Agency Farmers Rally To Get Majority Support MEDINA, Ohio “Just ten months ago consumers were pay ing prices for dairy products that returned nearly $l6 per cwt to dairy farmers in eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. Since then, the demand for dairy products has remained strong, but because our (dairy far mers) milk price is determined on national marketing conditions, it has already dropped more than $3 per cwt from last year. Looking at 1991, it is expected that blend Companion Hybrids For Pennsylvania Give You A Better Shot At A Bigger Yield. EARLY MATURITY DK 524 • Consistent high yields, grain or silage • Very good plant health, excellent staygreen • Excellent drydown • 100-day relative maturity ; "S33S TWsVW ,-A . " V. ijmxMxsxaMwsjsaxsi: WEAVER'S liw wiiiwmw* HUBER'S ANIMAL HARDWARE CO. ’l$X D al |. HEALTH RD 4125 rUT SUPPLIES FlMtwood, PA Jsi*... Z\ 810 Tulpehockan Rd. 215-944-7681 Myaratown, PA 717-866-2246 BRANDT'S FARM c.B. HOOBER 6®¥Hi & SON INC. 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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 Spread your risk and avoid a hurry-up harvest with this team of top-yielding com hybrids from DEKALB *«»**«»* wsw»w*ssa wjssswsws Put Tingley Boot Under Your Tree This Christmas! TINGLE This is particularly disturbing since just a few months ago, con 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. 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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 8, 1990-A35 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 ;»XK9SSSX93]e£SS3»3»K»g9( 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. 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