A3B-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 17, 2003 Miller Resolution Recognizes Beef Month HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) With cattle making up nearly 95 percent of the state’s livestock value, Rep. Sheila Mill er has sponsored a resolution des ignating May 2003 as Beef Month in Pennsylvania. The resolution was approved unanimously by the House. “The beef cattle industry is a very valuable contributor to the state’s overall agriculture indus try,” said Miller, who operates her own 150-acre beef cattle farm in Berks County. “I was proud to introduce this resolution on be half of all the cattle producers in Pennsylvania at the request of the Pennsylvania Beef Council, headquartered in Middletown. It is important to recognize the role that beef farmers play in feeding our citizens and boosting our economy. “Pennsylvania’s beef producers are voluntarily participating in a quality assurance program to in crease consumer confidence and enjoyment when purchasing and preparing beef,” added Miller. “Food safety is an important part of the food chain, from pasture to plate, and this program allows all Pennsylvanians to recognize the steaks, roasts, and hamburger they are buying are raised right Northeast Order Uniform Milk Price For April BOSTON, Mass. Erik F. Rasmussen, market administra tor for the Northeast Federal Milk Marketing Order, has an nounced that the statistical un iform price (SUP) paid by milk dealers (handlers) regulated under the Northeast Order dur ing April 2003 is $11.45 per hun dredweight ($0.98 per gallon) for milk delivered to plants located in Suffolk County, Mass. The producer price differential (PPD) portion of the SUP for April is $2.04 per hundredweight for milk delivered to plants located in Suf folk County, Mass. The PPD ($2.04) combined with the corre sponding month’s Class 111 price ($9.41) equals the SUP ($11.45). The SUP represents a bench mark minimum price paid to dairy farmers, prior to allowable deductions, for farm milk con taining 3.5 percent butterfat, 2.99 percent protein, and 5.69 percent PLNA Lunch HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) The Pennsylvania Land scape and Nursery As sociation has an nounced the first annual “Lunch with Pennsylvania Lead ers.” The lunch will occur in conjunction with the Penn Allied Nursery Trade Show and the PLNA Legis lative Tour, which is scheduled for July 30. A panel of agricul ture leaders wifi dis cuss the current state of the industry with lunch participants. In vited panelists for this year’s event include Department of Agri culture Secretary Den nis Wolff, House Agri culture Chairman Art Hershey, and Senate Agriculture Chairman Mike Waugh. Rep. Sheila Miller sponsored a House resolution desig nating May as Beef Month in Pennsylvania. Joining her to mark the occasion are Holly Marshall, left, industry rela tions and compliance director for the Pennsylvania Beef Council (PBC), and Paul Slayton, right, executive director of the PBC. here in the Keystone State by ranks 20th in the nation in total producers who make quality a cattle inventories, key ingredient to great tasting For more information on the beef recipes.” value of Pennsylvania’s beef in- Lancaster County is the top dustry, or for tips on preparing cattle-producing county in Penn- quality beef dishes, visit the sylvania with 239,000 head of Pennsylvania Beef Council Web cattle and calves. Pennsylvania siteatwww.pabeef.org. other solids. The actual price re ceived by an individual dairy farmer will vary as the composi tion of a farm’s milk differs from the component benchmarks. The PPD represents each producer’s share of the value generated by the marketwide pool. The PPD is added to the payment producers receive for their milk’s compo nents and is adjusted for the loca tion of the receiving plant(s). The SUP and PPD decrease by sched uled amounts the further away the plant(s) receiving the produc ers’ milk are from Suffolk Coun ty, Mass. The Class prices for milk pool ed in April are as follows: Class I, $12.89 (Suffolk County, Mass.); Class 11, $10.44; Class 111, $9.41; and Class IV, $9.73. Comparable prices for April 2002 were: Class I, $14.72; Class 11, $11,88; Class 111, $10.85; and Class IV, $11.09. 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The Class I utilization was 38.9 percent in April 2002. The manufacture of Class II products such as cream, ice cream, yogurt, and cottage cheese utilized 17.5 percent of producer milk. Milk used to manufacture Class 111 products such as cheese (American and Italian) and evap orated and condensed products utilized 28.5 percent of total milk receipts. Class IV usage (butter, nonfat and whole milk powc equaled 12.7 percent of the tor Fanners Union Participates In Dairy Producers Roundtable PRETORIA, South Africa California Farmers Union Presi dent Joaquin Contente and Na tional Farmers Union President Dave Frederickson represented the United States during the 3rd World Dairy Producers Round table in South Africa last week. Over the weekend, the Interna tional Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP), which repre sents farm families in 71 countries through a general consultative status with the United Nations, unanimously endorsed dairy poli cies emerging from the round table, including a proposal that would prohibit all forms of dump ing within the World Trade Or ganization (WTO). Market concentration was a topic that surfaced during the roundtable discussion, which drew 100 dairy producers from around the globe. The roundtable participants called upon the World Trade Organization to dis cipline the activities of multina tional corporations so they do not negatively impact agriculture pro ducers. The roundtable stressed the need for a WTO agreement that takes into account the particular needs of the dairy farmers in the developing countries. Contente, a dairy farmer from Hanford, Calif., led a discussion on recon ciling dairy farmers’ needs in both developing and developed coun tries. “Developed countries that seek more and more export op portunities stir up fears among farmers in the developing world who are trying desperately to es tablish domestic markets them selves,” he explained. In addition, Contente suggested that more liberalized trade has worked against dairy farmers in the United States, which now ac cepts imported dairy products that weigh heavily on U.S. mar kets. For example, Contente On# #f #ur favarita fimat af yaar ia Just araund tha earnar: Juna Pairy Manthl A And what a traat wa hava far Laaenfir Firming ClWajJ) raadart in aur Juna Pairy latua tehadulad Juna 7. | Ineludad will ba family farm faaturai, braad and H mW auaeiatian nawi and highlights, and afbar graat jT\(V reading far aur dairy familiat. 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Specifically, the body endorsed NFU’s plan to attack industrial concentration in the agricultural sector. IFAP members agreed to have two noted industrial concen tration researchers from the Uni versity of Missouri-Coiumbia fa cilitate a global study of concentration and its effects on farmers and consumers. Drs. Bill Heffeman and Mary Hendrickson have done exhaustive studies on U.S. agricultural concentration, but the new analysis will represent the first time concentration has been explored worldwide. Aca demics from each continent have been identified to conduct the re search. Frederickson proposed that IFAP develop initiatives that would shift supply and demand fundamentals to improve produc ers’ market power; reduce world hunger; enhance global food secu rity; and address the impacts of concentration in the food chain. IFAP unanimously encouraged the represented governments to seek meaningful progress at the sth World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference in Cancun in September so that farmers are able to secure a reasonable income from their work. 5 Sizes -19 Colors - Wood or Coal Grates Forced Draft - Ash Auger Clean Out COMPARISON WITH OTHER OUTDOOR UNITS • Burns up to 1/2 less wood • Emits up to 1/2 less smoke • Corrosion Warranty up to 10 times longer
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