A36—Uncaster Farming, Saturday, July 11,1981
PFU’s Zemaitis joins Eastern
HARRISBURG - Beginning
July 27, Leonard Zemaitis, the
current administrative director for
the Pennsylvania Farmers’ Union
headquartered here, will be
changing hats and wearing an
Eastern Milk Producer’s
Cooperative cap as he starts his
new job as manager of public and
member relations at the Co-op’s
base in Syracuse, N.Y.
In accepting the position offered
to him by General Manager Mike
Donovan, Zemaitis will be
replacing Lisle Dutton. Dutton will
be retained on staff, however.
Taking Zemaitis’ place at PFU
will be Carl Kaufman, former state
executive director for the
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service.
When Zemaitis publically an
nounced his resignation, he said he 5 > 300 - . Zemaitis pointed out the
is leaving Pennsylvania Farmer’s organization now meets the
Union “on the best of terms.” He national criteria to charter with
recalled with pride the ac- required 5,000 members and
complishments the organization sufficient comity representation,
has seen during the past three “ e P°mted out there are 25
years under his direction. county organizations in the state
“During the past three years, covering 28 counties. During his
PFU has advanced as a viable in* l6 employment, Zemaitis
farm organization. We realized noted, Securities were picked up.
more strength than we knew we preparing fortheir national
had several years ago and are a charter, PFU directors have
much more credible urawn up a set of bylaws which will
organization,” he said. on by the delegates at the
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grew by 2,300, and now stands at * were *wo cooperatives formed
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within PFU in the past three years.
One, York County Fuel, has been
formed to develop a com alcohol
distillery, but has experienced
numerous growing pains and
setbacks.
The other co-op, Northern Tier
Fanner's Union Milk Producers,
was formed in Tioga County to
provide an alternative milk
market for producers who were
dropped by the Polly-O plant in
New York last March.
Zemaitis also reviewed the
impact PFU had on the recent beef
referendum in Pennsylvania and
nationwide. He pointed out the
organization’s concerted effort to
hold public meetings to get the
farm public informed, resulting in
a 46 percent increase in voter
registration. The referendum lost
in every county in the state.
“Other farm organizations
waffled on the issue or were for it,
like the Pennsylvania Farmers’
Association,” recalled Zemaitis.
“PFU feels beef doesn’t need to be
advertised Americans consume
all the beef we produce.
“When" you’re promoting
something, you either want to sell
more of it or sell the same amount
for more money,”'he said, noting
the threat of too much demand and
imports.
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Zemaitis will be in New York by
the time one of his pet pieces of
legislation is discussed In a
hearing on the Hill. HB 767 would
prohibit block voting if passed.
Another key issue is the milk
referendum, which is one piece of
state .legislation that Zemaitis
predicts to fail.
“With the last assessment
dropped, farmers will be receiving
the same price for their milk over
the next two years. They’re going
to be in an economic bind I don't
believe farmers think they can
advertise their way out of that kind
of hole,” he remarked.
“If they increase the farmer’s
base price by 13 cents, every
fanner will vote for the referen
dum. But this perpetual
promotion, .where there is no
farmer control, is a mandatory
program that will dip into the
fanner’s pocket.”
Zemaitis boasts PFU’s impact
on legislation when its members
get mobilized.
“As I leave PFU, the greatest
thing is knowing when our
members get a policy in mind, they
don’t care what the other farm
organizations think they’re not
looking over their shoulders.”
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some of the tobacco fields of
Lancaster County.
The infestation is widespread
throughout the county, according
to John Yocum, superintendent of
the Penn State Southeast Research
LabatLandisville.
“Anyone who hasn’t used
Ridomil,” Yocum said, “had
better spray real quickly.”
Farmers who are considering
spraying to protect their crop
should contact either the County
Extension Office or the Research
Lab for suggested practices.
The blue mold fungus started to
take hold in the county late last
week and then spread rapidly due
to the rainy weather over the
weekend, accompanied by the wet,
humid, misty nights.
Blue mold has been a serious
problem for tobacco growers the
past few years. Two years ago it
cost growers several million
dollars in reduced yields. There
are increasing indications that a
new strain of the fungus is af
fecting the local crop one which
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temperatures.