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program. Through the slogan, ‘We
Need Milk, Come Grow With Us,”
supplemented with a videotape
highlighting the cooperative’s
activities, Sumser said Lehigh
plans to reach over 2,000
prospective members.
General manager William Stout
said in his report that Lehigh is
making progress in meeting milk
needs. Also, the cooperative is
paying more attention to milk
quality, he said.
Stout briefed the 650 members
attending the meeting on the milk
producers security act which
states that “the marketing of milk
by producers requires prompt
payment by handlers and
processors.”
Henry Kohler, left, and Harold Fabian are among six Lehigh
Valley producers receiving honor plaques for a standard plate
count of 8,000 or less.
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The bill, Stout said, provides that
cooperatives be deemed a
producer and not a dealer; tran
sactions would be filed with Pa.
Milk Marketing Board; and a bond
providing 75 percent coverage for
40 days would be necessary.
Lehigh Valley Farmers supports
this bill, Stout said, stating, “We
believe this is a good bill and
should be supported by the House
and Senate. We would like to see it
effective June 1.”
Lehigh president Alpheus Ruth
remarked on another recent
legislative bill, the milk diversion
program.
“The low sign-up on the milk
diversion program is upsetting,”
Ruth said. “I think the problem
was a matter of timing - there was
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Henry Kohler, J. Edwin Rohrer, Wilmer Rush, Alfred Wanner Jr., John Wheeler Jr. and
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not enough time to inform the
farmers, and farmers would be
locked into a 10-month contract.”
What happens if milk production
is not reduced? “I expect the price
support to lower to $11.50 per
hundredweight,” Ruth said, “and
the 1985 Farm Bill won’t be written
by farmers.”
These thoughts, shared by Ruth
and Lehigh dairymen as well, lead
to the meeting’s theme, “Watch
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Running concurrently with the
business meeting was a separate
ladies’ program. Guest speakers
were Doris Thomas and Jan Allen,
Lancaster County home
economists, and Patti Hudson, a
consultant to the extension service.
In a luncheon session following
the meeting, honor plaques were
presented to members achieving a
standard plate count of 8,000 or less
and those maintaining a somatic
cell count of 300,000 or less.
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Members achieving the honor roll
each month for 1983 were also
recognized.
Guest speaker was Patrick
Healy, chief executive director of
the National Milk Producers
Federation, Washington, D.C.
Lackawanna County extension
agent Thomas Jurchak was
master of ceremonies.
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