Cattle With Superior Solid Protein Genetics Sold At Successful Golden Milk Sale DRYDEN, N,Y. More than 300 farmers from across the Northeast recently attended “The Golden Milk Sale” at Empire Livestock Marketing’s facility here The first-of-its-kind sale, sponsored by Dairylea Coopera tive and Empire Livestock, fea tured nearly 80 animals having high protein, solids, and other desired components in their genetics The sale was held to encour age dairy farmers to re-examine the way they have been plan ning for the future, in light of 0 . t '* / * * > * * \ v ; <$ fr'^l Now through December 31,1999, you con reserve a quality Hesston* machine for spring delivery and lock in 1999 prices. This offer includes Hesston's most popular models from self-propelled windrowers and mower conditioners to round and square balers. 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Rts. 10 & 41, Cochranville, Pa 215-593-2407 ZIMMERMAN’S FARM SERVICE School Road, Rt 1, Bethel, Pa. 717-933-4114 the multiple component pricing provisions contained in the U S Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) final rule on Federal Milk Marketing Order reform Under the USDA’s reform, which has been temporarily halted by a lawsuit, dairy farm ers will be paid according to the components that are present in their cow’s milk In anticipation of this change, many farmers are now looking to add new cows ones that have a history of pro ducing the desired components - to their herds “We are very pleased with this sale,” said Dale Chambers. 1 i 1 i » • i ■ ' '4 1 i 2" *1 < V * ** * ' 4 * * . //% « V ♦ £ f ’* Deposit $l,OOO Deposit $l,OOO Deposit $l,OOO . .Deposit $750 . .Deposit $5OO •i'iaw .Deposit $5OO Deposit $5OO Deposit $5OO Deposit $5OO Deposit $5OO Deposit $5OO Deposit $5OO Deposit $5OO Deposit $750 Deposit $5OO general manager of Empire Livestock, who managed the sale. “Empire’s facility in Dryden is well equipped to han dle a large sale of this nature Having a good milking facility on the premises came in handy, as 50 of the animals needed milking during the time they spent at the sale barn The staff at Dryden did an excellent job preparing for and handling the event” Empire Livestock’s Don Yahn served as auctioneer of the sale Reading the pedigrees were Chuck Luchsinger, Jerseys, Gordon DeMay, Brown Swiss, 1 ' S.P. 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INC. 2095 S Market St, Elizabethtown, Pa 717-367-8867 Jim Patsos, Jr. Ayrshires, and Don Yahn, Holsteins During the sale, 36 Holsteins, 11 Brown Swiss, 13 Jerseys and 6 Ayrshires - all of milking age - were sold, along with some youngstock and bulls. “Very high-quality animals were sold, with many Holsteins, and several Brown Swiss and Jerseys going for more than $2,000,” reported Chambers “The animals all looked impres- National Farmers Commends Glickman’s On f I sr '-I ' I ■ I St,"*, '•4sf , < a Deposit $l,OOO Deposit $l,OOO Deposit $l,OOO Deposit $l,OOO . .Deposit $5OO Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, December 11, 1999-D3 -Farm Storage Program AMES, lowa National Far mers Organization recently com mended Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman for considering a plan to restart an on-farm storage building program. If implemented, finan cially strapped grain producers could receive loans directly from USDA. “We highly commend Ag Sec retary Dan Glickman for consider ing reinstituting a federal farm facility loan program,” said National Farmers Organization President Gene Paul. “These are serious economic times for Ameri ca’s grain producers, and we’re very pleased the Secretary is seri ously considering a key point of the Farm Recovery Plan we prop osed last August.” Repeatedly the White House Office of Management and Budget approved the proposal weeks ago, but program operational details have not yet been established. Once details are agreed upon, the program could go into effect immeeliately upon publication in the Federal Register. Loan rates could be as low as 1 percent above the cost of borrow ing money from the Treasury. “We are hopeful the govern ment will quickly determine prog ram details and provide necessary funding,” Paul said. “And it’s also important that the interest rate offered to producers is as low as possible, considering the severe economic stress the nation’s grain producers are under.” Paul also encouraged the admi nistration to give strong considera tion to the other elements of National Farmers farm recovery plan, including: • Establishment of an annual Soil Bank program, allowing time for markets to absorb worldwide grain stocks. • Expansion of the highly suc cessful Conservation Reserve Program from the current 36.4 mil lion acres to 45 to 50 million acres, using a continuous sign-up procedure. • Reinstatement of the Fanner- Owned Reserve program, which would allow producers, not ship pers, to benefit from rising markets. The program would extend the time period grain and oil seeds could be kept under loan to 24 months plus provide storage pay ments of 25 cents per bushel annually. “We understand Secretary Glickman has stated his intentions to send Congress a detailed farm plan next year to replace Freedom to Farm," said Paul. “Our ideas would be a good starting point.” sive, thanks to Curt Prime and Luke Pullis, their crew and sev eral SUNY Mornsville students, who fit and cared for the cattle ” The New York Jersey Club, the New York Brown Swiss Association and the New York Ayrshire Club assisted in pro viding top-quality animals for the sale. Empire Livestock Marketing, LLC is a subsidiary of Dairylea Cooperative It operates eight facilities
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