Grange OKs security proposal, supports dealer financing
w HARRISBURG - The
Dairy Committee of the
Pennsylvania State Grange
adopted policy in support of
a dealer-financed Milk
Producers Security Fund m
a special meeting in
Harrisburt Tuesday.
“It was the consensus of
the Committee that the
Grange should support a
Milk Security Fund financed
by the milk dealers at the
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rate of two cents per hun
dred weight (cwt) of milk
received from farmers,”
said Charles Wismer,
Master of the State Grange.
The newly-appointed
Committee deliberated on
the Security Fund issue for
the better part of the day,
hearing testimony from milk
dealers, cooperatives, and
state government.
It was Master Wismer’s
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mtent to arrive at a policy
with a Committee that was
truly representative of
Pennsylvania dairy far
mers.
As a result, each of the
major milk cooperatives, as
well as several mdependent
shippers, were represented.
Also m attendance at the
meeting were several dairy
farmer members of the State
Grange’s Legislative,
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Agricultural and Executive
Committee.
Outside speakers to the
group mcluded Henry R.
Geismger, of the Penn
sylvania Association of Milk
Dealers. Reno Thomas,
Chairman of the State House
Agriculture and Rural Af
fairs Committee, and State
Secretary of Agriculture
Penrose Hallowell, and
several representatives of
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 12,1980—A35
the state’s major milk
cooperatives.
Other measures relating to
the Security Fund called for
by the Grange included 100
percent payment to the dairy
farmer from the fund.
This contrasts, in part, to
the Administration proposal
which calls for a 90 percent
payment.
Another area of
disagreement with the
Administration proposal
centers around the amount
of payment. The Ad
ministration proposal calls
for a one cent per hundred
weight payment, while the
Grange’s version, requires a
two cent per hundred weight
payment.
Early payment for milk
received was yet another
area of concern to the
Grangers.
“If a farmer received
payment for his milk three
times a month, instead of
twice a month, the amount
Stockmans club
names 1980 officers
HARRISBURG - Peter
Krall, of Catasauqua,
Northampton County was
elected president of the Penn
State Stockman’s Club
during their winter meeting
held January 8 m con
junction with the Farm Show
in Harrisburg.
Tony Dobrosky, of Glen
Rock, York County, was
elected vice-president.
Newly appointed to three
year terms as directors of
the club were Ron Bolze,
Loysville, Perry County;
Jim Hogue, York Springs,
Adams County; and Don
Nichols, of State College.
James M. Beattie, Dean of
the College of Agriculture at
Penn State told the group the
college has raised one-third
of the funds needed in its
campaign to build an
agricultural arena at the
school.
“It’s one of the critical
necessary in a Milk Security
Fund would not be as high,”
said Wismer.
Citing the Community
Nutrition Institute’s petition
for reconstituted milk to be
dropped from Class I sales
as a major threat to the
Federal Milk Order system,
the Grange denied the CNl’s
claim that the practice is
“aggravating the effects of
food price inflation.” “No
other commodity has con
tribuated less to food price
inflation than milk has,”
said the State Grange
Master.
The State Grange further
stated it would seek a 120-
day extension on the
proposed hearing date, to
allow the dairy sector to
study the full impact of the
CNl’s proposal.
Other issues discussed at
the meeting included the
Milk Marketing Board, and
the Beef Referendum for
promotion and Research.
needs of the college right
now,” Beattie explained.
The agricultural arena
would house the Little In
ternational Livestock Ex
position and Dairy Show, the
Horticulture Show and 4-H
and FFA conventions and
activities.
The Stockman’s Club has
scheduled its spring meeting
for April 25 at the Pine Grove
Mills Lion Park, before the
Little International
Livestock Exposition in
University Park on April 26.
The Penn State Stock
man’s Club is an alumni
association of the Penn
sylvania State University
College of Agriculture.
U.S. agricultural exports
m fiscal 1979 reached a
record high of $32 billion,
double the amount of im
ports.