A22-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 3,2001 Weekly Dairy Market Outlook (Continued from Page Al 6) $7.86 per cwt and the advanced butterfat pricing factor of $1.4483 per pound. The Class II skim milk price for March is $8.56 per cwt. And finally, Penn State re leased a report this week, “Eco nomic Analysis of the National Dairy Farmers Fairness Act of 2001.” The report analyzed a bill proposed by Senators Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania and Herb Kohl of Wisconsin. The bill provides for a supple mental payment to dairy farm ers when the national average 2 HI DC LU IL Mid-Atlantic Management Conference 0 o “Implementing Competitive Business Strategies” March 7th and Bth, 2001 o o CM Radisson Penn Harris Hotel and Convention Center, Camp Hill, PA C h uni hi piolii,ihilu\ ’ Ail yui il kl\ to mm c tumi benchmarking and ”o.il setting to action' Do \ou need ideas for mmn it mil; md communicating with }oui employees’ If you answered yes to ,my of these question;,, th.m the 2001 M id- Atlanta. Duu\ Management Cmi/eience is tot you The pi,inning committee of dairy prodtieers, industry lenders .ind I niicisity pLisonnel Ills sl lit d uIl d ,111 l sell in” eonlcienee with the goal of providing lending edge infomi.mon and kll.is to piopussUL ,1.1 u \ prodiiLLis ind industry Il.klus in the Mid-Atlantic Region Tile l u K legisti it ion discount ends Ft hi u.iry 14th, so in.ikc your plans today to attend this leading edge tonfeiente lo lx he Id u the R idisson Penn Hams Hotel ind Com ention t enter m (. amp Hill, Pennsy Ivama on Mai eh 7-8, 2001 loi i complete piogi im list of sponsors and eonleienee details \isit oui website at http //wuu das psti edu/madme oi com let Beth Moore, Conference Coordinator b\ e-mail - beth@innernet.net or phone (717) 375-2639. For iegisti moil questions call Sand\ thinsalUus (814) 865 5491 Ihimik ss MID-ATLANTIC MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM Plca«e return by Feb. 14, 2001 hist (Si List N imc(s) lot n.nno t.u Turn Name- Business/ "\ddl C SS k us Em ul Rcgisti ,uion Ice is $ 1 SO, $1 25 toi the second peison tiom the s.ime t.irm - discount is only tor dairy piodticeis This includes ,i copy ol the pioceedings, thtee meals and access to all conteience acttvitcs Add $2O for late registration after February 14, 2001. Mail this toim and payment to S indy Gunsallus, Mid-At Conteience Registiai, 124 Henning Building, Univeisitv Park, PA 16802 (814) 865-5491 Make checks payable to Dairy Management Conference price of Class 111 milk milk used to make cheese falls below a certain level. The bill has two unique fea tures. First, the size of the sup plemental payment is tied to general market conditions. That means producers in the North east and Southeast, where most milk is used for bottling pur poses, can benefit as well as pro ducers in the Midwest and West, where more milk is used to make cheese. Second, the bulk of the pay ments are targeted to small and medium-sized dairy operations that have fewer than 150 cows. Dairy du want to he,u how successful producers have oig.iniied and structured their d ury PA Do State Make Your Plans Today! 2001 Program Highlights Wednesday, March 7th 11 00 Registration I 00 Opening Session -Dairy industry Trends and Opportunities I 45 Session #1 - Organizing! Structuring the Dairy Business for Profitability C S Top Dairies Benchmaiks for Success A Family Faim Growing for the Future Goals, Pnoiities & Planning Management and Farm Evolution BREAK 3 30 Session #2 - Peisonnel Management Taking the Stress out of Performance Ajrpraisals Organizational Structure of the Family Business Turning Talents into Productivity ~M IJ 5 00 Trade Show. Social and Buffet Stations 7 15 Drawing for Dour Prizes 7 30 Session #3 - Producer Panel How the Competition Gets It Done Mutilation and Training Strategies Working with Consultants Thursday, March Bth 7 00 i'ontinental Breakfast H 00 Session #4 - Freedom to Operate Forage Espionage Satellite Mapping Making Regulation') Work FOR You Including Biosecuntx Issuer in "sow Expansion Plans Producing Milk jor a Cornpetitive Market The rules have changed BREAK 10 10 Session #5 CAFO Panel Coruentraied Animal Feeding Operation at Evergreen Farms CAR ) Plans and the Nutrient Management Component CAR) Permitting Process for Evergreen Farms, Inc I 00 Session #6 - Implementation Toolbox BREAK Session #7 - Implementation Toolbox (Concurrent Sessions Repeat) 3 1 5 We Can Meet the Challenge 3 10 Adjourn Zip That’s beneficial to many states that have large numbers of small family farms, like Pennsylvania. For example, a ’general’ pay ment rate of 50 cents per hun dred pounds (cwt.) of milk is made when the annual average Class 111 price of milk is below $10.50 per hundredweight. The Class 111 price of milk averaged about $9.74 in 2000. An addi tional payment of 30 cents per hundred pounds of milk is made if a producer did not expand milk production from the previ ous year. That makes the maximum payment under the dairy fair ness bill equal to 80 cents per hundredweight. a significant price increase. For a farm with 75 cows shipping 1.26 million Telephone ( ) pounds a year, they could able online at http:// receive $6,290 if they expanded www.aers.psu.edu/dairyoutlook/ and $10,065 if they did not. reports/Santorumßill/ The complete report is avail- Study.htm. Average Farm Feed Costs for Handy Reference To help farmers across the state to have handy reference of commodity input costs in their feeding operations for DHIA record sheets or to develop livestock feed cost data, here’s last week’s average costs of various ingred ients as compiled from regional reports across the state of Pennsylvania. Remember, these are averages, so you See Lancaster Farming Cow Cam Visit our Website at www. lancasterfarming.com Distributed by Leßay Sealed Storage Evans Mills, NY 1303/ (315) 629-4143 • (315) 629-4333 Fax (315) 629-5854 Web Site, www gjsco net/lerayss ■ Hydro Cow Flotation Service is i ! available in Lancaster, York and Chester ; I Counties, and I ■ From; | Solanco Veterinary Service | 496 Solanco Rd., Quarryville, PA , 717-786-1303, 1-800-262-7331 will need to adjust your figures up or down according to your location and the quality of your crop. Corn, No.2y 2.21 bu., 3.96 cwt. Wheat, N 0.2 2.34 bu., 3.90 cwt. Barley, N 0.3 —1.57 bu., 3.35 cwt. Oats, N 0.2 1.35 bu.,4.21 cwt. Soybeans, No.l —4.22 bu., 7.05 cwt. Ear Corn 60.65 ton, 3.03 cwt. Alfalfa Hay 88.00 ton, 4.4 cwt. Mixed Hay 92.50 ton, 4.63 cwt. Timothy Hay 83.75 ton, 4.19 cwt. With the Hydro Cow Flotation System you can float a down cow back onto its legs harmlessly without using clamps, belts or chains. The Hydro Cow is a natural way to get a cow back on its legs using only warm water. northeastern Maryland
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