Dean Steele On Tour Of Lancaster, Cumberland Counties
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On tour with the dean, are from left, Mary Helsey, Jim Steele, dean, Mike Brubaker, Pat Heuser,
Shirk, John Schwartz, Bill Weaver, and Bob Barley. Robert Paul Walgemuth, and John Weideman.
RESTON, Va. Maryland and
Virginia Milk Producers Coopera
tive Association, Inc. distributed
$1,841,722, or 10 cents per
hundredweight to dairy farmers
who shipped milk to the coopera-
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Revolving Certificates Returned
live in 1989. Mailed on Tuesday, f un d has contributed to maintain-
September 30, the distribution i n g the facilities and buildings
represents certificates held in the owned by the cooperative,
cooperative’s revolving fund Normally mailed on December
since 1990. For the past seven i_ the certificates were mailed two
years, this portion of the revolving months early this year, in an effort
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 11, 1997-A27
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Early
to help dairy farmers during this
challenging time. This is the sec
ond early distribution of funds
within a 6-week period. The first
was the 70 percent cash portion of
the $4.5 million of the 1996 divi
sional earnings mailed 10 days
earlier than usual, on Friday,
August 22.
According to President Jack
Hardesty, a dairy farmer from
Berryville. Virginia, “Because of
the cooperative’s excellent finan
cial condition, and because we’re
focused on helping our members
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Neighbor relations are always con
sidered when manure spreading
and other field operations are in
progress. All the dairy, financial,
and field records are kept on three
computers in the farm office.
Cow comfort is evident in the
bam as well. Bedding in the free
stalls consists of chopped rubber
covered with a sheet of canvas.
Curtain sides and a vented roof
provide natural air-flow along with
fans and a sprinkler system to keep
the cows cool in summer.
The cows are fed in four groups
according to production and stages
of lactation. One group is made up
of all the two year-old milking
heifers.
After the farm tour, the group ate
lunch at the Spring House Restaur
ant and continued on to other agri
business locations. Visits were
made to Wenger Feeds and John
Cope Food Products at Rheems,
and the Land O’ Lakes plant at Mt
Holly Springs. A reception with
key farm leaders, extension direc
tors, legislators, and county com
missioners was held at the Embers
Inn and Convention Center,
Carlisle.
Host for the tour was Jim Shirk,
ag director, Lancaster Chamber of
Commerce.
in any way we can, the board ot
directors for Maryland and Vir
ginia has made another decision to
return cash to the cooperative
members earlier than usual.”
Historical High Returns
For the past three years, Mary
land and Virginia have returned an
average of 72 cents/cwt above
market prices to producers in cash.
This figure includes 13th checks,
patronage dividends in cash,
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