A2O-La«eatter Famine, Saturday, April 11,1M7
PFA Members Take Legislative Agenda To State Lawmakers
(Continued from Page Al)
create an animal health cam
mission to oversee and coordinate
animal disease eradication and
disease prevention and research
programs. Eckel congratulated
the House Ag Committee for
reporting out the proposal (H.B.
441).
Citing depopulations in poultry,
swine and dairy herds because of
disease, Eckel urged an increase
in public spending on animal
health, diagnostic and indemnity
programs as well.
“The animal health commission
is long overdue. It will provide
ongoing stability for the direction
of animal health programs by
insulating it from political
pressures,” he said.
Eckel also pushed for support for
House Bill 62, legislation which
would give farmers more authority
over commodity promotion
programs. “We strongly believe
that the amendments contained in
House Bill 62 would provide the
necessary teeth in the law to give
the commodity people the power to
hire personnel, enact marketing
contracts and have general
authority over business matters as
they relate to the promotion and
marketing of their products,” he
said.
Noting the success of the dairy
promotion programs, Eckel said,
“That type of plan does work and
works well.
“We need the same type of
promotion in Pennsylvania,” he
added.
Eckel said PFA supports Ag
Secretary Boyd Wolff’s proposal to
include $3 million in die depart
ment budget to create new
programs to support and expand
ag industry in Pennsylvania. The
largest part of the funds would be
used to establish a basic data bank
about the state’s ag production
capacity.
Information in the bank would
include soil types and production
capabilities, availability of the
Guys and Dolls
4~H Club
The Lampeter Strasburg Guys
and Dolls 4-H Club met recently for
a Fun Night. Members watched
the video “Annie” and made ice
cream sundaes.
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“It would help us meet the
competitive business of attracting
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With nods of agreement from
farmers in the audience, Eckel
PFA vice president D. Eugene Gayman, left, presents the
PFA Barn Raiser Award to Dr. Robert Marshak, dean of the
University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine.
And
asked legislators to pass a bill
placing a deposit on bottles and
cans. At issue, he said, is the
economic viability of Penn
sylvania farmers.
Eckel cited instances of farm
animals dying after ingesting
shredded aluminum cans in their
feed. “It’s time to call a halt to
using farmland as a dumping
ground for bottles and cans,” he
said.
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