Market In Best Position
(Continued from Pago A 1)
Coops that take milk and turn it
into a product to sell want to buy
raw materials (milk) at the lowest
price so the plant can make a profit
This hurts the producer.
“We are a bargaining agent
Commodities are marketed by
NFO,” Paris said of the organiza
tion’s commitment to see that far
mers receive all profits from the
sale of commodities.
"There must be equal strength
between buyer and seller. Dairy
fanners do not have equality
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Speaker* James Buebow, regional
director; Rodger Schlottach, director
of NFO; and Joe Paris, director of dairy
field operations, at the three NFO infor
mational meetings held In the Lancas
ter explain the need for farmers to
unite for higher milk prices.
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against big companies such as
Kraft and chain stores,” Paris said.
NFO is structured nationwide to
negotiate contracts that are benefi
cial to all farmers.
“Fanners do affect the marketp
lace when they band together for
their common good. That’s the real
strength of the national fanners
organization,” Paris said.
NFO souls milk checks three
times a month instead of the cus
tomary twice a month pay check.
“This benefits the dairy farmer.
It improves your cash flow. Indus
try uses our money too long. By
receiving your money foster you
can take advantage of interest sav
ings and cash discounts instead ofa
cooperative or business benefit
ting,” Paris said.
In the future, Paris would like to
see milk payments sent out' four
times a month and eventually pay
ment made when milk is picked up
at the form.
Although he conceded that ben
efit would probably be a long time
in coming, Paris said that it is only
fair because formers need to pay
for their supplies in advance.
Paris talked about the Fair Act
’96, and how it is expected to affect
farmers.
“Dairy formers are lied to year
end and year out It’s pure myth
that America’s dairy fanners have
produced a surplus erf milk in the
past 20 yean that has led to low
milk prices.” Paris said.
According to Paris, statistics
show that consumers use more
milk than dairy formers produce.
From 1970-1992, the nation
imported 54 billion pounds ofnrilk
to make up die difference.
NFO speakers said that buyers
often react to organized move
ments such as NFO. “They tell bad
stories about us that aren’t true to
scare off members,” Paris said. But
the good side of this scare lactic is
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“It’s pure myth that America’s dairy farmers have pro
duced a surplus of milk In the past 20 years that has led to
low milk prices,” said Joe Paris, director of dairy field oper
ations for NFO.