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Get Majority Support
MEDINA, Ohio “Just ten
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ing prices for dairy products that
returned nearly $l6 per cwt to
dairy farmers in eastern Ohio and
western Pennsylvania.
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dairy products has remained
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mers) milk price is determined on
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has already dropped more than $3
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1991, it is expected that blend
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Pennsylvania will average
between $11.25 and $11.75 per
hundredwight(cwt),” said Lowell
Friedline, dairy farmer from
Somerset County Pennsylvania.
Friedline, also a director for the
Producers’ Equalization Agency
(Agency) added, “We produce a
nutritious products, spend money
advertising it and have created a
strong demand, but this is self
defeating because we do not have
a mechanism to price our product
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sumers locally were paying prices
for dairy products which yielded
us a reasonable milk price.”
“In order to have a healthy
dairy industry in eastern Ohio and
western Pennsylvania, we (dairy
farmers) need to establish a
mechanism to price our product.
This can only be done if the vast
majority of dairy farmers agree to
price their milk through a pricing
agency. Although this may seem
difficult since dairy farmers by
nature are independent it can be
done if an organization was
designed in a manner that was
acceptable to both independent
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dairy farmers and dairy farmers
who ship their milk through a
cooperative. I feel the Agency is
this type of organization, but to
become operational the vast
majority of dairy farmers in east
ern Ohio and western Pennsylva
nia need to sign an agreement to
mutually price their milk,” said
Jim Woods, independent dairy
farmer from Mercer County Pen
nsylvania.
Woods added, “The Agency is
a dairy farmers’ organization with
a goal to price milk at a level that
will return to dairy farmers at least
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a $1 over-order premium. Dairy
farmers can achieve this goal by
gaining the acceptance from the
vast majority of dairy farmers in
this market to mutually price their
milk so local milk processors will
not be disadvantaged.
“If dairy farmers want a better
price, they need to become
involved by pricing their milk. So
do something about your future,
become involved and attend the
next Agency meeting in your area
or call 1-800-875-2250,” Woods
said.
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