AB— Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December. 27,1980
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
Research and education
programs should be
developed to address the
needs and problems of
organic farmers, according
PCB-containing soil to be removed
YOUNGSVILLE -
Cleanup of the warehouse
site in Youngsville, Warren
County, is nearing com
pletion with the planned
removal of the remaining
soil containing trace
amounts of PCBs
Representatives of the
Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Resources
and the federal En
vironmental Protection
Agency today announced
State ag businessmen predict
higher 1981 prices
EPHRATA - “While the
U.S. still has the lowest food
prices in the world, I think
the American consumer will
have to get used to higher
prices in 1981.”
The New Year’s prediction
was expressed by Jay
Wolgemuth, Wolgemuth
Bros., Mt. Joy, as he
prepared to relenqmsh the
presidency of PennAg In
dustries Association on
January 1, to Morris E.
Brown, Jr., F.M. Brown’s
Sons, Fleetwood.
PennAg is a statewide
trade association of over 500
agribusiness firms in
Pennsylvania.
Wolgemuth cited rapidly
escalating ingredient prices
which translate into higher
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Organic farmers deserve help
on non-synthetic
to a comprehensive report
on organic farming in the
United States and abroad
issued by the U.S. Depart
ment of Agriculture.
that the remaining soil
containing low levels of
polychlorinated biphenyls is
to be removed from the site
early in January
The announcement was
made by James P Snyder,
assistant director of DER’s
Bureau of Solid Waste
Management, and Michael
Zickler, the EPA’s on-scene
coordinator at Youngsville
Removal of the soil will
complete the cleanup
operation at the warehouse
feed prices, the largest
single cost in animal
agriculture, as one reason.
Others include the ex
tensive drought which was
experienced in many
geographic areas of the U.S.
in 1980, higher interest rates,
increased energy costs,
burdensome governmental
regulation which has real
economic impact and the
disrupting effect on world
markets caused by the
imposition of the gram
embargo.
While Wolgemuth focused
on eggs and meat for his
remarks, Brown discussed
dairy.
“I agree with all the above
cited by Wolgemuth, but
dairy has the added problem
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USDA study says
In the report, a study team
of government, industry,
and university scientists
urges that organic farming
systems be investigated as a
means to conserve both
where 425 barrels of PCB
laced oil were discovered in
August 19,78 by Federal
Bureau of Investigation
agents m connection with the
North Carolina PCB dum
ping case involving the
operators of a Jamestown,
NY , transformer sales
company
In July state funds were
used to remove the barrels of
PCB-laced oil from the
warehouse located 150 yards
of overproduction of fluid
milk. Farmers must either
hold down production or cull
cows. With increased costs,
dairy farms cannot stand
reduced price levels without
courting disaster.”
Brown, in looking forward
to goals for PennAg In
dustries during his
presidency hopes for some
revision of Pennsylvania's
costly fertilizer law,
elimination of the
.duplication in inspections of
medicated feed by both
Federal and State personnel
and some correction on
Pennsylvania’s rural bridge
weight limits.
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energy and natural
resources.
The report defines organic
farming as “a production
system which avoids or
from the wells serving as
Youngsville's water supply
The remaining soil is to be
trucked to the Keystone
Landfill in Dunmore
Borough, Lackawanna
County
The Keystone facility is a
permitted municipal landfill
which has been approved to
receive the soil by DER
Representatives of DER and
EPA will be at the landfill to
monitor disposal of the soil
The soil will be tran
sported by a private hauler
under contract to the EPA
Soil removed from the
Youngsville site has been
tested by the EPA Soil with
higher amounts of PCBs
were taken to a secure out
of-state landfill The EPA
does not consider the
remaining soil containing
low levels of PCBs to
represent a health hazard
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largely exdudes the use of
synthetically-compounded
fertilizers, pesticides,
growth regulators, and
livestock feed additives.”
In calling for programs to
study organic forming as an
option in American
agriculture, the study foam
said: “a holistic research
approach, that may involve
the development of new
methodologies, is" needed to
thoroughly investigate
organic farming practices
and their relationship to
organic waste recycling,
nutrient availability, crop
production, energy con
servation anci environmental
quality.”
The study team drew upon
on-site case studies of 69
organic-farms in 23 states, a
Rodale Press survey of “The
New Farm” magazine
readership, two study tours
of organic farms and
research institutes in
Europe and Japan, in
terviews and correspon
dence with knowledgeable
organic farmers and an
extensive review of the
literature published on
organic forming.
The experts concluded
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that “many of the current
methods ot soil and crop
management practiced by
organic fanners are also
those which have been cited
as best management
practices for controlling soil
erosion, minimizing water
pollution and conserving
energy.”
These benefits were not
necessarily achieved at the
expense of crop, the
researchers found.
According to both USDA
case studies and the Rodale
study, “most of the farmers
with well established
organic systems reported
that crop yields on a per acre
basis were comparable to
those obtained on near-by
chemical-intensive farms.”
The study team also ex
pressed itself as “impressed
by the ability of organic
farmers to control weeds
and pests without the use, or
with minimal use, of
chemicals.”
Their success in con
trolling weeds in crops such
as soybeans, corn and
cereals was attributed, in
the report, to timely tillage
and cultivation, delayed
planting, crop rotations.
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