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three or four installments.
Cumberland Farms has fully
satisfied that debt.
Tewksbury said Cum
berland Farms presently is
on Eastern’s accounts
receivable list and is current
in its payments “within two
or three days, anyway.”
Tewksbury said the
agreement with Cumberland
Farms in Order I was
similar to the Grandview
agreement which went sour.
“They got behind,” he
explained.
He added that Eastern had
Cumberland Farms tied up
for the money owed.
He pointed out the
agreement m question was
made before he took over the
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reins at the Syracuse, New
York, based co-op.
He said there had been
another note up for Eastern
with Farmers Cheese m
Western Pennsylvania.
Tewksbury emphasized
both of those cases had been
satisfactorily resolved.
The Pennsylvania
Association of Milk Dealers
last week accused Eastern of
“maneuvering” milk to
avoid having to purchase a
$200,000 bond on the milk
shipped to Grandvie w.
The dealers said Eastern
purchased the milk for
Grandview. Then, the
dealers said, Eastern
changed title to the milk m
New York state, thus
avoiding the Pennsylvania'
Milk Marketing Board’s
jurisdiction.
Had Grandview itself
purchased and taken title to
the milk in Pennsylvania, a
bond would have been
required.
The dealers said PMMB
may have become aware of
slow or defaulting payments
in one of its regular audits
and could have taken proper
action.
Tewksbury denied there
was any way PMMB or
Eastern could have known
about the impending default.
“On November 23 they
were current, not
delinquent,” he said.
“As disgusted and mad as
we are, on November 23 the
milk was current,” he said.
He also made a lengthy
denial of several other
charges leveled by the
Dealers Association in
connection with the Grand
view case.
He said the dealers lack
understanding of the milk
industry. Details appear on
page 130.
Tewksbury said Order II
milk was one of three federal
orders which does not have
an advance payment
provision.
He said Pennsylvania
requires advance payment
worth half the value of the
proceeding month’s milk.
“Even that would be an
improvement m this case,”
he said.
Tewksbury said problems
of this sort are one of the
prune reasons why Eastern
is going ahead with its
Waverley and Horseheads
cheese plants.
He said problems of the
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 22,1979
sort Eastern had with
Grandview and others are
the result of surplus milk.
“When you get zinged you
get concerned,” he said.
“I’m concerned about how
stable our markets are. Why
do two or three dairies seem
to make it with no problem
and others take an early
retirement?” he asked.
He said farmers can be
sure they will be the first
ones to get hurt in any such
deal. He said that was one of
the reasons Eastern is
taking positive steps to
assure themselves an outlet
for its members’ milk.
He added that NEDCO had
similar problems.
Licensed pesticide applicators
training slated for January 10
NORRISTOWN - The
Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture has instituted a
recertification program that
involves all licensed
pesticide applicators. This
program requires licensed
applicators to be recertified
every three years.
Private applicators are
currently required to attend
at least one training
program during the current
three year recertification
cycle which ends September
30, 1980. Commercial and
private applicators must
attend a minimum of one
training program in each
category certified during the
three year recertification
period.
The educational program
to beheld on January 10,1980
will qualify as the necessary
While several sources,
including some within the
Eastern organization, have
questioned the merits of
Eastern’s cheese plans,
Tewksbury made it clear he
does not expect to get burned
in another Grandview deal.
While the co-op recovered
from some exposed positions
in past deals, the Grandview
bankrupcy has turned
Tewksbury off on any
similar agreements.
Eastern, although it took a
while, has learned that not
playing with fire can prevent
a lot of burns.
The new policy should
save members a lot of
dollars, too. CH
training credit for private,
and/or commercial ap
plicator recertification.
Applicators can fulfill the
recertification requirement
by either attending an Ex
tension sponsored
educational program or by
taking another written
examination.
Each person who plans on
attending this educational
program must have their
restricted use pesticide
license number with them on
January 10, 1980. This
number is needed in order to
recertify the pesticide
license.
In addition to this meeting,
there will be a number of
different meetings,
seminars or educational
courses that will be offered
that will qualify for the
recertification program.
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