A3S—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 4,1980
Milk marketing
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statewide milk production
volume of 7.9 billion pounds.
If the assessment were set
at one percent the amount of
promotional funds would
total about $9.5 million.
Federal order promotion
revenue in the state yielded
about $2.5 million up to July
1. Following various
assessment increases in
mid-year the federal
revenue total is expected to
increase to about $4.3
million.
Secretary Hallowed set
the stage for the discussion
of the assessment figure by
favoring an amount that
would yield more funds than
are presently being
generated through the
jederal orders.
'Under discussion of the
metnod of collecting the
assessment funds, it is ex
pected that dealers would be
utilized as agents for ihc
collection. If the Penn
sylvania Milk Marketing
Board were to become in
volved in the collection, an
amendement from the
General Assembly would be
needed in -the m|lk
marketing act This would
likely take about two years
to enact
Some discussion was also
directed at whether there
should be some form of
compensation for dealers
and co-ops who act as the
collection agents. The
potential exists for some
form of compensation, but
no firm concensus was ex
pressed concerning this
item.
A .question was asked
concerning the possibility of
75 percent of the members of
a Co-op voting to oppose the
collection of the assessment.
It was explained that an
injunction could be sought to
enforce the collection
regulation and further
refusal could bring a con
tempt citation.
Under the use of funds, it
was pointed out that ad
ministrative costs are
limited to five percent. In the
use of funds for advertising
and promotion, nutritional
education and research, the
present programs of existing
statewide dairy promotion
groups would likely be
basically utilized, with a
portion of funds retained to
attempt new and different
efforts.
The advisory committee,
which is an unofficial group,
also discussed the formation
of a permanent Advisory
Board, which would oversee
any marketing program. •
Size of the permanent
board will likely range
between 20 and 25 members.
Some difference of opinion
was expressed concerning
membership on this board.
Secretary Hallowed and the
larger co-ops favor a
weighted membership, with
the number of represen
tatives dependent on the
number of producers or the
volume of milk produced.
Smaller farm groups favor
a non-weighted method of
selecting members. If a
weighted method were used,
smaller groups could pool
members to gain
representation and in
dependents could be
represented geographically,
also based bn producer
population.
General concensus
favored funds flowing into
those market areas where
consumers are located. In
this way, funds could also be
utilized outside the state, but
there would be no conflict of
expenditures between two
states with programs, such
as Pennsylvania'.and New
York.
Overall objective of any
promotional program would
be' to increase the con
sumption of milk and other
dairy products and not to
promote one state’s milk
over another.
But the group did favor
some possible labeling effort
to define the country of
origin of products in order to
help combat the competition
from imported dairy
products.
The permanent Advisory
Board under any program
would act as the overall
overseer of how' monies were
spent, likely following
present promotional themes
of existing dairy
organizations and reserve
some funds for new research
or marketing efforts.
The need was also ex
pressed that educational
efforts could be exerted in
the state’s system of schools
to stress proper handling of
milk so that students are
getting qualify products.
After the draft proposal is
completed and reviewed by
all of the state’s farm and
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tri-axle trucks moved. It
permits a maximum gross
weight of 60,000 pounds on
state highways but not on'
Interstates.
SB 1253 prohibits state or
local governments from
passing any law which would,
require farmers fence
livestock from streams. It'
was sent to the Governor for
hissigniture.
H 81606, which would give
- fanners exemption from the
one percent capital stock
franchise tax levied on-the'
total assets of family held
corporate farms, moved to
third reading.
Amendments were offered
which would expand the bill
to -include ..certain small
businesses. The amend--
ments could be withdrawn if
they were seen to endanger
the bill’s passage.
Observers on the Hill said
'.there should be sufficient
time to get the bill passed,
next week which will be the
last week lawmakers are in
town until after the election.
There also is a chance the
solons may return for a brief
session after the election
recess.
A 1 Meyers, Pennsylvania
Farmers’ Association’s
public affairs director said
this year’s round of
lawmaking was one of the
most successful legislative
sessions in history.
He had just returned from
seeing the General
dairy organizations, the
informal advisory com
mittee will meet again to
present their individual,
comments and make any
changes in the draft.
This second meeting,will
be held in the latter part of ..
November.
Following the completion -
of a final draft, Secretary -
Hallowell would givejiotice
of a public hearing.
The actual referendum
vote could come late ‘in
January and the final tally of
how producers cast their
ballots sometime in
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major farm bill yet to
recieve' the nod from
-r, lawmakers.
Assembly approve a joint t
resolution supporting import
quotas on foreign
mushooms. The resolution
asks for action on the
recommendations by the
International Trade Com-,
mission.
Both the PFA and Grange
lobby are keeping tabs on
HB 1608 which is the only
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