AlB-Lancaster Famine, Saturday, January 24,1987
Inter State Honors Members, Haulers At District 3 Meeting
CHESTNUT LEVEL - “The
checks are written, in the en
velopes, and waiting to go out on
Feb. 1,” Inter-State’s president
reported at the co-op’s District 3
meeting on Tuesday. On this date
the merger between Inter-State
and Lehigh Valley will be con
summated and Atlantic Dairy
Cooperative will officially come
into existence.
On Feb. 1 the capital retain
program will stop, Robert Mc-
Sparran added. Inter-State
members will receive the first nine
months of their capital retain and
double patronage refunds.
“The merger happened fast I
think it’s the only way it can be
done,” McSparran reflected.
Although he does not foresee any
other co-ops merging in the East,
he noted that two large co-ops in
the West were discussing merger
possiblities.
He praised the Regional
Cooperative Marketing Agency
saying, “It’s the best thing to come
down the pike.” RCMA will
enhance the price of milk in
Federal Orders 2 and 4 when it
becomes fully functional, he said.
There is no advantage for Inter-
State members to join RCMA since
the agency doesn’t bargain with
Federal Order 4 milk handlers.
However, Inter-State has joined
with two other dairy co-ops in
Federal Order 4 to form a similar
type of bargaining agency called
the Mid-Atlantic Milk Marketing
Agency. He added that the new co
op, Atlantic, may join RCMA as
Atlantic will have shippers it will
want to protect in Federal Order 2.
McSparran added that
organization such as RCMA, which
bargain for over-order prices, will
become more important in the
future to protect shippers as the
buyers become larger. He cited
Laßatts as an example of the milk
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Robert McSparran (right) congratulates, Sam Kreider
(second from left) of S. A. Kreider and Sons Inc. for 50 years
of membership in Inter-State. With Sam are his son, Scott (far
left) and his nephew, Herb.
buyers which continue to add
compames to their portfolio.
Don Bremer will relinquish his
role as fieldman for the District in
March to replace retiring Bill
Hastings in Southampton. Breiner
will assume the role of field service
and quality manager. He reminded
the group to be careful with an
tibiotics. New tests which can
detect trace amounts of antibiotics
are being developed.
He cautioned the shippers to
read the label on the drugs and
follow the guidelines. He noted a
dairyman who had been using a
sulfa drug to treat a foot problem
was cut off when sulfa drugs were
detected in his milk. The label
specified, Bremer said, not for use
on lactatmg animals. '
McSparran presented a plaque
for 25 years of membership m the
co-op Landis Weaver. S.A. Kreider
and Sons Inc. received a plaque for
50 years of membership.
A first for the co-op, McSparran
also honored retired milk haulers
Paul “Sam” Rineer and J. Eli
295 Woodcorner Rd
Lititz, PA 17543
1 Mile West of Ephrata
Phone 717-738-1121
Testerman Jr. of T and R Hauling Raul “Sam” Rineer (left) received recognition from Robert
Company. The contract haulers McSparran, president of Inter-State Milk Producers
rf OTe! e ts2 Cooperative, for serving the members of District 3 and 12 for
decades. over 30 years.
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