CS-Lancaster Farming, Friday, January 9, 1998 1 ARDEN TEWKSBURY Manager of Pro Ag MESHOPPEN (Wyoming Co.) —On December 18,1997, one by one dairy farmers from all sec tions of New York State went to the podium to inform the members of the New York State Governor’s Task Race of the seriousness re garding the financial plight of New York State fanners. It didn’t seem to matter whether the dairymen had SO cows or 500 cows; the message was still the same; if something isn’t done to increase and stabilize milk prices to dairy farmers, then many of these dairymen would be forced out of business. These farmers spoke the same message that thou sands of dairy farmers have been exploiting at the same meetings Pro Ag has held since November of 1996. The farmers that attended Pro Ag’s meeeting were not radi cals, nor were the ones that testi fied in Syracuse. However, more importantly; it didn’t matter what organizations these dairy farmers belonged to, they all had the same message. The same message that I’ve lis tened to altogether too often dur ing the last IS months. To me, there appeared to be a solid support for the Northeast Dairy Compact, and a new pricing for milk that will cover the dairy farmers’ cost, plus a return on their investment We can’t change the past, but we sure can change the future. We can’t change the fact that some co ops and organizations have been dragging their feet on die North- Lancaster Farming ■ 1 E. Main St. _ Ephrata, Pa 17522 ' ■ 717-394-3047 | or Lititz _ 717-626-1164 ■ FAX 717-733-6058 ■ PHONE HOURS: - Mon., Tues., " Wed. & Fri. ■ 8 a.m. to 5 p.m _ Thurs. " 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. ■ OFFICE HOURS: ■ Mon. thru Fri. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ■ The following categories ■ are available for your classified advertising. ■ In Section C. Deadline a Thursday morning at 9of " each week's publication 1- Equipment B 2- Eq. Wanted " The following categories ® are available for your _ classified advertising m in Section D. 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However, all of us now have the responsibility to develop a pricing formula that is fair to our dairy fanners, without gouging our con sumers. This can be done. We must all strive to have Con gress place a floor price under the Basic Formula Price of $14.50 for an indefinite period of time. If we fail to obtain a decent flow price, then unfortunately the predictions of many of the dairy farmers that testified on December 18, 1997 will come true. In support of the dairy farmers testimony, many feed dealers, im plement dealers, etc. went to the podium explaining the difficulty they were having to maintain their businesses as a result of the low, unstable prices paid to dairy farm ers. Alarmingly, these are the same remarks that I have heard over and over again during the last IS months. The remarks of these business people alone should be enough to warrant quick action for higher prices to our dairy farmers. However, the most alarming testimony was given by Bob Smith from the Farm Credit Sys tem. Farm Credit has done a sur vey of 11,387 dairy fanners from We Now Accept Visa CLASSIFIED AD PLEASE WRITE CLEARLY \ LANCASTER FARMING i f P.O. Box 609, Ephrata, PA 17522 J NOTE: Please do not use this form for Mail Box Market Ads, see instructions with Mailbox Markets Name - Addresi City Zip Please publish my. starting with the □ Check Enclosed □ Visa(l3 or 16 numbers) □ Mastercard (16 numbers) (Be sure to include all numbers) Card# - - - Exp. Date: Signature Box Replies: Ads with answers coming to a box number, c/o Lancaster Farming: $1.50 per ad per week additional. This newspaper will not be responsible for more than one incorrect insertion of any advertisement. ■ ■ ■ hSS'Vh COUNTASONE woro^ Phone( ) word ad issue. Classify under I enclose. New England, New York, and Pennsylvania that use the services of Farm Credit. The survey showed: 1. 3,456 clients in a healthy position 30.4% 2. 3,909 some problems 34.3% 3. 1,707 greater problems; showing stress 15.0% 4. 1.220 greater problems than Category 3-moderate stress 10.7% 5.) 1,097 sever problems; severe stress 9.6% While production credits fig ures are alarming, they further re port that if the price-cost squeeze does not improve then they expect a further increase of dairy farmers falling into the stressful categor ies. At our Pro Ag rallies it has al ways appeared that nearly 75% of the dairy farmers were experienc ing some form of problems. Farm Credit figures support our findings. The main opposition to increas ing prices to dairy fanners came from 3 consumer groups or watch dog groups. While these groups appeared not to be against the family farm, however, they did call such programs as the North east Dairy Compact a milk tax and the Compact should not be imple mented. When Clyde Rutherford, a member of the Task Force asked the groups what alternatives they would suggest, they basically were mute. My observation is that these groups are on a self-styled mission to promote their organizations and VISA (Word Ads Only) ORDER BLANK ' PLEASE CALL OUR CLASSIFIED AD DEPT. IF YOU WANT TO ADVERTISE A DISPLAY BOX IN OUR PAPER State times they don’t represent the average consumer. I asked the spokesper son for Public Yoke to stay and listen to my testimony. During the last 15 months, Pro Ag has inter viewed 30,000 consumers (several from New York City) and only three have not agreed with our ef- GETTYSBURG (Adams Co.) With January 7, 1998, the deadline for membership renewal in the Pennsylvania Holstein As sociation’s incentive program, the board of directors of the Adams County Club learned that they have some work to do to meet their goal The board met on Mon day, December 29. 1997, at the Adams County Extension Office in a membership wrapup meeting and agreed to make some addi tional personal contacts. Unpaid members will lose benefits after January 7 and the local club will be disqualified for the goal at tained bonus. Kevin Holtzinger thanked Mar vin Brown and Rose Wenger for their special effort on behalf of the successful cheese sale. A total of 64 cases were sold, the profits go ing to support the club’s scholar ship and programs for youth and product promotion. Club secretary Phil Van Lieu reported on his findings of pro grams conducted for junior mem ben in neighboring Cumberland and Franklin counties. He agreed & Master Card A CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING RATES } " \ 47c per word per week -1 or 2 times j " \ 42c per word per week -3 or more times i ■ p 11 word minimum \ ■ £ Words 1 Time 2 Times 3 Times \ ■ £ up to 11 5.17 10.34 13.86 A 12 5.64 11.28 15.12 \ ■ * 13 6.11 12.22 16.38 % ■ \ 14 6.58 13.16 17.64 j ■ \ 15 7.05 14.10 18.90 } ■ \ 16 7.52 15.04 20.16 ) ■ \ 17 7.99 15.98 21.42 j ■ r 18 8.46 16.92 22.68 \ ■ P 19 8.93 17.86 23.94 J ■ p 20 9.40 18.80 25.20 J ■ Adams Holstein Board DEADUNES: SECTION O - WEDNESDAY AT 5:00 P.M. SECTION C - THURSDAY AT 9:00 A.M. OF EACH WEEK'S PUBLICATION forts. In addition, we have spent 20,000 petitions signed by con sumers to Washington, D.C. sup portint our efforts. It is now up to all of us to ac complish what must be done for our agriculture producers. Meets to call a meeting of the local junior members for the purpose of estab lishing an agenda for the new year. He will alert these members of the September IS deadline for applications for the club sponsored college scholarship. Marvin Brown, state director, reminded the directors that the deadlines are approaching for pre registration for both the Pennsyl vania Holstein Convention and the 1998 Pennsylvania Holstein Con vention. The latter will be held February 6-8 at the Holiday Inn, Union town. President John Clowney ap pointed a committee to explore in terest in the Dairy Princess pro gram. Club support is available provided interested qualified can didates can be identified. Potential contestants should call him at 334-7011. Committees are at work on plans for a late winter tour and a summer bam meeting. Plans will be announced at the next meeting of the board which was set for Saturday, February g, 1998, at the Cross Keys Inn near New Oxford.
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