OPINION
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of social and political union among us. Again, if happiness is our be
ing’s end and aim, our fairs contribute much to that end and aim, as
occasions of recreation, as holidays.
Constituted as man is, he has positive need of occasional recreation,
and whatever can give him this, associated with virtue and advantage,
and free from vice and disadvantage, is a positive good. Such recrea
tion our fairs afford. They are a present pleasure, to be followed by no
pain as a consequence; they me a present pleasure, making the future
more pleasant.
But the chief use of agricultural fairs is to aid in improving the
great calling of agriculture in all its departments and minute divisions;
to make mutual exchange of agricultural discovery, information, and
knowledge, so that, at the end, all may know everything which may
have been known to but one, or but few, at the beginning, and to bring
together especially all which is supposed to be not generally known be
cause of recent discovery or invention.
And not only to bring together and to impart all which has been ac
cidentally discovered and invented upon ordinary motive, but by ex
citing emulation for premiums, and for the pride and honor of success
of triumph, in some sort to stimulate that discovery and inven
tion into extraordinary activity.
Weekly Dairy Market Outlook
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look. Your guess is as good as
mine. But, if the market did fac
tor this into their September/
October prices and the plan is not
approved by NMPF on Monday,
June 30, than expect Class 111 fu
tures to suffer.
So, what should you do? My
expectation is that a Class 111
price of $l3 for the fall months is
fairly optimistic. I’m expecting a
Class 111 peak of $ll-12. This as
sumes nothing about the CWT
plan expect higher prices if the
plan is adopted and is effective.
I’m assuming that imports of
dairy products will continue since
world prices are still fairly weak,
the U.S. economy is still strug
gling, and there is no clear evi
dence that yield per cow will suf
fer the rest of this year. That
said, I have been Known to be
wrong about my milk price fore
casts!
So here is what I’d suggest
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dairy farmers consider. A Class
111 price of $l3 is pretty good, es
pecially if you add in your basis.
In Pennsylvania, most of our pro
ducers would add $2.50 per
CWT for basis. Consider locking
in a portion of your fall milk
marketings, say 20-40 percent
per month, depending on your
risk preferences. That way, if the
CWT plan is adopted and Class
111 milk prices jump to $l4-$l5
per CWT, you will make more
money on the 60-80 percent of
your marketings that were not
protected. On the other hand, if
my pessimistic forecast is right
and Class 111 prices only rise to
$ll-$l2 per CWT by the fall, you
have some protection.
And now for my weather fore
cast! Expect hot and humid
weather, or cool and dry weather,
or somewhere in between, for
some, or most, or all of the re
mainder of the summer. I could
be more specific, but it really de
pends!
Co-Winners For Excellence
In Conservation Award Named
WASHINGTON, D.C. The
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s
Natural Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS) recently pres
ented its 2003 Excellence in Con
servation Award to Dr. Bernard
Sweeney, president and senior re
search scientist at the Stroud
Water Research Center in Penn
sylvania, and Robert Boettcher, a
Montana fanner.
“We received nominations
from across the country. These
individuals were selected for their
outstanding efforts to conserve,
maintain and improve the natu
ral resources and environment on
America’s private lands,” said
NRCS Chief Bruce Knight.
Sweeney directs a staff of 65
scientists, technicians and college
interns at the Stroud Water Re
search Center.
The Center is recognized na
tionally and internationally for
its research on the structure and
function of both natural and dis
turbed streams throughout the
Western Hemisphere, with labo
ratories in Avondale, and Costa
Rica.
Natural stream water from
White Clay Creek at Avondale
has been supplied to indoor
streams at the Center for the past
35 years to provide unique re
search opportunities. The Center
has one of the largest and long
term (30-plus years) research ef
forts in the world regarding how
riparian forest buffers can im
prove habitat and water quality
of streams and rivers.
Sweeney and staff currently
are performing a multi-year
study to assess the sources and
impact of point and nonpoint
pollution in all the streams and
rivers providing drinking water
to New York City.
The Center also has ongoing
work on some of the largest rivers
in the country (Mississippi, Hud
son, Savannah, Susquehanna,
Flint and Schuylkill).
Under Sweeney’s leadership,
the Center shares high-level re
search to develop practical field
applications and educates 4,000
to 5,000 middle and high school
students each year with hands-on
conservation programs.
Boettcher has been instrumen
tal in using sustainable agricul
ture practices and is well-known
throughout Montana for his con
servation accomplishments.
NRCS initiated the Excellence
in Conservation Award last year
to recognize the voluntary contri-
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Re
sources Conservation Service (NRCS) recently presented
its 2003 Excellence in Conservation Award to Dr. Bernard
Sweeney, president and senior research scientist at the
Stroud Water Research Center.
butions of nongovernmental indi- mental individual group, tribe or
viduals and groups to the conser- organization is eligible,
vation effort in such areas as Sweeney and Boettcher were
technical assistance and other recognized during the second an
. types of program delivery, tech- nual Excellence in Conservation
nology transfer, outreach or com- Award ceremony at the USDA
munications. Any nongovem- complex in Washington, D.C.
(Continued from Page A 10) this time may jeopardize both our
domestic and foreign markets for
importers are demanding assur- meat products,
ances that U.S. beef products are Mandatory country-of-origin
born, raised, and processed in the labeling would help reassure con-
U.S. Any weakening of the man- sumers and those that import our
datory country-of-origin law at products by differentiating our
domestic products from
countries that may have
disease or food safety
concerns. It’s about edu
cating consumers and
providing opportunities
for producers to
promote their high qual
ity products.
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