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Vol. 38 NO. 47
Judges Name 4-Year-Old Holstein All American Supreme
C-Allanvaie Inspiration Tina is selected supreme champion of the 30th Pa. All-
American Dairy Show. Standfng with the champion Holstein are, from the left, owner
Ernie Kueffner, Jennifer Grimes, state dairy princess, leadsman Norman Hill, and
Boyd Wolff, state secretary of agriculture.
Nutrient Management Advisory Board Meets
VERNON ACHENBACH, JR.
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) The 15-member Nutrient
Management Advisoiy Board met
for the first time Wednesday at the
Penn State Downtown Center in
Harrisburg.
The first action of the newly
formed board was to elect its chair
man and formed two subcommit
tees. The next meeting has tenta
tively been set for 9:30 a.m., Nov.
3, at a location to be announced.
Quality Assurance May Stem Foodborne Illness Problems
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
—By failing to implement quality
assurance programs in their poul
try operations, producers may face
more lawsuits and litigation fees in
light of the increasing cases of
food-related illnesses in the
country.
According to Dr. Stephanie
Doores, associate professor in
Penn State’s Department of Food
1994 PennAg
Officers Named
EPHRATA (Lancaster Co.)
PennAg Industries Association
recently elected its officers for
1994. The election was held dur
ing its annual business meeting in
conjunction with its 115th con
vention at Ocean City, Md.
The officers for 1994 are
President- James Bradley (New
Holland Supply Co.. Inc.); First
Vice President - Glenn Esben
shadc (Esbcnshade Mills); Second
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The board was formed by law to
advise the state Conservation
Commission on all regulations and -
interim criteria the commission
develops to implement the state’s
Nurtient Management Act.
The Conservation Commission
is a group which historically was
formed to oversee the activities of
the slate’s conservation districts.
While the commission is autonom
ous, it is supported and chaired by
the secretary of the Department of
Environmental Resources (DER).
Northeast Poultry Show Attracts Hundreds
Science, 9,000 people die each
year as a result of food poisoning
from an array of common micro
bacteria, including salmonella
enteritidis (SE), Listeria, and E.
coli contamination. In the Midwest
alone in 1992, $3O million has
been paid in court settlements to
individuals as a result of SE
contamination.
Doores told those attending the
Northeast Poultry Show in Lancas
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Vice President - Tom Brown
(F.M. Brown’s Sons, Inc.); Third
Vice President - George Kish
baugh (Wenger’s Feed Mill, Inc.);
Treasurer - John J. Hess, II (Hess
Mills).
In addition, the following were
elected to the Board of Directors:
Mark Wagner (White Oak Mills,
Inc.); Stephen Hoefer (Agway,
Inc.); Dennis Mullane (Taylor By-
Products, Inc.).
•Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 2, 1993
The commission was assigned
the responsibility of developing
regulations under the new Nutrient
Management Act, which was
signed into law this year by Gov.
Robert Casey, prior to his under
going a heart and liver transplant
The IS-member board was
created as part of the act with the
intent to ensure that agricultural
sensibilities would be reflected in
the regulations and in the type of
nutrient management program that
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Dr; David Kradal, former director of the SE Pilot Project, canter, was honored far his
leadership as formardlrector of tha project on Thursday night at tha Northeast Poultry
Show. Presenting tha awards are, left, J.C. (Mac) McLaurln, Egg Association of Ameri
ca, and John Hoffman, Pennsylvania Poultry Federation.
JOYCE BUPP
York Co. Correspondent
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
As pageants go, all this one
lacked was a glittering crown for
the winner as she stepped into the
bright-white spotlight circle glow
ing in the darkened arena.
Instead, “Callanvale Inspiration
Tina” earned a flower-bedecked
shoulder blanket and the leatheret
te banner declaring the Holstein
contender the supreme champion
of the Pennsylvania All-American
Dairy Show. Selection of the
supreme winner was the grand
finale to the 30th run of the annual
All-American dairy event, held
Sept 20-23 at the Farm Show
Mercner To Receive
National Recognition
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) Carol Mercner, member
and public relations director for
Keystone Farm Credit, ACA, is
scheduled to receive the distin
guished National Cooperative
Month Cooperative Communica
tor Award on Monday, October 4,
at the National Press Club in
Washington, D.C.
“Her energy and creativity have
contributed to greater understand
ing by cooperatives’ memberships
and the general public of the bene
fits cooperatives provide to their
members and their communities,”
said Philip Kimmel, president and
CEO of Keystone Farm Credit,
ACA.
For nearly 20 years, Mercner
has served the Farm Credit system
and the cooperative community.
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Earlier in last Thursday’s East
ern National show ring competi
tion, the tall, extremely stylish,
4-year-old with a beautifully
balanced and tightly attached
mammary system won the senior
and grand champion title of the
Holstein show, judged by Dennis
Patrick, Woodbine, Maryland.
She is owned by Ernest A. Keuff
ner, of Keuffner Holsteins,
Winston-Salem, North Carolina,
and was bred by Alan McCutchen,
Ontario, Canada.
The supreme is classified
EX-91 and is to be rescored in a
few weeks. She is sired by
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She first joined Farm Credit in
1974 on a part-time basis; then in
1979, she began full-time respon
sibilities as marketing manager.
Her current position as director of
member and public relations was
„ established following the merger
that created Keystone Farm Credit
in 1989. She has diligently served
on various Farm Credit commit
tees and is a recipient of the presti
gious Baltimore Farm Credit Dis
trict’s President’s Award.
Mercner has also been a tireless
supporter of community and
cooperative causes in southeastern
Pennsylvania, the commonwealth
and the country. Her involvement
has been invaluable to organiza
tions such as the Chester County
Cooperative Extension Service,
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