A2o—Lancaster Famine, Saturday, February 9,1980 BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Area dairymen stand to lose an average of $7OOO each under a controversial proposal made by the Community Nutrition In stitute of Washington, D.C. The charge was made today by Dairylea Cooperative President Clyde E. Rutherford of Otego, NY, at a meeting called by House Agriculture Committee Dairy & Poultry committee chairman A 1 Baldus. Rutherford spoke on behalf of 4000 Dairylea co-op milk producers in the New with WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Public Law 480 Title I agreement with Korea was amended Friday, Jan. 25, to provide for the sale of an Close That Door An open refrigerator door wastes energy in two ways it causes the fur nace to work harder to re heat the air and the re fngerator motor has to work harder to tool the refrigerator Butler fiuuiMled: Buildings i SEE BEFORE YOU P. E. HESS, BUTLER MEG. CO. Box 337, Oxford, PA 19363 Dealer Inquiries Available in Clearfield Venango, Mercer, Lawrence, Beaver, Butler, Clarion Armstrong, Indiana, Jefferson, Forest New Jersey Counbes - Sussex, Somerset, Morris, Passaic, Atlantic, Cape May Address I Ci I Phone Dairylea president slams CNI pricing proposal York, New Jersey, Penn sylvania area and the 1200 members of Allied Federated Cooperatives, Rutherford noted the proposal would permit milk processors to mix water with non-fat milk powder and sell the resulting product as reconstituted milk, to consumers. They would not report the amount of powder used to the Federal Milk Market Administrator for purposes of calculating the minimum price paid to fanners. “If the CNI proposal prevails,” said Rutherford, PL 480 agreement Korea amended additional $12.5 million worth of U.S. wheat/wheat flour, $19.0 million worth of feed g. ms (com), and $7.5 million worth of upland cotton. The supply period 'is calendar year 1980 for these commodities. Kelly Harrison, general sales manager for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, said the first amendment to the June 7, 1979, agreement provides for the sale of about 74,000 metric tons of wheat/wheat flour, 84,000 metric tons of feed grams AGRI BUILDE R Pennsylvania Counties FARMSTED® I BUTLER State “the American consumers will fmd on the shelves of our food stores the lowest quality, poorest tasting product that can legally advertise itself as ‘milk.’ It is characteristic of a com petitive market that when a cheap, lower quality product appears, everyone is compelled to produce it and ■eventually the best quality products are squeezed opt of existence.” Milk producers in the Northeast from Mame to Maryland face a drop in income of $2Ol million and 22,000 bales of upland cotton. The amendment increases the overall export market value of the agreement with Korea to $70.0 million. The new commodity and dollar levels are 214,000 metric tons of wheat/wheat flour valued at $31.8 million, 164,000 metric tons of feed grains valued at $18.6 million, and 57,000 bales of upland cotton valued at $19.6 million. All other terms and con ditions of the agreement remain unchanged. C & M SALES INC RDII Honesdale, Pa 18431 Phone 717-253 1612 A. E. ENGEL. INC P 0 Box 216 Marlton, N J 08053 Phone 609-983-4404 Clyde Rutherford, president of ;a Cooperative, left, iscuss* proceedings with Chris Braley, president of the Columbia County, N.Y. Farm Bureau. Both opposed the CNI proposal. anually under the CNI proposal, Rutherford said. This, he said, is an estimate of the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service. An analysis of the proposal’s effect by the New York/New Jersey Milk Market Administrator’s staff values the income loss at $l2B million for the ap proximately 18,000 Order II farmers. The Dairylea president urged the cooperative’s committee to “resist the WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET! KNOXVILLE CONSTRUCTION Knoxville Pa 16928 Phone 814-326-4188 KAFFERLIN SALES & SERVICE RD«2 Union City, Pa 16438 Phone 814-438-3180 urgmgs of people who are determined to put square wheels on the nation’s milk wagon.” Rutherford also told the committee that milk is more than food. Milk means jobs and commerce. The milk industry nationally is the sixth largest manufacturing industry in the nation. U.S. jobs that directly br in directly start with the dairy cow total ten million. “That,” declared the Otego dairy fanner, “is a lot FARMSTED® II BARGAIN 4* FEBRUARY up * 'f sv^> s m *4,705.35* fob * - '« FARMSTEAD®! BUILDING w/GALVANIZED WALLS and ROOF with 20’xl3’ ds Door 1 ALL BUILDINGS F.O B » VARIOUS SIZES ANNVILLE. PA HEIGHT & WIDTH * (BuiWinfs not equipped as shown) AVAILABLE • Prices Based On Independent Survey of Ajn Builders • Price Could Vary With Each A{n Builder B.T. CONSTRUCTION LEROY E. MYERS, INC P O Box 535 Route #l, Box 163 Bigierville, Pa 17303 Clear Spring, Md 21722 Phone 717-677-6121 Phone 301-582-1552 ORVILLE MACK P 0 Box 47 Nazareth, Pa 18064 Phone 215-759-1331 more jobs than the Chrysler Corporation provides.” The three cornerstones of the nation’s dairy industry are Federal Milk Marketing Orders, the price • support program, and cooperatives, he pointed out. “These three are totally interwoven,” said Rutherford. “Without them, we would not have the supply of fresh, wholesome dairy products which the American public now takes so much for granted.” • AL MAURER GREENSIDE O. A. NEWTON Can.b2?°*Stsii CONTRACTING & SON CO. Phone 717 ri L Parkton. MD 21120 Bndgeville. Delaware 19933 ‘ one 717 864-3135 Phone 301-472-9161 Phone 302-337-8211 # # BUILDINGS FOR Tl W. R. MOODY, I CONTRACTOR I 113 Walnut Lane West Newton, Pa 15089 Phone 412-872-6804 «. BINGHAMT John C. York, member LeHigh Vall< (Cooperative W testified befo House of Re Dairy and , committee. York told I Monday his co interest in the i dairy mdusti viability of dai Jthe Northeast. The Northea the U.S. does sufficient milk , consumption « milk and dai hired product i Further pro problem is fou entitled “( position of Foo «« Northeast” the Penn State m March, 1979. The study re l Northeast imp cent of the da consumed, he si The goal of a production in t depends upoi incentive to dai i maintain and dairy farm Current and cost-price relat not achieve the said. Evidence of elusion is found BUILDI HASC AGRICUL SYSTI PO Bo Chestertown, Phone 301- 0.1 Miff I Pha
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