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May 11, 2018
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Dairy
Marion County’s dairy
princess ambassador crowned
Dairy insurance product
based on milk revenue
Donata Doornenbal is the 2018 Marion
County Dairy Princess Ambassador.
Her coronation was May 1.
This is Donata’s second term as Mari-
on County’s princess ambassador. She is
the daughter of Joe and Astrid Doornenbal
of Scio, Ore. She was raised on her fam-
ily’s 200-cow organic dairy farm, where
she attained her high school diploma as a
home school student, according to a press
release from the Marion County Dairy
Women.
Donata attends Chemeketa Community
College and works as a tax preparer in Sa-
lem. In her time off she enjoys working
on the dairy, feeding calves and mowing
pastures, among other chores. She plans to
further her education and aims for a de-
gree in linguistics and translation in for-
eign language.
Donata was a member of the Salem
Youth Symphony, playing the violin and is
active in the music group at Immanuel’s Re-
formed Church.
As part of her coronation Donata gave a
speech titled “For the Love of Milk.” She
then presented a TV commercial about milk
and cheese and answered an impromptu
question.
The 2018 Oregon Dairy Princess Ambas-
sador, Stephanie Breazile, presented her with
the tiara that she will wear as she represents
Marion County dairy farm families and pro-
motes dairy products. In addition, she will
compete for the title of 2019 Oregon Dairy
Princess Ambassador in January.
Donata will receive education scholar-
ships from Marion County Dairy Women,
Woodburn Livestock Exchange, Delaval Di-
rect, Cascade Dairy Service, Vande Burgt &
Co., The Summit Group, Buchanan Cellars/
Valley Feed, All West/Select Sires, Purina
By CAROL RYAN DUMAS
Capital Press
Marion County Dairy Women
2018 Oregon Dairy Princess Ambassador
Stephanie Breazile crowns Donata Doornenbal
of Scio as the 2018 Marion County dairy prin-
cess ambassador.
Nutrition, Excel Dairy Service and Oak Lea
Mixers.
To schedule an appearance for Donata,
contact her adviser, Jessie DeJager, at 503-
588-9092.
In addition, Andrew DeJager and Cath-
erine Wavra each received $3,000 in college
scholarships from Marion County Dairy
Women.
Andrew is the son of Robert and Holli De-
Jager of Jefferson. He is a senior at Crosshill
Christian School.
Catherine, the daughter of Dan and Diane
Wavra of Salem, is a senior at Regis High
School in Stayton.
American Farm Bureau
Federation plans to intro-
duce a new insurance prod-
uct this summer focused on
protecting milk sales reve-
nue, as opposed to the mar-
gin between milk prices and
feed costs in other risk-man-
agement tools.
Its Dairy Revenue Pro-
tection insurance, developed
in cooperation with Ameri-
can Farm Bureau Insurance
Services, is based on tradi-
tional crop insurance models
and has gained the approval
of USDA’s Federal Crop In-
surance Corp.
It would offer revenue
guarantees, with options to
cover the value of a farmer’s
milk production.
Other programs, such as
the Margin Protection Pro-
gram and Livestock Gross
Margin program, are based
on the margin between the
average cost of feed and the
average price of milk.
Dairy-RP “fills the gap
in risk coverage. Everything
else was margin-based; there
was nothing that looked at
the value of milk,” John
Newton, AFBF director of
market intelligence, said.
Margin protection has
proved ineffective in recent
years as milk prices have
bottomed out. Because feed
costs also decreased sub-
stantially, the margin be-
tween milk prices and feed
costs was not low enough to
adequately trigger indemni-
ty payments despite dire cir-
cumstances on many farms
and about $95.7 million in
premiums paid in 2015 and
2016.
“Farmers didn’t get a lot
of support, and this could go
a long way in fixing that,”
Newton said.
The concept is simple.
Dairy-RP would protect
dairy farmers against quar-
terly revenue reductions
caused by declines in the
value of milk or milk com-
ponents or unexpected loss-
es in milk production.
Producers would have
four decisions to make in
choosing coverage:
• The value of milk pro-
tected.
• The amount of milk to
cover.
• The level of revenue
coverage.
• Which quarterly con-
tracts they want to purchase.
Producers would have
two options based on the
value of milk. They could
choose an average milk
price based on Class III and
IV milk prices. The other
option would be based on
milk components, milkfat
and protein.
The producer would then
choose how much milk pro-
duction to cover during the
quarter.
His elected volume of
milk would be indexed us-
ing average expected state
milk yield per cow. The
expected revenue during
the quarter would be the
product of the value of milk
and the amount of covered
milk.
The producer would then
select a level of revenue
coverage to guarantee.
Once the monthly milk
and component prices are
announced for the quarter
and USDA’s milk produc-
tion report identifies actual
average per-cow production
per state, the state-indexed
actual average revenue will
be compared against the rev-
enue guarantee.
If the actual revenue is
below the guarantee, pro-
ducers will be paid an in-
demnity based on the differ-
ence.
“People seem pretty ex-
cited at this point,” Newton
said.
Like other crop insurance
policies, USDA would pro-
vide premium discounts to
purchase Dairy-RP and the
discount would increase as
a producer’s elected deduct-
ible increased.
More policy details, such
as coverage rates and pre-
mium estimates, will be re-
leased this summer, he said.
Producers in Idaho will
be getting more details in
early June at meetings with
Newton planned for Twin
Falls, Boise and Pocatello
sponsored by Idaho Farm
Bureau and Idaho Dairy-
men’s Association.
Producer meetings to focus
on dairy insurance proposal
By CAROL RYAN DUMAS
Capital Press
Idaho dairy farmers can
get an inside look at a propos-
al for a national dairy insur-
ance product during meetings
in Twin Falls, Pocatello and
Boise set for June.
The meetings will focus on
the Dairy Revenue Protection
program — developed by the
American Farm Bureau Fed-
eration in cooperation with
American Farm Bureau Insur-
ance Services — and are being
sponsored by the Idaho Farm
Bureau and Idaho Dairymen’s
Association.
John Newton, director of
market intelligence for AFBF,
who developed the program
will explain how the product
will provide dairy producers
with insurance products simi-
lar to crop insurance, without
any size or production limita-
tions.
He will also provide pro-
ducers with an overview of
national and international eco-
nomic conditions of the dairy
industry.
Charlie Garrison of the
Garrison Group public affairs
firm will also be on hand to
walk producers through Wash-
ington, D.C., policies covering
2018 Farm Bill discussions,
trade and immigration.
The meetings will be:
• June 7: Pocatello, 10:30
a.m.-2 p.m., Idaho Farm Bu-
reau, 275 Tierra Vista Drive.
• June 7: Twin Falls, 6-9
p.m., IDA office building
auditorium, 195 River Vista
Place.
• June 8: Boise, 10:30
a.m.-2 p.m., Boise Centre
West, second floor executive
board room, 850 W. Front St.
Meals will be served at all
the meetings, and an RSVP is
required. Producers are asked
to RSVP to bnaerebout@
gmail.com.
Most dairy prices mixed in May
By LEE MIELKE
For the Capital Press
D
airy prices started
May mixed. Block
Cheddar closed Fri-
day at $1.6650 per pound, up
4 1/2-cents on the week and
6 1/2-cents above a year ago
when it jumped 12 cents. The
barrels skyrocketed to $1.6025
last Tuesday, the highest price
since Dec. 15, 2017, but fin-
ished Friday at $1.60, up
Dairy
Markets
Lee Mielke
11 1/4-cents on the week and
15 cents above a year ago.
The blocks were up
2 3/4-cents Monday and
gained a penny Tuesday, hit-
ting $1.7025, the highest
price since Nov. 15, 2017.
The barrels gained 5 1/4-cents
SAGE Fact #147
It takes 10 lbs. of milk
to make 1 lb. of cheese.
19-1/100
19-2/101
Monday but gave back a quar-
ter-cent Tuesday, slipping to
$1.65.
The cheese market tone re-
mains uncertain, according to
Dairy Market News, but Cen-
tral sales activity is reported
as “fair to up slightly.” Cheese
production in the West remains
active as milk availability
is stronger. Demand is solid
and “keeping market prices at
higher levels,” but cheese de-
mand from the international
market is also good due to fa-
vorable U.S. prices.
Butter finished last week
at $2.3525 per pound, down
three-quarter
cents,
but
24 1/2-cents above a year ago,
with 55 cars exchanging hands
last week.
The
butter
dropped
2 3/4-cents Monday and lost
2 1/4-cents Tuesday, dipping
to $2.3025, with 20 loads ex-
changing hands on the morn-
ing.
Butter interest is appealing,
in both domestic and foreign
markets. Some contacts re-
port that higher freight costs
to move cream out of the West
are contributing to augment-
ed butter production. Butter
stocks are ample, says DMN.
U.S. prices are competitive
with international prices and
export sales are “lively.”
Spot Grade A nonfat
dry milk, after four previ-
ous weeks of gain, shot to
85 1/2-cents per pound last
Monday, highest price since
Sept. 1, 2017. But it closed Fri-
day at 84 1/4-cents, unchanged
on the week and a quarter-cent
below a year ago.