A24-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 18,1989
Huntsberger Receives
HERSHEY (Dauphin Co.)
The Pennsylvania Farmers’ Asso
ciation (PFA) has presented its
Distinguished Service to Agricul
ture award to Geary Huntsberger
of Etters, York County.
The award was presented at a
banquet Tuesday evening, Nov.
14, during PFA’s 39th Annual
Meeting. Several hundred farmers
gathered at the Hershey Lodge
and Convention Center, Nov.
13-15, to elect leaders and set pol
icies for the statewide farm orga
nization. PFA is a voluntary, gen
eral farm organization represent-
UDSA Establishes Water-Quality
Coordination Group
WASHINGTON, DC Depu
ty Secretary of Agriculfure Jack C.
Parnell recently announced the
establishment of a new working
group to improve internal coordi
nation of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s water quality
programs.
Parnell said the Working Group
on Water Quality, operating as a
unit of the secretary of agricul
ture’s Policy and Coordination
Council, has been charged with
three specific tasks: coordinating
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ing 22,678 families in 54 county
units.
Huntsberger was honored for
his leadership and achievements
in the agricultural community. He
is a recipient of Pennsylvania’s
Master Farmer award and was
named chairman of the State
Committee of the Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
Service earlier this year.
With his son, Robert, Huntsber
ger operates the 3,000-acre Com
Hill Farms, Inc. in northern York
County, including two islands in
the Susquehanna River near Three
all USDA policies and programs
relating to water quality activities:
developing and recommending
strategies for carrying out these
activities; and providing advice
and guidance on water quality
issues to the policy council, which
is comprised of all USDA sub
cabinet officials.
The working group will be
chaired by Harry Mussman, depu
ty assistant secretary for science
and education. ~
PFA Distinguished Service Award
Mile Island. The farm produces
com, small grains and hay.
Huntsberger has a long history
of ag leadership including 20
years as a member of the York
County ASCS Committee with
service as chairman. He is chair
man of the York County Agricul
tural Land Preservation Board,
serves on the Agricultural Advis
ory Board of Dauphin Deposit
Trust Co., and is also Ag Commit
tee chairman of the York County
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Geary has been active for many
years in the York County Far
mers’ Association, serving as a
member of the National Legisla
tive Committee. He is a member
of the board of directors of the
PFA Legal Defense Fund.
An active Republican, Hunts
berger is a member of the Pennsyl
vania Ag Republicans and was a
coalition member of Farmers For
Bush in 1988.
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In addition to honoring Hunts
berger, county fanners’ associa
tions were recognized for out
standing achievements in PFA
programs. Erie County Farmers’
Association under the leadership
of county president Robert Whit
ney of Harborcreek won PFA’s
All Star award for overall achieve
ment and participation in all 16
PFA programs. The association
represents over 500 families in
Erie County.
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