Farm Bill
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Therefore, about 93 percent of
the milk produced in the North
east was eligible for program
payments.
Table 1 Estimates ot Program Payments under the Northeast Dairy Market Loss Program
for Fiscal Year 2002
New England
Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
New York
Pennsylvania
Other Northeast
Delaware
Mars land
New Jersey
West Virginia
Total Northeast
1 Average milk marketings for the FY 1999 - FY 2001 milk marketing years
The pavmcnts tor fiscal scar 2002 arc tor December I 2001 - September W 2002
' Percent ol milk th. t meets the 8 billion pound per year per farm cap on milk marketings
4 Assumes a program payment rate ot SO 772 per cwt
Pennsylvania Beef Expo Begins March 28
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) The Pennsylvania Junior
Cattlemen’s Association (PJCA)
will hold their 12th annual Jun
ior Steer and Heifer Preview
Show at the 13th annual Pennsyl
vania Beef Expo, March 28-30 at
the Penn State Ag Arena, State
College.
The Expo is an excellent op
portunity for PJCA members to
exhibit their animals in a week
end of fun and educatiQn. Special
educational demonstrations, ex
hibits and talks will be given on
Thursday afternoon, March 28.
Since its creation in 1988, the
Pa. Beef Expo has expanded to
include activities targeted at both
junior and senior cattlemen. This
year’s Expo begins with the PCA
Awards Banquet and Annual
Meeting, scheduled for Thursday,
March 28 at Celebrations Hall,
near the Nittany Mall, in State
College.
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Of the 29.5 billion pounds of
milk produced in the 12 North
east states during FY-1999 -
2001, about 22.8 billion pounds is
eligible for the program pay
ments during fiscal year 2002.
The amount of milk eligible for
the program payment in the
Northeast is subject to two limit
ations 1) a reduced marketing
Milk Marketings
FY 99-dT Pro rata Eligible tor Pavment
Base 1 Base ’
Mil Lbs Mil Lbs
4 628 3,857
491 409
672 560
398 331
318 265
28 24
3.721 2.268
11.902 9 918
10 961 9 134
2.026 I 688
156 no
1.315 1113
370 225
265 ' 221
29.517 24.598
Festivities will begin with a re
ception at 6:30 p.m. and dinner
at 7 p.m. The association will rec
ognize cattle producers with sev
eral awards including the Indus
try Service Award, Commercial
Cattleman, Seedstock Breeder
and Cattle Feeder of the Year.
One farm will be recognized
with the Stewardship Award for
dedication to preserving agricul
ture and the environment for fu
ture generations. j
Other banquet highlights in
clude announcement of the Penn
sylvania Cattlemen’s Beef Am
bassadors. Banquet reservations
can be made by calling or faxing
the PCA office at (814) 238-5888
or by e-mail at Uw@psu.edu.
March 29 wiU kick off the be
ginning of the Beef Expo Trade
Show. The three-day trade show
is an exceUent opportunity to
visit and ask questions of equip-
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CCC Outlavs 1
Mil's
Mil Lbs
3.415
362
496
02
15 5
69 8
68 4
119
2,007
9 036
8 857
1 539
118
1.014
202
22.347
1764
Tradeshow
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year consisting of 10 months, and
2) a payment cap of eight million
pounds per farm per year. Given
a projected payment rate of $0.77
per CWT, total CCC outlays for
the Northeast Dairy Market Loss
Program during fiscal year 2002
is estimated to be $176.4 million.
So what impact will such a
program have on individual dairy
farms during the first year of the
program? This was estimated in
Table 2 below for fiscal year
2002. The program payment of
$0.77 per CWT was computed
for four different size dairy farms
in the Northeast. Only 10 of 12
months were eligible for the pro
gram payment in fiscal year
2002, thus milk marketings were
adjusted accordingly. Farms
marketing eight million pounds
of milk per year would receive
the program payment on roughly
6.67 million pounds (8 million
pounds X 10/12). The analysis in
Table 2 reveals that the SO and
100 cow dairy farms would re
ceive the program payment of
$0.77 on 100 percent of their milk
marketings for a total of $5,791
and $11,582, respectively, in fis
cal year 2002. The 500-cow unit
would receive the payment rate
of $0.77 on 74 percent of their
milk marketings for a total of
$51,477. The 1,000-cow unit
ment and pharmaceutical com
panies, as weU as show supply,
feed, and specialty exhibitors.
Once again the trade show wiU
also feature various displays of
different beef breeds.
Skillathon and Quiz Bowl
This year’s Pa. Beef Expo will
again provide juniors with an op
portunity to test their knowledge
at the annual Pa. Beef Expo SkU
lathon and Pa. Beef Expo Quiz
Bowl.
This year’s Beef SkUlathon will
be conducted Friday, March 29
from 8-10 a.m. at the Penn State
Meats Laboratory, University
Park. The Skillathon is an excel
lent opportunity for young beef
enthusiasts to test their beef in
dustry knowledge.
By incorporating project skills
and industry basics in a series of
mini-learning stations partici
pants compete in areas such as
identification of beef breeds, re-
tom* 1
would receive the payment rate per CWT the first year of the
of $0.77 on 37 percent of their program, and $0.57 per CWT
milk marketings for a total of over the next three years. This
$51,477. annual estimate, however, can
Tabic 2 Estimate of the FY 2002 Impact of the Northeast Dairy Market Loss Program on
Individual Dairy Farmers, by Herd Size
8 mil pound cap
Milk marketing*
Pro rata share
Amount eligible Thou Lbs 750 1 500 6 667 6 667
Annual payment Dollars 5 791 11 582 51 477 51477
Note assumes each tow produces 18 000 pounds of milk per ye ir Production caps arc pro rated given the
premiums arc available on 10 ol 12 months The analysis assumes a payment rate ot SO 772 per twt
Conclusions
The Daschle compromise will
result in a four year dairy pro
gram that will have three distinct
features; 1) an extension of the
dairy price support program, 2) a
separate fluid safety net program
for the Northeast, and 3) a coun
ter cyclical payment program for
the rest of the United States.
The Northeast Dairy Market
Loss Program, designed for dairy
producers in 12 Northeast states,
will provide a federal payment
whenever the federal order Class
I price for Boston falls below
$16.94 per CWT. The Northeast
Dairy Market Loss Program is es
timated to generate an average
program payment of about $0.77
tail cuts, feed ingredients and
feed safety. Divisions for the Skil
lathon include senior (16-21), in
termediate (12-15), and junior
(8-11).
The Beef Expo Quiz Bowl will
also take place on Thursday,
March 28, beginning with pre
liminaries at 3 p.m. Any teams of
four PJCA, 4-H or FFA members
are invited to compete. The com
petition will be divided into two
divisions: 14- to 21-year-olds
(seniors) and 8- to 13-year-olds
(juniors). Primary Quiz Bowl top
ics will include nutrition, genet
ics, reproduction, animal health,
marketing and promotion, and
cattle breeds. The final Quiz
Bowl competition will be at the
annual PCA Awards Banquet to
be conducted Thursday evening,
March 28.
The Beef Skillathon and Quiz
Bowl competitions are open to all
PJCA, 4-H and FFA members.
Individuals can join the PJCA
for a $5 annual membership fee
at the contest site. Four-member
PJCA county, club or school
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 12,2002-A29
50 cows 100 cows 500 tows 1000 cows
Units
Thou Lbs
Thou Lbs
range from $0.23 to $0.91 per
CWT. About 94 percent of all the
milk produced in the Northeast
will be eligible for the program
payment.
The cost of this program will
range from $63 $252 million
per year depending on market
prices and the size of the pro
gram payments. Given average
payments, the four-year cost of
the program is estimated to be
$649 million. With an annual av
erage program payment of $0.57
per CWT, a Northeast farm with
SO cows producing 18,000 pounds
of milk per cow would receive
$5,126 per year, and a farm with
100 cows would receive $10,252.
teams in any division also are in
vited to participate. For more in
formation contact Liz Smith at
(717) 336-0553.
This year’s Pa. Beef Expo
Heifer Show will be conducted
Saturday, March 30 at 8 a.m. and
will sport more than seven differ
ent beef cattle breeds. All heifers
born between September 2000
and October 2001 are eligible for
the show.
The Junior Steer Show is
scheduled for Saturday, March
30, following the conclusion of
the heifer show. Light, middle,
and heavyweight division cham
pions will compete for grand
champion laurels. The final
showmanship competition will
follow the steer show on Satur
day. There will be no Expo events
on Easter Sunday, March 31.
More information is available
from Elizabeth Smith (717)
336-0553, the PCA office
(814-238-5888 phone/fax), e-mail
llw@psu.edu or on the PCA Web
site; www.pacattle.org.
900 1800 9 000 18 000
750 1 500 7 500 15 000
Junior Shows