A2&-L«nc«ter Farming, Saturday, February 26, 2000 NFO Asks Glickman To Help America’s Dairy Farmers AMES, lowa-As America’s dairy farmers continue receiving pay prices at 1978 levels, a ma jor farm group is formally re questing the Secretary of Agri culture to temporarily floor class 111 milk prices at $13.50. Class 111 base prices currently hover near $9.50 per one hundred pounds (cwt.) of milk; just one year ago farmers earned $17.34/ cwt. National Farmers Organization members passed the milk floor price resolution at it’s national convention in mid January. NFO leaders are calling on farm orga nizations and other dairy indus try groups to join in the effort for the temporary six-month action in all federal milk marketing orders. “Because dairy farmers’ milk production costs greatly exceed the prices they currently receive, many are suffering severe finan cial loss and are leaving the business,” said National Farm ers Organization president Paul Olson, a dairy producer from V IDEAL LEAP TOBACCO COMPANY We Will Be Buying Tobacco Next Week Monday, Feb. 28 Thru Friday, March 3 Call 717-529-6416 for Prices and Delivery Time Will also be receiving tobacco for processing /S Diesel Fuel Injection Pumps, Injectors, Turbochargers Factory Trained & Authorized for complete services on: Stanadyne (Roosa Master), Lucas CAV, Simms, Robert Bosch, Ambac (American Bosch), etc • Instant Exchange or Rebuild (Fast Turn Around Time) • Feed Pumps (John Deere & Most All Applications) • Quality Workmanship, Experience, Troubleshooting. • Free Pick Up & Delivery (100 mile radius of Hbg ) Daily UPS Shipping • NEW CUSTOMER • 10% PISCOUNI Expires 12/31/99 Wisconsin. “To realize the severe hard ship we face, Congress and Sec retary Glickman only need to remember the salary they earn ed 22 years ago, and then imag ine trying to pay business and living expenses using that salary.” The federal government re ports that once total economic expenses are computed, it costs dairymen nationally an average $17.33 per cwt. to produce milk for U.S. consumers. Their total cash expenses average $12.72. The higher figure represents labor and management costs, and the overall return on invest ment. Versus one year ago, most dairy producers are receiving $7.71 cwt. less for the base price of their milk. Which means a 100-cow herd generates approxi mately $14,000 less for each month’s production. “Low milk prices place dairy farmers in a cruel cost-price squeeze,” said Olson. “Without On Rebuilds or Exchange With This Ad some type of price relief, increas ingly large numbers of dairy farms will face bankruptcy and financial ruin.” The Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act, which establish es federal rules for milk produc tion and sales, specifically calls Marketing Livestock Products Workshop BEDFORD (Bedford Co.)- Penn State Cooperative Extension will host a Marketing Livestock Pro ducts Workshop at the Cambria County Extension Office in Ebens burg on March 21, 2000 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. “Market prices for livestock have been pretty low for the past several years, so livestock pro ducers are looking for new ways to market their livestock or products made from the live stock,” said Melanie Barkley, Bedford County Extension Ag- D 0® t | 1 I r %Xr tcs w Wt STANDARD FEATURES ON STATIONARY 31 RISSLER MIXERS INCLUDE: iS HEAVY DUTY STAINLESS wt STEEL AUGER ®JT -STAINLESS STEEL AUGER TROUGH. - STAINLESS STEEL FLOOR. - STAINLESS STEEL PINS IN MIXING CHAIN. rnjL - POLY CLAD SIDES. - SAFETY SHUT OFF CONTACTOR SWITCH. |£ DOES ANY OTHER T.M.R. MIXER or OFFER THESE FEATURES? *S w 1 f!St *3 448 Orchard Road //f n/CQI CIJ-N S. Mohnton, PA 19540 #i lOOLtfl I to .g 717-484-0551 -TMR MIXERS-* 'll war srar ey *b yI for orderly marketing conditions and price stability, which is in the best interest of producers and consumers. Unreasonable fluctuations in prices and sup plies, along with orderly milk flow are key points in federal milk market regulation. ent. This workshop is designed to give producers -some ideas on how and where to market prod ucts they produce from their livestock. The workshop will cover how to develop a business plan for marketing livestock products, marketing examples, value added products, under standing consumer preferences, and marketing brainstorming. “By selling products directly to consumers, livestock produc ers can increase their profit potential,” said Barkley. “We urge Secretary Glickman to act swiftly and set a tempo rary floor price of $13.50 to pro tect America’s hard working dairy producers that provide the quality milk that every citizen depends upon.” For more information you can contact the Penn State Coopera tive Extension Office in Bedford County at (814) 623-4800 or in Cambria County at (814) 472- 7986. Cost for the workshop is $lO.OO. The fee includes materi als and lunch. MILK Where's your mustache? "
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