GETTYSBURG - With a united
purpose and determination in their
voices, Adams County dairy
farmers have laid the groundwork
for a new and aggressive approach
to dairy promotion in their area.
Recognizing that the need to
support dairy promotion is im
mediate, the Adams dairy farmers
have formed a new promotion
committee. They have agreed that
“if we’re going to produce it, we’d
better promote it.”
Previously, dairy promotion in
Adams County was handled by the
Holstein club, through its dairy
princess pageant in June and a few
other scattered events. The new
Adams County Dairy Promotion
Committee hopes their efforts will
complement the work already
being done, as well as expand the
endeavors to encourage con
sumption of dairy products.
Organizers of the new promotion
committee are: Doris Wilkinson,
chair; Sandra Fhckinger, vice
chair; Bob Clowney, secretary;
and Gary Eberle, treasurer.
At the recent first meeting of the
committee, said chairperson Doris
Wilkinson, “ideas flowed as easily
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Adams dairy farmers unite for promotion
as milk from a milking parlor into
a bulk tank.” While ideas for
promotion were not lacking,
however, funding for the programs
will have to be the first priority of
the committee.
In the upcoming months, area
Farmers
SELINSGROVE - The beef
marketing development com
mittee of PACMA, the Penn
sylvania Farmers’ Association
marketing cooperative, invites
central Pennsylvania beef
producers and dairy farmers to a
meeting at the Clover Packing
Plant, Selinsgrove, on May 16, at
7:30 p.m.
“We’re looking for producers
who are interested in a cooperative
effort to buy and operate the
Clover plant,” says Marlin Miller,
PACMA manager, “with the goal
of further processing of beef
primarily for the portion
controlled, ready-to-eat in
stitutional food market.”
Miller emphasizes that im
proved marketmg is the key to the
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dairymen will be given the op
portunity to show their support of
the committee and its work by
contributing funds and helping
with fund-raising projects. Also,
when promotion plans are
finalized, matching funding will be
to discuss purchase of Clover
future for beef producers as well
dairy farmers.
Over half of the beef produced in
Pennsylvania is from dairy farms,
adds Miller, so dairy farmers who
are interested in marketing are
especially encouraged to attend
the meeting.
WASHINGTON - Producers
may no longer repay loans without
penalty on farmer-owned reserve
oats, according to Everett Rank,
administrator of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service.
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sought from the Pennsylvania
Dairy Promotion Program.
The Adams County Dairy
Promotion Committee is open to
ideas for projects and to
suggestions of area events that will
lend themselves to dairy
The meeting will begin with a
tour of the Clover plant and will
then move to the Dutch Pantry
restaurant in Hummels Wharf for
further discussion of the formation
of a cooperative.
To reach the Clover Packing
Plant go west on Route 522 from
SeliP°"ro"“ and turn north on
Farmer-owned reserve oats
decision following a review by the
Commodity Credit Corporation of
its average market prices May 1,
as reported by USDA’s
Agricultural Marketing Service,
Rank said. The prices were ad
justed to reflect the market price
received by farmers, he said.
the
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promotion.
Anyone interested in knowing
more about or helping with the
committee can write: Dons
Wilkinson. 555 Rented Road,
Gettysburg, PA 17325; or phone
717-334-6993.
Packing
Route 204. The plant is about three
blocks from the Route 204 in
tersection.
For more information, contact
Camp Hill office of PACMA at 717-
761-2740, or contact committee
member 1-arry Yarger, Mid
dleburg, 717-837-3443.
The national average adjusted
price of $1.61 per bushel for oats on
May 1 was 4 cents below the
reserve release level. Rank said
storage payments for reserve oats
will resume in all states.
The daily market reviewed by
CCC for oats is in Minneapolis.
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