BATAVIA. N.Y.— RCMA President William Zuber with RCMA Attorney David P. O’Hara met Tuesday (Sept. 13) with rep resentatives of Gov. Mario Cuomo’s office and Agriculture and Markets Commissioner Donald Butcher regarding New York State’s Senate Bill No. 9166, commonly known as the Dairy Farmer’s Bill of Rights, which was vetoed Sept. 7 by the Governor. According to Zuber, “We were SPREAD’S THE WORD c -lApread’s the word at Ideal Industries with a of manure spreaders that are big on performance - but easy on your budget! Ideal’s Nu Hawk flail tank spreaders offer a more efficient, less'expensive solution to all your manure spreader needs. And Nu Hawk spreaders are competitively priced to provide a more economical way to fertilize and build up the organic matter in your soil. Built to meet your complete loading and spreading requirements, Nu Hawk spreaders provide a variety of features and options for consistent year round spreading of all types of manure. 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Once they destroy RCMA would produce legislation to pro- they will go back to their old prac tect farmers.” tice of paying no premiums at all.” Zuber added, that “Dealers, par- Syracuse attorney, O’Hara ticularly Farmland, have emphasized that “Federal legisla attempted to convince the Cover- tion similar to Senate Bill No. nor and the public that Senate Bill 9166 contains the language pro- No. 9166 would prevent dealers prietary dealers have advocated from paying higher prices to far- ***<l that statute has been used as mers.” In fact, said Zuber, “The sword against farmers. That legis- NUWMFK® W Jk JBW r’s Advisors \regionalcooperative\ \MARKETING AGENCY INC\ x naiAM lation was intended to protect far mers and ended up being amended by dealers to defeat its purpose. We want to be sure that opponents of Senate Bill No. 9166 are not able to the same thing here in New York.” ‘There are basic issues which need to be resolved. First, we don’t believe legislation aimed at pro tecting farmers should be modified to regulate the activities of farmers and farm associations such as RCMA. Secondly, there is a provi sion in the federal statute which waters down the legislation and the opponents of the bull want it added. We do not want to defeat the purpose of this bill,” Zuber added. Zuber emphasized “That the meeting led to a good faith exchange of ideas which may result in legislation protecting far mers’ rights, but there is a great deal of work to do.” Zuber also reviewed current RCMA activities and its efforts on behalf of Northeast dairy farmers: RCMA Membership RCMA membership continues to grow with 44 new members joining the organization in August. Every new member moves RCMA closer to its goal of higher over order premiums for all its members. RCMA Class I Differential The RCMA Board of Directors has set an RCMA Class I Differen tial of $.75 per hundredweight for October and November. 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WE SHIP UPS DAILY Efforts to Increase Dairy Farm Income A committee of RCMA dairy farmer directors met with rep resentatives from the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets to explore details of the Rogers-AUen Act RCMA offi cials are also in contact with lead ers in other states to seek ways to help prove the dairy situation throughout the region. Work Begins in Order #36 Farmland Dairies Farmland, by its refusal to pay the RCMA Class I Differential, continues to hold down RCMA premiums paid to all members. However, the list of Farmland shippers who are diverting their milk to handlers who do pay the RCMA Class I price, continues to grow.
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