PAPA Sponsors Nutrient Management Seminar, Others Scheduled
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Fanning Staff
LANCASTER (Lancaster
Co.) The ball is rolling with
nutrient management in Pennsyl
vania and the first indepth educa
tional event to deal specifically
with the subject, as it applies with
in the state, has been announced.
According to a news release
made late last week, an ambitious,
three-hour seminar on the state’s
official nutrient management
program has been scheduled to be
held 1:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m., July
11. at the Sheraton bin Harrisburg-
East.
The event is being sponsored by
the Pennsylvania Agronomic Pro
ducts Association (PAPA).
This seminar is being planned
for those who want to find out how
to become certified, the responsi
bilities of a nutrient management
specialist, the requirements of the
nutrient management plan, and the
total body of regulations.
Unlike other seminars on nutri
ent management which have dealt
with general manure management
concepts, or circumstances not
necessarily relevant to Pennsylva
nia, this educational program is set
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to offer first-hand insight into the
actual state program.
This is so for several reasons:
• On April 19, the Nutrient Man
agement Advisory Board recom
mended a set of regulations to the
Conservation Commission.
• PAPA Resident William Bru
baker is an appointed and active
member pf the IS-member Nutri
ent Management Advisory Board.
(PAPA and Brubaker are regis
tered with the state for lobbying
activities.)
• The state Conservation Com
mission is expected, in either June
or July, to propose a set of regula
tions to carry out the state’s Nutri
ent Management Act Those* reg
ulations are expected to be based
on the recommendations of the
advisory board, as well as commis
sion staff.
• The main speakers of the
PAPA-sponsored seminar are to be
the staff members of the Conserva
tion Commission.
Specifically scheduled to talk
are Michael Krempasky, executive
secretary for the State Conserva
tion Commission; Lynn Langcr,
chief of the DER Nutrient Man
•agement Section; Doug Goodlan
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ist; Melanie Sayers, nutrient man
agement coordinator for the state
Department of Agriculture; and a
to-be-announced representative of
the Penn State Department of
Agronomy.
By the time of the seminar, the
state Conservation Commission is
expected to have published its
proposed regulations. That means
that a 60-day public comment per
iod will have started.
According to the news release,
in addition to gaining information
for personal use, those who attend
this seminar should be better able
to make intelligent and informed
comments on the issue.
Those wishing to attend the
PAPA Nutrient Management
Seminar should apply for a reser
vation as soon as possible, since
the meeting capacity is limited to
225 people. The actual deadline on
making a reservation is June 30.
The cost of the seminar is $7 per
PAPA member; $9 per non
-1 member. To register, complete a
card that requests the names of
those attending, affiliation to
PAPA, the amount enclosed, and a
check for that amount made pay
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The card and check should be
mailed to: PAPA, 1408 Mission
Rd., Lancaster. PA, 17601.
Other Opportunities
While this seminar may be the
best first opportunity to discuss
and learn about the program, it will
not be the only seminar offered.
_ 61 coming months and years,
nutrient management education
can be expected to be incorporated
into many seminars offered
(directly or indirectly) through the
land grant universities, and state
agencies, such as the state Depart
ment of Agriculture and the state
Department of Environmental
Resources, or its heir agency.
This should be especially so as
the official certification program
portion takes final form and educa
tional updates become mandatory.
And while a public education
effort is being made through the
state government and land-grant
universities, certain sectors within
agribusiness, such as PAPA, also
can be expected to offer education
al seminars.
Of this latter group of seminars.
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some may or may not have value to
those needing to know mote about
Pennsylvania’s official program.
Out of the meetings that pettain
specifically to Pennsylvania’s
Nutrient Management Act, a divi
sion can be made between those
designed to be technical and others
less technical.
While some extension agents
around the state have offered nutri
ent management-based seminars
directed at expanding general
knowledge of manure, its compo
nents, plant uptakes, application
rates, storage, handling, etc., there
are some fairly specific seminars
scheduled for the near future.
Computer Demonstration
For those interested in learning
about a nutrient management com
puter program that has been deve
loped through Penn State Exten
sion in conjunction with the USDA
Natural Resources Conservation
Service (formerly Soil Conserva
tion Service), three introductory
demonstrations have been sche
duled at by Penn State Extension.
All three are to be held from 1
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