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Poultry Federation
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government to make some dif
ferent decisions,” Eckroade
pointed out.
Eckroade noted that, although
birds must be injected on an in
dividual basis, only one injection is
necessary, making vaccination a
possibility for broiler flocks as well
as layers.
Will the University’s research
lead to routine avian flu vac
cination? “I don’t think we’ll be
going out and vaccinating all the
birds,” says Eckroade, pointing
out that once a virus becomes a
problem, a vaccine specific for
that particular virus’s serotype
must be formulated. The research
does show, however, that vac
cination can be a very effective
method for preventing disease and
mortality, Eckroade concludes.
In Pennsylvania alone, the 1983-
84 avian influenza epidemic was
responsible for the destruction of
more than 16 million birds.
The two-day Federation event
featured educational seminars on
Wednesday and Thursday, with the
presentation of the organization’s
Industryman of the Year awards
at Wednesday evening’s
Recognition and Awards Banquet.
According to the Federation’s
Tim Allwein, the honors go to in
dividuals who have made the
greatest contributions to the egg,
broiler and turkey industries
during the previous year.
Honored as this year’s Egg
Industryman of the Year was
Glenn Smith, the recently ap
pointed vice president and general
Bailey scheduled as PFU speaker
HERSHEY - State Auditor
General Don Bailey will be a
featured speaker at the Penn
sylvania Farmers Union’s 14th
Annual Convention banquet,
Thursday, Nov. 7 at the Hotel
Hershey.
“We are quite pleased to have an
elected official of Auditor General
Bailey’s stature to address our
delegates,” said PFU Executive
Director Chester L. Reed. “Our
theme this year is ‘Your Future is
Now!,’ and we’re sure that a man
of Mr. Bailey’s experience will
help motivate our delegates to take
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manager of Pennfield Cor
poration’s Egg Division.
Smith began his career in the
poultry industry following high
school graduation in 1954, when he
joined Indian River Poultry Farm.
Employed for a short time by
Hy-Cross Company in Doylestown
as their operations manager,
Smith then accepted a position as
general manager of Chick Sales
Egg Farm in Hanover.
Smith joined Pennfield as a feed
salesman in 1976, and was named
sales manager of the egg division
in 1978.
In addition to being recently
elected vice chairman of PPF’s
board of directors, Smith is a past
president of the Pennsylvania Egg
Marketing Association, and is
currently a director of Egg
Clearinghouse and a member of
the Pennsylvania Egg Exchange.
He currently resides in Leola
with his wife, Sandy, and their
three children.
Named Broiler Industryman of
the Year was Paul Whipple of
Farm Service, a division of
AgriGeneral Corporation. A
Pennsylvania native, Whipple
worked as a dairy herdsman
following World War 11. Whipple
began a career as a feed salesman
inWysoxinlOSO.
After serving as assistant
manager of Farm Credit’s
Towanda office, he'took a position
as manager of the Lancaster Farm
Credit office.
His association with the poultry
industry includes a 20-year career
with Pennfield’s financial
the political action needed to
secure their futures.”
Senator Arlen Specter is also
scheduled to address the banquet,
providing that the Senate is able to
complete its day’s agenda in
Washington, D.C.
The evening will begin with a
reception in the Fountain Lobby of
the Hotel Hershey, at 5:00 p.m. The
banquet will begin at 6:00 p.m.
Non-delegates wishing to attend
may reserve tickets at $2O each by
calling the state office at 1-800-932-
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recently joining Farm Service.
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degree at Penn State, Jordan
served with the Air Force in
Korea, then returned to his alma
mater for graduate studies.
In his 26 years on the Extension
Service’s staff, he has published
some 500 magazine articles, and
has frequently been called upon to
serve as an expert witness in
litigation involving poultry
producers. He also serves as ad
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Council.
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the legislators, “and it’s the
Secretary’s feeling there’s been an
erosion of support (for the dairy
diversion program) within the
industry.”
Proposals for a whole-herd
buyout, he noted, “are not well
received either,” but he conceded
that the idea could resurface as an
11th hour compromise.
And though the secretary is
pushing hard for adoption of his
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Congress some latitude in its time
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that “he thinks we might be able to
have a Farm Bill by
Thanksgiving,” Lane said. And if
Congress seems to be making
progress on the bill, the Ad
ministration probably will agree to
another short extension, like the
45-day extension which
reauthorized existing programs
just before they were slated to
expire Oct. 1.
A second extension of days or a
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