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QUARRYVILLE - Members of handled because of the
Inter-State Milk Producers’ cooperative s $l2 million in net
Cooperative District 12 were
reassured Thursday by General _~Lnd “i” ne heard one
Manager Dr. Paul Hand about the , r the loss as
financial health of their a^ out the same impact as
cooperative at their annual dinner .. .°* ® farmer losing one cow in
meeting held at the Hoffman , s Hand said. That’s about
Building. the right perspective.”
Hand said that the loss suffered T he cooperative has experienced
because of the Abbott’s dairy J 4 ™th° n ln P r °hts since August
situation was the first major loss beginning of their fiscal
• year, puttmg them :11 ahead of
Dr. Paul Hand, general manager, Inter-State Milk
Producers’ Cooperative, discusses the co-op’s financial
Poston with members of District 12.
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last year, according to Hand. Even
the operating losses at the Holly
plant have been offset with income
realized from the milk pulled away
from that plant and sold through
spot sales.
Hand called 1985 a tough year for
the cooperative and for dairymen.
Although membership was down
2*2 percent, the increase m
production will offset the loss of
membership, Hand told the group.
He said they are predicting a two
percent increase in production for
1985.
December production per
member equaled the same as last
December’s, the first month for
that to occur-since last February.
He said the situation is changing
because of the anticipation of the
end of the paid diversion program
and the good growing season just
experienced. Hand said dairymen
are getting back to where they
were last year. He added that the
December price paid by the co-op
was the highest in history.
Hand told the group that the
national dairy situation has im
proved, with increased demand
and sales. Calling the paid
diversion program “quite ex
traordinary,” he said that it
eliminated about one half the
national surplus in the 15 months of
itsi existence.
Although there have been some
efforts to extend the program,
Hand said the latest word from
Washington is that the admini
stration is strongly opposed to an
extension and that the
Congressional leaders who sup
ported it have agreed not to push
for an extension. Hand said the
National Milk Producers
Federation, of which Interstate is a
member, is working on a program
which would be a continuation of
- ector of Inter-State’s District 12, right,
congratulates Joel Z. Dubble, Quarryville, on receiving his 25
year membership award.
the price support program, but
would include input factors from
the dairy side, as well as supply
and demand. Hand commented
that the dairy industry will have a
big job. communicating with
members of Congress to provide
for a viable farm program.
District Director Curtis Akers
also assured members that there
would be no assessments because
of the assumption of the Abbott’s
obligations. He reported that
though Holly was cut back to
processing four da>% a week in the
fall, over the 10-day holiday period
it processed 25 million pounds of
milk. He concluded, “Holly is
serving a very needed purpose
with the coouerative.”
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Akers added, “Our aim is to
provide a secure market and give
the best possible return to mem
bers.” He cautioned that an
“erosion of membership weakens
the voice of the cooperative.”
County Agent Jay Irwin urged
members to support their
cooperative and to make their
wishes known to management.
“That’s what makes a strong co
op.”
Akers presented a 25 year award
to Joel Z. Dubble, Quarryville, and
a 50-year family membership
award to the Joseph Fisher family,
Ronks.
David and Linda Longenecker
were introduced as the 1985 Young
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