08—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, September 25,1982
PennAg elects
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Brubaker, who received his
bachelor’s degree u agriculture
from Penn State, has been an
active member of PennAg for the
past eight years and serves as the
Association’s first vice president.
On being elected president,
Brubaker says his selection "in
dicates PennAg is diversifying
from its history of being an
organization solely for millers and
feed dealers to include all of
agriculture’s supporting in
dustries,”
Commenting on the "hard
times” being experienced by
agribusiness during the past year,
Brubaker observes, "Our cash
flow hinges on the farmers’
economic conditions. Five minutes
after the farmer gets tight, we are
too. When the agriculture economy
sputters, industry feels it.”
Looking toward the future, he
adds, "I don’t know if we’re at the
bottom of this economic curve yet.
If not, there’ll be some thinning out
of farmers and businesses. We all
Hoober
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Out in the fields, a tno of Axial
Flow combines were working in
the corn of the Lapp Brothers,
located just north of Cochranville.
“These combines have been very
successful for us,” said Charles
Hoober Jr.
“We’ve been putting out about 25
machines a year.
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must sharpen our management
abilities in order to hang in there.”
When asked what he feels caused
the current economic diiema
facing the agricultural industries,
Brubaker states emphatically that
"the gram embargo hurt the ag
industry as much as any other
single situation in the past.” He
adds, "1 believe in the free market
system, not in government
programs. We must discipline our
industry to the laws of supply and
demand.”
Brubaker says he teels strongly
about involving all the agriculture
supporting industries within the
fold of PennAg during his term as
president. He also plans to have
the organization lake a more
visible and responsive role in the
legislative process, perhaps
forming a political action com
mittee.
“There’s more legislative clout
coming into the agricultural held,”
he explains. “We at FennAg have
to become more action oriented.
FennAg has kept a low profile in
field day
“There k a lot ot interest in that
new Streiger tractor, too. ”
And also on hand was C. B.
Hoober Sr., who launched the
dealership 40 years ago.
From that start, with just two
employees, it has grown to one ot
the leading dealerships of the East,
with a staff of 50 and a branch in
Maryland with a dozen more
personnel.
Rural electric co-ops month
HARRISBURG - The rural
electric cooperatives, serving over
640,000 consumers in 47 counties,
will participate in the national
the past, but the tunes are
changing, and our tactics and
emphasis areas need to change
with them.”
Other officers elected to serve
during 1983 include; George
Blankley'ot S.P. Scattergood and
Co., Inc., Narberth, first vice
president; Ralph Getkm, Getkin
Associates, Inc., Norristown,
second vice president; and Barry
Shaw, Wenger Feed Mill, Inc.
Kheems, third vice president.
Treasurer John J. Hess II of John
J. Hess 11, Inc., Paradise, was re
elected.
Michael Zapach ot Farm
Bureau, Souderton and Luicoln
Welles, Welles Mill Co., Inc.,
Wyalusing, were both re-elected as
directors. Newly elected directors
include: William J. Back of Bay
State Milling Co., Shiremanslown;
Togle J. Marcucci of Falmerton
Feed and Uram Corp., Palmerlon;
Bob Hondal ot Naugle’s Feed and
Supply, Berlin; and Ed Khoads,
Khoads Mill Inc., Sehnsgrove.
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