—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. January 13, 1973
14
Eastern Seeks Support of Legislators
Eastern Milk Producers, in its
continuing efforts to protect
Northeast dairy farmers, has
decided to call a meeting of
legislators in Washington, D.C to
inform them of the disastrous
effects recent government
decisions are having on farmers
and the consuming public alike.
John C. York, Eastern’s
General Manager, in announcing
the action, stated that the
decision to halt emergency loan
funds for the area’s farmers
without the prospect of sub
stantial milk price improvement
will cause an unheard of
economic calamity in the Nor
theast region of this country. The
administration’s recent decision
to allow the importation of an
additional 25 million pounds of
nonfat dry milk into the U.S.
market and exportation of grain
will compound the depressed
milk industry’s problems and
keep dairy farms’ cost up and
income down this year
Slaughterhouses will be
overflowing with dairy cattle
within the next several months,
and consumers will be faced with
an extreme milk shortage by fall
if some relief is not forthcoming
for milk producers The time has
passed when certain interests in
the Northeast can afford
the luxury of being passive.
Political and milk industry
leaders must take firm and
positive action to overcome the
inequity with which we are now
being faced
York said that he recently read
in the newspapers where two
major Northeast operating
cooperatives would like to join
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with Eastern Milk Producers
Cooperative in seeking the
highest possible returns for
dairymen.
“I am certainly grateful for
this support because Eastern has
always been willing to work with
other cooperatives on projects
designed to benefit dairy far
mers,” said York.
First, Eastern would welcome
a concerted effort on the part of
these two cooperatives in
assisting with obtaining a much
needed improvement in the Class
I (fluid) price of milk, a request
that Eastern made in August of
Bucks County Best in
Vegetable Exhibit
The Bucks County Vegetable
Growers Association repeated as
winners of the best county exhibit
at the 57th Farm Show. This
makes the eighth consecutive
year that the Bucks County group
has captured the honor. Chair
man of the exhibit is Dominik
Pellergrino, of 1981 Hansel Drive,
Cornwell Heights
The best farmers display was
exhibited by Joe Digirolamo, Jr.,
5448 Holms ville, Cornwell
Heights.
Dave Specca, Trevose, Bucks
County, for the second straight
year, showed the best growers
collection.
John King, Nottingham, RD2,
Chester County, exhibited the
best white fancy mushrooms, and
Robert Wood, Oxford, RD2,
Chester County, showed the top
white botton mushrooms.
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In addition. Eastern has an
economic price formula which
would take into consideration
local costs of production and
boost the income of dairymen in
the Northeast regional markets
in time of inflation. This formula
would protect milk producers
while feed prices and other costs
of production are skyrocketing in
the Northeast. Up until now,
Eastern has been unable to gain
the required support for the
approval and implementation of
such a formula.
Two years ago, Eastern
petitioned the government to call
a hearing to prevent outside milk
supplies from entering the New
York pool and deteriorating the
price paid to farmers. With the
kind of united effort suggested,
Eastern feels that this could now
be accomplished.
Eastern Milk Producers has
also spoken out in favor of a
merger of the Connecticut and
Boston Regional federal milk
orders, so that all producers
affected by these New England
Orders could share equitably in a
common market. Currently,
producer prices are being
reblended, causing a hardship on
hundreds of producers. Again,
Eastern welcomes support in
effectuating such a merger.
The door is open for all
coperatives as well as other farm
organizations to join with
Eastern Milk Producers in im
proving the income of dairy
farmers in the Northeast by
supporting these and other issues
which need meaningful
cooperation.
393-3906
665-2141
Lancaster County
Sweet Exhibit Winners
The Lancaster County Honey
Producers placed first in the
collective county honey exhibit
at the 57th Farm Show
The Lancaster County group
makes their headquarters at 252
State St., Ephrata.
Hackenberg Apiaries,
Lewisburg, RD3, Union County,
took championships in both in
dividual exhibit and specialty
pack divisions
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The best exhibit of comb honey
was shown by Archie Krug,
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County. The best exhibit of ex
tracted honey was displayed by
Ronald W. Colwell, Spring Mills
RDI, Centre County.
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