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Lehigh
projects
improvement
AMiMOWN Pa
l-ehigh Valiev (ooperative
Farmer* announrpd this
month its first profitable
quarter in several years and
projected a substantial
reduction in losses for fiscal
1976
At the same time, Hobcrt
P Harry. president and
general manager. reported
successful completion of
negotiations with Kraftco on
agreement to terminate a
long-term contract for
production of tw.se Cheddar
cheese effective Oct 1 The
contract, negotiated by
previous management, had
proved unprofitable for
Lehigh
Barry said that addition of
three new, large customers
for the dairy's base Cheddar
barrel cheese will more than
offset the Kraftco business
and place the cheese
operation on a profitable
basis The new customers
are Borden; Northfield
Cheese Company, food
division of Kane-Miller
Company of New York; and
Clearfield Cheese Company,
a division of HP. Hood
Company of Boston.
Although Lehigh does not
release quarterly earnings
figures, Barry reported that
the co-op made a profit for
its second fiscal quarter,
covering May, June, and
July.
“We fully expect business
to continue at the present
level for the remainder of
our fiscal year,” Barry said.
“However,” he pointed out,
“heavy losses incurred in
February and March,
Ortho dealers
at seminar
LANCASTER - Willis
Rohrer, Jerry Roman,
Barney Berger, Ralph
Garber, Henry Brenneman,
Paul Campbell, and Ivan
Bauman, of P L. Rohrer and
Bro., Inc., here, were among
150 Ortho fertilizer dealers
and dealer salesmen who
participated m the recent
intensive second annual
Ortho Team Seminar ’76 at
Inn of the Fourwinds, Smith
ville, Indiana
These dealt's and their
representatives from a five
state area explored fertilizer
problems and opportunities
in a two-da dea-packed
meeting s' sored by
District ] Chevron
Chemical < nny. They
came fror I s, Indiana,
Michigan, 01 and Penn
sylvania
A combmat of Chevron
marketing a agronomy
specialists teamed with
economists from Purdue
University, West Lafayette,
Indiana, and Washington
University, St. Louis,
Missouri, to review crop,
livestock, fertilizer, and
credit outlook; and dealer
motivation, incentives and
sales techniques. Ad
ditionally, several Ortho
fertilizer dealers presented
case-history reports of
successes in various ad
ministrative, marketing and
Valley
primarily from cheese
operations, Jeopardises the
possibility of a full year’s
profitability "
Kven if fiscal 1976 is not
profitable, losses will still be
cut substantially from the
tl 85 million incurred in
fiscal 1975, Harry stated
This compares to a lavs of
almast 13 0 million In 1974.
when Barry first took over
management of the finan
cually-bcJcagucrcd co
operative
Results for the second
quarter represent a
remarkable turnaround for
I>ehigh in the short span of
two years This is attributed
to a total reorganization of
management, initiation of
computerized cost control
programs and production
efficiencies, addition of
several new items to the
Lehigh product line, and
expanded marketing efforts.
Barry revealed that
several plant improvements
aimed 'at increasing
operating cost efficiency are
currently underway and that
increased marketing efforts
in a highly profitable area of
the dairy business will be
launched in the near future.
Lehigh Valley is both a
manufacturing and
marketing cooperative,
distributing a full line of
dairy products in five states.
The Cooperative represents
600 farmers and in 1975
processed over 390 million
pounds of milk.
Sales in fiscal 1976 should
reach the $lOO million mark,
Barry said.
production-processing as
pects of their businesses.
District manager, Roy
Tuttle, Toledo, Ohio, em
phasized that the meeting is
a valuable learning and
communicating experience
for both dealers and
Chevron-Ortho manage
ment.
Ephrata garden
contest draws
KPHKATA • Thr Kphrata
1- iilr garden tractor pulling
contest drew a large crowd
of about XKMOO people on
Thursday evening While the
pull went well, there were
few competitors Don
Bcldlcr, I>eola. who was in
charge of the event, was
hoping for a larger turnout of
entrants
‘'We're hoping for more
Inexperienced pullers (or
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Inexperienced pullers en
tering competition means
that more people have a
chance at winning If (J>ey
compete Whereas, if all
entrants are experienced the
titles go to just a few people
There Is an 800 pound
youth class for 8 - 12-year
olds which no one entered
this > car, and a novice class
for the beginner
/ r/
s *
(ffc
I lit.
tractor pulling
large crowd
"You can lake a tractor
right out of the lawn for that
one," saya Bcldler
The results of the com
petition follow
1008 Pound Stock
1 Kandy Holllngcr.
Mountvlllc, on a Cub Cadet,
2 Herb Shannon. Mlf
fllnvlllc, on a John Deere, 3
Brian Wise, Bowmansvlllc,
on a Case
1200 Pound Stock
1 Russell Holllngcr,
Mountvlllc, on a Cub Cadet,
2 Herb Shannon, 3 1-croy
Hurst, Stevens, on a
Gravely
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