STRONGSVILLE, Ohio Checks totaling more than $5.2 million in redeemed equity recent ly went to the dairy farm families of Milk Marketing Inc. (MMI), the region’s largest dairy cooperative. MMl—the 5,600 member dairy cooperative based in Strongsville, Ohio—returned a two-year cash redemption to its members total ing $5.2 million. The double redemption represents the equity investment made by MMI mem bers to protect and enhance their markets through their Farmers Dairy Foods Inc. manufacturing facilities during fiscal years 1984 and 1985. “MMl’s equity redemption policy has been to return one year’s worth of equity to members on a 10-year revolving schedule,” said Don Schriver, MMl’s execu tive vice president and chief exec utive officer. ‘‘However, this year MMl’s producer-directed board elected to redeem, in cash, two years worth of member equity. The redemption was based on the cooperative’s stability and finan cial results.” “Mayflower” a yearling Southdown/Ram recently received top honors as Supreme Grand Champion Ram overall breeds at the North American Livestock Exposition in Louisville, Kentucky. Bred and owned by Scenic View Farm, Steve and Gary Kwisnek of RD #1 Clarksburg. “Mayflower” qualified after receiving Grand Champion Ram honors at the 1994 National Southdown Show also held in Kentucky. Wfl LANCO I I LI CONCRETE WALLS | Agricultural» Commercial« Residential, I WE DO SCS WORK - ALL TYPES OP POURED WALLS •Retaining Walls ‘Bunker Silos • Manure Pits (circular or rectangular) • Slatted Floor Deep Pits •Footers .Ratwork | CONTACT STEVE PETERSHEIM, JR. ~| P.O. Box 256, Bird-In-Hand, PA 17505 717-291-4585 • (PAX) 717-291-4686 Redeemed Equity Goes To Dairy Farmers enues and savings were up $36 by 5,600 dairy farm families in million and $2.8 million, respec- Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, en tively, over year-earlier levels. lucky, Maryland, Michigan, ew Milk Marketing Inc. is the York and West Virginia. In fiscal nation’s 7th largest dairy coopera- y ear 1994, MMI marketed anc live and is the 73rd largest U.S. processed more than 4.75 bi ion food company Headquartered in pounds of milk and generated rev- Strongsville, Ohio, MMI is owned enues of $725 million. This December’s double re demption marks the second time in the past six months that MMI members have received a cash payment over and above their monthly milk checks. In September, MMl’s dairy producer families received $1.9 million in patronage earnings. The cash issue was the equivalent of 5 cents per hundredweight based on the total pounds of milk members marketed through MMI from July 1,1993 to June 30, 1994. This month’s $5 million re demption coupled with the $1.9 million patronage issue made in September means that MMI has returned nearly $7 million to its members in the first six months of the new fiscal year beginning with July 1, 1994. According to Schriver, “That’s an achievement belonging to the 5,600 dairy producers who belong to MMI. It’s their commitment to marketing their commodities together through one business entity that makes these kinds of returns possible. It pays to work together. It pays to belong.” According to MMl’s audited financial statement published this past fall, the cooperative, with 4.75 billion pounds of milk mar keted and processed during fiscal year 1994, generated net revenues of $725 million and showed a net savings of $3.7 million. Both rev- Department Chair Lauded By Soil Science Society NEWARK, Del, Congratu lations and honors awaited Dr. Donald L. Sparks at the annual conference or the Soil Science Society of America, held in Seat tle, Wash., Nov. 13-17. Sparks was awarded the Soil Science Research Award. This award is based on demonstration of unusual creativity, excellence in reasoning ability and or techni cal skill, and originality and sig nificance of research to basic soil science. Only 15 years into his career, Sparks is one of the youngest recipients of the award. Sparks, distinguished professor of soil sci ence and chair of the department of plant and soil sciences at the University of Delaware College of Agricultural Sciences, has pursued research in physical chemistry of soils that is highly recognized nationally and internationally. He pioneered research on the kinetics of soil chemical processes. Using kinetic methods that he developed, Sparks also has made substantive contributions in understanding the chemistry of potassium in soils and in elucidat ing mechanisms of metal and organic chemical interactions with soil components using in situ spectroscopic and microscopic techniques. Sparks credits a supportive research environment with his success. “The suppbrtive environment from administrators and col leagues in the college and the uni versity has been an important part of my career at the University of Delaware,” he said. “Support for my early research on kinetics of soil chemical reactions came from a UDRF grant. Continued support has come from local industry, par ticularly the DuPont Company, through the University of Delaware Research Partnership program. 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