Eastern Statement on 71 Dairying Warns of Cost Squeeze
‘"file warning flag is up for ducers in the Vermont area has
dairy farmers in the Northeast been phenomenal in 1970, both
as we enter 1971,” stated John in number of new members and
C. York, general manger of East- volume of milk handled by the
ern Milk Producers Cooperative Association The Association
Association, Inc. in Syracuse, has found it necessary to build a
New York recently. new modern bulk milk transfer
, T , , ~ , . , station in Enosburg Falls, Ver-
York made the following state- m ont to handle several million
men * : pounds of milk produced by
We are concerned for the wel- Eastern members in the northern
fare of our nearly 10,000 mem- part of the state. This facility,
bers from Maryland to New now nearing completion, will be
Hampshire—in Delaware, Penn- large enough to handle the in
syhrania, New York and Vermont creased volume of milk predicted
—even though Eastern made for 1971 in that area,
great strides in 1970, in several „ .
areas, and expects that this trend Pennsylvania forecast for
wiU prevoil. 1971, as far as Eastern Milk
- The immediate 12-month out- Producers is concerned, is one
look for all dairymen in this part. stronger milk marketing ar
of the country is extremely chal- -rangements with-milk dealers in
Tinging at best ' that state by the_ Association.
Growth of-Eastern Milk Pro- This past year has been a
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E. Pii Sports, Inc.
Honey Brook
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H. M. Stauffer & Sons,
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tremendous increase of new
membership in Eastern Pennsyl
vania. Part of this increase re
sulted from the acquisition of
milk receiving plants to preserve
market stability in various areas
In every case, Eastern met its
commitments to its members
with the ordeily movement of
milk when milk plants were
forced to close.
The amount of milk produced
by members of the Association
in a six state area and marketed
by Eastern in 1970 increased by
3 per cent over 1969 and is ex
pected to increase another 5
per cent in volume in 1971. One
reason for this change is the
number of new members who
were added to Eastern member
ship rolls in 1970, over 6 per cent
from the year before and ex
pected to jump another four
per cent in 1971.
Processing, packaging and dis
tribution of this milk which, it is
anticipated will total over three
billion pounds, will be sold to
the nearly 90 milk companies
with whom Eastern markets its
product in the northeast.
It is predicted that the dollar
value of this milk will reach
75,000,000 or an increase over
the value of milk marketed by
the Association in 1970 of ap
proximately 6 per cent
All this, of course, means that
the internal cost of running East
ern Milk Producers will go up
nearly 5 per cent this year, a
very reasonable figure when con
sidering the increase in cost of
running other businesses across
the nation in these inflationary
times.
Labor union contract negotia-
Walter Binkley & Son
Lititz
Brown & Rea, Inc.
Atglen
Elverson Supply Co.
Elverson
L. T. Geib Estate
Manheim
I. B. Gray bill & Son
Strasburg
E. Musser Heisey & Son
R. D. #2, Mt. Joy, Pa,
Heistond Bros.
Elizabethtown
Red Rose Farm
Service, Inc.
N. Church St., Quarryville
Dovid B. Hurst
Bowmansville
G. R. Mitchell, Inc.
Eefton, Pa.
Mountyille Feed Service
Mountvllle
Musser Forms, Inc.
Columbia
Musset's Mill
The Buck
: Chos. E. Souder & Sons
Terre Hill
Ammon E. Shelly
Lititz
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 30,1971—19
tions with oaher giants of in
dustiy have caused then cost of
operation to go out of sight in
many instances These makers
of goods and services which are
purchased by dairy farmers,
therefore, must raise their prices
to offset increased costs of pro
duction
Inflation is still with us
whether we like it or not The
cost of producing milk will con
tinue to rise in 1971
Feed prices have already sky
rocketed in many areas, due par
tially to the corn blight debacle
in 1970. Theie seems to be lit
tle relief in sight for dairymen
in need of farm labor, although
unemployment is the highest in
years.
Mix supplies took a big jump
to offset increased production
costs in 1970 and will continue to
over-burden the markets of the
northeast this coming year Class
1 utilization continues to fall be
low the 1959 percentage figures
although, during, this decade,
there has been a population
growth of about 25 per cent.
We have urged President Nix
on to continue the nation’s
school milk program in his forth
coming budget message. This
could have a great bearing on
dairy farmers in 1971
The effects of attacks on
cholesterols in foods by certain
so-called medical authorities
and makers of milk substitutes
and soft drinks has undoubtedly
contributed to the decline in the
per capita consumption of milk,
cream, and butter. But little has
been said bv these groups of the
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