AlB—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 7,1984
6 firms nominated for agribusiness
HARRISBURG - Six Penn
sylvania firms have been
nominated for the Fourth Annual
Pennsylvania Agribusinss Award,
according to State Agriculture
Secretary Penrose Hallowell. The
firms are Gibbles of Cham
bersburg, Jaindl’s Turkey Farm of
Orefield, Pennsylvania
Cooperative Potato Growers, Inc.
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planned at Farm Show
HARRISBURG - The Farm
Show is a yearling happening that
brings fun and excitement to its
visitors. The six-day show opening
tomorrow is packed with contests,
exhibits and fun for all, while
giving visitors a lesson in Penn
sylvania agriculture. Evenings at
the Farm Show bring a different
kind of fun as visitors are treated
to special entertainment from
concerts to pony pulls.
This year’s evening program
begins tomorrow with Farm Youth
Benefit Night and a variety of
musical talent including The
Original Ink Spots, A 1 Raymond’s
Big Band, Miss Pennsylvania
Jennifer Lynn Eshelman, and
Sassafrass. This is the only event
at Farm Show requiring tickets,
with proceeds benefitting farm
youth activities and program
improvements at the Farm Show
Complex. General admission
tickets will be available Sunday for
$4-50. The show starts at 6:30 p.m.
after the close of the exhibit halls.
Monday night is Secretary of
Agriculture’s Night, with
Secretary Penrose Hallowell
recognizing three award winners;
the Farm Show Family of the
Year, the Agribusiness of the
Year, and the Senior Farm Couple.
Monday night also brings the
Cumberland County 4-H Horse and
Pony Club to the Farm Show
arena. The 25 4-H members will
demonstrate their expert riding
ability, beginning at 7:15 p.m. Also
on the Monday night agenda is the
hitched-horse competition, with
competitors having one to five
horses hitched to their wagon.
Tuesday, Master Farmers
Night, is highlighted by two events.
Beginning at 6 p.m. the Future
Farmers of America Band will
perform their annual concert
under the direction of Dr. Ned
Diehl from Penn State University.
The 80-member band is composed
of FFA members from all oyer the
commonwealth, ranging in age
from 14-19 The FFA Band has
performed at the State Farm Show
for the past 35 years.
Following the FFA Band will be
the nation’s largest Folk Dance
Festival and Contest beginning at 7
p.m. The festival consists of sixty
8-member teams, with three age
groups competing for blue, red and
white ribbons.
Wednesday night is the Horse
Pulling Contest, with both light
weight and heavyweight classes
competing. Lightweight teams
under 3200 pounds begin at 4:30
p.m. The six-horse hitch com-
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of Harrisburg, Phillips Lancaster
Swiss Cheese of Gordonville,
Riverside Markets of Dußois, and
Spring Glen Farm of Ephrata. All
six firms have shown outstanding
efforts in promotion of Penn
sylvania agriculture, according to
Hallowell.
The winter of the annual award,
given to an agribusiness exhibiting
excellence in •v* of Penn-
evening programs
petition follows the lightweight
division, with the heavyweight
horse pulling division following.
Twenty-eight teams are entered in
the horse pulling.
The Pennsylvania State Sheep or
Shawl Contest will begin at 6:00
p.m. in the small arena on Wed
nesday evening. Teams will shear
a sheep, spin the wool into yarn,
and weave a shawl before sur
prised spectators. An auction of
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Monday, January 9, 1984 at 6:30
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“The Agribusiness Award gives
recognition to a very important
segment of the state’s agricultural
industry,” Hallowell said. “It is
fitting to recognize these firms
during Farm Show for their overall
the shawls will follow the contest,
about 8:45 p.m.
Pony pull lovers won’t want to
miss Thursday night at the Farm
Show. Contests begin at 6 p.m. with
twenty-seven teams competing in
three weight classes in the large
arena. The Bid Calling Contest,
sponsored by the Pennsylvania
Auctioneers Association, will begin
at 6 p.m. in the small arena.
Consistent performance that gives you
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contribution to agriculture.
Agribusiness is as essential to the
state’s economy as the farmer,
with more than 16,000 food
retailers and processors em
ploying 200,000 workers and
generating $2O billion in sales each
year.”
The award is based on five
criteria, including production of a
high quality product adhering to
state and federal inspection
requirements, and participation in
either the “Pennsylvania
Agriculture We’re Growing
Better” or the “Keystone Pride”
logo program. The logo must be
incorporated directly on the firm’s
label, package, shipping carton, or
be used extensively in advertising.
Processing firms must use a
percentage of raw Pennsylvania
products in the final food product,
and judges consider additional
utilization of Pennsylvania
products. Additional consideration
is given for the amount of time the
agribusiness has used the
program, is overall effort to
promote Pennsylvania products,
the marketing area and the
number of consumers reached by
the firm.
The judges for this year’s
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Performance you c;
award
Agribusiness Award are John
Kimbark, managing editor of the
Pennsylvania Farm magazine;
Sheila Miller, research analyst,
Pennsylvania State Senate
Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Committee; and Rocco Pugliese,
executive director of the Penn
sylvania Food Processors
Association.
Gibbles is a processor of potato
chips and snack foods, located in
Chambersburg, Franklin County.
Jaindl’s Turkey Farm in Orefield,
Lehigh County, is a poultry
breeding, growing and processing
operation. The Pennsylvania
Cooperative Potato Growers,
headquartered in Harrisburg, is a
marketing cooperative for
tablestock and chipping stock
potatoes.
Phillips Lancaster Swiss Cheese
Company in Gordonville, Lan
caster County, manufactures and
distributes a variety of cheeses.
Riverside Markets headquartered
in Dußois, Clearfield County, is a
distribution center with 71 retail
food stores. Spring Glenn Farm
Kitchen in Ephrata, Lancaster
County, processes jam, jellies,
relishes, honey and Pennsylvania
Dutch specialties.
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