plnnsylvania^state^univerbitv VOL 37 NO. 31 Red Meat Exports Expected To Continue Growth EVERETT NEWSWANGER Managing Editor PHILADELPHIA—U.S beef, pork, lamb and variety meat exports have more than doubled during the last decade, totaling a record $2.6 billion in 1991. That’s the report given by officials at the U.S. Meat Export Federation meet ing here Thursday. While consumption of red meat has decreased in the domestic market, exports have shown tre mendous increases that have Study Compares New Broiler Buildings To Old ANDY ANDREWS Lancaster Fanning Staff MANHEIM (Lancaster Co.) If you look at the data, then tunnel ventilated broiler houses may be “in," and the naturally ventilated houses, at least for the time being, are “out.” That’s the conclusion reached in a study undertaken by Penn State’s Department of Ag Economics and Rural Sociology. The findings were presented on Monday by Dr. Milton Madison, Penn State ag economist, at the Poultry Manage ment and Health Seminar. Del Val FFA Students Help Others EVERETT NEWSWANGER Managing Editor DOYLESTOWN (Bucks Co.) More than 20 million Ameri cans know some form of hunger each week. The latest government figures indicate the need for food rose 26 percent last year. To farm families that produce food and eat abundently, these fig ures seem hard to believe. Most fanners don’t know many people who go to bed hungry. But these people are real, they are in our communities, and if given the opportunity, many would love to grow their own food. That’s why Scott Barnett, senior at Delaware Valley College, has become involved in several pilot programs at college. In these prog rams, farmers donate excess veg gies to local food banks and teach the recipients of these donations to grow their own food. The programs, called “Adopt A Plot” and “Grow A Row,” were initiated by Vilma Frattone, presi dent, Terra Vision Foundation and embraced by Del Val’s ag training center. Through the sponsorship of Professor Donald Claycomb and the FFA chapter at the college, the programs are growing beyond expectation. “A number of the students donate their time for these pro jects,” Barnnett said. “The whole idea is education. Hie college has (Turn to Pigo Al 9) Four Sections helped to keep the meat industry strong. “With domestic markets for red meat flattening, exports present a tremendous opportunity for U.S. meat and fed grain producers and their allied industries,” said Phil Seng, USMEF president and CEO. “U.S. beef and variety meat exports in 1991 accounted for more than eight percent of total domestic production by value.” Seng released a study by the Federation that projects the impact More than 29 broiler industry representatives heard why more research is needed to validate some of the findings about the tunnel ventilated houses as compared to naturally ventilated. The study, which examined the performance of the houses on growout against other, older houses within the same compa nies, did not “cross-compare” results with different companies. Three companies In all, three companies were examined Pennfield, Tyson, For Scott Barnett, to help disadvantaged people learn to grow their own food gives him a good feeling. Barnett is one of the FFA students at Delaware Valley College who volun teer time to help others. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 13, 1992 of U.S. beef and pork exports on the U.S. cattle and hog industries through the end of the century. This study shows that U.S. red meat exports are expected to increase by 250 percent by the year 2,000. Already this year, meat exports have exceeded last year in each of the first four months. This trend is expected to continue. Japan is the largest importer of U.S. beef, veal pork and variety (Turn to Pago A 26) and Farmer’s Pride. The Pennfield study compared three houses against all of their older structures, according to Madison. The Tyson study compared six of the new housing types against 120 of the older houses and the Farmer’s Pride study compared three houses to ISO of the older structures. The Pennfield study involved curtain-sided houses measuring 44 feet by 500 feet at a cost of $113,000. The cost of construction for the curtain-sided houses, not including excavation and well (Turn to Pago A 25) A portrait of a farm family, the Ammons are, from left, Christine, Mike, Ellen, Bill, and Hellen. The family mascot, Rowdy, Joins the gathering. Faith, Farming Inseparable For Ammons GAIL E. STROCK Mifflin Co. Correspondent LEWISTOWN (Mifflin Co.) When Noah stepped out of the ark, he was given a promise by God “While the earth remained!, seedtime and harvest, and cold and beat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.” Perhaps that is why Bill Ammon of Lewistown says to “have faith, be a good steward, and be diligent in your work.” Because as surely as the seed time comes, so will the harvest The Ammon farm has seen the seasons come and go for five gen erations. On the banks of the Junia ta River. Bill and Helen Ammon * farm the riverbottom ground as ; PMMBx Weighs Conflicting Testimony KARL BERGER Special Correspondent HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) The three members of the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board (PMMB) must weigh con flicting testimony from various farm organizations as they decide what to do about the current $1.30 market add-on the board imposes on farm milk prices. Those members J. Robert Deny of Penn Run, Don Lanius of York and Leon Wilkinson of Landenberg are expected to issue a decision June 18 following an unusually lengthy hearing on the issue in late May, according to Tom Kugel, a board spokesman. The current premium is set to expire at the end of the month. The Mid-Atlantic area’s major 609 Per Copy good stewards should, earning Cooperator of the Year in 1988 and Farm Family of the Year for Con servation in 1991. In 1990, they installed a 60-foot by 12-foot manure system to pro tect against run-off into the Juniata River. “We’re probably putting half of the nitrogen on our com we nor mally did, so it saved on fertilizer,” Bill said. “Plus, it’s more conve nient. You don’t have to haul twice a day in the winter. It’s a good con servation practice. You don’t have the manure run-off.” Ammops sow a lot of rye as a cover crop and spread the manure on that As part of the Chesapeake Bay Program, Ammon farms with (?Urn to Pag* A2l) dairy cooperatives, led by Atlantic Dairy Cooperative, the region’s largest, testified in favor of reduc ing the so-called over-order pre mium to 80 cents a hundredweight during the two-day hearing. However, two of the state’s gen eral farm organizations, the Pen nsylvania Farmers Association and the Pennsylvania Fanners Union, backed a continuation of the current $1.30 premium in their testimony. A third group, the Pennsylvania State Grange, testified in support of a $1.05 level, which was where the premium stood for months before it was raised to $1.30 in February in response to testimony about the impact of last summer’s drought (Turn to Pago A3O) $19.00 Per Year
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