A22—Lincjrttf Fanning, Saturday, May 3,1980
Legislative meeting
(Continued from Page Al 6)
planting, harvesting,
refrigerating crops, and
transporting them to
market.
He said farmers need high
priority for fuel in times of
shortage.
He also called for more
research in energy.
Labeling current milk
bonding laws “a disruptive
element in the industry,”
Gayman told legislators the
present Pennsylvania Milk
Marketing Board bond is
totally inadequate.
He said PFA supports full
coverage of milk payment
lost due to a dealer’s
bankrupcy, and said that
PFA sees a two cent dealer
contribution rate as
Cattle on feed
drops slightly
HARRISBURG - Penn
sylvania cattle feeders had
68,000 cattle and calves on
feed April 1, 1980 for
slaughter market, down six
percent from last year,
according to the Penn
sylvania Crop Reporting
Service.
Marketings of fed cattle
during the January-March
quarter of 21,000 were down
19 percent from the same
quarter a year earlier.
Placements of cattle and
calves on feed during the
January-March quarter
totaled 12,000,28 percent less
than the same quarter last
year.
Expected marketings
during the April-June
quarter, if realized at 30,000,
would be three percent more
than were marketed during
the same period a year ago.
Cattle and calves on feed
for slaughter market in the
23 states on April 1, 1960
totaled 10.2 million head.
This number was down eight
percent from the same date
in 1979 and is 13 percent less
than two years ago.
Placements during
January-March were 5.22
million, 11 percent fewer
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“necessary.”
He said current legislation
written with a one cent
dealer contribution is in
sufficient. He said the fund
could be bankrupt before it
ever got cff the ground.
“A two cent contribution is
necessary,” he concluded.
Gayman also asked for
enhanced marketing and
bargaining legislation.
‘ ‘Farmers need to be given
the opportunity to sit down
with the handler to negotiate
terms and prices for the
commodity that they’re
selling,” Gayman said.
In addition to the
speaches, farmers had the
chance to talk one-on-one
with their legislators at the
Capital and express
than in the corresponding
quarter in 1979 and 20 per
cent less than the first
quarter of 1978.
Other disappearance of
572,000 leaves net
placements of 4.65 million.
Marketings of fed cattle
for slaughter during
January-March totaled 6.16
million, down nine percent
from the same period in both
1979 and 1978.
Cattle feeders expect to
market 5.91 million head
during the April-June
quarter of 1980. This would
be four percent less than
second quarter marketings
in 1979 and 11 percent below
the same period in 1978.
With Senator Richard Snyder, tar left, were Bud
Dean, Strasburg; Representative Noah Wenger,
positions on issues of local
and state-?/ide concern.
In addition to represen- concerns, including spraying
tatives of predominantly of municipal waste on farm
rural districts, at least two land in Montgomery County;
Philadelphia lawmakers a proposed landfill in
were present to hear the Bradford County; and land
fanner’s story. preservation in Lancaster
The topics addressed by - County also were
Thompson and Cayman discussed.—CH
PFA Vice President Eugene Gayman addressed
about 470 people at the banquet as PFA President
Eugene Thompson, Dick Newpher, Secretary of
Agriculture Penrose Halloweil, and Legislative
Affairs Director Al Myers listened.
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