4 Milk Check’ author receives Extension award UNIVERSITY PARK - Thomas B. Jurchak, Lackawanna County Ex tension director, has been named recipient of the 1980 Cooperative Extension Service Award. The annual award is presented to a member of The Pennsylvania State University’s Extension Service staff for outstanding educational programming. Jurchak was honored during the recent Extension Con ference on the University Park Campus. In citing his ac complishments, Thomas B. King, Penn State associate dean for extension, said that the Lackawanna agent has conducted outstanding programs in the areas of OIL PRICES: 85' -95'-*1.15-‘1.35 *1.75-’2.00??? HOW MUCH WILL YOU PAY ? ground water hem i pUN\PSI milk marketing and vegetable production. He used a variety of teaching methods to make the milk marketing subject interesting and informative. Workshops involve par ticipants in a learning situation by actually solving marketing problems. Farms attending workshops in Lackawanna County brought requests from Extension agents in adjacent counties to conduct sessions in their counties. As a result, 53 meetings have been conducted in 10 Penn sylvania counties in the past three years. Jurchak is author of a milk marketing newsletter that is distributed to 26,000 dairymen in six nor- Thomas B. Jurchak, (eft, Lackawanna County Extension director, receives 1980 Cooperative Extension Service Award from Thomas B. King, Penn State associate dean for extension. theastern Pennsylvania Check is a regular feature in counties, New York, and Lancaster Farming. New England. The Milk Direct marketing has been Produce hotline serves farm marketers HARRISBURG - The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s Produce Marketers Hotline has proved a huge success in 1980, according to State Agriculture Secretary Penrose Hallowell. “Farmers from across the commonwealth took full advantage of the toll-free hotline, 800/932-0904,” Hallowell said, “making the pilot project an over whelming success.” The Produce Marketers Hotline was established by the Pennsylvania Depart ment of Agriculture in cooperation with the Agricultural Marketing Service of the U S. Depart ment of Agriculture. It was intended to help farmers involved in direct marketing to determine pricing for fresh produce. GEOTHERMAL • Utilize The Ground Water Heat on Your Property ... 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Race St. Richland, PA 17087 717-866-7588 (Call 717-272-8580 Collect) HAROLD C. FOSTER Star Route Huntingdon, PA 16652 814-643-0248 (Cali Collect) Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, December 20,1980—C25 an increasingly important part of the award winner’s program, with retail trends shifting to direct producer consumer purchases He conducted a senes of meetings for about 150 grocers with emphasis on retail merchandising. Weekly newsletters are also provided by Jurchak to members of a grocers’ cooperative which includes price lists and marketing information. In 1979 he was awarded the Pennsylvania Association of Farmer Cooperatives Master Educator Award for his work with farmer cooperatives. The Lackawanna County agent’s recent work has been instrumental in expanding the fresh market tomato industry m Pennsylvania. and receive updated price ranges for their produce. Information on the line was tallied and revised twice weekly, with farm marketers getting in formation such as prices for peas ranging from 75 cents to 85 cents per quart. “The hotline received 5489 calls between July 7 and September 30. Calls ranged HARRISBURG - The Game Commission has revised one of its rules governing State Game Lands m an effort to end public confusion over which roads on Game Lands are closed and which are open to public travel. OR 80x96A Game Commission closes its roads Variety demonstrations, the largest m the state, have brought five new varieties into production and inclusion in the Extension Vegetable Production Guide. To encourage adoption of the new varieties, produc tion, harvesting, and marketing budgets were developed to prove the in creased profits possible by ' growing tiie newer varieties. Lackawanna County also has led the state in developing other management practices to lower tomato production costs that include fertilizer rate and placement, the use of lime and cover crops, and integrated programs for disease control. Lackawanna County agent since 1957, Jurchak received two degrees from Penn State. from 20 to 284 per day, with an average of 119 calls per da>,” said Hallowed. “Hus shows an acceptance of the hotline, and indicates farm marketers found the program worthy. The demand for the hotline program shows a need for us to continue the service in future years." Most roads on most Game Lands are closed to the public at all times. However, in some instances, roads are opened at certain tunes of the year, usually during hunting seasons, in order that parts of the lands will be more accessible to the public. The Game Commission posters that will be placed on or along the roads which are open to public travel will have dates listed for the opening of the roads. 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