Vol. 42 No. 51 White House Gets Local Pumpkin Pumpkins generated a lot 6? excitement this week at Stauffer Farms In Columbia. Jim Stauffer, fruit and produce seller, shipped a 320-pound pumpkin to the White House. This was the fourth year Stauffer was asked to supply the White House pumpkin. The pumpkin was grown in the back yard of Tammy and John Williams of Fawn Grove. Jim, seated In wagon, and his dad Jay grow 300 acres of produce and contract from other farmers to supply BaHlmore-Washington markets with fresh produce. Photo by Lou Ann Good. SYRACUSE, N.Y. Dairylea Cooperative Inc. celebrated another year of substantial growth and unproved financial position at its 1997 Annual Meeting held October 14 and IS in Liverpool, N.Y. During his presentation, Dairylea Chief Executive Officer Rick Smith reported that the Cooperative had an annual profit of $1.4 million dollars, increasing 32 percent from the previous year. LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) Honorary Chairman Noah W. Kreider, Jr. launched Lancaster Farmland Trust’s 1997-98 Annual Funding Campaign to save Lan caster County farms. This week Kreider gave Board of Trustees President Phyllis C. Whitesell an envelope containing $30,000 in donations already received at an Amish presaved farm, located just Graziers Featured In the next issue of Lancaster Farming (Nov. 1) we include Forag ing Around, a special section dedicated to the forage grower and gra zier, with information supplied by the Pennsylvania Forage and Grass land Council (PFGC). Foraging Around is published four times per year. Look for an interview with a producer who makes use of hay drying technologies, sound advice on pasture and forage management from producers throughout the state, and management tips from cooperative exten sion. Also included will be information on the state grazing confer ence, a message from the PFGC president, news of upcoming meet ings, Research data, and infarction. !•'( '>Jw->-\n irl'i.V-'RI^ 1 r: D 1 VISI MN < ri\lM ..TAIL UNIVERS.ny M. xn PAITE LIBRARY l)M I V PARf j'A it, fso£ 4 Sections Dairylea Cooperative Reviews Year of Growth Additionally, sales continued trek king upward to almost $699 mil lion, increasing 17.6 percent, con tinuing the growth pattern of recent years. Premiums paid to members, over the blend price, tot aled close to $15.6 million, up 29 percent from the previous year. Equity in the Cooperative grew over $1 million dollars, or 9.3 percent ‘Tor the last eight years, our milk marketings have grown more Lancaster Farmland Trust Launches Funding Campaign North of Greenfield Industrial Park. Kreider, a Manheim area fanner and businessman who has pre served several farms himself said, “The work of Lancaster Farmland Trust is crucial to ensure that farm ing remains economically viable for today and for future generations.” (Turn to Pag* All) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 25,1997 than 10 percent each year. This year, we expect milk marketing volumes to increase again. This growth, combined with other fac tors across the United States, will likely find Dairylea ranked as the seventh largest dairy cooperative in the United Slates,” announced Smith. More than 7 SO member-farmers and industry guests attended the two-day event, which included Smith’s presentation and an annual Noah Krelder, Jr., honorary chairman, gives Phyllis C. Whltesell, board of trustees president, an envelope containing $30,000 In donations already received for the Lan caster Farmland Trust annual funding campaign. The preserved Amish farm pictured is located Just north of the Greenfield Industrial Park. In the photo from left, Philip W. Klmmel, campaign coordinator; Whltesell; Thomas D. Stouffer, executive director; Krekfer; and John H. Schwartz, board president elect. ’*** Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board Approves 40-Cent Increase VERNON ACHENBACH JR. Lancaster Farming Staff HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) The Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board (PMMB) on Tuesday announced it has approved a 40-cent increase in its Class I minimum over-order premium, effective Nov. 1. The total PMMB over-order premium is to be $1.20 per hundred pounds (cwt.) of Class I milk, and is to remain until the end of April 1998. The over-order premium is an amount that Pennsylvania dairy processors must pay Pennsylvania dairy farmers, on top of the federally set minimum price, for using and selling that milk as drinking milk (Class I). The PMMB over-order premium has been 80 cents per hundredweight (cwt.) since April 1996. It was due to drop to SO cents per cwt. on May 1, where it has been for some time. But the PMMB held a hearing in early April to gather testimony, and followed up with retaining the 30-cents through April 1998. At the time, the dairy industry exper ienced an unexpected $4-drop in the price of milk, officially due to low cheese prices, and extraordinarily high feed prices. In late September, State Secretary of $28.50 Per Year address by Dairylea President Clyde Rutherford. Smith also reviewed a myriad of Dairy lea’s new projects and activi ties that fulfilled its mission state ment of maximizing net returns at the farm through effective milk marketing and providing valuable services and programs. In outlining the Cooperative’s commitment for the coming year. Smith said, “We will relentlessly innovate, upgrade, and improve Agriculture Samuel Hayes Jr. initiated a request of the PMMB to hold a hearing to consider the over-order premium in light of the current dairy price situation. The PMMB held that hearing Oct. 10 and gathered testimony. Then, this week, the board met Tuesday in a special Sunshine meeting. (A state law that defines the public’s access to the deal ings of government is called the Sunshine law.) After considering the testimony, they unanimously approved increasing the over-order premium by 40 cents, by amending its previous order. (Turn to Pago A 24) Set Clocks Back Tonight It’s time to change from Daylight Saving Time back to Eastern Standard Time. The official lime we “fall back” one hour j& at 2 a.m. Sunday morning, Oct. 26. To get that extra hour of sleep, turn the blocks back one hour before you go to bed Saturday night. Animal feeding and milking schedules also need to be adjusted accordingly. our performance and service to our members by 1. enhancing price and reducing costs; 2. doggedly supporting and promoting the Dairy Compact in our region, as well as pursuing all other avenues that are rational to enhance price at the farm; 3. intensifying our efforts to reduce costs at the farm to improve cash flow for fanner members.” In delivering his annual address (Turn to Pag* A2l) 600 Per Copy
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