■ anc a arming B ill 1 t rrH li 1 lil.tftji 17ly )mfn—<,<iLtfWi m 'Mp ij^ •_* *r-*T i VOL 37 NO. 18 Cuts In Ag Research Funds May Hurt Farmers Die Pennsylvania Senate Agricultural and Rural Affairs Committee and the Agricul tural Issues Forum met Wednesday morning to speak about a variety of issues. Speaking at the meeting were, left to right, Jay Rush, CEO, York Farm Credit; Dwight Frymyer, Juniata dairy fanner; Jay Howes, manager of ag services for the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce; and Ken Rutt, Lancaster dairy farmer. Photo by Andy Andrews. Poultry Federation Takes Measures Against Salmonella Enteritidis LOU ANN GOOD Lancaster Farming Staff LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) Poultry producers continue to grapple with salmonella outbreaks that appear to be concentrated in the northeastern part of the U.S. The Pennsylvania Poultry Fed VERNON ACHENBACH JR. Lancaster Fanning Staff HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Agriculture didn’t get the academic recognition from the State Board of Education that was sought recently by the Pcnnsylva- EVERETT NEWSWANGER Managing Editor HERSHEY (Dauphin Co.) —To help the Pennsylvania DHIA annu al meeting over the undercurrents Among the management award winners at the state DHIA annual meeting are from left, Jerry Krone; Byron, Leslie, Brandon, and Pat Hunslnger; LynHa and Jay Vail; Bob, Tra- Five Sections eration sponsored a meeting for poultry producers to give them the latest information on preventive mcawraniilfcop the spread of the bacteria, which can cause food poi soning if eggs or poultry are not handled properly. If eggs and poul try are properly cooked, the bacter Board Of Education Ignores Agriculture nia Vocational Agriculture Teach ers Association (PVATA) and sev eral agriculture- and education focused legislators. Whether or not the board changes course will become appa rent with the results of meetings Awards, Reports Given At State DHIA Convention of dissension in member ranks caused by the centralization pro cess, humor was added to the for mat of the two-day program last Friday and Saturday in the conven- Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 14, 1992 ia docs not harm people. At the afternoon meeting. Dr. Sherrill Davison from the Univer sity of Pennsylvania, said that an effective control program is multi faceted and must include clean birds (salmonella free from birth), cleaning and disinfecting of poul this past week to finalize its educa tion regulations. Specific changes to the regula tions were proposed to the board by the PVATA for several months, but only recently was the issue dis cussed by the board. tion center. A cowboy/cowgiri theme set in an early western town, climaxed at the evening Texas bar-b-que and hoedown. The meeting progressed vis, and Martca Trotter; Susan Mease; Jim, Mary Lou, Casey. Tommy Jill, Abby and David Trotter. ANDY ANDREWS Lancaster Fanning Staff HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Pennsylvania agriculture wiU take the brunt of recent state cost cutting measures, particularly ag research funding, which could dig into the pockets of fanners, according to one ag industry representative. In addition, proposed nutrient management legislation, unless key wording is changed, could also run many farmers out of business. Those were the key issues ban died about during a Wednesday morning meeting at the state capi tol. The Agricultural Issues Forum and the Pennsylvania Senate Agri cultural and Rural Affairs Com mittee met to discuss issues perti nent to area farmers. (The presen tations do not represent the views of the Ag Issues Forum, but were used to stimulate discussion.) try houses, rodent control, and vac cination. The Federation is concerned with the future of poultry health and wants to prevent SE rather than waiting for outbreaks and then scurrying around to do something about it. The issue again failed to come up for discussion against the com petition for board recognition by hundreds of representatives from different interest groups, who filled the halls outside the board’s 12th floor meeting room in the fed bom the arrival of “new settlers at the OK Coral” to the branding of program speakers with telltale names like Sheriff Matt Dillon, Brander Tex, Deputy Chester and 60s Per Copy Presentations on agricultural competitiveness, ag regulations in the bank lending environment, proposed nutrient management legislation changes, and ag research cutbacks were provided. Agriculture hurt According to Jay Howes, mana ger of agricultural services for the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and Industry, agriculture will be hurt by the actions of the Gover nor’s office in placing $1.4 million of ag research funds “into so called ‘budgetary reserves.’” According to Howes, this repre sents 57 percent of the money orgi nally allocated and is in addition to cuts in research dollars to the Uni versity of Pennsylvania, Penn State University, and ag extension services. “The cumulative effect of such (Turn to Page A 26) A preventive program is being implemented in the area. It is a vol untary program among producers, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, and the USDA. Participants need to agree to test the environment and the mice in (Turn to Page A 33) era! building in Harrisburg. Bipartisan letters endorsing the PVATA changes were sent to the board from the agricultural and rural affairs committees in both the House and Senate. Also bipartisan (Turn to Pag* A 23) Doc Holliday. In addition, a bevy of dairy prin cesses rode into town to gun (town malnutrition and every other prob lem associated with the failure to drink milk and eat yogert, butter and cheese. Indications of the division between the polarized opinions within the organization surfaced only briefly several times during the official meeting. But some pri vate discussions centered on the desire of segments of members to leave Pennsylvania DHIA to move their records and business to other neighboring labs and processing centers. (Turn to Page A3B) INDEX Sec. A... Market Reports & General News. Sec. B... Women’s News, Public Sales Sec. C... Business News & Classified 4-36. Sec. D... Mailbox Markets & Classified 1-3. See Story Index Page A 3. 19.00 Per Year
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