A12 - Lancaster Farming, Southern Edition, Saturday, August 28, 2010 WWW.LANCASTERFARMI NG.COM Markets: Total milk production in the U.S. jumped 2.9 percent in July from 2009 to 16,480 billion pounds. This is the largest in- crease in July since 2007. Production per cow is up from June to 1,802 pounds. The nation’s herd grew 19,000 head in July, but is still down 42,000 head from July. In Pennsylvania, milk production grew 1.7 percent, with daily milk production per cow up 1 pounds and cow numbers down 4,000 head. The September Class I base price is $15.50 per hundred- weight, down 27 cents from August, but $4.57 higher than last September’s price. Class IV prices again were the mover of the Class I base. USDA’s “Cold Storage” report shows butter inventories are down 24 percent from 2009 to 199.6 million pounds on July 31, remaining at a five-year low. Cheese inventories reached than annual peak, with cheese stocks at 1.049 billion pounds, up 5 percent from a year ago. American cheese inventories were up 6 percent to 638.6 million pounds. USDA’s “Commercial Disappearance” report shows that total cheese usage was up 3.8 percent in the second quarter, with American cheese usage up 0.3 percent and usage of other types of cheeses up 4.8 percent. About half of the increase came from new domestic sales, and the other half came from a gain in exports. Butter disappear ance was up 2.1 percent in the first half of 2010, with butter exports up 150 percent. Disappearance of nonfat dry milk and skim milk power was up 10.3 percent, with exports of NMP and SMP up 44.6 %. Federal Order and California data shows that fluid milk sales were down 1.4 percent from a year ago in the second quarter of 2010, with the first quarter milk sales down 0.8 percent. Government & Industry: Six bids were accepted into Cooperatives Working Together’s export assistance program last week, with a total of 364,000 lbs. of cheese and 3.2 million lbs. of butter accepted into the program. Deliveries will take place from September through February. Since re-opening the program in late March, CWT has agreed to bonuses for 32.8 million lbs. of butterfat. Mexico raised tariffs on U.S. cheese exports last week in response to a long-standing dispute over access by Mexican trucks to U.S. roads. According to the Mexican government, this action is being taken as part of Mexico’s ongoing effort to seek U.S. compliance with its NAFTA obligation to provide Mexico with cross-border trucking access into the U.S. Dairy W eek In Review Published weekly by the Center for Dairy Excellence with information from the CME Daily Dairy Report, NMPF Daily News Alerts and other resources. For more information, call 717-346-0849. *Each issue of “Dairy Week in Review” will report on current and projected “Milk Margin,” or the dollars remaining per one hundred lbs. of milk after feed is paid for. Milk margin is affected by both milk & feed prices. ** The milk price reported is the Class III futures price for the next month plus a basis of $1.75, an estimate of what you can expect to see on your milk check next month. Dated August 26, 2010 Dairy Prices Price Chge. from Month Ago Chge. from Year Ago Milk Price (Aug) ** $16.90/cwt. 9.0 % 16.2 % Corn (Sept) $3.95/bushel 5.0 % 18.7 % SBean Meal (Aug) $299.7/ton 0.7 % 21.7 % Chge. from Week Ago 0.2 % 2.2 % 3.5 % Milk Margin* $11.64/cwt. — 1.02 % 70.67 % Andrew Jenner Virginia Correspondent HARRISONBURG, Va. — With the auctioneer bleating in harmony with the lambs, and the heat in- dex ar, ar beyond reasonable, it was time or fnal good-byes in the livestock barns at the Rockingham County Fair. Some are harder than others. Most o the sellers show two or more ani- mals at the air, and it’s hard not to play avorites. “I’m gonna miss him a little bit, but I’m not going to miss the other one,” said Jared Diehl, pointing at Little Goat. Diehl, a reshman at Turner Ashby High School, spent the summer preparing his two Boer wethers — Little Goat and Big Goat — or this moment. Diehl said he’ll probably put any profts rom the sale into a mutual und he just opened or college, save the $100 or so he might divert or spending money. Across the aisle, Richelle Good, a senior at Spotswood High School, sings a similar tune. “I’m gonna really miss her,” said Good, gesturing at her goat, Pokey . But Stubborn, Good’s second goat, will be missed “not much.” A little arther down the row, Kal- ey Kyger admits that she likes her hog Barbie better than she likes Ti- any — though she won’t really be that sad to see either o them go. “I have three others at my house,” said Kyger, a ourth-grader at Fulks Run Elementary School. Her classmate, Brennon Moyers, just brought one beloved goat to the sale. “I care about him,” said Moyers, o his goat, Brownie. “I’m going to miss him. Nevertheless, Moyers likes his hogs Hammie and Orie even more than Brownie. He loves them equal- ly, and will especially miss the way those two rolled on the ground like dogs, hoping to get their bellies rubbed. Not even the steers are exempt. “I’ll miss ‘em both, but the black one was nicer. He was easy to break,” said Phillip Wood, a senior at East Rockingham High School. Sunny D was the avorite black one. Lotus was just the black sheep. Favorites and second-bests aside, the act that more than 500 steers, hogs, lambs and goats were or sale at the Rockingham County Fair bodes well or arming in the Shenandoah Valley or years to come. “It teaches (individual kids) tre- mendous responsibility,” said Vir- ginia Commissioner o Agriculture Matt Lohr, standing in line with his daughter, Caroline, who was about to sell her frst lamb at the county air. “And on a bigger level,” Lohr continued, “I think it’s very impor- tant or the uture o the industry to have this many young olks excited about (agriculture) now.” Some Are Loved, Some Not So Much Hundreds Sell, Hundreds Buy at the Rockingham County Fair Livestock Sale An auction spotter works the crowd at the Rockingham County Fair livestock sale. Nearly 400 buyers registered to bid at the auction. Photos by Andrew Jenner With his dad looking on and his uncle behind the camera, Kevin Wanger poses or a photo with his hogs beore the livestock sale at the Rockingham County Fair . 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A12 - Lancaster Farming, Southern Edition, Saturday, August 28, 2010 WWW.LANCASTERFARMING.COM
Markets:
Total milk production in the U.S. jumped 2.9 percent in Julyfrom 2009 to 16,480 billion pounds. This is the largest in-crease in July since 2007. Production per cow is up fromJune to 1,802 pounds. The nation’s herd grew 19,000 head in
July, but is still down 42,000 head from July. In Pennsylvania,milk production grew 1.7 percent, with daily milk productionper cow up 1 pounds and cow numbers down 4,000 head.
The September Class I base price is $15.50 per hundred-weight, down 27 cents from August, but $4.57 higher thanlast September’s price. Class IV prices again were the mover of the Class I base.
USDA’s “Cold Storage” report shows butter inventories aredown 24 percent from 2009 to 199.6 million pounds on July31, remaining at a five-year low. Cheese inventories reachedthan annual peak, with cheese stocks at 1.049 billion pounds,up 5 percent from a year ago. American cheese inventorieswere up 6 percent to 638.6 million pounds.
USDA’s “Commercial Disappearance” report shows that totalcheese usage was up 3.8 percent in the second quarter, withAmerican cheese usage up 0.3 percent and usage of other types of cheeses up 4.8 percent. About half of the increasecame from new domestic sales, and the other half came from
a gain in exports. Butter disappearance was up 2.1 percent inthe first half of 2010, with butter exports up 150 percent.Disappearance of nonfat dry milk and skim milk power wasup 10.3 percent, with exports of NMP and SMP up 44.6 %.
Federal Order and California data shows that fluid milk saleswere down 1.4 percent from a year ago in the second quarter of 2010, with the first quarter milk sales down 0.8 percent.
Government & Industry:
Six bids were accepted into Cooperatives Working Together’sexport assistance program last week, with a total of 364,000lbs. of cheese and 3.2 million lbs. of butter accepted into theprogram. Deliveries will take place from September throughFebruary. Since re-opening the program in late March, CWThas agreed to bonuses for 32.8 million lbs. of butterfat.
Mexico raised tariffs on U.S. cheese exports last week inresponse to a long-standing dispute over access by Mexicantrucks to U.S. roads. According to the Mexican government,this action is being taken as part of Mexico’s ongoing effort to
seek U.S. compliance with its NAFTA obligation to provideMexico with cross-border trucking access into the U.S.
Dairy WeekIn Review
Published weekly by the Center for Dairy Excellence with information from the CME DailyDairy Report, NMPF Daily News Alerts and other resources. For more information, call717-346-0849.
*Each issue of “Dairy Week in Review” will report on current and projected “M ilk Margin,” or the dollars remaining per one hundred lbs. of milk after feed is paid for. Milk margin is affected by both milk & feed prices. ** The milk pricereported is the Class III futures price for the next month plus a basis of $1.75,an estimate of what you can expect to see on your milk check next month.
Dated August 26, 2010
Dairy Prices Price Chge. fromMonth Ago
Chge. fromYear Ago
Milk Price (Aug) ** $16.90/cwt. 9.0 % 16.2 %
Corn (Sept) $3.95/bushel 5.0 % 18.7 %
SBean Meal (Aug) $299.7/ton 0.7 % 21.7 %
Chge. fromWeek Ago
0.2 %
2.2 %
3.5 %
Milk Margin* $11.64/cwt. — 1.02 % 70.67 %
Andrew Jenner
Virginia Correspondent
HARRISONBURG, Va. — Withthe auctioneer bleating in harmony
with the lambs, and the heat in-dex ar, ar beyond reasonable, itwas time or fnal good-byes in thelivestock barns at the RockinghamCounty Fair.
Some are harder than others. Mosto the sellers show two or more ani-mals at the air, and it’s hard not toplay avorites.
“I’m gonna miss him a little bit,but I’m not going to miss the otherone,” said Jared Diehl, pointing atLittle Goat. Diehl, a reshman atTurner Ashby High School, spentthe summer preparing his two Boerwethers — Little Goat and BigGoat — or this moment. Diehl saidhe’ll probably put any profts romthe sale into a mutual und he justopened or college, save the $100
or so he might divert or spendingmoney.Across the aisle, Richelle Good,
a senior at Spotswood High School,sings a similar tune.
“I’m gonna really miss her,” saidGood, gesturing at her goat, Pokey.
But Stubborn, Good’s secondgoat, will be missed “not much.”
A little arther down the row, Kal-ey Kyger admits that she likes herhog Barbie better than she likes Ti-any — though she won’t really bethat sad to see either o them go.
“I have three others at my house,”said Kyger, a ourth-grader at FulksRun Elementary School.
Her classmate, Brennon Moyers, just brought one beloved goat to thesale.
“I care about him,” said Moyers,o his goat, Brownie. “I’m going tomiss him.
Nevertheless, Moyers likes hishogs Hammie and Orie even morethan Brownie. He loves them equal-ly, and will especially miss the waythose two rolled on the ground likedogs, hoping to get their belliesrubbed.
Not even the steers are exempt.“I’ll miss ‘em both, but the black
one was nicer. He was easy tobreak,” said Phillip Wood, a seniorat East Rockingham High School.
Sunny D was the avorite black one. Lotus was just the black sheep.
Favorites and second-bests aside,the act that more than 500 steers,hogs, lambs and goats were orsale at the Rockingham CountyFair bodes well or arming in theShenandoah Valley or years tocome.
“It teaches (individual kids) tre-mendous responsibility,” said Vir-ginia Commissioner o AgricultureMatt Lohr, standing in line with hisdaughter, Caroline, who was aboutto sell her frst lamb at the countyair.
“And on a bigger level,” Lohrcontinued, “I think it’s very impor-tant or the uture o the industry tohave this many young olks excitedabout (agriculture) now.”
Some Are Loved, Some Not So Much Hundreds Sell, Hundreds Buy at the
Rockingham County Fair Livestock Sale
An auction spotter works the crowd at the Rockingham County Fairlivestock sale. Nearly 400 buyers registered to bid at the auction.
Photos by Andrew Jenner
With his dad looking on and his uncle behind the camera, KevinWanger poses or a photo with his hogs beore the livestock sale at theRockingham County Fair.
Keith Ulmer gives his sister’s lamb a ew fnal brushes beore she leadsit into the ring at the Rockingham County Fair livestock sale.
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