—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Jan. 29, 1977 18 Md. Farm Credit seminar set COLLEGE PARK, Md. - New trends in farm finan cing wilj be examined during an Eastern Shore credit seminar later this month in the Tidewater Inn at Easton. The two-day event is scheduled February 22 and 23. It is intended for Delmarva area bankers and other farm-lending agency representatives. Sponsoring organizations are the Cooperative Extension Service and the Department of Agricultural and Resource -Economics at the University of Maryland in College Park. Seminar highlights will include presentations on farm loans and record keeping by Extension agricultural economists; a group case problem, and an afternoon visit on the first day to the Federalsburg (Dorchester county) site of Porcine Farms, an in tegrated pork-production operation with four locations in Maryland and Delaware. Porcine Farms operates in partnership with Red-White Dairy seminar slated LEWISBURG, Pa. - There will be a milk marketing seminar for central Pennsylvania dhirymen on February 4, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Country Cupboard Restaurant on Route 15, one mile north of Lewisburg. Nationally recognized agricultural economists will be presenting the seminar: Professor Truman F. Graf, agricultural economist, University of Wisconsin. Herbert L. Forest, director, U.S.D.A. Milk Marketing Order. William Johnstone, Extension agricultural economist, P.S.U. Topics to be covered will include Pennsylvania milk marketing, Minnesota-Wisconsin series pricing, the align ment of Federal orders in Eastern Pennsylvania, and how farmers and co-ops influence milk marketing. READ LANCASTER FARMING FOR FULL MARKET REPORTS ® r " r ' r COLO ENOUGH FOR YOU? CALL THE RENTALMEN TO WARM YOU UP. • WE RENT HEATERS. ÜBAHOH Rentals Unlimited 940 Cornwall Rd. Phone 717-272-4658 LANCASTER Ace ff^ENTS M "TpjliNG IS FOtEVERYONE! | N fmtmil LwHr f» H< 3*l-1701 READING esullng TOOL and equipment on to! 12th & Spring Streets Phone 215-376-3896 Mills, Inc. of Delmar, Del., and the Penn Packing Company of Philadelphia, Pa. Dr. John M. Curtis, director of the University of Md. statewide Cooperative Extension Service, will be principal speaker at an evening banquet session ending the first day’s program activities. A financial outlook for the Eastern Shore poultry and livestock industry will be presented on the afternoon of the second day by Gerald B. Truitt, Jr., of Salisbury, assistant vice-president in the real estate and mortgage department of Maryland National Bank. Seminar coordinator is Dr. Jarvis L. Cain, Extension agricultural economist at the University of Maryland in College Park. For registration details and additional information, contact Donald E. Osbum, Talbot county Extension agricultural agent, P. 0. Box 519, Easton, Md. 21601; phone: (301) 822-1244. - Ag policy I Continued from Page 1| Union leader stated. Exporting countries look to us for the world trade price of their commodities, and consuming countries look to us for adequate supplies of food. And, yet, United States far mers averaged only 66 per cent of parity for their products last month. “Farmer’s purchasing powers are at depression levels,” stated Lewis, “and something has to be done.” He went on later to say that Farmers’ Union has worked for many years through legislation to wm support for farmers;, but that the organization now feels that legislation, alone, is not enough. “We now feel that we must have the approval of the public in order to move ahead in areas where it would take years to get ahead with legislation,” he pointed out. To illustrate his point, he gave the example of organized labor and the benefitsJt reaps irom the Wagner Labor Relations Act, which constitutes public sanction for workers to form into unions and bargain collectively. “I think the labor unions have In this way you will be utilizing your crops to their fullest extent, cutting other unnecessary feed costs and increasing your livestock profits. Agri-King feeding programs put it all together for you. Southeastern Penna George F Delong Regional Manager 225 West Woods Drive Lititz PA 17543 Call Collect 717 626 0261 Eastern Lancaster Co Melvin Herr RD2 New Holland PA 17557 Ph 717 354 5977 rn Lancaster Co IhWi Earl 6 Gmder RD2 Manheim PA 17545 Phone 717 665 3126 Southern Lancaster Co Henry Delong Jr pn? Box 69 Peach Bottom PA 1 7563 "h i.e /!, .48 3471 g g rJMSH FOR MORE INFORMATION CONCERNING THE AGRI-KING FEEDING PROGRAM. CALL YOUR NEAREST SERVICEMAN. Lebanon to, Ben Greenawalt Marvin Meyer RD2 Conestota PA 17516 M 2. Box 157 Phone 717 872 5686 Annville PA 17003 Phone 717 867 1445 mthwestern Lancaster Southeastern Penna. Aldus R King RDI Box 67A Alglen PA 19310 Phone 215 593 5952 Northeast Berks Co Roger Heller ROl Robesoma PA Phone 215 693 6160 Chester Co William Windle RDI Atglen PA 19310 Phone 215 593 6143 done much more for their people by bargaining collectively than they could have if they would have gone to Congress and legislated for a price level for their workers. “By the same token,” he continued, “we must see what we can do for ourselves in the private sector, outside of government controls.” He then went on to add that when labor unions get out of hand, the pubhc steps in and “slaps jthem on that hand” and puts things back on an even keel. Lewis feels that this will happen in the case of farmers, also, if they do become overzealous with their programs on the non legislative level. One of these programs Lewis supports is working horizontally, rather than vertically up the marketing chain from farmer to consumer to try to “squeeze a few more pennies back down to the farmer.” The epitome of the horizontal approach to marketing is the Arab oil exporter’s cartel - the OPEC nations. “If you remember correctly, a few years ago we didn’t have OPEC,” Lewis pointed out. But, rather than setting up gas stations and trying to compete with each other for price, they banded together and collectively AGRI-KJNG KEY TO PRI FEED IS HIGH PRICED... DON’T WASTE IT! TEST BEFORE YOU INVEST! ifwipr I 5 f I f 6 isn I any way you can feed a balanced ffT ration unless you test £Jr your home grown grains fr and roughages for pro - lein, calcium, and phos phorus. |pf Then feed according to the nutritional values of your crops, in relation to the nutritionally bal- fT anced needs of your live- £|jr stock. I I I I I £ S f ft „ R 5 Carlisle PA 17013 HBPton.Co Phone 717 776 7324 Thomas Heist Mam Street Alburtis PA 18101 Phone 215 965 5124 South Central Penna James L Yoder Regional Manager 250 Edwards Ave Chambersburg PA 17201 Call Collect 717 264 9321 controlled their precious com modity and turned oil into, a goldmine. “The OPEC nations now control 85 per cent of the oil, and mstead of getting five cents more for their product as they would have if they had tried working vertically, they are now getting five times the price they once did because of their horizontal marketing.” Likewise, fanners could do the same, thing. “We control practically 100 per cent of our commodities on the farm, and if we got together and controlled the supply, we would be in a position to bargain,” he explained. “We might not quintuple our price, but we could increase it by 10 to 20 per cent or enough to get parity.” Farmers’ Union has set up commodity councils to help farmers leam to market their produce. “Through these commodity councils, we can start to be like the OPEC nations and leam to market our commodities lucratively,” he said. In conclusion, he reminded the farmers present that unless a definite plan of action is taken, farmers may not be able to see their children inherit the family farm tradition as they have been able to do. There Eastern Franklin Co. Eldon Martin RDS. Waynesboro PA 17268 Phone 717762-4130 Martin E. Ebersole Western Washim Charlie Campbell Rt 4 Box 229 A Hagerstown MD 21740 Phone 301 791 2157 Earl H Moyer RDS Box 277 Hagerstown MD 21740 Phone 301 739 5199
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