The Farmers Side Of The Story
We the undersigned producers are diverting our milk or have left
Farmland permanently, not because we want to put Farmland out of
business, but because Farmland refuses to co-operate with R.C.M.A. or to
even sit down with Farmland producers as a group to discuss the issues.
Farmland must think our memories are pretty short when they say
Farmland has never turned away milk. We here in Northeastern Pa. all
have friends and neighbors who were dropped by Farmland. They were
dropped because they weren’t making enough milk or were not easily
accessible to tractor trailers.
We ask you to consider the following. According to the U.S. Dept, of
Agriculture, in 1980, dairymen were getting 52% of the consumers dollars
spent for dairy products. In 1986, they were only getting 44%. With milk at
$2.00 a gallon this is a loss of .16 per gallon or $1.85 per hundred.
WHO’S POCKETS DID THIS END UP IN!
Why did it take Farmland until August, 1987 to share some of this in
the form of a .15 premium? Was it because R.C.M.A. announced an
over-order price for September?
We ask all dairymen to Join with us and make over-order pricing a
continuous program as it is in the Midwest. Lets keep R.C.M.A. working
for us so all handlers are charged the same and all producers are paid the
same.
If we stand together R.C.M.A. will work and it will improve the income of
all dairymen in the Northeast. If we allow ourselves to be bought off or
scared off, then we will have lost our last chance to help ourselves and
many of us may find we can no longer afford to dairy.
Paid for by Independent producers of N.E. Pa. Helping to build a
healthier American. If you would like to talk to us about R.C.M.A. call any
of the following.
Ed Jonas
717-448-2192
John Pawloski
717-698-5422
John Castroglovanni Bill Bonham
717-278-3694 717-434-2428
Joe Krompasky
717-689-4458
Manuel Diaz
717-434-2512
Ed Baker
717-437-2880
Dale Lovell
717-494-1090
George Sheypuk
717-222-4411
Donn Fetterolf
814-349-8213
Kevin Burleigh
717-448-2950