A2A—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 6,1982
TIMONIUM, Md. Dairymen, cooperative based in Louisville,
Inc., paid back 197.85 to member- Kentucky,
producers for every $lOO the An ag economics graduate of
cooperative took in during the 1982 Virginia Polytechnic Institute,
fiscal year ending Aug. 31, ac- Morgan’s been in cooperative
cording to Ben F. Morgan, Jr. management since 1953 when he
Morgan, keynote speaker for the began managing Tri-State Milk
Middle Atlantic division’s annual Producers in Bristol, Virginia,
meeting luncheon, is executive When Dairymen formed in 1968
vice president and chief executive with the merger of several smaller
officer of the 8,000-plus member cooperatives, Morgan was named
Chief executive officer of Dairymen, Ben F. Morgan, Jr.,
was keynote speaker at the division meeting luncheon. He
told members that the country will be strong only as long as
agriculture remains strong.
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with the nation’s needs,
director of fluid milk marketing Dairymen initiated a similar
and manager of the Southeast program for their own members
Division. In 1971, he rose to his two years ago, spending about $1
present position. million in cull cow incentive
In response to producer payments,
questions that had surfaced earlier Blaming a lack of firm govern
during the morning business ment policy for present fanner
meeting, Morgan reiterated the economic woes, Morgan added
cooperative’s stand that current that the jState and Defense
milkcheck deductions toward the departments - are establishing
Ultra High Temperature agricirifare trade policies, rather
processing plant at Savannah, than agriculture heads. Needed
Georgia, are an investment in instead are long term agriculture,
future marketing that members
must make.
“We can’t pay out every penny
every day,” Morgan emphasized.
“We plan to see that you have a
future—that means a financially
strong institution. ’ ’
Market research for the ’9os
shows milk will be sold as a
beverage product, Morgan said.
The UHT half-pint packed “Sip-
Up” containers of white and
flavored nulk are aimed at the
soft-drink-onented snack market.
Earlier, Middle Atlantic
members had been told that their
“Farm-Best” UHT will debut in
Washington-Baltimore area
markets much sooner than
projected, probably soon after the
first of the newyear.
Turning to the current economic
crunch that has dairymen wedged
between mounting surpluses mid
adding cows for cash flow, Morgan
suggested a possible use for the 50-
cent per hundredweight set to
come off milk checks beginning
Dec. 1.
The Dairmen officer suggested
the estimated $6OO million to be
raised through the deduction be
turned into a cull-cow incentive.
Approximately 1.5 million cows
culled from dairy would bring
production more closely in tune
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land and market policies with
farmer participation in the
decision-making.
Land, said Morgan, is eroding at
a rate faster than it was during the
Depression years, mostly planted
to produce grain that the nation
doesn't even have room to store.
> Dairy surpluses are tied to those
huge grain inventories and loss of
world customers through em
bargoes which in turn have kept
the-price of domestic livestock
feeds low.