BY JOYCE BUPP
York County Correspondent
YORK Country singer Willie
Nelson’s Farm Aid program
stirred local interest recently, at a
meeting hosted by the York County
Farmers Union.
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Rancher Congress, sponsored by country singer Willie
Nelson’s Farm Aid.
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Congress is planned for Sept. 11 to
13 in St Louis, Mo. Nelson’s Farm
Aid program has given a $250,000
grant to help finance that confab.
More than 500 local meetings are
being held across the country to
gather grassroots input and elect
delegates to the conference. Ten
Pennsylvania local meetings have
been held, including four last week
in Potter, York, Somerset and
Bedford counties.
During the York meeting,
Thomasville grain farmer Albert
Bentz was elected local delegate.
Alternate delegate is George Hoke,
Jr., of Spring Grove.
Featured during the session was
a slide presentation, narrated by
Willie Nelson. That program
presented a historic perspective of
the development of national farm
programs and policies, and their
relationship to farm income and
financial crisis.
Leader and speaker for the
meeting was Meshoppen dairy
farmer Arden Tewksbury, who is
serving as the Pennsylvania co
ordinator for the Farm Aid
sponsored United Farmer and
Rancher Congress.
According to Tewksbury,
American farmers are punished
for being too productive. And, he
says, studies report that some two-
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thirds of consumers would be
willing to pay higher food prices to
help farmers stay in business.
Discussion among the dozen
farmers attending the York
meeting centered on critical farm
issues to be considered by the
Farm and Rancher Congress in
drawing up farm policy recom
mendations. Issues addressed
include over-production, changes
needed in distribution and
marketing systems, imbalance
and quality problems in imports
and exports, lack of cooperation
among farm groups, lack of farm
er participation in commodity
marketing programs, and
financial and credit hardships^
Also addressed for policy con
sideration at the Congress were
needs for increased ag education
and awareness in elected
Dairymen
Promotion Funds
WILLIAMSPORT - The
American Dairy Association and
Dairy Council is preparing for its
annual series of district meetings
which will explain to local
dairymen how their funds are
being used. The first meeting will
take place on Wednesday, August
27 at 7 p.m. at Mifflinburg Com
munity Park for District 19.
District 19 is directed by Fred
Epler from Lewisburg. It covers
the counties of Bedford, Blair,
Centre, Clinton, Columbia, Fulton,
Huntington, Juniata, Lycoming,
Mifflin, Montour, Nor
thumberland, Perry, Snyder, and
Union. All area dairy producers
are welcome to attend.
Over 30 percent of Pennsylvania
dairy producers are members of
ADADC, contributing over $2.4
million to the program each year.
This meeting will review how these
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representatives and schools, en
forcement of quality standards for
exported grains and imported
products, import limits tied to
domestic agriculture economics
and the development of industry
controlled supply-management
commodity programs.
Farm organizations supporting
the Congress include National
Farmers Union, the American
Agriculture Movement, the North
American Farm Alliance, National
Farmers Organization and the
National Save the Family Farm
Coalition. Farm Bureau, the
nation’s largest farm organization,
has declined support of the con
ference.
Additional information on the
Farm Aid-sponsored conference is
available by contacting the York
county co-ordinator, Albert
Garber, at 792-9400.
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promotion funds are used to
promote milk in the Pennsylvania
area. ADADC’s activities include
TV, radio and billboard ad
vertising as well as promotions in
supermarkets and restaurants.
The meeting will include a
complementary chicken barbeque,
with milk and ice cream included.
Everyone is requested to bring a
dish to pass and table service.
Reservations are necessary.
Reservations and tickets can be
obtained by contacting the
following district committeemen:
Fred Epler, Lewisberg, 717-524-
9708; John Walter, Lewisberg, 717-
523- James Sanders,
Millmont, 717-922-1218; David
Dietrich, Mifflinberg, 717-966-2438;
Robert Pardoe, Milton, 717-524-
7625; Leon Musser, Lewisberg, 717-
524- and Theodore Shuck,
Mifflinberg, 717-966-2053.
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