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Dairy Expo Focuses
farmer-panel were not all able to
make the seminar due to health
reasons.
Speaking in the morning, fol
lowing a talk by Dr. Robert Yonk
ers, an agricultural economist at
Penn Stale University, on the eco
nomic outlook for the regional
dairy industry, were Sue and Roy
Crow, from Kennedyville, Md.;
Rob Fulpcr, of Pulp’s Acres in
Ringoes, NJ., and Bucky Jones, in
Burlington County, NJ.
The panelists discussed the vari
ous aspects of their farms, the
designs, the decisions and how
they rate the usefulness of some
equipment and technology.
The types of operations range
from the Crows’ family farm with
62 registered Holsteins to Jones’
multi-agricultural business which
involves 400 milking cows and
Mexican-citizcn milkers he hires
through an employment firm in
Dallas, Texas.
Though high milk production is
characteristic of each farm, the
common thread was that each
assessed their land, buildings, and
PSU Addresses
Sustainable Ag
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Penn State’s exhibit at the
76th Pennsylvania State Farm
Show is intended to reflect the
breadth of College of Agricultural
Sciences research and education
programs, from sustainable and
international agriculture to wood
products and youth development
“We hope to give people a more
complete understanding of the
College’s programs in sustainable
agriculture and what the concept
means,” said James Frazier, pro
fessor of entomology and coordi
nator of the sustainable agriculture
display.
Visitors can complete a survey
designed to gauge public opinion
about sustainable agriculture, and
faculty or staff will be on hand to
answer questions and distribute
printed materials.
The international display will
highlight the College’s involve
ment in a USDA Extension Ser
vice project to strengthen Poland’s
agricultural sector.
Faculty and staff are helping
Polish extension advisers to edu
cate producers and agribusinesses
about a free-markel economy and
to strengthen linkages among
research, extension and industry.
18 Presentations
At Turf School
SCRANTON (Lackawanna
Co.) The Northeastern Pen
nsylvania Turfgrass and Grounds
Maintenance School, which was
formerly held at Luzerne County
Community College, will be held
at the Mountain Laurel Resort in
While Haven, Pa. on January 28.
The meeting will have fouredu
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amount of capital available for re
investment and followed a course
of a focused goal of minimizing
effort, physically and financially,
for the most return.
As an example of some of the
decisions made, Fulper said he
hires an independent outfit to do
some of his crop work, but only
after he calculated that he would
save money by having someone
else do the work.
A key element in each speaker’s
presentation was to get and use as
much information as possible,
whether it relates to crops, cash or
cows.
According to Fulper, the only
drawback about having enough
information is that it shows just
how much, or little, a dairy opera
tion is making. Fulper said that it’s
a drawback when all the informa
tion shows that the farm is being as
efficiently as possible and that the
profit margin won’t improve.
“Then you have two choices. To
live with it, or get out of the busi
ness,” he said, pausing to imply
that he’s thought about getting out.
Similar efforts have been started in
Czechoslovakia and Hungary.
The importance of forests to the
state’s economy will be explored
in a display coordinated by John
Janowiak, assistant professor of
forest resources.
“Most people regard the forest
as a beautiful natural resource,” he
said. “Many don’t realize our fore
sts benefit Pennsylvania’s eco
nomy as well.”
Among the projects highlighted
will be the nation’s first red oak,
glued-laminated timber bridge.
Penn State researchers developed
the technology and design specifi
cations for this innovative struc
ture, which offers a competitive
alternative to concrete and steel
spans.
Five of the College’s youth
programs will be part of a display
that includes videos, live perfor
mances and demonstrations.
Featured will be Theater and
Dance, Therapeutic Horseback
Riding. Learn and Earn, Latchkey
Kids, and Eating for a Better Start,
a program for pregnant teens.
Adult leaders and youth parti
cipants will be on hand to answer
questions.
cation sessions with a total of 18
presentations on various aspects
of landscape maintcnence and pest
control. For more information,
contact the Lackawanna Penn
Slate Cooperative Extension
Office at (717) 963-6842 or the
Pennsylvania Turfgrass Council,
P.O. Box 1078, Lcmont, PA
16851-1078. (814) 863-3970.
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dairymen about their operations. On the panel, from the left is Robert Fuiper 11, Roy
Crow and Bucky Jones.
Attitude is also important,
according to all speakers. Jones
said he thought it was most impor
tant to have the attitude that profit
able dairying is a challange worth
pursuing, that has rewards above
money.
He said he was lucky because he
has sons who get excited about try
ing to increase the herd average
and their excitement gets him
excited too.
In his presentation, Dr. Michael
Sukhdco, parasitologist with Rut
gers University, talked about
roundworms and their lifecycles
and effects on a dairy herd.
Sikhdco said that the relation
ship between parasitic round
worms and cattle had been estab
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