rr:';' t 'vnptate i "rwif ht i~i i i VOL 84 Hi. as" Atlantic Brings Ag and Business Leaders Together BY PAT PURCELL GRANTVHJJE (Dauphin) The Atlantic Dairy Cooperative members invited agribusiness peo ple from across the Common wealth to learn more about the dairy industry’s impact on local. PSU Lawn Research Favors Agriculture EVERETT NEWSWANGER Mwaiiai Edkar STATEcSIEGE (Centre) _ Here at Peia Stale Umvmky, the nun-off basins at (he site of the rflriginal government research ject for soil erosion has been rerto r vated into a modem facility to test chemical and nitrate leaching. And iwhat Dr. Tom Watschke. and his ►colleagues havc> found ov« thohut thlee significant s rebuttal to ip6 general accusations gpimed by envirodMmoaUais~ at source pollution of water resources by agriculture. Speaking to the University’s advisory council Wednesday, Watschke said that the first and ’most important thing duty have learned is that turf in contrast to pasture land reacts much different ly to the applications of chemicals ind fertilizers. In tests, the sodded iteas on up to 14 degree slopes Received nutrients or chemicals pnd were irrigated with six inches W water in an hour. But only rarely 4id they find contaminants in the ton-off to exceed the public drink ing water standards of 10 parts per million. • When the public sees a heavy „ fin on lawns, they think they have lot of chemical and* nitrate tun ff from the lawns onto the sidew fa and streets. But Watschke’s dts indicate the applications stay ¥here they are put. “In sixty-five percent of our foples, pesticides are not detqpt- Ue and herbicides have never Wen detected,” Watschke said. I (Turn to Page aZ7) $lOO-A-Plate Banquet Builds Poultry Industry f by LOU ANN GOOD * HERSHEY (Dauphin) It was I good time at the Hershey Con dition Center on Thursday night, we Pennsylvania Poultry Federa- P on raised funds with their 8100-a-plate banquet, fe Janie Frickie, Country Music association's female vocalist of P® year, and Andy Andrews, ppular comedian, entertained the fowd of 1,800. Frickie presented a variety of Hinds from a MacDonalds jingle thvo new “country” songs from jtsoon-to-be released album. j*he audience laughed along P> Andrews when he queried, fey is the chicken the only ani LancaaUf FawwfrQ. Saturday, April 29,1989 state an# national eoonofpie* at a field in <m, Psansylvjniia farms generate wftEover $J billion dollars in pro dnciion each year and nearly 20 percent of the labor force Is '■ rmr» iirt m Wtrif Mwadbf fttmhM- Welcome to tha OWaFogia Farm. Tom and Bit Foglaahara tha* Mariana farm with tourism acttwa tha country. "Wthavaalta and Pa Kama operation haw." Bta said.*! tWhh that to what cay foßts Ka about our plaea. For mam* gamoring • boakai of agga la Mtor man an Eaatar agg hunt" Bte(abova) and grandson WliUa, 8, said folks anjoy riding Amoa, tha Amish horsa, patting a pig and nffddng a goat. To laam mow about tha OMa Fogla Farm and farm vacations, turn to paga Bid. German Farmers Visit Lancaster County BY EVERETT NKWSW ANGER Managing Editor NEW HOLLAND (Lancas ter)—About 30 farmers from northenaOermany visited here this week and received a correction of their impressions of American farms in die process. Hosted by the Lancaster County Farmers’ Asso ciation, the bus group stopped at the Delhiar Weaver family farm south of New Holland over lunch s mal we can eatjbefore it is born and after it is dead 1 )” His comedy has twice earned him "Comedian of the Year” by the National Association of Cam pus Activities and he’s appeared with many top comedians and at the White House. According to Bill Schlotter bcck, chairman of the Federation, the annual banquet proceeds build a stronger poultry industry by accomplishing the following: •saves three million dollars annually on Workers Compensation. •enjoys Right-To-Farm legisla tive protection. (Turn to Peg* AIT) employed in food related businesses. Ajpculture is the number one indutttr in Pen nsylvania. The (fadvy.'industry, making up die largest segment of Pennsylvania’s agriculture, does have a great impact on the state’s to learn how local farmers live and conduct their operations. Before the stop at the weaver firm, the group visited an Amish fiurm at White Horse and later visited the Ford New Holland plant Dr. F. G. Myers Zu Elbe, presi dent of the West German Farmers’ Association, said the group was pleased to visit with colleagues in the US. “We have seen very clean farms,” Myers said. “The grass is cut The houses painted. We are Janie Frickls (center) performed at the PA Poultry Feder ations annual banquet on Thurcday night. State Poultry Queen Valeria Hoy (left) and Lancaster Poultry Queen Alls aa Hoober lolned Frlokla during the autograph eeealon. nmr bnmib financeJiealth. According to a recent report from the American Dairy Associa- is currently the fiiMt iMgest dairy production state inthe U.S., producing over seven percent of the national milk very interested to see.” Myers said the newspapers and TV bring them pictures of Ameri can fauns but always the big farms' or what he called “management farms.” But he said they were impressed with the family farms that were much like those in Germany. Dr. Reinhold Wenrlaff Zlofif. an ag professor and advisor to 2000 farmers, said that in Gcr (Tum to Pago A 22) 50t Pif Copy** supply. During 1987. Pennsylva nia’s 13.700 dairy farms produced more than 10 billion pounds of milk. Leading dairy economists predict Pennsylvania may rise to fourth place, overtaking Minneso- Dairy Expo 1989 Annual Award Winners By IMmr Ifrßrar Centre Co. Correspondent UNIVERSITY PARK. Centra —'"lf yon «dnk ne hi* had a (at of ctamfft in tte post 4ft Men. I want yoo to lake a look atom next 2th* Thit wee Ac declaration of Donald Scipt, Distinguished Akunnta of die 64th Penn Stale Dairy Exposition held April 22 at .i.*-y - -tf-ip fat Awards Banqaet wKlch bdoon winners of the Annual Dairy Judg irig Contest, the Annual Dairy Fit ting and Showing Contest, and the Dairy Princess Contest "■Past advances in the dairy in diuttry noted by Scipt included the general acceptance of artificial in semination, the use of calf hutch es, and embryo transfer. The up coming 20 years, he sees as truly exciting, with advances such as gene splicing coming into prac tice. A 1950 Dairy Science graduate, Scipt is the owner of Keystone Farms where he has produced 152 cows with over 100,000 pounds of milk lifetime and 24 cows with Butterfat Surplus Likely To Trigger Support Price Cut JJy Karl Berger Special Correspondent EPHRA’I'A Current supply demand trends have set the dairy industry on a collision course with another SO-cent support price cut on Jan. 1. 1990. according to industry observers. “If we have a normal growing year, the general industry assump tion is that the price cut is going to occur,“ Jim Fraher, an economist for Atlantic Dairy Cooperative, noted in a recent summary of industry conditions. The cut, the last of three called for by the 1985 farm bill, will be imposed if the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates the govern ment will purchase more than 5 billion pounds of surplus dairy products in 1990. Current projec tions for both 1989 and 1990 forsce surplus purchases totalling 7-9 billion pounds, well above the trigger level. 110.00 Par Yaur (Turn to Pago AM) Penn State (Turn to Pag* A2O)
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