BATAVIA, N.Y. The Regional Cooperative Marketing Agency recently completed the election of directors and delegates from 17 sub-regions across its 11-state membership area. RCMA is designed to help stabilize the Northeast dairy in dustry by working to assure consumers and handlers of a long term fairly priced milk supply. The newly elected directors will represent independent dairy farmers on the board of directors. Atlantic Refunds Over $1.4 Million SOUTHAMPTON - Atlantic Dairy Cooperative distributed $1,405,225 in patronage refunds April 15 to more than 4,500 members and patrons, according to Treasurer Evan L. Fineman. The patronage represents 20 percent of the savings for the most recent fiscal years of Atlantic’s founding cooperatives, Inter-State Milk Producers’ Cooperative and Lehigh Valley Fanners. The refund was based on the WESTFfIUANSSSssS&s HIGH TECH DAIRYING H JM ■H Westfalia Milkini BURG IBERI Skinner I Walton Dairy Service Raymond Skinner Gary Walton 717-352-7606 COCHRAI Farm Construction & Equipment HAMBURG Brenner Dairy Equipment Shertlesville Farm Service Albert Brenner Dale Wenger 814-654-7309 215-488-1025 NEW WILMINGTON SOUTHWESTERN PA Chuck Moose NEW MILFORD Robert L. Janney 215-593-2365 Dairy Equipment 412-533-3077 MIFF Wehr’s Dairy Equipment Mark Wehr 717-966-1396 RCMA Election Results When seated on May 8, along with • maintaining the supply of local the present cooperative farmer milk they need to meet future directors, they will together consumer demand, represent over 25,000 farm Any dairy farmer that is not a families from Maine to Maryland. member of RCMA can get in- The new RCMA board of formation from the newly elected directors at its meeting May 8 will representatives and must be a be able to evaluate the agency’s member to receive premiums position and the economic en- from RCMA. vironment with an eye to The results of the election follow, establishing a fair price for fluid Region I Director, Frank Hilton, delegate milk in the Northeast. By doing SO, w, y ne Brown, and alternate delegate. Roger bottlers of fluid milk in the region Region 2 Director Yves Brasseur, delegate, will have a better chance of Austln Cleaves, and alternate delegate. Andy iL* IMr • • 4*W> 4* High tech control is now available for stanchion barn operations with the Westfalia Visotron. Every cow has different milking tendencies and Westfaha's Visotron will help you get all the milk from every cow. With the Visotron, you can monitor milk flow, control pulsation and even regulat vacuum on all individualized basis for each cow Visotron saves time and money. Each cow gets the individual attention she needs to give all her comfortably without the need for manual supervision. The result V"** increased production and profit. IHpW The Visotron is portable and easy to install It's the kind of addition to your dairy that will pay for itself in a very short time Contact your Westfalia Sales Center today. Find out why i Westfalia is truly the leader k in high tech dairy equipment Jik iment And Computer Sales Centers Equi MT BETHEL K.C. Dairy Service Kevin Correll 717-897-5141 LEOLA •I Fisher I Thompson, Inc. Amos Fisher Rick Thompson 717-656-3307 SPARTANSBURG PA Dairy Automation Sorvict, Inc. Miko Wright 412-538-FARM IBQI Dairyland Sale* A Service Jim Kelley 717-297-4128 pounds of milk members shipped to their respective cooperatives during the last fiscal year. For Inter-State members, the period was Aug. 1, 1985, through July 31, 1986, and for Lehigh, Feb. 1, 1986, through Jan. 31,1987. Atlantic’s equity program, based on a five-year revolving schedule, is one of the fastest revolving programs among dairy cooperatives in the United States, Fineman said. 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Bill Murphy, delegate, Fred Huneke, and alternate delegate. Ooug Ricker Region 12 - director. Robert Brown, delegate, Gary Rickard, ahd alternate delegate, Manny Diac Region 13 . director, Open, delegate. Burton Stamen, and alternate delegate, Franklin Fmck Region 14 director. Clifford Hawbaker, delegate Wayne Hall, and alternate delegate, Glenn Pugh Region 15 director, Carl W Brown, delegate CarlH Brown, and alternate delegate, Ed Baker Region 16 ■ director, Don Duncan, delegate, John Stump, and alternate delegate, David Wursfer • 3/8”x12’... • 3/8”x14’... • 3/8”x16’... ..$76.25 • 2 HP $80.90 • 3HP . ..$96.00 •5 HP $249.15 •7 1/2 HP $310.50 •10 HP $444.30 ..$103.25 ..$27.99 .$27.40 .$30.45 .$33.55 5162.80 5199.25 51.99 .. $1.35 ..$2.60
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