B SCRANTON (Lackawanna Co.) The Minnesota-Wisconsin Price Series set a record high of $12.77 for March. The old record of $12.67 for March was made in 1981, following an increase of 74 cents in the support price to $13.10 in October 1980. That $13.10 was the highest dairy support {nice on record, but that $12.67 M-W price was as close as it ever came to the $13.10 support. Which has something to say about how high you can try to push prices either through support juices, mother methods, if the market doesn’t exist to warrant the higher prices even if the Commodity Credit Corpora tion is one of die buyers in the market. For more recent comparisons, that $ 12.77 M-W price for Match was 36 cents more than last month, and $1.75 better than last year. From a low of $11.17 last August, it has made steady advances for the last seven months that total $1.60 and average nearly 23 cents a month, with more to come even as we start the spring season. 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On Friday (April 1), the National Cheese Exchange reported prices of nearly $1.40 a poundfor Mocks and over $1.37 for barrels. This was the result of nine weeks of price increases that totaled over 9 cents on Mocks and nearly 12 cents on barrels. The previous highs of $1.39 and $1.36 were also set in April last year. The high continued through May when they started a steady decline of 18 cents in 10 weeks before starting up again in August Perhaps there is something in this pattern of a year ago that may give some clues to the future. No one believes cheese prices can continue their present course much longer. Some forecasters have already predicted an imminent crash. They just don’t agree on when it will come. Of course, the cheese prices haven’t been all that have contributed to the higher M-W. Powder prices have gone as high as $1.16 with the help of subsidized exports under DEIP, and butter prices have almost put CCC out of business as a price supporter. 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Inc. 717-762-3193 •Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 16, 1994-A33 Holstein Offers Pedigree Coupon BRATTLEBORO. Vt. The Holstein Association now offers breeders an option to purchase a 3-generation pedigree for $2.50 at the time of animal identification. The regular price of a 3-genera tion pedigree is $5. In addition, a breeder can choose to receive the pedigree along with the registry certificate or receive a pedigree coupon which can be redeemed anytime up to 24 months after the animal’s date of birth. Coupons can be redeemed by mail; Holstein Association, 1 Hol stein Place, Brattleboro, VT 05302-0808 or by phone, toU-free 1-800-952-5200. Conservationists ANDY ANDREWS Lancaster Farming Staff NORTH CORNWALL (Lebanon Co.) A proposal to establish three separate conser vation awards was approved at a committee meeting of conservation groups Monday night. According to Chuck Wertz, Lebanon County Conservation District manager, the awards will honor the conservation landow ner of the year, conservationist of the year, and conservation educator. The awards were patterned after guidelines established by the Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts (PACD), according to Wertz. A committee established by several county conservation groups used some of the guidelines of the PACD and combined sever al categories to come up with three basic awards, said Wertz. According to the district manager, the Con servation Landowner Award is patterned after PACD’s Conservation Fanner of the Year Award category but is open to any farmer, landowner, civic organization, government agency, business, or industry. The Conserva tion Landowner Award will examine how conservation has been applied to varying land uses, including but not limited to farming, woodlot management/forestry, watersheds, wildlife/recreation, urban conservation, and resource recovcry/recycling programs. For some time, the conservation district has only sporadically honored a conservation educator, according to Wertz. The Conserva tion Education Award would honor either a paid professional or volunteer educator who has contributed time and expertise to the promotion of conservation through education. “We’re not going to exclude people who are not paid as educators,” said Wertz. The Conservationist of the Year Award will stress voluntary conservation efforts of an individual or group entity that is not neces sarily a landowner practicing conservation, according to Wertz. “We never really had a good, comprehen sive awards program due to lack of public support,” said Wertz. He indicated that local representatives of the Lebanon County Feder ation of Sportsman’s Clubs, state fish and boat commission, game commission, state bureau of forestry, and other groups serve on the committee. The awards will be presented at the annual county conservation meeting on November 3 at noon at the Lebanon Valley Agricultural Center. For more information about the awards, contact Wertz at the district, (717) 272-3377.
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