Advisory Board
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agriculture, or who have “suffi
cient knowledge, experience or
familiarity with agronomic or
nutrient management practices,”
according to the tenents of the
Nutrient Management Act
The board has indicated it
intends to hold a public hearing
before signing off on its final
recommendations for the require
ments and responsibilities of a
state certified nutrient manage
ment technician/planner.
The meeting on Wednesday was
called primarily to discuss a prop
osal for “Interim Criteria for Nutri
ent Management Plans.”
According to the Nutrient Man
agement Act, which created the
advisory board, the State Conser
vation Commission is to create
regulations for the administration
of the act.
However, the law is written
openly enough so that the commis
sion members may develop the
definitions and specific responsi
bilities continually.
But to get to a starting point,
members must have some idea of
what a nutrient management plan
would comprise, and consequen-.
dally, what responsibilities and
expertise would be required of a
certified nutrient management
planner.
The role of the advisory board is
to review, prior to the commission
members considering, any prop
osed regulations the commission
may wish to discuss for develop
ment and approval.
The term “interim” was dis
cussed several times Wednesday
by board members.
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It was agreed that the purpose of
developing “Interim Criteria for
Nutrient Management Plans” is
not to create specifics by which
nutrient management plans would
have to comply, but instead, to
identify more general areas of con
cern upon which a detailed plan
would elaborate.
What the board considered were
five major areas of concern: nutri
ent application, manure manage
ment, excess manure, erosion and
sediment control, and laws, regula
tions and ordinances.
While commission staff had
included some specifics in their
suggestions for board review,
board members quickly objected
to the discussion of details.
It was argued and agreed that, in
order for nutrient management
planning to work, the guidelines
must be flexible enough to apply to
the various types of farming and
non-farming applications of
nutrients.
The other purpose of developing
“interim criteria” is for use by
those within the state Department
of Agriculture who have been
charged with developing a nutrient
management technician certifica
tion program.
It was explained that, with an
outline of the responsibilities
expected of a certified planner,
PDA officials can better prepare a
program proposal that reflects the
desires of agriculturists and
environmentalists.
Although there was confusion
over the term "interim,” it was
agreed that even when the board
deep recommend an “interim certi
fication” program, it will not qual
ify anyone to create officially
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approved nutrient management
plans.
Instead, the board members said
that an “interim certification”
would equate to a “pre
certification.”
Specifically, it was said that
those who would qualify for pre
certification would be further on
their way toward attaining full and
first qualification for certification,
once the board, the PDA, and
eventually the State Conservation
Commission, approve standards
for certification.
Board chairman Donald Bolliiu
ger, of Kleinfeltersville, said that
the board is progressing well in its
discussions of the issues and that
much work remains.
In other business, William Bru
baker. a board member who repre
sents the commercial fertilizer
industry, presented to the board his
industry’s program for certifying
crop advisors.
According to Brubaker, the
agronomic knowledge require
ments included in testing to be a
certified crop advisor includes
everything that a nutrient manage
ment technician should have as a
base.
Abo. Brubaker said that a cer
tain number of years of experience
as an uncertified crap advisor were
necessary depending on the yean
of college education in order to
gain certification, but that testing
was open to anyone, regardless of
officially recognized educational
achievement.
He provided each member with
a copy of the crop advisor testing
information and asked them to
review it for consideration.
The next meeting is scheduled
for Dec. 19 in the state Capitol
building, in Room BA. of the East
Wing.
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be available at $6 each from the
Cooperative Extension office.
They must be purchased in
advance-not later than December
6.
Speakers and topics for the
morning program are as follows:
• “Innovations in Agriculture” -
Dr. Dennis R. Keeney, director of
the Leopold Center for Sustain
able Agriculture and professor of
soil microbiology at lowa State
University.
• “Weed Control Update” - Dr.
Ronald L. Ritter, Extension Agro
nomist, University of Maryland at
College Park.
• “Conservation Tillage &
Small Grains" - F. Ronald Mul-
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and “uncertain/no opinion.”
Respondents disagreed nearly
2-to-l with the statement “The
government should use a volun
tary milk supply control like a
milk diversion program or dairy
buyout.” By a margin of more
than 2-to-l, farmers disagreed
with the statement “The govern
ment should use a mandatory milk
supply control program such as a
marketing quota.” Among those
who agreed with mandatory milk
supply controls, less than half
agreed strongly.
“Only 7.4 percent of respon
dents agreed strongly with volun
tary supply control and only 8.9
ford, farm manager. Poplar Hill
Facility, Lower Eastern Shore
Research & Education Center,
University of Maryland.
• “Crop Residue Management”
- Joel C. Myers, state agronomist
for Pennsylvania, Soil Conserva
tion Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Harrisburg, Pa.
The last three topics will be
aired twice, in consecutive 40-mi
nute breakout sessions, providing
opportunity to hear two of the
three speakers.
Afternoon program topics will
include economic impacts of
environmental regulations, fertili
ty and nutrient management, for
ages and water quality improve
ment programs.
Survey
percent strongly supported man
datory supply control,” said
Yonkers. “Among those who dis
agreed with supply controls, more
than half disagreed strongly.
“This survey found much less
support for supply control prog
rams among Pennsylvania dairy
farmers than some reports have
asserted,” Yonkers said.
Farmers were more divided
about the statement “The govern
ment should subsidize export,
programs for U.S. dairy pro
ducts.” However, more agreed
than disagreed that there is a need
for subsidized exports, with 48.5
percent agreeing, 34.6 percent dis
agreeing and 16.8 percent
uncertain.
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