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—Lancaster Firming, Saturday, June 9,1979
Eastern Milk Producers' annual meeting took was followed by several short speeches, en
place in the 10th floor ballroom of the Hotel tertainment, and dancing.
Syracuse. It began with a full course dinner and
Farm Bureau endorses trade
PARK RIDGE, HI. -
Farm Bureau, the nation’s
largest general farm
organization has endorsed
the trade package resulting
from General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
negotiations conducted over
the past five years in
Geneva.
In urging Congress to
approve the proposal,
American Farm Bureau
Federation President Allan
Grant said that Farm
Bureau had “carefully
weighed the package in its
final form and determined
that overall it represents
considerable gain for U.S.
agriculture.
“We didn’t get all we
wanted, but feel that
Low sodium milk is that
from which most of the
natural sodium is removed
through an ion-exchange
resin and replaced with
potassium. The milk is
pasteurized and
homogenized. It is not widely
available, so patients on a
prescribed sodium-restrict
ed diet should check with
state or local health
departments or local dairies
for a source.
Nutrition labeling is
mandatory for: 1) all foods
to which protein, vitamins,
or minerals have been added
and 2) foods for which a
nutrient claim is made on
the label or in advertising.
For example, vitamin D
lowfat milk would require a
nutrition information panel
because vitamin D has been
added and its ca .on says it
is lowfat.
Open dating is the
sometimes mandatory, often
voluntary, inclusion of a date
on milk containers to in
dicate when they should be
withdrawn from retail sale
Also known as tne “pull
date” or “sell-by-date,” it is
set to allow additional
storage life in the con
sumer’s home The product
will remain fresh and be
usable for a few days after
the date on the container
producers of U.S. farm
commodi' ties are net
winners,” Grant said. Farm
Bureau leaders served on all
of the U.S. technical ad
visory committees, he noted.
The decision to support the
trade package was made
during a regular meeting of
the American Farm Bureau
Federation Board of
Directors, and came after a
review of policies set by
voting delegates and con
sideration of the trade
proposal’s impact on U.S.
agriculture.
Negotiators representing
41 nations have agreed upon
the package. National
legislative bodies including
the U.S. Congress must now
approve or reject the results.
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Congress must receive the
trade package and
necessary implementing
legislation by June 15, after
which support or rejection
must come within 90 days.
Grant noted that con
cessions were made by
foreign countries on ap
proximately one-fourth of
those U.S. agricultural
exports presently restricted
by trade barriers. Con
cessions were received on
about $4 billion worth of U.S.
agricultural exports and are
expected to increase U.S.
agricultural exports by $5OO
million annually.
He added that concessions
were made by the United
States on $2.6 billion worth of
agricultural imports, which
are expected to increase
package
annually by about
million.
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Eastern says it’s
6 on the climb in 6 79 9
leadership in matters concerning farm legislation He
directed specific attention to New York State’s Milk
Security Fund, which Eastern helped to formulate.
Similarly, Eastern is very much involved in getting such a
fund for Pennsylvania’s milk producers.
“Those interested in finding out what the facts are, are
also in the best position to help make decisions,” Barber
emphasized
Woody Moffett, represented New Jersey’s Agriculture
Department He serves as a deputy commissioner and
said that his state has only 700 dairy farmers Two billion
pounds of milk are consumed annually in New Jersey, he
said, while the state’s own dairy farmers can only provide
about 500 million pounds per year Congratulating
Eastern for its success and venture, Moffett pointed out
that his state needs the marketing of other cooperatives
Also represented at Eastern’s banquet were milk
dealers, Lepnno management personnel, news reporters,
dairy princesses, and guests from other dairy
cooperatives Lancaster Farming newspaper was
presented with the 1979 Distinguished Service Reporting
Award. It was given "In appreciation of your efforts on
behalf of the dairy industry The cooperative movement
among dairy farmers who supply milk to the federal
orders of the Northeast has been furthered by your con
tnbutioh in reporting farm news,” said Eastern’s general
manager Howard McDonald.
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