A26-Uncasttr Farming, Saturday, occambar 31,1994
STRONGSVILLE, Ohio A
strong financial report for fiscal
year 1994 and an announcement
of “unification discussions”
between Milk Marketing Inc.
(MMI) and Eastern Milk Produc
ers Cooperative Association high
lighted talks of a changing dairy
industry at MMl’s 1994 Annual
Delegate meeting held recently in
Columbus, Ohio.
Merle Koppenhafer, chief
financial officer, reported that
MMl’s financial results for fiscal
year ending June 30,1994 showed
a revenue of $725 million and
earnings of $3.7 million. Both
were increases over the 1993 fis
cal year.
In the first six months of the fis
cal year (beginning July 1, 1994),
MMI returned to its 5,600 mem
bers nearly $7 million $1.9 mil
lion in patronage earnings and
$5.2 million in redeemed equity.
Koppenhafer noted that those
were monies over and above
members’ regular milk checks.
In separate addresses to MMl’s
250 delegates, Herman Brubaker,
chair and president, and> Don
Schriver, chief executive officer,
said the unification talks with
Eastern Milk Producers are a
direct result of the changes taking
place in the political and market
arenas.
Those changes revolve around
two key factors: a legislative agen
da that is not responsive to dairy
fanners, milk price supports or the
federal order system; and a mar
ketplace driven by inconsistencies
in where milk is produced and
used, according to an MMI news
release.
“We dairy farmers have
reached a critical point in our pro
fessional lives where we must
make some very tough decisions,”
commented Brubaker. “We are at
that exact moment in time that will
define how our sons, our daugh
ters and our grandchildren will
dairy farm within this region,
within this part of the globe. Arc
we, as dairy farmers, going to con
tinue fighting our neighbors
regionally and nationally for mar
kets? It’s time to decide.”
Brubaker said MMl’s conver
sations with Eastern Milk Produc
ers a 3,200 member dairy coop
erative based m Syracuse, N.Y.
MMI Has Strong Financial Report
are driven by those new market
realities.
“National milk production con
tinues to escalate, while our
region’s production continues to
hold the line,” cited Brubaker.
“This past October, total U.S.
milk production rose a whopping
3.4 percent over October of 1993.
MMl’s market region barely held
the line. For the first nine months
of this year, our area’s milk pro
duction declined two percent.”
Currently Texas, Washington,
California and Idaho hold places
in the top 10 dairy producing
states, with New Mexico not far
behind. To compound the issue, he
Farmland Preservation
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
The state Agricultural Land
Preservation Board has approved
county farmland preservation pro
grams for Clinton, Lawrence, Mif
flin, and Washington counties,
enabling them to receive state
funding to permanently preserve
farmland.
“We welcome these new coun
ties into the state farmland protec
tion program,” said state Agricul
ture Secretary Boyd E. Wolff, who
chairs the board. “Thirty-seven of
the state’s 67 counties now have
approved programs to help pre
serve Pennsylvania’s agriculture
traditions.”
Under the Farmland Protection
Program, the state.and counties
purchase development rights from
landowners to ■ guarantee that
farms will remain as agricultural
land. Easement purchases are
approved by the state board.
The State Agricultural Land
Preservation Board also approved
easement purchases tor 17 farms
in 11 counties.
The board has approved ease
ment purchases on 60,700 acres of
Pennsylvania farmland since it
was created in 1988.
In a special ceremony hoard
member and former Chester
County state Rep. Sam Morris pre
sented Secretary Wolff with a
plaque from the board recognizing
Wolff’s vision and dedication in
pioneering Pennsylvanians farm
land preservation program.
Under Wolff’s leadership, the
said, this milk is produced in an
area of little market availability so
it’s traveling across state lines into
other region’s markets and erod
ing the premium base of local farm
families. And the trend is happen*
ing all across the country.
Schriver said that recent
actions with Eastern Milk Produc
ers illustrate MMl’s commitment
to seek out opportunities that
achieve the number one mission
to provide the best markets and
services for its members and to be
the best supplier to customers.
“We’re not in the dairy busi
ness, we’re in business it just
happens to be dairy,” said Schriv-
Bureau of Farmland Protection
was established within the Depart
ment Of Agriculture and grew to
second in the nation in the number
of acres under protected ease
ments within five years.
The plaque also said Wolff’s
efforts demonstrate his commit
ment to preserving Pennsylvania’s
agricultural resources and a way
of life.
Following are the easement
purchases approved by the boards
Adams County
Donald H. Cilento, Franklin
and Butler townships, 180 acres,
$200,198.
Ray And Linda Dutterer,
Union Township, 127 acres,
$257,763.
John J. and Bonnie L. Hess,
Mount Pleasant Township, 140
acres, $229,085. Blair County
Robert S. and John C. Black,
Tyrone Township, 122 acres,
$73,200.
Centre County
Cecil and June Irvin, Fergu
son Township, 141 acres,
$207,151.
Chester County
C. Wallace MacFarlan, East
Brandywine Townships, 50 acres,
$310,939.
Cumberland County
Richard L. and Sharon E
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er. Accepting that kind of business
philosophy, said Schriver, is
absolutely central to the survival
of producers and their cooperative
organizations.
Even though talks are at a pre
liminary stage, Schriver said fore
seeable advantages of a unifica
tion would be to enhance business
strength, market position and
farmer unity.
Both organizations are finan
cially well-positioned. Last year,
MMI marketed 4.75 billion
pounds of milk and generated rev
enues of more than $725 million;
Eastern Milk Producers marketed
nearly 2 billion pounds of milk
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Mellinger, West Pennsboro Town
ships, 94 acres, $154,536.
Dauphin County
Elaine M. Phillips, Upper
Paxton Township, 89 acres,
$106,449.
Deborah A. Phillips, North
East Township, 51 acres, $120,000.
Franklin County
Mabel Wenger and Gerald
Anthony, Greene Township, 123
acres, $185,339.
Lancaster County
Jay H. and Lois 8011, Mount
Joy Township, 109 acres, $145,100.
Kenneth and Esther Meek,
Strasburg Township, 107 acres,
$322,000.
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with $276 million in revenues.
Together, the two dairy farmer
owned cooperatives would be the
third largest dairy cooperative in
the nation representing nearly
9,000 members in eleven states
and marketing a total of 6.7 billion
pounds of milk annually.
Milk Marketing Inc. is the
nation’s 7th largest dairy coopera
tive and is the 73rd largest U.S,
food company. Headquartered in
Strongsville, Ohio, MMI is owned
by 5,600 dairy farm families in
Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Ken
tucky, Maryland, Michigan, New
York and West Virginia.
Northumberland County
James L. Jr. and Louise E.
Moore, Turbot and Delaware
Townships, 89 acres t $63,786.
York County
—Jerry L. and Carolyn A. Rut
ter, Dover Township, 215 across
$235,320.
John and Shirley Shearer,
North Codorus Township, 293
acres, $398,989.
Robert, Carrie, and Michael
Stewart, Chanceford and Lower
Chanceford Townships, 194 acres,
$219,726.
Gerald, Thomas, Dale and
Maureen Whitcraft, Shrewsbury
Township, 195 acres, $366,262.
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