Dairy Spokesmen Review Concerns LIHTZ Two spokesmen, one for RCMA and one for Farm land Industries, contacted Lancas ter Farming this week with con cerns about the milk diversion con troversy. Marc Goldman, President of Farmland Industries, Wellington, NJ, and Harold Ely, Pennsylvania RCMA Coordinator. The discussion now centers around efforts of RCMA to sign up more members and divert members’ milk and Farmland’s efforts to replenish diverted milk with new producers who are not members of RCMA. Goldman’s concerns cen tered around the independent handler’s need to bear the business responsibility of possible losses from operation while cooperatives can reblend the price back to pro ducer members. Ely’s concerns centered around the price of milk that’s now under producers’ costs and the need to find a way to extract more of the consumers milk dollar back into farmers’ pockets. Goldman said that independent milk handlers bear the total responsibility of losses and sea sonal fluctuations when they purchase milk from farmers. “Cooperatives can reblend the price to compensate for losses or to split up income with all the coop members.” Goldman said that premiums in recent months have come from competition for supply rather than RCMA’s diversion of milk. And Y * DRIP IRRIGATION & SUPPLIES (Full Line) ♦ MULCH LAYER MANUFACTURING Raised Bed & Flat Bed Buy Direct & Save ♦ PLASTIC MULCHES (VA We Try To Sell The Best & Leave The Rest - GEORGE W. COOK FARM MACHINERY, INC. Dispersal At Auction The undersigned in the process of selling the real estate is discontinuing his (arm machinery & equipment business and has authorized a dispersal at auction to be held at the George W Cook Farm Machinery property, 1/2 mile south of Route 44 & 22 intersection, Amema, New York Saturday, March 12,1988 10 a.m. Rain or Shine 10 a.m. Shop Tools & Equipment Hay Equipment Parts Tractors Loaders Backhoe Partial listing includes J 0 410 Industrial tractor w/loader & backhoe reconditioned, I H 2500 Series B Industrial tractor loader, reconditioned, J D 1520 OSL Tractor w/ 145 loader, reconditioned, JO 3020 diesel tractor w/ J 0 loader, JD 125 diesel skid steer loader, reconditioned, J 0 125 gas skid steer loader, reconditioned, Farmall 400 tractor, Oliver 770 gas tricycle, Oliver 680 gas wide front end & loader, Oliver 60 gas, tn, new tires, Oliver 66, gas wide Irani Haying equipment Fahr K H 40 Tedder, 4-star; Fahr KHSOO Tedder, 4-slar, N H 283 baler w/lhrower; N H 273 baler w/thrower, reconditioned, N H 271 baler w/lhrower, J D 24T w/lhrower, J 0 14T/1 H 1190 mower, cond , two N H 479 haybmes, recondlioned, N H 489 naybme, reconditioned, N H 474 haybme, reconditioned, I H SO rake, J D 1209 mow, cond , I H crimper, 3 wagon running gears Forage & tilling include NI Tandem manure spreader Forage includes, three N H 890 forage harvesters w/2-row corn head, one N H 890 (orage harvester W 2 row corn & PU head, N H 28 blower, new. N H 770 N 2 cornhead, I H 16 1-row (orage harvester, While 5400 Planl/Aire, 4 row w/momtor, While 543 4 row, no til plate planter, I H 2-row planter, While 548, 5-bottom 16' semi mid SAR plow Lawn & garden & small equipment include Homelile 4000 generator, like new, Homelile 3" trash pump, chair saws, J D 210,10 h p 39' cut lawn tractor, exc , Dynamark 8 h p 36" cut lawn tractor w/snow blower, Wheel Horse Iractor w/ new engine, 8 h p I H cub engine, rebuilt, Arctic Cal 340 Snowmobile and many other items 100 numerous to mention Shop Tools & Equipment "arlial listing includes 1987 elec bandsaw, Carroll Jamison Lathe w/all attachments. 4' bed, floor lacks, engine lilts, diesel injector nozzle tester, grinders, valve grinds, lire changing machine, Lincoln welder, drill press, M4W 540/1000 Dynamometer, parts and boll bins, hand tools, torque wrenches; air & impact tools, Couplemalic hydraulic hose make up unit, Flo rale tester, battery cnarger/booster, oil storage & dispensing equipment, wood desks, micro film printer & reader, tile cabinets. Sharp 5F726 copy machine, Coronet elec typewriter & stand, chairs, etc Parts include New 6 row Dickey-John monitor w/populalion counter, round bale feeder, asst wagon tires, new, [•ms, N H mow conveyer, new, wood stove, hot air duct, 78" bucket lor While Ford or Swartz k»der, Seven 6', new sections silo pipe, N H Fork bucket lor L 0400 skid loader, Esco 300 gallon “Ulk lank w/compressor, Green Saver spray attachment, two N H chopper spouts, new, rivet tools, misc N H parts, soda machines, fuel tanks & auxiliary fuel tank, While fender sets qly N H parts, bulk & containers and many other items too numerous to mention Terms of Sale: Cash or good check day of sale. New buyers must have a bank letter. D. LUTHER AUCTIONEERS Sale b V order of Amenia, New York Geor9e w - Cook ' lnc 914-373-9900/8215 Amenia ' New York NYS Toll Free 1-800-D.LUTHER USA Toll Free 1-800-372-0099 ETheT he questioned what will happen when the surplus appears again. “What will RCMA do when they need to dispose of milk in a flush season-- maybe even as soon as this spring?” Goldman asked. “We take all the milk whether we need it or not.” And he quoted Section 2.3 of the RCMA Bylaws that says RCMA can reblend its potential losses back to its members. Unlike RCMA officials, Goldman inter prets the wording of the bylaws to mean RCMA can recoop losses from members beyond the overor der premiums. Goldman said his company paid lower premiums to their RCMA members but this came about because Farmland had paid $46,000 into an RCMA escrow account for September milk under a special agreement. The agree ment was later declared invalid but the money in the escrow account has not been returned to Farmland. “That’s part of our legal suit,” Goldman said. Ely said, “We think highly of tourism in Lancaster County because it brings dollars into Pen nsylvania from out of state. In Lan caster County alone, 824 dairymen ship milk out of state to Order 2. If we had the total support of far mers, we could add $5,000 average per farm per year. That would be dollars from out of state back into the farm economy,” Ely said. £2lB} igfcJs mil & 1 mil) •/ ate. - ” k Vss R : A"' 4 n % . 4* Without RCMA, the share of the consumers milk dollar has gone down from 52% in 1981 to 44% in 1980; that’s a loss of 14%. Reli able economists are predicting continued downward prices for milk. “There’s really nothing FEBRUARY SAT. FEB. 27 - 9:3OAM Nice Lot Antiques, House hold, Glassware. At Red ding Auction Service located taking rt. 34, Vi mi. N. of Gettysburg, bear right at Y (at car wash) and con tinue 2 mi. on Table Rock Rd. to auction site. For Helen R. Hantz & Madalyn E. Hospeihom. C. David Redding, AucL SAT. FEB. 27-10 AM Furni ture & Antiques From Local Estates. Rudnick's Sates, Rt 213, Galena, MD. Harry Rudnick & Sons, Auct SAT. FEB. 27 - 12:00AM Real Estate. 11:00AM Per sonal Property. East Hemp field Township- Townhouse of Hilltop Farms. Located off Centerville Rd. in Lane. Co., PA. between Rt. 30 and Harrisburg Pike. Take Molt Rd., East off Centervil le Rd. to Winding Hill Dr. to Treetop Drive, follow to sale. Michael R. Horn Estate, Cristeen Horn, Exe cutrix. Steve & Steve Jr. Petersheim, Aucts. MON. FEB. 29 - 9AM Sale Of Restaurant Booths, HELP WANTED Modern dairy farm needs person to help with milking and care of 70 cow dairy herd with some field work. Lehigh Co., Pa. Can be full time or part time. Call 215-756-6993 • HUSKY "unequaled lor strength & durability” ImfilkHm, Silts And * 505 E Woods Drive Lititz, PA 17543 b9tm 717-626-1151 cooperatives can do to keep the price from slipping to $9.60 by 1990 ” Ely said. Even now, there are lots of farm sales. You may want to continue farming but your banker will make the decision. What we extract from ' /ft •t-tf : (H ■ # * : s f i 4 Junior All Pennsylvan Public Auction Register Lamps & Other Miscella neous Restaurant Equip ment, Practically New Booths. Must Be Seen To Be Appreciated. Located Soooperman, 185 Second Street, Highspire, Pa. (Continued from Page A 27) ASCS Programs, Wayne Kurtz, Wayne Co. Dairy Day, Wayne Co. Kenard-DaleH.S., 8 p.m. Ralph Veteran’s Memorial Armory. Travis. 717 382-4871. Honesdale. Soybean Management meeting, Friday, March 11 Memorial Lutheran Church, PA Jersey Club’s annual meeting, Orange & Penn Streets, Toftrecs Resort, State College, Shippensburg. through the 12th. Calf sale at 9 Agricultural Outlook meeting, a.m., March 12. Biglerville H.S. PA Guernsey Breeder’s annual Cecil Co., DHIA/Holstein Associ- meeting. Sheraton. Altoona, ation banquet, Sandy Cove, through the 12th. 7:15 p.m. Saturday, March 12 Maryland/Virginia Dairy Herd Md. Eastern Shore Calf sale, Hun meeting, Ruritan Grounds, Ber- ters Sale Bam, 11 a.m. ryville, Va., 10 a.m. N.E. Region Christmas Growers PA Lamb Checkoff meeting, 7:30 meeting, Split Rock Lodge, p.m., Wellsboro. Poconos, Lake Harmony. 24 Hrs 7 Days A Week Refriferation Service mm mm\& Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 27, IMB-A39 X Closing Date Monday 5 00PM ol each week s publication MARCH TUES. MAR. 1 - 9AM Mules, Full Line of Farm Equipment, Household Goods and Antiques. Located between Rt. 23 Farm Calendar HilS| MONTEREY SHOP • OVERHEAD GARAGE DOORS • DISTRIBUTOR & INSTALLATION 196 MONTEREY ROAD (717) 856-0513 BIRD-IN-HAND, BETWEEN 6:30 to PA 17505 7:00 A.M. Ephraim Stoltzfus - Proprietor - ‘ WblksSS* MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1988 9 a.m. Sale of Restaurant Booths, Lamps & Other Miscellaneous Restaurant Equipment, practically new booths. Must be seen to be appreciated. Located Scooperman, 185 Second Silage Pro™ Customers 86 Buy Direct and Save Call 1-800-624-7530 American Farm Products, Inc. the market could be increased by one-third if we had all the shippers as members. “What we are going to be able to do about the decreas ing milk price to farmers other than going to over-order pricing, I do not know,” Ely said. a Awa and 340 along Horseshoe Road dose to C.V. High School. Lancaster County, PA. Abram K. & Mary S. King, Owners. Robert E. & Jeffrey R. Martin, Aucts.
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