A29-Laneatter Farming, Saturday, February 10, 1996
Staff Sets
Agenda For
Spring
Meetings
DAVID BIGELOW
Training Coordinator
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.)—Recently the Pa. DHIA
Held staff met to set the agenda for
the upcoming spring technician
conferences. It was decided that
the agenda would consist of learn
ing and discussing the records or
finished product that goes back to
the dairymen.
The conferences will all begin
at 10 a.m. and end at 4 p.m.
Starting with introductions of
technicians, guests and staff, the
program will immediately go into
the interpretation of the reports.
Herd Summary I and 11. along
with the reproductive repot, will
be interpreted by David Bigelow,
training coordinator. The milk
urea nitrogen and somatic cell
reports will be interpreted by the
region manager.
Dean Amick, director of field
22, Friday At Millerstown Fire Hall, located of off Rt.22/322 at
Millerstown Exit For Cumberland, Juniata, Peny, Dauphin, and Snyder
counties.
25, Monday At Hoss’s Steak and Sea House in Exton, located a
half mile south of the Pa. Turnpike along Rt.loo. For Bucks, Chester,
Lancaster and Montgomery counties.
26, Tuesday At Blue Mountain Family Restaurant, located off
of 178 at Exit 8. For Lebanon, Beiks and Schuylkill counties, m
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Spring Conference
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operations, will be responsible for
the round table discussion. The
round table discussion allows the
technicians to ask questions and
receive information from the field
staff.
Pa. DHIA holds 14 conferences
in diffemt parts of the state in the
spring and fall. The summer con
ference will be held at Grantville
on June 14-15,1996. This confer
ence is a two-day event
These educational events, along
with the region manager holding a
mini-meeting bi-monthly, gives
the field staff the opportunity to
continually update the technicians
on any new changes.
Feel free to contact PA DHIA at
1-800-344-8378, if we can assist
with your dairy operation.
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27, Wednesday At General Lee’s Family Restaurant located
along Rt3o West before Gettysburg Battlefield. For Adams, Franklin
and York counties.
28, Thursday At Hoss’s Steak and Sea House, along Rt. 22, in
Huntingdon. For Huntingdon, Fulton and Mifflin counties.
29, Friday At The Ranch House, along Old Rt 220, south of
Claysburg. For Blair, Bedford and Cambria counties.
1, Monday At Candlelight Restaurant in Donegal, located at
Exit 9 off of the Pa. Turnpike. For Washington, Fayette, Westmoreland,
Somerset and Indiana counties.
2, Tuesday At the All American Truckstop in Milton, located
off of 180 at Exit 32. For Union, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland,
Columbia, and Luzerne counties.
3, Wednesday At Sinbad’s, located along Rt. 6 in Wysox. For
Bradford and Sullivan counties.
4, Thursday At Mbuntainview Restaurant, along Rtlo6 in
Clifford. For Lackawanna, Susquehanna. Wayne, and Wyoming counties
and New Jersey.
5, Friday At the Bonanza in Mansfield, located off of Rt. 15 at
the Mansfield Exit For Potter and Tioga counties.
10, Wednesday At the Dutch Treat in Spartansburg, along Rt,
77. For Crawford, Erie, and Warren counties and New York.
11, Thursday At Howard Johnson’s in Mercer, located off of
180 at Exit 2. For Mercer, Butler, Venango, Lawrence, Beaver and Arms
trong counties.
12, Friday At Days Inn in Gearfield, located off of 180 at Exit
19. For Clearfield, Elk, Centre, Clinton, Jefferson, and McKean counties.
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> MARKET REPORT 7
4, CLEAN-UP 1/31/96 4
V Ideal Leaf 24% %
j TOBACCO Lane. Leaf 42% • J
& cat it. Winstead 3%
V SALE: Warehouse 9% 7
L i i iL South Boat Leaf 22% a
& Feb. 14th 179,000Lb5. Sold %
/ $1.38/Lb. to $1.42/Lb. I
% Outgrade $1.25 - $1.30 <5
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> RECEIVING J
L [DATES 2/13-7 to 4 » 2/14 -7 to Sale \
I LIFE OF A TOBACCO WAREHOUSEMAN \
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Q? We like to see farmers bring their tobacco to warehouse to be sold. We *5
y don’t mind, but it is tough when farmers put minimums on their J
/ tobacco. 300 over market sometimes mistakes are made - minimums are A
& not recorded. Paradise has given out over $10,000.00 in mistakes where $
y the farmer says he gave minimum to somebody but we can’t find that 7
/ ‘somebody’. A
% We try to make rules to limit sale to three (3) sales before skid charge
y but we never obey it. Some farmers had tobacco at Paradise from 3to 7
J IQ sales before ever making a decision. We’ve put great expense in 4k,
% selling your tobacco more than one (1) time this year. The first two %
y weeks were full of expense. Currently, a lot of farmers accuse us for not 7
J sticking together for higher prices. It is not really the warehouse A
% responsibility - but the farmer and the buyers’ tobacco companies to %
y decide what the market is! Since only 50% tobacco is through auction 7
j market, not every buyer is going to be happy. If more tobacco went A
& through auction market, more buyers are forced to auction and there %
y would be an open market. Right now, auction market must act like a 7
j receiving station at night to get our farmers what other farmers get. A
a. When tobacco sold private, you do not force buyers to expose their true %
y market price to the public. Everything is under the table. 7
J We are only a place to market your tobacco. We try our very best to A
A, work in the best interest of the farmer. Out of 1200 customers, we get a <5
y thank you from a handful ONLY! 7
j Should Paradise Tobacco stay in business? In a year when farmers a
4. should be happy, when taking home bigger checks than ever, it seemed
y impossible to please anybody. When tobacco prices are going up, 7
j farmers do not sell, when tobacco prices come down, everybody brings A
4 <n and puts on last week’s pnee as minimum. No matter what price of <5
y tobacco is, farmers usually want 50 more. 7
j Upon waiting for the 50 more, the tobacco buying companies lower the A
4 price and you still want 50 more. You lose 200 by waiting for an extra '5
y 50. WHY? 7
JT There is a group of farmers every year who bring tobacco in frequently, A
L sell it at the market, no complaints, and probably end up with better %
y average than that group of farmers that waits with all his tobacco to try 7
f to reach a high. A
i Can’t we find a happy medium? Somewhere? Why, in a good market %
& like we had this year, does a farmer sidetrack the market maker - the 7
f tobacco auction house 9 A
4 Mitch White $
T PARADISE TOBACCO Mi,ch White-Sale Mgr. • 1
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