RCMA Issues
BATAVIA. N.Y. - The Reg
ional Cooperative Marketing
Agency Inc., as organization made
up of independent dairy fanners
and cooperatives in 11 northeast
ern states, is issuing checks this
week that represent the completion
of the first step in over order prices
Farm
Builders
All kinds of farm con
struction, from frees tall
bams to refrigerated
fruit and vegetable stor
age, will be covered in
the seventh annual Pen
nsylvania Farm Buil
ders Conference. The
conference will be held
at the Berks County Ag
Center in Leesport on
January 26 and 27.
Topics will include
manure storage con
struction; diaphragm
strength; laminated pole
usage; concrete finish
ing, placement and rein
forcement; natural ven
tilation of freestyle
bams, swine housing
systems, and refrigrated
fruit and vegetable
storage.
Related business top
ics will cover managing
employees for results;
advertising to get the
most for your money,
and growing in
business.
A diverse group of
speakers are on the
agenda - five builders,
five industry representa
tives, and five universi
ty or educational
spokespeople. Larry
Hedlin, a well-known
lowa firm president, is
the banquet speaker and
will present the talk on
“Managing employees
for results.”
The conference
includes a half-day tour
of local businesses and
farms. The businesses
toured will be one of the
largest cement compa
nies in the northeast, the
Allentown Cement
Company, which manu
factures one million
tons of cement a year,
and Construction
Fasteners Company,
which produces a large
variety of such items as
nails and screws.
The tour will also
stop at a new 60-cow
dairy stall bam with a
gravity flow channel
manure system, and a
swine farm with two
naturally ventilated
grower-finisher build
ings. During the tour,
the farm buildings will
be tested for air quality
with relatively new
equipment, to look at
factors that can put
stress on animals.
Cost of the two-day
conference, including
meals, is $63. For
registration forms and
more information con
tact your county Exten
sion office after Dec. 15,
or write to Dan Meyer at
208 Agricultural Engi
neering Building, Uni
versity Park, PA 16802,
Checks
First
for dairymen.
According to Edward D. Anna,
RCMA executive director, pre
mium checks for farmers in the
RCMA Order 2 region, which cov
ers parts of New York, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania, and RCMA
Order 4, which cover Mid-Atlantic
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states, are being distributed. Ear
lier checks were issued to farmers
in Ndw England for September
milk. A total of $2.6 million has
been put back into the Cum eco
nomy by RCMA, which represents
dairymen from Maine to
Maryland.
“RCMA’s goal is to get dairy
men a fair price for the raw milk
they produce. In the last few years
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the minimum price set by the fed
eral government for milk has been
cut from $13.38 per hundred
weight to $11.73. At the same
time, farmers have faced increased
costs of doing business. If dairy
farming is to survive in the north
east, farmers must receive a fair
price for milk,” Anna said.
He noted that consumers should
see very slight price increases
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because of the RCMA premiums
paid by milk dealers.
“Most dealers in the northeast
are cooperating with RCMA. They
realize that the health of the dairy
industry is based upon the eco
nomic situation of individual far
mers. RCMA is the only teal hope
at the moment for northeastern far
mers to receive fair prices,” Anna
said.