Organic Dairy Co-op (Continued from Page All) dairy animals receiving certifica tion for organic milk production. The cooperative allows a transi tion feeding program for new and certifiable dairy herds. For nine months, a “significant” portion of the daily ration must consist of ccr tifiably organically grown feed. Then for the 90 days prior to certi fication for organic milk sales, the feed must be 100 percent certified organic. While producing milk and abs taining from the use of antibiotics and breeding and production hor mones. including oxytocin (for milk let-down), could be consid ered financially risky business practices for those who can’t afford the loss in production of Public Auction Register LATE SAT. DEC. 28 - 11 30AM Commercial Items, Col lectibles, Furniture, House holds, Tools, Misc. 22 W. Clay St, Lancaster, PA. (Between Prince & Queen St.) Former Lancaster RCS Bus Terminal. Endy's Auction Service. MON JAN 6 - 3PM Furniture, Collectibles, Firearms, Tools & Equipment, Appliances, Jewelry, Household Murry GUN AUCTION Estate of Andrew C. Long, With Additions FRL, JAN. 10,1997 7:00 PM Location: App. 40 miles north of Harrisburg, PA, along Route 25, midway between Gratz & Berrysburg, at Crossroads Sale & Market I) Browning 12-Ga. Lightning Over & Under w/Casc, I) Remington Wingmasler Mod. 870 TC 12-Ga.; 3) Winchester Mod. 61 22 MAG R.F w/Redfield 2X-7X Scope; 4) Winchester Mod. 70 30-06 Spring. w/Leopold 2X-7X Scope; 5) Ithaca 12-Ga. MXB Over & Under w/Case (Custom Crafted by Manifattura Armiprazzi) Presentation Piece; 6) Winchester Mod. 43 218 BEE w/Reclfield 3X-9X Scope; 7) Winchester Mod. 1200 12-Ga. w/Case; 8) Remington Gamemaster 760 .308 Win Caliber; 9) Remington Mod. 1100 12-Ga.; 10) Browning 12-Ga. Over & Under w/Case, Made in Belgium; 11) H.Krieghoff OHG ULM Germany Mod. 32 Over & Under 12-Ga. w/Case; 12) Belgium Double-Barrel Hammer Shotgun 12-Ga. by Enterprise Arms; 13) Springfield Mod. 56 22-Cal.; 14) 2 Remington 12-Ga. Barrels; 15) Hand Gun - Colt Detective Special 38 Special Caliber w/Holster; 16) Hand Gun - Colt ACE 22 Long Rifle Automatic; 17) Winchester Mod. 12 16-Ga. w/Choke; 18) Winchester Mod. 12 12-Ga. w/Choke; 19) Ithaca Mod. 37 12-Ga.; 20) Ithaca Mod. 37 12-Ga.; 21) Stevens Mod. 73 22-Cal.; 22) Stevens Mod. 35 22-Cal.; 23) H&R Single Barrel 12-Ga.; 24) Champion Single Barrel 10-Ga.; 25) H&R Single Barrel 12-Ga.; 26) Mossberg Bolt Action 20-Ga.; 27) Winchester Mod. 12 12-Ga.; 28) L.C. Smith Double Barrel 12-Ga.; 29) Hawkins Muzzle Loader 50-Cal.; 30) Winchester Mod. 94 Carbine, Pre-64 Misc. Items; Bamboo Fishing Rod, Shakespeare Wonder Rod & 1 Fishing Tackle Box w/Fishing Items. REGULAR AUCTION BEGINS AT 5:00 PM Community Banks, N.A., Executor of Andrew C. Long Estate Shirley G. Helwig, VP/TO TERMS: Cash. Personal checks accepted only from persons having an established account w/auctioneer or approval prior to auc tion. Items Subject to 6% PA Sales Tax. All Federal & State Gun Laws will be Observed AUCTIONEERS: Hockey #AU229L (717-758-6004) & Dockey-Rombei ger #AUI6B3L (758-4597) & Deppen #AUI9S7L * TS : 111 nilaa l« I7OM ? J P 1..-. 711 1004 3 milk or replacement animals, it is part of the mainstay of the CROPP organization. In a letter from Fiscus, he stated, ”... the standards which have arise in (CROPP) membership require ments and testing have been estab lished by the consumer. “An example of this consumer oriented quality control is seen in the prohibition of antibiotic use on these dairies. “This is not a requirement of mostorganic certification agencies nationwide, and probably will not be a requirement of the national standards which will be imple mented by the USDA in the near future. “The prohibition of antibiotics Closing Date Monday 5:00 P.M of each week’s publication Auction Emponum, 23 N Water Street, Lititz Clarence & Dorothy Baker Auction E M. Murry Associates TUES. JAN 7 - 9:3OAM Farm Equipment, Household, Misc 1/2 Mi. South of Topton Toward Fleetwood, Turn onto Old Road Toward Bowers, Go 1000 Ft, Turn into the Farm Lane at Eli Nolt Mail box, Berks Co., PA. Selling for Eli Nolt. Ralph W Zettlemoy er Auctioneer and hormones (breeding and lacta tion) came about in CROPP herds because the people buying the milk were primarily concerned about antibiotic residues in milk in addi tion to the media alarm about (BST).” “Consumers that want milk with these qualities are willing to pay the premium prices which these practices require on the farm, and then some.” Hoover said maintaining the antibiotic prohibition has not proven to be a problem for j)im, since he had been drifting toward production with as few purchased inputs as possible. He said he had virtually stopped using many of the inputs anyway, when he first heard of CROPP dur ing the 1980 s. He said he drifted away from using as much fertilizer after he compared the local land grant university extension recom mendations and found they were about half of what his fertilizer cooperative was recommending for his farm. About that time, he had also had a bad experience with retained her bicidal activity on an alfalfa crop. What happened was that he sprayed an herbicide on com and then drought set in. “I cut the com early, and put in alfalfa.” Hoover said. ‘The spray didn’t affect the weeds, but it damaged the alfalfa. “My concerns were that I felt I would raise better alfalfa with no spray,” Hoover said. About 1988, he quit using the services of the fertilizer coopera tive,, though he continues soil testing. About the same time, he heard about CROPP. “I saw an article in the newspap er that they were beginning to sell organic milk, but CROPP was about three hours away, so it wasn’t feasible (to ship milk there).” Then, in late 1993, Hoover attended a CROPP informational meeting and saw that he met most of the qualifications for raising the organic milk. About the beginning of 1994, he decided to join CROPP and he got certified in Match through the OCIA. ss At first, CROPP provided Hoover with a list of organic feed TOBACCO FARMERS: We at Penn Leaf are concerned about the well-being of all Tobacco Farmers. Please contact us before you sign any contracts and let us help you make your decision. Jerry Winstead, who has over 37 years experience working with tobacco companies and tobacco farmers, is now associated with Penn Leaf. Please call us and let Jerry's experience work for you. We support all tobacco Farmers 100% and hope you will support us at Penn Leaf. Thank you Farmers We are paying top prices for type 609 and 41 tobacco Call if you need trucking Seed and Cotton twine for sale Orders taken for bale boxes PENN LEAF TOBACCO CO. IVING DATE! Mon 12/30, Tues 12/3 i. Thurs 1/2 & Fn 1/3 - 7 30-4 'USE TERRE HILI Tues 12/31,Thurs 1/2 & Fn 1/3 8-4 Grading & Receiving’ George & John Martin PARADISE WAREHOUSE TERRE HILL WAREHOUSE Buyer & Trucker. Buyer, Larry Weaver Bob Carver Home #717-154-7477 Home #717-442-8600 Mobile #71 7-468-6897 Mobile #717-171-3511 Between Terre Hill & n Bowmansville „ B °n. 92 , Off 625 on Sawmill Rd Paradise, PA 17566 (Henry Carman Farm) 717-687-9517 717-445-8309 JW' , 'sh'tfzZ s l -*?* - Lancaster famringrSaturday;-December-H,- IM6-A3l suppliers, though later he got an expanded list from OCIA. He buys all his grain and protein products and he is linked in with about four local organic feed cash crop farmers who supply his needs. Every year he has to be recerti fied and inspected. If there are no problems, there is one inspection. Problems can result in additional inspections. However, CROPP has a diffe rent inspection system than what applies in general to the average dairy producer. The average pro ducer doesn’t really have an effec tive appeal process comparatively. In the CROPP system, there is the organic inspector who reports to a review committee, the farmer reports to the review committee and the farmer works with the inspector. Both Fiscus and Hoover said the arrangement prevents inspectors from carrying to much unchecked authority. Hoover said that initial inspec tion fee for OCIA is about $125 and they get a percent out of the sales, based on an income-derived sliding scale fee. Member-farmers of CROPP are all self-bonded and use certificates of deposit (CDs) for collateral that are in the farmer’s name and the cooperative’s name. The coopera tive uses that as collateral. In a more recent letter, Fiscus stated, “Joining our cooperative truly means that you become an onwer and we now work for you. Tn order for the cooperative to deliver the service you need as a member/landowner, we need you to make a commitment to the co-op both financially and, more impor tantly to cooperative marketing. “there are two investment requirements in our cooperative which all members satisfy. These investments help the cooperative to finance part of the growth that each new farmer creates. “The first investment is called a capital base plan, which is an entry level investment based on the pro jected hundredweights to be sold in the coming year. “This investment is handled uni quely by CROPP in that your investment is in the form of a certi- ficate of deposit in your name and the cooperative’s name, which is placed in an agreed-upon bank. “You receive the interest and, if you leave the cooperative, the CD is released. “We allow producers in new regions six months to satisfy the FARM EQUIPMENT capital base plan requirement, which gives them time to repay their initial feed investment and to establish a relationship of integrity with CROPP.” A second investment required for CROPP membership is a 25 cents per cwt contribution which goes into a revolving loan fund, use to finance the co-op’s inventory. “This 25 cents is automatically credited to your revolving fund account and is in addition to your cash pay price,” he said. “This amounts to an extra 23 cents over and above your cash pay price.” Fiscus said that actually seeing CROPP sell its locally produced Organic Valley label milk pro ducts in mainstream groceries in the Mid-Atlantic states is months, if not more than a year away, but farmers in southern Pennsylvania and Maryland arc being sought now to build a production base. Once producers and processors and retailers arc in line, the engine of supply and demand for this pro duct can begin to work. Since it may lake up to almost two years to become certified organic, Fiscus said he needs to know of interest soon so he can help producers start getting on line with what they need to do. One thing he said is guaranteed is the the base pay price for mid- Atlantic CROPP farmers would be 75 cents per cwL above the usual CROPP pay price. “When the conventional milk price climbs to within $3 of the then-cunent organic pay price, the organic price will climb accord ingly to maintain a $3 minimum premium,” he stated. “The conven tional milk price for this pool will be defined as the Federal Order No. 2 published blend price for your zone.” Pay is based on component val ues, which are determined on the overall values of each component as determined by the products pro duced for the entiie cooperative. Fiscus said he will be making farm visits to help farmers who have not yet begun to prepare for certification as organic producers. He said it should be easier to get certified now. rather than later, basically because the federal gov ernment hasn’t yet become too involved. Hoover said that, as far as he’s concerned. “If I consider my milk market to the conventional market, mine is real stable.” For more information, call Fis cus at (301) 478-2103.
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