Lehigh marketings increase 8.6 percent in ‘B5 BY KATHY E. GILL ■ dredweight. Member equity Staff Correspondent certificates total $5,631,559 for a LANCASTER Lehigh Valley six-year period. Farmers marketed 954 million Stout attributed the good year pounds of milk in fiscaHl9B6, an partially to a two percent decrease increase of 8.6 percent over fiscal in operating costs. He commented 1985, General Manager William M. that the effort to obtain over-order Stout told producers and guests at pricing through the Regional the cooperative’s sixth annual Cooperative Marketing meeting here Wednesday! Association (RCMA) has been Tying his remarks around the stymied because “independent theme “New Horizons,” Stout said farmers are slow to participate.” that Lehigh farmer-owners Treasurer Robert R. Gehman received $768,000 in quality presented the unaudited finan premiums in fiscal 1986 and dais, which showed a net margin another $340,000 in other bonus of $2.68 million. He reported that payments. In the last five years, Lehigh Valley Farmers owns 73 producers have received $4 million percent of the assets of Atlantic in premiums and bonuses, he said. Processing, Inc. (API), totalling Patronage is being returned this $9,984,000 in equity, year on a cash and certificate Pennsylvania Agriculture basis: cash at 3.6 cents and cer- Secretary Richard Grubb was the tificates at 14.4 cents per hun- guest speaker at the annual lun- Lilli stan96Bo NO-TILL GRAIN DRILL jMMIk ~y* For Hoavy Stubble and Hard Soils The new Lilliston 9680 No-Till Grain Drill will operate in maximum severe conditions, where uniform penetration of heavy stubble and hard soils is required. Unlike some of the so-called "no-till" drills available today, which are actually bpnventional drills with front coulters added, the ■lliston isdeslgned, from the ground up, for one Sirpose: No-tili seeding. 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In admitting that all is not roses, he said, “The debt load of the average Pennsylvania farmer is significantly lower than that of those in neighboring states. However, cash flow is a problem for many Pennsylvania farmers.” “It doesn’t take an economist to compare” the prices paid and prices received by farmers to realize that there is a problem, he said, however. From 1977-84, prices paid by farmers increased 64 percent; prices received in creased 27 percent. He reminded the audience that LANCASTER - National Milk Producers Federation staff member John Adams suggested the current milk contamination and scare in Arkansas and bor dering states be a lesson to dairy farmers across the country. “You must learn to be aware of what you are purchasing, whether it is feed or seed. You need some assurance that the product is free of contaminants. If you cannot get such an assurance, then don’t buy the product,” he admonished. Adams’ comments were in reference to a nationally-breaking news story which told of 60 plus dairv farms which have been af- V Keystone Mills Sow Feeder Meeting March 26,1986, Leola Family Restaurant 8:30 a.m.- 9:00 a.m.- The Keystone Mills Hog Dept., David Snyder, Steve Foreman, Jay M. Weaver, Gene Weaver since 1980, agriculture has been the leading economic sector of the Commonwealth, led in part by the state’s fifth ranking in dairy, first ranking in mushrooms, and third ranking in egg production. He closed with a plug for Penn State’s first “Future In Agriculture” conference slated for March 19-20 at the Harrisburg Holiday Inn. Also at the luncheon, President Alpheus Ruth recognized District 7 director Earl Reighard, who has sold his farm and retired from the board after nine years of service. He has been replaced by Robert Nearhoof, Sr. of Hundingdon County. At the close of the afternoon session, several Lehigh farmer owners were recognized for producing quality milk. Milk scare can be a lesson BY KATHY E. GILL Staff Correspondent KEYSTONE MILLS —Stewing Aq/dadtu/u—Stunt 1894- Uadm U 7k& //og (ndMi/ty “The Year Of The Sow” YOU ARE INVITED! Coffee * Feeding Programs/Eesearch, Gestation and Lactation David Hoogmoed, Purina Mills DM * Survival, the Concept of Margin Over Feed Cost Bion Richards, P.I.C. DM * Your Herd Management Terry Sears, Purina Mill Area Hog Specialist • P.I.C. Around the World, An Introduction. LUNCH Adjourn after Lunch. Please R.S.V.P. by calling (717) 3544616 or (717) 7384251 Keystone Mills RD #3, Lancaster Ave. Ephrata, PA 17522-9336 PA ONLY 1-800-292-2111 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 15, fected by a contamination with heptachlor. The affected farmers apparently purchased mash from a gasahol plant, Adams said. The plant’s owner had processed seed corn and other distressed com, some of which had been treated. The chemical was present in the mash and was passed on through the food chain to the milk. The dairy farms shipped their milk to a Little Rock, Arkansas plant, which distributes throughout the mid-West. It will take' six months for the dairies to milk out the chemical, Adams said. NMPF is attempting to obtain indemnification monies for the farmers. to the AGENDA Thank You, Alpheus L
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