Weekly Dairy Market Outlook
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divide by 1,000. Or to convert to
pounds, a unit we are much more
familiar with, multiply kilograms
by 2.2046. After rounding you
will come up with 4,936 metric
tons or 10.9 million pounds.
So, is 10.9 million pounds of
imported milk (1-6 percent but
terfat) a lot, or a little? According
to USDA, we consumed 27,425.4
million pounds of fluid milk dur
ing the first six months of this
year (see Dairy Market News).
Thus imported fluid milk ac
counted for 0.04 percent of this
total, easily a rounding error.
What gets your attention is the
306 percent increase in imports.
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Fluid milk imports have peaked
at 7,617 metric tons in 1999 and
fell to a low of 3,383 metric tons
in 2001.
So, what are our conclusions?
First, dairy trade is not easy stuff.
The rest of the world uses the
metric system and we don’t. So
you have to convert all those met
ric numbers into our pound mea
sures before you can look at the
data. Second, you still need to
have a common measure of im
ports. Instead of using pounds of
milk or U.S. dollars, I like to con
vert everything into pounds or
metric tons of butterfat, protein,
and other dairy solids. This al
lows me to compare imports with
exports and trade with our do
mestic markets.
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million shortfall for the College
of Agricultural Sciences in FY
03/04 and likely will result in at
least an additional downsizing of
85 positions. This is in addition
to the permanent collapse of up
to 85 positions due to FY 02/03
budget cuts.
Penn State budget cuts have an
amplified impact on the College
of Agricultural Sciences because
of the fact that tuition increases
support the university resident
teaching program, but do not
help agricultural research and ex
tension budgets.
We strongly encourage you to
remain in contact with your state
representative and senator.
These appropriation issues
have not been resolved, and
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2003 Elizabethtown Fair
Sale of Champion Buyers
Grand Champion Market Steer
Moss’s Steak and Sea House
Reserve Champion Market Steer
Metzler System
Grand Champion Market Hog
Dennis Hackman Roofing & Siding
Reserve Champion Market Hog
Engle Publishing Company
Grand Champion Market Lamb
Mylm Good
Reserve Champion Market Lamb
Dorothy Heistand
Grand Champion Market Goat
Albright & Teary Orthodontics
Reserve Champion Market Goat
Lebanon Valley Farmers/Fulton Bank
Grand Champion Meat Rabbit
Kenneth Myer
Reserve Champion Meat Rabbit
R P Electric
Arnold Hog Farm
B & G Lumber Co.
Harry Bachman
Dale Brandt
Brubaker Farms
Country Store
Country View Family Farms
Eastland Alpacas
Farmer Boy Ag
Farmer’s First Bank
John E. Fullerton, Inc.
G & G Feeds
G.D.C.C., Inc.
Clarence B. Geib
Earl & Sandy Geib
Goods Livestock, Inc.
Groff Meats, Inc.
Hatfield Quality Meats, Inc.
Donald Hershey
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 13, 2003-A33
your input can make a difference.
Please pass this information on to
your fellow college supporters.
You can find your legislator’s ad
dress at http://
www2.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/
findyourlegislator/find.cfm. If
you have any questions, please do
not hesitate to contact Mary
Wirth in our college relations of
fice at mfwlo@psu.edu or (814)
863-9646.
A reminder: If you are a Penn
State employee, do not make
calls to legislators because such
action is against University poli
cy.
Letter From Penn Slate
Administration
Sent Via E-mail
Grape Information Newsletter
By Mark L. Chien
Wine Grape Agent
Penn State University
Cooperative Extension
College of Agricultural Sciences
Lancaster
http://winegrape.cas.psu.edu
Other Buyers:
Jim & Shirley Hershey
J & R Forestry, Inc
Jagtrux
King Painting & Wallpapering, Inc
Lancaster Level Flo
Lancaster Tractor & Equipment, Inc
Ken Long
Longenecker’s Hatchery
M & D Auto Parts
Master Carcare
Melmar Acres
Messick Farm Equipment, Inc.
Dorothy Metzler
Warren Miller
Moyor Packing Co.
Musser Brothers - Doug &
Greg Musser
New Holland Sales Stables
Newcomer Seed Cleaning
Editor.
Recently a severe vehicle acci
dent on Old Rt. 220 in Bald
Eagle Valley held up many mo
torists for one hour, doing noth
ing valuable. There were several
miles of cars backed up who
pays for lost time from produc
tive work in mid-day?
We have more threatening big
yellow signs all over Pennsylva
nia along highways, causing
young aggressive drivers to take
more risk passing then ever be
fore. Severe accidents are up this
summer since signs went up.
Today, mostly bad boys 16 to 56
years old cause severe accidents
they want to challenge police
to a race. They are challenged by
yellow signs placed along our
highways to scare them.
It is reported that a DUI driver
involved in a multiple death acci
dent said “put me in jail!” Many
years ago jail caused prisoners to
work with a sledge hammer on
rock now inmates get paid-for
_______ room and board. They
have access to libraries
and social work projects
assigned to them. While
I on the outside, law-abid
ing workers are forced
by law to pay 32 to 72
percent of their gross in
come for all taxes, insur
ance premiums, and in
terest on debt so who
can live on 28 percent of
gross income?
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Grand Champion Dairy Feeder Calf
Mylin Good
Reserve Champion Dairy Feeder Calf
Brandt’s Farm Supply
Sally K Nolt
Re-Bath
R. H. Rohrer & Sons Feeds
Andrew T. Scheid Funeral Home
Seibert Sandblasting
Star Rock Farms LLC
R K Vogt
Wachovia Bank
Weaver Insurance
Weis Markets
Dean & Sara Wehry
Wenger Feed Mills, Inc
Gene Wenger Meats
White Oak Feed Mill
S. Jay Williams Excavating, Inc
Jeffrey Witmer
Zeiset Farms
Kevin Zunn Building Contractor
Herbert C. Jordan
Osceola Mills
The Nov 22 issue of
Lancaster Farming's Dairy
Plus is scheduled to include
the latest quarterly TPI bull
proof summaries for the major
breeds as a regular part of the
book. Also scheduled sire
information from businesses,
our first Dairy Plus Out
standing Farm feature, and
business and dairy cooperative
news highlights