U. S. Council of Farm Cooperatives Has Annual Meeting
Secretary of Agriculture Clxf- that they will have an increas-
Eord M Haidm told leaders of mgly significant role in develop-
Earmer cooperative organizations mg foreign sales of American
in Washington, D C last week faim products, and in helping
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CIRCULATION DEPT
achieve gieater stability and im
proved incomes foi the nation’s
agncultuial industiy
Keynoting the 42nd Annual
Meeting of the National Council
ol Farmer Cooperatues held on
January 12-13, Secretary Hardin
said that “Countless farmers
have found that it pays to be
long to a good, going, well-man
aged cooperative.”
He disclosed that the coun
try’s 7,700 farm supply and mar
keting cooperatives realized net
savings of $6OO million last year
for distribution to members and
patrons, over and above what
they received from their market-
Myerstown Holstein Cited
The 3,0515 t yearly production
record exceeding a half ton of
butterfat has been completed
by a Registered Holstein cow,
Lime Rock W Princess Belle
5815443 (VG), owned by Hubert
S Miller, Lime Rock Farm, My
erstown
The Pennsylvania Holstein’s
official recoid of pioduction to
talled 21,200 pounds of milk
and 1,001 pounds of butterfat in
365 days She started her lacta
tion at the age of seven years
and was milked twice daily.
“Belle” was bred in the Miller
herd She was sired by Lime
Rock W George 1378123 (VG),
a bull that has earned a Silver
Medal Production Sire recogni
tion.
Robert K. Rohrer
Bulldozing - Grading
Pafz Sales & Service
Barn Cleaners - Silo
Unloaders - Cattle Feeders
Quarryville, R. D. 1
Hensel 548-2559
■la mors
KEEFER?
Eastern says: YES
Farming is a full-time job So is bargaining.
That’s why the farmer needs a dedicated, forceful, full
time spokesman m the marketplace.
And that’s why nearly 10,000 farmers are members of
Eastern Milk Producers. They get full representation in
their market—undiluted by conflicting efforts in the con
sumer’s marketplace. And they know that through this co
operative medium, each farmer member enjoys the concern
of nearly 10,000 ‘keepers’ of a common goal, which is
Effective bargaining in a stable market. Eastern does this
- through continuous negotiations with over 90 proprietary
milk companies—a solid segment of the farmer’s most vital
marketplace.
There arc many other benefits for Eastern members. AU
at a rock-bottom dues rate. For Eastern believes that being
your brother’s keeper is enlightened self-interest and that
means profit.
Agree? Call your local Eastern representative right now-
Or write:
~ MILK PRODUCERS
- t - COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, INC.
Kinne Road, Syracuse, New York 13214
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 30,1971
ings and savings through coop
erative pui chasing
Ag Trade Potential
Secretary Haidm said that in
its potential foi foreign trade
expansion, agiicultuie can be re
garded as a “giowth industry”,
if improved access to world mai
kets—especially Europe can
be attained He called on farm
organizations to strive for under
standings with their European
counterparts that can lead to
“trade cooperation instead of
trade chaos ”
On a similar note, the 600 dele
gates to the NCFC annual con
vention heard Senator Robert J
Dole of Kansas call for an ex
pansion of agricultural exports
“Our programs must look to
overseas markets, and we must
be prepared to compete for max
imum utilization of our products
throughout the world,” he said
Dole stated that if U S farm
exports are do reach $lO billion
by 1980 —a necessary obiective
—they must move freely in the
maikets of the world “Agricul
ture has received entirely too
little attention in negotiations
for tiade liberalization,” he de
clared.
Freight Rate Impact
In other Council piesentations,
George M Stafford, chairman of
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, discussed the growing
crisis in transportation and its
effect unon farmer cooperatives
He said that the I.C C recog
nizes that the farmer is less able
than many others to pass trans
portation rate increases on to
the consumer “Rate increases
may result in higher food costs
for the consumer, but the farmer
often is hurt more than the
housewife who goes into shock
when the bells on the cadi
register Stop clanging and the
bad news comes forth,” said
Stafford.
The Chairman further stated
that more and more farmers are
finding that the slim margin of
profit they expect from a cur-
mat haivesl can be cancelled
overnight by a freightiale m
ciease ‘The across-the-boaid
approach to raising freight i ates
only seives to lock in all ot the
ingrained defects that may exist
in the raiho Q d late structuie,”
he said
Staffoid emphasized that
general late increases have a
way of tipping the delicate bal
ances that govern market rela
tionships for cooperatives.
“Many observers, carriers, and
shippers alike believe that what
ever logic was used in the past
to establish these relationships
has largely been destroyed by
rate increases that are applied
across-the-board,” he declaied.
Political Action Needed
Reporting on the National
Council’s activity on legislative
matters during 1970, Executive
Vice President Kenneth D Na
den urged all Council members
to give more attention to pub
lic affairs in order to assure
their ultimate survival in tiue
coopeiative form “The time is
here foi more not less
political action,” he said
“We found again in 1970, as
we have before, that unitv and
involvement of the membership
is the only dependable effective
route to success in legislative
affairs,” said Naden “No one
faimer, or local cooperative, or
even a regional cooperative has
much political power But co
ordinated action through an
organization such as the Nation
al Council can accomplish
something of significance ”
Council Officers Elected
Turning to Council business
matters, delegates elected the
following slate of new officers
for the coming year- President,
Robert C Mclnturf, president
of Allied Grape Growers, Ma
dera, California; First Vice Pre
sident, C W. Paris, executive
vice president and general
manager of Gold Kist, Inc, At
lanta. Ga; and Second Vice
President, W Gordon Leith,
corporate vice president and
secretary of Farmland Indus
tries, Inc, Kansas City, Mo
The National Council of
Farmer Cooperatives, headquar
tered in Washington, DC , is
the national legislative arm of
some 100 farm marketing and
purchasing cooperatives and 34
state cooperative councils lo
cated throughout the United
States.
Peanut Peculiarity
The peanut’s manner of fruit
ing is remarkable in that when
the petals have fallen, the flower
stalk bends downward, pushing
the growing pods into the
ground, where they develop and
ripen below .the surface
Help Us
Serve You
If your organization didn’t
make our farm calendar this
week, it’s not because we
don’t like you or your or
ganization.
We may have missed it in
the rush. Or maybe you for
got to tell us
Either way, we’d like to
extend our farm community
service to you.
To get on the Farm Calen
dar, remind us by calling
394-3047 or 626-2191 or by
writing to Lancaster Farm
ing, 22 E. Main St., LititZ,
Pa 17543. And help us serve
you better.
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