A32-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 5, 1998 Farmers Ready To Vote (Continued from Page At) fanner who has been spearheading the effort find a way to bring the southern tobacco buyers back into Pennsylvania said they have indi cations but no specific promise the buyers will come if a farmer controlled auction is started. Right now, the project hangs in the balance because even though the crowds at the recent meetings were large and a good number of farmers immediately became members of the cooperative, the total to date is still only a small part of the 1,100 tobac co fanners with a total of 20 million pounds of tobacco to sell. Both type 609 and 41 tobacco are involved in the marketing effort. “We should have more members to make it work,” Balmcr said. “But farmers are sitting on their farms waiting for the buyers to come and no one is showing up. We must make the attempt with the support we have. We have so little to loose and if we can find a way to get this tobacco sold, we have a lot to gain.” Balmer has said much of the work on the pre lect to date has been vol untary. If the project should be dropped the relatively small expense to conduct the effort and make the cooperative legal in Pennsylvania will be paid from the $5O membership dues aftd the remainder returned to the farmers. The deadline to become a member of the cooperative has been extended into Decem ber. Balmcr said the committee hopes many farmers who have not yet joined the cause will come to the December 11th meeting, pay the dues, and vote on the question to begin an auction or not to begin an auction. Farmers who wish to become members at the meeting are asked to come a little early so the paperwork can be processed. Not only docs the loss of the tobacco market put hardship on indivi dual farmers, the sup porting agri-businesses feel the lost revenue as well. Tobacco money pays off production loans, farm mortages, and equipment and ser vice purchases. About 25 percent of the county's tobacco is Type 41, cigar tobacco. Lancaster Leaf, a local company, usually buys the bulk of this crop. The remainder of the local crop is Type 609, cigarette tobacco. Bal mer tells farmers to list seperately the number of pounds of each type on the cooperative If a majority of the members vote to support the marketing effort at the December 11 meeting, com mittee members hope to have an auction bam rented, a sales mana ger named, and an auction sche duled in two weeks. Balmer real izes this is more of a wishful hope rather than a realistic time table. But she wants to emphasize the ser ious effort leaders arc ready to give the project to get the tobacco sold. Anyone who would like more information or wants to become a member of the marketing coopera tive may contact Robert Anderson, Lancaster County extension agro nomy agent. 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