Representatives of most of the winners of the 1993 Dairy of Distinction that designated the week of August 15 to 21 as Dairy of Distlnc
farm awards attended the Tuesday afternoon program In their honor at Ag fl®n Week. Large color photographic prints of each winning farm was pre-
Progress Days. This year 49 new farms were honored. Guests of honor sented by Lancaster Farming, At the end of the meeting, winners got together
included Boyd Wolff, Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs. Wolff on the barn hill for this photograph. Photo by Evontt Nowawanger. managing
(center with sign). The secretary read a proclamation from acting governor, amor.
Speakers Extol
Partnership
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.) —The govern
ment luncheon at Ag Progress Days Wednesday
featured the introduction of national, state and
county political representatives. Various speak
ers presented the idea that the partnership of agri
culture, education and government was neces
sary, and the reason for the success of the various
segments of Pennsylvania’s life.
Joab Thomas, Penn State University presi
dent, said the importance of agriculture in Pen
nsylvania goes beyond the important fact that it
is die largest industry and an important “econom
ic engine” in the state economy. He placed “great
signifance” in agriculture’s support of a value
system that is the backbone of the country.
‘The farmers of the world are examples of die
value systems that have made this country
strong,” Thomas said. “A strong agriculture in
this country is important.”
Lamartine Hood, dean of the College of Agri
cultural Sciences, said agribusiness is the heart of
the economy’s revitalization. He said Ag Prog
ress Days provide the opportunity to celebrate
the vitality of this fantastic food system that we
have in Pennsylvania.
“Here we have a shining example of how gov
ernment, industry and education can form part
nerships to insure the high quality and safe food
supply that are abundantly available to all of our
citizens,” Hood said.
Ruth Rudy (D-171) brought greetings from
acting governor, Mark Singel.
The featured speaker was Keith Eckel, presi
dent, Pennsylvania Farm Bureau. Eckel said
progress in agriculture must be geared to know
ledge rather than to emotion or superstition. He
said he was disappointed that the adoption of the
budget reconciliation bill last week in Washing
ton included a little-known clause that prohibits
the use of BST for 90 days after it is approved for
use.
“I am neither an advocate or a detractor of
BST, but let me say it would be a mistake to make
a political debate out of the decisions that should
be made out of good science and medical fact,”
Eckel said. “If the legislature would have voted
on all the new technology, we would still be back
in the agriculture of the 1800’s.
“In a book published in 1892, the projection
was made of an extreme food shortage by the
1930's because we would not have enough to
feed the horses that it would take to produce the
food. But we sought change, and we met the
challenge because we used the best resources of
knowledge.
“I know the people that are involved in the
public policy decisions that are going to impact
the future of agriculture in the 21th century,”
Eckel said. “Those people are knowledgable,
honest and sincere. Now is the time for us to
work together to focus the direction of all of our
efforts toward a successful ag economy. People
must be involved, and 1 am optimistic. Our future
is in our hands, and the changes we face can still
be shaped. But we as a group, a partnership
between industry, farmers and the land grant sys
tem, must come together to meet that challenge
so the speaker standing here 20 years from now
can look back with pride and ahead with confi
dence. That’s the challenge we all face as we
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