VVVI l r » \ I'JW ■«>» I |(VW blbW l|( <1 B I IMUbaiKW A2B-Uncaster Fanning, Saturday, February 14, 1998 Milk At any time. Pennsylvania produced milk can be shipped to surrounding states, or into the Southeast, southern states, cm- Mid West. Likewise, milk produced in those regions can find its way easi ly into Pennsylvania. Sometimes the milk leaves the state, gets processed and is returned for retail. In calculating the producer price, the industry has been faced with complex pricing structures that don’t necessarily fit with the reality of milk use, trade or shipment. But over the years, different pricing classes of milk have been created to reflect the different uses of milk and milk components. Very generally. Class I milk is drinking milk, f while Class II is ice n cream. Class 111 is but- | ter, and Class IV is that * used for manufacturing Q other foods. ■ If a processor makes * mostly butter, or bottles g mostly drinking milk, ■ both uses need the • purchase of whole, raw milk. ■ <§> Heat your home and other buildings SAFE: The fire, fuel, and connections are outside Since demand (con- • of your warm, comfortable home sum* and manufectur- SAVE: Burn wood, coal, oil, or gas er) for the individual ■ rir * m j , .• „ 6 „ . dairy products varies * AN. AH the dust, dirt, fumes, fuel, and according to season, and smoke are outside sometimes fad orrumor, | <§> The boiler system adapts to any plumbing the price paid for the" <g> Thermostat controlled raw milk to supply those ...... . dairy products varies. □ Made in America! In some cases, such 9 as when the Northeast HVI „hnnino was shipping milk to the Q unvnmg Southeast because it ■ was short of drinking li t floor milk, the Northeast milk □ powder business and | other users of milk faced * urftnpp short supplies. a However, in times | or more information and the dealer location nearest when the drinking milk * you ca „ JOEL- FREE 1 -800-692-5200 the rest of the milk-use industry, causing prices to plummet. The way formers are paid for their milk takes into account all the uses of the milk. Even if the drinking milk price (Class I) is strong, if there is too much butter, then the low price for butter moderates the drinking milk price. That was the case for years when the Ameri can public first took up the non-fat dietary fad and the government had large stocks of pur chased butter surpluses. Under such a price balancing system, even with high Class I prices the farmer can get a low er price for his milk. The Minnesota- Wisconsin pricing series was used for years, effectively using the cost of production in the region as a starting basis to set price. It has bear replaced effectively by the Basic Formula Price (BFP), which places more emphasis on cheese values. Price Reform (Continued from Pag* A 25) The BFP has been modified because of still-suspicious 1996 trading that occured on the Green Bay National Cheese Exchange (now defunct). The cheese price dropped significantly causing the price of milk to plummet, though demand for milk overall didn’t appear to be diminished. The event caused an uproar, especially since the Cheese Exchange represented about 1 per cent of the cheese in the United States. The USDA now prices cheese by surveying several different markets to arrive at an average. According to Yonkers, the fed eral order reform proposal would 2t change the BFP too. 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