SYRACUSE,
N.Y. Sponsors of the Leo
Briggs Memorial are seeking to
award a young farm couple with a
fully- sponsored trip to die United
Dairy Industry Association's
Annual Meeting.
This year's couple will travel to
San Antonio. Texas, on Sept
10-11.
The Briggs Memorial Award
was established in 1983 following
the untimely death of Leo Briggs.
Mr. Briggs was a dairy industry
leader both regionally and nation
ally, heavily involved in milk
promotion and the cooperative
effort.
The goal of this memorial in his
honor is to encourage interest and
involvement in dairy promotion
among young farm families.
To qualify for the award, nomi
nees must be a member of a dairy
cooperative.
In order to apply, a letter of sup
port must be submitted by the
applicant's cooperative. In addi
tion, each couple applying must
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write a letter relaying their reasons
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well as a description of their farm
background.
To be considered for nomina
tion, applicants must be 3S years of
age or under and must ship milk
within Federal Order 2 or the New
York State Order.
The deadline for entries is July
25. They should be sent to: Leo
Briggs-Memorial, Mr. Rick Naczi,
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) The Pennsylvania State
Grange is pleased with the recent
announcement by the Pennsylva
nia Milk Marketing Board
(PMMB) to continue supporting
dairy farmers with the over-order
price of $ 1.05 per hundred pounds.
“Even though the Grange testi
fied on behalf of continuing the
over-order price of $1.35 per hun
dredweight (cwt) until December,
we are happy that support will con
tinue to be given to dairy farmers,”
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Council (ADADC) at (315)
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The committee is also looking
for corporate and/or individual
sponsorships in order to help con
tinue the award.
Spiraling travel fees make it dif-
said William Ringler, state master
of the Grange.
The over-order price was raised
lastNovembertosl.3s fitomsl.os
because of the increase in fuel
prices brought on by the Persian
Gulf War.
Since March 1990, the Order 2,
Class 1 price of milk dropped close
to $4.00 per cwt. This drop from
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farm price of milk below the cost
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ficult to continue the awards prog
ram based on initial contributions
from 1983. Contributions can be
mailed to the same address listed
above. Checks should be made
payable to: Leo Briggs Memorial
Scholarship.
The program is currently being
administered through the Ameri
can Dairy Association and Dairy
Council.
according to Ringler.
“I'm sure dairy farmers around
the state are relieved with the
PMMB's decision,” Ringler said.
“With increases of 6 percent for
labor, 10 percent for gasoline, and
24 percent for fertilizers, the dairy
farmer needs as much assistance as
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The annual Soil and Conservation
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will be held at The New Villa Inn
in New Cumberland, Pa. It will
feature several prominent speakers
for biological farming.
The featured speakers for
Thursday, July 18 will be William
Holmburg, an energy and environ
mental consultant from Washing
ton, D.C., and Taze L. Senn, pro
fessor of horticulture from Clem
son University, Clemson, S.C.
The featured speakers for Fri
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The awards committee includes:
Ron Harris, committee chairman,
American Dairy Association and
Dairy Council; Jim Patsos, United
Dairy Services; and Leila Briggs,
widow of Leo Briggs.
For further information on the
award, call ADADC at (315)
472-9143. ADADC is a dairy
marketing association funded by
dairy producers from New York,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
he can get.”
The Grange is a fraternal organi
zation voicing the opinions of far
mers and rural people in Pennsyl
vania. With membership 0f40,000
in the state and 325,000 nation
wide, the Grange is one of the
largest farming and rural organiza
tions in the country.
Charleston, Mo. and Dr. Akhtar
Khwaja, of K-Ag Laboratories
International, Inc. Oshkosh, Wis.
Featured speakers for Saturday,
July 20 will be Dr. Daniel Skow of
International Ag Labs, Inc. Fair
mont, Minn., and the editor of
“Acres USA,” Charles (Chuck)
Walters Kansas City, Mo.
The conference is sponsored by
J&J Agri-Products & Services,
Inc., 220 South Second St., Dills
burg, PA 17019.
For further information, call
(800) 233-0138. Seminar fees are
$75 per person, $lOO per husband
and wife.
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