t—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 29,1971
DHIA Holds Meeting
At the meeting of the Lan
caster County DHIA board of
directors this week, Chairman
Donald S. Eby appointed a four
member committee of Elmer
Weber, chairman, Harry Ranck
Jr, Paul N. Brubacher and Jay
Newcomer. The committee will
plan the DHIA annual meeting.
Eby also named an accounts
receivable committee to help
bring accounts up to date. The
committee includes Max Smith,
Wilbur Houser, James G. Krei
der and Elam Bollinger.
Wilbur Houser reported that
the time period involved in get
ting test results back to the
farmer has been excellent The
county officially began partici
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pating in the new Penn State
testing system April 1.
The board approved a 25 cent
bulk tank test fee. It was noted
that this barely covers costs
when a 10 cent test cost, plus
postage to Penn State and back
are considered. The test is a
special service sometimes re
quested by farmers.
It was noted the Lancaster
County Holstein Breeders an
nual field day will be August 3
and Atlantic on Parade August
4.
Robert Hess, Strasburg RDI,
has been re-elected state DHIA
vice president, it was announc
ed.
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FARM SERVKE
Myerstown Poultryman Named to NEPPCO,
Organization Revamps Stand on Promotion
William R. Myer, Myerstown
poultry producer, has been
named one of two new direc
tors of the Northeastern Poul
try Producers Council (NEP
PCO). Myer will represent the
Pennsylvama Poultry Federa
tion.
The other new NEPPCO
board member is Lorain Basing
er, Kenton, Ohio, poultry pro
ducer, representing the Ohio
Poultry Association.
A total of 18 directors from
14 NEPPCO states and NEP
PCO’S two divisions attended
the recent historic meeting at
which board of directors moved
NEPPCO to a “middle of the
road position” on policy state
ments dealing with federal
marketing orders and check-off
programs for promotion.
NEPPCO’s new policy state
ment on marketing orders says:
“We support the original con
cept of the Agricultural Adjust
ment Act of 1933 as amended
and as re-enacted by the Agri
cultural Marketing Agreement
Act of 1937.”
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In effect, this means NEP
PCO is no longer unalterably
opposed to marketing orders
with or without production con
trols, but will consider each new
piece of such legislation on its
own merits.
“Most of our members are
small to medium-sized produc
ers,” said President Burnell
Warner in announcing the
board’s action.
“One of the declared pur
poses of NEPPCO is to promote
and protect the best interests
of its members In today’s
world, we obviously cannot do
that from a rigid policy posi
tion We must maintain open
minds and a certain amount of
flexibility. Our revised policy
statements will enable us to do
that,” Warner concluded.
On proposed legislation to
raise funds for research and
consumer education through a
check-off, the NEPPCO board
adopted this statement: “Recog
nizing the continuing need for
promotion of poultry and eggs,
including the products made
from them, and the industry’s
responsibility to conduct mar
keting and merchandising re
search, we favor such programs
raise and administer funds for
as would permit producers to
such purposes.” This replaces
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NEPPCO’s support to “volun
tary, industry-sponsored" prow
grams.
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NEPPCO to support either
voluntary or government-man
dated programs so long as pro
ducers administer the funds or
otherwise manage them.
On the most recent request
of the railroads for another
round of freight rate increases,
the board instructed the NEP
PCO staff to vigorously oppose
the use of percentages to cat
culate such increases.
The board explained that
freight rates on Midwestern
grain shipped to the Northeast
have traditionally and under
standably been higher than
similar rates to the Southeast.
Each percentage increase ap
proved by ICC, however,' has
widened the disadvantage for
the Northeast and further weak
ened its competitive position.
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Today less than 30 per cent of
the United States population
lives in rural areas. Less than
25 per cent of America’s 54 mil
lion rural residents live on farms
and earn their livelihood from
agriculture.
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