D4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 24,1980 ,r~ v*. The Milk T Check Wtf TOM JURCHAK rfj/. v County Agent / / Close Call I’m sure not everyone would agree but another indication of the milk supply and marketing situation was the close call that Penn sylvania producers shipping milk to Farmland Dames had last month. Clearly, Farmland was more than a little upset by the fines they were paying for overloaded trucks hauling milk to New York and threatened to drop all their Pennsylvania producers because the gross weight limit in our state was 6,720 pounds less than New York or New Jersey. POURED SOLID CONCRETE ALLS • Cistern Walls • Barnyard Walls • Concrete Pit Tops • Silage Pit Walls • Retaining Walls Let Balmer Bros Do YOUR Next Concrete Project' Baltna* 410 ' 7,ain 51 Akron pA 17501 concrete WORK, INC. On the surface it would appear to be a new and unusual reason for a handlei to drop producers But more than that, it was a demon stration against the higher hauling costs compounded by severe losses in the payment of fines without any opportunity to cover them in the market because of burdensome supplies. On top of everything else the U.S. Department of Transportation was leaning on all the states to do a better job of traffic law en forcement using the federal subsidies for highway maintenance as a persuader far stronger than blocks POURED CONCRETE WALLS ARE FAR STRONGER THAN BLOCK! 1 y ’ onl 4iJ f ujrr < o ,v '( It *<>' // m I n <1 [jOur .] yjn ) rrjr, r (It t i' c jb ' r u -'k its I ;ioi '• * ( j 1 . ( 1 r 1* I* * 1 * it r 1 <ij So here we were with a gross weight limit lower than the states around us, with milk production in creasing daily, handlers trying to assemble the supply at the lowest possible cost, and the feds threatening to take away money needed for road repairs It was a good time for producers to thmk about the costs and problems that handlers and co-ops have in milk supply assembly As of now, Farmland has not taken any action against its producers but only because Pennsylvania legislators from the nor theastern counties and farm orgamizations, particularly Pennsylvania Farmers Association, have promised action in Harrisburg to move legislation raising the gross weight limit to 80,000 pounds. How long this will take, or how long farmland will delay its action, is uncertain But all dairymen are urged to solicit their state representatives for support for quick passage of the legislation needed, not just for Farmland or for milk > 1 *11)1(1 ( rt ji' jc - j 1 1 ' ' ru * It ' f it]fi j ii* (<ij jij r Jt i-v A'u-I ♦ j'l if( t 1 ) f K > > i haulers, but for the entire trucking industry in the state It isn’t clear what Farmland will do at the end of the 28 day notice it must give producers if they are dropped because nearly half of its milk supply comes from Pennsylvania from over 300 farmers I’ll have to admit that the threat of such action has certainly dramatized the situation more effectively among farmers than anything else I could imagine [ TRACTOR SAFETY HINT J» ■» «'—^W—*—*-^ Lower that center of gravity A full bucket on a front end loader should be earned low when moving or turning Avoid ierky stops and starts Go slow on rough uneven surfaces Don t overload If neces sary addweighttorearwheelsand space wheels as wide as possible +2093 P.D. 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