United Dairy Seeks Premium Increase HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) United Dairy Services President Edward D. Anna recen tly asked the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board to raise the mini mum Class I premium above the current $1.35 per hundredweight (cwt). Mr. Anna was speaking at a hearing held May 9 at Harrisburg in support of the entire rural eco nomy that is currently in a crisis state due to a 30 percent decline in dairy farmer milk income. Anna said that the $1.35 pre mium was originally set when far mers were receiving over $l3 per cwt, and now with farmers receiv ing only $ll per cwt a premium higher than $ 1.35 is warranted and will have no adverse impact on consumers. Anna also said his retail store survey information indicated con sumers in Pennsylvania pay less for the milk than consumers in ££*«* c,,o ar HOG PRODUCTION Products And Programs FEEDS KM Complete Feeds KM Concentrates KM Base Mixes Custom Formulated Feeds GENETICS P.I.C. Genetics Camborough 15 Gilts HY Boars Line 26 Boars Pigtales - Record Keeping System Service Programs - Management Advice Sow Contracts Finishing Contracts Supplying Quality Feeder Pigs With PIC Genetics Clean and Sanitized Trucking Call - The Keystone Mills Hog Group - Today KEYSTONE MILLS R. 0.3 Ephrata, PA 17522 (717)354-4616 Quality Products - Quality Service neighboring states including New York, and that all comsumers are getting more than their money's worth. United Dairy Services under Mr. Anna provide marketing and management services to farmers in the Progressive Milk Producers Cooperative and others located in Pennsylvania and New York. In his testimony before the PMMB, Anna said that with 24 percent of the nation's population in the Northeast and only 18 per cent of the nation's milk supply, the region has a shortage of milk. Dairy foods must be imported into this area to meet the con sumers' demand for these products. In the last three to four years, major dairy manufacturing plants have been closed in Allentown, and in the New York communities of Horseheads, Cochocton, and Elbridge. The closings were due in PROGRAMS <Ss.xui.nq cSfqxicuftuxs — f&W part to the lack of an adequate supply of farm milk at a reasonable price. Anna said that he is concerned that the continuation of inadequate income to the Northeast dairy far mers will drive more families off the farms and onto the public dole. The loss of additional farmers will further shrink the available milk supplies and make it difficult for local manufacturers to keep their plants open to meet the needs of Northeast consumers. In other testimony by econom ists from the Springfield Bank for Cooperatives and Penn State and a number of farmers, the cost to pro duce milk on the farm was shown to be well over $l4 per cwt With a current income base of just over $ll per cwt, Anna asked the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board to raise its minimum pre mium above the current $1.35. He said that neighboring states have set about to follow Pennsylvania's lead in trying to meet the needs of the farm economy. In addition he said that regional bargaining cooperatives should follow suit and try to raise farm income over currect the market price. » * 1975 Route 336 Romulus, NY 14541 (315) 549-8226 The next step is looking at how much the vitamins including B, D, E, thiamine and riboflavin are affected. Food irradiation has been approved for limited use in the United States since 1963, when “radurization“ of wheat and pota toes was permitted by the FDA, according to the organization. It has been in use more than, a decade in other countries, where more than 35 nations now use it. According to ‘ ‘Food Irradiation: Benefits and Concerns,” by Thay er from the “Journal of Food Qual ity,” ionizing irradiation has been proposed for many other types of uses, including: • Insect disinfestation of grain; dried spices, vegetables, or fruits; and fresh fruits. • Inhibition of sprouting in tub ers and bulbs. • Alteration of postharvest ripening and senescence of fruits. ■ Inactivation of protozoa or helminths in meats and fish. • Elimination of spoilage microorganiisms from fresh fruits PAUL B. F3R PAUL B. ZIMMERMAN, INC. ups) «■*- (7m7»u2i I • HARDWARE ■ FARM SUTOJBS • CUSTOM MANUFACTURING ■ CRANE SERVICE Food Irradiation kGy. “What we are saying is that the 3-kilo Gray limitation approved by the FDA should pro vide ample protection for poul try,” said Thayer. What the research found was that, in the presence of air and near room temperature, more Sal monella bacteria were killed. Vitamins affected BOiiQliOfl@l?Diiili]OQ Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 18, 1991-A39 (Continued from Pago AM) and vegetables. • Paslueuriziation of steriliza tion of dried spices and vegetables. • Extension of shelf life of meats, poultry, fish, or shellfish. * Elimination of bacterial pathogens from meats, poultry, fish, or shellfish. * Sterilization of foods and feeds. According to several sources, when combined with refrigeration, irradiation can extend the shelf life of fresh meats from several days to several weeks. Working with the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, and after the results are in, food irradia tion will be in use by packagers. One such packager. Vindicator, in Florida, is experimenting with irradiation using electron beams that X-rays like those in use in den tal offices. The food will have to cany the label the international irradia tion symbol (a flower design). Soon afterward, many consum ers may'have a higher degree of confidence that what they are pur chasing is a safer product because of irradiation, said Thayer. “Poultry irradiated under prop er conditions will be wholesome, may have an extended shelf life when properly refrigerated, and will have a significantly improved microbiological safety,” said Thayer. Irradiation in use
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