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Pennsylvania
Orders Poultry
Quarantine
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
The Pennsylvania Department
of Agriculture has issued a quar
antine that temporarily suspends
poultry exhibitions and transpor
tation of live birds to markets and
auctions.
Shipments of birds to recog
nized slaughter establishments are
not affected by the order.
Secretary of Agriculture Boyd
E. Wolff ordered the quarantine
after a routine surveillance found
evidence that a Montgomery
County turkey flock had been
exposed to avian influenza.
Increased surveillance of poultry
operations led to discovery of
avian influenza virus in a chicken
at a Philadelphia live-bird market.
Routine monitoring of birds at
the Pennsylvania Farm Show
revealed that a flock of exhibition
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Spring Bedding Market Surges At Produce Auctions
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Fanning Staff
HERSHEY (Dauphin Co.)
Spring bedding plants have more
than doubled in volume on the pro
duce auction block from
1991-1992, and show almost no
sign of stopping, according to sev
eral auction managers Tuesday at
Nutrient Management Re-introduced In Legislature
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) As expected, state Rep.
Jeffrey Coy, D-Shippensburg, on
Wednesday introduced nutrient
management legislation which
was passed by the House Rules
Committee, the only functioning
committee in the House this past
week.
Sire Power Has
Turnaround Year
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
HERSHEY (Dauphin
Co.) —Sire Power, a member own
ed dairy breeding organization
with headquarters in Tunkhan
nock, reported a turnaround year
in both sales and profits at then
annual meeting Wednesday. Presi
dent Gary Rickard reported a net
profit of $306,899 for the year
ending September 30, 1992. This
contrasts with a net loss in 1991 of
$555,272.
“We are again reminded by our
financial statement of the volatile
nature of the business in which we
are engaged,” Rickard said. “Our
income in the past three years has
Four Sections
Amy Ancferson, seated, representing Green County Fair
Is crowned 1993 State Fair Queen by Cheryl Muraski, last
year’s queen. Jennifer Patterson, representing Butler Fair,
was runner-up.
Vegetable Conference Features Array Of Grower Information
the 1993 Pennsylvania Vegetable
Conference and Trade Show.
Paul Leinbach, manager of
Leinbach’s Produce Auction in
Shippensburg, told Lancaster
Farming that the volume of bed
ding plants doubled in 1992 over
1991 levels. Other managers, who
spoke at the panel, also noted the
The state House Democrats,
locked over the issue of business
expenses, had yet to decide com
mittee assignments except for the
Rules Committee.
Coy’s proposed legislation, too
early in the stage to earn a bill
number, is virtually a reissue of
last session’s Senate Bill 1444.
That bill quickly became a
widely supported nutrient manage-
shown significant fluctuations. In
1990 revenues exceeded
$15,000,000 for the first time in the
history of Sire Power. Then in
1991 revenues were down almost
$1,900,000, and last year they were
up again by 1,270,00.”
Rickard said the fluctuations are
made because of two major factors.
The first major influence is the
composition of the bull lineup at a
particular point in time. The inclu
sion of one individual sire with the
proper credentials can generate a
million or more in revenues. The
second major influence is the dairy
economy world wide. Foreign
sales have been a significant con-
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huge increase.
The panel, moderated by Don
Robinson, adult farmer instructor
' with the Eastern Lancaster County
School District, included Lloyd
Horst, manager, and Elmer Stolt
zfus, president of Leola Produce
Auction, Leola; Herb Gebely,
manager of Kutztown Produce
ment law proposal, but failed
because of priority and time
contraints —to make it to the
floor of the Senate for a vote before
the previous Senate adjourned.
There are more than 50 sponsors
for Coy’s nutrient management
proposal.
According to a Wednesday
news release from Coy, ‘The last
Bill (5.8.1444) was the end result
Scholarship winners from Sire Power are from left, seated: Shelley Harshbarger,
Teresa Hill, Jennifer Trout, Rebecca Sonnen, and Andrew Money. Standing: Steven
Dietrich, Robert O’Toole, Scott Youse, Jeffrey Riming, Kirk Sattazahn, and Bradley
Morns. *
Am-y Anderson Named
State Fair Queen
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
HERSHEY (Dauphin
Co.) —The annual Pennsylvania
State Association of County Fairs
held its annual banquet Friday
night last week with about 1,500
people crowded in the ballroom.
Introduction of the 40 local queens
became the first order of business.
Later, various entertainment
groups performed in anticipation
of bookings from local fair
representatives.
In the awards ceremony, former
representative Samuel Hayes was
honored in appreciation for his
work for the Association and espe
cially for his association with the
Huntingdon County Fair. Eugene
Shore, editor emeritus of the Hun
tingdon Daily News, was named
the Communicator of the Year for
his extensive coverage of the fair
during a 60-year period.
The Coveted Fair Person of the
Auction. Kutztown; Neil Court
ney, manager of Buffalo Valley'
Produce Auction, Mifflmburg; and
Leinbach.
Panel members pointed out to
growers about the need to be ‘ ‘con
cerned about quality and attractive
packaging of product—this is the
determining factor,” said Lloyd
of months and years of work
between the Legislature and the
agriculture and environmental
communities. We feel that, in this
bill, again we’ve included the best
ideas of the major agriculture and
environmental organizations in
Pennsylvania.”
Steve Crawford, assistant to
Cole and former executive director
of the House Agricultural and Rur-
608 Per Copy
Year Award went to Gilbert Kop
pcnhavcr for his service to the
Gratz Fair.
The next day at the Saturday
luncheon, Amy Anderson, repre
senting the Green County Fair, was
crowned the 1993 State Fair
Queen. Amy is the 17-year-old
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State Young
Farmers To
Meet In Reading
READING (Berks Co.)
Young farmers from around the
state will converge at the Sheraton
Berkshire Hotel here on Feb. 9-11
for the Pennsylvania Young Far
mers’ Association Winter
Convention.
HorslofLeola. “Thequality of the
product itself will set the stage of
return.”
Horst, whose company posted
sales of more than $3 million last
year, said the Leola-based auction
al Affairs Committee, reiterated
his boss’s words during a tele
phone interview on Thursday, say
ing it was re-introduced because,
“We felt obliged to the organiza
tions which helped form this legis
lation over the past years.”
Simply, the proposal would
attempt to address all sources and
potential sources of water pollu-
$19.00 Per Year
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$3 million sales
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