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
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AVONDALE 717/729-7117
Thomas Power Equipment
215/268-2181
BIGLERVILLE
O.C. 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-
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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
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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
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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.
Newer technologies, including
improved water removal
techniques, have since reduced
quantities of sludge and hazards of
its use, making the product again
feasible for use on area farmland.
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