periodicals r‘^^f u S M xyf rsttv . sie^^Ea^ngung VOL 37 NO. 14 Pork President Urges Producers To Attend Keystone Congress ANDY ANDREWS Lancaster Fanning Staff MECHANICSBURG (Cum berland Co.) —If you’re a hog far mer, take time to attend the Keystone Pork Auction’s first ben efit auction to help the industry and your business. The auction will take place on Wednesday night at 6 p.m. at the Penn Harris Inn at Camp Hill. By bidding on several pork related items donated by the indus try, your money will contribute to the Keystone Pork Congress fund to defray costs of the Congress and to help the pork industry. Kent L. Strock, president of the Pennsylvania Pork Producers Council (PPPC), urges farmers to attend the Congress. The council reports to the National Pork Pro ducers Council, which administers the pork checkoff program. Active Pork PACs The PPPC is working to estab lish a special pork PAC, or politi cal action committee, according to Strock. “Several other states have pretty active pork PACs,” he said. Farm organizations such as the Pennsylvania Farmers Association have ag-related PACs, and itwas time for the state pork industry to Foreign Dairy Producers Not A Threat Now, But They Could Be KARL BERGER Special Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C. Do foreign dairy interests take advan tage of trade rules to undercut American producers? Is this a valid concern or para noid xenophobia? Holstein Youth Hold Convention The Holstein Dairy Bowl senior division winners are, front from left, Jenny Hummel and Marel Raub. In back, Col* tan Kretzing and Liza Haas. These winners were named at i the Pennsylvania Junior Holstein Convention last weekend. Five Sections be represented, according to Strock. At a recent interview at his farm. Kent L. Strock, president of the Pennsylvania Pork Producers Council (PPPC), urges fanners to attend a special auction to benefit the Industry on Wednesday night aUb# Keystone Pork Congress at the Penn Harris Inn at Camp Hill. Sjtrock manages Plgnic, which specliiaas In roasting hogs for special occasions. Photo by Andy Androwo . Those questions became, some what unexpectedly, the focus of the recent Dairying Today meeting in Walkersville, Md.. an educa tional session sponsored by the Cooperative Extension Service. Typically the kind of affair at which farmers nod off after lunch. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 15, 1992 Strock spoke about the ongoing activities of the PPPC and the upcoming Keystone Pork the meeting this year Tea hired a crew from a Baltimore television station and several local dairymen upset about topics ranging from the effectiveness of the National Dairy Board to the rules governing the importation of foreign dairy products. WARRENDALE (Allegheny Co.) —The Pennsylvania Junior Holstein Dairy Bowl contest was held here during the Junior Hols tein Convention. There were 29 teams competing in two age divi sions: 17 junior teams and 12 senior teams. In the junior division, a team from Cumberland County com pleted a perfect day by going unde feated to win the title. Team mem bers are: Matthew Day, David Day, Heath Ocker, and John Leib, Jr. Their coach is Ann Day. The runner-up team from Clarion/Venango included Matth ew Neeley, Sami Willyoung, Fran ny Adams, and Chad Smith. Their coach is Doug Neely. In the senior division, the team (Turn to Page A 22) INDEX Sec. A.~Markel Reports & General News. Sec. B... Women’s News Sec. C... Business News & Classified 4-36. Sec. D... Classified 1-3. Sec. E... Public Sales & Mailbox Market See Story Index Fife A 3. Congress. Strock said the Council coordi nates all functions of the Congress, The answers, not surprisingly, seem mixed. According to the experts who spoke at the meeting and several interviewed later, fore ign farmers may get some breaks, but the end result matters little to U.S. dairymen. On the other hand, their impact could increase dra Mennonite High Joins FFA Lancaster Mennonite High School became a charter member of the Pennsylvania Future Farmers of America, Inc. (FFA) at the annual state convention in Harrisburg in conjunction with the Farm Show. Ag teacher Lehman Metz* ler, Principal Richard Thomas, and several students accepted the charter. The private school has 48 students enrolled in FFA. In the photo with the school's new FFA charter is Jason Charles, president and Angela Baker, secretary. 60s Per Copy including registration, boot rent als, youth activities, the banquet, and the awards program. At this year’s Pork Congress, the focus will be on hog profitability and the market outlook. Speakers will include John Gadd, a specialist and pig consul tant from Dorset, England, who “will be speaking from the Euro pean angle to the group this year, as part of our educational prog ram,” said Strock. Other speakers include H. Louis Moore, agricul tural economist, on the outlook for Attend Sale Before Banquet To benefit the Keystone Pork Congress fund, pork producers are urged to come early to the banquet Wednesday evening and partici pate in an auction of items donated by agribusinesses associated with the pork industry. Hog equipment, breeding stock credits, feed, and other items will be for sale. Proceeds are used for promotion of the industry in areas not covered by the checkoff funds. The auction starts at 6 pan. at the Penn Harris Inn at Camp Hill. nutically if new arrangements are agreed to under the General Agree ment on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Currently, importers of foreign dairy products, which are primari ly various kinds of cheese, don’t (Turn to Page A 23) 19.00 Per Year (Turn to Page A 33)
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