Senate Approves Dairy Compact Legislation 44-6
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promoting the reauthorization of
the Northeast Dairy Compact and
the creation of others.
This has been done especially
since U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Dan Glickman has announced a
final order for the reformation of
the federal dairy program, with
pricing milk, and with establishing
a reduction in marketing areas.
Farmers are to have the oppor
tunity to vote on the final proposal.
Cooperative leadership can vote
on behalf of its farmer members.
Farm organizations and
cooperatives have issued a number
of news releases critizing the final
order. There have been no news
releases stating support for the
proposal, except for comments
included in the USDA’s summa
ries of the final order.
In brief, under the final order, if
adopted as proposed, dairy farmers
in the Middle Atlantic states (tradi
tionally higher priced) can expect
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to experience an overall drop in
milk price, while other areas of the
nation (traditionally lower priced)
can expect increases.
Also, according to some in lead
ership of one cooperative, there
have been some unofficial side
discussions about potentially
negotiating and establishing some
long-term supply and price con
tracts between dairy producers and
milk manufacturers, in order to
take better control of supply and
demand and thus enable the entire
dairy industry to make longer term
planning and risk management
decisions.
The six opposition votes to Sen.
Madigan’s Compact legislation
were by Sen. Albert Belan (D) of
Allegheny and Westmoreland
counties; Sen. Leonard Bodack
(D) of Allegheny County; Sen. Jay
Costa Jr. (D) of Allegheny County;
Sen. Stewart Greenleaf (R) of
Bucks and Montgomery counties;
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Sen. Timothy Murphy (R) of
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Allegheny County.
An association of independent
milk producers has been created in
the western part of the state to fight
against the Compact and artificial
pricing for producers. At a previ
ous hearing on the Compact, a
small cooperative of dairy produc
ers who sell to an independent pro
cessor voiced opposition to the
Compact.
Sens. Madigan, and William
Slocum, who is chairman of the
Senate Agriculture and Rural
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Affairs Committee, both said that
mote than anything, the potential
for their constituent dairy farmers
to benefit from Compact pricing is
viewed as a form of farmland
preservation.
Rep. Raymond Bunt has said
that it is his intent to call a commit
tee meeting to consider the Senate
Compact legislation as soon as he
receives it.
He said the House Ag Commit
tee members have known about the
Senate legislation for some time
and it is only tight that they have
the opportunity to review it
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