B ~ _ BT" 'j l^caste^^aritMnq »-«jr , , rT i ~ -—lift % I 11111 n * m 1 i v VOL. 37 No. 41 Fanners had the opportunity to see and compare many different models of equipment this week at the annual Ag Progress Days exhibition at Rockspring- In the photo above, some of the more than $2O million worth Thomas: We May Become Complacent EVERETT NEWSWANGER Managing Editor ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.) In an address at the government/ industry luncheon at Ag Progress Days, Penn State President Joab Thomas said he fears that we have become complacent in regard to agriculture. “We have been so successful (in' food production) that I fear we may have become complacent at a very DER Secretary Says Not Enough Nutrient Management Plans Written ANDY ANDREWS Lancaster Fanning Staff MANHEIM (Lancaster Co.) As many as 23,000 out of a total of 25.000 farms in the Susquehanna River valley may remain without some kind of nutrient management New Holland To Close Mountville Plant LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) An estimated 200 people to be laid off from Ford New Holland operations here because °f an announced closing of its Mountville plant According to .published reports ® a Lancaster newspaper, Ford New Holland announced the lay PERIODICALS DIVISION PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY W?OV PAT TEE LIBRARY UNIVERSITY PARK PA 1680?-1802 Four Sections inappropriate time,” Thomas said. “In the popular press we see ques tions about the value of agricultural research. Even in the decreased appropriations from state govema ment, it reflects this kind of com placency with regard to the need for agricultural research.” Thomas noted the reduction in the percent of people in the world that are hungry. Where there is hunger, it is because of political plan, according to an official with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (DER). In the six years since the Chesa peake Bay Program has been in existence, only 600 farms have signed up with a DER program to offs and the plant closure on Mon day as part of a major restructuring which has targeted the loss of about 400 corporate jobs, at least half of which are salaried positions. The announcement also included the closing of the Belle ville foundary and a possible Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, August 22, 1992 reasons and not from lack of know how in production agriculture.” While the percentage of people who are hungry is down, because of population increases, the num ber of hungry people remains constant. “Additional land in production agriculture is a diminishing possi bility to meet this demand,” Tho mas said. “The problem will have (Turn to Pago A 33) reduce the flow of nutrients into the bay as part of the original bay agreement, according to Arthur A. Davis, state DER secretary. According to the DER secretary, if more plans aren’t written, federal guidelines may be passed which 20-percent reduction in its North American work force. A majority of the jobs are management-level, with early retirements and voluntary quit tings expected to account for a por tion of the terminations. The news paper report said that employees (Turn to Pag* A 32) of equipment is shown on display at the Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center. More than 500 acres of educational and commercial exhi bits, tours, and machinery demonstrations were part of the show. Ag Progress Days Hay Show Winners Named ROCKSPRING (Center Co.) —Winners from Lancaster, Northampton, and Perry counties won championships in the hay show held this week in conjunction with Ag Progress Days. R. Edwin Hamish, Lancaster County, had the top entry in field cured or partially field cured plus mow finish and no would have severe and long-range impacts on the storage and applica tion of nutrients on farms. Davis spoke to about 80 ag industry representatives at the Ag Issues Forum at Kreider’s Restaur ant on Thursday. In the six years a voluntary Bay nutrient reduction program by the DER has been in place, the depart ment, according to Davis, has been dissatisified with the results. To meet the Bay program ’ s 40 percent reduction goal in the coming decade, Davis said that at least half of the farms in the basin need to develop nutrient management plans “if we’re going to meet the 60* Per Copy head section. The winning entry was from the alfalfa, later cutting class. " Robert Bieber, Nazareth, North ampton County, won the partially Field cured plus heat dried, with no preservatives division. The win ning entry was also alfalfa, later cutting. concerns not just of the Chesa peake Bay but for our own water quality concerns, our groundwater here,” he said. Nutrient reduction Davis spoke about the issue of nutrient management during a recent meeting of the Chesapeake Bay Council. At the meeting, nutrient reduction and its impor tance took center stage. Davis said that the House Bill 496 proposal for nutrient manage ment planning, still being reviewed by the state Senate Ag Committee, is the best course of (Turn to Pag* A2l) $19.00 Per Year (Turn to Pag# A 32)
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