Pa. milk pricing
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provide for discontinuance of
setting minimum milk prices, but
amend the Milk Marketing Law to
protect against below-cost sales in
possible price wars.
Pennsylvania is only one of four
states that sets milk prices at both
the wholesale and retail levels.
And, it is the only one of the top ten
milk producing states in the
country in which the state
government controls the price of
milk.
The Staff report goes on to say
that it doesn’t believe that ending
the mimimum pricing regulations
will cause such problems as higher
prices of milk, shortages in certain
areas of the state or hardships on
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cost sales are prohibited.
Concerning the State Farm
Products Show Commission, the
staff report urged that mem
bership include non-ag
representatives - one of which
would particularly represent the
interests of consumers.
The Commission provides for a
wide variety of input from the
agricultural, educational and
governmental communities, which
contributes to the success of the
Farm Show, the staff report says.
But while continuing this
repiesentation, a fourth group
should also be represented - the
non-ag public.
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Farm Show points out that for the
past three years an annual amount
of $1 million has come from the Pa.
General Fund to cover losses of the
State Farm Products Show Fund.
“Representation on the Com
mission by members who do not
represent agriculture would ap
pear to be in the public interest, the
report said.
The Commission is composed of
the governor, the secretary of
agriculture and one other
department officer, an officer of
the Department of Public In
struction, Dean of Penn State’s Ag
School, the Dean of Ag Extension
and three members appointed by
the governor. All of the appointees
were recommended by and came
out of the State Farm Show
Committee.
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concerning the Farm Products
Show Commission, the staff report
cited:
-The large Show Fund balances
that existed at the end of the past
two fiscal years in the neigh
borhood of $9OO 000
-Whether it is appropriate that
two-thirds of the salary of the
PDA’s Chief of the Show
Management Division be paid out
of monies that the Pa. Livestock
Association and the Pa. Dairy and
Allied Industries Association
receives out of the General Fund
for KILE and the All-American
Dairy Show.
-The need for a master plan of
capital improvcmontc to thp Farm
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Show Complex, including a safer
way to get livestock from stalls to
judging areas even if it means
reducing stall space to construct
an aisle only for animals.
Concerning membership on the
Pa. Milk Marketing Board, the
staff report explained that a
member is not required by law to
be a bona dide resident of the
Commonwealth and does not have
to be knowledgeable about the
dairy industry.
Also, the staff report suggested
that the consumer member of the
board be required to have a
background that is similar to that
required for public members of
licensing boards.