Emergency dairy meeting in the Northeast
By Dairy Herd news source  |  Monday, July 13, 2009

An emergency meeting to provide information to dairy producers has been set for Friday, July 17 at 10 a.m. on the campus of Morrisville State College in Morrisville, N.Y. Specifically, the meeting will be in the gymnasium of the Student Activities Building.

“Disastrously low milk prices have created a crisis in our industry,” according to David Rama of the Cattle Exchange in Delhi, N.Y .  “We invite all dairy producers and industry personnel to this meeting.”

Sponsored by the New York Holstein Association with support from The Cattle Exchange and several other dairy organizations, the session will feature John Bunting of Delhi, N.Y., a former dairy producer and student of dairy policy.  His presentation will show how these low prices have been caused and outline possible solutions.  Other invited speakers will describe the emerging industry consensus on what changes must be made to control the milk supply.

“If nothing is done, industry experts say we could lose 20 to 30 percent of our family dairy farmers, large and small,” Rama explains.  This would be a tragedy not only for the families involved but for the structure of the entire industry and the American consumer, he emphasizes.

Beth Keene, professor of dairy science at Morrisville, explains that the agricultural program there wants to do its part to safeguard the wellbeing of the industry.  She explains the meeting will be held in the Student Activities Center on the Morrisville campus.

“If you’re part of the Northeast dairy industry, come to this meeting and help secure your future,” adds Patricia Gifford, Executive Manager of the New York Holstein Association.

For more information, contact David Rama at (607) 746.2226, e-mail cattleex@delhitel.net; Patricia Gifford at (607) 316.0867, e-mail pgifford@nyholsteins.com; or Beth Keene at (607) 345.0031, e-mail keenebe@morrisville.edu

Source: The Cattle Exchange

 

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