A3O-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, April 24, 1993
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
The board of directors of the
Lancaster County Conservation
District have proclaimed April 25
- May 2 as Soil and Water Ste
wardship Week.
This year’s theme “Hands on
Healing,” emphasizes that the
greatest influence on the environ
ment comes from individuals
doing ordinary thoughtful tasks in
their neighborhoods. Churches,
local schools, and groups con
cerned with conservation in the
county will take a look at what
individuals can do to make a dif
ference with the environment.
The Lancaster County Conser
vation District has provided
materials to more than 30 groups
in the county in preparation for the
observance. Bookmarks, activity
Grange Testifies
On Milk Pricing
HARRISBURG
(Dauphin Co.) The
Pennsylvania State
Grange seeks a change
m the Milk Marketing
Act to permit the use of
statistics to help stabil
ize prices paid to
producers.
That was the message
delivered Wednesday
by State Grange during
testimony before the
Pennsylvania Milk
Marketing Board.
Robert Pardoe, a dairy
farmer from Northum
berland County and
chairman of the dairy
committee for the Pen
nsylvania Slate Grange,
told the board the wide
variation in Class I
prices lead to fluctuat
ing profits.
“Class 1 sales seem lo
vary very little through
out the year,” Pardoe
said. “Yet the farm
price of Class I varied
51.38 per hundred
weight m the last 12
months. Under our pre
sent pricing system,
when the Minncsota-
Wisconsin price
declines, it pulls the
Class 1 price down even
though sales remain the
same.”
Pardoe said Grange
policy calls for the use
of statistics from the
Pennsylvania Agricul
tural Statistics Service
as a base for quarterly
updating of milk prices
without holding hear
ings as required under
the current Milk Mark
eting Act. The Grange
also seeks the establish
ment of a formula simi
lar to the one developed
by Dr. Stephen Ford of
Penn Stale University.
“By using these sta
tistics for a cost of pro
duction plus a return for
labor and management,
the difference between
that figure and the
market price could be
covered by an over
order price,” Pardoe
told the board during
the meeting held at the
Farm Show Complex.
“A controlling factor
can be achieved with a
floor of 40 cents and a
District Proclaims Stewardship Week
booklets, and other educational
materials list 10 ways a person can
act to conserve the natural resour
ces we have here on our earth.
Conservation districts, which
work throughout the year on soil
and water conservation measures,
are encouraging individual
responsibility to care for the natur
al resources. Nationwide, nearly
3,000 conservation districts work
together with the National Associ
ation of Conservation Districts to
sponsor the annual week-long
observance.
Mowrer likes to point out that
there are millions of people who
know how to relate to the needs of
nature the farmers who work
the soil, the fishermen who follow
the streams, and the hunters who
value the woods.
drcdweight. I believe
such a formula could
bring some stability to
milk pricing for
farmers.”
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