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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1972
Page
6
Michigan Milk Producers Association reports 1971 annual record with nearly 2.7 billion pounds of milk sold for 161.5 million dollars. The cooperative, with over 6,100 dairy farmer members, notes a 6.9 percent sales increase from the prior year and a 3 percent rise in volume versus 1970.
The average MMPA member shipped 436 771 pounds of milk, up 5.5 percent from the prior year, with average farm value rising about 9.5 percent to 26 223 dollars. The average gross price topped 6 dollars per hundredweight for the first time, at 6.01, with butterfat at 3.5 percent and all milk price at 35.79. The association runs a quality control program auditing roughly 200 000 tests yearly across its certified laboratories.
Clare County Michigan January 3 1972 board meeting in Harrison to elect chairman and appoint committees. McKenna Bradley and Bringold receive leadership roles while election committee members named Allegra Phelipp Olive Pifer and Lyle Swanson. Discussions include Mental Health meeting notes and Humane Society liaison set for January 17.
The Commission Director of the Social Services Department led appreciation for improved janitorial services. The meeting recessed at 10:25 a.m. and reassembled at 10:35 a.m. John Ruggles attended from Sixcap. Discussion covered Extension Office employee salaries under the EEA Program. Recess and lunch followed with sessions resuming at 12:00 p.m. and 2:25 p.m. Sheriff Lipppold requested a four wheel drive vehicle. committee recommended no action. The board adjourned at 4:00 p.m.
George C. MacQueen announces Clare County 4-H Youth Program Assistant Koerner will lead boys projects and the County 4-H Council with Robyn LaPage supporting girls project work. Koerner, starting Jan 17, has prior Clare County and Shiawassee County 4-H leadership experience including Junior Dairy Club and county fair board service. LaPoe travels in Kellogg Young Farmers Program, visiting South America and Mexico with Allen Ay ris, returning Feb 13.
Michigan State University specialist says pork and egg prices may rise in the first half of 1972 as supplies thin. Large 1971 stocks kept prices down, but waning supplies could push costs up while 1972 offers ample frying chickens potatoes apples pears ham and oranges with eating out costs rising about five percent in 1971 likely continuing.
The Clare Sentinel reports figures from the Agriculture Department showing the moderate cost plan would place a two child family near $2,100 yearly for food with about half for the children. Costs rise with age and larger families reduce per child expenses through bulk buying and cooking. A four child family may spend $30,000 to $32,000 feeding all from infancy to 18 under current prices.
Officials from the Soil Conservation Service will join the three day Michigan Association of Soil Conservation Districts meeting in Grand Rapids January 27 to 29. The Pantlind Hotel hosts sessions focused on youth education research legislation and district finances with 85 districts serving 83 counties in Michigan.
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