Elects Noss Vice Chairman
ROSEMONT, lU. The Na
tional Dairy Promotion and Re
search Board (NDB) seated 10
new members and elected new of
ficers at its annual meeting May
24.
The following board members
were elected NDB officers: Rob
ert Gaebe, New Salem, N.D.,
chairman; David Noss, Port Roy
al, Pa., vice chairman; Alice
Moore, Frazeyburg, Ohio, secre
tary; and Myron Schmidt, New
ton, Kanfe., treasurer.
Ten new board members were
appointed to their first three-year
terms by the U.S. secretary of
agriculture; Elizabeth Anderson,
Onalaska, Wash.; George Gam
bonini, Petaluma, Calif.; Vernal
Gomes, Tulare, Calif.; Beatrice
Moons, Chino, Calif.; Gregory
Blaska, Marshall, Wis.; John
(Jack) Christensen. Ringle, Wis.;
Louis Smith, Fremont, Ohio;
Charles Deputy, Harrisonburg,
Va.; David Weitzer, Poolesville,
Md.; and Jane Gillette, Turin,
CAMP HILL (Cumberland
Co.) Soybean producers who
want to keep national soybean
checkoff refunds available are re
minded of an important poll tak
ing place July 26 at their county
Consolidated Farm Service Agen
cy (CFSA) office.
The poll will decide whether a
referendum should be held on
continuing refunds for the soy
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Dairy Board Seats New Members, Elects Officers
N.Y.
Two incumbent board members
were reappointed to their second
three-year terms: Myron Schmidt,
Newton, Kans.; and Maynard
Lang, Brooklyn, lowa.
“On behalf of the new officers
and board members, I want to
stress that we are encouraged that
milk sales are up and that this in
dustry is working together better
than we’ve ever seen it,” said Bob
Gaebe, incoming board chairman.
“Marketing with one voice is
our best chance to keep sales mov
ing in the right direction.”
The National Dairy Promotion
and Research Board is composed
of 36 dairy farmers representing
13 regions of the contiguous Unit
ed States. Through Dairy Manage
ment Inc., the staff and manage
ment formed by NDB and United
Dairy Industry Association, NDB
administers a coordinated pro
gram of promotion, research and
nutrition education on behalf of
America’s dairy farmers.
Soybean Producers Poll Set For July 26
bean checkoff. Under the check
off, farmers contribute SO cents
for every $lOO worth of soybeans
they sell. The funds go for re
search, market development and
education programs. If at least 20
percent of eligible producers na
tionwide vote in the July 26 poll, a
refund referendum will be held
within a year. If the poll shows
that less than 20 percent of pro
ducers support a refund referen
dum, a referendum will not be
scheduled and soybean refunds
will automatically be terminated.
Only producers who want to see
a refund referendum take place ate
asked to participate in the poll at
CFSA offices on July 26. Absen
tee ballots can be requested by
mail or in person but not over
the teleohone and must be re-
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Charles Deputy, Elizabeth Anderson, Louis Smith, Vernal Gomes, David Weitzer,
Beatrice Moons, Gregory Blaska, Jane Gillette, and Jack Christensen.
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July 14 to the local CFSA office.
No more than one-fifth of the total
voting for a refund referendum
will be counted from any single
state.
The policy of the American
Farm Bureau federation, which
includes the Pennsylvania Farm
Bureau (PFB), supports providing
refund opportunities in all com
modity promotion programs, in
cluding the Soybean Promotion
Research and Consumer Informa
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held,” said PFB president Keith
Eckel, “If not enough soybean
growers support the petition by
voting in the poll, the refunds wiU
end. So if you want to keep the op
tion of receiving a checkoff refund
available, be sure to go to yout
CFSA office on July 26.”
Soybean growers who certify
that they produced soybeans be
tween Sept 1, 1991 and June 1,
1995, are elligible to vote in the
poll. A total of 381,000
nationwide are eligible. If fewer
than 76,200 growers—2o percent
of the total eligible take part in
the July 26 poll, the checkoff re
fund will be discontinued immedi
ately.
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