A26-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 12, 1988 CAMP HILL Should Pen nsylvania dairy fanners set their own milk prices? “We must,” said Roy Romber ger, an official with Regional Cooperative Marketing Agency, in announcing meetings on over order pricing next week in Berks, Lebanon, Lancaster and Chester counties. RCMA’s director of market relations sees time running out on Pennsylvania dairymen. “Just how long can we wait for USDA or dealers to take action on plummeting milk prices?” he asked. We can blame cuts in support prices, Romberger points out. And we can waste a lot of time wonder ing what the price of cheese milk in Agricultural Land Preservation Meeting Several weeks ago, a meeting was held at the Brecknock Town ship Municipal Building where a representative from the Lancaster County Agricultural Preserve Board explained the concepts of how Agricultural Areas are created. Guidelines of the Pennsyl vania Act 43 while enables land owners to propose the creation of agricultural areas were explained. Wednesday, March 23, 1988, at 7:30 p.m. a follow-up meeting will be held to present proposed sketch es of 500, or more, adjoining acre plots to be considered as agricul tural security areas. This meeting will be held at the Brecknock Township Municipal Building in Fivepoinlville. Any person interested in learn ing more about how incentives to encourage farming and to discour age development in declared agri cultural areas and/or proposed ag areas for Brecknock Township, is invited to attend. Write For Brochures/Priccs Complete Line Of Quartz Clock Motors And Accessories Lowest Prices' Andy H. Weaver Box 109 F - W. Farmington, Ohio 44491 ALL ITEMS POSTPAID - PROMPT SHIPMENTS Phon* (216) 548-8799 TOLL FREE ORDER LINE 1-800-882-8799 Dairy Meetings Called To Boost Milk Checks Minnesota and Wisconsin has to do with Class I prices in Pennsyl vania, he said. Neither makes much sense to Romberger. Not for Northeast dairymen of handlers faced with a milk shortage. Not when 70-cow dairymen in Pennsylvania will see milk checks shrink by $8,300 in 1988. But the RCMA official says he does have an answer—over order pricing. RCMA has set a fair mark et price of $14.45. And have asked dealers and handlers to meet it. MAD LANCASTER FARMING FOR COMPLETE AND UP-TO-DATE MARKET REPORTS using milk premiums to make up the difference between RCMA’s and the federal order’s Class I price. Such over order pricing will be among the major topics on the agenda at the March meetings, he said. It’s not a new idea, either. According to Romberger, dairy farmers in 30 major U.S. markets now receive such premiums. RCMA happens to be one of the biggest bargaining agencies with 22,000 members in 11 northeast Dedication and Dependability... Palmyra/Myerstown Kennett Square/Thorndale Lancaster Andrew C. 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