Famting, Saturday, December 4,1993 Nutrient Management Advisory Board (Continued from Page A 1) by Gov. Robert Casey, earlier this year, the State Conservation Com mission has set deadlines to achieve a working program. The goal is to have an up and running nutrient management program by July 1995. The goals are divided into two distinct, but interrelated, lines of attack one is to create nutrient management regulations; the other is to create nutrient management certification regulations. The By July 1994, the commis sion is to propose regulations for both. The final certification regula tions are to be done in January 1995, while the final management regulations are to be done by July 1995. In all cases, the advisory board is to review proposals of the com mission and make recommendations. During its previous meeting, the Nutrient Management Advisory Board sent back for revision a proposal for interim criteria. The version discussed Wednes day reflected mote the board’s acceptance of wording to direct the department of agriculture to create a certification program. The sentiments of the board, which approved the draft with a split vote by a show of hands, have been oft-expressed to create a program that does not make it overly difficult to achieve certifi- CONTACT US For • DOUBLE CHAIN PIT ELEVATORS HYD. TILT AVAILABLE • COMPACT ROTO BEATERS • WISCONSIN & ALLIS CHALMER POWER UNITS • HAND-O-MATIC BUNK FEEDERS • COMBINATION MOWER AND CRIMPER UNITS • 455 AND 456 MOWERS • NEW IDEA CRUSHERS • LARGE SHOP LATHE 40 TON PUNCH PRESS • CRIMPING ROLLS TO FIT YOUR NEW IDEA CRUSHER SMUCKER WELDING & MANUFACTURING 2110 Rockval* Road, Lane., PA 17602 Multi Fuel Furnaces & Boilers Wood, Coal & Oil *m\ * « * ' * v - ♦ i VH.* * ✓«, < « * (Rear view ' of Multifuel boiler) Hand fired wood &. coal models also outdoor hot water heating. PENN MFC. CO. MS W. LwdnglM* Bd., LNHz, PA 17S4S Call (717) 626-1397 or 327-2303 cation as a nutrient management specialist The majority of the board said they felt that it can be expected that a certified nutrient management technician should understand defi ciencies in a plan’s control of nutrient flow; but at the same time, it should not be required that a nutrient management technician possess expertise in all fields relat ing to creating a workable nutrient management plan. It was expressed that a certified nutrient management technician should be able to detect major defi ciencies and then use the expertise of those already required to have such knowledge to arrive at a working plan. It was also stressed that a waric ing plan should achieve the goal of surface and groundwater protec tion from ovemutrification, pri marily by nitrogen, rather than merely create a bureaucracy by which compliance to regulation is more important than achieving control of nutrients. In other business, Geroge Robinson, representing the poultry and feed industry, said that a trip to the Netherlands taken by certain members of the board and others to inspect and review nutrient man agement practices and concerns of that region was worthwhile. He explained how the Nether lands government has instituted such things as a manure tax, which is based on an annual balance of export and import of nutrients onto a farming operation. He also said that they have gov ernment subsidized manure ship ping of up to 100 miles radius, and other programs aimed at curtailing a drinking water pollution problem. However, Robinson noted that the area being below sea level and maintained with ditches and dikes is not generally compar able to farming practices in the United States. The board also heard a review of meetings between representatives of agencies which are to eventually coordinate efforts under the Nutri ent Management Act According to Vic Funk, on the staff of the State Conservation Commission, to date two meetings were held of the representatives of the primary agencies involved Penn State Extension, the Pa. Insist on Chore-Time because you need the best equipment C-2 feeder for broilere .. * „ .-1 jw* •?•* x f?p v * < .-, 'U t nipplee Attention all Chore-Time customers, We want to assure you that Chore-Time systems, ■ Chore-Time repair parts and service are available to you from ■ Northeast Agri Systems, Inc., Pennsylvania’s authorized Chore-Time master distributor. I