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To quantify the economic
advantage of disease tolerance in
snap beans.
To identify the yield and pod
quality improvements under con
ditions of high and low disease
pressure of disease tolerant as
compared to standard varieties.
To identify the economic
importance of quantitive tolerance
and how it will help growers and
consumers.
• The Ohio State University:
• Breeding, Development, and
Machine Harvest Evaluation of
Processing Tomato Cultivars
and Hybrids.
Stan Berry, (funded by Furman
Foods’ contribution), $2,400.
To determine the climatic and
edaphic adaptability of new pro
cessing tomato introductions from
the Ohio State breeding program
and from other breeding programs
for the processing industry with
special emphasis on yield and
suitability for mechanical harvest
To develop mechanically
harvestable processing tomatoes
adaptable to Pennsylvania which
have greater yield potential; uni
form fruit set and ripening; var
ying maturity dates; fruit resistant
to cracking, jointless pedicel, free
stemming characteristics, and
small cores; and disease resistance
to fusarium and verticillium wilts,
early blight anthracnose and bac
terial speck.
Seven additional research prop
osals requesting $39,000 in grants
were submitted. Because there
were insufficient funds to fund all
the proposals received, these
could not be funded.
Collection Regulations
In Effect
New regulations for the Veget
able Marketing and Research
Program are now effect. All grow
ers should have received a letter
outlining the new procedures for
collecting the assessment. You
can still use the production verfi
cation statement you received in
the mail to pay your assessment
through the mail or you can have
your assessment deducted from
your payment from a collecting
sales agent (which are auctions,
cooperatives, packing houses or
processors) through whom you
sell vegetables.
Because deducting the assess
ment from your payment is addi
tional bookwork for collecting
sales agents, some collecting sales
agents are requiring growers to
pay the assessment directly
through the mail. Each collecting
sales agent must, however, still
have you fill out a production ver
ification statement each season
even if you have paid the assess
ment through the mail. When you
HU out the form for the collecting
sales agent, you must include the
serial number of the form with
which you paid the assessment
through the mail or they will be
required to deduct the assessment
You should have received a
peach-colored card in the mail on
which to record the serial number
for your own reference.
For growers who deal with col
lecting sales agents, it will help us
keep our records straight if you fill
out the forms with the same name
and address that is on the card you
received in the mail earlier. Also,
include your Program ID number
as listed on the card. (This infor
mation is also on the address label
on the envelope in which you
received his newsletter.) Note that
your Program ID number is not
the same as the serial number of a
production verification statement
Of course, if the name or address
Vegetable Growers News
we have in our records is wrong,
let us know! And let the program
know if the Post Office changes
your address from the “RR 1 Box
123” format to a road name and
number.
The new regulations will also
allow the Program to initiate
enforcement proceedings in the
district justice’s office against
growers who are not paying the
required assessment, Tlie goal of
these regulations is to increase the
compliance rate so everyone is
paying their fair share.
If you have any questions on
how the new collection procedure
works, please write or call us at
(717) 473-8468.
Secretary Asks For
Board Nominations
Secretary of Agriculture Boyd
Wolff is requesting nominations
of growers to serve on the Veget
able Marketing and Research
Board. The toms of Boyd Mem
(central region), William Rankin,
Robert Trax, and Richard McClo
skey (all from the western region)
expire on June 30,1994. Rankin is
no longer eligible to serve and
McCloskey has asked to be
replaced. Mem and Trax are both
eligible to be reappointed.
The board membership
includes 12 growers. Four mem
bers are appointed for three-year
terms from each of three regions
of the state. The eastern region
contains Philadelphia, Delaware,
Montgomery, Bucks, Chester,
Lancaster, Berks, Lehigh, North
ampton, Schuylkill, Carbon, Mon
roe, Pike, Luzerne, Lackawanna,
Wayne, Wyoming and Susque
hanna Counties. The central reg
ion includes York, Adams, Frank
lin, Cumberland, Dauphin, Leba
non. Perry, Juniata,
Northumberland, Snyder, Union,
Montour, Columbia, Lycoming,
Sullivan, Tioga, and Bradford
Counties. The western region is
the remaining counties: Fulton,
Bedford, Somerset, Fayette,
Greene. Washington, Allegheny,
Westmoreland, Cambria, Blair,
Huntingdon. Mifflin, Centre,
Clearfield, Jefferson, Armstrong,
Clarion, Indiana. Butler, Beaver,
Lawrence, Mercer, Venango,
Forest, Elk, Cameron, Clinton,
Potter, McKean, Warren, Craw
ford, and Erie. The secretary of
agriculture is also a member of the
board. A representative of the col
lecting sales agents will also be
reappointment from nominations
submitted by the sales agents.
Nominations can be sent to
Michael Varner, Bureau of Mark
et Development, 2301 North
Cameron Street Harrisburg, Pen
nsylvania 17110-9408.
What Growers Need to Know
About the Pennsylvania
Vegetable Marketing &
Research Programs
The Vegetable Maiketing and
Research Program is a state mark
eting order established under the
Agricultural Commodities Mark
eting Act of 1968. It includes all
growers in Pennsylvania who
grow one or more acres of veget
ables for sale. Growers are
required by law to pay an annual
assessment of $25.00 to the Prog
ram. In addition, growers with
more than 10 acres of vegetables
musts pay $1.50 for each acre over
10 acres. All crops commonly
classified as vegetables including
sweet corn, tomatoes, canta
loupes, watermelons and all orna
mental vegetables like pumpkins,
gourds, and decorative com are
considered vegetable crops under
the Program. White potatoes are
not included not are small fruits or
mushrooms.
Greenhouse vegetable growers
are also required to pay the $25.00
assessment if they use more than
1000 sq. ft to produce vegetables.
If they have more than 10,000 sq.
ft, they pay $1.50 per 1000 sq. ft
for each 1000 sq. ft. over 10,000
sq. ft Greenhouse vegetables are
those grown to maturity in the
greenhouse. Greenhouse area used
to produce vegetable transplants
fra* the field or bedding plant sales
is not counted.
This assessment is not a tax nor
does the money go into the state
treasury. The money collected
from growers is deposited in a
separate account. It is used to
Growers,
Future With New Technology
ST. LOUIS, Mo. A radical
new com processing technology
which can increase the yield and
lower the cost of ethanol while
creating new, high-value food
products is just one of the promis
ing new developments featured at
Com Utilization Conference V
(CUCV) here.
Called SEP (sequential extrac
tion processing), the new wet mill
ing technology is being developed
at the Center for Crops Utilization
Research at lowa State University
in Ames. It integrates well-estab
lished, existing technologies in a
unique way.
“We want to reduce the stream
of low-value feedstuffs, like com
gluten feed which is currently vul
nerable to trade restrictions. Those
products currently return as much
as half the cost of the com,” said
Larry Johnson of the Center, “but
SEP can increase that value by
creating a stream of high-value
foods and industrial products.”
SEP takes ethanol from the fer
mentation of com starch and recy
cles it to upstream processing
steps. There it not only extracts
zein and a food-grade protein con
centrate called glutelin, it removes
water from the ethanol, eliminat
ing a costly step in current wet
milling, according to Johnson.
Zein, currently worth $9 per
pound is widely used in the con
fectionery and pharmaceutical in
dustry. Glutelin, which is very wa-
Soybean Association Names
Director For Marketing
ST. LOUIS, Mo.—The Ameri
can Soybean Association (ASA)
announced the hiring of Stephen
L. Censky to lead the organiza
tion’s international activities.
Censky will join ASA as execu
tive director of international mark
eting in late July. Headquartered
in St Louis, he will be responsible
for operations of 12 ASA overseas
offices.
“We’re excited to have Steve
Censky join the American Soy
bean Association,” said John
Blaska, Wisconsin soybean far
mer and ASA secretary in charge
of international programs. “He
brings a wealth of experience and
knowledge that will be invaluable
to the soybean industry. And as a
farmer. I’m particularly pleased
that he has a strong agricultural
background. I believe he repre
sents the best of both worlds a
good basic knowledge of agricul-
promote Pennsylvania vegetables
and to fund research that will ben
efit Pennsylvania growers as well
as to administer the Program.
Government support for agricul
tural research and marketing prog
rams is continually being cut.
Unless growers are willing to help
fund these efforts themselves,
they will eventually be eliminated.
The Program’s sole purpose for
existing is to serve the vegetable
industry of Pennsylvania in a
cooperative manner. It is a self
help program based on the princi
ple that all the growers in the state
should help support the Program’s
promotion and research efforts
that are designed to benefit all the
Partners Can Capture
ter soluble, could be used to pro
duce high-protein beverages such
as infant formulas as well as meat
extenders, and cheeses. In addi
tion, they could be used as adhe
sives and coatings.
SEP is just one of dozens of
new technologies and processes
highlighted at CUCV, noted Pete
Wenstrand, a farmer from Essex,
lowa, and president of National
Corn Growers Association
(NCGA). “Our goal is to com
municate, educate, and partner to
make the research and commer
cialization of industrial uses of
com more efficient and profit
able,” he said in his opening re
marks.
The conference, the fifth in se
ven years, is just one example of
NCGA’s long-standing commit
ment to “advance the cause,” said
Wenstrand. “It’s time to help this
domestic, renewable resource
com move full speed ahead.
CUCV is just what we need to
capture the future.”
The strategy of partnering with
experts was also highlighted in an
update on the Crop Utilization Re
search Database (CURD). Donna
Schenck-Hamlin, Kansas State
University, noted that since
NCGA initiated CURD in 1990, it
has grown in scope and sophisti
cation.
Designed to prevent redun
dancies in research in non-food,
non-feed uses of com, CURD was
recently formed to accommodate
ture at the grassroots and strong
insights into international
markets.”
ASA is primary contractor with
the United Soybean Board (USB),
and works cooperatively with the
Foreign Agricultural Service
(FAS) in identifying and carrying
out USB and FAS-funded market
development programs overseas.
As international marketing head,
Censky will lead this joint effort to
grow soybean demand
internationally.
“Steve Censky will be a key
player on ASA’s top management
team as we develop and imple
ment strategies for the most effec
tive and efficient use of U.S. far
mers’ checkoff dollars and federal
funds,” said Dennis Sharpe, ASA
CEO.
Censky is a Minnesota native
with a bachelor’s in agriculture
from South Dakota State Univer-
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 25, 1994-03
growers of the state.
The Marketing and Research
Program was approved by a grow
er referendum, as provided by
law, conducted in 1988 and again
in 1993 by the Pennsylvania Sec
retary of Agriculture. While the
Program has the force of law, it is
not a government run program. It
is controlled by a Board of 12
growers appointed by the Secret-,
ary of Agriculture from nomina
tions submitted by growers. The
Secretary of Agriculture and a
representative of collecting sales
agents also sit on the Board.
For further information, see the
back of this sheet or call the Prog
ram at 717-473-8468.
the participation of the National
Association of Wheat Growers. In
addition, the issues of categories
of information, disclosure of pro
prietary information, and changes
in subscribers’ communication
systems.
Next, the service may expand to
become an intermediate informa
tion retrieval system which “pulls
all needed data for a specific client
from many databases,’’ said
Schenck-Hamlin.
Such NCGA efforts to advance
new uses helped increase the in
dustrial uses of com to 1.6 billion
bushels in 1993, the first year in
which this category topped com
exports.
“We hold the world lead in this
industry,” said Wenstrand, “but
we are still challenged to identify
and overcome the constraints to
speed commercialization of this
sustainbale technology.”
Added Wallie Hardie, chair of
NCGA’s research and commer
cialization committee, “We have
the heart; we need the vision and
the expertise of our allies to see
beyond the horizon in order to de
velop a comprehensive research
strategy. We need your skill to
help com improve the quality of
life in a changing world,” he told
nearly 300 scientists from U.S.
and foreign universities, corpora
tions, research institutions, and
government laboratories gathered
at CUCV.
sity and a master’s in agriculture
studies from the University of
Melbourne. He served U.S. Sena
tor James Abdnor as legislative
assistant, researching and advising
on agricultural policy.
Censky joined USDA in 1986
in the Agricultural Marketing Ser
vice, where he was involved in
overseeing the checkoffs for dairy
and beef. In 1991, he joined FAS
as associate administrator for
international affairs and commod
ity programs. He was eventually
named acting administrator, and
was responsible for the general
operation of the agency, including
the oversight of $7.5 billion in
market development and export
assistance programs.