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BUSINESS NEWS—
Change in ag will become
more rapid, real estate
appraiser warns
BLUE BALL Agriculture has
been changing and will continue to
change at a more rapid pace in the
future, real estate appraiser John
Younker, Jr. told farmers at
tending the Blue Ball National
Bank Seminar on Feb. 5.
“I think changes are coming,”
he said, adding, “I think we’re
going to have to face them now.”
And, he continued, those changes
will mean that some farmers will
not be in agriculture ten years
from now. “We may not like what
we’re going to see, but we have to
prepare for it,” he said.
Citing examples of change in
agriculture, Younker noted that 30
years ago the first modem broiler
house was not yet built; 20 years
ago the first high-rise layer house
wasn’t here; and 10 years ago the
first farrow-to-finish hog facility
wasn’t built.
Younker listed four major areas
to watch and prepare for
technology, consumer, marketing
and management.
In the technology category,
Younker said farmers must be
increasingly aware of and careful
about land erosion control and
waste disposal. The Chesapeake
Bay Program will be of special
concern to Lancaster County
farmers, who, Younker said,
“should think about getting their
houses in order.”
“I think we’d better take a hard
look to see what we have to do to
get our land in order,” before
someone else does it for us, he
urged.
The future will also bring fewer
farms with larger facilities.
Younker noted that farmers
building poultry houses today are
no longer considering the 50,000
capacity houses of recent years,
but are building facilities to ac
commodate 80,000 to 110,000 birds.
These larger facilities will make
it more difficult for the small
farmer to stay in business. “We’ve
got to be very efficient if we’re
going to survive,” he said. Not only
are neighbors competing with
neighbors, but with larger scale
operations as well.
Consumers and changing
demand will continue to have an
effect on the future. Younker
specifically addressed the dairy
market, noting, “I think we’ve
pretty well matured in what we
Dennis Wolff’s bull
A young Holstein bull, Pen-Col
Pistle-ET, bred by Dennis Wolff,
Pen-Col Farms in Millville, PA,
has been selected by American
Breeders Service to enter their
Progeny Testing Program.
He has been moved to that
company’s facilities at DeForest,
Wisconsin, where he will join
approximately 200 other bulls
being tested this year. During
testing, Pen-Col Pistle-ET will be
mated to 700 tows v in herds
associated with ABS in their
testing program, from all across
can get our people to drink.”
Red meat consumption will also
be difficult to increase, while eggs
are still recovering from a period
of bad press over cholesterol.
The number of consumers is
another factor influencing change
in agriculture, Younker said.
Lancaster County is the fastest
growing county in Pennsylvania,
meaning there are more consmers
for farmers to market their
products to. Farmers can cash in
on this advantage by making as
many direct sales through road
side markets as possible, he noted.
Farmers planning to stay in
business must sharpen their
management skills, Younker said.
They need records to run their day
to-day business and must take a
hard look at a product before
deciding what to buy.
This is especially true when a
farmer is considering purchasing
land in another area. It is im
portant to properly assess the
land’s value. Even if the land is
much cheaper in dollars than land
in this county, it is not a good buy if
it is unproductive.
“If you’re going to spend big
bucks, spend a few hundred to hire
an expert,” Younker advised.
Farmers attending the bank
seminar also heard from Donald
Robinson, adult farm instructor of
Eastern Lancaster County School
District, John H. Phillips, senior
trust officer of Blue Ball National
Bank; and H. Louis Moore,
professor of agricultural
economics at Penn State
University.
selected by ABS
the United States. After a four
year wait, during which his
progeny will be evaluated, a
decision will be made as to
whether or not he enters into
regular semen production.
Pen-Col Pistle-ET is the result of
a specially planned mating bet
ween the highly regarded Sweet-
Haven Tradition, +sls7, +$l755M
and +32BF and Pen-Col Valiant
Portia. His dam has production
records t0£6,910 lbs. of milk. She is
classified VG-86 and is sired by S-
W-D Valiant.
John Younker
John Deere honors three local dealers
SYRACUSE - The John Deere
Company of Syracuse, NY has
named three area dealers to its
elite Manager’s Club. The three
are:
• Landis Bros., Inc., in Lan-
caster.
•H. R. Gutshall Sons, Inc.,
Carlisle.
• Enfield Equipment, Whiteford,
MD.
The three dealers were among 15
honored by Scott Monroe, manager
of the Syracuse branch ofJohn
Deere, at the Manager’s Club
banquet sponsored by the company
in Williamsburg, VA.
Dealers are selected on the basis
of superior performance in all
areas of operation, and com
mitment to quality service and
customer satisfaction.
Cornell to
launch
groundwater
study
ITHACA, NY In an unparalleled
effort to determine groundwater
quality throughout New York
State, Cornell University will test
for pesticide residues in the major
groundwater systems in upstate
New York. The study will be
conducted for the New York State
Department of Environmental
Conservation.
Across the U.S., such residues
have been detected in ground
waters, raising public concerns
about possible threats the use of
pesticides may pose to ground
water quality.
“There are particular concerns
about groundwater resources in
rural and farming areas because
many rural residents depend on
groundwater for their drinking
water supplies,” says Mark
Walker, a hydrologist in the Center
for Environmental Research at
Cornell, who is directing the two
year survey.
Of the more than 600 active
pesticide ingredients approved for
use by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, only about 3
percent have been detected in
ground water.
“We believe that most pesticides
are either immobile in soil or very
short-lived,” Walker says. “Such
chemicals would, therefore, rarely
pose a threat to groundwater
quality.”
Nevertheless, some have the
potential to reach groundwater. To
determine to what extent
pesticides are contaminating New
York’s groundwater, Cornell
researchers will focus on up to 60
pesticides. On a regional basis, the
scientists will determine which
pesticides are most likely to be in
the water by examining the
chemical , characteristics of
pesticides, kinds of uses, and soil
and hydrogeologic characteristics
of the application sites.
“We’ll be looking for those
chemicals that are highly water
soluble, mobile through the soils,
and long-lived,” Walker points out.
Although the researchers do not
know whether many pesticides or
their residues are in the state’s
groundwater, they stress that it is
important to develop a monitoring
program with which groundwater
quality can be assessed.
If contamination is found, the
project team will develop
modifications in current pesticide
management practices.
There is also a major public
segment of the project:' This
portion of the project will help
consumers assess the risk to
themselves and explain specific
problems to citizens if significant
amounts of pesticide residues are
detected
H.R. Gutshall Sons, Inc., Carlisle, has been elected to the
Manager's Club of the John Deere Company of Syracuse, NY.
Shown above during the awards presentation are, from left,
Jim Ball, Division Sales Manager, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Gut
shall; Mr. and Mrs. Dick Gutshall; Scott Monroe, General
Manager of John Deere; and Don Stover, General Sales
Landis Bros., Inc., Lancaster, was named one of the top
John Deere dealerships in a 13-state area recently. Deere
Division sales manager Jim Ball, left, Scott Monroe, second
from right, and Don Stover, right, present the award to Mr.
and Mrs. Dick Miller (second and third from left) and Mr. and
Mrs. John Rineer, center.
Enfield Equipment, Whiteford, MD., was named to the
Manager’s Club of the John Deere Company of Syracuse, NY.
Presenting the award to Mr. and Mrs. Dick Enfield, (second
from right and center) were, from left, Deere Division Sales
Manager Bill Driver, left; General Manager Scott Monroe,
second from right; and Don Stover, General Sales Manager,
right.
Sears named Purina
LANCASTER - Purina Mills,
Inc. of Lancaster and Camp Hill
announced that Terry Sears of
Mountville has been named area
swine sales specialist with
responsibility for key account
sales and hog training in Purina's
North Atlantic Area.
Sears, a 1972 Purdue graduate,
has an extensive background in the
, swine industry previously being a
partner in a family farming
operation, manager of a farrow-to
finish unit, and most recently, five
years with Kleen Leen as a division
swine sales and production
specialist.
“Terry brings a wealth of
technical support and experience
in swine production to our team,’’
according to Purina sales
manager, Glenn Shields. “We’re
counting on Terry to bring the
latest breakthroughs in nutrition
and management from Purina
research to area producers to help
them earn the best possible bottom
line from their operation,” says
Shields.
swine specialist
Sears will headquarter at
Purina’s area office in Camp Hill
and can be contacted by calling
717-737-1236.
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