HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Agriculture Secretary Charles
C, Brosius has announced that
nominations are being accepted
for positions on several of the
state’s commodity marketing and
research boards.
Brosius said the general public
and leading farm organizations
have until May 19 to submit
nominations for the following
boards: Apple Marketing. Peach
and Nectarine Research, Potato
Research, Sheep and Lamb Mar
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it’s just different.”
To conduct research, the costs
are split SO-SO, according to Mei
jerhof, between the government
and farm organizations. Both have
to pay for studies on poultry. “In
practice, it means that (this situa
tion) is often used as a sort of bat
tlefield between the government
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and Research.
Producers affected by the pro
grams are eligible for nomination.
The Agriculture Department’s
Bureau of Market Development
tallies nomination ballots in order
to make the final selections.
“We want our producers to get
involved with these programs.”
Brosius said. “These research and
marketing efforts are designed to
increase farm profitability.”
Members would be responsible
and industry. A lot of times we are
used as a tryout,” he said.
Areas under research include:
• Environmental issues.
“Ammonia production is probab
ly the biggest problem we have in
our environment,” because of
high levels of nitrogen in the man
ure. Meijerhof indicated that agri
cultural production is blamed
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for all matters pertaining to the
programs, such as hiring person
nel, administering the program
budgets and issuing annual re
ports.
To make a nomination, submit
the person's name, address, coun
ty, and area of interest to Pennsyl
vania Department of Agriculture,
Bureau of Market Development.
2301 North Cameron Street, Har
risburg, PA 17110-9408.
excessively for ammonia produc
tion, which he said is caused
“mainly by heavy industry and
mainly by cars, and not so much by
agriculture. But the heavy industry
and cars are not as easy to control
as the agriculture industry can be
controlled.” So research is being
conducted to limit the amount of
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The Netherlands export a lot of poultry products, but
have had to deal with the problems of manure, according to
Or. Ron Meljerhof, visiting professor from the Centre for
Applied Poultry Research, Spelderholt, The Netherlands,
on left. Meljerhof spoke to about 35 poultry producers at the
Penn State-sponsored Poultry Management and Health
Seminar on Monday at Kreider Farms Restaurant.
• Animal welfare. There is a lot
of pressure from consumer organi
zations, government, and industry
to study different types of layer
and broiler systems. Aviary sys
tems are under study, and ways to
handle cockerel killing are prog
ressing that “suits industry and is
acceptible to public opinion,’* said
Meijerhof.
• Product quality and safety.
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Producers and consumers are both
part of the issue. But Campylobac
ter, a disease which can often be
confused With Salmonella, is the
real culprit and is difficult to con
trol because of far-ranging and
excessive regulations. In fact,
there is so much confusion,
according to the professor, that
Campylobacter is simply referred
to as Salmonella.
• Efficiency. To pro
duce a better bird and
improve the feed quality
are also being examined
at the Centre.
The environmental
issues often take center
stage in research at the
Centre. Government
mandates dictate that
ammonia levels have to
be reduced. So research
is looking at ways to dry
up the manure, reducing
die moisture and putting
the manure in market
able form. But it is cost
ly. A directive is on to
establish ammonia
levels in the environ
ment at 70 percent of
what they were nearly
10 yean ago.
The “pressure from
politics’’ that has
created these restric
tions has industry and
educators worried. Mei
jerhof said that many of
the voters who decide
on the regulations are
from the bigger cities.
Some voters think that
farmers, in general;
“are rough on animals,
are wealthy, they conta
minate the environment,
and say we don’t need
them. (The voters) say
we can get what we need
from the supermarket
anyway.” .
As a result, industry
has had to work closely
with the consumer
groups to join them in
the early stages and try
to introduce "common
sense" to work out the
problems.
"A lot of the regula
tions are already in
place by the industry
itself before the govern
ment comes in. It works
out. I wouldn’t say quite
well, but it works out”