C2B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 5,1980
Maryland Milk Producers
COCKEYSVILLE -
Merger or consolidation with
another cooperative or
group of cooperatives will be
studied during the coming
year by the board of
directors of Maryland
Cooperative Milk Producers.
A resolution calling for the
study, which was introduced
by the board, was approved
Saturday at the MCMP
annual membership
meeting.
The resolution, more
general in nature, was ap
proved over another in
troduced from District 8,
which called for specific
development of a plan of
merger or consolidation with
Inter-State Milk Producers’
Cooperative.
The District 8 resolution
would have called for a
report to the membership
within six months.
The approved resolution
reads:
“Be it resolved that the
members of Maryland
Cooperative Milk Producers,
Inc. support the general
concensus of the District 8
resolution with reference to
merger or consolidation and
support board activities to
develop long-range goals for
submission to the mem
bership at or before the 1981
annual meeting, such ac
tivities to include but not be
limited to consideration of
merger or consolidation with
a cooperative or group of
cooperatives.”
The annual meeting, at
tended by more than 600,
also featured warnings from
MCMP officials that con
tinuing rising milk
production and declining
consumption will be at the
center of problems looming
in the future for dairymen.
Although production in
creases in the Middle
Atlantic Marketing Area in
the last half of 1979 have
been less than half the
national rate, according to
R L Strock, business
manager, there is evidence
that things are changing.
“MCMP ' member
delivenes, which for 1979
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to study merger
were one percent below a
year earlier, posted a four
percent daily gain in
February and March
deliveries are showing a
gam of 5 to 5% percent,” he
said.
Milk production in the U.S.
is up three percent over a
year ago and production
hikes in major states show
Wisconsin up one percent,
California up 8 percent and
Pennsylvania up 9 percent.
Strock outlined continuing
declines in the consumption
of fresh whole milk as
compared to rising per
capita sales of skim and low
fat milk.
This is of special interest,
Strock said, m view of efforts
to exempt milk made from
the reconstitution of skim
milk powder from the
pricing provisions of Federal
Milk Orders.
Such factors as changes in
age and racial composition,
as well as declining
population in some segments
of the sales areas, will have
an on-going effect on milk
consumption, he said.
H.W. Wessel, Jr.,
president of the cooperative,
directed attention to
government support costs.
“At the April 1 level,” he
said, “it is estimated that the
government may have to
spend over one billion
dollars in 1980.”
Wessel gave the opinion
that proposed budget cuts at
the federal level would
surely apply against the
dairy support program.
“If any counter-price
action is taken by the Ad
ministration or Congress, I
don’t believe it will result in
lowering of prices but there
may be extreme pressure
against any increases in the
near future or until use
comes more m line with
demand,” he said.
The cooperative’s biggest
plus for the year was the
addition of Holly Milk
Cooperative, according to
Wessel
“I am convinced that
Holly now has the worst
behind it and it is about
STATE
ready to go and will be a real
asset to all MCMP and Inter-
State members in the 80’s,”
he said.
It was reported that due to
the rising milk production
rates higher quantities
would be available for Holly.
In May, it is expected that
MCMP will have 25 million
pounds available for Holly.
An equal amount may also
be available from Inter-
State.
A number of awards were
presented at the meeting
honoring veteran mem
bership in the cooperative
and the production of quality
milk m 1979.
Three families were
honored for 50 years of
continuous family mem
bership. Honored for the
half-century achievement
were Robert and Phyllis
Bassler, New Windsor, Md.;
Charles H. Streett, 111, and
C. Howard Street, Jr., of
Edge Hill Farms, Inc., Rl,
Quicksburg, Va.; and
Charles and Zita Huffard,
Sparks, Md.
Recipients of the Ex
cellence Awards for quality
milk production mcluded
Howard and Geneva
Barkdoll,, Boonsboro, Md.;
Claude and Kevin Cooper,
New Freedom, Pa.; Glenn
and Dolores Daugherty,
Greencastle, Pa.; Robert
and Norma Grove, Green
castle; George and Emma
Herdon, Jr., Keymar, Md.;
Hans and V. L. Wortman,
Purcellville, Va.; George
and Helen and Carl Owings,
Westminster, Md.
Also, Martin Poole,
Thurmont, Md.; Raymond
and Mabel Schrock,
Grantsville, Md.; Robert
and Donald and John Smith,
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Catherine and Clair
Speelman, Biglersville, Pa.;
Norman Stauffer, Loveville,
Md.; Thomas Swarey,
Mechansville, Md.; and
Oscar Winters, Hanover,
Md.
In addition, 65 producers
were honored with Gold
Awards for 1979 and another
38 producers received Silver
Awards.
Eight directors were
ratified by the membership.
These included Donald E.
Cole, Hampstead, Md.,
District 2; Melvin E. Leppo,
Sykesville, Md., District 3;
James E, Moser, Thurmont,
Md., District 4; B. David
Patrick, Woodbine, Md.,
District 5; Carl D. Allison,
Chambersburg, Pa., District
8; Kenneth A. Myers,
Worton, Md., District 9;
Raymond J. Tice, Grant
sville, Md., District 11; and
Victor K. Ziegler, Myer
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