
SERIES TEAM