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VOL 37 NO. 11
Lancaster Farmland
Trust Receives
National Award
WASHINGTON, DC. The
Lancaster (PA) Farmland Trust
has received the American Farm
land Trust’s 1991 Agricultural
Conservation Award for excel
lence in Local Model Land
Protection.
The American Farmland Trust
(AFT), the only national, nonpro
fit, membership organization sol
ely devoted to protecting farm
land, presents its awards annually
to honor outstanding efforts to
conserve the nation’s agricultural
resources. Presentations were
made at special ceremonies in
Washington last night by AFT
President Ralph Grossi, a.third
generation Northern California
rancher, and Chairman of the
Board Patrick Noonan.
The award recognizes the
trust’s efforts to protect some of
the nation’s most valuable farm
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Lan-Chester Producers Appoint Good Representative
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Fanning Staff
NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster
Co.) “By using every part
except the squeal, lower prices can
be charged to the consumers for
meat obtained from hogs,” said
INDEX
Sec. A~.Markct Reports
& General News.
Sec. B... Women’s News,
Public Sales & Mailbox
Market.
Sec. C... Business News
& Classified 4-36.
Sec Declassified 1-3.
See Story Index Page A 3.
Recipients of the Sire Power scholarship awards, in the
photo are, left to right, Standing, Gary Hennip, Sire Power;
Thomas Wlker; Marvin Zimmerman: Scott Youse; Kirk Sat
tazahn;Tammy Sue Balt baser; Barbara Houser; Donna
Four Sections
Miffllnburg Area High School senior Deanna Kuhns, who
has her own dairy herd, received the FFA State Star Farmer’
Award in production agriculture at the FFA state conven
tion In Harrisburg.
Anita Meek, Lan-Chester Swine
Producers’ pork representative, at
the associatipn’s 34th annual ban
quet and meeting Thursday night
Meek addressed the association
before announcing the new Lan-
Chester pork representative. Kur
ds Good, 18, Denver.
Kurds, according to Meek, said
that “as for the future, it’s in the
hog business.” A 1991 graduate of
Lancaster Mennonite High
School, Kurds has served as a
president of the Lancaster County
4-H Swine Club and FFA presi
dent at his high school. He works
for Good’s Receiving Station in
Denver, where he helps maintain
more than 9,000 hogs and 200
steers. Kurds is the son of Ezra and
Elsie Good.
Lancaster Farming. Saturday, January 25, 1992
Kuitis explained how the pork
industry has changed during the
last SO years and what to look for
ward to in the year 2000.
“In the 19405, producers raised
a bacon-type or lard-type hog, with
Milk Price Outlook Has Rays Of Hope
KARL BERGER
Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON. D.C. Mid-
Atlantic area dairymen searching
for some sign that prices in 1992
will not repeat the prolonged nose
dive they went through last spring
have several rays of hope, accord
ing to local cooperative officials.
The Pennsylvania Milk Market
ing Board recently granted a
25-ccnt increase, to $1.30 a hun-
Johnson: and Tad Ridgaiy, Sire Power. Seated are, Rebecca
Sonnen; Jill Edwards; Barbara Houser; David Lentz; and
Robert OToile. See story page A 24
Determination Earns State
Star Award For FFA’er
MIFFLINBURG (Mifflin Co.)
Deanna Kuhns, a Mifflinburg
Area High School senior, has been
named the State Star Farmer in
production agriculture by the Pen
nsylvania Association of FFA.
The 17-year-old owner of her
own dairy herd was one of four
Regional Star Fanners competing
for the honor at the FFA state con
vention in Harrisburg. She
received cash awards as a Region
al and State Star and a trip to the
Eastern States Livestock Exposi
tion in Massachusetts in Septem
ber. She also earned an FFA Key
stone Degree the highest
achievement degree granted by
the state association and a
third-place state proficiency
award in oil crop (soybean)
production.
Deanna’s honors cap a high
school career marked by hard
work and determination, accord-
more fat than lean meat,” he said.
But starting in the 19505, produc
ers began growing a mote lean
hog, and, into the 19705, the indus
try demanded more efficiency and
more productivity in the operation.
dredweight, in the Class I premium
it imposes on fluid milk sales
throughout the commonwealth.
The increase, which takes effect
Feb. 1, will last at least until June
30. when authority for the pre
mium that has been in place since
1987 is set to expire, according to
PMMB spokesman Tracy Jackson.
Jackson said the board reached
its decision following a Jan. 9
hearing in Harrisburg regarding
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ing to her FFA advisors. She
decided to start her own dairy herd
as a freshman and now owns 18
cows and 13 calves and replace
ment heifers. She has her own
bulk milk tank, markets her milk
to Hershey Chocolate USA and
grossed more than $30,000 in
1991.
While she chose a career sooner
than most young people, Deanna
says her decision wasn’t made on
the spur of the moment: “A lot of
thought went into it I’ve always
loved working with animals and
being outdoors.”
Since she was four years old,
she’s been helping with chores on
her family’s dairy farm, nestled at
the foot of Jack’s Mountain in
Buffalo Valley.
“Each year, I was a little more
responsible and experienced and I
was allowed to do more compli-
Into the 1980 s, raising hogs
became more technical and
demanded more efficiency, as
emphasis was placed upon raising
hogs in confinement and the need
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the Impact of last summer’s
drought on area farmers.
The increase could be the catal
yst for over-order price increases
elsewhere throughout the Mid-
Atlantic marketplace regulated
under Federal Order 4. The Middle
Atlantic Cooperative Milk Mark
eting Agency, a bargaining group
for several area cooperatives, has
maintained the same premium as
PMMB for several years.
However, Bob Dover, assistant
general manager of Atlantic Dairy
Cooperative, said the 25-cent
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Cornucopia Set
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) —The 11th annual Keystone
Cornucopia Dinner will be held on
Monday, February 3, at the Har
risburg Hilton and Towers.
Keynote speaker for the even
ing will be Charles McDowell of
the Washington Bureau of the
“Richmond Times-Dispatch.”
McDowell is known for his com
mentaries on the national political
scene as viewed on the TV prog
ram, “Washington Week in
Review.”
The Keystone Cornucopia is
Pennsylvania’s premier event in
showcasing the state’s broad agri
cultural and related industries.
The event is sponsored by the Pen
nsylvania State Council of Farm
Organizations, chaired by Ernest
Miller of Berks County.
Reception begins at 6 p.m., with
dinner at 7 p.m. Cost of tickets is
$3B per person. Call (717)
234-4211 to make reservations.
19.00 Per Year
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