Northeast Order Uniform Milk
Price For June 2001
BOSTON, Mass. Erik F.
Rasmussen, market administra
tor for the Northeast Marketing
Area, has announced that the sta
tistical uniform price paid by
milk dealers (handlers) regulated
under the Northeast Order for
June 2001 is $17.08 per hundred
weight ($1.47 per gallon) for milk
delivered to plants located in Suf
folk County, Mass. (Boston). The
June statistical uniform price is
$16.98 for delivery to plants in
New York, N.Y. and $16.88 for
delivery to plants in Philadelphia.
The statistical uniform price is
the benchmark minimum pro
ducer blend price paid to dairy
farmers, prior to allowable de
ductions, for milk containing 3.5
Northeast DFA Sends Two
Couples To National Conference
SYRACUSE, N.Y. Dairy
Farmers of America (DFA)
Northeast Council, based in Syr
acuse, N.Y., sponsored two
Young Cooperator couples to at
tend the National Institute on
Cooperative Education (NICE),
July 22-25 in Atlanta, Ga.
Couples chosen are producers
Stephen and Christina Henning
from Mehoopany; and Adelia
Pimm and Thomas Dayton from
Canewango Valley, N.Y. The
couples were chosen as a result of
their involvement in DFA’s
Yofing Cooperative (YC) pro
gram.
The Northeast Council of DFA
represents more than 2,400 dairy
producer members who market
percent butterfat, 2.99 percent
protein, and 5.69 percent other
solids. The price received by an
individual dairy fanner will vary
as the component composition of
a farm’s milk differs from the es
tablished benchmarks and by the
location of the plant(s) to which
the farm’s milk is delivered.
Mr. Rasmussen also stated that
the producer price differential
(PPD) for June is $2.06 per hun
dredweight for milk delivered to
plants located in Suffolk County,
Mass. The PPP represents each
producer’s share of the value
generated by the marketwide
pool on a hundredweight basis.
The PPD, which is added to the
payment producers receive for
more than 2.2 billion pounds of
milk cooperatively. The North
east Council, encompassing seven
northeastern states, is one of
DFA’s seven marketing and
membership areas serving local
member and customer needs.
Overall, DFA is working for
27,000 dairy producers/members
in 45 states, with an annual mar
keting and processing rate of 44.7
billion pounds of milk.
The DFA Young Cooperator
program is an educational pro
gram, providing farmers ages
18-40, with the development of
personal and leadership skills
that can be utilized at home, on
the farm, in the cooperative, and
within the community.
their milk’s components, is ad
justed for the location of the re
ceiving plant. The statistical un
iform price and PPD decrease by
scheduled amounts the more dis
tant the plant receiving producer
milk is from Suffolk County,
Mass.
The class prices for milk pool
ed in June are as follows: Class I,
$18.24 (Suffolk County, Mass.);
Class 11, $16.05; Class 111, $15.02;
and Class IV, $15.33. Compara
ble prices for June 2000 were:
Class I $14.95; Class II $13.08;
Class 111 $9.46; and Class IV
price $12.38. The component val
ues for June are protein, $2.1670
per pound; butterfat, $2.2089 per
pound; other solids, $0.1409 per
pound; and nonfat solids, $0.8748
per pound.
Milk receipts from producers
totaled 2.067 billion pounds.
Class I utilization, milk processed
as beverage milk, was 40.7 per
cent of producer milk receipts.
The average Class I utilization
was 42.1 percent in June 2000.
The manufacture of Class II
products such as cream, ice
cream, yogurt, and cottage cheese
utilized 15.6 percent of producer
milk. Milk used to manufacture
Class 111 products such as cheese
(American and Italian) and evap
orated and condensed products
utilized 34.0 percent of total milk
receipts. Class IV usage (butter,
nonfat and whole milk powder)
equaled 9.7 percent of the total.
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OATS AS A
SUPPLEMENTAL
FORAGE CROP
Paul H. Craig, CCA
Extension Agent
Forages, Dauphin County
Indicators from across the
Capitol Region reflect the high
probability that present forage
supplies are short.
Alfalfa weevil feeding signifi
cantly impacted yields of first
cutting alfalfa and second cutting
was reduced by dry soil condi
tions. Third cutting looks great
but this harvest does not make
up a large percentage of total
yields.
Forage grasses yields were
variable. Yields of good quality
grasses are the exception. Many
stands reached maturity very
rapidly because of dry conditions
and high temperatures in May.
The loss of timothy production
from the cereal rust mite has also
increased in the region.
Armyworms have decimated
forage grass stands and regrowth.
Only in grazing situations can the
forage supply be considered as
average or a little better. What’s
a producer to do now?
Summer seeded oats is one
crop that could be included in a
supplemental forage program at
this time. Planted in early to mid-
August, with adequate fertility
and soil moisture, oats have the
potential to produce a high yield
ing forage with the potential for
excellent feed quality. Yields
from farmer trials, using bin-run
seeds have produced 2.9 tons/
acre of dry matter after 60 days
of development.
AG PROGRESS:
THE SHOWCASE OF
AGRICULTURE
Lancaster Farming has
scheduled a special
promotional issue on
Ag Progress Days, the
annual Penn State showcase
agricultural event at the
university’s Rockspnng
research site. That Aug. 11
issue will feature news and
information, including maps
and event schedules.
In one trial, the silage tested
11.2 percent crude protein with
ADF levels of 33.2 percent and
NDF levels at 59 percent. This si
lage was harvested during the
dough stage of development and
had a TDN of 65 percent. Differ
ent levels of all forage quality in
dicators would vary greatly by
the stage of maturity at harvest.
Summer seeded oats, early to
mid-August, can be planted in
small grain stubble fields follow
ing manure applications and till
age. This practice also helps to
reduce perennial weed pressures
and serves as a place to put ma
nures. In this situation, two to
three bushels per acre of oats will
provide good forage in approxi
mately 60 days.
Another place many growers
have sown oats is into pastures
with a no-till drill. If seeding into
a pasture, seeding rates should be
reduced to one to two bushels per
acre to reduce negatively affec
ting long term pasture stands.
There is no need to purchase,
seed quality oats. Bin run seeds,
with a check of germination, can
provide great stands and yields.
If manure is not applied before
establishment, the application of
SO to 60 pounds of Nitrogen fer
tilizer is recommended.
Oats can be harvested at any
stage of development; in fact,
many growers will stagger plant
ings from early August until Sep
tember. Harvesting as silage is
probably most common as good
hay drying weather in October is
not the norm. Grazing is another
method for harvesting and helps
to stretch out stored forages.
Using a “break” wire to limit ac
cess will prevent too much wast
ing of the forage.
A few growers have sown oats
and rye, wheat or barley in com
bination. Their goal was to have
a forage crop to harvest in the
fall (oats) and then a second crop
next spring. Results have indicat
ed that sowing winter grains too
early in the summer period (early
August) was not the best practice.
If you plan to try this practice,
delay seeding wheat, barley or
rye until early September with
the oats. With an early planting
and harvest of early August seed
ed outs, there would be an oppor
tunity to sow winter grains in Oc
tober.