828-LancMt*r FanrUng, Saturday, March 5, 1994 STRONGSVILLE, Ohio Securing a more equitable price for members, strengthening the cooperative’s customer relation ships and advancing MMl’s value-added position in the mark etplace arc the primary challenges facing Milk Marketing Inc., CEO Don Schrivcr told delegates at their recently held annual meeting. “Positive tilings are happen ing,” Schriver said. He said progress is being made to resolve some of MMl’s key market challenges in Federal Orders 33 (the Ohio Valley area) and 36 (eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania). Processor and pro ducer groups, and the Ohio Department of Agriculture are sit ting down together to recommend a structure that would bring more equity and stability to that region. “We’re optimistic,” said Schriver, who remarked that MMl’s Class I sales in F.O.s 33 and 46 (Kentucky and southern Indiana) are up 22 million pounds per month over year ago levels. “MMI is still the dominant sell er of fluid milk within its eight state region, but we can’t lose site of the fact that Class I the tradi tional source for securing the highest over-order premiums and highest value for milk is under CIBA Announces Intention MISSISSAUGA, Ontario The Plant Protection Division of Ciba Canada announced its inten tion to seek a buyer for its five year-old Trichogramma biological control business unit, including a pilot-production facility in Guelph, Ontario. The Trichogramma Research and Development Project was es tablished by Ciba in 1989, in par- tnership with the Ontario Tech nology Fund, the Ontario Ministry of the Natural Resources and the universities of Guelph and Toron to, to develop an effective, natural control for spruce budworm infes tation in Canadian forests and in sect pests in agricultural crops. Ciba opened the Guelph-based Do you have to sacrifice yield and quality to get winterhardiness? Cimarron Vß and Belmont varieties stand-up to cold weather and harsh winter conditions without sacrificing yield or quality! These varieties can be harvested earlier in the spring and later in the fall to give higher yields, and a more even distribution of yield over the season. And because they are vigorous, they can be cut more frequently to give softer, leafier hay. Why settle for late-starting, slow-growing, short-season alfalfa. 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One year ago, at the 1992 annu al meeting, MMI announced the beginnings of an international strategic alliance with the Dutch cooperative, Campina Melkunie’s American division, DMV USA. The two cooperatives have agreed to exchange and mix successful marketing components for example. MMl’s milk supply location with DMV’s research and marketing capabilities to bene fit both organizations. To date in 1993, DMV has marketed 36 million pounds of manufactured product for MMI. That is equal to nearly one million pounds per day of raw milk. “How long will this last?” pilot plant in September of 1992 to massproduce Trichogramma minutum and brassicae and cur rently employs five technicians and five scientists. The fully equipped and functioning Guelph plant has a replacement value of more than $1 million and total in vestment in the project, by Ciba and its partners, exceeds $6 mil lion. ‘The decision to sell our inter est in the Trichogramma project follows a review of global re search and development priorities by our insect control business unit Alfalfa Question: The Answer: No. 800-572-4018 asked Rod Carlson referring to the question on the minds of many delegates effected by the reduc tion of premiums, last August, in F.O.s 33 and 36. “We are encouraged that pro cessors in Ohio have shown enough concern over the situation to sit down at the bargaining table under the auspices of the state director of agriculture,” he said. “We’re making progress toward establishing a balancing pool.” And once established, the next step would be to re-establish qual ity premiums, Carlson said. Changing markets, member ship, government support, and customers are now the norm, reported MMI chairman of the board Herman Brubaker, and he said that new norm will have a tre mendous effect on MMl’s markets. California is now the largest dairy producing state, replacing the near century-long leader Wis consin. “Suddenly we are not sell ing milk and dairy products to those markets. They are selling tc ours,” said Brubaker. “We deal To Sell Unit in Basle, Switzerland,” said Bill Harris, president of Ciba Plant Protection. “The review recogniz ed that the Canadian forestry mar ket for Trichogramma may not provide the needed return on our investment to justify further fund ing requirements.” Trichogramma is the name for a group of tiny parasitic wasps that destroy the eggs of budworm and other insects which threaten cer tain crops and trees. For more information, contact David Bushed, bio-logicals man ager, (905) 821-4420. BELMONT F«sl Growing Alfalfa 703-434-6753 weekly with milk coming in from those areas that compete for sales that we, as a regional milk sup plier, have had for years.” And the only way to deal with this changing environment is to work together “two heads are better than one” to promote a self-help approach to industry problems. “Self-help is our best chance to take control of our own future as dairy farmers. This program, now before the House and Senate Agri culture committees, is not only the best shot it’s our only shot,” said MMTs chairman. Cost efficiency and positioning continue to be the focus of MMl’s financial goals, reported Merle Koppenhafer, MMl’s chief finan cial officer. With MMl’s 90- to 10-percent equity to debt ratio, MMI has excellent borrowing power, he said. In fiscal 1993, MMI reduced long-term debt $2.55 million and decreased operating expenses $1.4 million. 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The 1993 Communication Fan offered information centers about the operations of MMI: field ser vice, operations, communications, and the MMI Producer Payroll department. Since communicating was the theme, delegates had the chance to be the first to try out MMl’s new telecommunication system that as of Jan. 3 will offer a 24-hour a day lab report service. Since hands-on displays were the biggest hits, producers lined up to see demonstrations about the new antibiotic on-farm testing equipment now offered through the MMI Farm Supply Depart ment. About 50 producers brought samples in to be tested. MMI is a 5,500 member dairy farmer owned cooperative encom passing an eight state Midwestern area including Ohio, Indiana, Pen nsylvania, Michigan, New York, Kentucky, Maryland and West Virginia. Last year MMI marketed and processed more than 3.8 bil lion pounds or 442 million gallons of member milk. tak $359 95 Ephrata WES STAUFFER ENGINES & EQUIPMENT 21 PtMUM Valley Rd. 717-738-4218 Eohrata. 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