Farm Calendar
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ing, 7:30 p.m. Ringoes Grange
Hall, Ringoes, NJ.
Drought Disaster Meetings “How
it applies to York Co.„ Airville
Fire Hall, 10-11:30 a.m, Jeffer
son Fire Hall, 1:30 to 3 p.m. and
Dover High School, 7:30 to 9
p.m.
Friday, October 14
Choice Plus Club Calf Sale, Mer
cer 4-H Park, Mercer 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 15
Food for Peace Regional Confer
ence, David Mead Inn, Mead
ville, 12 noon.
Monday, October 17
Park City Farm Week, 17 through
21.
Penn State Tax Workshop
through Oct 18, Souderton, 12
miles south of Quakertown on
RL 309, 2 miles west on Rl
113. Family Heritage restaur
ant, Franconia.
Atlantic Dairy Coop Dist. 32 meet
ing, 7 p.m., Virginville Grange.
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Tuesday, October 18
Franklin Co. Holstein Sale, 7 p.m.,
Chambcrsburg.
Thursday, October 20
National Poultry Health meeting,
Sheraton Fontainebleau, Ocean
City, Md.
Penn State Tax Workshop,
through 21st Route 220, Arena
Restaurantnorth of turnpike
Interchange.
Feeder Calf Sale. Mercer Lives
tock Auction, Mercer 7 p.m.
Park City Farm Show, Lancaster,
through the 22nd.
Friday, October 21
Dairymen Luncheon meeting,
Sheraton Inn, Gettysburg,
12:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 22
Western PA Pork Producers Day,
Cranberry Motor Lodge, War
rcndale, 9 a.m.
Antique Engine Tractor and Toy
Club meeting, Kempton Fire
Hall, 6:30 p.m.
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Eastern Reports Record Cash Bonuses
SYRACUSE, N.Y.— Hasten
Milk Producers Cooperative
reported lower sales and proceeds
for the 1988 fiscal year, but also
announced a record payout of $3.2
million in cash bonuses to its
farmer-owners.
Eastern marketed 2.1 billion
pounds of milk for its members
during the fiscal year ending
March 31,1988, resulting in sales
of $261 million and net proceeds
of $139,000. Those audited results
compare with sales of $298.6 mil
lion and net proceeds of $233,000
for fiscal 1987. In fiscal ’B7 the co
op marketed 2.33 billion pounds of
milk.
‘The sales decline resulted from
a drop in government-controlled
milk prices, and from lower vol
ume due to a high percentage of
Northeast dairy farmers going out
of business,” General Manager
Michael Donovan said during the
co-op’s annual meeting OcL 4-5 in
Syracuse, N.Y.
R. La Verne McCarty, the dairy
farmer president of Eastern’s
board of directors, noted that the
reduced net proceeds were partly a
result of the cooperative’s decision
early in the fiscal year to pay far
mers directly all premiums (or
cash bonuses) that Eastern was
able to negotiate with customers.
These premiums were above the
government-set price for fanners’
raw milk.
Eastern farmers received in
excess bf $2.7 million in premiums
obtained from customers -- plus,
Eastern paid out nearly $300,000
from its own coffers as special fall
premiums. The fall premium prog
ram - designed to encourage far
mers to shift milk production away
from the “spring flush” period to
the fall when milk volumes are
lower - “accomplished its objec
tive and provided the cooperative
with additional fall milk to meet its
contractual requirements,” Dono
van said.
The general manager also com
mended the employees of East
ern’s Dairy Products Division for
record sales of $8.2 million and
profitable operations for the 9th
consecutive year. The division,
with offices in Canton, operates
six dairy stores in Pennsylvania
and New York, and product deliv
ery routes covering 30,000 cus
tomers in an 11-state area.
“This division, which is being
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restructured as a wholly-owned
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ers, is continuing to aggressively
expand both store sales and its rur
al route distribution with positive
results for its cooperative owners,”
Donovan said.
In the election of offices Thurs
day afternoon, R. La Verne McCar
ty, Forksville, was re-elected pres
ident, George Haddad, Bain
bridge, NY, re-elected treasurer
and C. Lee Greenwalt, Lawrence
ville, re-elected secretary.
Lewis Gardner, Galeton, was
elected vice-president and Ed
Schoen, Phelps, was elected assis
tant secretary-treasurer.
Harold Bailey, State College,
was elected director from District
13 to replace retiring director Nor
man Fyock, Osterburg. Other
directors are: Robert Gable, New
port; George Mesick, South Scho
dack, NY; Erwin Clark, Vergen
nes, VT; Ralph Densiow, Boonvil
le, NY; and Noel Davis, Unadilla,
NY. Also, Lee Ressler, Conestoga;
Merle Colwell, Wendsor, NY;
Dale Paulhamus, Jersey Shore;
Timothy Bryant, Pawlet, VT;
George Fuller, Cohocton, NY; and
Charles Freligh, Coyuga, NY.