Atlantic Locals Hold Annual Meeting
EVERETT NEWSW ANGER
Managing Editor
MT. JOY (Lancaster
Co.) “The dairy fanner has five
things to sell: fat, protein, water,
cows, and the farm. The fanner
who sells the first three successful
ly gets to keep the last two.”
With this quote, Amy Esben
shade, Lancaster County dairy
princess, opened the after-lunch
presentations at the annual meeting
of Atlantic Dairy’s Donegal and
Lidtz locals of District seven. Amy
said it is getting more difficult to be
a fanner because farmland is being
“gobbled up by big-time develop
ers.” She said her home farm has
been in the family for 12S years,
but even with the surrounding
development “we intend to keep it
at least that many more years.”
“Sticker shock” was what Amy
called the price of buildings, silos,
computers, and milking and cool
ing equipment She listed a free
stall barn for 400 cows at
$339,527; two bunker silos at
$75,782; computers and software,
$3,500, and milking cooling equip
ment at $218,655 for a grand total
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of $1,631,029.
“Still, we are hanging on,” she
said. "The American farmers are
learning how to manage their land
to provide food for people every
day. I have tremendous pride
knowing I am part of the world’s
most indispensible industry that
provides the basic necessities of
life. Agricultrue forms the back
bone of our entire earth, and that’s
something I want to continue to be
part of.”
Tom and Shirley Krall, young
cooperator couple, reported on
their activities and recommended
others take the opportunity to
apply.
Rhelda Royer, director, reported
on a number of activities for the
cooperative:
• The age for young cooperator
couples has been raised to 40
years-old.
* A $5OO scholarship is now
available for each district to give to
a student, son or daughter of a
member producer, for any field of
study, not just ag or home
economics.
The Heishey Foods deal has
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Winners of quality premium awards. From left, Rhelda Royer,. presents
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daughter-in-law, Dennis and Nancy, are also part of the farming operation.
been completed with 480 shippers 3,911, including 189 patrons. and October,
to Hershey, choosing to become The Communicator cooperative . HOLLY MILK PLANT is
Atlantic members. This brings tot- publication will go from a monthly doing well with the new equipment
al cooperative membership to to a quarterly—January, April, July, that added desirable versatility to
the manufacturing operation.
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Independent Alfa
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For More Information”
J.B. Zimmerman
& Sons, Inc.
P.O. Box 337,
Lancaster County
Blue Ball, PA 17506
717-354-8030
Erb and Henry
Equipment, Inc.
22-26 Henry Avenue'
New Berlinville, PA 19545
215-367-2169
Franklin Hess
Ent., Inc.
Rt. 2, Box 130
Orangeville, PA 17859
717-925-6939
Witmer Implement
Service
1896 Bedford Rd.
Shippensburg, PA 17257
717-532-6139
Potomac Valley
Supply
11606 Greencastle Pike
Hagerstown, MD 21740
301-223-6877
Bennett Machine
Company
1601 So. Dupont Blvd.
Milford, DE 19963
302-422-4837
Peoples Sales
and Service
Oakland MHls, PA 17076
717-463-2735
717-436-2735
H.B. Duvall, Inc.
901 E. Patrick St.
Frederick, MD 21701
301-662-1125
Out of state: 80Q-423-4032
• Atlantic Coopera
tive’s bottom line
increased to over $7
million in 1994 from
over $S million in 1993.
Robert McSparran,
president, Atlantic
Dairy, said the coopera
tive’s board aimed to be
good stewards of your
money and make all the
profit we can. He said
members were the
mainstay ot the
cooperative and
deserved the most con
sideration. However,
the people who handle
the milk, the milk deal
ers also deserve consid
eration. It’s the coopera
tive’s responsibility to
furnish these handlers
milk every day as they
want it or to divert it
somewhere else and try
to get as much money
out of the market place
as possible.
McSparran said but
ter has suddenly become
popular. In addition, the
increase in exports and
the excessive rains in
California contributed
to the rise in the cheese
price. He called the
price rise temporary but
said even though pro
duction was up, sales
have been up also. In
fact, since the approval
of BST, milk sales have
continued to show a
slight increase in
consumption.
He said the quality
premium and over-order
premiums were good for
members but said the
over-order premiums
were not guaranteed.
While the cooperative
Works with neignboring
cooperatives to bargain
for over-order pre
miums, the work is
being done only on a
regional basis, and
movement from western
markets to the East
would continue to put
pressure on our markets.
But right now the
cooperative is the only
organization in the
nation to pay over-order