A22-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 2, 1993
Mifflin
(Continued from Pago A 1)
for serving at least S years on the
Extension Committee.
While the 1992 Annual Report
was distributed, Filson drew atten
tion to staff reports and program
highlights, -the Mifflin County
Census Profile, the College of
Agricultural Sciences 1993
Strategic Plan Update, and the
Report of the College Update, and
the Report of the College Future
Convenience Rather Than Diet
(Contlnuod from Pago A 18)
products should be used in a bene
ficial way for agriculture, in a pro
ductive way,*’ said Byrne. Up until
1985, the company was treating
the products as waste material, and
much of it ended up in ’landfills.
“But (Herr) always thought it
should be able to be used and. in
particular, in the beef cattle.”
So Herr purchased the farm. At
the time, Byrne’s family moved
from operating an Angus semen
supply business in Virginia and
took over the day-to-day opera
tions of Herr Angus. Not long
after, the seeds lock operation was
dissolved and the way was made
for only feeder cattle.
About 80 percent of the cattle
are sold to Moyer Packing and the
remainder to local markets and as
freezer beef.
As for the feed, the unused pota
toes are 4 ‘primarly an energy sour
ce,’* said Byrne. 44 1 t tuns very
similar in energy value to com sil
age.’’ The feed is given on full
feeder at a level of IS pounds per
head per day, which translates into
about 6-7 dry pounds per day.
Mix provides energy
The “party mix,” from a feed
standpoint, according to Byrne,
provides more energy than com
because of the oil content.
Whatever feed materials remain
are sold to nearby farms.
Water is used at Herr Snack
Foods at a rate of 100,000-110,000
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Extension
Committee, on which Filson had
the honor of serving.
Regional Director Mary Jo
Depp recognized Deb Durst fra- 5
years of service as secretary in the
Mifflin County Extension office,
and Jane Beightol. Family Living
Extension Agent, for 20 years of
service.
In introducing Dr. Hood, Filson
stated that with research, exten
sion, and resident education all
gallons in peeling
400,000-500,000 pounds of pota
toes per day. A special water treat
ment plant filters and prepares the
water for potato washing. The used
water is piped and used to irrigate
the fields on the farm. The water
cycles through the ground back to
the wells, from which it is pumped
and used again.
That kind of "long-range”
planning is part of the Council’s
objectives as well.
Long-range plans
“One of the things that the Pen
nsylvania Beef Council has taken
on is the last year or so is a long
range planning committee, where
a lot of things are being looked at
for long term that would help other
cattlemen to get more bang for
their buck,” he said. One of those
areas is helping cattle producers
utilize more existing grass lots, of
prime consideration because of
their abundance in the slate.
Also, an issues management
task force has been put together -
using selected “issues experts” as
ports of call, so to speak, for con
cerns raised about the beef
industry.
But providing the all-important
beef promotional efforts will top
the list of concerns for the future.
“The total focus of the Pennsyl
vania Beef Council is to spend that
dollar checkoff in a way that will
promote the sales of beef,” Byrne
said. “That’s our goal.”
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monies. Extension has fared well
under Dr. Hood’s leadership.
Hood then elaborated on the,
future of Extension, how society
has changed, and what Exten
sion’s response should be to that
change in the make-up of{
clientele.
To be effective. Extension 1
programs must focus on issues
that are important to the 12 million
rural and urban people across
Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania has
the largest rural population of any
state in the Union (3.7 million),
but also has the 4th largest urban
area. This presents a serious chal
lenge to creating Extension prog
rams that target the general public.
As for agriculture, Hood said
Extension must help agricultural
producers be more efficient mana
gers. Programs should address
current issues such as pest man
agement, governmental regula
tions, neighbor relations, and
environmental issues.
Hood emphasized Extension’s
tremendous potential in reaching
the 125,000 kids in 4-H and their
friends with programs on self
esteem, leadership, and life skills.
Youth development. Hood said, is
an area Extension must be tuned in
to.
Community and economic
development is particularly
important in rural areas as well as
leadership development
As for families, Hood relayed
these changing facts. In the 50s,
families consisted of one wage
earner with both resident parents.
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Hood also mentioned water and
food supply and quality as current
issues.
Hood elaborated on the College
Future Committee and its report
Framed in response to the Presi
dent of Penn Slate’s request to
modify or eliminate non-critical
programs across the university,
the College Future Committee’s
purpose was to develop a plan for
reshaping the College to enable it
to bring programs in balance with
appropriated resources.
The Committee recommended:
- Reducing or modifying prog
rams duplicated by the private
sector, in other states, or by public
agencies such as exercise prog
rams, elderly caregiving, dairy
genetics, housing, weightless,
tourism, and more.
' - Interest in minor commodities
will be reduced or modified, such
as domestic game birds, income
tax preparation, rabbits, irrigation,
textiles, and others.
- Programs will be modified,
reduced, or eliminated where
resource allocations are dispro
portionate to the requirements of
other priority programs or where
appropriate cost sharing is not
provided, such as drinking water
clinics, farm safety, 4-H activities
and events, poultry, school enrich
ment, and small fruit production,
except grapes.
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recommended enhancing prog
rams that focus on commercial
agriculture, rural economics and
community development, youth
development, and/or resource
stressed and minority families and
individuals. These include
Hispanic-American/Latino family
programs, leadership develop
ment, resource-stressed/low liter
acy audiences, youth develop
ment, animal housing, forest
resources, ornamental horticul
ture/floriculturc, rural economics
and community development, vol
unteers, and water quality.
Hood stressed the need for rural
economics and community deve
lopment because $.62 of every
dollar of income comes from off
farm sources.
In other areas. Hood expressed
concern for timely research upon
which Extension programs are
based, and relevant undergrad
education to attract students. In
the mid SOs, 80% of the under
grads in agriculture at Penn State
were from farm backgrounds.
Now only IS% have ag
backgrounds.
Hood asked for more accep
tance of technologies in delivering
educational programs such as
computer networks and satellite
technology, as well as cooperation
in drawing programs from other
slates and from specialized exten
sion agents.
The event concluded with elec
tion results with Joan Yoder as
President, John Czemiakowski as
Vice President, Vivian Mowery as
Secretary, and Helen Kirk as
Treasurer.
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