“Dairy HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) For a third consecutive year, Pennsylvania’s dairy industry will be celebrated by families and visi tors to the 1993 Pennsylvania Farm Show. “ Dairy Fun Night” returns to recognize the state’s leading agri cultural industry and give people a greater understanding of the nutri tional values of dairy products. This special evening of fun will be held on Tuesday. January 12, "Dairy Day,” beginning at 6:15 p.m. in the Small Arena of the Farm Show Complex. The evening of entertainment, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Program (PDPP), will include a variety of activities for everyone to enjoy. These events include an “Ice Cream Churn-off Contest,” a “Dairy Obstacle Contest,” “Dairy Feud,” a “Milk Mustache Con test,” and a celebrity “Cow Milk ing and Butter Making Contest.” The evening will also include spe cial visits by the “Pittsburgh Par rot,” and Pennsylvania’s State Dairy Royalty. Christopher Fick es, of WIMX radio, Harrisburg, will serve as the official Master of Ceremonies for the event The "Ice Cream Chum-off’ will begin the evening’s activities. Eight teams will compete in this event to create the best homemade ice cream. Previous flavor win ners have included raspberry, cho colate, dutch apple, and more. Entries will be judged by the crea tiveness used in preparation, the use of dairy products, the taste and visual appeal of the ice cream, and the ease of preparation. Running concurrent to the ice cream contest, families'and other teams will be competing in the “Dairy Obstacle Contest.” This Fun Night” To Offer Family, Celebrity Fun event is designed to simulate activities on the dairy farm and will involve three team members competing in three different sta tions. The first station will involve the stacking of several hay/straw bales. The next will be more chal lenging. testing one’s ability to dodge “cow pies.” Finally, the last team member will be distributing milk from a large milk can into several small milk bottles. HUNTINGDON (Huntingdon Co.) Improving nutrient man agement practices can boost profi tability on some farms, according to a recent study conducted by Penn State’s College of Agricul tural Sciences. Agricultural economists Wes Musser and James Shortle surveyed 371 Pennsylvania dairy farmers about a variety of topics, including manure management The results indicate that many far mers may spend more money than necessary on fertilizer because they aren’t using optimal manure management practices. “Accounting for nitrogen avail able from manure and legumes when deciding how much fertilizer to use on com seems to have bene fits,” said Musser. “For a farm with 106 acres and 65 dairy cows, including these nutrients in fertili zation d„ecisions could increase profits by as much as $1,700 per year.” “Manure was applied by 319 respondents to an average of 55.6 acres of com,” said Shortle. “A tot al of 29 respondents spread man “Dairy Feud” will be next on the agenda. This is designed after the popular television show, with “dairy” questions involved. Two teams of area media personnel will be responding to questions such as, “Of one hundred surveyed people, what was the most popular flavor of ice cream?” Show visitors will be able to join the challenge and test their knowledge of dairy products Nutrient Management Can Boost Farm Profitability ure on their fields less frequently than every two years, 42 every other year, 228 every year and 20 more than once per year. Obvious ly, manure is an important source of nutrients for most of these farmers.” Of the 319 farmers, 226 applied manure in solid form only. Thirty five farmers applied liquid manure that was not injected or incorpor ated into the soil, while 23 applied liquid manure that was injected or incorporated into the soil. Another 38 respondents applied both solid and liquid manure. Seventy-two farmers applied manure only to com, but 231 and the state’s industry. Everyone attending the show will be able to participate in the next event. Audience members will be able to sign-up for the “Milk Mustache Contest.” To compete, people will be required to drink a glass of milk to create the best milk mustache. There are nor age categories but previous competition has shown that any- respondents applied manure to other crops. The largest number, 125, applied manure daily, and 70 respondents applied manure in the fall, winter, and spring. Unless manure is incorporated into the soil shortly after applica tion, crops can’t receive all of its nutrient benefits. The nutrients are susceptible to runoff during rains and directly cause surface water pollution. Yet more than 60 per cent of the respondents either waited more than six days to incor porate manure or did not incorpo rate it all. 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The evening will conclude with one of the more interesting events, “Cow Milking and Butter Mak ing.” This will involve teams of area celebrities. One person will milk the cow, and the second per son will make butter. The winning team will be the group able to complete both activities in the shortest period of lime. facility is necessary so that the manure can be applied when it can be incorporated safely into the soil, rather than when the ground is fro zen, wet or otherwise unsuitable. But 109 fanners were without manure storage facilities. Although many farmers may gain by improving nutrient man agement practices, the researchers note that nutrient management plans may adversely affect in comes on some farms. “Farmers who are cunenlly managing their nutrients in the most profitable way still may have surplus manure and nutrient losses from erosion,” said Shortle.
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