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OL 33 No. 13
BY KARL BERGER
Special Correspondent
In a move that may well deter
mne its long-range future, the
Regional Cooperative Marketing
\gency has begun diverting milk
rom Farmland Dairies, agency
ifficials announced this week.
The action could prove decisive
n the intensifying struggle
xMween Farmland, a fluid proces-
Servlng Lancaster County Extension Service in 1988 are, from left, first row: Jay R.
Irwin, County Extension Director; Doris Thomas, Extension Home Economist; Glenn
A. Shirk, Extension Agent - Dairy; Zoann Parker, Extension Agent - 4-H. Second Row,
from left: Mitchell D. Woodward, Nutrient Management, Project Associate, Chesa
peake Bay Project; Robert J. Anderson, Extension Agent - Agronomy; Leon J.
Ressler, Nutrient Management, Project Associate, RCWP Project; Chester D. Hughes,
Extension Agent - Livestock; and Jeffrey Stoltzfus, Nutrient Management, Project
Assistant, RCWP Project.
PA Jersey Club Meeting Set For March
STATE COLLEGE —Pennsyl-
vania Jersey Cattle Club President
David Norman has put out the Call
to Order to the membership for the
1988 Annual Meeting of the Pen
nsylvania Jersey Cattle Club. This
year’s meeting will be held Friday
and Saturday, March 11th and 12th
at the Toftrees Resort, State Col
lege. It will be hosted and planned
by the members of District 11.
Reservations must be received no
later than February 22.
The Toftrees Resort is conve-
Soviet Visitors On Farm
Eleven visitors from Moldavia In the Soviet Union visited
Lancaster County this week as part of an exchange with the
Friendship Force. While In Lancaster, they visited the dairy
farm of Marvin Wltmer, Litltz, where they learned about fam
ily farms in Lancaster County. Senator Gibson Armstrong,
right, organized the visit. The Moldavian visitors lived in
homes during their stay.
The Friendship Force is an organization designed to
promote peace through friendship and understanding.
RCMA Begins Milk Diversion
sor based m Wallmgton, N.J., and
RCMA, which bargains for over
order premiums for dairymen in
federal orders 1 and 2.
RCMA which claims to have
about 22,000 members among
cooperative and independent ship
pers in New England, New York,
Pennsylvania and New Jersey
begin charging higher prices for
fluid milk than the Class I mini
niently located just off of the 322
By-pass north of the Penn State
Campus. Boasting luxury accom
modations, the Toftrees also has a
complete 18 hole golf course, ten
nis courts, the LePapillon Restaur
ant and Lofinge, and Fanny’s
Restaurant and Tavern. Room
reservations should be made
directly with* Toftrees either by
phone or use of the room reserva
tion form.
The meeting plans include
activities of interest for young and
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 6, 1988
mums set by the federal orders in
September. On Dec. 18, the agen
cy filed a lawsuit against Farmland
and three other dealers it said were
failing to comply with its efforts.
RCMA has since reached agree
ments with three of the dairies,
leaving Farmland as the only hand
ler not cooperating with the agen
cy’s efforts, according to execu-
Uve director Ed Anna.
old alike. Starting on Friday,
March 11th, consignors should
deliver their calf sale consign
ments to the Ag Arena between
1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. There will
be a Board of Directors Meeting
that afternoon at Toftrees. Those
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Bradford Veal
Producer Appointed
To National Board
HARRISBURG A Bradford
County veal producer was
appointed director on the National
Livestock and Meat Board at its
winter meeting in Chicago, Illi
nois, January 31 February 2nd.
Robert Earle of Troy, Bradford
County, who serves as director on
the Pennsylvania Beef Council,
was seated on the Board of Direc
tors of the Meat Board, represent
ing Pennsylvania’s beef and veal
industries. He was recently elected
Vice President of the Pennsylvania
Veal Producers Association and
had been recommended for
appointment to the National Board
by the Pennsylvania Beef Council.
Pennsylvania now has two
directors on the National Board.
Paul Heffner, beef producer
from Gettysburg and Chairman of
the Pennsylvania Beef Council,
was appointed to the Meat Board
last August at its annual meeting in
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Five Sections
Anna, in a phone conversation
Wednesday, said Farmland has not
paid RCMA $400,000 in over
order charges accumulated
between September and Novem
ber He estimated the dealer will
owe another $250,000 for Decem
ber and January milk for which
charges have not yet been made. In
addition. Farmland continues to
decline to provide payment
Lancaster Extension
75 Years Young
BY SALLY BAIR
Lancaster Co. Correspondent
LANCASTER The Lancas
ter County Cooperative Extension
Service is celebrating its 751 h
anniversary in 1988, giving special
recognition to the milestone at its
annual meeting on February 11,
1988, at the Farm and Home
Center.
Monday is the deadline for tick
ets for the dinner mcetu o i, which
cost $lO per person. The meeting
will begin at 6:30 p.m.
Featured as part of the program
New officers of the Ephrata Young Farmers are (L to R):
Francis Uhland, president; Paul E. Zimmerman, vice presi
dent; Leonard Martin, public relations; Daryl Martin, trea
surer and Scott Smith, secretary. Ephrata received the state
award for the largest chapter membership.
Ephrata Young Farmers
Introduce Officers
EPHRATA The Ephrata
Young Farmers’ Association
annual banquet is scheduled to be
held tonight at Ihe Mount Airy Fire
Hall. Two features of the event are
the introduction of the new officers
and the presentation of numerous
awards.
The new officers are president
Francis Uhland, Lititz; vice presi
dent Paul E. Zimmerman, Lititz;
secretary Scott Smith, Denver;
treasurer Daryl Martin, Lititz and
public relauons director Leonard
Martin, Ephrata.
The awards recipients are: Com
munity Service Award, Frank
Mohler; Active Member Award,
Samuel Martin; Outstanding
Young Farmer Award (under 30),
Steve Graybill; Outstanding
Young Farmer Award (over 30),
Marvin Sauder; Outstanding Beef
Production Award, F. Roy Weav
$8.50 Per Year
records to RCMA, forcing the
agency to use milk check stubs to
determine premium payments for
members who ship to Farmland,
Anna said.
Agency representatives also
claim Farmland has stepped up
efforts to recruit producers without
RCMA contracts, an action they
view as destabilizing.
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will be a slide presentation of
Extension’s 75 years of service to
Lancaster County, including early
pictures of Lancaster’s first county
agent, Floyd “Dutch” Bucher.
Pennsylvania’s first county
agent was appointed in Bedford
County m 1910, followed by an
additional five in 1912. It was in
the next group, in 1913, that
Bucher was assigned to Lancaster
County.
The very first agents were
employees of the Office of Farm
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er; Appreciation Awards, Leon
Carvell, Lem Weist and Tony
Eberly; Water & Soil Conserva
tion Award, Walter Augsburger.
Outstanding dairy awards: Top
Herd Average-Milk & Protein,
Kerry & Deb Boyd; Top Herd
Average-Butterfat, Gerald Martin;
High Herd Improvement-Milk &
Fat (1 yr.), Kerry & Deb Boyd; 2nd
High Herd Improvement-Milk (1
yr.), Tom Zartman; 2nd High Herd
Improvement-Fat (1 yr.), Ray P.
Bollinger.
1987 PYFA honors: Largest PA
Chapter Membership, Ephrata;
Outstanding Young Farmer (under
30), Kerry & Deb Boyd; Outstand
ing Young Farmer Advisor
Award, Charles Ackley.
Mike Pfautz, the current presi
dent and Ken and Rita Martin, con
temporary gospel singers are also
on the program.