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N.'E, Compact Commission Sets Supply Management Hearing
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Fanning Staff
MONTPELIER, Vt. The
Northeast Interstate Dairy Com
pact Commission has announced a
May 5 hearing to gather testimony
on a proposal to establish a supply
management program.
The hearing is to be held 9 a.m.
at the Wayfarer Inn in Bedford,
New Hampshire.
Though the notice of the hearing
stated that pre-filed testimony was
preferred, the deadline for submit
ting pre-filed testimony has
passed. The hearing was
announced April 12 by Compact
officials, though notification was
not widespread. The deadline for
pre-filed testimony was April 26.
The hearing was brought to the
attention of Lancaster Farming
after the deadline passed.
However, those who wish tq
offer comments do not have to
appear in person, but can submit
sworn and notarized testimony,
written comments and exhibits to:
Reformatting Lancaster
Farming, A Photo Essay
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) - Early last year Penn State
University Libraries’ preservation
department discovered its heavily
used backfile of the Lancaster
Farming was in such poor
physical condition that it was
seriously endangered and at risk
Four Sections
Northeast Dairy Compact Com
mission, 34 Barre Street, Suite 2,
Montpelier, Vermont, 05602.
The deadline for submitting
written comments is 5 p.m.. May
19. Copies of testimony sent to the
commission via fascimile also will
be accepted by until 5 p.m.. May
19, but the original sworn and
notarized must follow soon
afterward in regular mail.
The fact that the Compact Com
mission has called for a hearing on
a proposed amendment to its over
order price regulation “to establish
a supply management program” is
not a reflection on an actual need
for a supply management program
within the six New England states
Compact, according to Kenneth
Becker, executive director of the
Compact Commission.
According to Becker, regula
tions require the commission to
consider such a proposal.
“The Compact itself has a clause
that requires the Commission to
of being lost. Since Lancaster
Farming is the most sought
publication in the libraries’
archives, reformatting to
microfilm was the only viable
solution to combat the destruction
and save the newspaper.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 1, 1999
In our lead photographs this week, on the left, Janie Martin of Keinholds in
Lancaster County shows a favorite mare, Lucky, and newborn foal, Keeper, to the
camera Monday afternoon. These miniature horses are part of the 20 head on Ray
and Janie Martin's 23-acre Pheasant Lane Farm. The Martins raise the miniature
horses as a hobby and expect to have at least seven babies-by the time you read this.
On the right, corn planting was underway Tuesday afternoon along Route 501 at
Locust St. just north of Scheafferstown, in Lebanon County. A grandfather and
grandson team was working the land and running the corn planter to get a good
start on the 250 to 300 acres of corn they need to plant this spring. Photos by Everett
Newswanger, editor.
take such action as necessary ... to
ensure the over-order price does
not create an incentive to generate
additional supplies of milk,” Beck
er said this week, citing Compact
wording.
“So, it’s required by law that the
Commission pay attention to this
whole matter of milk supplies.”
But he did say the limited his
tory of the Compact does show
At the Miller Plant Farm, from left, Diane Miller, Phyllis Higginbothom, and Dave Mill
er prepare plants for the retail market. Turn to page B2to read about the Millers’ grow
ing business that roots back to the Great Depression. Photo by Joyce Bupp.
Signs Of Spring In The Country
some need for the Commission to
understand what is happening in
the Compact region and what
effect the Compact is having on
dairy pricing in the Compact and
surrounding region.
To fulfill its obligation to con
sider any factors which could
encourage additional production
of milk in the Compact, in the
spring of 1998 the Commission
$31.00 Per Year
held a series of meetings in the
New England states, at which
more than 500 farmers partici
pated, Becker said.
There had been an increase in
production, but farmer testimony
at the time was that the cause was
better weather than the previous
winter, and cheaper feed compared
to the previous year’s very high
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