AlB—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 19,1980 Region’s dairy leaders meet to discuss concer BY CURT HAULER LEOLA Dairy leaders ' from eight southeastern Pennsylvania counties met Tuesday to discuss a wide range of dairy concerns. Top on the list is the reconstituted milk proposal, a petition from the Com munity Nutrition Institute for a public hearing on the regulatory treatment of reconstituted milk under the Federal Order system. The meeting was called by Jere Stales, chairman of the Lancaster County Farmers’ Association milk marketing committee. In attendance were several dairy marketing experts and representatives from Lancaster, Chester, Berks, Bucks, Montgomery, Lehigh, Lebanon and Franklin counties. Members felt the meeting was successful enough that they agreed to meet on a quarterly basis. The next meeting is tentatively scheduled for somewhere in Lancaster County this summer. Sidles said he asked for the meeting because he felt dairy committees were not really doing their job. He pointed out that dairy farming is the state’s largest agricultural industry. He said the meetings were to distribute general in formation. “If a reportercalls a dairy leader, the fanner will get proper information out to the consumer if he is well in formed. These meetings should give us the chance to get that information and exchange ideas.” Hollis Hatfield outlined a proposal to increase parity for milk as percentage of government pur chases drops. -DRIES WHITE I -DOES NOT RUB OFF EASILY | -NO WET FLOORS X -IS COMPATIBLE WITH DISINFECTANT AND FLY SPRAYS I - WASHES OFF WINDOWS t PIPELINES EASILY I ALSO BARN CLEANING SERVICE i AVAILABLE WITH COMPRESSED AIR | To have your barn cleaned with air it will I clean off dust, cob webs & lots of the old lime. £ This will keep your barn looking cleaner & i whiter longer f MAYNARD L. 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He said a proposed pricing program to drop parity in times of surplus should help cut back on surplus milk. The proposal, explained by p arm Bureau’s Hollis Hatfield, calls for a sliding scale on the dairy support price. Hatfield pointed out the potential for problems of using parity as a political tool. Under the proposal outlined, if the government is buying up to three percent of the milk marketed by all dairymen, then the parity level would be between 80 and 90 percent. If government purchases represent three to five percent of milk marketed, then the parity level would drop to the 75 to 80 percent range to discourage production. If the government buys over five percent of the milk produced, the parity level would be 75 percent. Bum “BEC* aiEBBLFUBL AGWAY PETROLEUM BOX 1197, DILLERVILLE ROAD, LANCASTER, PA More important to some farmers was discussion of the CNI proposal. John Stoner, Franklin County, said he thought he knew about the reconstituted milk proposal before he came to the meeting but he discovered there was more to it than meets the eye. “They say it is to get cheaper milk for low income families,” he started. “But those families can get dry milk right now and add water to it. “Really, the CNI proposal is a tool of consumer ad vocates to undermine some of the dairyman’s best marketing interests,” he said. Stoner pointed out those at the meeting took no stand on the proposal. Most were against it. He added there is a chance the hearings never will take place. Norm Hershey, In tercourse, said the meeting brought out the full potential of what could happen if the Call 717-397-4954 hearings CNI “They could go much farther than what the original hearing calls for,” he said. He said he feels such AUTOMATIC CATTLE HEAD Gi Cattle think they can pass thn easily, but the top latch change: that. Treatment is now performed and easy. 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