Penn Mar to discuss purchase of Shamokin Packing
SHAMOKIN Central Penn- beef producers who wish to join our also adopted a pro forma budget.” Pennsylvania Farmers The Penn Mar meetings will take
sylvania hog and beef producers efforts to improve the potential for Eisenbise said the plant Association’s marketing place as follows: May 23, 7 p.m. at
are invited to learn about the profitable marketing in Penn- presently slaughters about 500 cooperative PACMA, which is the Dutch Pantry, Selmsgrove;
Penn Mar Cooperative’s plan to sylvania. We’re ready to go ahead hogs a day and 20 beef animals, assisting Penn Mar, will conduct May 29, 7 p.m. at the Farm and
take over the Shamokin Packing with plans to purchase the plant Utilities and zomng are in good the meeting. “With the demise of Home Center, Lancaster; May 30,
Company and expand its and install further-processing shape, he added. “The project is several major packing plants over 7 p.m. at the York 4-H Center,
marketing opportunities. equipment to go after the ready-to- ready to go. All we need is support the past few years, it’s important York.
Eugene Eisenbise of Hershey, eat markets. We’ve already ob- from producers who are willing to for farmers to join together to For more information contact
president of Penn Mar Cooperative tamed an option to buy, and have make a commitment to improve strengthen and unprove the red Marlin Miller at 717-761-2740 or
said, “We’re looking for hog and had the plant appraised. We’ve markets,” Eisenbise said. meat industry here in Penn- Eugene Eisenbise at 717-367-4498.
Marlin Miller, manager of the sylvania,” he said.
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Jones himself, set the tone in his
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