A2O-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, June 30,1990 CAMP HILL (Cumberland Co.) The slate’s largest farm organization said today that it was disappointed that the Casey Admi nistration cut $300,000 of general fund appropriations from the budget of the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board (PMMB). Eith W. Eckel, president of the Pennsylvania Farmer’s Associa tion (PFA), urged “reconsidera tion and restoration of the $300,000 general fund cuts in the PMMB’s budget.” In a letter to Governor Robert P. Casey the farm leader wrote that PFA supported an amendment (Act 13S) to the Milk Marketing Law in 1988 giving the PMMB authority to increase administra tive fees, which can be imposed on all segments of the milk mark eting industry. The legislation was introduced and passed at the urg ing of the Casey Administration. “We supported that legislation in the face of considerable resis tance . .., realizing that it was important for the milk industry to do its fair share to supplement the strong and continued commitment of Commonwealth funds in the administration of the impotant functions of the Milk Marketing Board.” “At no time during the period of consideration and enactment of Act 13S was there any discussion that the $300,000 raised by fee increases was intended to replace the commitment of monies from the general fund. Nor was there any expression of any intent by your administration to reduce budgetary commitments of gener al fund monies in response to increases in revenues resulting from (passage of) Act 135. “In light of this action, we who supported Act 135 feel betrayed by the recent effort by your admi nistration to cut $300,000 of gen eral fund monies from the PMMB A Proven Machine For Weed Control WITH THE WORLD’S TOUGHEST CUTTER BAR • A heavy-duty industrial engine • All-gear direct drive transmission with heavy duty automotive type clutch (no v-belts or chains) • Splinded shaft take-off for consistent power to PFA Disappointed With Milk Board Budget (budget).” PMMB performs “an integral service to all aspects of milk pro duction, marketing and consump tion in Pennsylvania. “The establishment of over- SYRACUSE. N.Y.— Dairylea Cooperative Inc. has announced its plans to build a new corporate headquarters at Brittonfield, the SB-acre office park in the town of DeWitt. Dairylea. is purchasing a 4'/i -acre lot from the Brittonfield Office Park owner, Buckley Road Properties Inc., according to Dairylea officials. The cooperative’s 16,000-square-foot, single-story building will be designed by Fuligni-Fragola and constructed by Heuber-Breuer Construction Co., both of Syracuse. Approximately 40 Dairylea employees will be involved in the move from their existing offices at 831 James Street in Syracuse. The relocation is expected to be com pleted by the beginning of 1991. PTO-driven attachment Dairylea Moves Headquarters To Office Park I • 11' II fill For Using FARMER BOY AG Equipment Their All New Grower/Finisher Unit Farmer Boy Ag Bins & Automatic Feed System FARMER BOY AG-Authorized Heat System Master Distributor Multifan m Fans * * Farmer Boy Ag Has The Ideal Solution For Ventilation Control With The “NEW” Computerized Climate Controller! - Financing Available - order producer premiums and other regulatory measures by the board have been hailed by milk marketing experts both within and outside Pennsylvania,” Eckel said in his letter. The 83-year-old cooperative has been located in Syracuse since 1982. It also maintains a member testing laboratory in Syracuse. “We are excited about the new building and the convenient new location,” said Clyde E. Ruther ford, president of Dairylea Cooperative Inc. “Since divesting of our manufacturing operations on late 1988, the cooperative has been more competitive, has estab lished innovative member pro gramsand services, and has gener ated a strong earnings stream. Moving to our new headquarters complements the cooperative’s new focus and will allow us to continue our progress with a streamlined management and sup port group.” Brittonfield is located immedi ately west of, and adjacent to. JOHN PFLEEGER .1 I IW From The Staff SPECIAL EQUIPMENT FEATURES: *M(ode*n,<Rg_ "Systems^ Feeders “If the board is to continue to remain responsive to the needs of the milk industry and to.milk marketing conditions existing within our Commonwealth, suffi cient funding must continue," he Interstate 481, just north of New York State Thruway Exit 34A. Dairylea Cooperative Inc. is a farmer-owned dairy cooperative with 2,300 farmer members Milk Production Down HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Milk production in Pennsylva nia during May totaled 887 mil lion pounds, down 3 percent from May 1989 production, according to the Pennsylvania Agricultural Statistics Service (PASS). The number of milk cows in the state during the month averaged 677,000 head, down 3,000 head from April and 18,000 less than the previous May, PASS reported. Production per cow averaged 1,310 pounds, up 70 pounds from Muncy, PA nuuninia stablin 9 - Production Contracts Available * Cut concluded PFA is a general farm organiza tion with 23,000-plus family members in Pennsylvania and is affiliated with the American Farm Bureau Federation. throughout the Northeast It parti cipates in a milk marketing net work stretching from Maine to Pennsylvania and Boston, MA, to Buffalo, NY. April 1990 but unchanged from May 1989. In the 21 major producing states. May milk production tot aled 11.2 billion pounds, up 2 per cent from the same month last year. The number of milk cows in those 21 states averaged 8.51 mil lion head, 6,000 less than May 1989. Production per cow was 1,317 pounds, 43 pounds more than April and 22 pounds above the previous May. In
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