Farmers, distillers, retailers gather
HARRISBURG - Penn
sylvania Agriculture
Secretary Penrose Hallowell
has brought three major
links m the ethanol chain
together for the first time.
Nov. 9 meeting was called to
initiate a working dialogue
between com producers, of
ficials of an ethanol
distillery and represen
tatives from farm
cooperatives.
“Gasohol is an appealing
alternative energy source,”
said Hallowell. “The three
major components in mak
ing gasohol a reality are in
creased com production, ex
panded fermentation
facilities and successful
marketing practices. No one
York DHIA members honor top milkers
BY PATRICIA GREEK
Staff Correspondent
YORK Rodney Smyser,
T. Edwin Johnson, and
Leonard Greek are the new
Directors of the York County
DHIA. They were elected at
the Annual Banquet held
Wednesday night at Avalong
Restaurant in York.
The 818 pounds of fat
produced on 19,980 pounds of
milk by David Stewart’s
cows was enough to earn the
Delta Farmer the High-Herd
for Fat Award.
Lynn Wolf’s cows also
worked overtime on their
Abbottstown farm producing
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“By bringing together
farmers, an ethanol distiller
and energy retailers we hope
to lay the foundation for
ethanol production m Penn
sylvania.
“We discussed the ability
of farmers to deliver the
necessary amounts of com
and the willingness of farm
cooperatives to pump
gasohol. We also explored
the possibility of potential
markets for distiller’s dry
grains and distiller’s wet
grams, a byproduct of the
ethanol process.
“Gov. Thornburgh has
urged us to push hard for the
swift and prudent use of
everything at our disposal in
20,320 pounds of milk and 719
pounds of fat. This won them
the High-Herd for Milk in the
county.
The Most Improvement
Between 400 & 500 pounds
award was won by Donald
Wilson, of New Park, whose
average came up 59 pounds
of fat.
The Most Improvement
Over '5OO pounds was
awarded to Leonard Greek,
Delta, whose cows came up
108 pouhds of fat bringing
him into the 600-pound
Class.
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matron of George Knight’s
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our search for alternative
energy sources, from sun
shine to moonshine,”
Hallowell said.
Dan Cook, Director of the
Department of Agriculture's
Office of Planning, Research
and Economic Development
said that Pennsylvania
farmers could grow the
necessary amounts of com.
“Currently Pennsylvania
farmers produce 115 to 120
million bushels of corn an
nually. Over 200 million
bushels of com could be pro
duced in Pennsylvania if the
demand for com existed.
“One bushel of com with
today’s technology produces
2.6 gallons of ethanol,” Cook
said.
herd, Airville, again took the
High Lifetime Production
Award with 290,670 pounds of
milk and 10,746 pounds of fat
to date.
Her stablemate, Ella,
brought another award to
Knight by having the High
305 Day Lactation in the
county with 34,107 pounds ol
.rmlk and 1364 pounds of fat.
Herds in the 600-Pound
Class or above for fat are as
follows: 800-Pound Class -
David Stewart, Delta.
In the 700-Pound Class:
Sinking Springs Farm,
York; Lynn Wolf, Ab
bottstown; Smyser’s
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In the production of
ethanol, a byproduct known
as distiller’s gram, is pro
duced that can be used on the
farm as feed or exported for
human or animal consump
tion. Distiller’s dry grams
have an excellent market
value but need to be dried,
an expensive process requir
ing huge amounts of energy.
However, distiller’s wet
grams could be trucked to
one-half million cattle in
Southeast Pennsylvania as
an economical alternative.
The production of ethanol
from com only uses the star
ches and does not reduce the
protein value of the
byproduct.
The farm cooperatives
Richlawn Farm, York; and
Beshore Farms, New
Cumberland.
In the 600-Pound Class
were Robert R. Stewart,
Airville; Thomas A. Boyer,
York; Wayne B. Mummert.
East Berlin; Galawn Farms,
Dover; and Leonard W.
Greek, Delta.
Also m this class are Guy
A. Leader and Sons, New
Freedom; Paul R. King,
Delta; H. Fetrow and Sons,
York; Earl Fuhrman,
Hanover; Hidden Sprngs
Farm, Dover; Avalong
Farms Holstems, York; and
Dennis J. Rock.
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to talk ethanol
which would market the
gasohol on the retail level,
were enthused about using
ethanol as a gasoline ex
tender.
Gasohol would increase
the amount of fuel available
by ten percent despite the
current allocation system.
Many gasoline retailers in
Pennsyvania are only
receiving 75 per cent of last
year’s allocation.
Representatives of a
ethanol distillery, Publicker
Industries, Inc. a
Philadelphia based firm that
currently sells ethanol and is
the only commercial pro
ducer of ethanol m the state,
said that the public accep
tance of gasohol by con
sumers is just short of fan
tastic.
Tests results show that
gasohol provides a three to
f, ve per cent increase m
Pa. to sue EPA
for relaxing
air standards
HARRISBURG - The
department of En
vironmental Resources has
notified Ohio, the Cleveland
Electric Illuminating Co.
and the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency that
Pennsylvania will file a
lawsuit to enforce Ohio’s
sulfur dioxide emission
standards.
The lawsuit stems from
EPA’s announced intention
to relax emission standard’s
at Cleveland Electric’s East
Lake and Avon Lake plants,
both of which are located
near Cleveland.
The emission standard for
those two coal-burning
plants was set in a court
approved decision that
settled six years of litigation
over sulfur dioxide emission
standards in Ohio.
But before those standards
took effect, Cleveland
Electric applied to EPA for
an exemption. The federal
agency responded by
proposing a new standard
that would not require any
sulfur dioxide emission
reductions at the two plants.
Both Pennsylvania and
New York have objected to
these proposed relaxations
on ground that neither the
company nor EPA con
sidered the effects of this air
pollution on downwind
states.
And while EPA considers
these objections, it has
proposed to suspend en
forcement of any sulfur
dioxide emission standards
at the two plants.
Pennsylvania has told
EPA that such a suspension
would be illegal.
The existing emission
standard requires the Avon
Lake plant to reduce sulfur
dioxide emissions to 1.15
pounds per million BTU and
the East Lake plant to
reduce to 1.43 pounds per
million BTU.
Currently, the two plants
are emitting sulfur dioxide
at four to five times the
allowed rate.
DER is required to notify
EPA, Ohio and Cleveland
Electric under the Clean Air
Act that it intends to take an
enforcement action.
The lawsuit will be the
latest in a series of actions
mileage, improves per
formance and reduces
engine knocking, dirt
buildup and friction. Ethanol
increases the octane rating
of gasoline by an average of
three points.
The Publicker represen
tativs said this would like to
expand their ethanol
distillery but are hesitant
about committing the money
unless they can be assured of
adequate supplies of cost ef
fective fermentable raw pro
ducts, such as corn, and an
agreement with gasoline
retailers to market the
gasohol.
There was discussion of
the possibilities of an ex
change between farmers and
Publicker. Farmers would
supply com in return for
ethanol and distiller’s wet
grains.
by DER designed to make
sure neighboring, upwind
states control their fair
share of air pollution.
DER Secretary Clifford L.
Jones has met with the
congressional
delegation to discuss the
problem and both Jones and
Lt. Gov. William Scranton
discussed the issue with
EPA Administrator Douglas
Costle.
“EPA has sufficient
regulatory authority to
undertake interstate
regulation of air pollution,
but has not exercised its
authority because it has
treated each air pollutant
category and each power
plant source in isolation and
in a narrow geographical
area,” Jones told the
congressional delegation.
DER has argued that
sulfur dioxide emissions
from power plants in the
Midwest are the sources of
acid rain and sulfate par
ticulates measured in
Pennsylvania and has of
fered a solution to the
problem.
“While the Pennsylvania
standard may not be the
precise emission limitation
that should be set
everywhere, application of
an emission ceiling which
can be easily attained
through coal washing or by
the use of low sulfur coal will
prevent the problem from
getting worse and provide
room for growth and in
creased coal utilization,”
Jones said.
And the department has
already filed a lawsuit
against EPA seeking to
reverse federally approved
air pollution control
relaxations in West
Viriginia.
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