016192 1-99 VOL 34 No. 50 Apple Sales Still Down From Alar Scare, Donaldson Says BY EVERETT NEWSWANGER Managing. Editor BIGLERVILLE (Adams Co.)—The Alar apple grower fias co generated by national TV scare tactics became a topic for discus sion again this week as the Agri cultural Advisory Council for Penn State University met at the Fruit Research Laboratory. The meeting gave council mem bers the opportunity to see research programs that are under way at the facility and to visit Guy Donjddson’s fruit farm located Two New Features This Week Because of reader interest, two new features begin in this issue. Both pages will supply information you can use in farm management. The new state “DHIA FOCUS” column starts this week with a summary of average feed costs from across the state and an article by Dick Chichester, General Manager, Select Sires. This article entitletU'AJ. and DHIA-Partners In Prog ress,” appeared in the S*PtembeP*Pctober 1989 issue of “Selections/’ and ia repdißd by permissiou. You’ll find this information on Page A-20. ~ The second new page this week features the most complete grain, hog and cattle futures marketeeport anywhere in farm publications. If you have a dairy operation or if you feed lives tock. you’ll find charts, moving averages and resistance/ support figures compiled by Data Transmission Network Corporation to help you get a quick look at how the markets are moving. In a local reader survey, more than half of Lan caster Farming readers indicated an interest in this page found on A-16. So, this week and every week, take a look at these new fea tures as well as all the other regular market reports, news sto ries, professional columns and advertising pages that make Lancaster Farming (according to the new independent Starch Report) number one in the nation for reader response to advertising. In addition Starch reports that readers spend an average of 129 minutes reading each weekly issue. State Grange Testifies On Nutrient Management Proposals HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) —The Pennsylvania State Grange was one of many groups to testify at the hearing Thursday held by the Pennsylvania’s House Ag Com mittee on a proposed nutrient man agement bill. The Grange testified that nutri ent management, involving the use of commercial fertilizer and the excess application of animal waste Results Of County Ag Education Survey BY PAT PURCELL LANCASTER (Lancaster Co. Agricultural education in Lan caster County high schools may see changes by early 1990 due to the work of the Lancaster County Agriculture Teachers Association (LCATA). More than 500 surveys were sent to agri-businesses throughout Lancaster County in the spring of 1959. The results of the survey have been tabulated and ag .edua Four Sections west of Gettysburg. Alar was an approved chemical that helped growers to produce blemish free apples for consumer preference. But a very small cancer risk was made into a nation al issue that reduced sales and caused huge industry sales losses. ‘The Alar scare has continued over into this growing season,” Donaldson said. “Even though we are in a very short crop situation in the Appalachian area, it has affected sales in this particular crop year. I’ve heard estimates of (Turn to Pago A 36) to the land is a growing problem and that for many years the State Grange has supported a limited nutrient management plan. Last year Grange delegates passed a detailed resolution which stated that the Grange supported a statewide nutrient management program comprised of the follow ing elements. (Turn to Page A2B) tors in the county have begun plan ning course changes that will be in effect by the first of next year. “The survey has been a very positive step and it’s been great that these teachers have done the field testing,” said Larry Redding, Program Specialist Agriculture Education with the Pennsylvania Department of Education. “This has been an excellent way to get the needed input from the local (Turn to Pago A3O) Lancaster Farming. Saturday, October 21,1980 Last year Anna Marie Mitchell of Berks County had never heard of the dairy princess program. This year she was chosen from 33 county contestants to be the state dairy princess. Anne is much more than a pretty teen with a crown and banner; she is a bona fide farmer who works fulltime on her father’s dairy farm and she does relief milking for other farmers. To learn more about Anne and Gambling B farm, turn to page 82, for photos and story by Lou Ann Good. Cook Urges Dairymen To Unify GETTYSBURG (Adams Co.'p- Milk checks of producers in the Mid-Atlantic Order 4 area continue to be boosted by more than $1 million per month in pre mium pricing, through the suc cessful efforts of dairy coopera tives working together, according to Dairymen Middle Atlantic divi sion manager Boyd M. Cook. Lancaster Swine Club 4-H’ers Honor Members BY LISA RISSER NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster Co.) For the Lancaster County 4-H Swine Club, Tuesday night was a time for fellowship and for congratulating each other on a winning year. Club president Greg Shipe was honored as the club’s outstanding 4-H’er. Presenting the tribute to the 17-year-old son of Dar and Betsy Shipe of Elizabethtown was J. Warren Heisey, a swine club leader of 23 years. Shipe is in his last year as a club member, but hopes to continue helping members in the future. During his eight years as a 4-H’er Shipe has served the club as trea surer and news reporter. A novice club member, Calvin Landis also received a special award. He was named rookie of the (Turn to Pago AM) 50s Per Copy The over-order pricing of Class I milk, through the Middle Atlan tic Cooperative Milk Marketing Agency (MAMMA), is proof that dairy producers can work together to gain satisfactory pricing, says Cook. “My concern is whether far mers will continue to work together, or fall prey to offers of A beginner and a veteran swine club member were hon ored during their annual banquet. Calvin Landis, left, was named rookie of the year, and Greg Shipe, club president, was named outstanding 4-H'er. $12.50 Per Year short-term gains, and lose the long-term benefits of responsible marketing efforts,” Cook told members attending the coopera tive’s division annual meeting, October 13 at the Sheraton Gettysburg. ‘There are those who promise prices slightly over what their (Turn to Pag* ASS)
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