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been in the hog business for 25
years, won the champion
production barrow award. Hess’
winning entry had a production
barrow index of 103.2 (please refer
to chart) which included the top
average daily gain, 1.89 pounds,
and the best loin eye area, 6.90
inches.
Dutch Valley Farm of Manheim,
represented by Mark Nestleroth,
R 5 Manheim, received both the
reserve champion production
barrow and champion barrow on
foot awards. The titles were won
by the the same entry.
The highest percent muscle
award went to Mt. View Farm,
Myerstown. Represented by
Pennfield supervisor Ray Meyer,
Ml. View’s entry scored a muscle
percentage of 44.4.
Twenty-three boars were en
tered in this year’s contest, ac
cording to Chester County ex
tension agent Cheryl Fairbairn,
who presented the awards.
Fairbairn said she’d like to see
more entries in the contest and
added that it costs about 25 percent
of the feeder pig market price to
get into this production program.
Of the 23 entries, five were
disqualified because the loin eye
area was too small. Fairbairn said
this has been a problem in swine
production and it’s something
producers need to work on.
“Fat thickness is picking up,”
Fairbairn said, “and this may help
increase loin eye area. We need to
find a happy medium between
these two areas, especially with
the program to ‘Lean on Pork.’”
In other business, Bill Fisher, of
R 2 East Earl, Barry Haldeman, of
R 3 Manheim, and John Henkel, of
R 1 Strasburg, were elected
directors for Lancaster County.
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Pa. to enforce EDB guidelines
HARRISBURG Pennsylvania
will enforce new guidelines set by
the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency for allowable levels of
ethylene dibromide (EDB) in food
products, according to state
Agricultural Secretary .Penrose
Hallowell.
Hallowell said that the state has
begun enforcing the guidelines for
residues of EDB, a chemical used
as an industrial solvent and a
pesticide.
“The Pennsylvania Department
of Agriculture is accepting the
EPA guidelines for tolerance
levels of EDB in grain and food
products, and has begun en
forcement action on these
guidelines,” Hallowell said. “We
will take necessary actions to
remove any products from sale
where EDB levels are determined
to exceed the federal guidelines."
“Our major concern is for the
safety of Pennsylvania consumers.
The Bureau of Foods and
Chemistry has been testing
samples of grain and fruit based
products since January 31, and will
continue monitoring through
random sampling of these foods,”
he said. “Currently no Penn
sylvania product on grocery store
shelves exceed EPA guidelines.”
In tests which have been com
Charles, R 2 Lancaster.
Guest speaker John Deiterly,
Mid-Atlantic regional director for
the Heifer Project International,
spoke on the program’s activities
and progress. He presented a slide
show on the programs utilized in
foreign countries such as Korea,
Thialand, Cambodia, East Africa,
Hondorus and the United States.
BEST FROM E.C.H.S.
Lititz, PA
Lancaster
pletcd, 35 of 114 food products
showed any detectable level of
EDB. “We have no evidence to
suggest that any product grown or
produced in the state using Penn
sylvania products shows any EDB
residues,” Hallowell said.
“Results of a survey conducted
by the Department’s Bureau of
Plant Industry shows extremely
limited use of EDB in Penn
sylvania in recent years,” he
noted. “The grain industry has not
< used this chemical as a fumigant
for grain in 5-7 years, and its use as
a soil fumigant has been restricted
to no more than 100 acres in the
entire state. We would expect very
little or no economic impact from
the EPA guidelines on Penn
sylvania’s farmers or agricultural
economy.”
Hallowell said that only nine of
52 food samples taken at the retail
level showed any evidence of EDB
residues, ranging from .9 parts per
billion to 57.9 ppb. None of the six
water samples tested showed
evidence of EDB residues, while
six of 12 raw grain samples showed
levels of EDB.
In each instance where EDB
levels were discovered, the
product had been produced,
processed or shipped into Penn
sylvania from other states
Farm management
workshop scheduled
A Financial Management
Workshop for farmers and farm
couples will be conducted by the
Lancaster County Extension. It
wiU be held Feb. 28 and 29, 9:30
a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Lampeter
1?iro Hall Prprpaict ration is
717-626-6566
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GDB is used primarily as a
gasoline additive and industrial
solvent. Approximately 93 percent
of the total U.S. production of the
chemical each year is in these
forms. EDB has been registered as
a pesticide since 1948, with about 90
percent of the agricultural use as a
soil fumigant, where it is injected
into the soil to protect a crop from
attack by root worms. Citrus
fruits, soybeans and more than 30
other crops are treated this way.
GDB has also been used to
fumigant stored grain and citrus,
and to treat grain milling
machinery to prevent insect in
festation.
Hallowell, who serves as
chairman of the National
Association of State Departments
of Agriculture GPA special
committee, said that the
organization had urged all states to
adopt the GPA guidelines. “The
decision on tolerance levels of GPA
was based on information provided
by state government agencies and
industry alike. These tolerance
levels were recommended by top
scientists after evaluation of all
available data, and should be
supported and enforced unifromily
with regulations applied across the
nation.”
required.
Speakers will include; Penn
State Farm Management
Specialists, Lancaster County
Extension Agents and local farm
financial lenders and advisors.
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