HARRISBURG (Dauphjn Co.)
With milk prices continuing to
drop, dairy fanners are becoming
anxious about what they see as an
unfair pricing system. The Pen
nsylvania State Grange continues
to fight for these farmers and work
with them to promote their cause.
In the past year, both the state
and the national Grange have lis
tened to the concerns of dairy far
mers, testified at hearings, and
promoted the establishment of a
base price for manufactured milk
to cover the average cost of milk
production and a two-tier price
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State Grange Supports Dairy Issues
plan, according to Brenda Sham
baugh, legislative director for the
Pennsylvania State Grange.
“We are a grass-roots organiza
tion which gets all its legislative
policies, including those related to
dairy issues, from our members,”
Shambaugh said.
Robert Pardoe, State Grange
dairy chairman and dairy fanner,
testified before the USDA and the
Pennsylvania Milk Marketing
Board (PMMB) on a number of
issues. The State Grange recom
mended the continuation of the
$1.05 per cwt over the market
let lower prices
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price of Class I milk in Pennsylva
nia. The PMMB has approved
continuation. PMMB heard testi
mony from the State Grange con
cealing rising fuel costs and a
Sharp decline of M-W price. The
State Grange also testified before
the USDA about maintaining the
status quo in the federal milk order
system.
“Milk prices are continuing to
fall,” Pardoe said, “and we arS
aware of the concern of dairy far
mers. We must realize that while
prices are currently lower than
normal ($11.11), this drop came
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after an extremely high price
($15).”
On a national level, the Grange
has recently sent proposals for a
national supply management
program to the USDA, according
to Leroy Watson, legislative rep
resentative. This program recog
nizes regional differences based
upon the amount of production,
availability to markets, or percen
tage of regional dairy production.
On a related issue, the State
Grange supports the establishment
of a program to control and eradi
cate bovine leukemia virus
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