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Merrill said, “Buyers of milk must be assured a cost of pro duct approximately equal to the cost of their principal com petitors. Operating coopera tives engaged in processing and packaging milk are extracting substantial membership dues in addition to cooperative pay ments in the New York Pool and using these moneys to un derbid independent milk com panies in the marketplace. “This, I think, is the number one issue of the dairy industry today, as well as it was a year ago If cooperative members who supply milk to processing and packaging cooperatives are willing to have these coopera tives extract substantial mem bership dues to subsidize the sale of their product, I think we will continue to have serious marketing conditions, not only in this market but across the United States. “Independent proprietary milk companies must pay the federal order minimum blend price and they cannot be expect ed to compete under unfair competitive conditions of this nature. “We will not let up on our efforts to see that there is a meaningful bonding law in the states of New York, Pennsylvan ia and Vermont We will -also continue to urge that each farm er in each of those statgs shall be given the opportunity to make up his own decision as to whether or not he should be a contributor to money used for milk promotion and research. “We are concerned about the loopholes in the National Agri cultural Marketing and Bar gaining Act. “And we want to retain the Department of Agriculture, and have so urged with particular emphasis on re-allocating the cost of certain items charged to the Department of Agriculture which should be charged to (Continued on Page 12) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 12,1971 —I SAMPLE COPIES FREE Copies of LANCASTER FARMING are not always easy to find they are not sold on newsstands and perhaps some of your friends may not be acquainted with our weekly service. 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