BY
MARY LARGER.,
HAGEMEISTER
Dauphin Co. Correspondent
DAUPHIN (Dauphin Co.)
The importance of dairy produc
tion is felt by both the fanner and
consumer. On November 10-,. 70
people gathered in Dauphin for the
annual Dauphin County Dairy
Herd Improvement Association
meeting. In addition to the busi
ness at hand, the association also
paid special recognition to those
dairy herds in the county that have
displayed outstanding productivi
ty in the past year.
Many awards woe granted the
top 10 herds in fat production.
Those receiving awards were Rest
ful Acres in Hershey with 793
pounds, Alwine Farms in Middle
town with 761 pounds. My Favo
rite Holsteins in Elizabethville
with 757 pounds, Crissinger Dairy
Farm in Gratz with 756, Catalpa
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Farms in Middletown with 749
pounds. Toby T Farms in Halifax
with 745 pounds, Irvin Martin in
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pounds, John Hertzler in Eli
BATAVIA, N.Y.— The Board
of Directors of the Regional
Cooperative Marketing Agency,
at a meeting in Albany Nov. 10,
1989, established the following
premiums to be distributed to its
dairy fanner members for July
1989:
New England 250 per cwL
Non-New England 210 per cwl
Order 36 160 per cwL
Payment of the premiums is
contingent upon handlers pay
ing their outstanding debts to
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zabethtown with 660 pounds, and
Lytle Farms in Middletown with
651 pounds.
In addition, three herds com
pleted the test year with average
somatic cell counts below 200,000
RCMA for July and August •'
The Board is committed to col
lecting all outstanding obligations
so it can continue to meet the
organization’s goals to its mem
bers. RCMA has received assis
tance from the New York Depart
ment of Agriculture in its efforts
to collect money.
“We are confident that we will
collect all money due RCMA,”
said Carmen L. Ross, executive
director and general manager.
“Already several handlers have
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on a regular test These farms were
Catalapa Farms with a count of
116,000, Alwine Farms with a
count of 171,000, and Paul E.
Clugston with a count of 176,000.
settled their debts for July based
upon RCMA’s actions. We have
every reason to believe the other
handlers will fall in line and make
payments of their outstanding
obligations. We will continue our
efforts to collect money owed to
the oiganization.”
Obviously, all payments to
members are contingent upon col
lection of money from handlers.
The Board also set an over
order price for December Class I
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On the association’s board of
directors are Tom Tobias, Ray
Kennedy, Dale Brandt, Leon Cris
singer, Dennis Miller, Robert Oel
lig, Ron Kopp, Ty Long, David
Feldt, and Dale Faust.
(fluid) milk of SO cents in New
England and 65 cents in Western
New York. The organization is
continuing to operate pools in
these areas because there is a high
er percentage of membership
among dairy farmers.
RCMA is a bargaining organi
zation that sets an over-order price
higher than the Class I milk price
set by the government. It collects
that price and distributes it in the
form of premiums to its members.
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