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is. Would these producers
have shipped it to Lehigh
Valley had they know of
these financial problems?
This seems to be running
into the same situation as in
1974 when management did
not tell the whole truth. I
resent having to pay a
management team to run a
milk co-operative, and then
find that every few years
they come back to the far
mer for extra funds to
support deficiencies in
management. If there is no
more money in the sale of
milk than Lehigh Valley is
presently able to receive,
n
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John Deere 1209
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then management must be
paid accordingly. It is my
understanding that
management should take
steps so that every facet of
the organization is doing
well; however, we find that
certain divisions of the plant
are losing money, and every
time it occurs, the
management comes to the
farmer to bail them out
instead of correcting the
situation so a profit can be
made.
I don’t forsee any bank
that charges 18 to 10 per cent
interest on their money,
issuing certificates with no
interest, only collateral. I, as
VALUES
*6,750.
$2,750.00
2,450.00
$1,150.00
750.00
700.00
950.00
1,750.00
$5,150.00
4,550.00
a fanner, would do very well
on that type of set-up.
I understand the
assessment for 18 cents per
hundredweight of milk
shipped for the first six
months of the year is illegal.
According to my in
terpretation of the by-laws,
only a maximum of 25 per
cent can be removed, and
cannot be retroactive. In
talking with a great number
of farmers, this also is their
interpretation. If we are
wrong, then periiaps we
became involved in the
“Dumb Fanner” syndrome,
and believed what we were
told by management.
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Criticism without some
design of betterment is
usually not worth very
much, so with this in mind, I
will offer the following
suggestions:
1. That management be
reduced in salary with a
clause for a percentage of
the profits. In other words,
without a profit realized
within a reasonable amount
of time, one cannot expect to
share in monies designated
for depreciation and capital
improvements, or in the
farmers’ income.
2. If momes are needed
from time to time to market
surplus milk, those monies
should be based on the total
of excess milk produced by
each farmer, as only excess
milk apparently is causing
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USED COMBINE SPECIALS
$ 5,850.
$1,050.00
$2,250.00
2,450.00
3.950.00
2.350.00
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 26,1978
the financial problem in the
milk market. Thus, a fanner
who is a good fanner and
produces no excess milk
would not share in the
marketing expense in
curred. Assessments should
be monthly, current, and
within limits set up by
members and management.
3. That milk be sold not
because it is cheap, but
because it is better. The
recent pnce war between
milk marketing companies
in New York City has been
approached on a price only
situation. This will probably
continue unitl there is no
profit. Lehigh Valley must,
at some date, institute a
program of better milk at a
better price, brought about
by an incentive program to
those farmers who do a good
job of producing milk. Milk
with higher protein and
solids, and a more flavorful
taste has more public ap
peal, therefore, it should sell
at a premium, at which a
profit can be made for
everyone. Milk has a long
history of being a political
football, and this can be
removed by comparison
selling a better product to
the Consumer. If soda with
little or no nutritional value
can sell for $1.79 a gallon,
then milk, with all of its
nutrition, should sell for an
equal amount. One com
missioner on the milk board
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recently stated that she
purchased milk from a “jug
type” farm store because of
the better taste. Perhaps a
lesson can be learned here.
4. Since July 17, according
to The Allentown Morning
Call (Thursday, August 17),
150 administrators and 60
union members have been
laid off. It seems to me in a
plant this size, there must
have been a lot of “no-
a fanner
doesn’t work, he cannot very
well ship milk, so we would
expect those in the plant to
be doing a reasonable job in
productivity for whatever
position they hold. Also, no
new employees should be
added to the payroll unless it
is absolutely essential.
5. If some capital cannot
be raised from “ accounts
receivable and current
sales, this indicates to me a
very poor job in
management is occurring.
Similar to this; a president
from another milk -
operative received Vz cent
per gallon for all the milk
sold, which was sold at a
loss, but he still received his
Vz cent a gallon, at no profit
to the co-operative. If, in
fact, the sale of milk cannot
support the industry that
produces it, then perhaps the
whole procedure of milk
marketing at Lehigh Valley
must be re-evaluated. To
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