A32-Lancaster Farming, Saturday. November 14, 1998
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of the watershed is largely blamed
upon the farms, it has been recog
nized that any other land uses,
especially residential, would
increase the pollution of the waters
by at least six times.
In other words, while farms
there may be linked to nutrients in
water, the impact is not as great as
would occur would the farms be
replaced by any other use for the
land.
(Furthermore, it could be
assumed that for New York City to
otherwise secure an adequate pro
tection of the watershed upon
which it depends, it would have to
purchase the entire acreage and put
it out of service in generating
taxes.)
Becker said the Compact does
stabilize daily prices and dairy
farms, and while it doesn’t prevent
the on-farm price from declining,
it does lessen the decline.
As far as overproduction within
the Compact being encouraged
because of the artificially higher
producer price, some states, such
as Massachusettes are proposing
caps on production, according to
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berships in DPC. nard, retired - attend, Ac two ™nra“v«i hon-
Recdving awards were Robert - orary life membersh ps and
Turner, president of the DPC, for plaq™* commemorating the
sustaining member PLADOT achievements.
Mini Dairy Processing Systems,
and the DPC Office, which was
responsible for bringing in sustain
ing member Northeast Dairy Pro
cessors Association.
Also receiving Silver Eagles
were Donald George, Terry Mus
son, Chris Newcomer, Gaylord
Smith, Stan Weeks, Daniel Scru
ton, Patrick Boyle, and Lee
Southwick.
New states regulatory and
extension agencies for the year
include the California Department
of Food and Agriculture; Califor
nia Cooperative Extension, Uni
versity of Califomia-Davis; New
Mexico Department of Agricul
ture; Tennessee Department of
Agriculture; the Texas Department
of Health; and the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, Industria Lechera
de Puerto Rico. At the federal
level, the Food and Drug Admi
nistration Southwest Region Milk
Becker.
He said that the idea is that the
Compact price would be paid on a
certain poundage coming from the
farm, while the rest of the milk
produced would not receive that
price.
(The proposed concept is not
new to the dairy industry.)
Becker said that as government
gets out of regulating farm com
modity pricing, and moves into
environmental controls, there are
mote questions as to how to pay for
the environmental controls.
“If you want farms to farm in a
region, and you’re unwilling to use
tax-based farm supports,” people
will have to seek some alternative
means for supporting local or reg
ional farms, as a means for achiev
ing environmental goals, he said.
Awards, Recognitions
The DPC meeting also recog
nized achievements of some of its
members.
The group annually recognizes
those who have helped secure sup
porting or sustaining memberships
into the DPC. Those who are rec
ognized receive a Silver Eagle
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