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.
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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.
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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.
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