DB-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 5,1992
Satellite Seminars Address Crop Production
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Farmers and other agri
business people can learn about
profitable and environmentally
sound forage and grain crop pro
duction during a series of satellite
seminars in January and February.
Sponsored by Penn State’s Col
lege of Agricultural Sciences and
distributed through AG*SAT, a
satellite education consortium, the
seminars will be downlinked and
offered at several locations in
Pennsylvania and across the
nation. Participants can receive
pesticide certification credits from
the Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture.
■ “In 1991, grain and forage pro
ducers experienced drought con
ditions throughout much of the
Northeast,” said Lynn Hoffman,
senior research associate in agro
nomy and coordinator of the
teleconferences.
“In 1992, cool, wet conditions
delayed harvest and caused diffe
rent pest problems. The satellite
seminars will give producers a
chance to ask specific questions
about their situations and get
advice to help them make sound
decisions for 1993.”
The first seminar, to be held
January 18 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.,
will cover forage crops. The open
ing hour will address crop estab
lishment, including seed selection,
seedbed preparation, lime and fer
tilizer, selection of favorable seed
ing dates and sound seeding tech
niques. The segment also will
include a discussion on manage
ment practices to ensure thick,
vigorous stands that will produce
high yields of top-quality pasture,
silage or hay.
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the second hour will focus on
pest management for forage crops.
Specialists will discuss control
practices for major insect, weed
and disease pests in alfalfa and
alfalfa/grass mixtures. Pest man
agement for preplanting, at plant
ing, post-planting, and established
stands will be covered.
A seminar on gram crops will
be held January 21 from 7:30 to
9:30 p.m. A one-hour segment on
New York,
ITHACA, N.Y. Members of
the fourth class of the New York
Empire State Food and Agricul
tural Leadership Institute journey
ed to Canada recently to meet with
colleagues in Ottawa, Ontario.
The occasion marked the first
ever joint Canadian American
Agricultural Leadership Seminar.
Agribusiness representatives and
agricultural producers from New
York and Ontario were treated to
in-depth presentations on subjects
ranging from the impact of the
North American Free Trade
Agreement and GATT to Can
ada’s recent national referendum.
The three-day seminar, hosted
by Ontario’s Advanced Agricul
tural Leadership Program, gave
American participants a firsthand
look at the Canadian government
and political process. United
States-Canadian trade relations,
and Ontario’s agriculture industry.
The joint program offered an
ideal opportunity for participants
to share their unique perspectives
on different social and agricultural
systems. Although the neighbor
ing ag industries are similar in
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crop establishment will cover crop
residue management, soil crust
ing, adjusting drills and planters,
evaluating stands, managing star
ter fertilizers and avoiding herbi
cide problems.
Grain pest management will be
the topic for the second segment.
The discussion will cover basic
principles for managing the major
weed, disease and insect pests in
summer annual grains, primarily
com.
Ontario Ag Leaders Talk Policy
many respects in terms of com
modities produced and overall
trade contribution, Canadian dairy
and poultry producers have been
controlled by a supply manage
ment system since die mid-19605.
Seminar speakers included act
ing members of Canada’s House
of Commons, representatives
YORK (York Co.) The Farm
and Natural Lands Trust will host
a series of regional meetings on
land preservation economics, tax
benefits, protection programs, and
alternatives during December.
The meetings are scheduled for
the following: Monday, Dec. 7 at
Lower Windsor Township build-
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The forage crop seminar will be
repeated February 9 and the grain
crop seminar will be offered again
on February 15. On both dates, the
crop establishment segments will
run from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. and
the pest management portions will
be offered from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30
p.m.
The pest management segments
of both seminars will be combined
and offered again on February 25
from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
from the United States Embassy,
and officials from Agriculture
Canada, a federal body similar to
the United States Department of
Agriculture.
The next seminar scheduled for
members of the Empire State
Food and Agricultural Leadership
Institute will lake place in Batavia,
New Yotk, and will focus on local
Regional Meetings Set
ing; Wednesday, Dec. 9 at Spring
Grove Borough building; Thurs
day, Dec. 10 at Dover Township
building; Monday, Dec. 14 at East
Manchester Township building;
and Tuesday, Dec. 15 at South
eastern Middle School. All meet
ings will begin at 7:30 p.m. There
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All segments will feature a pre
recorded video portion and a live
question and answer session.
Audience members can call a toll
free number to ask questions of
specialists in the University Park
studio.
County extension staff will
coordinate seminar downlink
sites. Local crop programs may be
offered at some sites in conjunc
tion with the satellite program.
government and rural issues. Par
ticipants will have the opportunity
for advanced study of our legisla
tive and political process when
they travel to Albany and Wash
ington D.C. in 1993.
For more information, contact
Dr. Brian Earle, director, LEAD,
NY. at (607) 255-7907.
is no registration fee.
The public is invited to attend
the meetings, which should be of
special interest to landowners,
accountants, and estate planners.
For further information, call the
Farm and Natural Lands Trust at
(717) 757-7012.
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