SYRACUSE, N.Y. Leaders
of Eastern Milk Producers Coop-
erative report a trend that has
them smiling—for the fourth con
secutive year, Eastern had an
increase in milk volume, shipping
1.954 billion pound of milk in fis
cal ’94 versus 1.76 billion pounds
the previous year.
That announcement —made at noted, Eastern has returned over
Eastern’s Annual Meeting in $6.29 million in profits to fann-
Binghamton, N.Y.—was fol- ers.
lowed by more good news. “More significant than our
Revenues jumped from $245.9 minimal net proceeds,” added
million in fiscal ’93 to $275.5 Donovan, “is the continuing
million this year, Eastern General strengthening of Eastern Milk
Manager Michael Donovan said. Producers balance sheet. During
As a marketing arm for members, the past fiscal year, member equi-
Eastem passed most of the sales ty grew by nearly 3 percent to
dollars to farmers through twice-a $11.9 million, even while the
month milk checks. board continued to revolve earlier
Also, the cooperative paid out equity contributions. The build
s69l,ooo in profits to members ing of financial strength within
before leaving not proceeds of the cooperative continues to be a
$10,580 in the co-op. Eastern top priority of both board and
returned $905,069 in profits to management.”
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nary immunology, says the herd ma j o rs really like the idea of
is essential for his class. Each fall, being on-call for the calves.”
about 20 students sign up for the Dr Limin Rung, ruminant
course that demands that they nutritionist, also uses the herd in
remain on-call for calving. When teaching and research. In his
a calf is bom they obtain a blood ruminant nutrition course, stu
sample that will be analyzed for ,j ents can see f irst hand how the
antibody levels. The data they cows rcs pond to changes in diet,
collect is part of a long-term pro- Kung conducts two to three lacta
ject that Dohms has designed to t i on tr i a i s a year
study the principles of the mater- “The cows are important in
nal antibody transfer from the helping us verify or dismiss
cow to colostrum and finally to experimental hypotheses which
the calf. strive to improve productive effi
“Many of our students are not c i e ncy,” he says. “Both under
from famr backgrounds—and - graduate and graduate students
they just love to be working with ga j n valuable research experi
the animals.” Dohms says. “They e nce.”
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Eastern Milk Has Increase In Milk Volume
members in fiscal ’93, leaving net
proceeds of $18,467.
That payout continues a prac
tice started by the board of direc
tors in 1987 to return profits
monthly to member-farmers in
the form of extra cash premiums,
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Eastern President Lewis Gard
ner, a dairy farmer from Gale
town, Pa., noted that while the co
op saw a number of members
retire from farming, only 10
farmers quit the co-op to sell their
milk to other markets.
‘“For an organization that
ships milk in nine states, thaf’s
impressive,” Gardner sid. “It
shows a high degree of satisfac
tion in the cooperative.”
This is the first time in Ext
ern’s 72-year history that it held
its annual meeting outside of
Syracuse, N.Y., where the dairy
cooperative is headquartered.
Eastern has 3,200 member farms
in nine states, with high concen
trations in Pennsylvania, New
York and Vermont. The co-op
also serves member-owners in
New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Connecticut, & New Jersey.
Field Rep of the year is from
Stillwater, PA
H. Whittier Letteer from Still
water, PA, was named Eastern
Milk Producers Cooperative’s
Field Representative of the Year
for “outstanding service to mem
bers” and for “superior manage
ment” of his assigned territory.
Letteer, a long-time employee
of Eastern, serves farmers in Cen
tral Pennsylvania for quality con
trol and milk inspection.
“You don’t hear of producer
and hauler problems in his area,
that means he manages his area
terrifically,” says Dick Depuy,
membership field supervisor.
“When you need something done,
he’s on it within a day.”
Coincidentally, Letteer is th
milk inspector for Eastern’s
Farmer of the Year, Joe and
Annette Snyder of Millmount,
PA. The Snyders say they regard
letteer as a member of the family.
“We feel comfortable enough that
we can call our milk inspector at
any time of the day or night with
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a problem,” Joe Snyder notes.
“He’s there to trouble shoot and
get to the root of the problem.”
Eastern Recognized PA.
MUk Hauler
Eastern Milk Producers hon-
ored R.W. Bird Trucking and two
of its drivers as outstanding milk
haulers.
Eastern’s transportation super
visor, Jon Stewart, called Bird
Trucking “one of the most
respected milk haulers in Penn
sylvania.”
In particular, he sited Bird and
drivers Kevin Eberhart and David
Ebersole for their service to East
ern’s 1994 Farmer of the Year—
Joe and Annette Snyder of Mill
mount, PA. Everhart has worked
for R.W. Bird for seven years,
And Ebersole has been with the
milk hauler for 10 years.
Eastern’s Field Rep of the
Year, H. Whittier Letteer, noted
that Eberhart and Ebersole do “an
important job.” He said each dri
ver “takes that milk sample and
he has to handle it right” because
“farmers get paid according to
that vial of milk.”
Serving Eastern farmers since
1963, R.W. Bird currently hauls
10 to 11 million pounds of milk
per month for the co-op.
Retiring PA directors honored
Three retiring Pennsylvania
members of Eastern Milk Produc
ers’ Board of Directors were
given recognition for “dedicated
service” to farmers and the co-op.
They are : Ethel Paulhamus of
Jersey Shore, Harold Bailey of
Roaring Spring and Robert Gabel
of Newport, all of whom stepped
down from the board after East
ern’s Annual Meeting.
Ethel Paulhamus completed
the unexpired term of their hus
band, Dale , who died earlier this
year. She began serving last
March. Mrs. Paulhamus, who
operates a 260-acre farm with son
Steve, was the second woman in
seven months to be elected to the
12-member board. It was the first
time in the history of the 72-year
old dairy cooperative that two
women had served on the board
together. Mrs. Paulhamus has
three sons and a a daughter. The
Paulhamus farm has been in the
family for over 100 years. They
milk 60 cows in a herd of 100
head of cattle.
harold Bailey served as secre
tary of the co-op for the past year,
and as assistant secretary-treasur-
er for three years before that. First
elected to the board in 1988, he
represented some 200 farmers in
West central Pennsylvania
including the area around State
College. An Eastern member
since 1966, Bailey operates a
138-acre farm with his brother,
Bernard, milking 90 cows out of a
herd of 180 Holsteins. Bailey and
his wife, Linda, have three son
and a daughter.
Robert Gabel completed nine
years on the board. He served in
various capacities, including a
term a service president. As a
director, he represented over 200
farmers in portions of south-cen
tral Pennsylvania, Maryland and
Delaware. Gabel and his wife,
Berneice, operate ta 200-acrc
farm, milking some 40 cows out
of a herd of 80 Holsteins. In 1987
they were honored as Pennsylva
nia master Farmers. The Gabels
have a son and a daughter
Farmer of Year, others
A Pennsylvania dairy farm
couple is Eastern Milk Producers
Cooperative’s 1994 Quality
Farmer of the Year.
That means Joe and Annette
Snyder of Millmount, PA. pro
duce “the best quality milk” in the
entire co-op, which includes
3,200 farms in a nine-state area,
Eastern President Lewis Gardner
announced.
The Snyders bought their farm
in 1978 from Joe’s dad, who
began shipping milk through
Eastern in 1946. They have a son,
Joe Jr., who works full-time on
the farm, and daughters Chris and
Jen. They milk 50 cows, and ship
1.2 million pounds of milk in a
year. Their milk quality is so
good that the farm has topped the
Dairy Herd Improvement Associ
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