House Ag, Rural Affairs Committee To Hear From PMMB
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) The stale House Agricul
ture and Rural Affair* Committee
is to meet Monday with members
of the Pennsylvania Milk Market
ing Board (PMMB) to discuss the
board’s current status.
The PMMB is an agency that
assures a safe, adequate supply of
milk at reasonable prices. It sets
retail shelf prices of drinking milk
and monitors and licenses the
industry and establishes reason
able trade control and marketing
practices.
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Over the last two years, the
PMMB has been operating with
insufficient funding and has had its
financial situation further agti
vated by cuts to its budget The
state funds are those generated by
taxes.
Because of the lack of funding,
the agency was reportedly in jeo
pardy of going out of business.
State Rep. Kenneth Cole, D-
Adams County, early this year said
he met with Gov. Robert Casey
and was assured that sufficient
state funds would be provided to
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the allow the board to stay in
operation.
A proposal from the state Office
of Budget, part of Casey’s admi
nistration, had included the elimi
nation of the total amount of state
funding for 1990-91 as part of list
of suggested cuts to current spend
ing in order to prevent Casey’s
budget from carrying a deficit for
the year.
A recent proposal from the
Casey administration for a
1991-92 new budget offers no state
support for the PMMB.
The meeting on Monday
between the board and members of
the House Ag and Rural Affairs
Committee has beat arranged by
Rep. Cole, chairman of the
committee.
‘The purpose of the meeting is
to hear a presentation from the
Milk Marketing Board on its activ
ities over the last few years,” Cole
said.
“The committee is anxious to
learn more about the issues on sur
rounding the Milk Marketing
Board and its impact on the dairy
industry. The committee will also
gain a thorough understanding of
the recent fiscal, managerial and
programmatic problems facing the
The Lancaster Farmland Trust, a nonprofit organization
that works to permanently preserve the county’s produc
tive farmland, will benefit from activities at the Ecology-ln-
Art show held In the Artworks at Doheckers Expo Center In
Ephrata, from April 13 to 28. Hours are 11:45 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
on Saturdays; noon to 4 p.m. on Sundays; and closed on
Wednesday.
In th« photo, Ephreta Artist J. Scott Wolf painted the origi
nal artwork that Is featured In the commemorative posters
for the event. Wolff will be available to sign his work on
Saturday, April 13, from 1 to 3 p.m.
Sponsors include Stauffer Energy Products; Turkey Hill
Dairy; Hi-Score Plant Food Company; Ephrata Diamond
Spring Water Company; Lancaster Ford Tractor; Esben
shade’s Greenhouses; Strathmeyer Forests; Doneckers;
and Paw Print Gallery.
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, April 6, IWI-A25
board.”
The meeting is being held in
conjunction with the Pennsylvania
Farmers Association’s legislative
day in Harrisburg on Monday.
Cole said all area fanners are
welcome to attend the meeting,
scheduled for 4 p.m. in Room 140
fo the Main Capitol Building.