WASHINGTON, D.C. The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service has announced a six* month suspension of rules which would require milk pools operat ing within die Middle Atlantic Federal milk order to dispose (sell) 40 percent of their milk for fluid use. According to a statement from Eugene Brans tod, assistant secret ary of marketing and inspection services, “As a result of the sus pension, a pool distributing plant must displose of at least 30 percent of its monthly milk receipts for fluid purposes in these months.’’ In the statement, Branstool said, “The suspension was requested by several cooperatives that respre sent producer show supply a large portion of die milk for the market, and is necessary to assure that pro ducer milk which has been histori cally associated with the market will continue to be pooled under the order.” The suspension in the require ment is to run front Sept. 1 this year through next February. According to die notice, the sus pension of rules has been reviewed "MUST 60" SPECIALS ★ 135 CU. FT. PATZ MODEL 9100 MIXER BALE CHOPPING MADE EASY PATZ 290 CU. FT. OPEN TOP MIXER Cedar Crest Equipment ■ Two Convenient Locations fflwf /nv USDA Suspends Milk Marketing Provisions and has been determined to be a “non-major” and thus legal action. It will not be retroactive and does not preempt any local laws, unless local law is in conflict with the rule. Also, administrative actions must be exhausted before anyone can file suit in court to stop the rule. Complete notice, of the suspen sion of the rule mandating 40 per cent or more of milk sold be used for Class I purposes, has been pub lished in the June 29,1993 (58 FR 34725) issue of the Federal Register. The change in. requirement specifically means that, for six months starting September, each milk pool within the Middle Atlan tic federal markting order will sell at least 30 percent of its milk for the top-paying Class I use, instead of requiring each pool plant to sell at least 40 percent for Class I. What it means for the producer is a larger market for the fylj and winter holiday season, when cheeses, butterand specialty mark ets, such as egg nog, which are not necessarily included in the Class I Pa 12 608 Evergreen Rd. Lebanon, PA 17042 (717) 270-6600 1-800-646-6601 use, but are included in the higher demanded Class n and Class m use markets. The cooperatives which have requested the change represent 90 percent of milk supplied for mark et, according to the USDA notice. ★ 16’ PATZ SILO UNLOADER MODEL 8800 " Dual-&iger, surface drive with ★ PATZ MODEL 9174 BALE CHOPPER • Reduce (ceding waste and increase palatablllty. •Oo the |ob last with a tractor-powered. Pat? Big-bale Chopper. • Models for 4-foot to 6-foot-diameter round bales or several rectangular bales. • Patented horizontal chopping method requires less horsepower. • A spinning rotor with knives chops as the tub rotates. • Easy start of chopper knives with freewheeling lifting disk. • Two side-discharge ports. • Optional high vertical-discharge chute. • Optional flexible hose tor restncted access and mulching. RD 2 Box 271 East Earl, PA 17519 (717) 354-0584 m SOmHMJV CROW ABOUT... LOW CLASSIFIED RATES WITH EXCELLENT RESULTSI lancaatar Farming, Saturday, October 16, 1993-A25 The changes are in effect imme diately, as any delay would not be in the interest of the common good, nor in the interest of the milk producers, acccording to the statement. For more information, call Con- 4624/4671 Plant them for the Performance You’ll save $330 when you buy 24 units of each in our 48-unit Performance Pak® Or save $5O when you buy six units of each in our 12-unit Trial Pak®. Either way, you’ll get two of our best hybrids for yield, standabihty, drydown and all-around performance. Find out how you can get big hybrid performance at big savings. Ask your local Hoffman sales represen tative today. Or call; l-800*776-7929 4624 Relative Maturity: 118 days ♦ Consistent performance. Produced 203 Bu/A in Sussex County, Del. in a 1992 field check. ♦ Outstanding silage quality for supenor milk production. ♦ Solid performer even under drought and in increasing populations. ♦ Resistant to Southern Com Leaf Blight. 4671 Relative Maturity: 120 days ♦ Unmatched silage yields and quality in a 120-day hybrid. ♦ Consistently tops independent competitive plots for Group 6 hybrids. ♦ Good test weights and grain quality. ♦ Excellent response to high yield environments. 222252 ® h i SttJs Ciba Seeds Hoffman Seeds, Inc. Landisville, PA 17538 Call toll free: 1-800-776-7929 Adding Value To Your Seed Investment stance Breencr, marketing special ist, (202) 720-7311, or write her at: USDA/AMS/Dairy Division, Order Formulation Branch. Room 2968, South Building, P.O. Box 96456, Washington D.C., 20090-6456. Buy thmm for the mmvtngp If you’re looking for big performance from a late maturity hybrid, it’s tough to beat Funk’s G® brand 4624 or 4671. And now there’s a way to get that performance at substantial savings.
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