IL 25 Mo. ST
Eastern tells independents:
join up or get axed
BY CURT HAULER
SOUTH WAVERLY -
(astern Milk Producers
poperative of Syracuse
[y. is putting pressure on
dependent members of
Lrmland Dairy shipping to
e cheese facility in South
averly to join the Co-op or
pe their market.
No deadline has been set to
it off shippers who decline
One of the stablemates of Grand View’s Farm Show champions upset the
bbon-winners by bringing a price double the figure paid for the Grand
hampion Guernsey and 60 percent more than their 1980 Supreme Champion
nd Grand Champion Holstein, pictured here with Max Perry, left, Norman
raig. center, and MarviirMifier.
At Grand View dispersal
ibuernsey brings more bucks
fian supreme champ Holstein
BY SHEILA MILLER
LANCASTER Buyers
pm Canada, Kentucky,
trgmia, Delaware, Indiana,
[aryland, New Jersey,
pnnecticut, and Penn-
Ivania left the Guernsey
fie Bam, along Route 30,
ith a Grand View buy.
[The Branstetters traveled
11 the way from Ed
lontown, Kentucky to
Sailer home two of the top
:llini
ig cattle at Grand
ew’s herd dispersal. They
ught a total of four head.
Roy Fowler Branstetier,
2 son, bought the top
iced cow and Guernsey at
esday’s sale. A price tag
$9OOO went attached to
•how View Hornet Amy.
T
he three-year-old
ughter of a very good dam
id grand dam outsold
"and View’s 1980 Farm
low grand champion
oernsey, and their
to join Eastern. But Eastern
General Manager Howard
McDonald indicated field
men would be completing
them visit schedule in the
near future and the ter
mination notices would be
sent soon thereafter.
Pennsylvania Milk
Marketing Board
regulations require 28 days
notice be given shippers
Supreme Champion and
Grand Champion Holstein.
Fowler Branstetter, father
of Roy, bought the 1980 Farm
Show Supreme Champion
and Grand Champion
Holstein, Savage-Leigh
Angels Magic. She was the
top-seihng Holstein,
bringing $5600.
Rankin Farms Golden
Brown, the 1980 Farm Show
Grand Champion Guernsey,
sold to Jerry Berstein o L
Davidsonville, Maryland for
$4500.
An excellent Vernon
daughter, Walhowdon Vi M
Wrill, will be travelling to
Canada. Kenneth Empey, of
Shore Holstems, Brownville,
Ontario, purchased this cow
bred to Pacemaker for $5200.
She was the second high
selling Holstein at the sale.
A spokesperson for
Remsburg Sale Service said
the sale average for the 11
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, J—• 14,1980
before they could be cut off.
Other than that regulation,
PMMB has no jurisdiction in
the matter.
Some observers say they
feel-the move is a big bluff to
scare independents into the
Co-op. Because of the flush
market and surplus of milk it
would be a good time for
such a move.
Eastern needs members,
Guernseys sold was $2672.73.
The Holstein average was
$1533, which she explained
was not representative
because there were 34 open
heifers and some grade
animals included in this
figure.
The sale average for the
total 82 head at
Tuesday’s sale was $l7OO.
Truck bill, budget move through Senate
HARRISBURG - In what
is regarded as a victory for
the Thornburgh Ad
ministration, and also for
northeastern dairy fanners,
the Senate Wednesday night
approved SB 10
The bill raises maximum
truck weights m Penn
sylvania to 80,000 pounds
money, and milk. Last week
at its annual meeting, the
Co-op assessed its members
an average of $625 each to
bring its accounting books
into line.
Eastern’s ploy could
backfire if those Farmland
dairymen find another
market and Eastern loses
their milk. The Co-op has a
large contract for
cheesemaking at South
Waverly to fulfill with
Leprino Cheese Company of
Denver, Colorado.
Many dairymen question
whether Eastern can make
that quota without an ad
ditional large infusion of
milk from somewhere. Many
other dairies currently are
flooded with milk.
- McDonald maintains the
125 to 130 independent
shippers will be required to
join so they can contribute to
the marketing expenses of
their milk.
“They had a free ride for
long enough,’’lie said.
The termination notices
would come from Farmland
Dairy, not Eastern, since the
independents actually ship
through Farmland.
Farmland, in a letter to
the shippers, told dairvmen
“As you may know, Farm
land is entering into a long
term agreement with
Eastern.”
If the dairymen were to
sign up, Farmland’s Vice
President David Goldman
told them, “You will never
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ln This Issue ~
SECTION A: Editorials, 10; Auctioneer’s dream, 20;
Milking contest, 22; Berks ag expo, 24; Utters to
editor, 28; FFA winners 36.
SECTION B; Advice for young dairymen, 2;
Anaplasmosis, 5; Lerew Orchards, 8; York 4-H beef
preview, 10.
SECTION C: HomesteatJ notes, 2; Home on the
range, 6; Cumberland dairy princess, 12; Joyce Bupp’s
column, 13; New Holland Holstein sale, 20; The Milk
Check, 23; Making 23% more milk, 28.
SECTION D: On-farm feed analysis, 2; Plum cur
culio, 4; Farm talk, 6; Mushroom growers lobby, 9;
Ask the VMD, 12; Bradford Dairy Princess, 14.
Legislative roundup
along with increasing many
road user fees.
Dairy farmers m Nor
theastern Pennsylvania
have long prayed for SB 10’s
passage since it will allow
larger tankers on state
highways. At least one dairy
had threatened to drop
Pennsylvania shippers if the
Among new state FFA officers elected this week,
from the left from' row, James Tretter, Lehigh
County, Eastern Regional Vice President; Judy
Zimmerman, Lancaster County, secretary; Larry
Shrawder, Berks County, president; back row.
Bob Kreider, Lebanon County, treasurer; and
Gerald Reichard, Franklin County, Southcentral
vice president.
14 top awards
to area FFAers
BY DICK ANGLESTEIN
UNIVERSITY PARK -
Amidst bright and crisp
weather, more appropriate
for October than mid-June,
Future Farmers of America
chapter members from
Southeastern Pennsylvania
harvested a bumper crop of
top state awards on the Penn
State Campus thi&week.
When the sea of nearly
2,000 blue corduroy jackets
coverged on Eisenhower
Auditorium Thursday for the
awards ceremonies, FFA
chapter members from area
schools captured cham
pionship first-placings in 14
of the 24 contests and ac
cumulated more than 80 gold
situation were not resolved.
Strongest opposition came
from those who said the
trucks will destroy the
highways and cost more in
repairs than the added fees
will provide.
Maryland also has ap
proved the 80,000 pound limit
effective July 1.
17.00 Per Year
awards in the statewide
competition.
In addition to the out
standing showing in the
annual FFA Activities Week
contests, the southeastern
area also will be well
represented in directing the
Pennsylvania FFA
Association during the
coming year.
Five area students were
elected to State FFA Officer
posts, including Larry
Shrawder, Kutztown, Berks
County, president; Bob
Kreider, Little Dutchman
Chapter, Lebanon County,
treasurer; Judy Zim
merman, Cloister Chapter,
Ephrata, Lancaster County,
secretary; Gerald Heichard,
Blue Ridge, Franklin
County, Southcentral
Regional Vice President;
and James Tretter, Lehigh
County, Eastern Regional
Vice President.
Among the 14 contest
championships won by area
FFA chapter members, six
went to schools in Lancaster
County, two to Berks County
and Philadelphia County arid
one each to Delaware, York,
Dauphin and Chester
Counties.
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The Senate also passed the
state budget and sent both
packages along to the
Governor for his sigmture.
About |2 million in state
lottery funds are in the
budget, earmarked for rural
transportation.
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