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56 elected officials from New
York and Pennsylvania in Wash
ington, D.C. This means 71 per
cent of them are committed to re
ally helping their dairy farmers.
Also, more New York legislators
may support the dairy provisions.
Dairy farmers must make
phone calls to their House Repre
sentatives. Information we re
ceive is that many of the House
members of the joint conference
are not interested in doing any
thing for dairy farmers. In all
probability, we are in good shape
with the majority of Senate con
ferees.
The Order #1 Market Adminis
trator has announced the Class I
price for April to be $14.42 per
CWT ($1.27 per gallon). This
means the price for April will be
$2.22 per CWT below the $16.94,
which will cost the dairy farmers
$1 per CWT in lost revenue just
on the Class I price. For April,
local dairy farmers will lose at
least $1 per CWT because of the
low value of manufactured dairy
products.
Many dairy farmers have
called us wondering why the sta
tistical price is declining and
wondering where it is going to go.
Remember, the statistical price is
a price illustrated by the market
administrator to show dairy
farmers what their blend price
would have been before the so
called order reform was imple
mented on Jan. 1, 2000. The sta
tistical price was $13.81 in Janu
ary but dropped to $13.48 in
February. The price could drop
at least 20 cents more for March’s
milk and drop some more for
April’s milk. Unfortunately, with
cheese and butter prices hovering
at $l.lB-SI.2S per pound, dairy
farmers cannot expect any up
ward movement in their prices.
Arden Tewksbury Manager
Progressive Agriculture
Organization, Meshoppen
Adams County Beef
Ball April 20
BONNEAUVILLE (Adams
Co.) The 26th annual Adams
County Beef Producer (ACBP)
Beef Ball will be conducted April
20 at the Bonneauville Fire Hall.
In conjunction with the beef
ball, the ACBP will be hosting
their second Junior Steer Preview
Show at the South Mountain
Fairgrounds. The preview show
will be conducted on April 13 at
noon.
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Carroll County Agriculture Center, Westminster, MD
(Rain Date - May 5, 2002)
Admission: $lO - Under 7; FREE
Farm Stock 9:00 A.M. - 6000 • 8000 • 13000
Sanctioned by Heart of Maryland Tractor Pullers' Association
Class Pull 1 P.M.
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8000 lb Open/Modified /J}° GLASS CONTA,NER ®\
Kids Pedal Pull At Noon
For Information and Rules call 410*548*9426
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 13, 2002-All
The grand and reserve cham
pion steers will take part in the
parade of bulls during the beef
ball the following weekend. The
beef ball will begin with hors
d’oeuvres at 4:30 p.m. and dinner
will be served at 5 p.m.
Tickets for the beef ball will be
$l7 in advance and $2O at the
door. To buy tickets in advance,
please contact Donna Byers (717)
337-3921 or Mary Grimes (717)
334-1022.