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VOL 34 NO. 18
Maryland Cattlemen
Hold Annual Meeting
BY SHARON B. SCHUSTER
Maryland Correspondent
HAGERSTOWN. MD.
“The more things change the more
they stay the same.” That was the
underlying theme in Leon Locke’s
address to members of the Mary
land Cattlemen’s Association at
their annual meeting on Saturday
at the Hagerstown Sheraton Inn.
Locke, the chairman elect of the
National Livestock and Meat
Board told the approximately 200
people in attendance that the
Board “is the industry’s best kept
secret.” He likened its develop
ment to the miracle of the mustard
seed • an entity so large as the
mustard tree which sprang from
something so small.
MT. JOY (Lancaster) —Little two pMM Nathan lager
captured the hearts and applause cjf the banquet crowd
here Wednsday, when he went up front representing his
mom and dad, Kathy and Gene lager, Maple Lawn Farm, Ful
ton, Md., to receive their Pennfield dirty award. Nathan was
very serious through the wholaordsataai didn’t smile at all
until the photographer asked about Ms pet*. That brought a
twinkle to his eye snd a faint smile. Median will have his third
birthday in about six weeks. I
The event was the annual awards banquet. Pictures of
other award winners are on pages p9O-31.
PFA In Washington To Talk Ag
WASHINGTON. D.C.—
Members of the Pennsylvania Far
mers ’ Association (PFA) deliv
ered a message of “No To More
Taxes” loud and clear to Pennsyl
vania’s congressional delegation
during a visit to Washington,
D.C., this week.
About 180 farmers from
throughout the state met with legi
slators during PFA’s annual
Washington ~Tour to discuss
na tional' issues * of * ’aoneern * to 1
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Lancaster Faming, Saturday, March 11,1988
Thomas E. Wilson is credited
fra 1 having “planted the seed” for
the idea of the formation of “a
proper organization to represent
the united industry.” In 1919, at a
time when just about the only
standard for quality of meat was
“corn-fed,” there was a great
demand for beef with grass-fat
cattle being shipped to the corn
belt for finishing.
Meat packers enjoyed fat pro
fits during this era when producers
had few alternatives for marketing
their cattle and retailers had few
other suppliers. Wilson urged
those involved in the meat indus
try to “bnd together for the com
mon good. Somebody has got to
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ast address March 9
and their congress
ssident Keith Eckel
f has demonstrated
tses result in spend
” PFA is calling for
budget without tax
sugh an across-the
ing freeze and a
sderal entitlement
'prices - have
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Bftfflant colors andTragrant woodland aroma grSetecnnose who visited the Phi
ladelphia Flower Show held this week at the Civic Center, Philadelphia. This spring
garden features the beauty of pink tulips, daffodils, grape hyacinths, Engljsiidalsles,
and Iris, accented by pastel pansies. Called “Color through the Season.” it was
designed by Waterloo Gardens, Exton.
Lancaster Forming staff writer, Lou Ann Good, visited the show on Tuesday. Her
photo essay and report is on page 86.
Farm Credit Is ‘Going To Market’
With Improved Customer Service
BY PAT PURCELL
BALTIMORE, MD “Going
To Market” was the slogan of the
1989 Annual Meeting of the Farm
Credit Bank of Baltimore. More
than 2SO directors representing
Farm Credit Associations from
West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsyl
vania, Maryland, Delaware and
Puerto Rico attended the meeting
held Wednesday at the Hyatt
Regency in Baltimore.
“Going To Market” signifies
Farm Credit’s approach to better
Farmers Should Regulate Manure
Usage Before They’re Forced To
BY LISA RISSER
LANCASTER More and
more public attention is focusing
on the environment, and here in the
Northeast, a major concern is the
Chesapeake Bay. As the general
increased some 37%,” Eckel said.
“In that same period of time, taxes
have gone up by 63%, while fed
eral spending has risen by 72%.
‘The record speaks for itself.
Tax revenues have increased and
the deficit has not been elimi
nated. Because a tax increase is
likely to be a vehicle for additional
government spending rather than
less, as history indicates, it is high
ly unlikely that any future tax
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customer service through
improved efficiency and produc
tivity with a continued emphasis
at cutting costs. Farm Credit has
gotten some help in the form of
the. Agricultural Credit Act of
1987.
The Agricultural Credit Act of
1987 which went into effect Janu
ary 1, 1988, has brought about
many changes in the Farm Credit
system. It not only affected die
way the Farm Credit Bank of Bal
timore (FCBB) and the Farm Cre
populace seeks answers to the
sources of its pollution and ways to
get it cleaned up, they are looking
at farming.
‘The public sees that the sewage
plants and industry are being regu
lated, and they are asking ‘why
isn’t farming regulated?”’ said
Gerald Heistand, administrative
assistant for the Lancaster County
Conservation District (LCCD). “I
feel it’s better to regulate ourselves
than have public regulations.”
Speaking before dairy farmers
at the county’s Dairy Day this
week, Heistand explained the
motives behind drafting a manure
ordinance guide.
The guide was submitted to
Lancaster County townships last
fall, and since that time Warwick
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dit Associations do business with
their customers, but it also
affected the way they do business
with each other.
Some changes have already
taken place. Last year the merger
of the Federal Land Bank of Balti
more snd the Federal Intermediate
Credit Bank of Baltimore formed
the Farm Credit Bank of Balti
more. And the Federal Land Bank
Associations and the Production
Credit Associations merged on
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County has used it to draw up their
own ordinance, which was passed
last December.
The primary motivation behind
the guide was to show the public
that the farming community is just
as concerned about ground water
contamination. “I feel it’s impor
tant to show that we’re doing
something about the situation,”
said Hcistand.“lf we don’t (do
something), the public probably
will force us to.”
Proposed legislation in the state
legislature also motivated the
LCCD to write the guide. House
Bill 2616, which called for farmers
to adopt a mandatory nutrient
management plan, died last year
when the legislature adjourned,
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