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National dairy board.
Of the dairymen interviewed, 80
percent indicated that dairy far
ming was their major source of
income. A profile of their farms
showed 28 percent had 80 cows or
more, 39 percent had between 50
and 79 cows and 33 percent had 49
cows or less. Also, 53 percent
shipped to dealers, 42 percent sold
through co-ops and 5 percent
shipped to juggers.
Five federally approved
promotion programs serve Penn
sylvania dairymen. Three of these
programs receive funding
automatically, unless otherwise
specified, through the federal
orders. The other two programs,
Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion
Program or the Allied Milk
Producers promotion program in
the Greater Johnstown-Altoona
area, rely on dairymen redirecting
their support from the Order
programs.
In Federal Order 2, dairymen
support the American Dairy
Association program located in
Syracuse, N.Y., unless they tell
their milk dealer or co-op to
redirect their 10 cents to a local
promotion program. For Penn
sylvania dairymen in Order 2 the
local program includes PDPP and
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The termination of the order is in
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of the executive committee of the
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to Paul M. Fuller, an official of
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throughout the year and need only first two weeks of each quarter by
inform their milk dealer of their sending written notification to the
decision. At that point it becomes market administrator
the responsibility of the dealer to
notify the market administrator.
Federal Order 36 in western
Pennsylvania operates similarly to
Federal Order 4 in regard to how
dairymen redirect their promotion
dollars.
They must specify in writing in
order to contribute to a different
program than the federal order
program. The Mid-East UDIA
promotional program serves
Order 36.
Between June 1 and 15 dairymen
in this Order must designate the
promotion program they wish to
send their 10 cents to. Making a
decision concerning the ap
propriation of the 10 cents during
these two weeks allocates the
money for the upcoming fiscal
year.
By making the designation
between Dec. 1 and 15, dairymen in
Order 4 also direct their promotion
money to the program of their
choice for the entire 1987 fiscal
year. The change must be made
yearly or the promotion dollars
revert to the Federal Order
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing
Service. Under the order, ad
ministered by the council and in
effect since 1981, wholesale bakers
and other wheat product
manufacturers have collected
assessments of one cent per
hundredweight on their purchases
of processed wheat to finance the
nationally coordinated research
and education program.
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Milk producers in Pennsylvania
have a choice. They may permit
their promotion dollars to follow
the milk to market by supporting
the Federal Order programs, or
they may contribute to one of the
two promotion programs in
Pennsylvania where their milk is
produced.
Based on the latest milk
production figures from the
Statistical Reporting Service, milk
producers in the Federal Order 4
areas of Pennsylvania will con
tribute an estimated $5.2 million
next year to PDPP and MAMMA.
“The importance of dairy
promotions and the amount of
funding involved warrant close
attention by our dairymen to the
matter of choice confronting
them,” Grubb said.
Grubb credited the recent up
swing in milk prices in part to the
dairy promotion financed by the
dairymen.
Fuller said that refunds of
assessments, available to those
bakers and manufacturers not
wishing to fund the program, have
trended steadily upward during
the five years of the order’s
operation, and that refunds ran
about 40 percent of total
assessments collected during the
past fiscal year.
Farm Calendar
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Franklin County Conservation
District meeting, 9:30 a.m.,
Franklin County Ad
ministration Building,
Chambersburg.
Tuesday, December 9
Winter Forage Meeting,
Maryland-Delaware Forage
Council, Hartly Fire Hall,
Hartly, Del.
Lancaster County DHIA banquet,
Good and Plenty Restaurant,
11:30 p.m. For reservations,
call Jay Mylin, 665-5960. Also on
Dec. 10.
York Extension Meeting; Topic:
Sodbuster provisions, Dover
High School, 1 p.m. Kennard
Dale High School, 7 -.30 p.m.
Farm Account Recordkeeping and
Computer Software Meeting,
7:45 p.m., Ephrata High School
Agriculture Department.
Wednesday, December 10
Penn State Dairy Computer-
Management Conference,
Sheraton Penn State, State
College. Contact Joe Hlubik,
814-863-3912.
York Extension Meeting; Topic:
Sodbuster Provisions, Farmers
Bank and Trust, Baltimore
Street, Hanover, 10 a.m.; York
Extension office, 1 p.m.
Thursday, December 11
Golden Harvest Sale, Lebanon
Fairgrounds.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 6,1M6-A3l
Thursday, Dececember 18
Mid-Atlantic No-Till Meeting,
Timonium, Md.
Vegetable Management Seminar,
Blue Ball School, 6:30 to 9 p.m.
Keystone Shepherds Forum,
Ramada Inn, Somerset; con
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promotion and research, with an
estimated $9.2 million allocated to
local and regional programs.
Association meeting, Mercer
County Extension office,
Trenton, 8 p.m. Call 788-1339 to
carpool.
Friday, December 12
Pa. Egg Marketing Association
meeting, Old Hickory Inn.
Social hour, 6 p.m.; dinner, 7
p.m.; meeting, 8 p.m.
Saturday, December 12
Pa. Flying Farmer Christmas
party, 6 p.m., Belleville Men
nonite School.
Tuesday, December 16
Rutgers Pest Control conference:
field, forage and vegetables;
Quality Inn, U.S. Route 1, North
Brunswick; continues
tomorrow.
Ephrata Area Young Fanners
Association Christmas part;,
7:30 p.m., Ephrata Junior High
School.
Wednesday, December 17
13th Annual Mid-Atlantic No-Till
Conference, York County
Fairgrounds.
Friday, December 19
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