Milk security fund , promotion hill receive committee 9 s consideration
HARRISBURG Changes to the
present Milk Security Fund Act
and a new milk promotion
program were the subjects con
sidered by the Senate Agriculture
and Rural Affairs Committee at a
meeting Monday in Harrisburg.
The two pieces of legislation
dealing with the dairy industry
were House Bill 1969, the new milk
security fund bill, and Senate Bill
1414, a bill which provides for a
dairy promotions program within
the Department of Agriculture.
House Bill 1969, introduced by
Rep. Sam Morris, a Chester
County dairyman, was reported
out of committee as amended. The
amendments were necessary as
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The program, which sponsors
$lO tips to Pennsylvania waitresses
and waiters who offer milk to their
customers, has received the
support of several agribusiness
and individuals throughout the
state. These include the following:
Agribusinesses are Atlantic
Dairy Association; American
Breeders Service; Berks County
Dairy Farmers Association;
Brookfield Dairy; Carnation
Genetics; Clarion County Holstein
Association; Coba-Select Sires
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committee chairman Sen. Edward
W. Helfrick (R-27) said;
“Through amendatory language
we hope to tighten up the definition
of milk, add language to spell out
that the security fund cannot be
considered an asset of a bankrupt
dealer and made available to all
general creditors, and prohibit
felons from obtaining milk dealer’s
licenses within five years of their
conviction.”
Helfrick reported that he per
sonally met with dairy industry
leaders this past week to take a
final look at House Bill 1969. “It
was a most valuable meeting and
we were able to pinpoint several
potential problem areas in the
Inc.; Clearfield County Holstein
Club; Farm Credit of Chester
County; and Farmshine.
Also Galen Martin Inc.; Inter-
State Milk Producers Cooperative;
Kissinger, Leonard and Brown
Realtors; Lancaster Farming;
Milk Marketing Inc.; Pa. Brown
Swiss Breeders Association; Pa.
Farmers Association; Pa. Holstein
Association; Pennbank; Pennfield
Feeds; Rib-L-Brook Farm; Sire
Power Inc.; Southeast Farm
Credit Service; Taurus Service
Inc.; Terry Swartz, Special Sires
Inc.; and V.T. Smith Dairy and
Producers.
Individuals and dairy groups
include Secretary of Agriculture
Penrose Hallowell; Donald
Ackerman; A. Hess Brubaker;
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version of the bill passed by the
House on May 15.”
Helfrick said that based on the
comments of those in the dairy
industry who he met with, he
believes the amendments meet
with the approval of those in
volved.
Senate Bill 1414, which will
establish a Dairy Products
Promotion Program without the
redtape of a referendum, was
reported out of committee and
could possibly be voted on Monday.
The bill, introduced by Sen. Noah
Wenger (R-36), will be funded
from the current federal 15-cent
dairy promotion and research
checkoff which is paid by the dairy
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Galen Furry; Dr. Richard Mc-
Feely; James Proctor; Paul
Ritchey Jr.; Julius Replogle;
Vemon R. Umble; Alma Zeager;
and Carl Zeager.
Also Chester County Milk
Promotion Committee; Crawford
County Dairy Promotion Com
mittee; Lancaster County Dairy
Promotion Committee; Lebanon
County Dairy Promotion Com
mittee; Montgomery County Dairy
Promotion Committee; Somerset
County Dairy Promotion Com
mittee; York County Dairy
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mittee; Warren County Dairy
Promotion Committee; and
Washington County Dairy
Promotion and Princess Com
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farmers for every 100 pounds of
milk sold.
The bill will ensure that those
dairy farmers who want to keep 10
cents of their money working for
milk promotion in Pennsylvania
will reap the benefits of their
contribution. “In ammending the
Pennsylvania Agricultural
Commodities Marketing Act,
Senate Bill 1414 for the first time
allows for these voluntary con
tributions for promotion and
marketing in Pennsylvania to be
done without a referendum,”
Wenger said.
“With passage of this legislation,
I was instructed to give you a $ ___ tip
if you would have suggested MILK with my meal
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there will be a state statute
providing for a dime of our dairy
farmers’ fifteen cent contribution
to the Federal Dairy Promotion
Program to stay here, helping us
sell more Keystone State milk
products,” Wenger added.
Wenger emphasized that this
voluntary promotion program in
Pennsylvania will terminate when
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referendum vote from the dairy
industry.
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