Al4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 5,1980
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Dear Editor:
Your story concerning the
proposed Milk Security Fund
(March 29, Lancaster
Farming) had some glowing
omissions
The Pennsylvania Far
mers’ Association does
support the establishment of
a Milk Security Fund as
proposed in S.B. 1287, but
PFA will be seeking
amendments to the bill to
carry out the policy of PFA
members.
S.B. 1287 proposes that a
one-cent per hundredweight
contribution be made by
dealers and processors to
establish the fund. PFA
members have adopted
policy calling for two cents
per hundredweight.
PFA is noted for
representing its members,
and it will continue in that
tradition.
But, what really bothered
us is the fact that you did not
mention that it was the
cooperatives who put forth
the proposal just a year ago,
calling for a two-cent per
hundredweight contribution
by the dealers and
processors to raise the
necessary security fund.
It was the cooperatives
that led everyone to believe
that the Security Fund would
be worthless unless there
was a two-cent per hun
dredweight contribution by
the dealers.
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Also, the State Grange has
policy calling for a two-cent
contribution by the dealers.
How in just one year can a
one-cent contribution do the
same as a two-cents?
PFA members do not
permit their policies the flip
flop back and forth.
The Pennsylvania
Association of Milk Dealers
opposed a one cent, and a
two-cent contribution, which
could be expected because
they stick to policy.
We should expect the same
from our agricultural
organizations. They should
stick to their policies, in
stead of changing them on
some whim when faced with
a little opposition.
As far as we are con
cerned, it is not possible for
PFA to abandon any policy
position adopted by our
members. If we could do
that, what would be the use
of having members write
policies in the first place?
Yes, PFA does support the
creation of a Milk Security
Fund, financed by a two-cent
contribution by the dealers
and processors. That’s the
policy adopted by our
members and that’s the
amendment we will work to
include mS.B. 1287.
Richard W. Newpher
Administrative Secretary
Pennsylvania
Farmers Assn.
Dear editor:
This week’s an
nouncement of the new
support pnce is likely to
draw many comments. If
you were to ask me what my
opinion is about this support
price announcement, I would
say the following.
The goal that most
everyone wishes to achieve
is 100 percent of parity,
whether this is labor, in
dustry or agriculture. The
Government’s support of
dairy prices at 80 percent of
parity is still 80 percent of
parity. Moreover, support
prices are no guarantee that
the market will result in
prices at 80 percent of
parity.
The real question is can
dairy agriculture maintain a
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producing the raw product
are receiving a level of
approximately 80 percent of
parity?
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The goal of dairymen is to
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that will assure them a
reasonable return and some
future. If this is not the case,
they will tend to leave
dairying.
In the Northeast, dairy
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dairy farm numbers were
down 6 percent below the
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