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VOL 36 No. 30
A relatively new crop foreeetem United States, the colorful beauty of
the Canola crop is shown in bloom on the Ted and Diane Haberland, Jr.,
farm. In the photo, are from left, R. J. Sherry, farm employee; Ted Haber-
Canola A New Cash Crop Alternative
JOYCE BUPP
York Co. Correspondent
THOMASVILLE (York Co.)
Neatly groomed fields bloom
ing brilliant yellow during early
John Howard, with wife Susan and youngest daughter Lindsey, stand with How
crest Tradition Sunray, an Excellent 91 aged cow that was named best bred and own
ed at last year’s Lancaster County show. Her latest lactation, started at 6 years, 1
month of age, is projected to 28,199 pounds of milk, 969 pounds of fat and 845 pounds
of protein.
Howcrest Opens Farm For Field Day
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Fanning Staff
WILLOW STREET (Lancaster
Co) The farm in Lancaster
County with the 1990 top produc
tai record for a registered Hols
herd has reached a milestone.
Four Sections
May had rural Thomasville-area
residents buzzing with curiosity.
All sorts of speculation surfaced
as to why dairy farmers Ted and
Diane Haberland were letting their
It is 10 years old.
John and Susan Howard, of Wil
low Street, operate Howcrest
Holsteins. Together, during the
past decade, they have fostered
their herd into a top-notch produc
tion and genetics herd. Their BAA
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 8, 1991
fields go to an incredibly lush
growth of mustard weed.
Even the minister from their
local church got in on the neigh
borhood mystery, announcing to
is 106.5.
In fact, their genetics work was
recently declared good enough to
win the national Distinguished
Young Holstein Breeder award.
The award is a significant ack
(Turn to Pag* A 34)
land, Jr., holding Thao; Diane with Elsarand Crik Rietberg, Holland
exchange shouldering Beth. Photo by Joyce Bupp, York Co. Correspondent
the congregation one Sunday
morning that the puzzling crop on
the Haberland’s New Wedlitz
farm was canola.
While the Haberland’s may not
be the first to grow the oil seed in
southcentral Pennsylvania, their
acreage may be the first in York
County. A brassica, related to tur
nips, canola is a relative newcom
er to eastern United States but a
long-time staple crop of European
agriculture. More commonly
known there as rapeseed, the grain
provided a high-quality oil which
served as Europe’s petroleum
source during World War 11.
Ted Haberland, Jr., and his wife
Diane are agronomy graduates of
Delaware Valley College. They
have a high level of interest in
economical and practical alterna
tives for their dairy-feed-oriented
crop program. So, they were
Susquehanna River Commission
Proposes Water Use Fees
For Farming Operations
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) —To help defray a portion of
the costs associated with process
ing project review applications and
monitoring compliance with com
mission regulations, the Susque
hanna River Basin Commission
has proposed a permit fee accord
ing to usage from $750 to $12,000.
In addition, an annual fee from
$lOO to $1,500 is also part of the
proposal.
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receptive when Paul Nell of And
grow Fertilizers in East Berlin
suggested canola as a fall-planted
cash crop.
The crop was not completely
unknown to Haberland. His father,
Ted Haberland, Sr., is a native of
East Germany, and grew the oil
seed as a young German farmer.
Haberland Sr. was drafted for war
(Turn to Pag* ASS)
Sec. A Market Reports
& General News.
Sec. B Women’s News,
Public Sales & Mailbox
Market.
Sec. C Business News
& Classified 4-36.
Sec. D Classified 1-3.
See Story Index Page A 3.
According to the list in the April
10, 1991 Federal Register, the
proposed fee schedule covers
diversions of water, surface water
withdrawals, hydroelectric pro
jects, stream encroachments, con
sumptive uses as defined and regu
lated by the commission, ground
water withdrawals and projects
determined by the commission to
be subject to its review and approv
al. Consumptive water use fees
start at 20,000 gpd.
A public hearing on the propos
(Turn to Page A 39)
19.00 Per Year
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