' Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 30, 1993-815
Outstanding Young Form or Couplo Wins All - Torrain Vohiclo
fiSSsof F s mcrs ’ Ass °- ° wner of Bob ’ s Indian Sal “ and selected as statewide winners of i 989 with thTLchase of three
£?S f S SS "**? Outstanding Young Farm
having an eventful new year as the for Christmas they nicked ud one two wheel drive trv inn from Couple contest as a result of their Young Farmer and Rancher Corn
result of being chosen the Out- of to v exceptional business skills and mitt ee chairman for the York
standing Younl Farm Couple by staLde contest Bob £i^Th? M SSn leader fj abilities The award is County Farmers’ Association.
“maVu 1 . presented annually to a farmer or Becky was recently elected vice
iJErS/ * - a “ ord,ng 10 farm COU P Ie under age 30 - Steve president of Penn’s Agri-Women.
v’ fl H«r.«»hof a BeCky ° ai i has expanded his beef operation to Steve and Becky arc also the
wh^i 10 irv 88 ° f 165 head of catde after smarting in patents of a one-year-old son.
a three-wheel ATV which was ■ ■ _ _ .
purchased second-hand and now IQnCOStOr TO rOOTUt£*
needs repairs. They will be using _ V wWIUI
t , SA l iXSaa Food ’ Photography At
fence, and rounding up cattle,” AnilllOl
Steve said. The prize from Honda If (UUf HrfwC7lll
also included helmets and safety LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) turc and peoples in Lancaster
training. Lancaster County Cooperative County, will be presented by Heil-
On January 7, Steve and Becky Extension will hold its 80th annu- man s representative. The second
boarded a jet in Harrisburg for a a i meeting on Thursday, February Presentation for the evening is Dr.
week m southern California to n, at the Farm and Home Center Charles Krueger, associate dean
attend the annual meeting of the m Lancaster from 6*30 pm to Research for Penn State Col-
American Farm Bureau Federa- 9; oo p.m. The evening’s festivities lege of Agricultural Sciences, who
tion. PFA is a member of the will begin at 6:30 p.m. with a one- Wll! be speaking on. “How
nationwide organization which hour finger-food smorgasbord. Rese arch and Extension Work
represents over 4 million farm and The smorgasbord will feature a Together. He will explain how
ranch families. While in Califor- w j de variety of foods grown or research information gained at
nia, the Grosses will be touring processed in Lancaster County. University Park, University
San Diego and Los Angeles and The program begins at 730 Researc h Farms, and local farmer
attending the American Farm p . m . and features the works of research plots is transferred
Bureau convention in Anaheim, internationally known Lancaster rou Cooperative Extension to
They will be representing PFA at Coun ty photographer. Grant Heil- farmers and homeowners through-
Young Farmer and Rancher activ- man The slide show. "A Portrait out Pennsylvania,
ities during the annual meeting. T he Mid-Atlantic Farmlands,” Cost IS $3 P« Person. Tickets
Steve and Becky Gross were featuring the diversity of agricul- ? re available from Extension
board members or the Penn State
Cooperative Extension Office at
1383 Arcadia Road, Room 1, Lan
caster, PA 17601 (717) 394-6851.
;y v
vice, Etters, hands over the keys to a new Honda all-terrain
vehicle to the winners of the Pennsylvania Farmers’ Asso
ciation’s Outstanding Young Farmer award, Steve and
Becky Gross with son, Nevln, of Manchester, York County.
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