YORK - State Ag Secretary Richard Grubb slipped away from budget hearings in Harrisburg temporarily February 27, to ad dress the York Ag-Business seminar. “This is a pleasant interlude in the budget hearings,” quipped the Secretary, special guest speaker for the annual Chamber of Com merce farmer-businessmen confab. Speaking to the present general AFTER NEARLY 100 YEARS, WE KNOW OUR FIELD. Today, many people know about Kubota mid-size tractors. But few are aware that Kubota’s roots date back to 1890. Since then, Kubota has grown to be one of the largest manufacturers of agricultural equipment in the world. Kubota is now in its second decade of selling diesel-powered tractors in America. With coast to coast, Kubota has become a well-established name, synonymous with economy, dependability and durability. Some other manufacturers have only recently entered the mid-size market, and they have done so by putting their names on tractors built by other companies. 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Rice, Inc. 717/677-8135 BLOOMSBURG Tractor Parts Co. 717/784-0250 DALLAS Penn State Seed Co. 717/675-8585 PA: 1-800/847-7333 DOVER Straley Farm Supply Inc. 717/292-4443 or 292-2631 Grubb sees state role in marketing, health issues depressed farm situation, Grubb noted an optimism of Penn sylvania farmers, saying he hears the philosophy of “we’ve been there before—we’ll gut it out.” He cited a fairly stable ag economic situation in Penn sylvania, checking off such reasons as diversity of com modities, favorable soil and climactic conditions, proximity to large population centers, and overall lower debt loads than in IRWIN Laspina Equipment 412/864-5147 LEBANON Keller Bros. Tractor Co. 717/949-6501 LITITZ Keller Bros. Tractor Co. 717/626-2121 NEW PARK M & R Equipment, Inc. 717/993-2511 REYNOLDSVILLE McGarvey Equipment, Inc. 814/653-9637 other regions of the country. have proven popular in export Grubb sees two specific areas orders, where the state must play a part- In more localized marketing ner in boosting agriculture; efforts, the state is helping fund marketing and animal health. some 60 retail and tailgate outlets, Toward the first goal, he an- enabling producers to sell their ticipated a state budget of $300,000 products direct to consumers, to work with the Commerce In dealing with improved Department in promoting overseas livestock and poultry health, development of markets for Grubb sees the Commonwealth’s Pennsylvania food products, present laws more a bust than a “Value added” items, especially boon. beef, pork, vegetables and fruits, “We have fifty-year-old, ar- Nothing like it on earth! 1 SPRING MILLS HAGERSTOWN Rishel’s Sales & Service Arnett’s Garage 814/422-8826 301/733-0515 238-7788 WELLSBORO Benedict’s Ford Tractor 717/724-2839 ELMER u/rcr ruccrcD Roork’s Farm Supply, Inc c . 609/358-3100 M.S. Yearsley * Sons, Inc. 215/696-2990 MARYLAND RISING SUN AG-IND Equipment Co., Inc. 301/658-5568 or 398-6132 CHESTERTOWN W.N. Cooper & Son, Inc. 301/778-3464 NEW JERSEY FLEMINGTON Poniatowski Bros., Equip. Co. 201/782-3514 HAINESPORT Material Handling Systems 609/267-6100 HAMMONTON Rodio Tractor Sales, Inc. 609/561-0141 Lancaster tahrtfnfe, SiWfty, M<Lch 8,1986-A29 Secretary of Agriculture Grubb says Pennsylvania farmers are optimistic about tough times and plan to “gut it out” until the economy picks up. chaic, laws for animal health problems,” he lamented, calling for a complete review of the state’s capabilities for dealing with livestock health emergencies and on-going concerns. Farm City Week (Continued from Page A2B) babies. Infants are especially prone to nitrate problems, since their bodies more readily convert nitrates to nitrites, which interfere with the oxygen level in the body. Blue Baby Disease is a direct result of infant nitrate con tamination. Bottled water should be used for infant feeding and formula needs where water sources are high in nitrates. A last-minute speaker change put Charles Strehl, York City director of environmental services on the program. Strehl recounted the city’s efforts to handle sewage sludge and recycle it through safe farmland application. “Sludge is the by-product of clean water,” Strehl explained, and must be biologically treated to destroy any disease-causing pathogens, before land ap plication. York city and surrounding municipalities generate between 200 to 300 tons of liquid sewage daily, or 15 tons of dry solids. Land application was the accepted method until the late 1970’5, when reluctance by farmers to use the material in summer, and tighter DER regulations, compounded with other factors to convince city planners to construct a sludge incinerator. That brought other eventual problems, including escalating fuel costs and ash disposal. 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