Grangers set new position on Milk WILLIAMSPORT - Among the more important decisions taken by the Pennsylvania State Grange at its annual meeting here last week was a recom mendation to split funding of a Milk Security Fund equally between handlers and producers. Under the Grange proposal, both private handlers and 'most co operatives would contribute to the fund. The Grangers called for legislation to set up a producers security fund paid Under the latest proposal a COLLEGE PARK, Md. - fenberger is forum coor- sity of Maryland, College marked by Nov. 9; telephone for by all dairymen handling cd>op like In- “Maryland Agriculture m dinator again this year. Park, Md. 20742; phone: .< ■ Am producing milk in the terstate would pay nothing the 1980 s” will be the theme Registration fee of $6.50 (301) 454-3712. Mail reser- reservations snoma oe maae Commonwealth of Penn- into the fund. The dairyman for this year’s fourteenth will include a noon lunch in vations should be post- not later than Nov. 13. sylvania including dealers producer would be assessed annual Maryland the Founder’s Room at the and' processing co-ops, one cent per hundredweight. Agricultural Forum. Center of Adult Education. _ 1 , contributing at arate of one And the processor who The daytime event is Four Maryland residents \yroHffC pittllß COx II cent per hundredweight purchased the milk from the scheduled Nov. 15 in the will be presented the I=3 * each, until a separtate fund handler co-op would pay the Firefighters Room at the Honorary Certificate of i i • 1 is established of $4 million. other penny per hun- Center of Adult Education on Merit Award in Agriculture nil SKI Tig 1)00 Under the Grange dredweight. the University of Maryland during the noon luncheon & proposal, dealers would be In the case of a processing campus in College Park. program. All interested Tr A XT . required to continue to be co-op like Lehigh Valley, Program sessions will run persons are invited to at- TRAPPE - Keystone held Saturday, November 10 bonded or secured by ao- both the dairyman and the from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., tend. Grange No. 2is sponsoring from 8-10 p.m. It is free and ceptable collateral until the co-op would pay one cent according to Dr. Paul R. Reservations may be the fourth annual old- oDen to the public. There will fund were established. each. Poffenberger, associate made with Roy D. Porter, fashioned corn huaking bee , , Previous Grange policy Grange members said dean for instruction in the Extension coordinator of at the Peter Wentz Farm- be pnzes_and refreshments suggested co-ops set up a they felt if the co-op was university’s College of special communications, staad, Schultz Road in provided for those attending, security fund on their own. going to act as a dealer it Agriculture. Dr. Pof- 0109 Symons Hall, Univer- Worcester. This event will be Please dress warmly. BIG FARM POWER AND EQUIPMENT * " ' » I , YOU NEED MORE TRACTOR NOT JUST MORE HORSEPOWER! STEIGER DELIVERS MORE: ...WEIGHT TO HORSEPOWER Allows You To Get That Extra Horsepower to The Ground Step A Ask Us Hew Steiger Tractors Deliver Mere Their previous suggested level of funding was $2 million. This figure .was raised because a number of Grangers said they felt the $2 million figure was inadequate in light of current volume of milk moved by some handlers. The inclusion of co-ops in the funding of the MUR Security program should make private handlers happy. Handlers complained under the old recom mendations the co-op got off scott free. ...TRACTION Better Weight to Power Ratio Means Less Spin and Greater Lugging Power ...PERFORMANCE Greater Lugging Power Turns Into Better Performance on Any Kind of Ground ...TIME TO DO OTHER THINGS When a Tractor Performs Like A Steiger Performs, You Get Your Fieldwork Done Faster With Less Downtime should take on some of the dairy herd condemned by dealer’s responsibility, too. the state for health purposes. The Grange Dairy Com mittee also recommended a They said despite m survey be taken by the creased culling of herds, Pennsylvania Department of production is up. They noted Agriculture to determine the the prices of cull dairy cows need for a producer security have risen to record levels, fund. Cattle replacements are up In other action, the at record levels, also, the Grangers asked for an in- Grangers said, crease in the maximum With average prices for compensation level for a binary cattle 14th annual Md. Ag forum to be held ISSTEIGER Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 3,1979 Security Fund reaching the $l6OO area, In other dairy action, the Grangers said, they feel committee also encouraged indemnities also should be all farmers in the state to raised. participate in the vac- They also recommended cination program sponsored the Department of by th? state for prevention of Agriculture propose a Brucellosis, referendum for all producers to support an advertising program with a Th®y also gave their possible check-off per every support and encouragement hundred punds of milk to continued study of Nor produced. theastem marketing orders. 17
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