HARRISBURG - The Penn
sylvania State Grange called an
emergency meeting of farm and
poultry organizations Monday to
take action on a bill passed by the
New York Legislature which would
adversely impact on Pennsylvania
poultry produce!?.
A bill awaiting New York
Governor Mario Cuomo’s
signature would impose a tax of 4
cents per case of eggs (30 dozen),
or 4 cents per hundred pounds of
meat to be used for poultry
research and extension programs
in the State of New York.
Programs would be aimed at
improving quality, quantity, ef
ficiency, and variety in the New
York poultry industry and
preventing the spread of avian
influenza into that state.
The tax would be assessed on the
first New York handler of any
Pennsylvania produced products.
State Grange Master Charles
Wismer said, “Poultry farmers
who produce for New York
markets fear that the tax will
necessarily fall back on them.
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Farm Organizations urge veto of NY bill
Since the research would be
conducted out of state, they feel
that they would not reap the
benefits for the money they would
pay into the New York program.”
Pennsylvania has a surplus of 2.5
million laying hens while New
York has a deficit of 12.6 million
hens, according to United Egg
Board statistics. John Hoffman,
executive secretary for the Penn
sylvania Poultry Federation, said
the bill is a “self-serving piece of
Jegislation.” “They’re placing
taxes on products they have a
deficit in,” he said. The legislation
is expected to affect producers in
the northeastern and souteastem
states that supply much of the
demand in New York.
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A telegram was directed to
Cuomo by Pennsylvania’s three
major farm organizations the
Pennsylvania State Grange,
Farmers Association and Farmers
Union urging him to veto the
bill. The telegram states, “The
adverse economic impact on the
Pennsylvania poultry industry
would jeopardize poultry
production by threatening the
survival of family producers
recovering from avian influenza.
...we believe that the tax will ac
tually revert to the producer of
origin.” Pennsylvania poultry,
producers who market in New
York also are being urged to
contact Cuomo.
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