A34-Uncast*r Fanning, Saturday, November 26,1988 Atlantic Dairy Coop (Continued from Pago Al) million net margin realized equaled 8.4 cents per hundred weight Member equity for the fis cal year reached $15.8 million. “These added dollars are a direct result of the merger and our ability to work with other cooperatives in our region,” Hand said. Milk production at 3.4 S billions pounds was down by 1.5 percent from the previous year. Hand cre dited the summer drought the herd buy-out program and farmers going out of the dairy business for the production drop. Farmers were able to maintain their level of income through the Atlantic’s success in securing $7.7 million dollars of over-order pre miums for members. Members can thank the cooperative and the working relationship between Atlantic’s buyers and both the Middle Atlantic Cooperative Milk Marketing Agency (MACMMA) and the Regional Cooperative Marketing Agency (RCMA) for that income boost. “We have a good relationship with our buyers, ” Hand said, “and they are aware of the difficulties on the farm. They have been very willing to negotiate over-order prices.” Since the time of the merger in February of 1987 $27 million has been paid out to members includ ing $16.7 million in equity, $2.6 million in quality premiums and $7.7 million in MACMMA and MILLER DIESEL INC. 6030 Jonestown Road Harrisburg, PA 17112 Phone 717-545-5931 - Interstate 81 Exit 26 ANOTHER SOLUTION TO HAZARDOUS WASTE! 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The first question: Who pays the drivers’ time spent in line at the plant waiting to unload. The second question: How does Atlantic prevent the loss of larger volume producers to independant buyers? The resolution failed which would have permitted Atlantic to pay premiums to members who produce larger volumes of milk failed to prevent them from going to independents. “When we lose a large producer we lose some of our efficiency. It’s more efficient to write one check for a larger volume of milk than several checks,” explained James R. Barnett, Member Relations Manager. “But many members feel that all producers should be treated equally and we should not make any concession to the larger producers.” But Barnett predicts that this is not the last members will see of premiums for the larger producers. The cooperative presently gives larger producers volume discounts on hauling. This idea was first dis cussed nearly ten years ago before being passed. A change in the dues structure and a change in the num ber of votes for large producers are also being discussed as incentives for the larger producers to stay with Atlantic although they have not reached the form of a resolu tion as yet. According to Barnett there was much discussion on the resolution to pay haulers for drivers’ waiting time in excess of three hours. Apparently this is a discussion which began nearly 15 years ago, according to Barnett. 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Members voted to share the costs of hauling milk from West of the Susquehanna River to the primary fluid markets in the Philadelphia-New Jersey area with its members located west of the river who have absorbed these increasing costs in the past. “As less farmers are located in Berks, Montgomery and Philadelphia areas our milk supply moves west while the bottlers and the markets remain or move farther east. Twenty years ago our supply, bot tlers and markets were located on one side of the river compared to today where the center of our supp ly is somewhere between the river and Carlisle and our plants have continued to move even farther cast to New Jersey. Check This Partial List For Top Quality Low-Priced Parts Just Check The Box “We feel this practice encour ages the farmer to call his field rep resentative to have it checked which saves the coop money rather than contaminating a whole truck load or a 50,000 gallon tank at the plant,” said Barnett. The cooperative is liable for milk which is contaminated at the plant which could run as high as 50,000 gallons. Fortunately nearly 90 percent of the plants ADC ships to screens truckloads before they are unloaded. A proposal which would have paid farmers 5 cents/CWT for meeting minimum standards on standard plate count, somatic cell count, or PI count and an addition al 5 cents should they meetall stan dards failed. According to Barnett members felt overall quality might suffer. Producers would be paid premiums for certain counts while another may be unacceptably high. Atlantic continues to wait for its sister cooperatives to approve pre mium payments for protein. To be successful the action needs 2/3 approval of the federal order. NAM BUSINESS NAMI ADDRESS CITY, STATE, ZIP. PHONE
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